Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-17
NOVELTIES FOR CHRISTMAS.

NOVELTIES FOR CHRISTMAS.
Some of the Innumerabie Pretty Things
That Delight Ladies'.
Last winter lost several hat pins at White
House receptions" said the pretty little woman
In the French bonnet as she slipped her cup Of
clock tea. Then she added with a sigh: "And
nowadays, you know, such pins are expensive
articles. friend Of mine had one stolen frsm
her the other day that cost $50. 1t was at q
wedding in New York, and the detectives we're
too busy watching the presents to look out for
the wraps My best hat pin now has value Of
only 30 cents, and am in hopes that somebody
will give me a nice one for Christmas"
Said a Washington jeweler, when asked by q
STAR reported for some information about hat
pins: The newest ones come in the shape Of
jeweled and enameled swords and daggers Of
gold, representing weapons of all nations.
Other pretty designs are flowers in natural
colors with gemmed centers. Here is q pretty
pin representing pansy with brilliants tipping
each petal, and with a single diamond in the
middle. Not less dainty and novel is this
thistle in white enamel.
SILVER TOILET SETS.
"Of course" continued the jeweler, "no
fashionable woman nowadays considers her
dressing table complete unless it is adorned
with silver toilet Set and Injuries of this de-
description run up as high as $500. Such q set
comprises brush and comb on tray, prefer
erably in the Louis Quatorze style; brushes for
clothes, for velvets, for hats, for the nails and
for the teeth manicure apparatus with file,
scissors, polisher and powder box; a large pow
der box with cut-glass bottom and silver
mounted puff. These things. of course, are
necessary, but toilet set Of the most costly
kind includes number of other articles.
There should be boxes of cut glass with silver
tops for vaseline, cold cream, cologne, lavender
salts and to hold floss silk for the teeth; also
glove stretchers, curling irons, button hook,
shoe horn and tray for tweezers and hair pins,
Finally there should be tiny ball for the jap
anese headache cure. Any one of. these ar
ticles makes a most charming Christmas gift,
and, indeed, comparatively few people buy all
of them at once. most women depending more
or less upon holiday presents for completing
their sets.
NEW POWDER BOXES.
"A new design for powder boxes is Of glass,
either white or colored, and covered with silver
in an openwork design. For housekeepers ap-
propriate Christmas gifts are bon-bon spoons
with bowls in the shape of silver-gilt grape
leaves and with silver handles. Silver-git tea
strainers. with ebony handles, are pretty, and
30 also little silver kettles for the same pur-
posc. lea Drills come IN DOIn SILVER ana silver
gilt. new souvenir ladle is fac-simile of
one used by Washington, bearing his crest.
Another, in either silver gilt, bears the head
of Washington on the handle, with dates of
birth and death on the reverse side and with a
fac-simile of the general autograph Souvenir
coffee spoons have panses. narcissi, or lilies of
the valley as handles. Very handsome and en-
tirely American in its manufacture is a Rock
wood pottery pitcher Of most graceful shape
over which silver has been nodded and then
cut and engraved in a design of clovers, OPEN
ing to show the flowers in the pottery.
Ladies' leather goods are in great variety
this year. White kid card cases. mounted in
both silver and gold or in enameed silver are
still popular. Those mounted in solid gold are
beautiful. Gold. however. shows especially
well on the fashionable emerald green leather
Among the white ones pretty pocket book has
a cluster OF forget-me-nots in the corner,
while on another the same dainty flowers form
a wreath that makes the border. A novelty is a
silver mounting 80 much oxidized that it looks
more like old iron than anything else.
SOUVENIR LocKETs.
"a revised edition Of the prayer book in kid
mounted in silver makes a delightful gift for a
devoutly inclined woman. Aparticularly hand
some copy is of white leather trimmed with
solid gold. Less expensive presents visit
ing lists. These come in several sizes.
model of the new Columbian souvenir COIN
lumbus one side and bird's-eye view Of
the fair grounds ut Chicasoon the other is a
photograph locket, opening with little spring
to disclose the picture. Lockets, by the by,
once more fashionable for ladies, being
worn on very small chains. One of the most
popular designs in these is the 'sunburst."
which comes in gold, pearls, pearls and
diamonds or in diamonds. andis very effective
Bracelets. or rather bangles, in the shape of
chains. with or without padlocks, are in great
demand.
.Queen chains or chatelaines are still the
proper things for ladies' watches. the new
chains having little fagons, canoes. acorns or
some similar charm at the end rather than the
ball. A new and effective design for a chate-
laine is that Of an enameled gold sword with
jeweled hilt. which passes through the dress.
From the sword little chain hangs bearing the
| watch.
"In watches the styles Of 100 years ago have
been revived and little fiat timepieces with open
faces, surrounded by pearls and with enameled
| pictures on the pearl-rimmed backs, are in
vogue. A dainty Swiss watch is ornamented
with transparent enamel in the form of shell
and has an open face. the whole watch being
about the size Of a thumb nail.
Ladies garters with gold clasps come as
high S95 pair, and great many Of them
are sold this year. In rings the marquise style
| is still most popular. emeralds being the FASH
ionable stone. Pearls Of different colors set
together make q beautiful jewel. sun
burst" brooch has pearls in 1t varying in tint
| from black to brown, cream. white and pink
| Hungarian and Austrian opals are very popular
as turquoises also. The diamond pendants
| are made SO that they can be worn on pins in
| the hair as we'll very beautiful pendant Of
diamonds is in shape somewhat like q large
| spread-out tassel an is valued at S25, every
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