The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-22
RINGS AND BANGLES.
The Extraordinary Decorations Wnich
Dandies are Beginning to Display.

Two men boarded Broadway car
last night at Twenty-first street. ihcir
faces have been familiar m the windows
of the Union club for many years. One
of them is tall, rather corpuient, ana
red-faced, and the other is very similar,
except that he isn't tall. They sat
down stiffly, and looked with 7owl-like
severity at the signs on the roof OF the
car until they arrived at Delmonico $,
where they alighted. The taller OF the
two wore three rings on the third hu-
ger of his left hand, one on the little
finger. and two additional rings on ms
right hand. As he displayed them all
bv resting his hands on his knees. the
other passengers had a g6ed opportuni-
ty for examining them. Of tie three
rings on his left hand. the upper one
was of plain silver. bit square-edged.
The sccnnd one was gold. A Valuable
4 amonG was set in it, iiankei 10y q
huge ruby on either side. The third
ring was wide band of gold with
sapphire imbedded in it. There WIS S
seal ring on the little finger OF that
hand. d! the two rings ON his right
! hand one was heavily chased serpent
with diamond in the head and the
other was Very thin and delicate plain
oold ring. The fat hands of the other
man were quite as profusely decorated.
aud he wore plain silver bangle on
his left wrist. The bangle was riyeted
on. The spectacle of these two gorge
| otislv bedecked and bejeWeled cl1hmen
| drew attention to the fact that the
wearing of many finger rings has sud
denly become very popular in New
York A jeweler who was subsequent
ly spoken TO about the matter said:
len men bny rings now where one
| bought them a year ago. and they are
| nearly all of the gl0ye-ring pattern
| that is, the stone is not set up from the
ring, as i the case with solitaire dia-
mond rings which ladies wear, but t is
set in gold on level with the surface
of the ring. so he can draw on his gloves
without removing his ring The fash
lon came, as all such fashions do, from
across the water The French dandies
are in the habit OF wearing all sorts of
rings. the majority of them being Sous
veniers from some OF their romance es-
capades., The fashion spread to En-
gland, where it fiourfshed two or three
years ago II is no longer considered
proper on the other side for men to
wear number of rings unless they are
utterly valueless. l have seen men
who were undoubtedly entitled to a
/ leading position on the other side Eii0
wore five or six rings. the total ,alne OF
which would not have exceeded Sl5.
One would, perhaps, be-. small shell
ring bought for a shilling at some sea-
side resort. kept to commemorate a
moonlight stroll, or perhaps sOmsthing
like that; another would be plain and
narrow band of gold twisted from a
bangle in a ballroom; third little
circlet from child, niece, or sister,
and so on throughout. That sort fihing
never looked vulgar on the other side,
great proportions, and the richer the
man the more rings he wears. "
''What about the masculine bangle?'
II believe the duke of Beaufort start.
ed the fashion years ago, and it has
been continued by number of Ameri-
can actors, dudes, and fools. 1t is of
all affectations the most effeminate. /
am glad to say we have only aad three
men who desired that sort ii ornamen-
tation. The bangle is nearly always of
silver and without any establishment.
Two men who recently departed to diff
ferent and remote quarters of the world
came in not long ago and had bracelet
rivetcd on their wrists. They don't eN-
pect to meet again for years, SO they
INDUCED in this little bit of romance.
That was the solidest reason / ever
heard OF for the masculine bangle, and
that want very solid, either. when you
come to look it squarely in the eye. =
! NJ C,y,,