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Show j COST OF LOUIS' BUTTONS. Grand Minsrnue Ta d to Have Squ.irv j dered t5.CC0.C00 in This Way. Twenty th,,,,,,,,,! ,!r f, ,r,v Shaped pearl e,.,f;,, f,-,, , f, ,r ,, ; p url atud. f & for a cat f.iiter.cr ' formed of a wl !to houton pnrl with' gold bar. f-.u ir ,.y, n buttons en nolle and $77.-. for a pair of brilliant I i'iivo links-theie are a few of the I IHco mallei t ihe recent aslo lu london of a noble maniula' Jewelry, j Hut. after all. everything Is rompar ( alive, and the mnrnuls' gems, rare and cosily though they sre. would hav , been quite eclipsed hy Ijki.i XIV s I irraonnl Jewelry. Tho "grand mon j arquo" had many rrares, but for but-, but-, tens he had a positive munis. In a sli.gle yenr, HIS'., he squandered $;u.. j 000 on Ihem. and some of his pur-ct.uar, pur-ct.uar, are well worth glancing at. On Aug. I, ii;s,-,, ,e Iwiiight two ilia-mono ilia-mono buttons for il.we francs and seventy. dvo diamond butiors fur inn.-'03 inn.-'03 franca. The buttons for a single sat cost lula fliio.noo. Of the :r,4 "boutonnleres" uaed lS contained Ave diamonds each, while the remainder were single diamonds. In all. Ih "greet mnnarnue" Is ssld to have spent $3,000,000 on buttons alone. |