The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-05


purchase OF them, but now that she hal
bienheim to keep in repair and the Duke!
expensive tastes TO satisfy 1t Is to bt
doubted whether she will do so much in
that line, particularly as she has the fine
marlborough jewels added to the contents
Oh her dressing-case. She told curious
story one night, upon arriving late at {
Gunner party, OF thief having thrust hi;
nand INTO her carriage window and, seiz
ing the chain of pearls about her throat
attempted to snatch them from her. The
cham broke in his hand and upon her cry
ior help he fled. She arrived at the din
her IN very discomposed condition and
showed the broken string OF her necklace
III confirmation OF her story; but not one
Oh the pearls seemed to be missing and she
alterward refused absolutely to give the
police any clews which might have led ia
the capture of the bold highway robber.
The society papers Immediately took this
up and made mystery OF it, and only en-
ergy on the part OF her friends prevented
scandal growing on the subject OF the
pearls.
MRS. PARAN sTEyESs's JEWELS.
Mrs. Paran Stevens was one of the
crowd clustered about the jewels, and il is
said she made some purchases to replace
the gems stolen from herlast year in Paris.
She has always had queer way of carry
ing her jewels so that any one might have
predicted the calamity which finally &C.
Cured. She travelled about with $50. 900
or $40, 900 worth OF stones wrapped up in a
common brown paper parcel and thrust
carelessly into her travelling bag, which
had mt a Loeb har thanr,, k.,t. 4.
liar to that OF Poe in his famous story Of
the finding OF the letter. that people look.
ing for such things would take it for
granted that they would be carefully hid
den and therefore never search for them
IN the obvious places Unfortunately her
maid knew all about these theories OF hers
and so skillfully abstracted them that the
theft could never be fastened upon her,
though Mrs. Stevens set the whole of Paris
by the ears with her wrathful outcries, and
made the lives of the officials such bur-
den that they were almost ready TO pay
her the value OF the stones to get rid OF
her. Among those which she had fortu-
nately left behind here in saiety.deposit
vault was the pair of famous violet dia-
monds, which are valued at $50, 600, hay.
ing once been the property of Queen Isa-
bella, whose creditors sold them TO get
payment of her debts They are very large,
being nearly an inch across the top, and
are quite deep and perfectly matched
In shape and size, rs also in their wonder
full violet color, which does not mean that
they resemble amethysts, but are like the
ordinary diamond, except that all the rays
shot from 1t are, instead OF blue, green or
yellow, an exquisite shade OF violet. They
were purchased by well known ieweler
at Queen lsabella's sale, and were in his
shop here two years before being bought
by Mrs. stevens. who wears them set in
pair OF bracelets. Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer
is another wearer Of royal Jewels, her hus.
band having purchased heavily OF the
French crown diamonds two years ago,
aud the night she appeared in these his
torlc gems, which Marie Antionette had
clasped around her slender white throat
before the knife OF the guillotine had
passed through IL, which Josephine had
worn 10 make herself fair in the ewes of
the worlds conqueror, and which Eugene
had relnqushed to 90 into bitter exile,
there was distinct ripple OF excitement all
over the house rs the handsome, dark.
eyed, red-cheeked woman came forward
" VIZ hRhN VI hNi IVA
RARE JEWELS ron TIRE JERSEY LILY.
Mrs. Langtry came over one day from
Philadelphia 10 see the Jewels, and in.
vested u few thousand dollars in the black
pearls. She says she does not want any
more diamonds, having already about
$4,000 worth, most Of which is repre-.
scented In set composed OF a necklace in
which every stone is over five carats in
weight, pair OF solitaire earrings, pen
dant, and brooch. The handsomest
diamonds that have been seen on the
stage here Tor long time are those OF Mel.
lie Faren, Of the London Gaiety Com.
pany, who LAS a magnificent necklace
which she wears upon her uniform as
Capt. Phmbus, pinning Immediately be-
low II down the front OF her doublet six
great diamond suns, and finishing of with
q huge pendant made OF an emerald as big
Us ones thumb. Besides this, she wears
u spray OF diamonds in her hat, half A
dozen diamond bracelets, buckets Of the
same on her shoes, and most OF her fin
gers covered with diamonds up TO the frsl
knuckle. This superior display has filed
Pauline Hall with wrathful envy, she hav.
ing held the lead heretofore on the bur.
lesquc stage In the matter Of diamonds.
One Of her most valuable jewels il pair
Of garter. clasps. the center piece OF each
being an emerald, about which are clus.
tered blue. white, green, aud yellow
diamonds, the price paid for them
having been 5000 Lllian Russell
also has costly pair Of garter
clasps In the shape OF big spiders whose
bodies are made OF single cmeralds aud
whose logs nrc crustcd with diamonds aud
rubics. Emcrads are the iayorite gem
with the queens OF the burlcsqne stage.
Miss Russell has whole set OF them ol
which she IL inordinately proud, and
Pauline Halls iavorite jewel Is heart
shaped pendant in which is great green
stone surrounded 10y diamonds Fanny
Davenport has perhaps the handsomest
diamonds OF any actress in America, hav.
ing been engaged In collecting them now
for more than twenty years, the result be.
ing a Jewel case whose contents are valued
ut $4,000. including necklace worth
$1,000 Mns. Potter has very few lila.
monds 10 far. her collection consisting
mostly Of few given her by her husband
rs u wedding present, and little pin
made Of three feathers In diamonds, a giii
from the Prince OF Wales during her first
visit 10 England upon the occasion OF hci
giving recitation upon his yacht; the
princess, also being present, loudly an,
plauding Mrs Potter, who, upon her sec.
ond visit she refused 10 receive. By the
way, there Is good deal OF talk lust at the
moment over Mrs Poiter's advice "a
young Mrs. Blaine at breakfast which
she recently gave 10 the young aspiranl