Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1890 — A-Queen and Her Pearig [ARTICLE]

A-Queen and Her Pearig

The queen of Italy has always been passionately fond of pearls, as befitted 1 one whose name is Marguerite, and 1 she has made a fashion that is charm- ; ing enough to please any woman, but likely to be followed only by those whose husbands are English dukes or ‘ American millionaires. On her wedding day her husband gave her as his | bridal gift a row of the finest pearls to i be found in Italy, having been in- ' formed of her penchant for that parI ticular gem. When the first anniversary of her wedding day arrived he asked what she wished for a gift and she said, “another string of pearls,” and the second year she answered the same way. After that he asked her no more, but always gave the same gift. As she has a son w|io is quite a big I boy she has been married more ye&rs | than it is gallant to count, and her I necklace of pearls counts by this time enough strings to quite cover her throat with a collar of gems and hang down far over the corsage. Of course the lower strings are much longer than the origin il one to clasp the throat, but King Humbert always gives exactly the same number of pearls on each anniversary, and so she has oi late to wait two years before adding a new string. Many superstitious women are afraid of pearls as a \vedding gift and say it means tears; and there can be no doubt that the lovely Queen has shed mhny, for her husband of late years has been treading very closely in the footsteps of his father, who w <s known to his whole realm as “II Re i Galantuomo”—“The Gallant King.” World.