Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-04

profound imp ession on Elizabeth,
and soon became her favorite. Eliza.
ebth gave him her ring, telling him
that there was no fault he could ever
commit for which she would not, al
the sight of that pledge of her atfec.
ton, instantly pardon him.
When Essex was condemned to
death for having taken part in re.
volt against the government of the
Queen, he commissioned the Countess
of Nottingham to take the precious
ring to his sovereign. But on the or.
der of her husband. a personal enemy
of the prisoner, she did nothing, Will,
Elizabeth. astonished awaited with
impatience the supreme appeal which
she knew her former favorite could moi
fail to make.
Bitter over silence which she tool
for disdain, the Queen allowed Essel
to be executed, but not without hav.
ing hesitated long time before sign.
ing the fatal warrant. Thus Robert
Devereux ascended the scaffold Feb. 25
1901, at the age of "a. At the moment
of his execution she burst into tears
complaining, as If by sort of intui.
tion. at the overhaste which had been
shown in carrying out the sentence
and grieving long over the event.
When the Countess of Nottingham
felt her end approach, seized with re-
morse, she sent word to Elizabeth OF
an important secret she had to COM
municate to her. On the arrival of the
Queen at her deathbed, she confessed
her fault and asked pardon.
Never" exclaimed Elizabeth, with
drawing Immediately and overwhelm-
ing the dying countess with the bitter
est reproaches.
Henry III. also had a passion for
rings and for precious stones. Follow
ing the example of their King, all the
women of the time were passionately
fond of them.
According to st. Simon, the ring
box of the Duchesse of Berry was
worth 100000 ecus. The Prince OF
Conde had 1000 rings, and every one
of them, he used to say, recalled a
tender recollection"
From the times of Louis XIV. rings
were slender and of moderate dimen.
sions. During the following reign
they remained of charming workman
ship and appearance, yet withal they
attained size out of all proportion
Bachaumont, in his Secret Memoirs"
says that at the sale of Mile. de Beau
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1884, there were 200 rings, each more
superb than all the rest"
Mercier. laundering in 1882 against
the abuse of the ring wearing fashion
said: when one takes the hand OF
a pretty woman, one feels nothing but
rings and triangular stones; it is actu-
ally necessary to undress the hand in
order to perceive its outlines and fine
ness of shape"
Under Louis XVI. several jewelers.
at Paris had quite a reputation for the
beauty and variety of their rings. They
included De la Sale. Dauphine square
sign of the gold medal" Delion, ST.
Louis street, sign of the gold mill"
Maillard ST. Honore street, at the Ali
gre Hotel; Mauricard, Dauphine square
and Grauchez, sign of the Little
punkerque," and all these were men
tiCncd with praise" in 1855 by the
"Fashion Cabinet
After the taking Of the Bastille the
Parisians wore 'jewels a la constitu-
ton and especially rings chased with
tiny bits of stone taken from the old
prison. Alliance" rings were enam-
elled in three colors. In order to out
do the Civic Alliance" the royalist
youth wore "ecailles.' rings, with the
legand Domino salvum fac regum.'
During the worst days of the revo-
luton large silver rings were made,
with portraits worked in of Marat,
Chalier or Lepelletior st. Fargean.
TO the craving OF metal, the sym
bolism of precious stones adds its brill
liancy OF hue. and nothing is more
graceful. on the background of vel
vet in the box at the theater. in the
carriage or on the promenade. than
these thousand fires, which on the
fingers OF the Partisan woman make a
fairy rainbow of color.