Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-30
BONNET AND HAIR PINS.

souvenir OF summer 8 pleasure.
BONNET AND HAIR PINS.
Bonnet pins are so fashionable Just now and
are made so handsome that anything especially
new and pretty is sure to be eagerly picked by
novelty seekers. An imperial coronet set with
pearls or tiny turquolses is one of the odd de-
signs. The pins worn with theater bounets this
winter will be handsomer than ever.
Combs and fancy hair pins TO hold the bon
net on are as important finish at the back of
a bonnet as the small pin for the strings They
are of tortoise shell with fine carving or with
gold and pearls or tiny diamonds as an addi-
ton to the beauty of the she'll They may be,
too, all of gold or silver. but the ornamen-
tation must be very fine, whatever it is, and il
precious stones are used they must be small
Even the pins that are thrust through the bon
net, skewerlike, have fligree gold heads. often
with small jewels scattered over them
Luxury Is all the time getting stronger foot
hold with US, and the beautiful ornaments and
jewels which are displayed, especially at this
season, are certain and sure evidences of it,
Birthday stones are in demand as gifts, and the
superstition that they bring good luck to the
wearer and ward Off all manner of evil is an
agreeable one at least Even the opal can be
worn with full assurance that it has lost its
baleful influence If it happens to be
one birthday stone. Another suggestion for a
holiday souvenir is suitable for youth to be-
stow upon a maiden In this year of 1889. The
design is the figures of this date made of gold
and interviewer in a graceful way to serve as a
pin. In the gold of the figures are sunk dia-
mond, an emerald, an amethyst and ruby.
conveying in subtle way to the young
woman that to the giver she is a
dear" The suggestion is also made that when
the jewelers. bill is presented the youth will
also be able to read the same thing, but that
is a mere detail"
Queen Margherita, the 'Pearl of Savoy" and
her pearls are inseparably connected The
al in M ful al fro hor
throat to below her waist. She once appeared
as the Princess of Pearl at fancy dress ball.
wearing all these jewels she possesses. Her
dress was of silver brocaded in pearls, and, in
fact, she seemed completely covered with them
THE CRAZE FOR NOTICES.
Just now one Of the most pronounced crazes
is for notices or appropriate rhymes on every
thing imaginable. The ways and means are
varied, but everything must have its quotation
attached. Among other articles petticoats are
adorned about their hens with some pretty
sentiment embroidered in dainty lettering. 4
New York bride lately was married in a white
silk petticoat with this quotation from Sir John
Sucking worked upon it:
"Her feet beneath her petticoat,
Ike en- htt Hen mice zee p, peeRed , tn and out,
On the head Of an oak bedstead one lady has
carved:
"Sleep. that knits up the raveed sleeve of care"
Fire places are very susceptible of this treat
ment, and for dining room or library there are
many apt quotations not yet appropriated. In
ex-President CIevelands new home in New
York this Scotch blessing is carved ON the din
ing room fire place:
Some hae meat and Gamma eat,
And some w.d eat that want it,
But We hae meat and eat
And say, 1.-The Lord be thankit."
Girls who paint have a fancy for decorating
their own fire places, or of taking a suitable
couplet and running it around the frieze of
their room in quaint lettering. One young girl
who loves to serve fve-o'clock tea in her bou-
doir has embroidered on the tea cloth, in white
and gold silk,
Il don't care what the daisies say,
know L ii be married some fine day."
And so they go. Probably some funny stories
might be told Of queerly inappropriate quota
tons applied in various ways. Such a one
comes up as a relic of the past, when the rage
for notices took the form of illuminated te
During the reign of this form of ornament
there hung in the dining room of handsome
house in a northern city-a home of abundance,
however, rather than refinement-the peremp-
tory command, Let all things be done de-
Gently and in order"
Book cases are also good ground for letter.
ing, many excellent rhymes and notices being
written that serve especially well for use on
them. Bookcase curtains with couplet either
painted Or embroidered on frieze band or run
ming almost diagonaly across the curtain itself
make charming Christmas gifts, and for small
book case especially are very ornamental.