Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
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An Old Fashion doomed by the Leader Of
the Upper Ten.
A prominent stationer is authority
for the statement that lively 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 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 silver tray,
oxydized or polished, of unique design.
hammered or plain. with MATCHBOX
to fit. 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 liquifies the sealing mate
rial. The seal is not included, except
in certain complicated bronze or silver
pattern, such as lizard or alligator de-
signs. If the material is solid silver
the outfit is worth all the way from 800
to $50. A very fashionable and equally
ugly plated sort can be purchased for
$15. 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 neat pasteboard box
containing the same articles.
1.-THE seal most in use is German
text initial placed upon aplain field and
inclosed in plain concentric circles or
surrounded by a criss-cross tinting.
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 outline 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 lame and showed his
customer coat-of-arms which he
thought fitted her ancestry. Looking
at it an instant, she said:
!" i like that real well. believe I'll
order one. But can't you put an alli-
gator..or easel or something that's now
all the rage into that vacant space in
the corner of the shieldp Itwould 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 Indian red to bright
scarlet.
eds there any significance in the col
or employed to seal the letterp''
There is. Flirtations in selling wax
are the latest racket. The ordinary
red wax signifies business, and il sup
posed to be used only for business let
ters. Black is, of course, used for
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 congratulation is
intended. An invitation to wedding
or other festivity is sealed with white
wax. Varigated colors are supposed :.
to show conflicting emotions. Do you
suppose that thimbles are being utilized
to bear seals? Fact. The designs of
that sort are mild Just now, but are
developing. Wen work the idea up.
and think it win become fashionable.
The odors used in the wax are raw
ishing in their delicacy-that is the OK
pensive sort. The cheaper grades arc
as bad as the pomatum in q five-cent
barber-shop. The perfumery is the
element of cost in the wax. A Paris
firm makes the finest imported article
The perfume Of the burning WAX fills
m 0rdinary-sized apartment and lin.
gers about the envelope for hours. -
Pittsburgh Dispatch.