The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-15

Spain have to deck themselves with
their own jewels. Queen Isabel II was
passionately fond of precious stones
and still possesses a great many, III u=h
she has given away her best 10 her
daughters The Infanta Isabel wears
on state occasions the wonderful ener-
aid ''Darure."
o s. .
The first wife of Alfonso XII had
ma gnificent gems, but at her death they
were returned to the Duchess of Mont
pensier and are now worn by the prin-
cesses of the Orleans family. King Al
fOnsO had also given this love of his
youth many beautiful jewels, and now
the carved images of the Virgin of
Atocha in Madrid and the Virgin del
Pillar in SaragOsSa are adorned with
these, as they are also draped in her
bridal and court vestments. The pres
ent queen of Spain has one of the finest
''paruTes' in Europe; the briIlants in
the crown are of the purest water. She
possesses also a long string of wonder
ful pearls, her favorite stone, which
sets off so perfectly the half-mourning
toilets that she has always worn since
she left off her. deep mourning.
The queens eldest daughter. the
Princess of Asturias, bride-elect of
Prince Charles of Bourbon, will have
foremost among her jewels a. necklace
of twenty rows Of pearls, one row Civ
en- each year by her mother at her
successive birthdays, and a riviere of
brilliants, one given each birthday by
her aunt, the Infanta Isabel Perhaps
her royal highness' most priced jewel
will ever be the betrothaI bracelet Civ
/ en- her by her fiance the other day.
Strangely enough, her mother is also
much attached to a bracelet that was
the last gift of the late king on her
birthday, few days before his death
in 1885.
Some royal heirlOoms passed from
the royal family by intermarriage into
noble families in the nineteenth CEN
fury. The widow of Ferdinand VII,
/ Maria Christina, a Ne3pOlitan Bourbon
| brought with her a wonderful ''parure''
/ Of opals, the stone to which is attrib-
/ uted an evil influence in her native land
and which is therefore called gotta
( tura.' She married a. commoner, a love
match which made the consort a. duke,
ana thus the opal one day passed to
the Marquesa de Campo Sagado.
whose life was marked with much suf-
IeT1ng and many TeVerSeS. These IA
j nous opalS then came into the posses
sion of the late Duchess of Santona
who, like her husband. had risen from
very humble station in life to the
4 highest dignities; but the wheel of for
tune turned and two years ago she
died in very straitened circumstances
I The fate of the riviere is not known.
q q q
In another noble family there is a
necklace that once upon a time be-
[ l0nged TO the unfortunate queen Of
France, Marie Antoinette, and is worn
] by the Duchess of Denia, a lady whose
4 first husband was a Duke of Mendina-
COeH, and who is famous for her pat
ronage of art. The Duchess of AIba's
/ pearls are worth a fortune, and many
prefer them to the necklace of the Mar
quesa de Ia Laguna that cost 500. 600
rms Spanish lady is quite eager for
jewels, and wears so many of such
value that when she goes to a great
court function or even to a ball two
guards ride at little distance from
her carriage. The old Marques. de Ia
Puente. mOther-in-laW of the late Pre-
mler Canovas, possesses the largest
pearls IN Europe. Spanish ladies all
wear earrings, and when a baby girl is
/ porn her ears are pierced the same dav.
Spanish ladies have, however. the good
taste not to wear many rings. and if
they do not possess real stones they
, never wear false ones.