The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-18
NECKLACES IN ALL AGES.
They Once Were Badges Of slavery-Csed
by All Peoples.

the human race, and the necklace j. one
of the oldest OF human ornaments. From
the very first a broad distinction was
drawn between the necklace which could
b. removed and the collar which could
not: the iir,t being the sign OF the free,
the second Of the slave Collars Of metal
were twisted or rIceted upon the nccks
Of cantivcs or house born slaves, and
u"oY them the name Of the owner or
couqucrar was rudcly cut This usage
survives today in the dog collars which
N. placed upon household pets.
IN. necklace, however, could for many
year, only lc worn by the freeman I'm
primitive states of society it was the
badge Of the warrior and was often made
Of somc distinctive spoil Of the chase or
OF war 10 his day one Of the most
valuah.. and coveted possessions Of the
western Indian i- the necklace Of grizzly
bolrs claw-. % proof thai BE has met and
c0n.uta. Obj, gray terror Of the noun
tain- Among the Iarars Of the time Of
the G,u.h5 Khan thc necklace was often
made ol hGm,u teeth, strung upon wire.
This particular form Of ornament Is
found u S1utA America la the graves Of
the ludiaI-.
Tha earliest known form Of necklace
outside al -uch primitive types as shells
and bi.- ct col0red stone comes from
Egyp. Gue, were Of two kinds-Orna
mental and what may be called, for the
lac; of q better word. supersttious. Tho
former were composed OF small stones, Of
which blue WIS apparently the fayorlte
colon set in silver on gold and joined TO
ccthcr .u a chain The latter, the anu
lots. were made OF figures of gods, from
three ID seven inches long Three or
four Of these were hung ia chain OF
beads
The sacred images were believed 10
ward oil DANCER Of infection. misfortune
or bad luck Sometimes these amulets
had uo gods on them. but were composed
OF cOwrics or bits Of stone arranged IA
the forms az locked horns, fish on creS-
cents. emblcmatic OF their supposed
powers This superstt.ous power of the
necklace Is widely spread today among
people who are NOT very high IN civlliza-
tion. I'm South America there are found
necklaces OF peculiarly marked seed
which be.ougs 10 a plant growing only on
th. mountains. along the snow line
Those seeds when first gathered are blue
3D. color and are strung on strings. They
ar highly valued, not only for their
Dcm'g iat because Of the great difficulty
p Obtaining them. In the old graves
(which ar. found now and then, strings
..t these scels are often discovered, and
,.s au supposed 10 bring the greatest
l Sod. luck. especially To children.
lu. u.J.e, not have o. -oamong the
I.... * ~1Ilh America or.the negroes
.I trica u.ta ihcir gee gee necklaces 10
It.iI,nerot superstition. Thousands
.f ren.. place necklaces Of coral beads
.r....i lnc ueclls OF babies with the be
3D. lu.t ,hry will assist the children IN
l.-.u- and there are many persons
SSH. ,..,f necklaces all the time, think
T mtd.t they bring luck. The southern
D. -r,.- constantly wear their bead neck
Ll,- looking upon them as genuine
charms. and they are very particular
ayout keeping them intact. holding that
the charm is broken if even the relative
positions OF the beads should be altered
when wear makes new string neces-
s2ry.
Among men who have worn the neck
lace must be ranl,ed the warriors Of an
cient times. The gold torques Of the
Celts. the massive gold necklaces Of the
Modes. Etuscans and Egyptians, which
formed the most valued insignia Of the
IN
through the pictures IN the tombs and
the actual specimens in the tombs them
selves Some Of these were enormously
costly. They were bestowed a rewards
of valor and as marks Of civic distinc-
ton. The latter survive today IN the
gold chains Of Office worn by the mayors
of cities IN the Old world.
All orders of lnighthoOd had the neck
lace or collar as principal insignium,
and this custom Of decoration with the
necklace dates back at least as far as the
time Of Joseph, for as q mark Of his au-
thority IN Egypt, Pharaoh put a gold
chain about his neck. Tie women Of
antiquity rarely wore them except a.
brides. when 70 mark the respect IN
which they were held necklaces were
placed upon them. The necklace, how
ever, was a prominent adornment Of the
statues of the gods
The ornament OF the necklace was 50
valued that when the Saxon dynasty was
overthrown by the Normans all persons
below a certain rank were forbidden to
wear them under heavy penalties. Ia
the roign Of Henry VIII, that king cele-
brated both for his wives and his revolt
against Rome, any one who had not 5000
per year income could not wear q neck
lace.
In England amber has always been
one Of the fayorite materials for the
necklace. Even III the barrows Of tho
early Britains amber beads are found,
and the specimens Of necklaces from tho
reign of Charles have amber set III gold.
The Puuans abolished them - they
abolished everything they laid their hands
on which sayored Of ornament, but the
necklace was revived again under the
merry monarch more extravagently then
before. New York Press.