Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-19
QUEEN MARYS GEMS
Monarch Seldom Wears the
Superb Crown Jewels.
Keeps Keys Of Strong Rooms at Buck.
lnsham Palace and Of Safes at
Other PIaeeS-Al Are
Fully Insured.

London.-On more than one occasion
Queen Mary has been heard to con-
Tess that she shares Andrew Carnegie's
opinion that women are not at their
best when they load themselves with
Jewels. Her majesty. as a rule, wears
comparatively few ornaments, al
though when occasion demands she
can rival a4y queen In Europe in the
spiendor OF her gems. not ever except
Ing the czarina or the queen OF Spain.
Il was computed when she was mar
ried that gems to the value OF consid-
erably over $1,000 o were presented
70 her majesty, and these, Of course,
remain her personal property. Fur
thermore, King George has never per-
mitted one OF Queen Mary's birthdays
10 pass since their marriage 20 year
ago without adding to her collection
Of Jewels.
Considerable additions have also
been made Of late years to her ma
Jesty's jewels by Indian p~otentates
During the visit Of the king and queen
to India several rulers of leading In
dian states were permitted to present
to the queen jewels-principally pearls
-of a value that 1t is not easy to as
sess. Diamonds are her majesty's
1aVorite gems, and b cares little for
colored stones, although she has some
exquisite emerald and ruby ornaments.
1t was characteristic of the business
like ways Of her majesty that when,
upon her marriage, she came into pos
session Of the nucleus of her present
wonderful collection OF jewelry she
too thee minently sensible precaution
OF having 1t valued for Its intrinsic
worth, and al soon az this valuation
was complete the collection was in.
sured for the amount. Since that time
other policies have been taken out
upon any additional jewels, including
the crown Jewels that have passed into
her keeping, SO that at the present
day, II he whole collection or any
part Of It were lost or destroyed, a
sum sufficient to replace it would to
a very large degree be forthcoming.
The whole Of her majesty's Jewels
are, as a rule, kept at Buckingham
palace in strong rooms specially de-
signed to the order OF the late King
Edward shortly after he came to the
E6Sh VI lue bntlNeS Is llUeu
with white velvet and everything is sc
arranged that whole sets OF Jewels,
orders. etc, cen be kept together. MAX.
ing IT a matter of very little difficulty
10 obtain precisely the Jewels that
the queen requires at the shortest
notice. f
Smaller safes, all of them Of con.
siderable size, have lately been placed
at Windsor castle, Balmoral, and York
cottage for the safe keeping Of any
jewels her majesty requires when
travelling about. The keys remain in
the queens possession and are only
handed to the lady in waiting on duty
when required.
The king, by the way, possesses
comparatively little jewelry and wears
next to none. He possesses some mag.
nifcent scarf pins and rings, mainly
Of diamonds and pink pearls, and 1t
would be difficult to say within a dozen
or SO how many watches his majesty
owns. He has also some jeweled
walking sticks, but the stick he favors
Is, as a rule, a strong plain one. very
simply mounted, and would probably
be bought for a guinea or 80 in any
West end establishment. .