The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-12

pearls and opais; emeralds with dia-
monds, pearls and Opals; sapphires with
diamonds, pearls and Opals,bu us crude
to mix colored stones. The orientals
alone can do it, as the Maharajah of
Hobart at the time Of the queens jubilee
wore dress covered with emeralds and
sapphlreS, but they we're laid on pea
! cock-colOred embroidery, where they be-
came part of the color study.
4 decoration is to enrich, not to assert.
hubles and sapphIres as often worn on
the heads are spotty and vulgar, and give
a common red-white-and-blue effect. Any
OF the i've above mentioned stones are
Quieter and combine better with other
colors Plain women should wear lin
tereStlng" jewels-antlques, curios,
grotesques. l knew one woman who
looked her best wearing japanese bronze
turtles-in pearls she would have been
ridiculous. For street wear there is
nothing better than Japanese gold and
bronze ornaments that are found on the
old Daimio swords. Many suggestions
can be gained from Mr.. KOunz's study Of
the Folklore Of Precious Stones" Mr.
hounz is most distinguished authority
and has on exhibition with his collection
a wonderful library of all writings on
precious stones
The French made a splendid exhibit of
jewels at the fair. A necklace in brown
and cinnamon-colored diamonds is especi-
ally fine; also study in gray and black
pearls, with the most eXquisitely designed
crown in the exhibition, and most royal
| tieur-de-lis, a symbol which gives the
highest beauty possible in arrangement of
| lines.
LARGEST sAPPHIREs IN THE WORLD.
The sapphires said to belong to Mrs
| Mackay are not very interesting, merely
the argestin-the-world" variety-a
study in blue glass.
BY the way, l should have said that the
caboch0rform of cutting is the most ele-
CANT for gentlemen wear-the emerald
becomes a deep well of green light and
| loses all its glitter and flash. This form
| is nearly always used in the orient, and is
greatly sought after by Partisan connois-
seurs.
Most of the cheap jewelry of the
Plaisance consists of the flake" manu-
such occasions, but there are some great
opportunities to be found In nearly
| every stall some treasure, some bit of
| barbaric beauty or antique fancy can be
| discovered, tossed aside unnoticed and
waiting for its true lover to come. |
| watched one fine enameled ring for five
! months on the Plaisance, and all the
| trash around it sold while there it re-
| manned.
Few know that there is one great con-
| nolsseur on the PiaiSance-ac collector who
! supplies the Louvre South Kensington
| and the British Museum with wonders,
and has in little stall the finest treas
| ures of the exposition. Almost any even
| ing group of artists, millionaire collectors
| and decorative enthusiasts can be found
| in the little place gathered around his
| Turkish coffee table and raVing over the
| wonderful contents of the safe near by.
Rugs that cost $1,000, $1,000, $4,000,
| arms inlaid with Jewels; a single glass
| lamp (brOken) $1,000 Assyrian tablets,
| BabylOhian cylinders, ancient silver.
! precious stones, Velvets, girdles, old rose
| dIamonds-a feast of delight. Mr.. Kele-
khan is a most courteous gentleman and a
| renowned authority on his especial sub
| jects. Many of our fine museums have
| secured pieces from him.
| Just across the way from his place in
| the street of Constantinople, stands the
| shop of that interesting personality
''Far-Away-Moses, - whom everybody
| wishes to see. Speaking to him of one
| of the most distinguished judges of the
| decorative art in Chicago. he said: Yes,
| Mrs - is a very gentlemanly lady
| She is like what they would call in Eng
| land ni-lady.h ~.
In the italian exhibit may be seen those
| poems in gold, the reproduction of Etrus-
| can treasures by CaStilliani-they are the
| flower of the jewelers. art. Their secret
| had been buried for centuries when Cas-
| tilliani, jeweer artist, discovered in
| little village far up in the mountains a
| family working for the peasants which
had preserved all the secrets of incrust-
| ing the grains and weaving the magic
threads from time immemorial, passed
| down from father to son, and thought
nothing of
But farther up the aisle in the British
| section in little noticed case is a brooch
| that Castilliana declared was worth voy-
aging across all the oceans to see-the
| Tara brooch, with the jewels of the an
| Gent irish kings, near Brian BOruS harp,
! the shrine of St. Lachtiu's Arm and the
! bell of st Patrick; Byzantine in splen-
| dor, with wonder of line and fitness, of
| stone to setting and design to purpose
! that no modern work can equal. This
| case of reproductions has no duplicate
and will only be sold as a whole.
| There are Jewels everywhere. Locked
up in big safeare the personal jewels of
the Queen of Siam, because no place Sc
| cure enough to hold them was offered
| also magnificent collection of rings
| loaned by the Siamese nobility, which is
| only shown to the privileged few.
| Even in the Anthropological building
we find a most unique and wonderful col
| lection that was brought over by Mime.
| Sigrida Magnusson, of Iceland. For
| years it has been her enthusiasm, and is
for sale for the benefit of the Icelandic
| school for poor young girls 1t is we'll
worth the attention of our museums.
| To it Nine. Magnusson has donated her
own family heirlooms, pieces have been
| given by old Icelandic families and the
| peasants have sent her the finest things
| they could find-crowns girdles, brooches,
clasps and, especially wonderful, the
many styles of immense buttons. The
| collection is very interesting.
A word must be said of the enamels
| Some very fine settings of emeralds, with
many colored stones, in rocco designs,
can be found in the Hungarian exhibit
| but the delight of all gem worshipers is
| the Jeypore work. There is not very
| large showing, and it is much to be re-
| GREETED India was not induced to show
| the wonders of this art, especially the
marvellous necklaces of strung stones
without metal work, and the Cashmere
! like combinations of many small stones.
| In the square Indian house in the Plat
! sance there are some beautiful pieces. but
such work is little known in this country
! and they seem not to have been appre-
ciated. The backs of the necklaces are
! as beautiful as the fronts, and show most
exquisite arabesque work in clippings of