Show EUGENIE WOULD LOOK SHODDY IN GOTHAM SALT LAKE ACTRESS SAW FORMER EMPRESS TELLS ELL OF THE GROWING EXPENSE FOR GOWNS GOWN Now No Ow Tork orl March 22 lIa Having Interviewed interviewed inter Inter- viewed tho the former ElIg Eugenic of oC ran 1 France France- c. c who staggered a 1 gay a court COUlt with gowns costing but 10 nacho Julia th the theatres actress who camo came out of 01 Halt Rait aIt Lake l-ak and amI stock In other wc western t towns to achieve o success In rh Little Gray Lady The LU Lily Lih Paid In Full Fulland anti and Bought Dought and Paid PaM For I IB I. moved mO to comment commont that Were i ere re tl the empress to appear on Broadway today toda In ono one of or orthe the gowns gOnn with which she he startled Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope rope she would seem em shoddy I Tho former Empress gus gus-enle no now 1 87 Ii T years ears old oId looked upon tho the brilliant In that dear Paris Pane todo today turned her back 01 on oi them and sniffed emitted And Miss Dean remarks 5 that Broadway I would could as RoC readily sneer at tho the to toi toilettes toi- toi i- i lettes Utes of the empress were anyone tl to appear In them on the stage tn e or at the tho opera or horse show today So says sos she hin has hos the extravagance or of women's dress until grown until this makes the brilliant courts of the tho past tho the resplendent resplendent resplendent dent assemblages of which the tho old-line old chroniclers wrote e em m lIk lIk a ma wes mass 1 i of or the Indigent poor pOOl When T r told the of ot NewYork New New- York says ng lis D Jean Dean an that I h had d met mettle th the tle empress during the tho ll recent cent vacation abroad and had bail heard her story about the atrocious s prices pal paid b by American Women for tor gowns that outclassed d the ther r raiment worn wOIn by the ladles JAdle of Europe l In her day they the refused to believe e that t the former ruler of or France considered herself well dressed on lO Why said one of or the Fifth avenue n thel there Isn't a gown gon now be- be Ing made in this shop hop that t will cost its ts future v I less ess than and most or of them m will roach reach and more And nd what she Rhe said flAIl was sas true A simPie simple sim sim- Im- Im Pie l frock that ma may be bc purchased In two minutes complete In every way wa- hou bought ht at A. A n. n Now Nn York department store will co Cot cost t the the tho Empress l Eugenie hugenie pal paid for th the best creation In all France in France in her d day But BUl oh how things thinKS have changed Tho The former empress Is now 37 87 Y years old ohl as she herself hersel says anys n phantom oC of the pa past t a n relic of other days daR The Tue third Is gayer than the gayety of the empire of France and our own New York outshines the century splendor a The evening gowns that aro are seen every O night at the opera worn b by the i dau daughters and wives of the tho Four FoUl Hundred Hun lIun- deed dred are far Car superior In workmanship and price than thon those hoe used at nt tho ho hl high h court functions when the empress was the talked most of dresser in all Eu Eu- rope rOle Not one of them cost less Jess than n and some of them ran Into the thousands made ml of oC fabrics more costly than the world ever know knew before decorated decorated deco deco- rated with sold gold tissue and positively stiff with rare rale gems ms Why Wh you y-ou can tako almost an any chorus cho elio- rUM rus tri appearing In a representative Broadway show and her gowns arc are more elegant lcJ nt nud expansive than those worn h by Eu Eugenie enie when she fhe stood upon th the tho throne And the difference In Jn price all nIl told Is about OO or Of course In dressing for the stage stac one often has to go against ones one's own taste The hc average era l c actress tries to te consistently and carefully costume hor her character For Instance when I wab wa with Nat Nut Goodwin 1 I hud hail to dross dress as n 8 conservative J English h girl So Instead of oj tho the chic American style tyle I 1 WOI a n. low and careless coiffure laigo Jallo OCl droo droopy hats etc But chorus girls don dont don't t have to think of ot these details The They urt thought h tout out for for- forth th them m h by the tile de de lO designer signer the lh co and tho man who looks s after ensemble effects In In my prat of th tho millionaires millionaire's wife In nought and Paid For It was necessary necessary sary san for mo me to spend over o 1 1000 1000 OO fOx for two IWO dresses s I have often otten wondered since inco my Interview with Eugenic of France ranco what hat she would think of or American women who paid so fiO much for clothes ju Just t to work In in for that 1 is what it really Is after nl all It is nothing u uncommon to t hear lie nowadays of or costumes that cot cost tho theatrical pro producer lit at least for forone forone one pro production There Thero arc nrc many smart little comedies now on the stage the tho costumes or oz gowns for which nearlY drove O tho producer Into bankruptcy Thirty chorus girls proper properly and adequately ride ade gowned for tor or a Broadway appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap will make mako a a. a bank banh roll look like a punched nickel el lust Just compare com coin pare thirty costumes to those worn sorn by J Eugenic and you will ull appreciate the difference at difference at least 1 10 0 for each cach little frock Crock that may bo lio spoiled tl In a weeks week's engagement In Pittsburgh Six Ix hundred francs for a gown sown Tush tush |