The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-11
W0MAN'S PET TRINKETS.
IRfLBf MERITS sJCCEEDED STICK
Pms. IND CHIfNs me RAGE,
Watches and Their Fastcnings-Lmperor
Charles Ilmepicce Mary stuart ana
Har Thermometers,


/ tic Way 81 LNt pins. linen "ifr
cover tAe front OF her bodice WIN what
/ sine called stick pins, anu she "Oie ~
} Il4ny OF them ass she cJIld Du!, bt1' "O'-
row or steal. The suck pins nave gone
I the way OF al -csl. or ai l"1'. Ai'e.
! Them appeared the huge hoIu mean
U.r WAS SWING around neck ana
/ named after the Young woman MI bu
/ Allurier made famous. Then. az tuner.
Is now. she oncircled the upper part or
/ her bIly with chains. There Is 'n'i
GOLD chain with gold purse on the
end Of 10; there is q gold chain SUI u'i6
! ~ intervals with ucarls. that has a
! tiny gold-fr1med m0n0cie on th' emu
of 70. there is another bold cham tnal
/ has "a watch On the end of o.. ana there
f. another gold chain which has inc
/ end tucked out Of sight and doesh OK
plain for what purpose 10 IS used. or
course. there is no sense 100 thl@ coiie'-
ton Of chains There IS good sense 10
the one chain on vnich tne waicn is put.
for 10 Us Jess likely TO Dc lost Wneh IT
forms the termination OF chain tnan
whom stuck on tho bodice with nn infe-
cure pin. or dangling 20 the belt from
an equally insecure chatei1in.
Watches are cheap nowadays. ana fo.
unless your watch is particularly unique
81 is not worth while wearing It, ThoueL
some old-fashi0ned PEOPLE wear watch
that they may know the time.
FASCINATING WATCH.
\ fascinating watch was shown 10 me
not very long ago. IT'S case was I'm the
shape of n beetle and the darling hi-
his back thickly studded with emcraids.
while on his "tummv' was the face on
the watoh. and you literally pulled his
lD- when Won wanted 10 make liu gC.
a great many years afgo. before any
Of us We're dreamed Of, the simplest kind
Of n watch cost nearly 81 600. and 10 took
one year to make IT, But what watches
they did make in those days, 10 was
said that the Emperor Charles had the
doubtful pleasure Of carrying n watch
that weighed twcnty-seven pounds. An
those days men were strong. Marie
Stuart. i'm addition TO her liking for many
good things, mad n positive weakness
for watches. Not the kind OF watches
that represented flowers. or fruit pieces
or anything cheerful Oh, no, TO please
her a watch must he concealed IN "a Tiny
skull. or come out Of q crystal coffin
The watch that she bequeathed 10 Mary
Seton was n marvellous one. DO Won
remember Whyte-Melvillc's book-"The
Four Marios?' / have never forgotten
the rhyme. which says:
Last night there were four Marios to-
day Their are but three.
There was Mary Beaton and Mary Seton
ana Mary Carmichael and me-
FAVOR1TE JINGLEs.
How those iingles cling 20 one.
But, the Queen left To Mary Seton
watch, enclosed I'm a gold skull. on the
forehead of the skull We're the symbols
Of death. the scythe and the h0urgiase.
O.
the top of he head was the Garden OF
Eden and Crucinxion. The watch was
opened by reversing the skull; inside.
stood the Holy Family, surrounded Dy
angels and receiving the shepherds. Tho
works constituted the brains. while the
dial plate was the palate. This watch is
said 10 be now IN the Lander family and
TO keep perfect time. Many az the Old
watches have both inside and outside
cases. The outer case was usually ciln-
Orateiy carved and could boo entirely
separate from the watch. One that was
picked up in an old shop in London has
ID group formed of Peter. Paul and Luke.
on the back iu high relief. ST. Peter
wears his hair in q plat. Topped and
tied with ribbon. while So. Luke. teli-
ing OF his prOfessiO Ion. has an Oll-fashiOn-
ed medicine case in his hand. 10 WAS
evidently made in the days when "a spade
was called "a spade. And people dotted
their rs and crossed their is.
A newspaper announced this week that
"the vertical writing is being taught in
an the public schools HOW sorry I feel
for tho children, They have just lotruad
to write the sharp English hand ind they
are expected fo take tlis straight lp-aud-
down one and 20 become ad pts at IT, 1
have never been extremely fond OF Na-
polcOn Bonauartc.
WHAT NAPOLEON2
But SAW something that he said the
other day-that o. sow % the other day.
but / presume unless it was through the
medium of suiItuahst. that be said 10
81 long time ago. 10 vas this. NO man.
dealing with o. press of business can be
expected TO write lceihlc hand. AN De
can do is TO set down dots and leave
DO TO others to dccirner them" Since
reading that NAPOLEON has seemed moro
ruman and loss .ef-m4G.. OF course
il is 81 great fufne 10 Dc able to writ.
dearly
but the average man. and more r-no-
cially the AVERAGE woman. is not ID logfbio
writer. L think have solved th. reason
Of this.
All that hapnv time vfrn most o. MS
wore going to .roooi ,es ler.n ID, ,,.~f..
"Ierecycrarce is th, secret Of .lIre.--., i'm
round. copvboox hand. with beautiful
shadiacs. tain .Tsr and short "fsn .is,
rrouarIr dotted and -V,sr tb.t ffl..+
have curlod tails like "rfsv IT, The r,il.t
of Ibis ea,rlh f., .,,o.,.s a., No.. .'.,,
denly stonoal and i,,, order ~ Tho .,l,ool.
teacher vs BEGAN fo write or "a fr-t va,
don't succeed tr.. trv AGAIN % il, the an
euiar English H., nd which had rooer,io,o
become faehionafl. Noo, no b,,,,,,,