The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-14

are beautifully carved. Ths designs are
mostly representing heads of ancient war
riors and gods Broaze meiallions will be
worn great deal. The designs of these
buttons are also representing the ancient.
With little imagination lovers of the
drama can see their favorite actor in one of
his best characters. One button can repre-
sent Barrett in Virginius, another Booth as
| Richelieu, another Ere Ward as Galba,
and SO on. These buttons are worth IS a
dozen. Medallons of Claudius and Diana
| are very popular. In enameled etal but
| tons is designed the horn of plenty 1t Is in
! FURNISHED bronze and is in various colors.
| They are worth 81 50ad zen aud are selling
as fast as they can be made.
There have been more changes in the
| fashions ana styles of buttons during he
last twenty-five years than in any other
! trade" said manufacturer recently. Just
| at the close Of the war the buttons used on
| dresses were made chiefly of metal. some
times in imitation of gold and sometimes of
| silver. They were then very large, in fact
much larger than the present style, but wore
not at all artistic or pretty. Agate butte s
ware made in all col1rs, the puppies and
reds preiomiuating, and they used to adDrn
calicos and chintzes. After these hal had
| good run. smaller buttons were made, ana
those made from lava were very popular.
AT the same time huge pea buttons had Il
very large sale. Then there were nickel but
tons decorated with designs OF stars. Then
came the green glass and brass buttons. The
| brass buttons were made of open work at
| the back of which was placed piece of rcd
lining"
when did small buttons became fash
| ionablep
about twelve years ago. The most popu-
lar were small pearl buttons. They we're
then called shirt buttons and are now used
for that article of dress. They were set very
| Jbicdly together on a dress d for a time
were so small as to be scarcely visible. The
metal and glass buttons also materially
decreased In size uutil the rage for small
but ons was as great as the mania for TIE
large ones had been"
"Were not buttons representing fruits
| once popular"
Yes: after the craze for small buttons.
The fruit buttons were made IN designs of
goo'eberries, currants. raspberries, black
| berries and grapes. Masses Ct little red
currants used to fill in the front of lady's
dress, and great backberries worn on silk
attire used to half tempt the unwary into
taking bite of the luscious fruit. Solid jet
| balls, toe, were used at this time and formed
a trimming for dresses not unIiEe Tie let
used nowadays. Those now worn ara Sc
lecI ed with great care. The color Of them
must harmonic with those Of tle dress, ald
the style must be ia hioned according to the
style of the goods usei and of the toilet fol-
lowed. Street suits made up Of rou IN goods
are now adorned with buttons Of enormous
size, mostly in bronze and decorated with
various designs. Some of then4 are medal
lion heads, some in landscapes, some in
wheat sheaves. Others are made of shell
and are many colored and brilliant; others
are OF curious imitation of gold and silver.
The old fashioned button mpulds have been
revived in crochet buttons and will be seen
during the coming season on black cloth and
silk goods.
In the ball rooms during the coming sea
son some of the buttons worn by the
wealtnier ladies # this city will be worth for
tunes. For Yeas jeweled buttons have been
worn by the prlnceSses anu leading ladies'
in European countries. On rare occasions
some very expensive jeweled buttons have
been seen in ball rooms here. They have
been studded with jewels and have pre- euted
very brilliant appearance. THIS season
they will be seen more than ever A
Union square Jeweler, talking about these
eweled buttons, said today that he often
has TO make them aud the others now lme
in more than they used TO do. He added:
"Of cour.e it Is no use saying what those
buttons cost, because any amount of money
can be expended on them from so eaca IN.
ward. | have made some beautiful buttons
at various times. One very pretty button
was made Of carbuncle surrounded with
small diamonds made twenty for a very
handsome brunette. She WILL wear tn am
at some Of the big receptions this winter.
and | tell you the effect will be simply
grand. They cost s25 each $500 for but
.ons. Another handsome button was made
OF four pearls set like a diamond with a
small brilliant in the center. These were
for blonde. Occasionally | have had to
make diamond buttons. These are only made
up for some special occasion. Some ladies'
have number of unset stones aud when
they want to wear them they will have
them set in some fancy STYLE The next time
they use them they will have them set diff
ferently. Other buttons | have made of
opals. garnets. rubies, and almost every
precious stone"