The most intelligent of the great metropolitan dailies would print
columns of this sort of material; and as for the "yellow" journals,
they would have discussions of the costumes by "experts," and half a
page of pictures of the most conspicuous of the box-holders. While
Montague sat talking with Mrs. Walling, half a dozen cameras were
snapped at them; and once a young man with a sketch-book placed
himself in front of them and went placidly to work.--Concerning such
things the society dame had three different sets of emotions: first,
the one which she showed in public, that of bored and contemptuous
indifference; second, the one which she expressed to her friends,
that of outraged but helpless indignation; and third, the one which
she really felt, that of triumphant exultation over her rivals,
whose pictures were not published and whose costumes were not
described.

It was a great dress parade of society women. One who wished to play
a proper part in it would spend at least ten thousand dollars upon
her costumes for the week. It was necessary to have a different gown
for the afternoon and evening of each day; and some, who were adepts
at quick changes and were proud of it, would wear three or four a
day, and so need a couple of dozen gowns for the show. And of course
there had to be hats and shoes and gloves to match. There would be
robes of priceless fur hung carelessly over the balcony to make a
setting; and in the evening there would be pyrotechnical displays of
jewels. Mrs. Virginia Landis wore a pair of simple pearl earrings,
which she told the reporters had cost twenty thousand dollars; and
there were two women who displayed four hundred thousand dollars'
worth of diamonds--and each of them had hired a detective to hover
about in the crowd and keep watch over her!