Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-29
She WEARS DIAMONDS.
A BALTIMORE WOMAN WHO HAS
THEM TO BURN.
They Are valued at S5O,OOO and Many
of Them Could Scarcely be
Duplicated in the Unit
ed States.

Baltimore society is much exercised over
the controversy now pending between lhe
Judges OF the appeal tax court ana MIS-
Isaac Z. Emerson, wife OF the bromo-selt%ef
millionaire. Mrs. Emerson's troubles are
the result Of the recent invasion by a burg
lar at her magnificent Eutaw place man,
sion. The thief secured nearly $1,000 worm
OF diamonds and jcwelry, which were sun
sequently recovered, and narrowly misseu
n small bunch" of diamonds Whlch inc
lady values at $4,000, and which lay In a
bureau drawer in an adjoining. room.
These facts were published in the papeaI
next day and caught the eyes OF the appear
tax court judges. who. upon coIsultlltS
their books. found that the only returns
made by the Emersons to the tax aSsss o
were for household effects TO me aInouns
of 6 $40. The wife of the millionaire was
Immediately called upon 10 explain. IeI
husband appeared before the court ana
claimed that as Mrs. Emerson wore the
diamonds and jewelry "habitually,,, they
could not be taxed according TO the law IN
The judges stood aghast. They couldn't
understand how a lady could "habttually.
are still engaged in solving the veXed prob
lem.
comment and Mrs. Emerson and her jewel
~ are being discussed in the clubs and on
the streets, in the shops, and wherever men
and women Of the upper ten S1ngr ear:on
said frankly that she believed she had the
finest collection in the city. To begin with.
tneTe Is a diamond rSchIdCe. II j. pOsSIbi"
that this is not the equal of the famous
necklace that was ordered for Marie An
toinette, and which afterward SO myster-
tously disappeared, but II Is fine enough
10 satisfy the whims Of ordinary mortals.
II is composed Of seventy large stones,
each of great ~brilliancy and value. Mrs.
Emerson says she does not know the value
of the necklace. as her husband. who gave
st to her last Christmas, has refused to
tell her the price he paid for IT.
Then there is a tiara Of diamonds sup
porting an aigrette clustered with dta-
inonds. Next. there IS a sunburst. which
composed OF forty good-sized stones, and
IS valued at $3.50. This, however. looks
insignificant beside a spray of wild roses
purchased a short time ago. 1t consists
of three roses and n spray of leaves heav-
fly incrusted with diamonds. Another pref
~ thing is a gold watch. bought in Paris.
1t Is so heavily incrusted with diamonds
that not a particle of the gold can be seen.
The watch is suspended from n feur de lis.
which also Is heavily incrusted with dia-
monds.
In addition 10 these. Mrs. Emerson is
the happy posSessor Of several diamond
rings. solitaire. double and marquise; a
pair of earrings of rubies, surrounded by
pearls; solitaire diamond earrings, 4 BAN
Quet ring, composed of a large blu dia-
mond, surrounded by eneraldS and pearls.
which cost. she says. not less than 5000:
seven solitaire diamond rings, a diamond
dagger, containing seventy diamonds.
1900. The central jewel in the lorgnette
is a brown diamond. the counterpart of
which would be hard to fine in the United
States. 1t was bought from Tiffany &c
CO. during the Horse show In New YORK.
which Mrs. Emerson attended and at
which she wore a large part of her Jewels.
In fact. she had only returned from the
Horse show a short time. and had left a
in her dressing room, where her house
was robbed.