Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-04-22
MARYS GEMS
Monarch Seldom Wears the
Superb Crown Jewels.
Keeps Keys Of Strong Rooms at Buck
lngham Palace and Of Safes at
Other PIaees-AIl Are
Fully Insured.

London.-On more than one occasion
Queen Mary has been heard to con-
Tess that she shares Andrew CarneEie's
opiaion 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
a rival any queen in Europe In the
splendor OF her gems. not even except
Ing the czarina or the queen OF Spain.
1t was computed when she vas mar
ried that gems to the value Of consid-
erably over 100000 were presented
to her majesty, and these, Of course,
remain her personal property. Fur
thermore, King George has never per
mitted n Of Queen Mary's birthdays
to pass since their marriage 20 years
g without adding to her collection
Of Jewels.
Considerable additions have also
been made of late years to her ma
1esty's Jewels by Indian potentates
During the visit of the king and queen
to India several rulers of leading In
dian states were permitted to present
70 the queen ENTHUSIASTICALLY pearls
-of a value that it is not easy to as
sess. Diamonds are her majesty's
favorite gems, and she cares little for
colored stones, although she has some
exquisite emerald and ruby ornaments.
1t was characteristic of the business
X 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
took the eminently sensible precaution
of having it valued for it's intrinsic
worth, and as 500 as this valuation
was complete the collection was in.
sured for h amount. Since that time
other policies have been taken out
upon any additional jewels, including
the crown jewels that have passed into
her keeping, 80 that at the present
day, IL the whole collection or any
part OF It were lost or destroyed, a
sum sufficient TO replace 1t would to
a very large degree be forthcoming.
The whole Of he 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
thiouS' ZACH OI the Shelves Is llneQ
with white velvet and everything Is SO
arranged that whole sets of Jewels,
orders, etc., a be kept together, max.
Ing IT a matter Of very little difficulty
to obtain precisely the jewels that
the queen requires at the shortest
notice.
! 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.
niacent scarf pins and rings, mainly
Of diamonds and pink pearls, and It
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 so In any
West end establishment.