The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-09
WOMAN GOSSIP.
The Craze in Bangles Now Raging
Among the Fair ScX---Ca-
PRECIOUS Royalty.
Protection Demanded for the Ameri
can Girls---How to be At
tractive.
COIN BANGLES.

''lSI l lIlS NOO SNttt6 tANAoimNu q
pretty girl as she holds up for the adj
mirating gaze OF a young man slen-
der silver bangle bracelet, from which
depends n few 8 and 10 cent pieces,
with a monogram engraved on each
one. Charlie Brown gave me this
new cent piece, and don't his initials,
c. NJ. b., Charles Montague Brown,
look lovely? Don't YOU want to give
me your monogram she says with a
bewitchng smile and the young man
assents gladly. So the next morning
he HES himself to jeweler, and not TO
be outdone by Charles Montague
Brown" he takes from his pocket q
bright, new quarter, and pays dollar
TO have it polished, his full name en-
grayed and the date put in the corner.
Coin bangles are now the rage among
the maidens in this city and Brooklyn.
The fashion started some time ago, but
did not gain favor, as the girls were
too modest to ask their gentlemen
friends for dimes and nickels. But the
desire to possess these iingling, tink-
ling wristlets became too strong, and
the few girls who did get them became
such objects of envy, that at last secret
clubs were formed and the coin bangle
raid began.
Bangles of the finest gold set with
precious stones are no longer held in
esteem, and plain band bracelets are
looked upon with scorn. The silver cir
clet with its little row of single coins
is now the dearest ornament, and girls
who do not possess them are obliged on
all occasions to retire in the shade,
whereas girl who has two OF them is
the belle of the neighborhood.
81 suppose you have good many
orders to engraye monographs on silver
pieces?" said Journal reporter TO a
popular jewcler.
Eyes, indeed" he replied, laughing.
"At present have sixty ten centpieces
in my store waiting to be cut, and half
as many nickles. One young man who
left a dime here q week ago to be cut
comes in every morning and evening to
see if it is finished. He says he dare
not 90 see his Girl without it, and he's
awfully afraid she viii fancy some other
man who gave her two nickels with his
monogram on one and the Lords pray
er on the other. But then, he wants
such lot of stuff on his dime--four or
five quotations and an original poem
that it will be another week before 1t Is
done. He has grown quite thin and
pale during the week, and | feel Tor
him, but what can | do?'
"How much does it cost to have the
monogram cut?' questioned the re-
porter.
"Oh, from 10 to 10 cents letter, and
if the name is engraved the cost is 5
cents for small letters and 10 cents for
capitals. had a young man come
here yesterday and have 81 worth of
engraving done on Scent piece; but
they generally want the monogram and
nothing more.
"Do you ever cut names on gold
coin?"
"Well, | did a few times, gold dol
lars, you know, but that is not usual,
as sensible girls wouldn't take them
from men. Cd and rare coins are the
most fashionable, and it seems shame
to polish them off and engrave them.
Then white eagle pennies are in great
favor" Just here young man came
in breathless and laid two dimes on the
counter Il want the monogram IL.
c. B.. engraved on these right of, and
| am willing to pay for them, the re-
porter heard him say, ami then he left
to interview a pretty girl up the ave-
nue..
''Have you u coin braceiet?' he ask
ed as she came into the parlor followed
by her pug.
why, OF course | have" she ex-
claimed. 1.-TWO of them and they are
lovely. Here they are, and she held
out her right arm to display two silver
bangles hung with dimes, nickels, 8
cent pieces, white pennies and other
coin. Il have fifty-two bangles on
these two," she continued, land have
had more fun collecting them. Some
of them, you see, have quotations and
verses on them, and others names. You
know, | found out that they cost $SS. 40,
both of them, and feel rather guilty,
but l divide that by tifty-two men, and
it didn't amount to much. I've made
up my mind that if you don't put a
man to good deal of trouble he don't
care much for you, and | think bangles
q great institution.
Il do not approve of coin bangles"
said an East-side belle. 81 have one
but most of the money is gone. You
see | went out walking the other day
with a number of girls, and we all
wanted ice cream and chocolates so
much that | had to use five of my
dimes. I'm having a bangle made of
little hearts, pigs, frogs, pens, pencils,
barrels, monkeys, etc, depending from
it, and | think it will set a new
fashion"
at is estimated that in this city and
Brooklyn there are sixty thousand girls
who have coin bangles, with $50, 900 s.
cent pieces and 10000 dimes on them,
besides other coins. -NeO York Morning
Journal.
AUsTRIA's EMPRESS.
The emDress il at once proud and