A BALL GOWN MADE OF 30,000 STAMPS.
•At a'ball-in' Bermuda: a woiidorful dress was worn, and in ■ the making of it over 3(i,D00 .stamps were used.. .Years :wore spoilt in'''c6llcctiiig' : the • stamp's, and '• three weeks iir the liiak'ing of the dress, which was of tho finest nnisliii. ' ■ •"
The ;,woiu'an called upon her friends to help her, and- tho dress was covered with tho stamp 3 of all'nations. They 'were not put on anyhow, but in an elaborato design. 'On the: front of the bodice Was an eagle mado entirely of brown Columbian stamps. Suspended from the bird's talons was a globe made of very old blue'- revcmio stamps. On each side of. the globe, was an American flag, having stripes of red and bhio stamps. 'On tho hack of tho 'bodice was a collection of .'foreign, stamps in the form of a shield, in'the centro of which was a portrait cut from old rer.enno stamps. . .A picture hat covered with red and blue (itamps was worn with this remarkable dross.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 91, 10 January 1908, Page 3
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170A BALL GOWN MADE OF 30,000 STAMPS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 91, 10 January 1908, Page 3
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