The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10
ONE Lille Romances.



From the New York sun.
eyes. they are beautiful but they are
only PASTE IS a remark that one hears
everywhere nowadays. A woman enters
zhe street cars and adjusts a glittering Din
in her gown or hat with characteristic
pun OF two and her neighbor opposite
whispers, "Paste-T She goes 10 church and
The woman in the pew behind nudges her
husband and n0ddiug 10 the gorgeous jew
elled comb ia front of her whispers
Paste. and in church, too" forgetting
that the buckle AT her own waist is of the
same quality. Finally she enters her box
at the opera and the men think that her
diamond or pearl tiara or the strings Of
pearls about her neck make her look
quite ravishing, but the women around
the horseshoe laugh in their sleeves md
say to themselves with a shrug Of their
pretty bare shoulders, "Ah, hal more
paste"'
And they are right nine times out Of ten.
Less than ten years ago IL was considered
a great error of taste for a woman to wear
mock gems; now it is considered bad taste
not to wear them. Even five years ago il
one woman detected another with string
Of pearls which were really only pearl
beads, or a hairpin studded with gems
which were not genuine, she generally
Would you believe it, she wears imitation
5ewelry?" To-day If she sees Mrs. Oldrich
without a few dozen mock gems she ex-
claims in disgust, How behind the times
she isl"
1T all began about a year ago, this
craze for paste Jewels" said "A woman IN
charge of the department of a dry goods
store famous among swell women for such
things. These things are all made IN
France, and when the French people be-
gan to become really very skilled in their
art three or four years ago, and to send
over specimens that could scarcely be dis
tinguished from genuine gems by experts
the women commenced to hang over the
1ewelry counters I'm the dry goods stores,
for they and the small importing houses
are the only ones that carry this line of
goods. one can readily see how jewel
lers could not afford to do So First they
only admired and declared that il would
be impossible for them to wear cheap
Jewels ] am really amused when / think
of then and now. Then a woman came in
caught sight of the beautiful brooches
halrpins, combs, slipper buckles and other
articles, and after looking them over care
fully would say, hesitatingly:
These are not real, of course
orally answered.
Why, who in the world vvould vyaar
themF was the customers next question.
on, the ladies' viii all take to them
sooner or later, for such things are he
rage in Paris indiferently from the
" They are certainly clever limitations
ana the designs are the very best L woa-
ger Il anybody could tell them from genu-
me stonesI Anyway, ! think I'll take
inns turquoise brooch set in pearls home
70 my COOK. She would be immensely
p ie.ased, you know, and it is a beauty
OH she would trOt with the brooch
Give y to the cook? Not much She
Would Degin by wearing It at home i'm tho
t tSe lhen she would venture out to
faces ana ribbons, and as her friends one
by, one stopped to admire IL she grew
s oUie Az wore the ornament on the
street, Row a woman comes IN, says
openly. Let me see paste buckles or butt
IONS or pms or hair ornaments" selects
what she wants, and wears them without
the slightest feeling of uneasiness for she
knows that it is the correct thing TO do.
IL ne nrst mock gems that the women
TOOK 20 were set I'm jewelry. About twelve
months ago came the jeweled buttons. All
IlIst ehe women said no, and for a few
iinonthS they went begging. Then some
puuy discovered that they really added
very much to the evening waists made
OF chluoni changeable or Dresden silk
anu now II is really hard to supply the
soia ny tne piece, Just as jewelry Is, and
vary IN price from q cents each to $3.50
ana % each. Some are now larger than
ear screws and look very much Ike them
Whle others are almost as large as a sill
Yer dollar. The enamelled buttons set in
Ihlneslones were the most popular for a
While, but now comes an openworll en-
ameled button, something on the Aa1r
oe-Is design, that is all the rage 1t is
studded with mock gems of different coll
ors, and those set in olivines, amethysts
sdInets, Sapphlres and rhinestones blend
beautifully with the changeable Dresden
silks They cast 50 each.
Buttons ornamented with miniatures
set IN gilt and rhinestOnes or pearls are
also much in favor. They are Very large
and a stout woman decorates a chiffon
waist with six of the conspicuous things
ana every one exclaims How very
the sleeves, collar and yoke of a gown
with six dozen of the very small buttons
SET IN pearls, and people say. How ef-
The solid rhinestone buttons come in
all Shapes, square, oblong,olive and round
ana some of them have huge pearl in
the center or small ones scattered here
aHu mere. Ihese are often used in trim
ming hats, but the paste gems are made
up especially for that purpose and are of
a little better quality.
From buttons women went to buckles
Ihey were so in love with their brilliant
ornaments that they wanted more, and
now the more gorgeous a buckle is the
Detter they like 1t, and the more stylish
IT is. They not only fasten their waists
belts with jewelled buckles, but also use
them TO catch up soft materials on the
shoulders and at the waist and also on
skirts. Sometimes a dozen small rhine
stone buckles are used on one gown.
Ihey are very effective on soft silks and
come in all shapes and designs. Some are
set in single and others in double rows
Inc very large rhinestone buckles are
set in exceedingly dark oXidized silver
so dark, in truth, that it looks like
wrought iron. They We're the rage-and are
stil much used on evening gowns-until
the Oriental buckles made their appear
ance. These are enamelled and thickly
studded with every gem that one can
think of. They are massive and appear
TO great advantage on tailor-made or at
nome gowns.
There are three qualities of mock gems.
The finest and most clever limitations are
used in jewelry, the next in hat orna-
ments and buckles, and the last in the
buttons. The pins and buckles used in
millinery are as gorgeous as the hats
themselves this season. For a long while
one saw only rhinestone and pearl orna-
ments on hats. Now one sees a big
Egyptian beetle, studded with red. white
blue, pink, yellow, and yellow stones and
lovely combinations of two or three col
ors in other hat ornaments. These are
frequently used in the center of rosettes
on gowns or slippers, and on collars and
neck ribbons. What could be prettier than
this tropical flower enamelled in delicate
shades of green, and with the point of
each tiny petal set with a different col
ored stone? 1t looks like a double star
and if a rich woman wore ii al her throat