The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-04
THE LATEST WRINKLE.
An Old Fashion Doomed by the Leader OF
the Upper Ten.

An Old Fashion Doomed by the Leader of
the Upper Ten.
A prominent stationer is authority
for the statement that a livelv trade in
the manufacture of seals has recently
been developed at the East, and is gra-
dually working its way westward. He
has just returned from a business TRIP
to Philadelphia, and there collected
some facts bearing on the latest craze.
In conversing on seals and wax he said:
"a complete outfit, such as has been
made and offered for sale two or three
months past consists of a S liver tray,
oxydized or polished of unique desi On.
hammered or plain. with match box
to fit. a little bundle of adamantine
tapers two and half inches in length,
half dozen sticks of wax in as many
hues and odors, and pretty box to
hold them and the little silver spirit
lamp which liguifies the sealing mate
rial. The seal is not included, except
in certain complicated bronze or silver
pattern, such as lizard or alligator de-
signs. 1t the material Is solid silver
the outfit is worth all the way from 500
to $50. A very fashionable and equally
Ugly plated sort can be purchased for
$l5. Lately, to meet the demand which
has spread to the less fashionable por-
tions of society, cheap outfit, costing
but seventy-fve cents, has been made.
consisting of a neat pasteboard box
containing the same articles.
1.-The seal most in use is German
text initial placed upon aplain field and
al IN, 1osv ,frn 81, aIn,<
surrounded by criss-cross tint;ng.
Some ladies, exceedingly democratic in
their notions, use an English initial.
Others have two or three letter mono
grams. Crests are very fashionable.
Notices surmounted by the armorial
crest of the family are correct in taste
and more extensively ordered now than
six months ago. After the circle the
shields is the outl ne most frequently
called for The dealers are often asked
to select designs for purchasers. A
lady who boasts of great pedigree
recently asked clerk to assist her
Picking up 'Burke's Heraldry' he turn
ed to the given name and showed his
customer a coat-of-arms which he
thought fitted her ancestry. Looking
at it an instant, she said:
g 4 Ike that real well. | believe I'll
order one. But can't you put an ALI
gator or easel or something that's now
all the rage into that vacant space in
the corner of the shield2 1t would help
to fill up. you know
There are about twenty different
perfumes and colors in wax. and as
many as dozen shades in red, from
the deepest Ind an red to bright
scarlet.
/" there any sign fcance in the col
or employed to seal the letter?'
There is. Flirtations in selling wax
are the latest racket. The ordinary
red wax sign fies business, and is sup
posed to be used only for business let
tiers. Black IS. of course, used for
mourning and coincidence. Blue means
love, and as we make four or five tints
of this color each stage of the tender
passion can be accurately portrayed.
When pink is used eongratulation is
intended. An invitation to a wedding
or other festiv ty is sealed with white
wax. Vargated colors are supposed
to show conflicting emot ons. Do you
suppose that thimbles are being util zed
to bear sealsP Fact. The designs of
that sort are mild just now, but are
developing. Wen work the idea up.
and think will become fashionable.
The odors used in the wax are raw
ishng in Their delicacy is the ex-
pensive sort. The cheaper grades are
as bad as the pomatum in a five-cent
barber-shop. The perfumery is the
element of cost n the wax. A Pars
firm makes the finest imported article.
The perfume of the burning wax fills
an ord nary-szed apartment and n
gers about the envelope TOR hours. -
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