The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-04
JEwELRY is NOT POPULAR.
Scarcely Worn with Day Toilettes-Cok-
ored Stones for Evening Wear.

Scarcely Worn with Day Toilettes-Col
ored Stones for Evening Wear.
Jewels seem TO be worn less and lest
every year. With day toilettes they are
scarcely seen at all, and the fact was gu.
thoritatively illustrated the other day al
the marriage of the daughter OF Coun,
q Jacksonville, which brought together
ell that is related to royalty in France.
| Scarcely jewel was to be seen in this
| elegant assemblage. The bride wore not
| q single gem.
The festive earring is 50 nearly out
of date that it Is hardly found, except
on the elderly. Not one woman in ten
under 80 to-day has her ears pierced.
As for the breast-pin, which in other
days was necessary finish to the dress,
fashion at present has crowded it out
of use. The collar band being fastened
behind, its effect is only marred by
placing jewel in front. Also brooch
that fastens nothing, being superhuous,
is out Of taste.
In England, where white linen cuffs
are worn with day gowns. sleeve but
tons are a part of dress, but French
fashion does not tolerate linen cuffs, and
so sleeve buttons are as rule not seen
sleeves, and thus there is very little
left but finger rings and the watch.
Fashionable watches are very small;
the ordinary size is about an inch in d.
aIneter. They are carved with decora-
tons, either crusted with diamonds or
covered with colored enaEnels. If there
is fob or pin, it is decorated to match.
There are also plain gold cases, perfect
ly smooth. The old Geneva pattern of
engraved concentric lines seems to have
disappeared.
There is an awl1wardness in placing
watch on a feminine dress. II it is
pinned on one side of the bodice it looks
foolishly like society decoration, and
il it is worn on a long chain dangling
from the neck, the chain is too conspicu-
Gus, because it is out of harmony with
the dress. Both these fashions are seen,
the last one the preferable. The chain
in vogue is of fine links, interspersed
these is the fob chain or chatelaine
clasp, and it is the only method that
taste can justify for a watch worn out
IN sight.
The side combs worn in the daytime
are OF simple tortoise shell, or with re
ccption dress they may be backed with
gold. The hair dresser if asked will
contradict this and say that paste dia-
r1ond combs are all the rage. The good
sense of the reader will decide wheth-
er women of taste are likely to decorate
tho head with diamonds for the street.
But evening dress lends itself as much
as ever to jewel decorations. The low
neoles call for a necklace and the short
sleeves for bracelets; with evening dress
one may still wear a brooch, and with
the blouse bodice in fashion buckles,
particularly diamond ones, have at
tanned some Importance
The vogue continues for colored
stones. They are set with diamonds or
pearls, which, being coloriess, form a
neutral background, and means OF
keeping them apart. Thus necklaces
and bracelets are made of rIbies in al
teInation with pearls, each stone set
and the settings linked to-
gether. Pearl dog collars, which are
still the favorite necklace, have slides
set with colored stones bedded in dia-
laonds.
This passion for color has led to the
combining of transparent light on the
pearl. 1t should be set with diamond;
also it may DO set with an epal, for
the crimson of one seems to find an
echo in the red flames Of the other, with
a result that is exquisite. The emerald
and the amethyst combine perfectly
with pearls.
Opals continue very fashionable, as do
Turquoise and other translucent and
opaque stones. There can be COM
bined for color without the disadvan-
tnge that pertains to the brilliants, and
some Of the NEST beautiful jewels of
this year are formed of such stones in
contrast Thus a necklace of cut coral
and black pearls in alienation, sep
arated by space of three or four small
or diamonds. This is delicious. An
other similar arrangement is of tor.
ouoisss and moonstones.
The same rule of combination holds |
good for rings.
There is great deal of colored enam-
cling, and as the French are past mas
tiers in this art, some wonderful work |
is 20 be seen. 1t is particularly applied |
to watches and to the pin of the fob
that holds the watch, as mentioned I
above.
Jewelry designs in general have i'm
proved In taste.-N. Y. Evening Tele- |
gram.