Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-05
BABNR|NGS AND HANDS.
4Ths Loveliest Of Rings "A Few
Points on the Wearing Of Rings.

PRETTY HAND DESCRIBED-WO-
MAN AND HER FINANCIAL
WANTS - BAB'S ENTHUSIASM
FOR THE AMERICAN MAN -
"GRANDMAMNIA" APPRECIATED
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PREF
ERENCES FOR = BLONDES AND
BRUNETTES COMPARED-BAB'S
CONSOLATION POEM.
From Our Regular Correspondent
New York, January 2-The woman
who is best pleased with her Christmas
gifts is the one who got what she called
the loveliest of rings" There is some
thing particularly fascinating about a
ring 10 a woman. Sometimes l think
it is because she can look at it; some
times she believes it makes her hand
look more beautiful. The girl with q
short. plump, dimpled hand ought to
make up her mind 10 give up every ring
except that one which is put upon her
finger during the marriage service, for
she whose hand is of the style described
does not add to its beauty by wearing
rings. but makes it look thick and coarse
when the jeweled bands are upon it. 1t
is the lady with the long, slender taper
fingers who can wear rings advanta-
geously, and just now fashion permits
her to Jewel the third and little fingers
of each hand up to the first knuckle.
But she must be careful in arranging
these rings. If she chooses pointed
marquise with sapphire or ruby set
about with diamonds, that must be the
one ring on the third finger, while the
little finger may have upon it three
bands, two formed of diamonds and one
of rubies. Not to- mix ones gems is
law not only of order, but of fashion.
Bands of sapphires and diamonds are
greatly liked, not only for the real
beauty of the stones, but also because
dark sapphire tends to make the hand
look whittier and more dainty. The
round turquoise framed in a band Of
dull gold, is counted rather better form
than a turquoise framed in diamonds,
because one wants to be able to consider
the perfect blueness of the stone, and
not to have this lessened by the glitter
of the other gems.
MEN AND THEIR RINGS.
The smartest men are wearing the en-
graved gold ring-that is, a square or
round surface Of dull gold, which has
engraved upon it either a crest or a
monogram, as if it might be a seal; and
& is used very often for that purpose.
Wonderful rings of aqua marine have
the crest or initials cut into the stone;
but are quite as often swung on watch
chains as worn on the finger. Ameri-
can men, unlike the Prince Of Wales,
have not a real affection for rings; and
I confess myself to thinking that, unless
a ring is an heirloom, and essentially
a manly ring, 1t is best off a mans fin
ger. As for jewels, they should be left
to women.
A marvellous turquoise, oval in shape,
and quite deep, is set in gold, and worn
by Mrs. Langtry, who confesses to the
pretty superstition that the wearing of
turquoises keeps friends true. A square
emerald makes whittier, by contrast. the
beautifully shaped hand of Olga Meth
ersole: who hopes that il is true that
emeralds brings good health. Fanny
Davenport is seldom seen without
ruby ring that flashes with greater bril-
liancy than any diamond, and is so deep
in color that II suggests only the oldest
and most crimson Of Burgundy wines.
This is a jewel with history. For
hundreds Of years it was in the fore
head of an idol in India, but, unlike
the m0onstone, it has brought good luck
to its nineteenth century wearer.
Somebody asked me,
WHAT is A BEAUTIFUL HAND?"
First of all. it isn't a fat hand A
beautiful hand is slender at the wrist,
broadens proportionately, has long
fingers, that shape out Ike tapers; and
when the hand is laid fiat, the tip Of the
thumb should almost touch the very be-
ginning of the first knuckIe of the fore
finger. A short thumb Is an evidence
of a lack of brains. Wasn't it Sir Isaac
Newton who said, SHOW me the i'm
print of a mans thumb, and I VII tell
you the strength If his mind" The
nails should be thin, oval and pink
To give them an extremely high polish
is IN very bad taste; and to make them
extremely pointed, is to suggest that
they are on incapable hands. American
women as a rule. have small hands
English women have large hands; but
they do not have beautiful hands. Eng
lish women have large hands, hut usual
ly they are we'll shaped, white and
soft, though firm in grasp. French
women have small hands. but dark
hands; but it is among the Spanish and
Italian women that the most beautiful
hands are found. In India, the hands
Of the women are beautifully formed,
exquisitely d.mpled; indeed, have every
attribute Of beauty; but they correspond
in color with the slightly dark faces
that belong to their owners.
American men seldom care enough
for their hands TO make them anything
more than clearly Undoubtedly, the
climate here, first hot and then cold.
has much to do with making the skin
Of the hand dry and the nails brittle,
but if only a little care is given TO the
hands they respond quickly, and GER
tainly beautiful hand is joy not only
to its possessor, but to all those who
either look at it or touch it. Haven't
you shivered with horror as You shook
hands with him Of the clammy hand?
Haven't you distrusted her whose hands
were as soft and fat as a p!ncushion?
And haven't you felt almost fearful as
YOU touched the hand that was dry,
hot and a bit leathery in Us feeling?
When the ideal hand is touched, it is
cool, not cold; il IS delicate. net rough.
and II one is conscious of the nails at
all, it is as if one felt the inside Of a
shell.
Sometime ago there was fad, a very
silly one, for wearing a ring on the
thumb. The women who prefer to be