| Show J I 4 ry Ml l I a ryS S M x iY r r r tom ti f i nod r Y Ya YrS a rS k w a h hf hM M F A iT ire b WS G 1 lY A b t M i ty f ft t t r SS S'S YS q qS'S Jy F M g t n l 4 v b s a a aS S q q Y J y f M II r y a Vt r i 4 5 7 t a 1 to 5 bi a 5 1 to i ri 41 v va S a ti RiA Fr Frt r A t x ss d 3 t tai P j fig v riS errs r t n 1 s s 9 tt sw y v e S 9 y t I r t H t r r a y i ii e i ir 4 roa 3 N a r r Pt 4 T N rt a A iA J 1 p s H Fv t Yul Yuly y 4 F 8 j ij i f fIU IU i 5 4 vi F b r 3 W rg r y r 4 An English Judge Judges Judged s Tonge ong u ea Lashing for fOI the American Beauty Whose Vann Vanity 0 y Has Left a Trail Trai of S Broken Hearts and 1 y r y w Ii i a y r r t Ia KW S 'S Financial n Ruin Rum rs o K 1 q rs t r HE HE foolish vanity that leads women K fee y fr 5 THE I to seek to be better dressed than ems Kt t Jr y i 4 their sisters no matter matter what hat the thet t 4 wr 5 cost In money and happiness was as denounced des de- de s f a av flounced from the bench of e v lIsh court the tho other day moro more scathingly perhaps than ever er before J- J And the extravagant spender silo o p t L Lr Lw Lg r g w called forth Justice ti w s st t N ra stinging tongue-lashing tongue was a i American the beauty beauty the wife Ife ife of f v Captain J V Nash of the English x army a 11 woman whoso whose efforts efforts to make herself c M Iw i h rrt g a the tho best dressed in all 1111 s b Europe have left ai a v 0 sv ghastly trail trod i of suicide dl dl- dl day 3 i a amy my r and fl 11 fi- fi 3 r d 1 b v ruin rum y a s sN A Wo Womans Woman's N o mans man's 1 g p rr- rr x tx i dress has hd ever of qa jJ t t s 1 been the mys mys- tery to so e some some- o me m e 1 n Y tit a iy j js t s a J t 1 M J times time the ca Ca- Ca rk k f m mt t t j t lamitY of the r s w n y F A air s 1 y a ages g es declared Iy t t tr r y wd r ft t oJ J 1 PM Ok t t a art arti arty i c N sp the y justice as n c s she J a fH in i s t 4 i he reviewed yI f i r rs 4 s c s k kt t A At tv v t w t the eVidence 4 r r f r ff v which showed 1 5 1 Z 4 r f J Mrs Di Dir r s Nash to it t A Ai t A i have havo been bee J n v a i s re r s r w r a aqua 9 u a if J Ji two or threet three tr y 14 45 Fc f f r t t I m e s tho thom m iv G 4 t i sr r tt tr is n amount of her hus- hus hus bands band's annual income Mrs ek y I a at t v y e r d on her hats and gowns Y Ya a Jc Jeanne l or y r ar A s re rea a t and Jewels Je lingerie N Noah h the The bills which s Y A r rh h on a y bar i in r c charming m n d 4 9 this suit amt is lS brought are F 44 g woman r V only a mere mero tractIOn fraction Captain J V Nash of the British whose mania monia for 4 of the debts which her hermania Army who was wu earning less than extravagant dress Val was vas mania for tor dress has a year while h his wife WM was scathingly ugly de by Justice Henry McCardie piled up I might well spending m more re t than a twice that on ina in a London courtroom that It is true I II 14 II some cases to-day to as aa it was 1000 years ago 80 when it was written that a 11 woman Is Ls the least part of her her- herself her self The woman oman who incurred these bills was Insatiable She Sho sought to shine In Inthe inthe inthe the less intellectual section of society where here a womans woman's worth is measured by bythe bythe bythe the frequency with which she sha changes her dresses and tho the brilliancy of her Jewels glitter She sought Bought felicity inthe in inthe inthe the ceaseless changes of trivial fashions decoration Self decoration was WIlS her vision her aim and her creed I observe no record of an act of beneficence be- be beneficence be beneficence no trace of unselfish aids aid to others She computed her enjoyment enjoyment of life by reckless Indulgence of her ex- ex extravagance extravagance ex extravagance Well was it said eaid by Wil- Wil Wil William liam Hulitt In one of his essays Those v who bo make their dresses tho the principal part of themselves will III in m general become of no moro more value than their dresses When I notice tho the consequences of Mrs Nash's Hash's s slavery lvery to fashion I might well apply the tho words wards of Victor Hugo in Notre Dame de do Paris Fashion Fashions have wrought more moro mischief than re revolutions resolutions hons This scathing condemnation of Mrs Nash and her exha vanity came Ila as the climax to the trial of a n suit brought by Callot Soeurs the famous Parisian dressMakers The sought to ie- ie I cover le-cover e- e Or co from Captain Nash a matter of which they alleged was as due duo them for wearing apparel supplied his wife The The rhe captains captain's reply to the suit cult was that these dresses were distinctly not of life and that therefore he could not be held responsible for them Also Alo ho introduced evidence to show that he had positively forbidden Mrs Nash's Nosh's pledging his hla credit to satisfy sat sat- satisfy sat satisfy her Inordinate craving for expensive dress The Tho items in the bill which h the tho Callot Soeurs wanted anted paid included a 11 Phoeni Phoenician clan cian blue evening gown cown priced at a red velvet morning dress OO a blue dancing dress a 11 yellow ellow knitted i I robe two tso pairs of silk stockings 80 per pair pall and a 11 gown n of brocaded blue tulle At the time Lime she bought these articles and had them charged to her husband she paid in cash for a silver fur fox piece Captain Nash said his wife had to have wardrobes built into the maids rooms to store tho the prodigal array of finery that overflowed the regular clos dos closets ets eta There vas aa no room at all for his own clothes and he had hod to hang them over the backs backa of chairs and on door doorknobs doorknobs doorknobs knobs He lie testified to having once seen Mrs Nash count count over 0 er thirty evening dresses all of which appeared to be bein in use At this time he ho estimated that she possessed moro more than sixty dresses No matter how expensive a dress was or how much she liked it she would never wear seat ear it more moro than three times She brad bad her shoes made to older order a dozen pairs pain at a n time and she eho would not think of putting her feet into stock stock- stockings stockings ings Ines that cost less than 5 fl or 6 a pair pall of 5 t i The captain testified that occasionally ho he went with his wife when she bou bought ht her dres dresses es Early in his experience experience- however he ho lerned lei never to disapprove of ofa a dress after she had bad bought it be- be because be because cause if he dd she ahe would ImmedIately buy another and often a more upen expensive else sive Sl e one Yet the captain had bad known all about his brides bride's expensive tastes when ho he married her ll is 1919 1010 lie He testified that at that tune the she owed 1 of which nearly half wi duo to dressmakers But Nash Nuh waS was so deeply In Inlove inlove Inlove love with the pretty year twenty year twenty heroine of tv 0 divorces divorcee that ho sold property in f lOuth America at a great sacrifice to r nise lse the tho money monsy to pay her debts This lift him with ith only his army pay of 2000 and a slender income from other sources which made a total of less than a Q year 1111 Ilia bride brido Bems to have had no room in her head Sor or thoughts of the limita limita- limitations limitations tIona placed on her spending by the of her ler husbands husband's income Sho was wan too much muc occupied with her long long- I Z rY rYr r Ill V II The five best be t dressed women In England whom foolish Mrs Nash 1 tried to outdo t outdo 1 Lady 2 Countess 3 Lady Pearce 4 Mr Mrs Austen Chamberlain 5 the Marchioness of Huntley Of course the race could end only in disaster for forthe forthe the army captains captain's wife for these thue five best dressers are all wealthy and well able to spend many mony thousands thousand of dol dol- L dol-L o mars lara a year yeu on hats bata gowns and fur furs V nursed ambition to outshine t the dressed best women In Lady England Lady and Lady W Countess Lady Pearce Mrs Austen 5 Chamberlain and the tho r Huntt Marchioness of Huntley Hunt Hunt- t ley ro rg 1 Apparently it never neverA occurred to her to con- con concan eider Ilder how wealthy all a i rests these queens of fashion are arc and how easily they 4 can afford to spend on mY their gowns hats and lingerie ten times the 1 s amount of an army cap cap- captain's y tams tam's pay Tho The prodigal K tures that have now ended In her husbands husband's tit ruin began before the he ruts t 1 one was fairly over Sho started pat pat pat- t l London's Londona most q e x pen p e n SI siva sive vo esta establish establish- blish- blish A J menta ments quite as freely x J I as it if she had the I Sf ocke- ocke 5 l feller billions at lit her j disposal Anything that ys ar took her eye eve eJ e was as or- or ordered ors ordered y or-y-y s dered sent home often ar Cy without a question as IlS w y to its price y gF J Within a month after her wedding she bought i i ia a jr a mink mini coat that cost 2800 2800 The following March Marchy y her husband paid 1500 on account of dresses supplied c to his 13 bride r 9 s S orb i You must have nearly y ruined yourself to pay her bills McCardie Cardie after listen listen- listenIng listenIng listen y said Eald Justice M Me ing to this testimony I 1 did quito quite that was as Captain Nash's reply In deciding the case the justice did not exonerate Captain Nash from all blame for not using more vigorous methods to his hla wife's extravagance Never Never- Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertheless ho he held that the dresses for which tho Callot claimed payment were not necessaries of l life e and that therefore the tho army officer could not be held liable for them Mrs Nash dressed at the rate of declared Jus- Jus Justice Jus Justice more than a year tice McCardie McCardle when she sha would have been more moro suitably clothed for her POSItion position position tion in life If it she had spent only 1000 Mrs Nash has has had a II rather spectacular spectacular spectacular ular career and the tongue-lashing tongue she received from Justice McCardie McCardle the theother theother theother other day is by no means the tho first Inci Incident dent that has centered the publics public's In- In in interest tern tero terest t on her Although still on the sunny side aide of thirty Captain Nash from whom she the Is Isnow isnow isnow now being divorced as a II result of her extravagances is her third husband The first was WIlS an American and the tho sec sec- second second sec second ond a Frenchman and divorce ended her romances with both of them For several years past she has been a 11 conspIcuous figure in the gay goy life of Monte Carlo Cannes and the other RI- RI RIviera Riviera Ri Riviera viera resorts E Eel Everybody el body admired the five ropes of magnificent pearls which she often wore ore and even professional gamblers gasped at the high stakes for which she sho placed at the baccarat tables IlS as na well as at the frequency with which she won During DUling the winter preceding her mar mar- marli li II i 1 I I I I to Captain NUb Nash she sho it at Cannes and Monte Carlo over a 11 little court composed of rich spenders from Brazil and other South AmerIca American coun coun- countries countries tries One of these a young oung man named Ortega becan became e adly infatuated with her and showered her with jewels ewels and other costly gifts For a long time the American beauty beamed on Senor Ortega but later on she tired of him and transferred the smiles that had delighted him lum to another of her numerous admirers Ortega hearted hearted broken decided that life was no longer worth living One Ona night while Mrs Nash was pre preparing paring for bed in m her luxurious suite at atthe atthe atthe the Hotel in Cannes she nag as Startled by a tapping on the glass glasa of her window Raising the curtain she saw sav peering at her from the tho darkness the tho pallid face and bloodshot eyes eves of Ortega The distracted young man was cling cling- clinging clinging ing with one ono ha hand hald id to the tho edge of the balcony having apparently climbed up the al wall of the hotel finding a precarious precarious rious hold for feet and hands In the or- or ornamental ornamental or ornamental stucco work As she elia gazed dun dumfounded at lit this bro bro- brokenhearted bro brokenhearted ken-hearted ken admirer of hers she heard him cry in Spa Spanish rush Goodby forever Then with his one free hand ho he drew a revolver from his pocket pressed the tho muzzle against his temple and pulled the tho trigger Tho The unfortunate young mans man's hold bold on the railing relayed rell and he plunged out of sight Mrs Nash threw up the sash to scream for help just In time to hear the thud of his body as it struck the tho thoN N flagging of tho the courtyard four stories below Justice McCardie's McCardles denunciation of Mrs Nash's reckless extravagances has reDO renewed od interest in the question of how hasI I much a 11 woman need spend to keep her her- herself herself her herself self fashionably dressed dressed Mrs Williams Williama P Burden considered one of the tha dressed best-dressed women in the tho New York smal t set thinks a year ear alla all 11 a woman should spend on clothes But few if any of Mrs 1 Burdens Burden's friends can see how tho the manages to keep looking so BO charmingly modish on this amount A well-known well New York creator of fashions thinks it easy for a woman to keep paco pace with Ith the styles if It she spends around 2400 a 11 year on dresses alone Ith evening wraps raps furs lingerie shoes I etc ete to be added to this figure The guar guardian lan of Muriel Munel Wits Dun Dun das Dun d des s a n year old heiress hell ess thinks think a 11 yearly allowance of necessary to support her hep properly and of th this thu ho he estimates that will ba bo spent for clothing Seventeen years ago when prices were far from as l high gh as they are ora to day Miss Giulia 1 Morosini the heiress s who later eloped with a New York policeman named a n year ear as the tho minimum sum on which a fashionable woman can dress Compared with her Iler Mrs Nash has been a very modest spender The Tha truth of the matter seems to be that the tho amount spent depends to a large extent on tho the woman who ho is la doing the spending One endowed with good taste and shrewdness in buying may rosy be beable beable able to accomplish with or a year what hat another lacking these qualities qualities ties cannot do by spending many times this amount on her clothes r r t tt t |
