Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-15
HEARTS ARE TRUMPS.
Some of the --latest Fads in Silverwar
Modelled After Cupid's Target.

the matter OF jewelry, but there is no doubt
that this season hearts are running them We nv
close Tor first place III general popularity. Not
the simple little cornelian heart that was
such favorite with love-lorn SWANS a genera
ton ago, but hearts of silver, hearts OF gold.
stone carved in this sentimental shape, in fact
anything and verything that is made in the
couyentionalized shape of that organ, which for
centuries has been regarded as the seat of the
affections, is bound to be popular with the
jewelry-loving people. 1t is doubtful if ever
the question of shape alone entered SO
largely into considerations of this
nature as it does this season. As
usual thing person buying an article Of
jewelry must needs hesitate and take time to
consider and choose between various equally
pleasing objects, but that day is past for the
time being. Whatever the nature of the arti-
Gle he may want in the precious metals or
stones he may be sure that if he gets it heart
shaped he will be safe and no one can
question his taste. If he. wants silver
locket to hang from the end of his key chain
and to contain the picture dwell, let us say
his sister-he can get it in many styles but if it
Is not heart-shaped he must give up all hope
of being one of the 400 or whatever the
number of desirables may be in Washington
Does he wish a pretty little gold locket
to put his own picture in and give to the Young
person whose face adorns the end of his key
chain? Then let it be of the proper shape or he
may be sure that not even the picture within it
will cause her to go into such ecstacies over it
as he would naturally hope to see. And SO it
Is in every line of jewelry.
HEARTS, NOTHING BUT HEARTS.
Has all creation fallen in love and taken this
way Of making the fact known? How it must
make cynics groan, who say that love in the
good old sense is not to be found today, when
fhav Of
on every side. Or are they right
and are people only ridiculing love? Why
there are even ash receivers bon bon trays
brooches, pungents, brush backs, manicure
trays picture frames, looking glasses
| and all imaginable toilet articles made
sentiment expressed by fair damsel
| in surrounding herself or allowing herself to
be surrounded by her friends and admirers
with CARLOAD of silver bric-a-brac all formed
| like Cupid's target. Who says it is mock
| sentimentality? 1t is nothing of the sort. 1t
| Is good honest frankness or at any rate it is a
| style started by some enterprisng manufact-
| urer, and lived up to by all proper people be-
cause it is the style.
IN THE JEwELRY STORES.
STAR reporter recently made the grand
tour of Washington jewelry stores in Sc arch of
pretty things to buy. He saw an immense
number of things of beauty, but he did not buy
much. He does not admire heart-shaped bijou-
| terie, as the French reporter calls it.
| There Is no gainsaying the fact that this city
| is we'll supplied with frst-class jewelry stores
and now that they have had time to recover
| from the devastating influence of the holiday
| trade they to be fuller than ever of pretty
things. Silver is apparently as popular as ever
| and there more novel ideas worked
| out in that metal than there ever
were before. To mention silver-handled
razors, scissors, paper cutters, hair brushes,
l-,t, IL
! and complete shaving sets, picture frames,
| mountings for pen wipers and writing pads.
| corkscrews and penknives would be to name
but very small fraction of the articles of use
| and beauty that are made in silver. A decided
| novelty is handsome little briarwood pipe
with clouded amber mouthpiece and the bowl
| almost entirely covered with an ornamental
coating of silver. This article, although
pretty and desirable for those who like it,
is not sold at a price that
the old clay dudeen will still maintain its for
mer popularity. Are you going travelling?
Then real nice thing to take along with you
| is a silver-handled tooth brush fitted with an
elaborate silver case that covers the bristle
end. This is something quite new. Useless
and eAtravagant? Not at all. Nothing that is
| pretty is altogether useless and then when you
bring it forth from your satchei everybody
else in the sleeping car will appreciate the fact
| that you are quite somebody.
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OF late the fad of collecting odd silver spoons
has taken a strong hold on people who have
plenty of money to spend. Lots of people who
have recently returned from Europe are show
ing admiring friends the collections they
made while abroad. No two spoons should
ever come from the same town, and each should
| have as much of a story as possible connected
with the place where it was bought and the
manner of getting it 1t should be marked
with the name Of the place and the date.
| 1t is rather pretty idea and the spoons make
pleasan. mementoes of ones travels and ex-
| periences. Washington jewellers have noticed
the demand and are not to be behind in an
swering the call One OF them has something
| quite original in this line. In answer to the
| question: Haven't you something novel in
| spoons, something characteristic of the city,
you know the would-be-purchaser ia
shown lot of Washington spoons.
These are rather large and heavy
and have q medallion head of the first
| President set into the bowl The head is a
good one and is \ much prettier setting for
spoon than one would at first suppose. Then
there are others that are exact SMILES of tea
spoons that belonged to Mrs. Washington.
These are odd and decidedly popular
Others still have genuine coins Of a
century ago set in the bowl and a
set of . dozen punch spoons have set of
| small gold coins from as many different coun-
tries. ALI these different kinds OF spoons have
Washington and the date of purchase engraved
on the back. These Washington spoons are