Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
RICH wOMEN's VALUABLE
STONES

e. S"o 2 very quiet little girl. II pre-.
te' sapphire 20 everything elsa H.,
n MY lts power is purely moral: | eave
taia tsiy one last Christmas. ana 1
49,, 49, ni.n ne would have 70 wear ID where |
~ Went, and II he went where |
ny 5nVui1n J. the power Of the sapphire |
would tell me all about a r.,ss;,,i,.
my are beautiful in color. and tbey
iil,Ae ones hands look whittier. pid vcn
E llis know that Mrs William Astor VAS
supposed 70 possess the finest sineie sa,,.
phlte Known Mrs belmont bnd sen,s
very me ones, too. A sapphlre IN be
perfect must he o dark blue. and the
hghter ones, although they are pretty.
resl! nave no value; that Is, no great
=, Tive me ruby said an imapina.
DO the people of India that the ruby h
human soul just about 10 enter tho
sacrei land Of Buddha. Then. too. IA
y supposed 10 symbolic the most mas
sionate love. IL will tell you n poison h
MAR YOU ana every time 1t glittcrs on
your hnger, your own true love win DO
inspired to deeds of great yalor. snch
rs buying you another ruby, or some
thing OF that Sort Oh, yes, want
A girl who didn't wear any ring at
1
take an emerald. In TIE first place they
bring good health; next they blind ser.
pents, or any Of your enemies II they
dare TO look nc you; and then they bring
harmony into your married life, aud
Keep your husband as true as man
can be-"
Isn't it funny" asked somebody.
TINT nobody has said anything about
llamonusf 10 my way Of thinking u
perfect dinmond ~ the most beautiful OF
al stones; aud u seems TO me the strong
est, because your henlth or unhappincss
does not affect H. OF course huge dia-
monds with imperfections are worn by
vulgar pcoplebut that doesn't make a
perfect diamond any the less beautiful.
can quite understand the enjoyment
the people have In looking nj unset dia-
mouds. for they change with every cloud
that moves. You know Il has only been
within the past few years that diamonds
have been perforated like pearls aud
strings Of them worn Somebody told
me that Mrs willie" Vanderbilt had the
finest string of diamonds In this country
] remember seeing Mrs. Leland Stan
ford &C q ball In Washington. and
shall never forget her diamonds. They
were set In the most marvellous manner
and although there were 50 mnuy stones,
each one. because Of It's perfection, had
an individuality Of ia own, and above
oil these marvellous gems was Mrs Stan
ford's kind, womanly face. aud Il seemed
to ne as " she might I've wearing her
beautiful gems as much FOR the pleasure
OF other people as for her own. And
curiously enough. and for this very rea.
son. the diamonds had an added bril-
hancy.'
TIE FINGER RING FAD.
The really industrious girl, who had
been listening all this time, suddenly
any way you want, but my fad is for
rings. My fnvorite historical character
Is chat diguihed lady who had rings on
her fingers and bells on her toes, and
have always thought that Il made the
Egyptian inummies, the lady munmies
seem quite near and dear, because every
one Of them wore rings. and some OF
them on every finger. People are nj
ways asking about the marriage finger
and seem TO have an idea that the story
that there Is n vein leading from that
finger TO the heart, must be true. Now
that Is all nonsense. / think In th,
Greek church today the priest first pat'
the ring on the thumb. saying; I'm III,
name OF the Father then on the frs
finger. In the name Of the Son. on th'
second finger, In the name of the Holy
Ghost and on the third finger II 4
pressed down MS be says, Amen tn,
thumb used 10 BE- the wedding finger
among the Romans. because IL was sup
posed 10 be the brain finger, while among
the Jews II was very common for tn,
forcfnger 60 he honorcd. During the
time Of the Crusaders. the lady who's,
lover was off fighting the heathens uset
70 take OF her wedding ring aud put Il
under her pillow, that she might dream
Of the gallant knight who was batuini
! with the iniidels. Poor Marie Stuart hat
four wedding rings put on her fingei
| when she married Darnlcy. but ever
! they didn't keep her faithful 10 him
| IL you will think up some Of the OLE
| pictures of the Blessed Virgin you vii
remember that she has a wedding rim
| on her forchnger n ring that Is not nm
| like q signCt ring. Very few wcddlnl
| rings ARE set with precious stones, bu
| IN Germany, even today, the turquoise
! X frequently set In the wedding ring
| Il being believed that II the wife Is M
faithful the ring will lose It's color No'
| girls dream on Il bit OF wedding cak'
| sometimes and wonder that your dream
! IL so ordinary. but il is because yOl
| hive not carried ont the ceremony: 70
the cake to have any effect, must b.
passed through the ring, ana then IL
| propcrties ia the way OF giving ren
dreams are marvellous.
JEWEL-IAIMORTALIZED APOS-
Tiles.
"Just because it Is Lent took th'
trouble 20 look up the stones OF th'
walls Of the New Jerusalem. and 10 SEE
what apostle each represented. They
come In this way! Jasper Is ieteriSap
phlre rs Andrew: Chalccdony Is James
Emerald Is John; SardonyI Is fhilhp
Snrdius Is Bartholomew; Chrysoiite !
! Nntfbe,y. Bcryl is Ihomns; Topaz I
| James. the lesser. Chrys0prasus Is lhad
deus: Hyacinthus is Symon; and Anne
thyst is Matthias"
She had such lot Of knowledge TIM
we an applauded her, but ! really thinl
SO much Is womanknd given TO thought
| Of love that they were great dcal ihOi,
interested in what ! said. Probably j
Is folly, but In my own case l am sur
IL is true.
THE GIRL BORN IN
January should wear a garnet, for tina
win win friends for her wherever sh'
syThe Girl horn IN February must hav'
an AMETHYST. because that VIII MAKE ne
sincere. protect her from poison, ans
from slanderous tongues.
Tho eirl born IN March must nave
ooJ-afone. because that Will make ne
wise, and give her patience 70 Dear ~
The The drl horn IN April must have a ala
monl because that will keep her pure
HSE bs gn born In May must have a.
emerald because that viii make her
happy and healthy wife. -.