Evening star., 1923-05-14
France Plans to Sell Lottery Bonds
To Finance 1925 World Exposition

turn by the former German authori-
ties of AlSace-Lorraine and their
friends.
Lord Carew has not long survived
the destruction of his stately man.
sion Of Castleboro, in County Wex-
ford. by the misguided banditry OF
Valera. who recently reduced this
100000 mansion-one of the very
finest in Ireland-to ashes. For this
model Irish landlord. always on such
cordial terms with the tenants, has
just passed away at his house In Bel
grave square. London. leaving his
brother, George to succeed to the en-
tailed estates, and to the two peer
ages-one of which being a United
Kingdom, honor. carried with it seat
in the House of Lords. Lord Carew
was seen but little in society in re-
cent years. owing to a stroke of
paralysis. but he had a large circle
of friends. who used to gather at
his home in London in order to listen
to the Wonderful playing of his wifes
sister. Mrs. Clifford Cory. whom,
after an unfortunate marriage spent
most OF her life under his roof. and
who has been declared by Paderewski
tn be the finest amateur pianist in
Europe.
Lady Carew herself. like her sister
Mrs. Cory. a woman of exceptional
beauty and charm. died few wears
ago. and the new Lady Carew. whose
husband is one of the foremost
philatelists in the United Kingdom
therefore. has come into the posses
sion of the world-famed Carew ruby,
a stone of 1913 carats, and consider
ably over an inch long. It halls from
Persia. and apart from its value as
gem, It is uniquely precious as hav-
ing its history engraved upon its sur
faces. For, on it's four sides, it bears
the name and the titles of the four
great Mogul emperorS to whom It has
belonged. 1t was Nadir Shah. the
ruler of Persia. who looted the treas
ure houses of the Mogul emperors, at
Delhi. and carried off their contents.
among them the peacock throne and
the sacred ruby to Teheran Nadir
Shah was murdered at Teheran in
l14I, and then the ruby disappeared,
and nothing was known of it's ad-
ventures until it was picked up in
Persia some eighty years ago by the
oriental traveller. Alison. who pre-
sented 1t to the great-grandmother of
the new Lord Carew.
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Many famous jewels once had in
scriptiGns engraved on their surface.
But lapidaries have ruthlessly re-
moved all traces Of the lettering as
they cut and recut the gems to endow
them with the brilliance which only
such cutting can insure The stones
may become much more beautiful, but
their historic identity is DESTROYED.
and so far as is known. the Carew
ruby is the only engraved ruby or
diamond of any Importance now in
existence.
1t has been bored through from end
to end, and has been evidentaly worn
as necklace or armulet, threaded
onto a cord. The late Lady Carew
had it mounted with a diamond for
suspension from a neck chain, and
that is how the new Lady Carew will
undoubtedly wear it. The jewelers.
were anxious that it should be
mounted in a tiara. But that would
not display the Inscriptions, which the
late Lady Carew rightly held, from
it's most remarkable feature.
Another heirloom, which has now
come to Lord and Lady Carew, are a
set of four quaint jewelled buttons,
which belonged to King James II. In
Boyne. he arrived at Castleboro, and
begged for some refreshment. 1t was
willingly given. along with assurances
of sympathy and good will, and the
king, before he left, tore OFF four but
tons from his waistcoat and handed
them to his host as the only token of
his gratitude for the hospitality
which he had received, and which it
was within his power to bestow.