Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-14
SOME FAMOUS
JEWEL COLLECTIONS
Worn by Queens of Empire and
Queens of Beauty-Pearls
Are Great Favorites.
From cassers Saturday Journal

From Cassels Saturday Journal.
a story of pleasant reading is that
concerning Queen Alexandra and the
duchess of Marlborough. On one occa-
sion these two ladies' We're dining to-
g9ther when the subject of gems was
mentioned Now 1T is we'll known that
the queen has splendid collection OF
pearls. They have been presents from
the tsar and the dowager empress OF
Russia, her sister from members OF
the English Danish and German royal
families: and then, again, many OF
them We're heirlooms. But the duch-
ess collection, too, is historic. Who
had the most:
Will you put on all your pearls to-
night" queried the queen. And. OF
Wore hers, and then. when they met,
both arrayed in their priceless possess
sions. the two ladies', with something OF
the Joy of schoolgirls, one might say.
set to and counted the number each
was wearing. The duchess won--by
two!
Among tine pearls worn that night by
the duchess We're some which belonged
to the Inflated Marie Antoinette. These
We're purchased by Mr.. Vanderbilt and
presented to his daughter as a wedding
gift Each pearl in one necklace owned
by the duchess is valued at C .000 and
She has ropes which she can wear
twice round her neck and twice round
her waist.
highlands queen, however, has other
fine jewels besides her pearls. OF dia-
lnonds she has Il safe full. and in addi-
ton she has. though she seldom wears
Them u wonderful display of rubies.
sapphiies. and eneralds, Her favorite
colored stones are amethysts, which
she has populaii2ed IN England.
Tho uninitiated may think that the
feminine heart rcvels most in the pos
Il
Pearls are the dream of fair women.
Some will spend well nigh Il lifetime
in storing them up. Mrs Mackay has
given years of attention to pearls, and
she is said to possess over 1000. She
has some very fine black pearls. to ac-
quire which she has searched all over
the world, never resting from the mo-
ment of hearing of a good specimen
until it is in her collection.
The duchess of Devonshire has many
also the duchess of Manchester Port
land and Sutherland. but these are not
nearly so fine as the treasures of the
queen and her fair rival who counted
| against her, as we have recorded.
Actresses and operate favorites can
often rival royalty in the possession OF
valuable gems Patti is queen among
these. She has tho best diamonds, tur-
quoises and rubes among all her sis
tcrs Of song and of the stage From
Russia she had gems worth a small
fortune when a child. and her store has
since been added to by Queen Isabella
of Spain, the Rothschilds. the Empress
Eugene. the German emperor. the ems
pcror of Austria. and the tsar.
Among opals-the ''unlucky" stones
on, of the finest in the world is owned
by tho nlarchioness of Butte 1t is said
to be second only to one i'm the imperial
treasure store in Vienna
II is difficult To say who today owns
the most valuable assortment of jewel
ny: but it is certain that before Queen
Victoria died the honor of the greatest
possessions in this regard belonged to
the ruler of Britain, and among all her
priceless gems she most priced n quite
inconspicuous enamel ring set with one
diamond, given to her by Prince Albert
| when Sh., WaS get a child