The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-15
WHAT WILL SHE DO WITH IT.
An Elephant In tho IInusc that will Require
Constant Watching and Many Hours Of
Anxiety.

An Elephant In the Ioasc that will Require
Constant Watching and NIRny Hours ol
Anxiety.
There is at present stored in this city,
says tue New York Times, for safe-keep
ing-we need not say where-a diamond
necklace Of such splendor and value thai
it would be worthy of public notice,
eycn were it not on other considerations.
II is double necklace, and each ol
these consists Of three rowsof diamonds,
any ono OF which n lady might with
pleasure see upon her finger. But iu
each necklace, both inner and outer,
there is, at intervals of about an inch
and a half, large diamond, so large
that no Indy could wear It on her finger,
and Of size TINT few Of the Sair ven.
ture-eyen il they can afforl-to wear
as solitaire earrings. In the middle Of
the inner necklace Is a stone of great
size, the worth Of which must be fully
ten thousand dollars, and from the outer
one depend seven pearl.shaped stones
OF very unusual size, the middle ono,
which hangs Just below the large one Of
the inner necklace, being Of even greater
Rize and value than tint. The necklace
is not alone. 1t is accompanied by car
rings Of corresponding value and design
II union Of round stones above with
pear.shaped pendants below, all within
borders Of smaller stones-which, how.
ever, arc small only by comparison with
tho great ones to which they are satol-
lites. This magnificent decoration, the
value OF which cannot DO less tlan one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
which, il oil the stones were Of the very
first water, would command more nearly
two hundred thousand, is merely an ad.
dition to the long list Of rich presents
received by Miss Sherman on her mar-
ringe. 1t is q compliment from the
Khediye OF Egypt to tho soldier who
made the great march to the sea.
The question presents itself, What
will she do with IL What does any
lady, who does not wear crown, or at
least coronet, when she Is in full dress,
do with such n stupendous ornament as
this She may keep it locked up, and
on proper and rare occasions feast her
eyes by looking ut it, or provoke the envy
Of her dearest friends by exhibiting 1t 70
them. But think Of tho anxiety accom-.
panying such a possession | A guard
ought to be set over IL night and day.
As to wearing it, the owner would, IL
alie had any taste or sense OF congrtiity,
be utterly at n loss to find my good
reason for so doing. We linyo no occa-
sions hero when such ornaments arc in
place. Even in Europe they arc worn
very rarely-only on state occasions or
at some very grand festivity. The no.
ton that the noble women-the "femalo
Markisscs," and such liko-of the old
world go about blazing with diamonds,
even in the evening, il rs absurd and
unfounded rs the belief formerly enter.
tanned that kings and queens wore their
crowns rs other people wore hats. Din
monds or jewels Of any kind, except a
modest brooch, seal ring, or some
thing Of tho kind, aro scarcely ever seen
upon Indies Of rank in Europe, except
on full dress occasions, and then they
wear not great deal, although what
they do wear is apt to DO OF tho very
highest value and quality Of tho kind
But diamonds or fine jewels Of any kind
on other occasions would be regarded
among such people MS evidences Of bad
taste, and even Of inferior breeding.
II is undoubtedly true that much OF
tho European misapprehensions of the
genuine American character TINT, for
instance, which comes Of long New Eng
land, or Knickerbocker, or Southern
descent-is produced by travelling Ameri-
ems who llGvc suddenly acquired wealth,
who liaye not had the advantage Of the
best training ut home, and who suppose
that to produce n good impression and
get among the best people they must
make o display Of their possessions.
This duty is committed to the ladies OF
the party, and by them it must be con-
fessed, 1t is generally performed with q
thoroughness and dash which are
quito startling. The diamonds in which
they are occasionally seen at tables
dhotC, even in the morning, actually
frighton some of tho very people upon
whom they are seeking to make f.
vorahle impression. They would be as-
tonished to learn TINT the rather dowdy-
looking person in q dingy wrapper,
whom they passed in the corridor, was
the wife Of one noblcman and the do
scendant of a coronetedline OF ancestors.
This now diamond necklnce may bo very
pretty to look at; but the young lady
who has received 1t ought not TO bo
trusted ont with 1t unless sho is accom-
panied by two or three sharp policemen
In plain clothes and well armed.