The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Orr PARIS LETTER


PARIS, Jane Is. 1878
lie TesitJuls dTfoaneur.' Or he
grand entrance t, The Exhibi i,u, is
Ia The central facade IN front ii The
garden OF the Trocadsro. aud be-
twees TIE English and French sta
lions. ia the French side il Is TO he
adorned with the ex jewels Of the
crown, Tier, here betty now neither
king nor emnercr, The je wells must be
50 termed ami the products Of Co
beiins and Ssyres When these are
well in their places, ! hope to des-
crlbe Them. but since France IS still
Gu dthabiiie, 10 the Grand entrance
ball, We must pay our respects 10
England, who ia ready 10 receive.
Let us approach and see what The
people are looking Of with all their
eyes" The objects of their admira-
ton sre les Diamonds de Angliterre.
Eight policemen, French and EGG
lish, keep guard over them night aud
day. Queen Victoria, up to the last
moment, held back from SEEMING this
part Of her regalia, ana is understood
10 have yielded TO the pressure Of
L-rd Granville Disraeli, and the
Prince Of Wales, who has made him.
self very popular in FraAce by The
prominent part be has taken 10 the
Exhibition. The curiosity of The
French ladies was so great in the
first weeks Of May, that, in pressing
against each other to look well at
the woudrous gems, they broke
through the glass case sheltering
them. To prevent a recurrence OF
this kind of thing, the diamonds are
now placed on a low platform, square
at the base, and rising with steps
around in the form If o truncated
pyramid. On tho top Of the platform
there is q low RI ling to protect the
gilttering treasures, which consist Of
a couple Of diadems, some neck la
COS clasps, buckles, iings, and hair.
pins. The largest of the diadems is
worn by The Queen when she holds
court at Buckingham Palace. 1t is
formed Of eighty-six b~rilliants Of diff
ierent sizes, and many large dia-
mouds OF the puFest water. The
central n extinguishes the radiance
Of all the others, as the rising sun
pales the stars, or as an electric light
puts out a gas lamp. Who has not
heard of il? 1t is the famous Kohl
moor. A legend is attached to this
mountain Of lights" to Iossts3
which, according 10 the tradition, is {
to be blighied. Uneasy is the head :
that C a it. Bad luck is bound to +.
go with it. The Queen Of England :
has net broken the evil charm, the
Prince consort having, since she pla-
ced it in her diadem, been cut of
from her side in manhood's prime.
The ksndervassv, in the second cor
onet, is larger than the Kohinoor, /
and would be thrice more valuable +.
were it not for a little flaw, visible
only to the eye Of a practised expert.
The other gems in this ornament are
diamonds and emeralds, every one of
which is without q blemish. A su-
peril emerald, the purest and nest
beautiful that is known, is set ia the
middle of the neck lace which the ,
Queen has sometimes allowed her
daughter to wear at great solemn
ties. The rest of the "Vesttbule
d'HoaHeur," between the diamonds
of the British crown and the Cana
dian trophy, is taken up with the
presents which the Prince of Wales
brought back from Indie. The In
dian section Of the English side OF
the Exhibition is where ladies of
rank most congregate. 1t presents
many attractions. Not 10 speak Of
the Prince Of Wales certu %collec-
ton, there ere The Cingalese ethno-
logica! show, and the beautiful Pur.
don Clark Pagoda, in which cashmere
shawls are displayed, not to speak
OF the terrace, with its easy benches,
and gardens beyond, all abloom with
az.lias and May flowers.
Indian shawls are now made 10
suit the o~stentatiOus taste of rich
French ladies, who give the ton to
the fair sex wherever a fashion jour-
nal penetrates. 1t used to be the
boast Of the manufacturers that their !
shawls were fine enough to pass
through a wedding ring. This, of
course, was a figure of speech, bat
the Indian shawl Of the Empress Jc-
sephine's time had a centre Ct the
most exGuisitely fine cashmere wool,
with a thickly woven and embroid-
cred edge. 1t draped the figure
charmingly, and could be worn with
ont Inconvenience in warm weather
What We see here does not form ell
egant drapery, it being thick all over.
The shawl which used to be 80 ine.
so soft, 50 flexible, is of the texture
of a Smyrna carpet, CT more suitable
for a table cover than to be thrown
over a lady's shoulders. But as it
is ptaent that il costs a mint of mon
ey to extend the heavy pattern of
the border over the whole garment,
ungraceful heaviness is preferred to
graceful lightness. The article
which passed through the wedding
ring is now unknown TO the trade,
and only TO be found in a few pri-
vate museums. NJ. Lucien Double
possesses one which was given by