The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
PEARLS OF NOTED WOMEN.
SOCIETY LEADERS WHO OWN
PRICELESS SEA JEWELS.

a.
Necklace worth Si2.OOO-Mrs. Will
lam Aston Wears Pearls in Her
Hair, Mrs. Morton Affects Them and
They Are Queen Vtetoria's Favor
tie Jewels.
From the New York Press.
Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt recently ac-
quired a new pearl necklace. She has
always owned "A diamond one since her
marriage to the millionaire. and she has
appeared at the opera with pearl orna-
ments upon her bodice and In her hair.
But necklace Of magnificent pearls she
has never owned. but now. as pearls rule
society In the jewelry line. Il is necessary
that this queen Of Ease as she was
called last winter in a French paper
should have one.
The necklace was bought a short time
ago and a description OF il was cabled
over to this country. 1t consists OF thirty
nine pearls. beautifully graduated. from
little ones upon each end to a giant
pearl in the center 1t has a diamond
clasp Of whitest diamonds, and its cost.
as paid by an agent of the Vanderbilt
family. was $1,000. OF over $1,000 English
money. The necklace is to be marked
with initials and date. and when Mrs.
Willie X" arrives upon the other side
she viii find this beautiful addition to
her family Jewels. Gossip about the neck
lace that Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt were
discussing the buying Of such a neck
lace before the separation specially for
the debutante daughters wearing.
Mrs. William Aston has a string of
pearls that was originally intended for
a necklace, but Mrs. Astor much pre-
ferred her diamond neck ornament. So
the necklace is worn in the hair II con-
sists OF forty-five pearls, all Of exactly
the same size, and Joined hiohf growing
one from another, without siEht Of gold
The Fastening is an enormous pearl This
string Is worn cOiled into the strands of
the couture. One string goes around the
'front.' hair Just back of the parting and
another appears In the first coil while
pearls lie nesting In the figure s into
which Mrs. Astor's hair is usually twist
ed. Thery are very beautiful and so be-
coming, worn thus, that Mrs. Astor. In
obedience to Duran's wishes, had her
portrait painted with them in her hair.
II was at the portrait exhibition in De-
cember.
Mrs. Levi p Morton's favorite Jewels
are pearls. She does not wear them with
diamonds. She has one very beautiful
neck ornament which, while not a neck
lace, takes the part Of one. II Is a triple
strand of pearls, looped in old-tme fashion
across the front Of the corsage. Ii is fas-
tened usually at the left Of the decollette
bodice, and then is caught In festoons ac-
cording to the taste Of the wearer At a
dinner given by Mrs Erastus Corning OF
Albany last week the pearls were looped
into many strands. one lying below the
other, and the lowest one reaching to the
waist With nice taste Mrs Morton wears
her best and finest laces underneath this
exquisite pearl garniture. well knowing
the effect of the Opaque loneliness Of the
| pearls. thus delicately outlined
When Miss Rothschild marries the
| young Duke OF Marlborough, or when
she marries some one else she will pos
sess the finest string Of pearls In the
| world. The custom of buying a pearl for
each girl upon her birthday began with
the last generation Of Rothschilds; and the
| wife of Lord Roseberry prohted by it 10
| the extent of having pearl necklace finer.
even that that just purchased by Mrs.
vanderbilt. But the present young lady
| of the house will have a finer one There
are now twenty-five pearls, one for each
| year, and should another birthday not
roll over her head, an indulgent banker
rather Will purchase a sufficient num-
Der to make the string into enough for a
| complete dog collar of the Jewels Only
| twenty-five viii be needed, according TO
measurement of the size Of the gems.
Mrs. Potter Palmer's famous pearl collar
became familiar sight during the worlds
| fair, FOR she sat for her official picture
| with 1t on; and its nine luxurious strings
| we're counted and recounted by pearl low
ing women who find sentiment as well as
beauty In the fable laden pearls. This
| pearl necklace of the president Of fbe
| board of lady managers is said TO have
begun with single close strand. a dog
| collar, but like the pumpkin Of poets
| fame, 1t grew and II grew" until at Mr.
| Palmers last purchase 1t became the
many stranded one It now is This neck
lace, on account of the size and its exact
match, IS considered the finest in the
| world.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger has su-
| perabundance Of these Jewels A very
| beautiful match Is found IN the string
| which she wears across one shoulder in
miniature fashion. Indeed her own picture
was painted with this string of pearls
| supporting cloak put on in classic fash
ion. This string Of pearls consists Of very
| large diamonds, without the slightest va
| ration in size. They might have been peas
IN the same pod. Sometimes they are worn
about Mrs. Cruger's white neck Again
they are coiied in the bright strands Of
her hair, and again you see them either
drawn across one bare shoulder or twisted
in and out of the lace in her corsage; for
Mrs Cruger is society woman who ad-
vocates individuality and variety even
in jewels. She has no sympathy with the
women who put on a pair of diamond ear,
rings at morning and wear them until
midnight year in and year out
Mrs. John Jacob Aston rarely wears
pearls. She has so many diamondsi But
sometimes, at dinner she wears a small
| necklace of pearls and emeralds put to-
gether in very cunning design She also
wears large pearl and diamond hair or
nament.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward outlines her fine
face with close string of pearls that
try to hide themselves under a high lace
neck trimming which Mrs. Ward always
wears In curious fashion about her throat.
and another famous writer who loves
pearls is Amelie Rives, who decorates
her slippers with them and sticks them
set in daggers in her hair Her necklace
is not Of pearls, however, except a small
pearl string that may have been her deb
utante possession.
Queen Victorias favorite Jewels have
always been pearls. She has an immense
string Of them. II is not long, as II
reaches only once around her throat and