The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-07-26


wearing more Jewels than all the ladies
of the houses of Astor and Vanderbilt to-
gether possess. With all that, he is not
effeminate, for he is q hunter of tigers
and a warrior. He is the ruler of a native
England. He has given much pleasure to
the English by his expressions Of loyalty.
Recently he said that his sword and his
| purse were ever at the command Of her
majesty the queen, and that while he had
not been permitted to fight the Beers he
| hoped he would some day get a chance
against the Russians or the Chinese.
| If the maharajah were to acquire an
American wife she would probably cure
him of his habit of wearing all his jewels
and take most Of them to herself. 1t is
estimated that he has s5,000O0O worth of
them. Miss Daisy Letter once put all of
! them on, thereby giving the maharajah
| His highness' diamonds alone are WORT.
! $i,0OG, 5000. When he appears in priEcely
regalia on occasions Of state he wears a
necklace of the white gems representing
half that sum. Over the snowy folds of
his white cloth turban he wears mag
niflcent crown Of the rapahs, a crown
shat startled Queen Victoria from her ac-
customed calm at sight of it. In the gol-
den mesh that is the foundation for the
the prOudast moment of his life
crown is set a double row of diamonds
that rival in splendor the queens own
priced Kohinoor. Flaming from the large
circular design that forms the center of
nrr,eA -
pigeon-blood ruby large as a mans thumb
nail and glowing like a heart of love.
This gem alone cost a score of lives in
battle with marauding natives, who fell
upon the mounted guards bearing it from
the mines. Smaller rubies for the centers
Of other circular and oval figures that
form the circle Of the crown They glow
amid diamonds and pearls, like a drop Of
blood imprisoned in a network of frost
connoisseur Of gems pronounced the
intrinsic value Of the crown, aside from
the added value of its age and dignity as
the centuries-old crown of the mahara-
jahs of Kapurthala. to be $780, 900.
The maharaiah revels in the barbaric
richness OF a ruby necklace of eighty
stones set in dull gold. splendid bauble.
the temerity to set price
The golden caskets that hold the crown
jewels are yet other gltterIng beauties
sea-green emeralds from Asiatic Russia.
great tear-like pearls from Ceylon and
the Persian gulf, with occasionally rare
one on which dusky shadows gather into
murky darkness like the depths of the
eyes Of her whom he termed "the beau
tful black pearl of all the Americans"
There are corn flower blue sapphires from
Ceylon and peacock blue sapphires from
Burmah and sky blue turquoises from
Persia and rich royal purple amethysts
from the Ural mountains.
The maharajah is rich beyond the
dreams of avarice and quite good look
ing. He has made a great impression on
many English girls, but he keeps most
of his admiration for Americans.
He has a great admiration for Sarah
Bernhard. He invited her to visit In
dia, play in the principal cities there and
have frequent tiger hunts TO lend variety.
Strangely enough, Bernhard has not yet
accepted the invitation.
'Al these" the prince Of India once
said TO Mrs. Alga Law. "shau be yours II
you become the favorite princess Of
Kaourthala"
Il IS a fact often noted that dusky
princes Of the east most admire fair
beauties Of the pure Anglo-Saxon type.
They rave about the pearl-white skin and
limpid blue eyes Of the goddesses Of the
north, before whose charms the dark
beauty OF the woman Of their own land
Dales
When the maharajah was worship
ping at the feet OF Mrs. George Law he
seemed 10 prove an exception 70 this rule.
bur now he has returned to the traditions
OF his ancestors by succunbing %
blonde Anglo-Saxon.
IN 1928 his royal hlghness came %
America ana spent several weeks in New
York and Newport During his visit he
Inspected the attractions in and around
New York. with Colonel Massey of the
English army and with an imposing per-
sonaI suite he visited Couey Island. Wall
Street, the stock exchange and other
points of interest Subsequently, he went
II Newport, Boston. Philadelphia. WASH
ilgton and Chicago. remaining IN the lat
ter city long enough 70 see the worlds
fair
From this country be went 10 Europe.
visited the German emperor at Berlin. the
king and queen q Italy and the pope a.
Rome. and attended the wedding % the
duke ct York n L0nd1n. The trezhresz (
and enthusiasm with which he entered
upon this round q pleasure Is partly ex-
planned by the tact that Re vas thsa bur
twe1ty-oae years Of age
Whle ne was n New York the rnaha- |
-ajsh net and dined with Chaunoay De !
paw, Thomas c Plat Thomas Edison /
and George Vanderbilt. re seems % /
nave been approved hy - these, They /
said that with the exception % his o-ie-- /
tai grace 81 manner. his svartAy ts-e 4
and the twelve yards of six that formed /
his head covering. be seemed Ike Al i
American gentleman Re wears his aox- /
ing ziken robes only az court and pablc
funcn,ns.