The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26
AN EPIDEMIC OF JEWELS.
Some Beautiful stones Worn by Fa-
nous French Actresses.
From Modern Society.

From Modern Society.
"Parisians are at present gathering
round the theatrical playbills, where, to
their intense amusement, they read the
following notice: Mile Aimee will appear
at the Scala, wearing all her diamondsrp
These announcements are not quite new
invention, though, for Mile. Mars, the
great tragedienne, never forgot to placard
the same sentence on the walls of the pro-
vincial towns when she was touring Her
diamonds, however, were not to be COM
pared with those of the modern actresses
and opera singers, at the head of whom is
Nine. Patti, who, as every one knows, late
ly Wore, in the third act of the 'TraViata'
a dress covered with precious stones, of
the value of 600 900. These stones are now
in Paris to be reset in the shape of a tulin-
like corselet formed of seven leaves from
which the mousseline de sole bodice will
emerge all in fluffs and puffs. The rubies
have been spared to compose a big rose
mount for a long hairpn, and destined, 1t
appears, to be placed behind the ear under
the fiat bandeaux / Espa gnole, for a new
pantomime in which the diva intends TO
appear as Habanera.
"After Nine. Patti and, perhaps. Mile
Aimee, whom nobody has yet seen, and
now that the belle Oetro dazzles the bow
ards, the most beautiful stones to be seen
on the Partisan stage are the emeralds of
Mile. Tholer of the Coincide Franchise a
vaporous blonde whose favorite color is
sky blue, on which she encirc1es her waist
is studded with them one end of it, falls
straight in front and ends with a fringe of
particularly
celebrated. The value of Mile. Tholer's
emeralds is so great that she has a police
man specially attached, and he never los
es sight of her when she acts.
MANY years ago, when Nine. Blanche
Pierson appeared in the part of Nine de
Terremonde in the Princess George Gu
rious to say, there was just then living in
Paris real Prince George, who had put
at her feet a casket full of marvellous
gems. She hesitated about the dress she
was going to wear and cover with 40 :
| worth 1ac+
she chose the toilet in which she was pain
ted by Carolus Duran, black faille cover
ed with Chantilly lace; on the left side
with a guile of green velvet, on which
was cascade of roses, the heart of each
being diamond. The bodice was simply
SmOthered with the same stones and If is
said that the Empress Eugene. at the
| sight of that blonde beauty so dazzling
| could not help frowning and saying: ooh.
| what scandal But Blanche Pierson en-
| Joyed the great honor of having her dress
copied almost exactly for the coduettish
| sovereign, who had most of the crown dia-
| monds broken up for the purpose Mime
! Guide is another star in the fun sense of
! the word, for she loves to blind her adj
mlrers. and she wore at an at home at the
| Princess Mauhilde'S, a shoulder-belt com
| ing from the left shoulder, crossing her
| chest and continuing down to her right
| nip composed of diamonds, decreasing in
SIZE, the top ones being enormous and u
! in row.
Mime. Marie Magnier of the Gvmnase
| mas the two largest diamonds now in Paris.
daV
| she received from her jeweler a telegram
| asking her to come at once to his shop:
| there she found a tall woman, thiclEiy
| yelled, who held in her hands a case with
| two superb diamonds in it, Big drops al
/ most as large as the diamonds were ia
FALLING from her eyes. 'Mademoisere.' She
! said, Mr. f. tells me that your fancy is to
| possess pair of exceptionally beautiful
| ear rings. Those are all that you can de-
| sire. Could you pay down for them before
| tonight the 1000 which I ask for
! them? The belle Magnier was startled
! Hum ma bonnie femme she said in ber
! the matter; you ask for 100, 0O0f. just as Won
! would ask for a bushel of onionsr Tba
Jeweler put his fingers on his lips and
! nodded deprecatingly. oh. very. well ;
said Magnier if she is a queen. She is
a queen answered the lady, proudly. shut
/ ting the case with a clap But Naenier
mad been touched by the sad voice. and
also let me say, by the blaze Of light which
| had just disappeared from before her ewes
so she said, meekly: All right, l will drive
10 my banker, and in an hour I shall he
PACK with the money, madame This is
| now she possessed the most maryelous
Jewels which ever adorned a first night in
Farls. She likes to tell the story Of her
bushel Of onions, but to this day she never
knew who was the woman.
Sarah Bernhard does not care for dia-
monds; she prefers the queer and multi
color Jewelry of the middle ages; she
wears belts, ehatelaines and shoulder
! knots but very seldom earrings. brooches
| bracelets or tiaras. Her last order in he
/ ttue de la PAX has been a tail silver
comb, az the top OF which leaves and flow
ers or all colors formed with emeralds. san
Phlres. ameShysts and turquoises tremble
/ ana move az the end OF flexible silver
stems; II is worth 200,000f, ana was after
her own design. II looks beautiful when
placed rather backward 10 the middle OF
bet hauiaiy. eurls negligsntly brought 40