"Do you mean to say those shades are spun out of glass?" she exclaimed; "the material resembles silk." "Nevertheless it is glass," replied the attendant. "Is it possible to make a glass dress?" [Illustration] "Why not? It is not only possible but eminently feasible." "Would it be very expensive?" "Twenty-five dollars a yard." This was a deal of money to invest in an experiment, as at least twelve yards are needed for a gown, but when a woman wills she wills, especially when she is intimately acquainted with her own mind. Miss Cayvan knows hers perfectly, and in a few minutes she exacted from the Company a promise not only to spin her many yards of glass cloth for a white evening costume, but she obtained from them the exclusive right to wear glass cloth on the stage. "It is agreed," said actress and manufacturer in chorus, and off hied the former to New York, where at the end of four weeks she received her material direct from the Midway Plaisance. How to make it up was the next question, for Madame la Modiste vowed she wouldn't touch such material with scissors and needles. [Illustration: INFANTA EULALIA] As a matter of fact a specialist is needed to cut and sew glass, which differs from other cloths in breaking and wickedly sticking into the hands, so a skillful and artistic young woman employee from Toledo was sent to New York to do what the ordinary seamstress could not. She cut and made the unique costume with which Miss Cayvan sweeps the stage to the edification of feminine and the wonder of masculine eyes. The fame of that glass gown reached the ears of the Infanta Eulalia, who saw it worn by the ingenious actress and determined to inspect its counterpart set up in a case at the World's Fair. The Midway Plaisance was the Princess's favorite resort in Chicago, and she soon turned her steps toward the glass house she had heard so much about. "Where's that dress?" asked the Infanta as she entered the factory. On being conducted to it Eulalia expressed great pleasure, declaring it was the finest thing she had seen at the Fair. "Would Your Highness wear such a gown were one made expressly for you?" she was asked. [Illustration] "Not only would I wear it, but I'd take the greatest delight in telling the story of its manufacture," replied the Princess. Before sailing away to Spain, Eulalia was fitted for her American glass gown, now wears it, and today there hangs in the Libbey Glass Company's private office the following official certificate: ROYAL HOUSE OF H. R. H. INFANTE DON ANTONIO DE ORLEANS H. R. H. Infante Antonio de Orleans appoints Messrs. Libbey and Company of Toledo, Ohio, cut-glass makers to his royal house, with the use of his royal coat-of-arms for signs, bills and labels. In fulfillment of the command of His Royal Highness I present this certificate, signed in Madrid, July 15th, 1893. PEDRO JOVER FOVAR