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Show JEWELS AS MASCOTS. People who possess jewels have certain- trinkets which they regard with almost al-most superstitious affection. Sarah Bernhardt pins her faith to a necklace of old nuggets, a gift from the California Cali-fornia miners, and the Duchess of Orleans Or-leans to a set of sapphires which belonged be-longed to Marie Antoinette. The sapphire is the Queen's favorite stone. She wears as a brooch one of great size given to her bv the late Duke of Coburg. But old Egyptian jewels are considered the most potent guardians of fortune. Mrs. St. John Broderick owns Egyptian gems of priceless value. Mrs. Clarence Mackav has a weird car-nelian car-nelian necklace which hung once upon the neck of a daughter of the Pharaohs. Mrs. George Kepple wears a pendant of emeralds, the most beautiful in the world. |