The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-02
SILVER ALL THE RAGE.

auayS. Doth uSeful ana ORNAMENTAL,
are made of silver, says The Nesc Yora
Mail and Express. 1t is no longer
enough that tho dining-table should be
decorated with the necessary imple-
ments of this metal. but it has found
its way 10 my lady's dressing room.
and in time may descend below the
din ng-room. even to the kitchen.
where. like the Mexicans, the Ameri.
cans will have their food cooked in sill
yer saucepans.
But just now silver toilet articles are
| the rage. and for the sum of $1,000 q
very handsome set may be purchased
in solid silver This includes two ha T.
brushes. hand m rror. powder box.
dressing-comb. hat brush anu clothes
brush, hairpn-tray. jewel-box. and
pair of cut-glass bottles with silver
topped shoppers set in silver casters.
besides few manicure implements.
This set is in the latest DIES gn of chased
work. which comprises flowers, bow,
knots. musical Instruments and Cupids,
the silver having what is called the
stone finish. which is neither bright nor
dull. but something between. The
powder box is cup shape, lined with
gold. and has closely lifting cover;
the jewel box is oval, and the small
hai.p n tray, also oval, is alone $50.
A powder-box in this style is 500.
single brush S42. and q hand-mirror
500, but the work is so beautiful that
the prices do not seem large and one
dealer says he has such demand for
it that he can hardly make it fast
enough. Some halrpin-trays from
Russia in Silver gilt. and enamelcd in
brilliant colors-making everything
else look dull in compar son-are $50
each; the same thing, also Russian, in
black enamel. tho same pr &C. A very
handsome hand-mrror in the colored
enamel. but almost too heavy for use,
is S120. A less heavy mirror of
chased silver is in the rocco stvle,
which being the predominating fashion
in furniture just at present. it is but
natural that it should extend to silver
also. This particular mirror has on
the back design for arabasgues and
| flowers. set with the ''barbaric pearl
irregularly shaped. each being as largo
as two peas, and border of these
pearls on the edge, set about two
inches apart, the setting tinged with
gold. 1t is both unique and handsome.
and Is valued at $400
A small silver tray, chased. which
may be hung OH the wall or laid on the
table, has a velvet-covered receptacle
for watch. and pn-cushion with a
silver foundation are from S25 upward.
The latter article is novelty, but in
the estimation of some lad es they are
not so pretty as the dainty cush ons OF
satin and lace. the silver standard Civ
ing a stiff appearance. The newest
fad for the toilet-tabie is small jard.
in ere which is OF open work in silver
of graceful design in arabesques and
supported b. two winged Cupids; the
bowl in which the flowers arc placed s
gilded and shows through tho open
work. producing very pretty effect.
Glove-stretchers and glove-powder
boxes. beautifully chased. are SIG each.
and shoe-horns and button-hooks have
handles in innumerable designs. Here.
again. the showiest button-hooks are
Russian and come at SIG. while the
horns may be had rs low rs SO aud are
etched by hand. Chased by hand they
come as Ii 9Th as $3l. A jewcl-box of
chased silver, having heavy plato glass
in the cover, is 1925, and manicure
set of eleven pieces, chased in box
of similar workmanship, is 5000. The
design on the cover of this letter box
is an cxqu site one OF roses. daisies,
buttercups, and ferns-a veritable bit
of nature.
Large bottles of cut glass have sill
yer tops. which, opening. reveal glass
shoppers, and smaller bottles in the
same style come for extracts, the lar
ger ones being $50 par A small,
cut-glass bottle. melon.shaped, has q
silver top. TO which is attached inside
brush for mucilage, and a calendar
is set in a chased silver frame. Small
silver candlesticks NAV be had for Sc
and tiny pocket-flask for $13.
Larger TASKS have the stone finish and
are etched. this work now being pre-
ferred to the hammered silver, which
is rapidly going out of fashion. and il
begins to look so clumsy that it seems
strange how it could ever have been so
popular.
But for those who do not care to
spend so much money on to let articles
and yet desire 10 be in the fashion.
there are the same things in plated
silver. warranted to last eighteen
years, by which time new metal viii!
have come in. Long chased button
hooks may be had for 81, powder
box for $5. a soap-box for 81 so,
nail-polishcr, with chased handle for
S.. a hand mirror for S.. or whole
set of hair brush, mirror. cloth brush.
and hat brush. bang-comb and dress.
ing-comb may be had as low as 1924.
A heavy plate-glass mirror. easel form,
with handsome frame of plated oxi-
died silver, is $14, and triplicate
mirror is 1924. A dainty hairpin-tray,
with etching of graceful design. is
S275. In the smaller novelties are
various designs in book-marks. which
may be had as low as ST.. Tiny gold
and silver handled pocket-kniyes.
jeweled. contain glove buttoner and
scissors; powder-boxes. an inch and a
half in diameter. and heart shaped
bon-bonnieres. for S.; small boxes for
postage stamps. with head of WASH
ington on the cover; an initial on
domino, to hold court-plaster or Gle
yated railroad tickets; a silver watch,