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Show H Sued for the Trifling K Sum of Mi H'j Her Millionaire Husband Hj Laughed and Will Pay ll Judgment Taken by Default in Favor l of Her Unfeeling- and Anxious l Dressmaker. j EW YORK, .Tune IS. Araonjf the articles that comprise the winter wardroua of Mrs. Hamilton TVilkos Cary may be enumerated unc broad-tall coatvalued at $725: one slllc lace coat trimmed with -chinchilla nnd valued at ?6Q0;' one. Russian sable stole,, valued at 5350; cream net gown, valued at $400;. one broadtail skirl, valued at $1200; one pink silk cushion for lounge, valued at ?100; one white satin: jewel box. valued at $45; nineteen hats, average price 53S.C5. It is not often a woman In Mrs. Cary's. position Is sued by her dress-maker, dress-maker, but yesterday judgment for S556S.3S was entered against the hand-1 hand-1 some wife of the dashing "Ham" Cary and in favor of a Fifth avenue mll- Cary .uaiu the bill would be paid Mon-day. Mon-day. He also said he knew nothing about the suit until Judgment had been taken, and that Mrs. Cary was so happy-go-lucky In money affairs that 1 1 she was constantly finding herself In complications of this sort. ' Mrs. Cary was the fascinating Miss i Nellie Uostwlck of Westchester and Hn. N'i!v Y6rk liftcen years ago. Her broth- is Albert C. Uostwlck and her sister Mrs. Albert Carstairs. Mrs. Cary's first husband was Francis Lee Morcll. A few years after his death she became Mrs. Cary. Cary Is one of the best known clubmen in New York. The j Carys live In Westbury, L. I., and Mrs. Cary's closest friends are Mrs. Clar- I f-nce H. Mackay, Mrs. Thomas Hastings j and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. , Bill for Three Months. The milliners' bill includes gowns and furs bought between September 21 and i December 17, 1003. and the Items repre- j sent only a small part of Mrs. Cary's j winter supply. Only one gown was Hlil bought from the milliners. H" Mrs. Cary obtained credit merely by mentioning her name. Pier town H, house. In Xo. SOt Fifth avenue, is sur- 1 1 rounded by those of the Elbridge T. I, ' werrys, .Mrs. jamcs v. ivcrnocnan anil I oilier millionaires, and this was an- , other reason why even the haughty I .saleswoman tried to please her. it is said she would wander through the II shop until a fur coat, a hat or a. gown 1 caught her eye, when she would order if without stopping to ask the price, j Vhe milliners said they sent her several bills, and then, weary of her apparent indifference, brought suit through I'hoate, Hanford &. Larocque of No. 10 ' Wall atreet. Even after proceedings were begun, Mrs. Cary disregarded the i iiffair. Ignoring court summons and 1 Judgments with smiling good nature, i, 1 On the Westbury estate last night ary laughed uproariously wlmn ho heard about the Judgment. He looked upon It as a good Joke, and said: i "Upon my -honor, I knew nothing about the suit until this judgment was awarded. My wife has not the slightest slight-est idea of business, and she buys anything any-thing she pleases without considering i,! the price. Of couifc. her credit should be good as Government bonds, but she I Is rather forgetful when the bills conie x round. 1 might have known thai soun- r-r or .later'-sh would find herself In a predicament of this sort. Will Settle It Today. K "You inay say for -me this judgment will be satisfied as soon as I can get to town In the morning-. Of course, we shan't MUeslion It. and I am sure cvery-' cvery-' thing was satisfactory. Mrs. Carv has j ii headache tonight or I would ask her '( about the bill. I am sure she would ' say. 'Really, now,' did i owe those peo- i , itle 5G00O? Ht-3ilc.s. what is ?C000. It , i will not bankrupt us, J promise you. "I have known Mrs. Cary on "other I'tri-iisloiiH to anger trades folk bv her thoughtless treatment of their ac-L ac-L j .-omits. Their collector have come to me with blood in their eyes and talked about lawsuits. I have sent thirty of t litem to Mrs. Cary and she has prom- Iiftu tier) nine iv pay uieir mils. Then she laughed and said she did promise, but forgot and was so busy. This time "Uglu to teach her a lesson. It is really such a good joke on Mrs. Cary. You see. we have been here for several months 'and that la why the bill was neglected more than usual." - Process Servers Received. After the milliners had brought suit against Mrs. Cary they had no difficulty diffi-culty serving her with a summons. Although Al-though she had Ignored their "account rendered" and "please send a check" , i-oinmunlcatlons, the process servers ( were received courteously In the Fifth , .ivenue home of thp Carys. A footman 1 In a plush coat took the little old man Into the pink and gold drawing-room and Mrs, Cary received him with j charming politeness. i "Here are some papers for you," said the server, trembling at the luxury sur-I sur-I rounding him. and fearing Mrs. Cary would be enraged. I Mrs. Cary smiled, took Mm legal documents, doc-uments, with their ominous seals, and said: "Thank you very much. But what am I to do with them.7" it "Read them," he replied. U' "Here, Francois," said Mrs. Cary to the butler, "take these to my room. 1 j shall look at them Home day." I Mrs. Cary smiled her farewells and 1 the process server ambled out. She did j not appear Jn court and the Judgment 1 was taken by default, i : |