Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19

They are not perfectly white like my nine-
carat solitaire eardrops, of ancient Indian
origin-old mine stones. l have a ten
carat rose-tnted solitaire ring that years
ago was supposed to be worth 81 900 a
carat-but large diamonds have not gone
stones"
She likes diamonds particularly as set
tings FOR other jewels and in large deco
ratiVe motifs. The buckle of her pearl
dog collar contains 240 of such diamonds.
she has back comb with 270 more I'm I'll
one ring especially struck me-a pure white
diamond set in peculiar green stones
1T looks like a diamond. don't it?' she
SAID but 1t Is a white zircon or targoon;
ana those green stones remarkable
tourmalines-of which l am very fond be-
cause they are remarkable jewel marked
out from all others by very complex
chemical constitution and strange opti-
In such way that viewed from one point
IT seems perfectly opaque and black. Held
sideways 1t is olive-green. Now look at
the facets on this side-I do not bulge the
stone. hold It STILL Look, That one n
greenish yellow-now 1t is vivid green now
pale ite-green-eXamples of powerful
dichroism, they call it, having 10 do with
the polarization of light l have a biz
cent
She disappeared and came back with q
tray OF rings of flashing colors.
Here Is ruby as like IT set-witb
Here is another with a border of small
roses. The ruby is really the most valua-
Die or all stones-except the emerald. II
a diamond OF five carats fs worth 81 100 e
faultless ruby of the same weight will
sell for at least $4,000 A very nne stone
or q single carat may be worth as much
as 1901 Look at this cornfiower-blue sap
phire-it is really the same Stone es tina
ruby; and like the tourmaline. II has thai
strange effect of polarized light See the
twin beams one azure blue the other
greenish straw? What a velYetv softness
they produced"
Although OF exactly the same composition.
sapphires do not increase in value with
their size in anything like the proportion
OF rubies Indeed, IL very large. a sap
phire may appear almost black, especial.
ly at night; and large sapphires are enor.
mously more common than large rubies,
she showed me some, very perfect In col.
or set IN marquise rings. and in rich dead.
gold settings, of one carat each. The sap.
phires were worth about $50 each.
Good Investment for Women.
They are all corundums. like the ruby"
she said Look at this pure green SAN
phire. or oriental emerald. This other, an.
Ter, came from Montana. And here mon.
s.eur, is a true oriental amethyst. or purple
sapphire, valuable and interesting stone
made up of alternate layers OF ruby and
sapphire These colored stones look so well
on the stage"
do not false Jewels look just as well be-
hind the limelights?" / inquired
"Ah. no! Otherwise how could | travel
on my jewels? l began collecting these
stones because 1 loved them. Then I found
they were making me name. And now I
find that their very considerable increase
in value has made them the best possible
investment Of my money. And even now
I would give this advice to women: buy
jewels-they are always going up. because
the world is always growing richer"
You don't keep all these things In your
apartments, do your I asked.
You have not seen half of them" she
answered, 81 often send the whole lot to
the vaults Of the Credit Lyonnaise to have
complete peace of mind. or course I have
a burglsr-proof safe here; and / let Il be
known that 1t works with a time lock But.
who knows. some stupid burglar might not
have heard of IT, So sleep with a big re.
volver under my pillow"
1 asked her II that was not shining
against her beauty principle of not to
worry.
1T is the kind OF worry I stand best"
she laughed. Nothing in comparison with
the worry Of getting the jewels to start
with"
She stood looking at the soft white fire
Of the jargoon.
Jewels. she said softly. Jewels are
woman's best friendsi
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.