Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-13
The Tiny Spherical Watch.

SluCc tIc NdtCu l!4S OHce more beeu
promoted to Il place of honor in my
lady's jewel casket. and appears upon
her shoulder on occasions of state, the
useful little monitor Of the fight of time
has taken on most frivolous airs and
graces. The warning hands and circle
of hours are hidden away in tiny ball
of sparkling jewels, diamonds, rubies,
or torquoise, and it swings from pin
of great price and rare workmanship.
Some of the tiny watches take the form
of a Aower, q pansy enamelled in the
purple and yellow of the beartseasc.
There are other watches covered en-
tirely with the glossy and beautiful
enamel which comes in rich red and
deep blue These watches have
wreaths and sprays of diamond-set flow
ers and leaves festooued across the case.
One very beautiful little watch has q
large diamond set in the centre of a cir
Gle of the blue enamel, which in turn is
framed in ring of diamonds. Medal
lions of the exquisite French enamel
are framed in diamonds on the case,
and some watches are encrusted
with pearls in which is traced a
pattern in sapphires or emeralds, for
those vivid green stones are once more
restored to fashionable favor Less eX-
pensive are the cases of polished gold
enamelled with spray of flowers in
natural colors, or with the cypher
traced in diamonds. There are two
ways of wearing the pretty trinkets,
whose ornamental possibilities far ex-
ceed their usefulnes, since the mechan-
ism of the toy timepieces is too delicate
to long endure woman's unique methods
ofcaring fora watch. You can't exactly
depend upon watch in the matter of
keeping appointments and catching
trains that is rarely wound except when
its owner is starting out for days
shopping or is going on a journey, that
is dropped on the floor, thrown under
the bed, and hangs dangling from a
pin, where it is forgotten and left to
run down for a week in the top drawer.
One is to wear it on one of the long
gold chains set with pearls at inter-
walls of an inch. The chain is wound
twice about the neck and the watch is
thrust thrust into the belt in the cid
fashioned way if it is plain, or caught
up on the shoulder with jeweled
pin if it has handsome case. The
other mode calls for q chatelaine pin,
jeweled like the watch. which is worn
we'll up on the left side Of
the bodice, near the shoulder.
The newest designs in pins are
the dagger or scimiter with jeWelcd
hilt, q gold dragon with jcwelled eyes,
a feur-de-lis OF precious stones, or q
variation Of the bow knot idea, which
in the new pins is very irregular and
fanciiul in shape, and made OF 4 ribbon
enamelled on one side and set with
pearls or diamonds on the other. Some
times this bow has but two long loops
starting ont on one side, or many loops
of very narrow ribbon are twisted to-
gether almost like q rosette. Her pins
for the throat come in the dagger pat
terms with iewelled hilts and tips. and
also in the bow knots Of jewels or of
pearls with the enamel showing inside
the loops. Greatly desired of woman
kind are the stick pins, both in long
and short forms, for two iewelled pins
are really necessary to keep the hat in
place, aud n bonnet sometimes sports
three or four of the shorter lengths.
The veil, too, may be pinned with 4
diamond set feur-de-lis or loops Of ru-
bies or turquoise. Handsome stick
pins of large size are used to fasten the
collar at the left side, while buckles of
high and low degree are among the
actual necessities of life to the woman
with any pretension to style. A very
interesting buckle belt in silver is worn
now by well-known lady, cut in the
japanese letters which indicate on
one side "Good health" on the 9th
er Long life OF course the favorite
buckles are of pieced work, or filigree,
in gold. Sometimes as high as 500 is
paid for single buckle without the
Jewels. Hair ornaments increase in size,
and also in price, with every fresh in
voice. They follow the Colonial and 1880
patterns as we'll as the old Greek de-
signs which prevailed at the French
court when Napoleon wore the purple.
Moonstones have gone out except when
carved in elaborate patterns of loves
and nymphs and set in diamonds. They
are wearing quaint little pin in Paris
lust now, an intaglio of Miss Helvett
set in brilliants. But the new stone, the
chrysophrase, which has succeeded
them, is said also to bring luck to the
wearer. This stone is somewhat like the
aqua-marine, of pale green color, but
less clear in tone. Wonderful chains
are made of small diamonds, pierced
and strung between links of gold. They
are nearly yard long, and wound
about the throat loosely. Earrings are
little worn, especially among the young
er women, and cluster designs are much
used by matrons whose long use of the
ear Jewel has so distended the lobes of
the ears as to make the ring almost q
necessity.
1t Should be in Every House.
J.B. Wilson, 81 Clay street Sharpsburg,
Pa. says he will not be without DR.. King
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