Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-08
JEWELS AND CIVILIZATION.

Latest Things in Rings and Combs-A
Wedding Anniversary-Gossip Of So
ciety.
IT IS the opinion of some people that the
wearing of jewelry is a taint of barDarism
still lingering in the nature of humanity or
>femininity, for, of course, masculinity scorns
everything that is not strictly on the useful
order. Bracelets, earrings and necklaces
were the ornaments our foremorhers Of long
ago were won't to deck themselves out in to
their hearts content, and it is these bits OF
supposed personal adornment that Dame
Fashion says We must not wear now under
the penalty of its being "such horrid taste"
So, surely this is one sign of our becoming
civilized. Whether it is that jewellers re-
fuse to shut up their shops or that women
refuse to be civilized, certain it Is that there
is as much money spent in jewelry at
the present day as at any former
time. Business men are smart enough to
know that If they can launch a new orna-
mental work on the market they will be
sure to find purchasers among the "women
folk" just now the craze Is for pretty
rings and haircombs, the various styles,
great measure for the loss OF the three first
named articles. To say that 1nger-rings are
the fad is to put it mildly. 1t 10 not at all an
unusual thing TO see eight or ten rings-or
Just as many as the white fingers will hold
up to the first joint-worn at present. To
get too many colored stones on one hand is
an impossipility. Diamonds and opals will
be embedded in one little ring, while an
other delicate circlet on the same finger,
will be of pearls and diamonds, and still
another will be set with rubies, emeralds
and sapphires. With all these ornaments on
her fingers, the dainty wearer can conRratu-
late herself with the thought that she Is q
true girl of the period.
Nothing could be more beautiful than the
hop k ha
seen in the Louix XIV, or Nine. Pompadour
style, and are very striking. The useful
part of the comb-that Is, the teeth-is OF
celluloid. This substance has taken the
place of the old-fashioned tortoise shell.
being not only more inexpensive than the
shell, but more serviceable. The ornament
set with precious stones. generally dii-
monds and pearls, although opals, sap
phires, rubies, ETC., are also seen. When
the comb is only OF gold s1o ana &c oenlod sgs IT'S
there are jewels in them they come as high
as 800. Jeweled combs make appropriate
bridal gifts, being nearly always of pearls
and diamonds. Something entirely new in
jewelry this season is white enamel, fash
ioned into small brooches. which are some
times made with a pendant of diamonds
and pearls. As the brooch itself Is set with
the Same jewels, the two make a very deli
cate and chaste combination that finds much
favor in the feminine eye. These are being
bought freely for bridal gifts. their proper
place seeming to be among white Silks and
soft laces The eagerness with which women
ekjewelry suggests that perhaps we are not
becoming SO worry civilized after all. The
love OF barbaric splendor that characterized
the ancients Of all countries of which we
have knowledge is just as pronounced to-
day as it was 5000 years before the birth of
Christ. It must be said that women wear
jewelry with more taste than they did 20
years ago. At that time it was the custom
to wear a large brooch, with immense pend
ant earrings tS match. chain bracelets with
ham erlA md nv hAo 1a ~ Wa fR N
chain wound around the neck two or three
times and tucked away into watch pocket,
but not before It had described u big loop in
front OF the bodice. We wear good deal of
jewelry now, but as least we wear it with
taste.
The wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas c. Dickson, of Negley avenue, is to
be celebrated this evening with a reception
and dance. The managers of the occasion
will be the two daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Dickson-Mrs. Robert W. Downing and Mrs.
Robert j. Scott.
The reception given yesterday by the
Central Young Women's Christian Associa;
tion, for Miss Hattie Dyer and Miss Lillian
Cobb, was an enjoyable occasion. Some
hundreds of friends OF the young ladies
called at the rooms between 8 and p. M.
Later ten was given to Misses Dyer and
Cobb. The young ladies left on the 92O train
for the West. They will leave San Francisco
on Pacific steamer on the 26th inst. They
expect to reach China about the 10th OF No.
vember, where they will engage in mission
work at Shanghai, devoting their time to
educating the children in Christian methods
OF work. The school they will direct Is
called the Bridgeman. They expect to re-
main in China for the remainder of their
lives.
THE singers who will take part in the
Spanish comic opera to be given early in tn
winter for the benefit of the Rosalia Hospi-
tai will hold their first rehearsal next
Wednesday evening at the residence of Miss
Lizzie Maladey, Cliff street.
MISS MINNIE CURRAN, of Washington,
Pa, is the guest of Miss Lizzie Maladey, OF
Cliff street, Pittsburg.
THE entertainment in Williamsburg last
evening, under the auspices of the Young
Ladies' Missionary Society OF the III. E.
Church, was complete success. The
Apollo Club did their part, and Prof. George
NJ. Sleeth rendered several selections in
good style. The doll drill by l6 little girls
was pleasing feature of the entertainment.
The attendance was very large, the Opera
House being crowded.
DIR. ANDREW FLEMING, who has been
spending the summer in Spain. has returned
homo.
MISS BERNICE AGNEw, of Duquesne
Heights, is spending few weeks with the
family of her uncle, II. p. Agnew, and Mr.
CARRIER, of Cleveland.