The Meeker herald., 1891-11-28
TIE SILVER FAD.
II Now Controls tho Young CIR
OF tho Period.
Som. Of the Many Queer Us.s ." which
tho Precious Metal IL i'at To Graf
ny tho D.ss,s-. ~ Fashion.
I'll. Spooa Grace


4 tong ,I,a- ne, mn, named Solo
naa, who aslulnrl quite n reputation
for wl-i1sn. taliii the rrmaFis that;
''Sl-',rh Il silver. silence t. golden. in.
,cniin.. thrrc'y To convey f.ptnc idea Of
the 1u.Scrgpri'y Of silence. 4 solomon
Of the year ls1i. says the Chicago rrib'
unc. however. would r-vcrs.- thu metal,
" he would b. IN tho fashion. for thu !,
pnrcmlnca,iy silver era.
The ia,-s, fail. for Instance. Of the
girl whose pin money Income h larry
enough To supper, this rather csIsrn'
.l,r inlni--ne. Ia the collection Of all
vrrmoua,cJ taiir, ARTICLES. OF which
ih.rc !. an catl,css variety, There arc
all .prs ani esltiii.pas Of brushes,
frptn the rsa-raus siacd rin,hc-iFttah Ia
tho ,iin.as;ivc Instrument e.. sfrang-
Ing the eyebrows 'rhcFc aEe cosaha,
hrar;-shais,tI silver tps'-4 tpE snanirun,
saiycs ani pswi,r, filscseasei bot
ties, dental Ginr.s. ss1Fsls,re. ring trays,
pin trays, hAirrin b1sra, anil VI OH
through, the csvr.arN'aa.n. category.
Wh-n miia.iy travel. ,hrrr arc silver
eases fp- Perfume bottles. silver soap
t-ss-s. silver i,asli-. -svv ~ and unabrviia
nsau.i,ca an mir ~ vir'a"a. is..lus;ry aud
take. a few siits,i-. n, occasion may
demand. si,-r, ~ slvrr .-is-p-n. acorn.
shaped cas-a .Ir h.F :titabl-. dainty ~.
c-rsacics .ns her ncesiicn. anil boxes
containing g i.iai Il bphtin on which
Ia wind dlgfcno:., en,n7si silis :,oNs-
whcn abe aiu;ss ,ssr escri,p.Tr to con-.
due, her ,1-g,-.isqatien-r la q decidedly
Ill
'rayr. inis ts;:irs. Isrns and pencils. Let
toy ciirs. bs.s,ir I-cn wiprrs and unique
arranscmrn, for ia1istrnins STAMPS.
ras the sick room ;,lcrr are silrcr-cascd
fewer ,hcrtn sssr;crN ani nn old lemon.
Adr Of mc,iicinc sPppn with a tubs run
ming up the back Through which. IA
,hrpus'h straw. tie fluii may l., taken.
When this victim 81 fad s,-,s shop
ping or calling ihcrr Ia the tiny glove
hphl-aani-rc. hrsrt-si,apcj perhaps.
which she siirs iai.i,ic the palm Of her
han,L She carries na .il coin parse Of
Irca.h design with tiny watch In tho
top. rnssruw This little iii. anil tho
neck expand. to tic fril cS;cni Of tho
links below. Her cha,rlainc tablet Of
African lizard akin Ia mounted In silver
with silver chain. and on it, cover. as
on tbs; 81 her card cate aud address
hook. silver iicurs dc lie. All the leather
novelties b-ar these flowers of France.
even the lizard skin carl case opening
n, the end. which scntlo,ncn carry in
the pockets of their evening clothes
In the realm Of jcwciry. also. silver
and platinum arc popular as settings
for clusters Next Ia the diamond.
which might bc called the staff Of
jewel life. tho stone which take. the
popular fancy IL the emerald. though
the ;urguois-, IL ais, in grca. demand.
The hand Of fashion Ia loaded with
rings a, rr,,sc :. but fashions ears show
a civilized disregard Of earrings. All
stones are set low in plain. polished
gold. and many arc imb-',l,lcj in the
French style RICH, in the gold. There
IL quite n fancy for setting. different
colorcd diamond. irscu;hcr. and gentle.
men wear NJ evening studs three small
diamonds or pearls Of dit'crcu, colors.
a ring containing three diamonds. col.
orcj respectively cinnamon. coffee and
rcd. Is quite valuable, "a the rcd stone
Is perhaps impossible ~ duplication.
The punches of silver wire bracelets
So common n little while ago have
ElNtU Iissat ~ liHll'HssN anu
of the same metal. bat /, Is to be hoped
tina; this fancy will no. hc allowed TO
handcuif many Q; the dcvoiccs of fash
ion. Necklaces arc permissible only
for evening wear. when they are worn
with pendants. The long bar pins have
been superseded by clusters in round
designs. "a stars. flowers. biris, bow
knots, etc. Two hearts tied together
with n kno; IL pretty design for rings
or pendants, the hearts being of tur-
quoisc surrounded by diamonds. which
also form the bow. Elaborate designs
of cluster diamonds arr in great favor
for corsauc wear. ono beautiful example
being fight Of swallows. formed en-.
,ircly Of diamonds. For the hair there
arc cnainclc1 orchids with diamond
ccn,crs and pins with ilcur de liz heads.
The spoon.rathcring craze still holds
possession of all tourists and new
Chicago spoon has been designed to
meet the demand OF the collector. II
is called the For: Dearborn spoon and
has round bowl with n raised design
depicting ;hc dsd fort and its surround
ings. This spoon is of oxidizcd silver
and looks quite antique, but bright sill
yer is more in demand now for regular
use.