Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-11
THE ETIQUET OF JEWELRY
It's Correct Use for ALI Women Who Would
Study Good Form.
Ornaments That Should Not BE Worn
I'm the Street.-The Proper Thing
for Visiting and Dinner.
From the New York World.

From the New YORK World.
Nine. de Maintenon declared that good
taste simply IL dicates good sense. but many
women who boast of good sense seem not
to have the slightest idea of the times and
places for wearing precious stones.
1t is conceded by all authorities that ar
tcles of adornment consisting Of or con-
tanning jewels precious stones should
ever be worn in the street. Exception is
made in favor of rings, which may be worn
at all times, because of the sentiment sup
posed to be inseparable from them, for, ac-
cording to the old rhyme
without sentiment, ring
Is but sair and senseless thing"
watch, of course is also excepted. but.
properly speaking, a watch Is not carried
as an adornment or for mere decoration.
The woman who wishes to adopt correct
form in dress will never wear any but the
simplest little pin to fasten her gown at
the throat during the morning hours and
on the street. If possible, particularly If
she wears a tailor-made costume, she
will choose a small silver pin rather than
a gold ons.
For Visiting and Dinner.
Scr ceremonious visits visiting cos
tune is. of course. de rigueur. and with
this a silver pin would be inappropriate
"A pretty anu ornamental one OIL BOlQ IS
proper. of gold and enamel, but even
= then it should have useful purpose-it
should fasten some part of the toilet. The
enameled and gold wreaths Of myrtle or of
forget-me-nots are extremely pretty for
these simple pins So are the true-love
knots. a flower of enamel upon gold but
without the all-prevailing diamond dew
drop or center.
For dinner a woman may wear the rich
est gems. it being understood that the
to xI1x
she shall wear a low gown. Should she
dine in a more democratic way, and the
men of the family do not wear evening
dress she naturally will wear a high gown,
or one possibly open little at the throat.
She may wear a pin with a single gem
under these circumstances, but it Is much
better form not to make any display of
Jewels except the occasion be one of GER
emony.
For balls. operas or entertainments of
corresponding splendor a woman, when she
is not herself the hostess, may wear any
number of well-choSen jewels; 1t Is quite
correct to be sumptuous in this particular,
but we'll to remember that jewels. like flow
ers, harmonic or do not harmonic, and
that emeralds and turquoises, for example,
may not be worn In conjunction. because,
as the French say, they swear at each
other"
Abuse of COrOnets.
1t would seem almost unnecessary to say
that any women with titles should wear
ccronets. and then the coronet which their
rank accords them the right to wear, but
some American women have made them
selves ridic ulous all over the world by
calmly ignoring this fact 1t Is estimated
that there are fifty free-born American wo-
men. all of them married to American men,
who are decorated upon gala occasions
with the insignia of rank to which they
have not the shadow of a claim.
OF course. American girls who marry
foreign noblemen have the right to wear
coronets galore.
The sacred emblem of our Savior's ag-
ony should also be forever tabooed as an
ornament The cross of Bethlehem. made
up of diamonds and fastened on a woman
breast at feast or ball, shows most pit
fable ignorance of The eternal fitness of
things; yet we have all seen the cross,
that most sacred of all outward forms,
made sacrilege of in this way.
1t is also not good form to wear ma
ments made in the form of beasts or rep
tiles. woman was seen the other day at
a leading summer resort with toad made
of enamel. with ruby eyes, at her throat a
diamond lizard across her breast and a
fearful little pig of emeralds and diamonds
dangling at her chatelaine. Why should a
sweet woman select pigs and lizards and
toads when there stars and hearts and
true-loye knots and flowers all so beauti-
fully made, with or without Jewels, and so
fitting for her adornment?
There are few women who do not hon.
estly love gems and a clever man will not
forget that the girl who was so proud and
happy in the possession of her diamond en-
gagement ring remains the same true wo-
man always, and will experience thrill OF
JOY l.. a gift of like nature, which nothing
more useful or substantial can duplicate.
SymbOlism in Rings.
A ring is emblem of fidelity, and has
always been symbolical; indeed, the word
symbolum. for a long time meant ring
The circle signifies steruity, and the golden
ba1J has for ages been the outward sign
Of endless bond of love power. The
marriage ring may be traced back to Ter
tullian, and probably came into the Chris
tian religion from Roman usage. The Vir
gin Mary Is represented in Raphaers beau
tiful picture 'Lo Sposalzio' Literally THE
Espousar) with Joseph placing the ring
on the third finger Of the right hand The