Below is an excerpt from a story in the The New York Times, Novem­ber, 30, 1913, enti­tled, “Hints On Wear­ing Of Jewels”

“Josephine never wore but one jewel at a time, although she loved them and had so many that they would not all get into the large jewel cab­i­net which belonged to Marie Antoinette. But Josephine under­stood the value of wear­ing only one, so that one would shine out in all its glory.” Read the rest of the arti­cle here.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose…non? (Trans­la­tion: The more things change, the more they stay the same)