Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-28

IT OS ANGELES, Cal.-(Special Cor
IL respondence.)-The most beautl-
f,,I woman in the world, Miss Kath-
crime Macdonald. is superstltlous aDout
Inrecious stones. She believes IN u
and the wearing of her birthstone,
which is a turquoise, the luck fancy for
December.
If cold December gives you birth
IThe month OF snow and ice and mIrth-
Place on your hand a turquoise blue'
Success will crown whate'er you do.
When she particularly feels the need
iof counting fortune. she dons an inter,
testing looking strand of graduated
round turquoise beads, which extends
below her waist line.
Loves Gem Lore
Prosperity" she confided: lis
coupled with the turquoise in all gem
lore. Wear a turquoise, and you VIII
never fail. The wearer OF a turquoise
will ALWAYS have frineds. In the times
of the Medici the turquoise cameo
carved on matrix was a potent charm:
Another f~anciful illusion was the beiiet
in olden days that wearing TINS stone
would protect one from falls or accl-
dents Of any kind
II love gem lore" she added: Il
have every book on the subject L can
get. There is more sheer romance IN
them than in the modern fiction n
reads. Shakespeare had Leah give a
turquoise ring to Shylock when ne
was a bachelor in order to win MS
love.
II do not care for stones, no matter
how costly. ] like them only when
- ,nrGnnnt IN fnpfE
meaning. as a memory, an alhollioh
gratified, or attached sentiment.
First Burst of Extravaganza
Everything I own means some
thing. My bracelet, for instance. was
my first burst of extravaganza when l
felt | could afford it. | had always
wanted a bracelet, and a good one, SO
to me this means success. IN a way.
The bracelet to which she referred
is a narrow band of diamonds thanked
on one side with a black French onyx
hand. When another ~eYtravagant MOOD
seizes her. Miss Macdonald intends TO
add a sapphire circle above the onyx;
On the little finger of her left hand
she wears two rings, almost identical
in design. one tight upon the other:
The first was her fathers ring, a gold
band with two diamonds and a sapphire.
She had a duplicate made to wear IT,
except it has two sapphires n a dla-
mond. The two rings make a rather
l~unusal display for the small finger,
and she wears them always, "A oeauli-
fuIlv designed solitaire on the engage
ment ring finger indicates a romance
mot got out of gem lore books.
That Barbaric Instinct
As a rule, Miss Macdonald prefers
to 60 unadorned with jewels. Only
for formal dress does she resort TO a
fine rope of pearls and a large pau
mum brooch. which must be worn for
reasons of sentiment AS, somehow it
does not look like her. Or perhaps
the platinum brooch is just one of my
particular aversons, since the cheap
limitations have provided them a com
monness that sits none too becoming
iv upon a beauty. The rope of pearls,
the rings and the bracelet seem suffl-
Gent to me for a well jeweled IN
But I suppose them as has EN-
must sometimes feel impelled to wear
EN-" | hope for sentimental reasons!
None of us women, no matter now
humble, seem to survive the barbara
instinct to hang things around our
necks. The desire for a string or
naarls is as elemental in the fair fem
mine breast as is the desire for a hus-
band. No life is complete without
them. ..,
Sometimes | wonder why beautiful
women are not more original In the
matter of pearl necklaces; as original
say. as they are in the choice of hus-
bands. One might indulge in a treatise
here on the difference in loyalty to the
pearl instinct and the husband. but that
is getting away from Miss MacDonaids
jewel box. which contains some inter
esting pieces about which no such criti-
when she wears them again.
Treasures From Thibet
Miss Macdonald admits favorite
stones besides her birthstone-sapphire
and diamond combinations and pearls,
a discrimination INDUCED in by many
Of our best jeweled women. She does
not like the reds and greens of rubies
and emeralds, believing they were in
tended to be worn by brunettes-not
by her blonde type.
The turquoise strand to which 7 re-
ferred was bought in Thibet, and is a
rare antique. They are of the real
turquoise blue without that faint Of
green TO which some turquoise an
stones, Miss Macdonald tells me. turn
green upon the wearer, but it is the OPP
posite with her. When she foregoes
the wearing of hers for a time they
have a greenish cast which disappears
whe nshe wears them again.
Another Thibetan purchase of which
Miss Macdonald is fond is a pendant
about two inches long in the immortal
peach pattern, SO much used in orr
entail jewelry, TO which superstition
adds the promise of longevity. She