The life and professional career of Emma Abbott . emost elegant and costly ever bought by her,but exceeded both in cost and beauty anyever seen on any stage. To Worth andFelix for costumes and accessories she paidover one hundred thousand dollars, and at times she hesitatedin her orders, saying, It seems almost wicked to spend somuch on a wardrobe. Her ends in this matter were not selfishones. She costumed her operas elegantly, because the publicliked them, and had learned to look for them when her companyappeared. As has been said elsewhere, she abhorred sham,and whereas somber effects may be
The life and professional career of Emma Abbott . emost elegant and costly ever bought by her,but exceeded both in cost and beauty anyever seen on any stage. To Worth andFelix for costumes and accessories she paidover one hundred thousand dollars, and at times she hesitatedin her orders, saying, It seems almost wicked to spend somuch on a wardrobe. Her ends in this matter were not selfishones. She costumed her operas elegantly, because the publicliked them, and had learned to look for them when her companyappeared. As has been said elsewhere, she abhorred sham,and whereas somber effects may be attained in good materialwithout extravagant outlay, brilliancy, if not sham, is neces-sarily expensive. Many of her dresses were embroidered ingold and silver thread, others had yards upon yards of heavilyjeweled garniture, with beads and buttons of real gold materials, too, were the most elegant produced by Euro-pean looms. She sometimes remarked, The public patronize me liber-ally. They pay good prices to hear my operas, and expect. Lucia Bridal (iown. The Lilac Dress Described. something in return that is worth their money Bence 1 con-sider it my duty to stage and costume my operas of the last ten years has broughl out costumes bandsorner than those of its predecessor, and it seemed thai in theseason of 90 the acme of beauty had been attained. The new Trovatore costumes have already been describedErnani was added to the repertoire in 90, and although itscostuming was of a different order from that of Anne Boleyn,it was no less beautiful. The first dress worn in EmanJchristened by Miss Abbott her -lilac dress, and was amongher favorites. The lilac dress was the one chosen in which to robe her afterdeath ; although at a less exciting moment, on ma tun reflection the Juliet tomb dress would have been selected as moreappropriate. The lilac gown was one of the greatesl works ofart ever designed b}- Worth; and was of white moire antiquesilk and lilac ve
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