American citizen., 1875-03-06
MINNIE SHERMAN FIrCHs MAGNIFICENT
BRIDAL GIFT FROM THE KHEDIYE OF
EGYPT
From tho \. Y. Times.

From tho \. y. Times.
Tnere is at present stored III this
city for safckeeping-Ne need not
say where, diamond necklace of
such spie.,,ior aud value that it
would he worthy of public notice,
even were ii not Oh other cOnsldera-
tions. 1t is II double necklace, and
each of these consists of three rows
OF diamonds, any one of which any
I lady might with pleasure see upon
her finger, Bat IN each necklace,
both iuner and outer, there is at
intervals of about an inch ana
half, Il large diamond, so large that
no lady could wear il on her finger.
and OF size that very few of the fair
/ Venturr-eVen if they can aftHd 1t
to wear as solitaire earring. In
! the middle of the inner necklace is
Il stone of geat size, the worth of
which mnst be fully Sl0'0i0, ana
from the outer one depend seven
pear shaped stones of very unusual
/ size, the middle one. which hangs
( jus; below the large one of the inner
necklace, being of even greater size
and value than that. II is accom-
: panied by earrings of correspond
ing value and desiSn-a urinn of
rounds S'Om"S above with pear snap
ed pendants below, all within bor-
iers of smaller stoneS-which, how
ever, are small by comparison with
! the great ones to wEich they are
satellites. Ibis magnificent de-
cpration, the value of which cannot
be less than Sl5O,000, and which, If
all the stones were uf the very first
water, would command more neailr
/ sou, 900, is merely AN addition to
/ the long list of rich presents receiv-
ed by Miss Sherman on her mar
riase. 1t Is compliment from
The Khedive of Egypt to the soldier
| who made the great march to the SEA.
We believe that Gen. Sherman
could not accept this present, bnt
his daughter, us she holds no Oillc
Of profit or trust under the United
States, may do 50, although the
fact that her husband is in the
Federal service might, at least on
some old fashioned grounds, be held
, to preclude her from receiving such
ii very valuable gift from Il foreign
| pOtentate. But apart from this C III
/ slderatIon, the question presents it
self, what will she do with il !!
What does any lady, who does not
wear II crown, or at least-a cOronet,
when she is in full dress, do with
such Il stupendous ornament as
this She may keep it locked up,
l,n,
! by looking at it. or provoke the
envy of her dearest friends 10y eX-
| hIb.iimg it to them. But think OF
the anxiety accompanying such a
pOs> e>Sion! A guard ought to be
set over it night and day. AS to
/ wearing it, the owner would. if she
had any taste or sense of cong! u!ty,
be utterly Il, a loss to find amy goo.!
reason Tor 50 doing. We have no Oc
'asions herr, as in Europe, where
they are worn very rarely only on
state occasions, or at some grand
feStivity. The notion that the no.
bic wO.nen-,he ''iemale marKisSes,"
an.l sIIch like-Of the old world go
about blazing with diamonds, even
i'll the evening, is as absurd and
unfnunded as the belief formerly en-
tertained that kings and queens
wore their crowns as other persons
wore hats. Diamonds or jewels OF
any kind, eXcepta modest brooch,
Il seal ring, or something Of the
kind, are scarcely ever Seen upon
ladies' of rank in Europe, except on
iull-dress occasions, aud thea they