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Show AMIIIIL'VVS U'lMI IIIIUI.TI. Wllmil.ll ate uu Urllllug? Wlun olio ws the deviloionetits taking placo lu religion, In aoilily and lu put llli-s, the above miestlou naturally su gests Itself. Hut the news re.-uiitly to jwrlwl from New York conipMily oMTshaJona evirlhlu,; heretoloro published of on Innovatory iharaiter. That Is, tliat American women are adorning Ihsiusilvra with crowm, jw, rtaluuiulstakabla crowns, not tlaru, or luiUins, or any audi mock liulta-tioutofl.uroraiiroally. liulta-tioutofl.uroraiiroally. 'Iho New Vork H'urM doscrlbea tho crown worn by Mrs. W. IC. Vaudetblltat the opera a few evenings ago, Unas an ixuct dujilhate of the llrltltli irown, Unas um le lu Irondon last suiunii r, and coat (.100,000. The Jeweler who male It had tVara ntamt vulgarising (Juren Vlitorln'a roiHl tjinbol, tut a good prho subdued hla jiolltkal acmplea. Mrs. VonJirbllt has two crowns; Iho one uitutloncd mid unother laiuglit from u Uoruian prlnci-u n few iar ago. Hhedota not wrar thu (iirmau. irowii Mryollrn, lu u forniir Oiner w as huth otisi uru and luiiecuu ious. The lioiidon mad'i cruwu la a thlugof biauly,uud lu this tho lidv llkca (o inakea grand tlisj la. It It an artistic nrrangemont of .nrl and dla Ttion la, and rim from the head In stately, graceful, plctulisiple fashion. Two other ladle worn iiowmat the ora last wrik. The-, wtre Mrs. Ogdrn Mills and Mir. Dr. Howard Webb. Iliillhilr truwns were mero vulgar aiTalraitiiiian..l to the VanJcr blltdladem, Howoser, Ihry arci war ranted lo be superior In texture and In faltlcatlou to any worn by the one bono klnga of Kurov. Allhee crowns wei-o brought over from l.uroolaslsiimti.tr, and intered lilt country free of duty. What will Ihe tarlil adroi-atrs siy to this' ft Mrs. Vnndcrhllt's l,la gewgaw to be Mlmllted duly free, and tlielwu-dcl lar wooltu shirt of her coachman to be taxed 40 per cout. The wearing of thrsecrowni Is exciting excit-ing much comment. Honie of the more fashionable rlul In New Vork aro talking crllhally of the Innovation. What woull Andrew Jackson or Diomaa Jcllcrsou or I'lrlck Jlenrj say In such arrogant assumptions of royal ajpendagn uu the part of Amtrhan wonenT Wlitt tin w say oiiraelvi.-1 Hlmilythat siirh doings, If rslstnl lu, w III lea Mo a n 1 1 tltlon of Ihe horrors nf the h nch revolution on Ihls continent. The -jjJe may smile el resent, and Indulge Inn Joke over this mock royalty, but Jokes aud smiles will not bn tho only ei rnm.au oflheo4ilarMiillmeiil. II la atatcd that Mrs. Vandtrbllt win only annoj ed w Inn told tliitl.uceii Victoria wore her crown at the open lug of Parliament, only, or on vety lin rlantHlal occatloua. Our American Ameri-can "tluitn" has no Parliament to oi-li, but she might avslst at the dedication dedi-cation of a new (night house, or pas iwnger tlej-ot, and then wtnr her crown. What wild Ihls rage on the pnttof American womm for aping ro)ally,fur marking l.uroa-aii Counts aud for displaying ths.tr hoardeil nr Inhrrlted wsalth, our country Is aaumliig au at; lltude that tbnateni to sulmrt old In tltutluiia, auj nblllerats ol I customs. This ndorallou of wraith ought to lie topid. This worship of the dollar la a curse. Theipiery "howniudi la he w orth," should be Mt aside, and the uueatlou "What Is In him," bo tub itltutcd. Hrublliaii Institutions ran not nourish and continue by tho sldo of mock ijuunt, fustlau lords, and purse-jroud plutoorals. |