The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-16
JOY GIVING GEWGAWS.
FASHION IN JEWELRY THIS WIN
TER TO BE MAGNIFICENT

Nothing Can Be Too StartIine-riffany
Predicts the Incoming Modes-The
Correct Engagement Riug-PopuIar
Jewels for Evening Wear-Exquis.te
Tiarss and Coronets.
tCopuight)
NEW YORK Oct l5.-Nine hundred mil
lions Of dollars worn in gems by the Ameri.
can women Our barbario sisters from the
land of "orient pearl" nor our royal sisters
on continental thrones have never boosted
of glorious wealth to compare with this
and still the end is not yet
Crown jewels of princess, long treas
ured. roughly magnificent may be now I'M
noticed among the marvels Of American
workmanship; we have eclipsed the east.
outstripped the west, and it would seem
that money art and the hidden treasures of
the earth can do no more, having touched
| perfection.
| Yet this l hear from Tiffany, in whose
| laboratories labor the magic Of fairy lore
Eyes. our designs are becoming more and
more elaborate. This winter will see finer
workmanship, more magnificent styles and
a steadier demand for the most expensive
| pieces than this house has ever produced
| before"
Then asked foolish question. wanted
to know what the styles are to be! AS
though there could be styles when the fancy
for spending money is running riot in our
veins! Certain phases of magnihcenoe are
going to bs popular, though, and after two
hours gazing at gems drew some generali-
cation.
The most popular stones will be pearls
and emernlds; the latter especially will be
set in everybhing-rings, hair ornaments
hat pins and lace pins. Deep, rich gold set
ting is used with emeralds white gold, sill
yer and platinum is the thing for diamonds,
pearls and rubies. Opals and turquois hold
their own, especially in the fashionable
marquise rings.
Woman are wearing as many rings as
they can crowd upon their fingers, and
there is no danger of being termed vulgar
| and ostentatious il the rings are the best of
! their Kind. Fancy pearls will be greatly In
vogue on pretty fingers. One ring saw
was made of three bands-to represent three
separate rings-and in each was set "a very
large colored pearl and two diamonds.
You mhy judge of its massiveness when
add that it covered my finger snugly to
the JOINT. Unique, new designs are most in
demand. The solitaire is going out. Even
for engagement tokens men are bestowing
rings with two and three large stones in
them.
Necklaces are chiefly OF pearls and rubies
Oue through which the two kinds of gems
run at random is nearly three inches wide
1t is worth 81 1000.
A diamond spray of marguerites and
lilies of the valley is like the work of some
genii king. A princess might give all her
jewels 10 possess it, SO magnificent and yet
so cbaste it is. Long stems of llies-no
thicker through than the slender natural
stalk-spread gracefully upward from a big
bow knot Of brilliants. Some of the dainty
bells look straight at you. while you see
white diamond in the heart of the flower
Others nod sidewise upon the stalk and in
these the diamond flashes from the white
gold setting which curves convex after
the fashion Of the pelal. Twisted care
lessly among the lilies are lovely mar
guerites, whose yellow centers have been
usurped by gems, and whose petals
are so thickly crustsd with them that you
cannot see the setting. The spray weighs
quite pound, yet 80 deftly is it set that the
lilies stem bend back and forth with the
motions Of the wearer. Its cost Is 81 500,
and IL is 61S inches longaby wide Flower
designs are very popular ana will be mucI
worn this winter. There are many of them
in the fashionable tiara, although in these
the imperial designs of fleur do lis and coro-
neted patterns hold their own.
A very new design in tiaras, which will
prove immensely becoming upon low fore
head and dark waved hair is modelled after
| the royal Egyptian fashion. The gods wore
it, and Cleopatra's witchery shoue beneath
its graceful curves. And that brings me to
the sacred beetle which is initiated in life
size more perfectly than beautifully think
| He is made of crocidolite, and his legs and
antenne are of chased gold, set with small
| diamonds.
Alongside crawls a little lizard with a
central row of diamonds down his back and
a row of green garnets on either side. His
| eyes glare out in red Rarnets while his bod y
appears ready to wriggle delightedly over
| the bodice of my lady's evening gown-just
| where he ought to be, in fact. This fad OF
insect wearing is really becoming stable
enough TO merit a reckoning. l suppose il
| is because birds and strange insects may be
worn in such q variety of forms They are
pretty in coiffures, odd on the breast and
| positively unique lurking in shoulder knots
| and skirt draperies.
/ discovered bit of economy in magnih-
cence. A flight of diamond swallows may
alight upon the tulle of gown or they
may wing their way through the air just
aoove the beauty's brow, while so slender
are the wires Of her tiara that one scarcely
sees how support is given. These accommo-
dating birds will serve you in any way your
| i genuIty may suggest, and you need not
pay more than 5000 apiece for them.
A unique ornament for the hair consists
of high structure reared in gold and en-
ernlds and diamonds. Each emerald is cut
i'll differing shapes and beautifully ia
ceted." From the top of the ornament
stands a dainty aiRrette.
But the most magnificent tiara | saw baf-
fes description and MAKES me long for
command OF another language. II | say
pearls aud diamonds what does that mean
| to you now9 Yet 1000 still seems nice
sum, l suppose. But the pearlsl Those
huge globes Of beauty and bitterness.
| Diamond scroll work curves lovingly about
them and everywhere sends out little ten
drills to close upon great gray gems, with
| pink aud yellow lusters shining from their
| incompatible surfaces. The summit of the
tiara is one perfect pear-shaped gem an
inch in length. The diamond bands do not
touch it, as it stands alone and peerless.
| Beside this glorious work OF artiGts lie the
tiara of Empress Eugene and the gift OF a
sultan to Gen. Shermens daughter. Yet
magni ficent as they are this tiara Of pearls
from Lower California ranks first by right
| of beauty and the skill which brought it
| forth.