The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM

Again the rage for old Jewels and
1ewelry, which crops out every few
years, is in full swing, and society
women are diving deep In their treas
ure caskets for relics of bygone days.
Most Of the ancient trinkets have his
tories important only to their owners,
OF course, but here and there New
Yorker is the proud possessor of gems
that once played their part in the
chronicles of the mighty. Mrs. John
Jacob AStor has a diadem that be-
longed to Spanish royalty not so many
years ago. 1t is more gorgeous than
any tiara seen In the Metropolitan's
shimmering semilune. and Mrs Astor's
friends say it could not have been
more becoming to Hispaniola.s haught-
lest royal dame than ii Is to the former
Philadelphia. Another American. the
Countess de Castellane, possesses q
crown that used to be among the per-
sonal keepsakes of the same country's
last Queen Isabella. Mrs. Bradley
Martin includes among her priceless
trlnkets stones that a century or so
ago gittered among the crown Jewels
or France. Their mates are worn by
Mrs. Bonynge of London, while Lady
waterford boasts a row of pearls that
adorned the round throat of Mary of
Scotland before that snowy span was
severed by the headsman's ak
An English lass we'll known i'm
America and beloved by New Workers
who meet her in Europe still holds
sway as one of the most popular young
matrons on the continent She was
Daisy Cornwallis-W West, but for more
than a bakers dozen of years she has
been the pretty and piquant Princess
Henry of Pless. Her romantic Teu-
Princess" and worship her rare dainti-
ness as only ii can be adored in a
country wherein II is so uncommon.
She has Just presented another son to
Prince Henry, yet she is as spirituelIe.
Judging from private transatlantic cor
respondence, as when her wedding to
the widely liked young German lord
ing was the event OF the European
season. She is tall, svelte, with album
dant golden hair, blue eyes and a pink
and white complexion. She sings.
strums the guitar and plunges enthu-
s1astically into private theatricals. But
she is happiest when gaIloping with
her husband over their Silesian estate
or trudg1ng Scottish moors beside him
shotgun In hand. King Edward and
kaiser Wilhelm are the aodfathers of
her eldest son. who is 5 years old.
Scotland has Carnegies full as i'm
portant in the land o. cakes as is the
library-lavishing Andrew here. vet who
do not fall over themselves in efforts to
fraternize with the American family.
And why should they, from the British
viewpoint? Not only do they possess
two Observation-Disclosures and South
esk-but they have plenty of money
with which to support the dignity of
those titles. The Hon. Ian Ludovic
carnegie. brother of the Earl of North
esK, whose engagement to Col Brad
Ioru Atkinson's lovely daughter Anna
was announced a few days ago. served
with distinction in South Africa in the
ranks or the naval brigade He ia a
lieutenant on II. M. S. Triumph. and.
though only "a years old, already Is ORE
or the most popular officers In the ROYAL
navy. As his branch OF the Carnegie
can received land grants from King
David III or Scotland as far back as
1913, II may be taken for granted he
would not feel particularly honored by
possession Of his distant Yankee kins-
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