Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-21

ne gorgeous StoucS WHiSH oAS
loved SO dearly will be given to the
highest bidder, all her diamonds,
emerals. sapphires and rubies in
their superb mountings will be
shown in glittering array to tempt
the horde of buyers. According to
. clause in the will of the late star
they will be disposed of at the Wal
dorf Astoria by Charles Hanlon, ex-
ecutor of the Held estate.
Also in that sale there will be the
greater part of the personal and
stage belongings of Anna Held, in
GLIDING hA exquisite laces, gowns,
chiffons, shoes, lingerie and her
most famous stage costumes. Among
the latter is her sensational pea
cock dress" It is an interesting ex-
hibition, this collection Of the earth
ly remains of the past glory Of the
woman who rose from the position
Of . child singer on the Paris streets
to one of international rcnown;
whose life was surrounded always
with a darling hue, partly to clever
press agenting and partly due to her
own piquant, daring personality.
Her death year ago from myelo-
ma, one OF the strangest diseases
in medical history. was as dramatic
an Exit from life as even her own
keen sense of the dramatic could
have desired.
Anna Held's favorites were pearls,
and she loved these milky stones
more than any other. Diamonds
were a good investment, but pearls
were her rare delight, and she cared
not what price she paid for them.
Her favorite piece was pearl neck
lace, composed Of 43 matched stones.
ttwas made for her by Janesich of
his at ! cost of $4,000. This cell
X rated jeweler worked for FIVE
bnths assembling the pearls, land
le late coincidence worked with
y i'm. Each stone was examined
through 4 glass and rejected if the
most minute flaw was found. A per-
feet string was finally assembled
and the key pearl is known all over
the world, for it is absolutely per-
feet.
Anna Held craved change in her
Jewels as she did in everything else
in her life and she was constantly
hayiag her stones reset. This
string of pearls she never had
<changed, however, and she wore
them almost constantly. The dia-
nond stomachcr or corsage piece is
probably the most famous of her
Jewels. This is combination con-
tanning earrings and lavaliere. Two
great stones of eight carats> are de-
tachable, for the earrings and the
platinum bow knot is studded with
IS rose-cut and full-cut diamonds.
The priceis only $4,000, mere tri-
fle to some akoney king.
i No longer will these priceless van
tiles reflect the rays from glittering
footlights, for fms has been written
TO fascinating life, and these last
remnants of career of brilliancy
will soon be scattered to the four
winds.
TN YE olden time milady's claim
II to beauty lay in the arch of her
tiny. foot, in the clearness of
her limpid eyes or in the flawless-
ness of her peachblow complexion.
but today it is all temperament. II
you have. temperament that is fas-
cinating, elusive, indefinable. then
your fortune is made, even though
your nose be snub and your feet
aren't mates. Your gowns must
match your personality, the hang
sings in your boudoir, your perfume,
even your friends must harmonize
And now there comes an artist
from the far east who is truly up to
the minute, for he designs your hat
to match. Baron Robin Derlanger
has evolved this clever scheme. You
select your chapeau and he paints
it according to his ideas of your per-
sonality and you may have hat for
every mood just as you have one to
match every gown. He who runs
may read and the passing public-may
know at a. glance just what particu-
lar idiosyncracies make up your
temperament.
No young Beau Brummel will
make mistake in this wise. for he
has merely to glance at her hat to
determine whether he is selecting
the right disposition to match his
own "for better. for worse"
ELATTERY is a sinister weap-
n on-1ike stilleto it pierces the
heart and does its deadly
work clean and quietly. And it was
with this weapon that a woman
sailed forth to meet busy matrons.
She was selling books-nature
studies-and no woman with chill
iren could afford to be without them,
Her luck had been bad one day,
When she reached a certain house
on Thirty-eighth avenue she decid-
ed TO use her wits as well as a
weapon. A very busy woman an
swered her own door because she
was nlaidless but not helpless.
The usual flow Of talk began and
finally she was invited inside
needless to say the Thirty-eighth
street mother-of-three has passion
for nature studies. books of knowl-
edge and everything that is enter
tanning and tends to keep the minds
of her children clean and whole
some.
The backdoor bell rang.
Excuse me while l answer the
BELL" said the matron.
When she returned, the book
lady remarked:
My, oh myi you are so artistic
such beautiful selection of picturesl
| see Rembrant's "Old Milf' and
"The End of Day" by Emile Adam
aud Cofot's Dance OF the Wood
Nymphs7 and that lovely thing by