The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-07
rlo1uREs IN COINS.


Hearts of Dudes aud Dudinos.
Trnve YOU n silver dollar for somc
cigars half an hour ago. VIII you
look over your money drawer aud sec
II It has been passed outP"
It was In n Chestnut street cigar
store late Saturday afternoon. A we'll
dressed young fellow wns the speaker
His face wore u worried and anxious
look, and betrayed considerable per-
.turbation over tho loss of the silver
dollar. The dealer found that he had
Dust eleven of the coins, and he spread
them in n row on the counter. The
young man took them up one by one.
weighed each in turn in his hand, and
nm expression of vexation overspread
hts face as he laid the last down very
carefully and murmured:
II knew couldu't tell that way"
Then ho went at them again. This
time he graspcd the dollar firmly with
one hand and pressed the nail upon
the letter "E' in states" At the
eleventh dollar to which he applied the
nail Of the little finger. all the others
having been broken in the tray, there
came sudden change in the appear
ance of tho coin. Half of it slid one
way and half the other, and in the
lower half, crystal, was the miniature
of an extremely pretty girl. The
young man heaved u sigh of relief, laid
down greenback in exchange, and
left the store rucfully regarding his
broken finger nails.
H, was one of tho numerous vic
tins of fad that has lately struck
Philadelphia with all the vigor of oddi-
ty and cxpensiveness combined. The
pocket-pieces are made of two coins,
followed out and fitted together with
such exactness that they can not be
distinguished from a genuine coin,
even by u microscope. A picture Of
the owners best girl is the correct
thing to go inside, and the faddist
may pay from Sc to S35 for the frame.
There is rage just now for quaint
,conceits and queer little kickshaws in
the jewelry line. The heart of the
ultra-fashionable youth has latterly be-
gun influencing his pocket to the eX-
tent of S12 or S15 for half
ounce weight cigarette holder
Tho tiny bowl and stem
are made of solid gold. with
.daintily enameled forget-me-nots scat
tered over the surface. The mouth
piece is of clouded amber. The
lorgnette craze bowls along as lively
as ever, but the latest fad is to have
the nine-inch handle of gold-pierced
and chased. The run on the tiger
eye. which was so pronounced few
weeks ago. has begun to decline, and
the beautiful little miniatures are TAX
ing its place. The run on these
miniatures does not amount to craze
as yet, but if it docs. and it is very
likely to, the faddists will betray the
possession of more commons n-sense than
they usually exercise.
The miniatures are really works of
art and set in finger rings, scarf pins.
brooches and even rs pendants on q
lady's fob chain. 1t is the thing now
for girl to carry small puff box
with her of solid gold just an inch and
half square and three-quarters of an
inch deep. with wee bit Of powder
puff that don't look big enough to
whiten my lady's dimple. The ivory
miniature set in the lid makes miss
papa pay to the tune Of $65 for tho
whiteness of her face.
The latest fad, and one which has
caught OH universally, is the driving
watch. A leather band of size to
fit tho wrist and strongly resembling
an ordinary strap shawl in appear
,ancc. with punched holes and q
buckle, has stitched to it's back u
small watch, the face whereof is cov-
cred with heavy rock crystal The
Heather is wrapped around the wrist,
tho watch toward the back. and its
open face may be referred to at any
time while driving literally by ''turn
of the wrist"
In gems. the favorito now is the
ruby, principally because the mines
have been exhausted and rubies are
exceedingly high priced. Black pearls
are also becoming the rage, but not
for beauty. for. 10 an amateur mind,
they haven't half tho charm of the
white pearl But black pearls are
freaks. and expensive freaks, and fad
ism. Philadelphia Neaos.