Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-25


Prom The n. r Sun.
The fashion for wearing jewelled garters has
spread % rapidly that jewellers all keep the
article IN stock. They are very expensive.
member Of conspicuous Arm explains 1.-THE
rage is recent, but none the less strong and II
promises to spread indefinitely a. the range IL
as unlimited as the purse. All the prominent
society women and many who are not In society
wear them. You see, women eonstitutionaily
delight in pretty things and their adornment
is of more interest and enjoyment to them than
anything else. If you will come down stairs IN
show you the stock"
There was a show case full Of them. each pair
mounted in a velvet box. The pattern was the
same in all as far as the band was concerned.
The band was full inch wide made of fine
elastic and covered with beautifully woven silk,
Of every conceivable shade, pale blues and
warm reds predominating They are designed
In one case two heart-shaped clasps Of cOlOred
gold. inlaid with crOss-bars OF torquoises and
pearls, joined the ends Of scarlet band with
little frils of silk along the edges. The price
was SfOO. pair with two oval clasps OF ham,
mered gold. perhaps an inch in length, could be
bought for $4s, while the cheapest pair, with
plain gold clasps, was, $40.
otis a curious fact" said the jeweller; "that
the cheap ones won't sell. When customer
wants an elegant garter, he-I mean, she-is
willing to pay for it,.
A pair that cost ss25 had two shields with
three big pearls in each and little diamonds at
the edges Another pair was expensive
through its delicate lace which was arranged in
q fluffy bow-knot, with two little gold disks
clasping in the center
At another establishment the jeweller said:
1.-THE majority of them are made to order.
Your visit is opportune, as have just finished
the most expensive pair that ever left my fac
tory. The price is 81, 200" Inthis the lace and
nQ0rI-c0kOrQd han VI iOfUQN nv IN.
crate clasp. On one side was the lady's mono
gram in pearls; on the other the cOat-of-arms,
with frosted st0rks' heads, crest Of delcately
carved gold, and motto set In chip diamonds.
1t was present from . mother to her daughter,
who Is to be married soon.
HAS the demand for such carriers increased"
ut is hundred per cent greater than last
year, and grows constantly"
''Mebbe'' Joe's True Feesh Story.
Is 'Old Joe the boatman" still alive and
able?-Old joe, familiar to visitors on the Cana
dian side Of the Thousand Islands, mighty
teller Of mighty stories, in a tedious manner
and with a French accent which lent them Q
charm all their own.
"Weh, said Joe, on one occasion, when his
fares had been telling anecdotes Of singular re-
coveries of things lost, ''Once there was an
American young couple came here on their
honeymoon-ah, she was beauty that, sixteen
old, and he was devoted to her like nothing
Well. and so those Young couple hired me to
take them out TN my boat one evening, and
that young woman che had on diamond ring
an, that was beautiful ring, worth thousand
dollarS-mebbe two thousand dollars, mebbe
three thousand dollars. Well, and so that
young woman was playing with her hand in the
Water-so!-mebbe five minutes, mebbe six,
mebbe seven-and all at once she scrrreams
MY ring! My r-r-ring!' Well, and SO that rings
hn6 clirn I'D ho,&
the lake. The water was deep-thirty feet
deep, mebbe forty, mebbe fifty-and she was
deestracted. My, was sorry; could ave cry
And that young fellow, her husband, but he
was sorry. too! And he says he will give me
five hundred doars-mebbe six hundred, meb-
be seven hundred-if find him that rings But
what was the use, Ell? Well, and so we turned
the boat about. and was rowing home-my it
would have made you sorry to see that young
W Oinans-when z-z-zing goes the fishing line
had over the stern of the boat. Well and so
pulled in the feesh. My, that was the biggest
feesh ever caught-two feet long, mebbe two
and half, mebbe three-and when hauled
him into the boat there was q great g-g-great
big lump on his side, like as mebbe If he had
swallowed something's. And that young wo-
scr-r-reams out. %. do open those feesh-I am
sure it must have swallowed my rings And
her husband, he tried to make fun of her; but
no, sare, that young womans-hello, was that q
AOoSu JuihpOu tASICs " muses. III ulo KOWlklK Au0
gazes eagerly in the distance).
Omnes-Never mind the fish, go on with the
story. se
JOe-Well, and so that young womans pre-
vailed upon her husband to buy that feesh and
have me open it, no matter what it coss-a dol
lar mebbe two, mebbe three-and 30 take my
knife and l open that feesh. Mebbe you think
ii was O lie, but have lived here twenty two
years, mebbe twenty three. mebbe twenty -four.
and never heard, anything like it. Well. and
so opened that feesh, and (resting on his oars
and lowering his voice to the sub-cellar of So
lemnity) what you think find in that fish,
Ommes-The ring! the ring!
Joe, resuming his row ing-No-o; it was a lit
tie bit of brick! ~
There was a dead silence for some moments.
and then the old boattnan added, deprecatiagly;
'Mebbe you think it was lie3 No; that as
the truth | was tolling your
NeWPOrt's Wonderful Flowers
From the Boston Herald.
Where else do roses grow so near the sea
that the salt spray falls upon them, and grow so
wondrOusly az in the Bancroft rose garden2 If
Glove begets love-" 1t is not at all strange that
the great historian calls his own the finest rose
garden in the land. He will point out and call
by name for you hundred varieties growing in
one bed. An interesting fact is that, besides
this famous garden and almost through it, with
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