Show YIll BLAZE WITH GEMS Rich Gift to Duke of Rox burys Bride REPRESENT A BIG FORTUNE Mast Wsndorfu Presents Ever Given to an American Emeralds With a Tradition and Jewels Jew-els WKU a History Will Adorn the Fair Recipient New York Nov DBY far the most wonderful wooding presents ever given to an American bride arc those to be presented to Miss May Goelet on the occasion oC her marriage to the Duke of RoxburGhe The gifts which arc now nt the Goe let house carefully guarded represent n wonderful fortune If they were nil converted into cash the figure would reach Into the millions Not to be outdone by the brides American friends and relatives the Dowager Duchess of Roxbur he mother of the Duke has signified her Intention of giving to her daughterinlaw the fa mour Jtoxburghfc collection nt emeralds a fact that in itself has made the green stone the fashionable thing for this your The emeralds arc said to bo valued at several hundred thousands of dollars The Roxbui hes have had them In their possession for 200 years Only one other person in the world has finer Jewels and that Is the Duke of Devonshire lie has one rare gent that measures two inches in length and two and a quarter In diameter Outside of this the Tloxburghes had obtained the finest that had ever been put on the market and now they are all to go to Miss Goelet There is a tradition that the emeralds Were chosen by this English family because be-cause the women desired to Impress their lords with their womanly worth It Is an old Eastern tradition that emeralds em-eralds are good for the eycn that they I make those who have them clear sighted and safe from deception It means too that wonderfully good health will come to the fair possessor and all her family The most Important of the emerald presents is a necklace of big stones the largest one In the center the others graduating to the clasp which Is studded stud-ded with lily t emeralds This necklace Is I valued al 25000 A beautiful pallor pall-or emerald earrings made of pearshaped stones and three large emerald pins are among the collection The pins are In the shape of sunbursts and are set in the finest Indian gold Each pin has fourteen emeralds and around each I I stone are very small diamonds used lo set oft tlte brilliancy of the green slones In keeping with Jici molhers present one of the Dukes sisters has given the bridetobe a very handsome emerald and diamond ring From the Duke and Duchess of Marl horough has come a pearl pendant It consists of two perfectly matched large pearls from which four or live pear I shaped pearls hung Mr and Mrs R T I Wilson Sr grandparents of Miss Goelet have given her a wonderful string of pearls several yards long What these are worth can be Imagined from the fact that the Duchess of Manchester desirous of indulging in-dulging her fondness for penrls paid I 000 for a siring of false ones There are not more than two or three people in this city who have a service oC solid gold dinner plates One of them is Mrs William vstor another is Mrs Ogden Mills From the mother of the bride hns come a tiara of diamonds as expensive and beautiful a present according to New Yorks fashionable Jeweler as was ever designed In this country Each diamond dia-mond was selected with particular care by l George Kunts the celebrated dia moral expert of Tiffany Three other diamond experts assisted in collecting the stones fOI the tiara Miss Goelets Parisian dressmakers hove sent her four remarkable creations that were shown to several of the brides most intimate frIends In each of the costumes there has been created a new fashion The four principal gowns that have arrived arc a theater costume a driving coat and two beautiful ball gowns What these cost may be guessed at from the fact that nearly 600 duty was paid on each garment This would mean from 25 to 10 per cent on the original cost of the articles It is not too much to say that 20000 has been expended for the Imported articles for Miss Goo lets trousseau |