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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', ' PORTLAND,, SUNDAY MORNING, ' FEBRUARY 5, 1911. IK in 11 ! warrathy IVTLearL Family Be , Free om ' ' 7 - 0 0? n i ?......ii!i '..tj'1 lit ! I II ksmmmsmsmmmm 1 ' S Y , fV tt "4 II Mi m K ... "X. Jf If' " I Sinister ramdus lewel rias 0 ver Previ G 7. " t wners .J BlMk Xlttory of Xop SiamoaO. 8ummarld. the black' history of tbi stone follows: , Ths earliest known of the famous gem Is that Jean Baptlste Tavernier stole it from a Hindu prince and old It to King Louis XIV. Tavern ier' fate was to be torn to pieces by wild dogs. Madame de Mnntenpan, who wore the. Jewel abandoned by the king. Nicholas Fouquat. attendant of France who borrowed It disgraced and dleS in prlion. Queen " Maria Antoinette, who begged It beheaded, Princess de Lamballe, who wore it torn to pieces by a French mob. Louts XVL who owned It be headed. WUhelm Fals, who wcut it ruined. Hendrlk Fals, his son. who stole it from his father suicide. Francis Beaulleu. . who sold It died In misery and want. Henry Thomas Hope, who bought It suffered a long series of mis fortunes Including death pf favorlt son. .-.-, Lord, Francis Hope, his grandson bankruptcy,, scandal and unhappy marriage. May Toha, his wife, who wore It scantfal and unhapplnesn. Simon Ftankal, New York broker, who bought It financial difficulties. Jacques Colet, another owner -madness and suicide. Prlnoe Ivan Kanitovskl, next own er killed by revolutionists. Mile. Laurence Ladue, to whom he lent it murdered by lover. Simon Montharldes, who sold it to the Sultan of Turkey thrown over precipice while riding with wife and child; all killed. Abu Bablr. who polished It tor tured and imprisoned. Kuleb Bey, the sultan's chief har em keeper, who guarded it hanged in the atreet by a Turkish mob. Keeper of its vault strangled. Selma Zubayda, the sultan's favo rite shot by her master. Sultan Abdul Hamld, who owned it dethroned. Sellm Hablb, who bought it from the sultan drowned in wreck fit steamship La Reyne, of Singapore. Edward B. McLean, who , but the world can only guess. EPWA.'RD Bf "Mc LEAN HEW OWN OF, THE HOPBDlKWOND.mitfLEAN KND THEIR a00,000,O0O BA.EY O I T1! flit'.. ?,.W4tx ,J'.'Uf-1HI . II KS ,7IKUKU f V ' II ioilQ ' r Mkm& ":--V1 . bbbb "sjaz-,BBSfcta. jisr v i 1 1 1 1 1 i i i i f i i i anil av. i nini i ui .m iui in 11 i n m jw r t x 1 i - i r ? a- .-.-a- j -- . .BWBsa w i ill s if I ill I ii m - x n. i m l rasr i w -.v.v jr v tt ...... r, v ... f r y oo rN Vf ' IP- ' v "JCmJ!: Vk? II Ihn ,KRt5.,THOS.FWALStlI WEALTHIEST ' - . ! . ( ' i sEALa2 XXvvJl- ' V WOMAN ITT WAiS HINGTOK, K jgawff' ftt - , ' .UWKCMATS ' I I . , - . J IJ1 I "-iS.. 2M!f tdL'' v i, ; x - , ; I if v - ;v . II I J I . -"'. " Tr. f5?gf'''V " ' B JO fArli, V Ax ift r imfl i ii V HEW , VAJHIHGTON .KAXJN'T.OF HOOP OODBD , JBWBLj Simon FrankeL a New Tork Jeweler, lie failed In business. Frankel sold it for $300,000 to Jacques Colet, a Paris broker, from whom a Russian prince bought It for Laurence Ladue. a pretty dancer, who That center of wealth of the nation. Fifth avenue. Is coming to realize that she has a rival In Connecticut avenue. The people of Cincinnati and "Chicago are lifting their voices In protest atratnst the siren that Is allurlne away was shot by a jealoiui lover while she the holders of their money bags. was on the stage wearing the diamond. Internationally Washington Is begin- a decade ago were unknown. The very wealthy of Washington are setting a pace that is somewhat typical of a frenzied time and nation In which they live. But the nation's capital, on the whole, caters little to the glare and show that make up a part of teeming New York and withal there Is a aulet Sellm Hablb, a, Turk, was the next ning to be thrust Into the limelight of to the great functions not found else- Is said to have cost (200 a plate. The great room In which it was served had been converted into u flower garden, and all the universe was rifled for dainties with which to surprise and de light his guestn. Flowers were sent from Florida and fruit from California by special express. Elaborate shades MAYYOHE" ONE TLWB'WEA'RIDF of THE HOPB PIAHOND owner, and in November, 1909, it was reported that Habib was drowned in the wreck at Singapore of the French steamer Boyne, with the diamond on his person. Three months ago the gem turned up In Paris, the property oi a renon where WILL the hood on that tradition and history attach to the fa mous Hope diamond, known the world over for Its. romance and tragedy, disappear, or will the cities of the world that boasts most of that oulture that is possible only with an accompaniment of great wealth. The world knows that the United States Is the nation of greatest resource and therefore of the greatest number of rapidly increasing fortunes. If the The Coming of Mr. Walsh. The pioneers of tho millionaire colony here were of the late Thomas F. Walsh, John R. McLean, the Letters and Mrs. come. Hanging from the colling and sus pended Just over the table was a great. were destined to screen the electric flower balloon, made luminous with lights for this one occasion. A New electric lights. At the end of the dln Vorlr orchestra nlavert. nnra.tle selee- ner suddenly the balloon swung open tlons from behind a lattice of American ftnd shower 'of beautiful song birds oral years agq two great fortunes were beauty roses. The famous gold plate greeiea tne guests with a rhapsody c mjngled; this is the family into whose was used and famous artists painted melody. possession the Hope diamond now has - the name cards. The bonbons and . The Jonn R- McLeans are a kindred come. There is a young heir now. to. dessert were accompanied by dainty ""'"!) neir lnagnmceni rromc, r neno- me comoinea fortunes, Master Vinson in Washington's social history. Through; the" marriage of Edward Boale McLean, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John It Mc Lean, and Miss Evelyn Walsh, . only. child of the Colorado millionaire sev It follow Into the family of Edward Real McLean and cast its spell over syndicate from which It was purchased owners of Uiose fortunes conoentrate in A. C. Barney. Believing greatly in the boxes which contained Jeweled baubles "hip. popularly known as "Honeymoon Walsh McLean, known as the one-hun Its new owner? Washington society is by a syndicate in New York Jewelers. Washington; soon that city will be ao- future of Washington as a social cap- for the women, watches, rings, bracelets Hall," because Admiral Dewey spent the dred-millton-dollar baby, who some daj peculating. This syndicate in turn nas soia tne aia- kuowledited as the richest caDltal In ital. Mr. Walsh never railed to further and gold nurses, while for the men were "ri oays aner ins marriage mere, as win inneni tne With the puchase of this cele- mond to Edwara Mcuean, wno posseBses brated stone by the wealthy young full knowledge of the sinister history Washingtonlan for a consideration of of the Hope diamond and declares he $300,000 is revived the long series of is not superstitious. Nevertheless it Is tragedies connected with It. In every stated that other members of his weal chronicle of the world's greatest dia- thy family entertain grave fears, in monds, the Hope diamond la ever in- fact It is stated that a condition is at tended, both because of Its size and tached to the purchase of the stone to beauty and because of the long chain the effect that it could be returned up of misfortune that it has formed a link on the first evidence of any evil ln- the world. That time seems at hand. this Idea by the variety and richness With the advent of tho, great fortune of his hospitality. His dinners were In Washington there appears a new era marvels of culinary and artistic skill, in entertainment. The last few years He gave one dinner that would have has Witnessed such entertainments that made Lucullus green with envy. It such trifles as scarf pins set with dla- old Nicholas Longworth and "Princess monds, watch fobs, rings, the aggregate Alice" Roosevelt, and hs have many cost of whicli must have mounted Into other couples, Is tho center of much at- the thousands of dollars. tractlVeness. Hailing from Cincinnati. But the best surprise of all was to their residence has been a bright spot vast day wealth of hU grandparents on both sides. Since Mr. Walsh's death Mrs. Walsh has still maintained her Washington residence, where she now ranks as Washington's wealthiest widow. at a time about the lives of Its succes sive owners or wearers. The Hope diamond is a beautiful sapphire blue diamond, weighing 44 carats. It has been known in Its pres nt form since 18S0. hut tradition has tt that it was once possessed by an East velllance of guards. Indian potentate, whence misery and " ruin has ever marked its changed own ership. Louis XIV of France and the ill-fated Abdul Hamid of Turkey are other mon archs who are said to have come under thd finflll ftf tlt cam Phrnnlolarfl utntn that Tavernier brought from India a Walsh, daughter of Thomas F. Walsh, stone of this same remarkable sapphire the multl-milllonalre. and Is the mother blue color for Louis XIV of France. In of Washington's famous $100,000,000 the rough it weighed 112 9-1(5 carats and b.bv who will Inherit the Walsh mil fluenoe. It will cost th new owner of the Jewel $25,000 a year however, to pro tect It, as It is known to be coveted by thieves from the world around and Its security will demand the constant sur- New Haunts of Famous Jewel. Washington society Is now-eurlous as to whether Mrs. McLean will "ha the courage to wear the Hope diamorfd. Mrs. McLean was the former Evelyn HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY Conducted by Lora C. Little alf kinds of woven and knit garments,' and these are aU that should be worn- outside of Afctlo regions, People any- : w here In this country who' wear gar ments made from the skins Of animals ,T IS STRANGE that a man of brains It Appetite is probably the largest like the late Paul Morton of the single cause, or Doth the annormamy Equitable Insurance company should and the negleot have been oblivious of his condl- tin vntnrA n.lwavs hanks out BULLETIN has been received warnings long in advance of such "sud- K from the Minnesota dairy and Nervous Energy Vital. I skin. A weak skin may be an Inactive, dry skin, or it may be one that has so lost Its nervous tone as to allow too great escape of the body fluids. wretched substitutes for the one pro vided by nature. As to Free Use of Soap. The best rule for the use of soap for the toilet Is. use It when dirt cannot be not only advertise their wealth thereby. removed without it. Trie hands fre- but also their cruel thoughtlessness and- quently, and the neck and feet and 1a their Ignorance of hygiene. Worse still f some cases the face occasionally, may from the hygienic standpoint are gar- need cleansing with soap. Yet, if one merits made of or coated with' rubber. Is willing to take the trouble, even A poncho, may , be necessary' and tol t..ese parts may be cleansed quite as erated, but rubber coats are extremely den" deaths. Stranger yet, that ne t rood commission containing me should have continued. ht way of life X following Information regard even after hU doctor's warning. "Ar- lng the effects of certain drugs, terial pressure and a badly balanced which tt stated are found In patent med dlet," said the doctor a whole month be- iclnes. Some of these drugs, however, fore Mr. Morton dropped dead. are in common use in prescriptions. Ev- We come, then, to the grand essen tial in all functioning in the body; namely, strong, controlled nervous energy, and the last word has not yet been said. Just a hint here to set you Anybody who vnderstanas me mc- njumj uuuiu khw mo fnruu ui me minning. we may strengthen the nerv tor's in such a case knows that a radical drugs they take. 0us system through the skin, and at change of habits would have savea nis uoaeine is a derivative of morphine, was reduced to 67H carats. This was Hons, as well as those of John B, Mo- life. Why, Just a simple fast would have causes gastric disturbance, cerebral stolen, with other Jewels of the French Lean, father of Edward McLean. relieved the arterial pressure, and after congestion, stupor or delirium, consttpa- orown, in 1792, and has never since been if jr,, McLean does so defy fate, the the fast a reform of the eating habits tlon and tremors. found in that form. jewel will shed itasrays in the most ex-"Would nave made a new man of him. galicyllo acid acts as irritant to the At a somewhat later date Edwin W. elusive social circles of the national But such caseS are all around us. It Is raucous membranes, is antl-fermenta- Streeter of London bought a small stone capital that Includes persons of great worth wmi0 to observe our fellowmen tlv(Si impeding digestion as well as put- of the same color, weighing about one wealth who In recent years have es- as to their threatoncd diseases. We may r.factlon. Mav cause roarlne in the the same time strengthen the skin Itself, thoroughly and more satisfactorily with wet cornmeal or bran. These leave the skin soft as well as fresh and clean, for they do not In the least disturb nature's unguent. The small boy's method of shin cleansing is not so bad as its reputa tion. He rubs off the dirt on washrag and towel, and leaves It for somebody else to soap the linen. This is really unsanitary. Since a walk In the winter air provides a fine tonic Id the form of a cold air bath, it ought to be taken as frequently as possible. Those who shrink from the cold and remain In doors become weaklings In conse quence, their abnormally sensitive skins degenerating day by day. 1 But the greater part of the year the temperature Is so mild or warm that ' by Judicious application of cold cold more hygienic than the soap scrub he ,h" wrn?th f th body cannot provide carat, for f800. Another drop shaped tablished in Washington a social oil stone, also of like color and weighing garchy of importance. 18 carats,-was sold at Geneva In 1874 These people are not of the class of for 17,000 francs, from the collection of the millionaire of our youth, who. with the Duke of Brunswick. An English a fortune represented in seven figures, banker, Henry Thomas Hope, acquired WM the Croesus of all our end of the a third gem of this odd color. He WOrld. They are the many-times-a- bought It for 18,000 from an English millionaire of the twentieth century. aeaier, wno in ibbu secured u rrom a Among these people a man with four of anrt form, and this occurs frequently Morphine is the chief narcotic alkaloid learn to read ourselves by the knowl edge we thus acquire. Warnings to Be Heeded. ears, vertigo, headache, sweating, blind ness, paralysis and deafness. Strychnine is a highly poisonous alka loid. Acts In a cumulative way when Frenchman who was then . In the last ftve millions is poor almost 'to deserv stages of consumption. As the weights ing charity. The fortunes of the peo and shapes of these three stores, after pi8 who are revolutionising the society allowing for the loss by cutting, would 0(. the nation's capital range from a bring them to the original weight and minimum of $10,000,000 to a maximum , size of Tavernier s diamond, Mr. Street- 0f $100,000,000. There are numbers of er thinks they are parts of the stone fortunes among them that approach the once possessed by Louis XIV of France, utter flgnre such men as Perry Bel- and also since their very rare color Is mant. the Edson Bradleys, the Thomas nt,i't I. of th plainest notices s11 6 sr oontlnued. . Produoes several uses. It keeDs the nkln imft of trouble in store.' Another is the melt- nervous Irritability and rapid and feeble and it protects the body against exces sive evaporation on me pne hand, and too free admission of matters from without, on the other. In health this oil is secreted according to the needs, and it aids m regulating the Inflow and gets at maternal hands. Infantile in stincts are often wiser than parental wisdom. As previously said, Jf we would be truly clean clean within and -without application of cold, or injury has been v.r done. , 0lir mlndB anl s0 heavily clothed over .garments and men wear garments that 1118 .iree use Of SOUD weakens thn with conventions It takes renelltlon and skin, by destroying the oil that Is bud- new startline words and oblect lessons piled by the oil glands. This oil serves to make any impression. We are as old air and cold water. Heat applied to the skin especially artificial heat weakens; cold is always a tonic, when properly used. Avoid extremes, how ever. Full reaction must follow the a draft through the clothing, as In win ter, and then it la that the skin Is smothered. The'remedy is, to heed the admonition of Dr. Charles E. Page and 'Take off your clothes -ag many of them as comfort and decency will !' low. Most women wear superfluous ing away of the clear-out lines of face puise. when the weight is little, if at all above of opium, is excessively, poisonous. Ha- normal. A chin that thus melts into bitual use produces the morphine habit, the neck, and JawsUhat-have lost their Afcohol In bitters, Peruna and the outline, are consplduous and oomnion de- like, makes their use a clandestine mode fects ' which foretell coming disease as of tippling. surely as thunderclouds betoken storm. fogyish about skin ventilation as are some old ladles about house ventila tion. They open their, windows once a day when rooms are unoccupied and be lieve themselves devoted to fresh ajr. So do we take credit to ourselves when we allow ourselves an air bath' of a outflow of all substances 'passing either few minutes morning and night. Why, way, wctuaing wie nervous energy the skin must breathe 24 hours in the which escapes with the other exhala- day and not merely a half hour. It does Identical. The Hope Diamond's Hoodoo. But to return to the Hope diamond proper. It . remained in the family of F, Walsh's. World's Future Richest Capital. These people and all their class are new to Washington. They are an In- White Hps and a dead complexion some times exist for some little time before the trouble has assumed form definite enough to be recognised as disease. A steady wasting away that rest and tlons. When soap and other alkaline cleansers destroy the oil the skin is breathe, to be sure, bui what? Dressed as custom decrees, we keep ourselves in a bath of carbonic acid gas and the While we are about It, we might s well stop and think what would b Ideal in the way of summer dressing. , Ideals are promises that tend to fulfill' themselves. What could be, better as a warm weather dress for woman than a diaphanous robe over, a somewhat ab brevlated opaque underdress? The underdreas short in the sleeves and low In the neck. This to a superficial out server. Is what woman's dress appear to be now.' But appearances are deceit , ful. The coolest looking gowns hav all kinds of stiff, starched, boned and otherwise foolish articles of wear . be neath them. If men could bring them- HE FIRST thought respecting the care of the skin is likely to be left unprotected and more or less harsh, of massage and creams. A great One grave consequence, little under- mistake, this. Instead, think first stood, is the . depletion of nervous of the two great functions of the energy, by reason of the leakagermen- food do not check, is another warning skin, elimination and absorption, and the tloned. (I am aware that it is not a problem. Raymond Duncan and fam- VwrvhnS .hftiiM Anipios fkstin that ought to be heeded before it has preservation pf those. The skin breathes, scientific to refer to this substance as lly have solved it for themselves, but uJI tn summer Since nobod skin Is compelled to- rebreathe Us own s,iVM to -earing wash; suits f light emanations. mnlarlnl hw mlhf )u Mullv kvlnla U?? "lL!? Z "f M well a..Vntibi;in few-garment. fisting nobody ' Henry Thomas Hope, finally coming Into novation of the last five years. There the possession of Lord Francis Hope, ware a few of them who had' opened an who married May Tohe. the actress, occasional Washington home longer ago reached the danger line. A "pain in the inhaling oxygen and other matters from energy, but the scientific world Is not they have their troubles, too. Scant ' .,---T ii ' ...''". Jl.t h.; Mo" mav-hn th hir1nntna- of sn In- the ntmninhr anil Thn11no rhnn At. well agreed upon It, and In default Of wowlna: robes With no underaarments ' .ft,l "i... i. testlnal disorder which neglect will per- oiid and other waste from he body. A a, nsme, thff has 'Den C0Pted gener- are too far from the conventional to be mjgnt bt well to. keep right on think' Here again misfortune pursued the than that, but that flood of people It mlt to rch of er. As clean skin with freedom Jo breathejs.' story of the elopement of May Tone aggregate as much as a thousand mil- to refuse to look oneself In the Cleanliness Is best achieved by glv- w,lklnson declares it "e.tah ul as i leader hut he doa serve to - " ' n.n.l. T..... T..1.. at t," 7,, v. 1 1 . . TV,, lnntrlnir rli. ..nt- la an .. Inr ttia ilrln . An laaria VV UKIIISUU UCliarcS U eitBD- USefUl SS a leader, OUt neOOes SerVS tO , . - . wun v,iiiiii fuumrn oraaiee strong,, uon aonars nas oeen nowing toward " amh mi c r.- ing , wuunuo m u us own nshed bv facts too unnea niaies army, in if, testifies, the jcapltal ror less man nair a dozen ceuem one, anawnrnever our eyes or worn, mr n is a seu-cieansing organ, said") The loss of oil from the use of huge to be gain- : Following this elopement. Lord. Hope years. r , any sense organ tens uswe are ab- Its action depends, like all action in lidded his family of the gem's spell. Now the tendency Is ;-rowln so- nro- normal, it is time to set actively abi ut the body, upon nervous enerav. so thnt The diamond passed int the hands of nounced as to attract national attention, finding out the cause , and i removing nervous debility always makes a weak sonp it Is sought to make good by the application of cold cream and other Oils that are foreign to the body and startle the world Into sitting up and taking notice. In cold weather skin ventilation can bo secured ty spending .much time out doors. The winds of winter penetrate needn't.. Hut 1)14 ne? From the Harvard Lsmpoon, He 1 am crasy to, ki yon, Sher-Well, If "yoU- think" , ).,J ..1 I