Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-25
OUR MAN OF STYLE
SOME APPROPRIATE GIFTS.
Sweets and Fio~ers Always IN Order
M2ssc and Books Always APprec'
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The man Of fashion must have taste
Sn gifts- He must know when. where
and how ~ Increase his prestige with
the fair SEX 81 timely and gracious
present But % make bis gift Is Of all
situations the most delicate. He must
know how nos To give too much, not 70
give in2ppropriately. not ID raise the
kops that devotion 10 intended where
the intentioa = snly - cement friend
ship.
Ia the first place, never suggest to
any young lady that she has an sppe-
tite- The oniy edibles that may Be pre-
s<nted 70 the object of even your Sigh.
devotion are sweets, never fruit A
box OF candy - . birthday gift or in
payment Of forfeit or Is favor At
odd times viii never eonr amiss- As to
teweiry there Is much divergence of
opinion. In general IL may be said
that In high social life the edict
against jewelry as q pre-engagement
stratum mothers are growing perhaps
moro lenient. and the wealthy young
man frequently cemcnts friendship
with wealthy young woman by dia-
mond or gold ornament. though not
necessarily an expensive one. But for
obvious reasons jeweiry from the poor
young man TO the rich young woman. or
from the wealthy young man To the poor
girl. i in exceedingly bad taste jew
elers have attempted TO get in on the
philopene by manufacturing small gold
n
have . clever leaf design attached. and
others of which are the settings of q
diamond. These give the young man
with money = chance. The novelty in
irwelry is the small gold knot, of which
some have diamond headed pin stuck
through them or are studded with white
enameied marguerites. They are used
either as a pendant for a watch chain
or As brooch A young lady will. as
rule, accept one of these from y
gentleman The spoon fad Is
scarcely holding its own. A Broad
way jeweler Is authority for the state
lnent that the fancy spoon trade will be
kept up until after the worlds fair,
when the remaining stock will be
loaded on TO visiting foreigners A box
OF gloves. IL you know her number, or
box of fine writing paper have been
considered . suitable birthday gift
through many generations. In select
ing paper avoid monograms. for their
day, rs that of the initial. has passed
A plain envelope Of the Baronial size
and octave note paper, with the street
and number printed in small raised blue
,eteers, Just at the top and in the middle
Of the sheet. Is correct. Americans who
have crests may be depended upon TO
>1se them both on the sheet and en-
yclope. The man Of fashion will. as a
rule. see that the crest appears on his
Tiff As to material, the Marcus Ward
Royal Irish linen. or tho bond paper
Snen. which Il strong and rough. is pre-
Derred BY ladies. II tinted. let II be
cream or silver gray. nothing deeper.
White IL always tasty
OF the presents that q man of fashion
pay give . young lady. flowers easily
hke precedence. They are always
proper. No woman Is calious to stten-
NON. but she Is either passionately fond
~ buds and blossoms. or she prctends
b such liking. IL she have i. not, rather
MAN be thought unnatural or eccentric.
A. any stage Of An acquaintance an ad-
>nirer may press his suit with flowers
bnd run but little risk of being thought
presumptuous. Even before the ac-
Auaintancc has ripencd To the calling
point may flowers bc sent with impuni-
~. for they speak a sympathetic Ian
Fuage to womanlSind- II the permits
bion to call has been granted floral
rourier in the shape OF cut flowers
atrex., inos~lv in a HOY Il AN faft Nee