The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16

lishment of Mrs. Lynch, the Diamond
Queen, in Union square, were Miss
Earle, Mr.. H. A. Perkins, manager Of
the establishment; Mr.. Waldinger. his
assistant and myself, with the watch
man. Later the Worlds own photo
grapher was admitted.
1t was shortly after o'clock when
piles of jewels were taken from the
safe Case after case was laid out all
containing a part of the $1,000,000 worth
that l proposed to try to put on Miss
Earle.
No attempt at studied design was
proposed. No attempt, moreover, had
been made to secure any extraordinary
number of large pieces. Mr.. Perkins
had instead gathered numerous valu-
able rubieS, pigeon blood stones and
solitaire diamonds, apparently by the
pint and quart.
AS tray after tray and small pack
ages by the tens were produced /
thought l was getting an idea of what
$1,O00,O00 worth really signified.
Hours later the entire party agreed
that no adequate conception of the sig
nificance of a million could be had ex-
cept by actual participation in the
operation we had gone through.
Miss Earle wore a plain heavy black
silk corsage that would hold the i'm
mense weight Of the jewels and still
could be sacrificed.
I began very shortly after o'clock
with a dog collar of diamonds and
pearls. Miss Earle isn't diamond
actress. She possesses just one dia-
mond star ornament. It's in the picture,
too. So all her sensations of diamond
wearing were fresh and new.
Under it was strung a necklace Of
sclitaries, each one as big as the end
nf oil nj
and caught the light, Miss Earle
Strengthened up and exclaimed:
81 begin to feel like q real duchess.
What will it be like before it is fin,
ished?"
In an hour it seemed as if no Roadway at
all had been made into the array of jewels
and as if only very small part of the
million had been got into place.
Mr.. Perkins sat down to watch the opera
ton and his assistant handed out the Jewels
as fast as | selected the pieces wanted.
100000 ON MISS EARLE'S HEAD.
On Miss Earle's head was placed over $780,
900 worth of stuff.
Among the pieces a diamond tipped
and jeweled aigrette, a tiera, mercury wings,
bird on base made of solitaires OF peculiar
value. Semiramides head-dress was
ranged from pairs of diamond pansies, dais-
les, butterflies of rubies and diamonds.
Droll emerald and diamond lizards strayed
through her blonde earlocks. A diamond
sword was thrust through the topknot. DIAM
ond chains were wound about the topknot and
solitaire pins used for hairpins.
Over the brow hung diamond and emerald
pendant that would keep a hundred families
in coal all winter.
In the ears were thousands of dollars worth
of diamonds. From pair of solitaires
ranted to dazzle at the rate of $4,000 hung
pair of cut diamond pendants, big diamonds
absolutely cut all around like the crystal of
candelabra and without an equal in this
country, 1t is said.
ONE NECK LACE WORTH $40, 000
In getting the gems together Mr..
Perkins had looked to the perfection Of
the jewels which would count most in
valuation. A long string of diamonds,
especially matched by years Of search,
was worth over $4,000 In order to
make the necklaces droop to show them
selves it was necessary to fasten two
together to pass around the neck
Others were fastened into diamond
floral sprays Of roses and daises that
finished each shoulder
Just to say "a diamond spray doesn't
sound impressive in the least, but
when every leaf is formed solidIy of
diamonds closely set and the petals of
every flower are solid diamonds that
CULVER and twinkle on springs, it is
quite another sight to the eye.
1t Is a task to put on so many Jewels
Wherever there was a chance to fit in
jewel there was one placed in order to
cover as small a surface as possible.
Along the top edge Of the black silk
corsage was superb edge of sixty SOL
itaires, not one worth less than $780,
simply as blind finish.
When the photographer came to turn
on the flash light all this row Of white
diamonds seemed chain of fire and