Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-16
AND THE PARTY broke UP.
Talking About the Safety of Their
Diamonds They Become Uneasy.

Talking About the Safety of Their
Diamonds They Become Uneasy.
From the Chicago Daily tribune.
! Burglars got into Emmeline's house last
night while she and her husband were at
| a reception" said the woman with the lace
and jet on her cape.
Gracious! Did they get all her dia-
| monds?" cried the woman with the red
bonnet.
| mo; she was wearing them. They got
all the rest of her jewelry, though as well
as her silverware. She said her first
thought was that if she hadn't had them
| on she'd have lost them, too. And such a
time she had had in persuading her
husband to take her.
well, this may prove lesson to him to
| take her oftener."
You don't know him. He said if he had
been at home getting his natural sleep and
protecting the house they would have lost
nothing"
We'll, well; some people would die sooner
than confess that they are wrong. But 1
do think that Clara is really a little care
| less: she keeps all her valuables in safe
The very place in which burglar would
look for them first" put in the woman with
the huge muff. mo burglar would ever
find my jewels, that l know. l keep a box
marked jewels on my dressing table with
few stick pins AID things in it. just for
| show, but
why, SO do Ir' cried the woman with
| the red bonnet, "only 1 keep my watch in
| 1t. My husband gave it to me, and it is so
| h;deous that 1 only wish somebody would
| steal it; then l could select a new one my
self. 1 keep my diamonds in large en-
| velope in the bottom of the waste basket.
Now, what burglar would ever think of
Iansacking waste basket?''
But do you never forget them?"
Once l did. 1t was before we came to
mn fhar ,iner
| spend the day, and in tidying up for her
| emptied the contents of the waste basket
| on the ash heap. We were at the lunch
| table when 1 happened to think Of my da-
and ran out of the room. Henry's mother
| thought was crazy, and took refuge in
| the next house. But by some miracle of
| good luck 1 found my diamonds where I
| had thrown them"
Il should think it was luck. Now, 1 keep
| my diamonds in the rag bag; who would
ever"
II used to keep mine in little bag under
| the corner of the rug in my bed room. You
| see, the rug ran under my bed, and they
were perfectly safe. But one day I had my
bed moved. and, as had forgotten my dia-
monds, somebody stepped on them and
| they all had to be reset. Still, that was not
as bad as if they had been stolen. l keep
them in an old shoe now; the SHOE with it's
mate, is in the corner of cupboard, and
am perfectly easy about Them
"Of course. Before l thought of the
| waste basket 1 used to keep my jewels
rolled up in a bundle of soiled linen. But
once, by some mistake, it was sent to the
laundress. ] finally got almost everything
back, but l had three new gray hairs as
well. But, o dear, here we are talking
| about our diamonds-just look out of the
window at that beggar; her feet are almost
bare"
The woman with the huge muff gave a
little scream. 20, my goodness" she cried
"a beggar came asking for shoes while
we We're at breakfast this morning; told
the waitress to hunt pair out of my cup
beard. What If she got the one with the
| diamonds? 1 must go this minute and seer
And l told Bessie that she could sell all
the rags for her little benevolent associa-
tionl' cried the woman with the lace and
jet on her cape. perhaps she has done it
today! o, how shall l ever bear the sus-
pense until get home and find out?'
And the party broke up in great confu-
sion.