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Copyright, 1918. by the Star Company. Great Britain nights Reserved.
M0.000 AYear
or I 1 1 ATwr r
My VLI I ILJi
"And This. Doesn yt Include
Jewels, " Says Mona Delza,
the Newest Parisian
Beauty, Telling Why No
Woman Can Dress Properly
on Less Than This Sum.
Mona Oolza Photo
graphed in a Chin
chilla Coat One of
tho Several Designs
Needed for Different
Hours of the Day.
Mona Delza Wearing Her
ance
Famous Pearls No Dress Allow
Paid for Them I
TWO HUNDRED THOUHAND fraiiCB
forty thousand dollnrs of your Ameri
can money that In tho hottdin figure.
If you havo lesB thim that amount each year
for your clothes alone you cannot ho a woman
of fashion In Paris. lint no It Is lmponslblel
Ilavo I not tried 7 Have I not figured my
self Into headaches? It Is uboIosb. t flguro
no more to roduco that $40,00u ouch year for
clothPB. No; with less than $40,000 I do not
look right. I do not feol right. Everybody
knows I am not right." Maybo I am not
Bhabby but 1 am not right. Do not try to
he a woman of fashion unlcBS you fool right.
For a woman of fashion It Ih tho first Item
tho annual allowance for clothcB. And out
of that bottom figure $40,000 you got only
clothofl. For Jowols, for automobiles for
everything cIbc, remoinbdr, you cannot take
one dollar from thoso $40,000. To show that
I know, and that It Is only the truth I am
tolling you, lioro nro tho Horns:
COSTUMES.
10 Evening Gowns; average cost $500 $6,000
6 Tailor-made Suits, at an average
or $150 900
3 Costumes for riding and sport, at
$150 450
Total for costumes $6,350
LINGERIE.
24 Chemises, at an average of $30.... $720
12 Chemises, at an average of $15.... J 80
24 fine Nightgowns; average $50.:.. 1,200
12 Nightgowns for travelling; average
$20 240
3 Combination Suits; average $30.... 90"
24 Drawers; average $20 480
12 Drawers; average $40.. 480
8peclal Lace and Trimmings 200
Stockings, fancy and plain 400
6 pairs of Corsets; average $100 600
Total for Lingerie.... -$4,590
WAIST8.
6 Waists, for travelling; average $15. $90
0 plain Waists, at $30. 180
6 Lingerie Blouses, at $40 240
Total for Waists $510
FURS.
1 Zlbelllne Coat $8,000
1 Chinchilla Coat 6,000
1 Ermine Coat 1,400
1 Stole and Muff, ermine.. 1,000
1 Stole and Muff, chinchilla 1,000
1 Stole and Muff, skunk or sliver fox 600
i
Total for Furs $17,000
HATS.
(A woman of fashion must have
six hats a month, six months In the
year.)
36 Hats, at an average of $300 $10,800
2 Birds of Paradise, at $160 320
Total for Hats . $11,120
SHOES.
6 pair Boots for morning, at $16 $96
6 for afternoon, fancy leather 100
6 pairs to match the gown 100
3 Slippers, with buckles, at $18 48
3 pairs Sporting Boots , 100
3 Indoor Slippers, with ermine uppers 60
Total for Shoes $504
Grand total $40,074
So you have tho Items, and you observe the
grand total. Show them to any Parlslenno
who 1b a la mode, If you do not believe me
that $40,000 Is tho least. I could name to
you aoveral who care not what they spend,
who would very likely answer that my fig
ures are only possible when you go to the
''bargain counter."
Thoy will want at least $10,000 Wr cos
tumes alone bo do I myself, and some years
havo had It, These ladles will ask: "Whoro
Is tho snblo coat at $10,000?"
I havo to aiiBwcr: "Alas! no sablo coat le
possible on tho $40,000 dress allowance!"
Neither It Is possible, on that allowance, to
havo a different fur coat for every hour In tho
day which Is necesBary If you are very
fashionable.
Tho very rich and beautiful Parlslenno
does not care what she spends on her clothes.
Probably she does not know. But If sue has
paid any attention to the question of cost, sho
will go through these Hems with a laugh of
scorn; sho will call them, "bargains." And
then Bho will go and order three or four new
evening gowns of half a dozon different ma
terials, each specially woven for those gowns
and tho patterns destroyed. And for these
what will she pay? Maybe as much as $10.
000 each.
No, If you are In the metropolitan world7
of fashion there are no 'bargains" In
clothes for you. That would bo to admit
that the body you adorn and covor with them
1b only a second or third-class body. Can
a fashionable woman make any such ad
mission? If she Is an acknowledged beauty, what
can she do but outstrip all other fashlon
ablo women In the matter of her adornment?
You can escape criticism with tho $40,000
a yoar clothes allowance that Is all. But
If you enter Into any contest for the prizes
of beauty and fashion ah! then it Is for
you to doublo that dress allowance at once!
Now, In caBe you have not yet entered tho
Paris world of fashion, and are doing your
first figuring on the cost, you will point to
my Item of furs, and you will remind me
sharply:
"To need a now $8,000 zlbelllno coat every
year Is ridiculous!"
Now, I will tell you about that. If you are
uno femmo cccentrlquc, then maybe you will
overlook tho change of style In zlbelllne
coats the next year. Alsoi tho change In
style of tho $5,000 chinchilla coat. But cer
tainly that reduces the second year's ex
penditure for clothes by $13,000. Or maybe
you aro tres cccentrlquc and will try and
havo your coats for the second year "made
overs," thus saving not quite so "much.
Mais, attendez-vous In the Paris world of.
fashion there aro no femmes cccentrlques
who savo on their dross allowance. They
aro eccentric only in the other direction
like having not one, but two or three sable
coats, for example.
No, It Is not possible to reduce the $40,000
dress allowance. That is the lowest which
will save you from criticism.
Now, if you are a great beauty, a notice
able beauty, you will need more, much more.
This Is tho reason:
In Paris a great beauty either In society
or on the stage the case Is the same can
not hide herself away. If she has a husband,
lls
A Very Recent Pho
tograph of Mona Del-
wtih Her Prize
Chow Chow.
he cannot hide her away.
Sho is like a priceless work
of art It Is a crime to ex
hibit her privately only. She
must be exhibited more or less
publicly. And as either in
society or on the stage
there nre always ambitious
contestants for the beauty
prize which she holds, she
must be on exhibition almost
constantly.
If she drops out of view for
even tho greater part of a
single season, some other
will surely take her place.
Naturally, tho longer she
holds her beauty prize the
more need is there for hur
to cultivate constnnt varia
tions in her charms. Docs
sho hold tho first place? Then
sho must very soon . Hhnw
that none other may forcn h.. t j
Placet the matter '
Mona Delza Showing Her Exquisite Rings.
What now becomes of my dress allowance
of $40,000?
And not a single dollar of it left for jewels!
How American Tourists Are Outrageously Robbed Through "Fake" Egyptian Antiquities
. . ........ ... ..,.. .. n..itiPM A donsev $10 to $46. There Is a moderate Quantity cal on the inside and the nutsidn
By DR. THOMAS G. WAKELING,
the Distinguished English Egyptologist.
TIIK majority of tho makers of forged
Egyptian antlqulttos are' to be
found among the vory adaptable
"up-river mon."
At Qua Uvea the maker of gold repro
ductions. Most of the wooden forgeries
cpme from Quran and the scarabs from
Luxor, In the villages near to Delr-ol-Uaharl
aro made the porcelain vases and
figures, wbonco conio also the stone heads
and statuettes. A number of composition
figures aro made In tho Delta, and may
be met with at Zagazig and Benha.
A few yeara ago tho forgers used to
make and sell their own work, but now
that they are becoming rich and rising
in the social scale thoy aro content to
leave the selling part of the business to
others and themselves stay at home to
carry on tho making of further lralta
lions.
In appearauco they are tall, broad
Shouldered men, with keen, clev6r faces
and long soft fingers, direct descendants
ot the ancient Egyptians, with very dark
skins,- thin lips and persuasive manners.
One member ot the family usually leavos
his Tillage In the month of October, and
with bundlav ot carefully wrapped-up re
productions drifts bully down the Nile on
a trading boat. Arrived at Cairo, ho takes
up bis quarters with a friend, and the
next Uy may be seen In one ot the prin
cipal streets with his hands full of strings
ot bes4s tad bis pockets bulging with
riess ot the results of the Summer's work.
Bat tae "up-river man" is not the only
Hmiitles. A aonKey
boy may have found out that he can mako
more money by selling antlcas i to his pa
trons than he can by running alter his
donkey, even though the bakshish bo in-
Cl Visions ot untold wealth spread . them
selves out beforo him. A man ho has
heard of got $60,000 for a
papyrus, and $200 for a gold
mounted Bcarab, which 1b an
ordinary price. By a merci
ful lisnpiiRntlnn Allah has
glvon tho Nazarones into
the hands ot the Faithful.
At the last agricultural
show In Cairo there werO
several stalls for the salo of
antiquities. At ono of those
I was shown Hathor, the
sacred cow, and tho figure
of a man. -Tho price asked
was $200 for tho cow and
$160 tor tho figure ot tho
man. Thoy were wrapped In
pieces of old rag, and only
brought out after I had Been
most of the antiquities, oa
tho stall. After Informlns
the man that I knew they
were only glass Imitations I
tried to buy the figures, but
it was Impossible to get
them for a reasonable sum.
The lowest amount he would
accept for the cow was $46
and $20 for tho man.
There la a very consider
able market for old Irldlsccnt
glass. A small bottle will
fetch from $6 to $16, and
other specimens brlnp from
$10 to $46. There Is u moderate quantity
of these bottles found in a district called
llakah. The bottles aro extremely fragile,
but good specimens are very beautiful
objects and find quick buyers. There Is a
demand, and tho ingenuity of the Egyp
tian Is keenly exercised to moet It. Imlta
tious are being made by pouring a chemi
cal on the inside, and the outsido of sdu-
dally made thin bottles and glasses. This
forms a film which gives an appearance
of iridescence; but in many cases the film
can be dotached with tho point o,a knife,
and thus the fraud is made palpable.
It was tho custom In the ancient days
to place small statuettes mado of wood,
A Group of Forged Egyptian Antiquities by Which the American Tourist Is Often Swindled.
tombs TheB r conPsition In the
work of he Vdn fhPP0SSd l ,d, th?
aro called ushebti t? underworld, and
swerers, becaui.unerary flBures. ran
answer the calf 6my w exPcted t0
dead, and to s tanWn,the. narae of the
Modern imi,?, ,n tholr P'ace.
Modern Imitations of these aro very
cleverly carved, then dipped
into liquid plaster of paris,
allowed to dry, and colored
to represent the ancient
inoaeis.
Some of the best are
made by a man who lives at
Ourna. I expressed to him
the desire to have a figure
In a boat. Three days
after he returned, bringing
with him a little dehabeyah
that he had mado in the in
terval. This man could never un
derstand how It was that I
watf able to detect his for
geries, and time after time
he asked me to tell him. ' He
would look up with a sort
ot admiration and say;
"Nothing is hid from his
excellency. Her knows every
thing, even the mlndxof his
servant."
Later on, when I told him
the smell of the wood of
which the figures were made
was new and not old he
looked me straight in the
face without changing coun
tenance and exclaimed: "Allah kerim! God
is merciful. I said well that nothing was
hid from his excellency. If he does not
see that which Is false with his eyes, he
smells It with his nose." Then he clasped
his hands together as If there was noth
ing more to be said or done and shortly
after took his leave.
About a week later my servant told me
that "the man belonging to the antiqui
ties" was waiting to see me. It was my
friend again and he said: "This time I
have an antiquity of the highest
value."
We proceeded to a room to examine It,
and there he produced a bundle of paper
which he began to unroll; and as he
neared the end a most appalling stink
arose, a curious, penetrating, abominable
odor. I drew back while he finished the
unwrapping, and presently he held up the
wooden figure of Anubls. It was extreme
ly light, and evidently mado of mummy
case wood, which Is occasionally used for
these wooden figures. But tho smell was
so awful that I quickly pushed It as far
as possible away from mo. All the time
the man watched my face without the
slightest embarrassment.
"It is indeed an autlca," he assured me.
"I have my doubts on that point," I
replied.
"Then will not the gentleman apply his
teat and smell It?" asked my friend, with
the ghost of a smile on his face.
No; the gentleman would not smell it.
The odor pervaded the whole room as It
was. and 1 verily believe old scoun
drel had boiled down a p4itt of mummy
and painted the statue with the liquid,
either to hide the smell of the new wood
or to play off a joke upon me.
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