South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-03
SOCIETY LEADER
HAS NO HORRORS
OF HOPE DIAMOND
Dazzling Gem is Worn Care
lessly by Mrs. MCLEAN
Despite Its Jinx.

WASHINGTON. June 4.-The
Hope diamond link" has no terrors
for Mrs. Edward 3. Mclean. Wash
ington social leader and wife OF the
multi-miluonaire publisher OF the
Washington Post and Cincinnati En-
qul-er.
When May Yohe, former music I
hall favorite whose exploits filled .
newspaper columns. was hurt in a /
fall in New York the other day. she .
attributed the accident 10 the Hope /
diamond hoodoo. Through her
marriage TO Francis Hope. she was .
the former possessOr Of the most IA /
nous Of diamonds.
Mrs. Mclean. its present owner /
continues 10 wear her gorgeous gem, /
apparently Indifferent TO the legends I
connecting the mishaps and TRACE {
dies which have befallen its possess /
ors in the past with. some evil Oc-
cult power supposed 10 be embodied
in this wondrous diamond whose
rays are so dazzling they almost
blind the eye
The Hope diamond crowns a col
lection of Jewels said 10 be one Of
f the most wonderful in the world.
+ When travelling, Mrs. Mclean car
/ ries most of the collection with her.
I Her husband always employs a de-
/ tective TO accompany her and keep
an eagle eye on her jewel treasures,
/ for this young woman who has
/ priceless diamonds and rubies and
pearls "to burn" as her friends eX-
press it. is said 10 regard them as
carelessly as if they were mere
baubles.
1t is no longer a shock TO WASH
ington to see her on a shopping tour
wearing the Hope diamond with
sports suit She wears il almost
constantly and with any sort Of cos
tune. Formerly she wore the IA
nous stone at formal evening func-
tons as the center of a jeweled
diadem. She now wears it as
necklace pendant.
The natives Of Point Isabel, the
fishing village in Texas on the
Mexican border where Mrs. Mclean
accompanied Pres't and Mrs. Hard
ing last November on the outing
which "freshened' them for their
|entrance into the white house. stil
remember the "jewelled lady who
roughed it with a rope Of costly
pearls around her neck and wore
/ gorgeous rubies TO brighten her
outing costume.
The present possessOr Of the Hope
diamond and closest friend in Wash
Iington's social set of Mrs. Harding,
the first lady Of the land, is the
daughter of a Colorado miner.
OIdtimers in Ouray. Colo, recall
the time when Evelyn Walsh played
round the picturesque mining camp
in Iinafores and her father, "TOm"
Walsh, went 20 work every morning
/, in a red flannel shirt and carrying
pick.
"'Tom" Walsh, whose story reads
like a fairy tale. was a man Of gen
uine culture. His hands were rough
with toll, but he needed no college
degree or blue blooded ancestry to
grace the position of companion of
kings and statesmen. Social tri-
, umphs in Newport and Europe
marked his path after he struck 1t
rich"
lie was an intimate Of old King
. Leopold of Belgium
5 The Colorado mining king dazzled
- Paris with the magnihcence of his
entertainments, the most notable of
which was the dinner he gave in
honor of Belgium's king. Food truly
: fit for a king was served on gold
plate.
n Mrs. McLean's intimacy with Mrs.
Harding is of long standing. When
the Hardings returned to Washing
ton TO prepare for the Inauguration.
they were guests at the Mclean
: home and remained there until they
moved into the white house.
Recently the chief executive and
the first lady Of the land dropped
in" on a dance the McLeans were
/ giving. and their first Sunday out
: ing after they entered the white
- house was spent at Friendship. the
Mclean country estate at Leesburg,
Va. It is rumored that the McLeans
) have offered this country place 10
: the PRESIDENT for a summer home.
- Mrs. Thomas Walsh. Mrs Nc
? Leans mother and widow Of the
Colorado mining king is known as
the friend Of vice presidents. She
; was the most intimate Washington
friend Of former Vice President ami
Mrs Marshall Most of the burden
Of official entertaining feu on Vice
: Pres't Marshall during PRIEST. VII
= sons illness Possessing only a
= modest income and living at a hotel
= the Narshalls would have been hard
= put If Mrs Walsh had not thrown
. open her palatial home for their en-
. tertainments Il was there the state
: dinner To King Albert of Belgium
was held Il was Mrs. Walsh's
i, '.treat." As at TON" Walsh's din
: ner 10 Leopold. King AIberts uncle.
: the food was served on gold plate.
g Mrs Walsh, who is now in Eu-
y rope, is expected on her return 10
:. play Lady BountifuI' 20 Vice Pres't
and Mrs. Coolidge. who also live In