WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 224, 27 January 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). ''' SILVER AND GOLD FOR A COPPER . KING , £24,000 DIXXEK SERVICE. | New York, December 10. Senator W. A. Clark, the Montana j '•copper king," who has overshadowed , all tlie other plutocrats of the United ( Slates witli the magnificence of his new ■] Fifth Avenue £1,400,000 house, is rejoicing in the possession of the ''costliest, , most ornate, and largest silver and gold , dinner service in the world." He is prouder of the dinner service, which it has taken a Chicago firm of silversmiths three years to design and manufacture, than of his wonderful house. The service, which cost £24,000, comprises platters, dishes, goblets, tureens, jugs, knives, forks, plates and saltcellars for 24 persons. Each piece is made of the purest American silver, lined with sheet gold of substantial thickness, and adorned with the owner's monogram on lines harmonising with the general scheme of decoration of the banqueting hall in his luxurious house. "1 have seen all the gold and silver plate now in existence, whether in Europe or America," proudly announced the "copper king," when the set was delivercd, "and I have no hesitation in saying 1 that mine is the most beautiful. Its like will never be seen again in this world. It is the acme of the art of the silversmith."