WORLD'S COSTLIEST HATS.
ELABORATE PIECE OF MILLINERY Mile Cecile Sorel, the well known actress of the Comedie Francaise, who recently left Paris for New York to give a series of lectures in New York, Chicago and Montreal on Parisian fashions and Parisian lif? tool: with her 48 gowns and ab.wt as many l-.rts. This superb wa. drobe was packed in 34 larre tr.iuks and insured for three million francs. One hat, which was carried in a special case, sealed and entrusted to the care of a detective, is said to be the finest, if not the most extravagant piece of millinery in the world. It is made of gold lace, and its brim has been ornamented by a jeweller with diamonds and small emeralds. It has been insured for one million francs. Lloyds, it is said, only consented to write a special policy for the amazing "bonnet" on condition that whenever it is not on the actress' head it will be under the guardianship of a detective. This actress, who herself asserts that she detests advertisement, caused an incident at the Humorist Salon last year. She objected to a caricature of herself, and smashed the glass of the picture with her umbrella. Afterwards she brought an action against the artist on the ground that he had made her ugly.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1339, 9 January 1923, Page 2
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219WORLD'S COSTLIEST HATS. Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1339, 9 January 1923, Page 2
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