| Show MM 4 DE BARRIOS Of All New Yorks Young WidoTrf niCL Matrons She Receives Most Attention No other young widow or young matron ma-tron has attracted quite BO much attention atten-tion in New YOKE this season as Mme I de Barrios He jivisu entertainments have been the ntf topis vl conversation among those wh tave been so fortunate I > i it r I i 1o1 I 5 y 1j j r h < fh6 w lt J fh l i t R 7 1 f p Il DE BARRIOS as to be bidden to attend them and her giand fancy dress ball which took place a little before the beginning of Lent has been talked of ever since On that occasion I oc-casion Mine de Barrios dressed to represent rep-resent Cleopatra and wore a demitrain j ed costume of pink satin covered with gauze sewn thickly with jewels There was a boidenng of precious stones all around the low ln corsage and she wore an authentic Egyptian headdress of gold I rubies and sapphires I i In her splendid house there are three In Tll 4 1nnnn n I uu Lt UtoUHt UU > Ul uuvers In each followed the general coloring golden gold-en orchids and daffodils in the first La France and Merrnet roses banked in the second while the third was all white and green with roses and lilies and the great hall was a mass of scarlet and green Thousands of dollars were spent upon the flowers alone but what is that to a woman who is the possessor of thirty millions Mine de Barrios is a native of Guatemala Guate-mala and is the widow of the ill fated piesident of that turbulent country After the tragedy that made her a widow she came to New York to live and built her splendid home on Madison avenue She was married at fourteen and i is a suiprise to see her stand by the side of her son and her beautiful young daughters daugh-ters and claim them as her own children i for she has a singularly face sngulary giilish and figure for the mother of I family She I is of a rich Spanish type of beauty with extremely large and lustrous dark eyes and heavy black hair and the most exquisite ex-quisite set of teeth possible to imagine imagne of that pearl transparent whiteness never seen except tho among Spanish races Her voice is low and musical and her manner charmingly natural Mme de Barrios was named paricio I before her marriage Her sister of that I same name lives with her and her brotherinlaw and his lovely wife have beeiHiving with her for some time but left for Europe directly after the great i ball Mme de Barrios has two daughters daugh-ters who promise to make a sensation in society as soon as they shall have finished their studies The elder is a superb type of womanhood with thick masses of glossy hair reaching below her waist magnificent eyes and a splendidly symmetrical sym-metrical figure The second one is i thought by some to be even more beauti ful but both are certainly far beyond the average among the loveliest Mine de Banios has Barros a selection of I iewels so ihnt c rrrnt i t nn n 0 u u nULO UW paruro each day there would be more than enough for all the days in the year I but it is not often that she disfigures the exquisite contour of her neck with a necklace and she never wears earrings i Mme Barrios dresses plainly but richly on all ordinary occasions and generally generaly in black when on the street or at church with a decided penchant for fine laces but when occasion demands she will wear the costliest fabrics and rather inclines in-clines to the old Spanish fancies in the making up of her gowns AMORY GLADDEN |
