Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-14
JEWELED
The Eastern Rage for this Ornament
Travelling West.


The subject of garters is one that inter-
ests everybody in the civilized world,
with the exception, perhaps, of small
boys. Nor are we altogether certain
thai they should be excepted until they
are put into pants. Immediately, how
ever, upon the assumption of this manly
garment, they fall again under this rule;
30 that 1t may be said, as at first, that
everybody in the civilized world is in
terested in garters. We might even YEN
ture further and include under the rule
a great many barbarians and heathens
who have possibly seen the garter in
place or have heard of its use, for they
are like ourselves in having q fellow
feeling that makes them wondrous kind.
After thus clearing our way to the SUBJ
Ject we will dispense with further gener-
ailzations and lay immediate hold upon
the garter-that is to say, the garter
which is in our mind, for it is evident
That with an actual garter in his hand
no man could write legibly. Not that
such a feat is considered impossible in
athletics, for we believe Clara Belle could
do 1t and suffer no physical embarrass-
ment. But for us, we confess the Gin
splration' might be 80 powerful as to call
up spirits in the pencil and make its
fancies as wild as the speeches of the
assassin who is shortly to be hanged.
But once more to the breach. Carriers
are most probably of ancient origin.
This is presumed from the nature of
things, and the presumption is risked
rather than refer to an encyclopedia for
accurate information. Nor need we en-
ter upon a detailed description of their
sorts and sizes. Too much display of
knowledge in these particulars might not be
OF any advantage to the reader or writer.
Charters, in the earlier and purer days of
the Republic, were not considered an orna-
ment; in fact, it used to be considered out
of order by most ladies, to say nothing of
girls, to show their garters. By an occa-
sional accident, however, almost every
grown male person has had a sight of the
article in question. He never will forget
the sight Of it when Mary Jane forgot and
Jumped a fence or tripped her toe and
rolled down a hill. But the times are
changed and we are changed in them.
Anything for show nowadays-even gar
tiers. Ever since "tilting" hoops went out
OF style and there could be no better op-
portunity for the display of pretty ankles,
ETC., than that Afforded by muddy street
crossings, there has been a sense of de-
preston and melancholy among the fair
sex. The idea of ornamental carriers has
come to their relief. They are all the rage
in the East. They are made dazzling with
diamonds, worth, sometimes q whole for
tune. How they are to be made available
as long as they are worn where
they used to be, and they can't
very well be worn elsewhere, seems a.
conundrum. The chances are that the
mania is but a transitory fit, but it is be-
ing INDUCED in as though there were lots
of satisfaction in it. We have heard that
several ladies in Eureka are wearing beau
tiful garters, ornamented, in one instance,
with II solitaire diamond on each, worth
together in the neighborhood of 81, 900.
vi course, this is sub rosa, and not to be
mentioned. Our reporter called on Mr..
Steler and Mr.. Wilhelm to ask them if
they had received a stock Of jeweled gar
tiers. They both deny that they have re-
ceived any such articles yet, but they have
had circulars sent to them from the East,
giving cuts of the latest rage in this piece
of dress. They are fully informed on the
subject, and say that they expect by next
Fall to have a full assortment of jeweled
garters on hand, set with rubies, sapphires,
emeralds, diamonds and every other sort
of precious stone. The style, they say, is
travelling west slowly, and is in full vogue
now at Denver.