Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-07
To Convert Jewels
Into Marsbips.

ing families of Spain have sent ,bou
sands Of dollars worth of prAolon.
stones to London to be sold 10 rataa
funds for war. This suggests what a.
enormous sum might be placed nj ~.
disposal of this government shouId ~.
women of America offer their iewe,s a.
the worlds markets. Where dlnmor1.
and rubies and other gems are seen l,.
hundreds in Madrid they are IN II,
counted by thousands in New yor,,
There Is million dollars worth :,
jewels on view on nearly eyerv nha,.
holders night" during the Metrono,,tas
Opera House season, and the prac,s,,a
stones that flash there are bur n sn,oI,
part OF the gems that Americas mil
lion-heiresses could proffer for the mead.
OF their country to meet the emergas
cies of war.
with the enormous surplus in ~.
treasury and the vast resources of ,his
country to draw upon Uncle Sam s,anas
in no immediate need of funds Ia n,oso
cute farreaching war, but IL the ,,r,.
should come when necessity demanded
an appeal to his countrymen the NO
men of New York alone could snrn,js.
the world with the magnitude Of tbs,.
aid. and this would not neoess.r,,,,
mean the offering of the fortunes-ius,
the sale of their superb Jewels.
a battleship might be built with n,
proceeds of the sale and leave n SIM,
sum for cruiser or two or mora ~
pedo boats. Several cavalry or Infants,
regiments might be equipped or evar
formidable batteries of flying artnlsry
added to the army of the United STATE.
Released from their settings. the law
els would run In quarts, even in go,-
Ions. and form such a glittering mia a,
the merchants of the world had nsvs,
before seen. Many of the largest ami
purest diamonds and rubles known "a
man are owned In the United States
and the pearls that adorn the tbroa,s
of Americas wealthy women are such
as would have made Cleopatra envious.
In nearly every great war Woman has
flown to tile succor of her native land
and pledged her jewels or even sold
them for the nations veal. In New
York are gathered many of the richest
women in the world, and II they alone
sold their gems the sum realized would
be astounding.
II Mrs. William Aston should DISPOSE
of her Jewels in aid OF the nation, Tn.
Gle Sam would be fully aMsCo the
richer.
A pearl girdle frequently worn by
Mrs. Aston Is valued at fully sIo0M
This sum would equip 1900 infantrym.l
for immediate service, besides furns,
ing them with rations for several weeks
The diamond collar which has t7a
seen about Mrs. Astor's neck maN
times at the opera is valued at more
than 100000, and has as pendants sew.
eral rare Indian diamonds.
The two regal diamond sunbursts
Mrs. Aston wears are worth at least
$40, 900, and her diamond pearl and EN-,
erald stars represent an expenditure Of
fully $4,000.
The Jewels owned by Mrs John Jacob
Aston are nearly as many and qulte as
line as those of Mrs. William Aston
Her diamond tiara is worth $5O,OVo, ana
her crown of emeralds and dlamondi
flashes with the seeming consciousness
that 1t is worth $50. 900 II penny. Inc
emerald and diamond necklace about
her throat on state occasions cost VA
900. In addition to these she wears
diamond star, n $4,000 trinket, near
of opals and diamonds represenuhs
IS, 900 and a diamond crescent ana
bowknot of rubies, diamonds anu gu
eralds, the twain valued at nearly w
900. A portion of the Jewels OF tn,'
Young matron would furnish uhci'
Sam with $4,000. ,
Probably one of the most valuableeei'
lections of Jewels belonging to any
To that nf Mrg, BIdu-
ley Martin. She has s50O,OoO worm "
precious stones. Her glittering diamond
breastplate alone is worth slOo'ooo az.
her ruby set-tiara, necklace, ora..''
and pins-is valued at s2Oo.Voo' as
pearls, Mrs. Bradley Martin posses.s
many ropes of these white gems Wa
| in the neighborhood of SliooVV' her pn
and jeweled fans and hair orha'he"''
would sell for more than $6O,o oo'
| Another collection which CLOSELY sr
proaches in value that OF Mrs Braun,
Martin belongs to Mrs. George uou
One piece. flashing ruby and u'an
girdle, is valued at $4,000, us Gun.
| panion, a necklace. cost sS5'ooo, ~
constellation of ruby stars ana CIV
cents scintillating in her hair represen,,
$25, 1000. If Mrs. Gould should dispose,,
all her Jewels, set and unset, she cv~s
realize fully s4sO.ooO. This wou'a v"
four torpedo boats for Uncle sam. ~.
Mrs. oliver II. p. Belmont has ~. ~.
tune in Jewels, and it was by dep'er,
her own caskets that she mace
daughter, the Duchess of Marloorvus '
the most bejeweled woman In al .t X.
land. The pearls that once deckea @
person of Marie Antoinette are thepH
erty now of Mrs. Belmont. her u
monds are magnificent. They rep''
kingly sum, fully si50,ooO 49, A
The diamond and emerald TIARA
Mrs. William C. Whitney IS MY -,
throughout this country. VIVA ~
necklace and the other ornaments
has worn so many times ut the 0p pr
this represents the sum OF S'o'oW
there are other jewels in the wn nnr.
caskets, all of which could not We ~
chased for less than $i6O,oOo wall
Among the other women OF New .a |,
whose precious stones may be va'u i,
the hundreds of thousands eho's ,ro-
give Uncle Sam a mighty III. NJ,
any possible slough Of despond ar
Henry Sloane, Mrs. Frederick ueS I'M,
and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. AMI
diamond tiaras and necklaces ID
brooches and all the other ornaine"s nm.
their strong boxes are worth man.
! drada NJ tbnuaa pds of dollars.