The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
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proudly as Chicago dil. It will take
display and vulgarity from those who
might give the world such delight-such
pictures OF beauty.
people Will say: "Oh. / no longer wear
my necklace since they have had diamond
doOr-knObs on the fiat house opposite.
| now wear this wonderful piece OF
nligree had I'm my drawer so long and
thought nothing Of" or, since they
have been using diamonds as headlights
on the cable cars 1 have brought out
those Jeypore enames from India that
they wanted me 20 lend 20 the art mu-
scum
Crash, let 1t come! and the conceit and
hypocrisy go! Diamonds decrease IN
beauty as they increase in size. That is
one reason why crown jewels are 80
disappointing.
certain necklace i'm New York, ! remark
ed thar II reminded me Of a chandelier
chain. yes" said Mrs Sherwood ana
don't her earrings look like decanter
stoppersW
Diamonds are best used in designs OF
small stones and I'm the setting OF other
gems. Most colored stones I'm rings are
surrounded with diamonds far TOO large
THE antiaue settings LOOK much better on
the hand.
mn does not one want richness I'm q
grapde toilette2 Yes TO any degree One
definition OF beauty from Delsarte is.
"That is most beautiful which Is the most
complex" but with the saving clause
"providing there Is harmony in All the
parts." one could have seen Bool
Illustration Of this i'm the portraits OF
tu,o epnresses at the exposition. Angus
o. rlrfHH % a
ing Willie. who At her marriage owned
ov{,, a string Of coral beads and a small
silver min. appears IN what seems 20
he a white satin corset cover win o neck
lace and crown Of such huge DIAMONDS
SO badly combined that one has no iee'-
ing except of their size ana utter III
harmony with the wearer.
In the portrait Of the Empress Freder-
TEX near with the train OF saDieS slYe'i
her NV the Car Of Russia, whose equai
M money could buy; her celebrated
s,rjnp ~ pearls worth $4,000; the spieh-
ala sanphires lust in tone with the piue
~ ber roval ro5e set in dull gold elaoo-
ra+s,,, chained and wrought ana HllNlus
-,-,,b the gold brocade below, perhaps
~ u,hota worth a million, we nave inc
beiqht ~ art and richness combined
80 asIfing Karl Formes who was the
.anAsor,est man he ever saw, he rephed
..she car Nicholas Of Russia, and the
nsndsonest woman, "A peasant s"I o"
the Rhine" 1880.
or the two handsomest dresses ever
soyg oalwavs excepting the costumes OF
PerrbarIt in Theodore" which no one
has ever equaledl one cost over SlvVp'
tbe other sixty-hye cents, on a gfande
Sare a gown OF gray broeade Just me
tone OF her silvery hair In the point
Ice 80 bought. as Frances Hodgson-Bur
savs r. should be not by the yard pu'
bv the mile. A necklace OF hhsgee wa-
r1onds from which hung pendant gray
nearls. each one worth many thousands
iarce gray pearls set with small diamonds
a. the ears. while the entire front was
covered with stomacher OF diamond
work set I'm silver. from which huhs
rain OF the gray pear-shaped pehoah's
,rhe whole cost a fortune. but was were
a,,iat NOT near as "showy' as the iauy
xsho stood by I'm simple tailor nla Sls
suIt with red velvet bonnet ana s-'"'
diamond earrings. II was dress sur
90 wealthy woman Of position WIN,
ont any affeotation Of simplicity saoui'
! wear. -, ,.as q chees,