The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-28
SOME FAMOUS
JEWEL COLLECTIONS
Worn by Queens of Empire and
Queens of Beauty-Pearls
Are Great Favorites.
From casscl's Saturday Journal.

u RON S.uSStl = SdNuTOdN 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-
s,ther when the subject OF gems was
mentioned. Now it is we'll known hat
the queen has a 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 Ouch
ess' collection. too, is historic. Who
had the moSt
Will you put ON all your pearls to-
night" queried the queen. And, OF
course, the duchess did. The queen
Wore hers. and then. when they met,
both arraycd in their priceless possess
the joy of schoolgirls, one might say.
set to and counted the number each
WAS wearing. The uchess won-bN
two!
Among the pearls worn that night by
the duchess were 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 G1,000, and
sne has ropes which she can wear
twice round her neck and twice round
her waist.
England's queen. however. has other
fine jewels besides her pearls. OF dia-
monds she Il a safe full. and in addi-
ton she has though she seldom wears
s%apphires. and emeralds. Her favorite
colored stones are amethysts, which
she has popularized in England.
The uninitiated may think that the
feminine heart reNels most in the pos
| session of diamonds. BIT 1t is not so.
I1aarlc ~ the t1ra1Iro NJ faiy. y.nn,ar1
| Some will spend we'll nigh a 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 G
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 car
often rival royalty in the possession OF
valuable gems. Patti is queen among
these. She has the best diamonds, tur-
auoises and rybies among all her sis
tiers of song and of the stage. From
Russia she had gems worth a small
fortune when Il child, and her store has
since been added to by Queen Isabella
of Spain, the Rothschilds, the Empires:
Eugene. the German emperor. the en-.
peror of Austria, and the tsar.
Among opals-the "unlucky" tones
one of the finest in the world is owned
by the marchioness of Butte. 1t is sait
to be second only to one in the imperia
treasure store in Vienna.
1t is difficult to say who today own
the most valuable assortment OF jewel
ry; but it is certain that before Queer
Victoria died the honor OF the creates
possessions in this regard belonged Il
the ruler of Britain, and among all he
priceless gems she most priced a quit
in~conspicuous enamel ring set with on
diamond. given to her by Prince Alder
when she was yet a child.