The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-23
JEWEL D0N'TS.
From Edmund Russell's Book.

From Edmund Russells Book
Don't let children and young girls wear
ornaments-they will become a vanity II
worn before they become an art
Don't keep old things you have out
grown Your growth must be alert TO
get rid of rubbish changing, rcsetting
adding to, until all your possessions rep
resent you.
Don't match" jewels, work for variety
of tone.
Don't call one frivolous who wears jew
els-you may be hard and narrow.
Don't, If your lips are thin and your
soulpoise a mental one, wear faceted,
hard-gleaming gems.
Don't think you are too poor to wear
jewels. Decent pin may show perfect
taste.
Don't think you are too practical 10
wear jewels-wear good practical jewel,
a clasp or button.
Don't wear flashing gems IL you are a
poor conversationalist.
Don't wear flashing gems II your hus-
band has a WORKOUT. hunted look
Don't think that the art OF jewels be-
gins at the pocketbook; an occasional two
hours day on the knees before Japa-
nese inro or tsuba might be suggested as
a salutary penance
white stone-it is found in black, blue, or
ange, red, green, brown, pink and yellow,
and of SURPRISING beauty. The blue, the
rarest: the pink the most beautiful.
Don't wear diamond frogs. lizards, pigs
-"stunning" people can make an effect
with them, but they are in very bad taste
avoid low comedy" jewels.
Don't wear a jewel without thinking OF
what the wearing expresses-large single
stones are always vulgar Indicating a
mind that Is satisfied merely with the
value Of the stone. Many buy such things
only as an investment, thinking Of how
much they can realize IL they wish TO sell
such, Of course, are outside the domain Of
good taste; Such women usually look
Don't wear diamonds with artificial
flowers.
Don't wear diamonds with red satin
Don't wear diamonds with cloth dresses
they need to shine on lustrous fabrics.
Don't wear pearls with a bad complexion.
Don't think that your knowledge Of won
der gems Is complete till you have seen
an "Alexandrite," green by day and red
by night. And such green -olive-broTize,
with a potent suggestion that red Is there.
Green when held In the sunlight. In a
where the emerald was a moment before
a tawny wine-red Of exquisite tone.
Don't wear emeralds unless you are Of
a high type AS usually worn they are
vulgar and assertive.
Don't wear coral or turquoise with white
muslin II over sixty.
lDI wear JFl II YOU art AlItl anu BOOI.
II is the only material that can wink.
Don't wear coral IL sick-looking and you
have a nursing bottle mouth.
Don't fail to realize that the expression
Of a jewel Is much varied with
its place on the body. 1t may
give dignity in lifting the chest,
power on the head, sentiment on the
hand, passion on the girdle, caprice on the
foot; or may shine with spiritual meaning
on the forehead, as a star on the brow of
an angel. girdle-clasp worn high indi-
Gates self-preserYation--s at the
waist domesticity and low down voluptu-
Gus abandon.
Don't II you were once told you were
'gypsy-like," wear large gold hoops the
rest Of your life.
Don't wear turquoise screw ear-buttons
If you are over fifty.
Don't wear earrings II of plain, domes-
tic type.
Don't wear old-fash.oned mantel orna-
ments hanging from the ear
Don't show an ear that has been pierced
in several places. If you have made mis-
takes, introduce a new fashion and fill
them with little studs.
Don't If you think an ornament is ugly
or wicked, give It to your little sister
Don't wear seaside" effects. Sometimes
a shell can be worn because It is beautiful.
but never because 1t Is n shell.
Don't eat fast at a summer hotel table
to make your diamonds shine
Don't wear garter clasps so brilliant that
1t seems rude not TO show them.