Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-30
JEWELS AND COMPILATIONS.
How Women Determine What Gems
are Most Becoming.

from the Contemporary Review.
A woman who has . red face will not wear
emeralds, even il an arbitrary man milliner
sends her home dress that emeralds would
embellish. Pity she cannot dress herself with
out such aid for. alas! the face is not generally
considered in the connection Of eminent mili-
ners, and have observed cases where their
views have been independent even Of the
figure. woman with poor complexion does
not improve it by pearls. These lovely and
innocuous ornaments really derive their chief
luster from q transparent skin, as they depend
largely on reflected lights. The iridescent
colors on pearls attract notice to the Wilderness
OF white ground, but on an ill-colored ground
they are decidedly vindictive. A woman whose
face, however beautiful takes verdatres tints
In the shadows should avoid rubies, especially
pink ones. and roseate topazes. A face may have
these greenish tints without damage to beauty,
remember. am not selecting all the most
unfortunate women can think Of to threaten
and warn. Every face has a great deal Of green
In 1t, as portrait painter will tell you. Giotto
(wno painted the loveliest angels conceivable)
and all his pupils made the shadows on girls
races startllngly green, and the eyeSgreen, too,
sometimes, and yet we receive the impression
OF exquisite delicacy and brilliancy. Still, red
Is the complimentary of green, and il the dress
should be pink, and no help for it, the jewels
nearer the face ought to counteract it. A wise
man viii not select the precious opal for his
frances ring, especially If the engagement is
to be long one, nor a christening gift to q
robust child. Opals are unlucky, they say,
probably because they are extremely brittle.
An acquaintance Of mine, q great collector OF
precious stones, lost fine opal under particu-
larry annoying circumstances. He was pricing
a fine specimen at a well -known jewelers.. He
and the shopman were passing it from hand to
hand: 1t fell, and was pulverized on the glass
counter. Each accused the other, and
eventually the gentleman had to pay,
and the jeweler lost more than the
worth OF the stone in valuable Gus
toner. Science tells us that the opal 10 q
resinous quartz which owes all its beauty to its
lmPerfections. The milky ground transfused
with sunset fires, derives it's celestial colors
from assures interrupting the continuity OF the
substances. Is it therefore wonderful that l
do not recommend the opal for hard wear?
pearl. unless we can do it justice by lovely
background. There is no stone SO revengeful
when i'll treated. Try fine opal on coarse
red hand or freckled neck and judge. On
similar grounds do not try to reconcile good
sapphire with a sallow cheek. The spiteful
thing will loudly announce your misfortune.
But the gentle turquois always supposing you
get a real one-they say the Orientals have not
sold us genuine turquois for ten years. is
more amlable. There is no stone that SO sets
on a fair white hand. and if its owner fall sick,
or be troubled mentally, the turquois will tenn
per Its vivid blue to a sympathetic green. l
really think there is some ground for this old
Turkish superstition, which no doubt means
that the stone is sensitive to mephitic or acid
vapOrs