The Washington times., 1920-08-15

woman ever received; just bighearted mans way Of
showing his appreciation of artist thought of him
many cold night when snuggled up in that beautiful
coat and have thought Of him many bitter night
when hadn't coat like that to wear.
One Of my most interesting Glove affairs" was with
the Maharajsh Of Kusch Behar, Indian prince
presented to him during one Of my visits to India with
Little Christopher. He announced to his suite after
he had met few times that he going to marry
me. 1t said that he maintained quite harem in
splendid luxury and, when finally he did ask marry
him. asked him, lsughinely If he thought would con.
sent to share him with the half hundred under
stood he kept in his palace.
"Oh, do not let that trouble you, he said easily, in
his broken English You may pick many of them for
your slave attendants you wish and will give the rest
away Some are too ugly to give away, and will have
them killed. SO they will not trouble you.''
He was quite disappointed when I refused him, but
took his refusal like gentleman.
While was being entertained by him in his great
palace in the interior of India he his best Jewels in
my honor and fascinated by his beautiful collar of
diamonds and sapphires could not help expressing my
admiration The Maharajah said only something polite
at the time-something like, II am honored that my
humble ornament should please you
Six months later, however while was in Paris there
came to my door day letter carrier with package
addressed to me in the ordinary postal way. almost
tossed into the waste basket because was receiving so
many packages of different kinds of things from every
sort of personnew soaps bottles and jars of new beau
tifers which the makers wanted to indorse boots
from famous bootmakers, who said they would be de-
lighted if would just accept their Offering and degn to
wear them dainty lingerie from fashionable shops and
even love letters from loveorn swans who lost their
hearts to the footghts and who adopted the
ruse OF putting their letters in boxes thinking would be
sure to open package and be thus trcked into reading
their sehseless mssves-every mail brought rubbish
Of all kinds and most Of it straight to the waste
basket. =.
But Just as was about to toss this packape aside I'm
opened by its stamps that it had come from Calcutta
was curious enough to open it then First under the
wrappings came to decaely formed of solid gold
with little silver key attached. opened the case and
there, almost dazzling with its myriad jets Of rainbow
hues, dog collar, exact duplicate of the Msha
rajah's own There was just card, written in Indian
characters When had it translated found it to read
"The ornament you admired came to me from my an
cesors II Is in their honor and with their appreciation
send to you, most beautiful daughter Of the race
this duplicate which will trust bind your thoughts to
me through all centuries to come"
Was II not pretty inscription for Hindu prince to
make for simple little actress like mef The collar
appraised at $4,000.
met this Maharajah again, in later years. in Paris.
Then had become the wife of Lord Hope He was very
courteous and kind to and helped me great deal in
my efforts to trace down the history of the Hope Diamond
while it in the French capital during the days of the
Louis l remember he was with me in the great museum
where the archives of the Bastile kept when
the old manuscripts which told Of the time when
Marie Antonette and Nine Montespan wore the diamond
which then was mine With him, too, found something
Of the tragic circumstances which associated the beautiful
Princess Lambae with the great blue gem which Taver
nier had brought to Louis XIV deeply interested
in the association between this unfortunate princess and
the diamond which mine for this poor princess like
me, loved jewels and TO her tragic end partly at
least because Of the sinister jewel which had become the
priced possession Of the Hopes,
This Princess de Lamballe daughter Of the Due de
Ssvoie Carngnan was descended, her mothers side,
from Louis XIV She therefore, one of the Bour-