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Show ' NBW- TOKJR Jaft. 24. The rea.t f uaa about the copying of Miss AJtee Boose-velfs Boose-velfs exfiymx Jfew W xplfticed 1 detail bjt Mr. WiWa Jay Regarding the contretemps. Mrs. Jay said: "0 ' Qqureej thereV 4 Veen": 6 'ua pleaaantaes about It' syv &tthug no, girl BKe tej have one -of her prettiesa frofkft dUPlie,te4, yoju ksows. ; "?pne ' umt : tt the5 late; fall; Miss Roosevelt came, te bjs Lt nd ordered from V modiste a own made iip of white cloth andTtrlmmed with Russian laoe. ; :'- :v. 1.. : ; . .,. ,;. ...-? "The gown, wa madaTtor hat a4 usual on what was supposed to be an exclu- 1 alve. mod,' and sent to Washington. l .."feioye. ah had appeared- in it at any function it came time for the gowns of the bridesmaids of 'Mlsa llelea L. Kountx to be made. Mies Kdunt went to the' same modiste, and selected a modfl of a froclt deaigued 40 b made from wbKe cloth and trimmed with. Ruasian lace. " '. Some days before' the wedding : test 'month,;: hut: after th go.woa. were finished pay: daughter Mlsa Jay, one of Miss Kounta's bridesmaids mea Mise Roosevelt at one of Mrs. Reoaevelt'eV teas -, and discovered lhat the bridesmaids ;gwns were, replicas of Idlaf RooseveJjfa. Nethlag .was thought- of it at the time, because of the distance between WasJUhgtoa . nd New Tork. n.d the illttle chance" that "any of the. young : kidieo would meet at any tea in the same gown. But bow Miss. Alice Ward, another of M3s Kounts'a bridea-maJds bridea-maJds has w.oni the go.w'u in Wash-, ington and met MH Roosevelt while ahe( wa4 wearing her duplicate. :' ; The actual denouement of the dupU-i cation of Miss Roosevelt's gown came last week; aV Edward Merrell'a tea, in Washington, when th daughter of the President apd Miss Alice Ward appeared ap-peared in similar frocks. r Miss Ward explained to. Miss Roosevelt Roose-velt 1e deception that had been prao ; tlced" UPOH them, and offered very gracefully net jtowear the gown 'in Washington again., but-Misa Roosevelt protested ' vigorously ' against such a sacrifice by-ohe Of her best friends, and was inclined tq tt.& the master as a great Joke. - . '. -, j ., . |