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Show I1DE1LTS RIVAL OfilDlTI LUXURY Fancy Dress Ball at Newport at Which Jewels Worth Millions Are Worn. By. lute rnallona! Nvm Service. NEWPORT, 1?. I., Aug. 23. Tho fancy dress bail which Mr. and Mrs-Cornelius Mrs-Cornelius Vanderbilt gave at their splendid residence, Beaulieu, tonight, will go down in Itistorv as the niont e travagant nfl'nir of its kind ever seen In Newport. lis whole tone and color rt.-ts of the effete east; distinctly oriental. orien-tal. Hut do prodigal maharajab could hnve exceeded it in luxury and gorge ousness. The dnnoe cost 875.000, it is estimated by the few fashionables here who have, i taste for arithmetic. The estimate, tor,, that the women n hose grace and beauty adorned tho occasion, wore 910,000,000 worth ol jewels. Diamonds, pearls ami rubies glittered even in the heels and on the buckles of golden slippers that encaaeo the women's twinkling feet. Thousands of electric lights, arranged to give au eastern effect, illuminated Hie entrance. A temporary theater winch was easily coovorted Into an an dps to the ballroom had been built, to the theater, Bret of all, the 100 guest! ;iw ;i performance of 'The Merrv Countess," Mr. and Mrs, Vanderbilt having imported 'hp whole company from New York. Egyptian orange trees, hji m hrrw and cocoanut palms were part of tho decorations, Two suppers were served, the first at Forty tables and the Becond a buffet copper or very earl) breakfast. Sirs Vanderbilt, who wore a magnificent magni-ficent eastern costume and her famous diamonds aud pearls, danced with Blisha I er. who led the cotillion |