IN THE JEWEL BOX 



not quit Monsieur le Due d'Orleans until he had 

 promised that the jewel should be bought. . . . The 

 bargain was concluded on these terms. Monsieur 

 le Due d'Orleans was agreeably surprised by the 

 applause the public gave to an acquisition so beau- 

 tiful and so unique. The jewel is known as the 

 Regent's Diamond." 



We do not have kings and crown jewels and re- 

 gents in this little old Republic of our own. Mostly 

 we have business. But we have been so successful, 

 and are now so great and rich, that before long it 

 will be our duty to hand down to later generations 

 some objective proof of our own greatness and rich- 

 ness. We must some time be able to say that we 

 can afford all these unused things of value and can 

 lock them up to show to other generations that 

 is to say, like most rich and successful persons, some 

 time in our career we shall want to offer proof that 

 we do not have to save the nickels any more and 

 that now and then we can afford a little leisure. 



What are our American jewels ? Some time they 

 will be cathedrals, museums and art galleries. Mean- 

 time and also some time they will be our splendid 

 mountains, our wildernesses, our sporting out-of- 

 doors, where a man can wear a blue shirt and 

 swear by the nine gods. 



Speaking of jewels, however, are you familiar 

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