The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-07
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invested capital in stones, considering i
safe investment. nat it is said they have
ceased to do this of late years. To tel
a diamond from 9 paste ornament is
easy enough. Touch them gently with
me tongue, and the sharp GOODNESS OF
the stone contrasts clearly with the
Caring warmth of the spurious gem.
Other jewels are set in gold, and Jewell
ers are forbidden to use other mar 49,
carat gold for the setting of gem stones.
COD setting only requires a light
brushing from time to time with Eau de
Cologne, but the brush or cloth must be
very soft, as many stones scratch more
easily than common glass.
Just now green stones are the fashion;
OF these, of course. first comes the emer-
aid, for green diamonds and green sap
phlres are too rare and small for modern
Jewelry- Nothing can equal a really fine
emerald, rich, dark, velvety and glossy,
yet 1t is said that a flaw or fault almost
always lies in the stone, and an emerald
without a flaw is priceless.
Next to emeralds come ~peridots, the
French name for Indian chrysolite.
THESE stones are particularly soft, and
they are difficult to cut and polish.
Peridots, when really fine in size,
depth. and color, are lovely stones. They
are a clear deep leaf-green, showing
almost yellow beside the blue tone of
color ofsthe emerald. Few peridots are
now brought into the market, and those
sold are usually old stones recut and re-
set in modern fashion. Both emeralds
and peridots are step-eut, with a large
broad table or centre space.
Chrysoprase are pretty, but lack
depth and coloring. The reason the
emerald and peridot make lovely orna-
ments is that they can be set round
with sparkling diamonds to show off
their lovely coloring, but pale stones ike
the c~hrysoprase or beryl rave to be set
pain by themselves, as they will not
bear the contrast.
About twenty years ago a fashion
came in of setting peridots with enamel
and surrounding them with pearls. This
fashion now seems to have returned.
Maud Powell contributes an article upon
Women and the Violin" in February
Ladies Home Journal in which She
practically discusses the study of the
queen of musical Instruments, and tells
in comprehensive detail how to undertake
and successfully pursue the work, es-
pecially urging the violin to the attention
of women who seek a musical career.
Being a performer of conspicuous ability
and prominence, Miss PowelHs article
presents, probably, a summary of her own
personal experience, and is. theref~-a. Of
special value. After defending the ciaim
that women have shown that they can
master the violin she asserts that they
ARE daily becoming more serious in their
motives, more earnest in making their
studies something to outlast their girl
hood It is to be expected that the near
future will see women awaiting themselves
more and more of the opportunities which
are before them as violinists. The con-
cert stage is as open to them as to wom-
en- singers. The field of instruction is ma
turally theirs, as they are usually more
sympathetic and conscientious than men,
and they possess, moreover, an intuition
maternal in it's nature, in the treatment
of young minds and in the imparting to
them the rudiments of any art or science.
Their art opens thus, various profession
al doors. For those women to whom it is
merely a delightful accomplishment their
art may be of as perfect proportions and
development as is their love for it,
A remnant which one buys for three
or four dollars may be made up very
cheaply with the trimmings l nave been
talking about, and in this way one gets
a pretty spring dress at very little cost
especially since haircloth is no longer
an essential. The new lining that is stiff
but very light is much better than hair
cloth and much cheaper, too. A skirt
nowadays need not be more than four or
five yards wide. II. is lined with chever-
cite, bound with velveteen, and finished
with a ribbon ruffie around the inside.
Some of the evening skirts lave velvet
trimming.
One of the new watches has a case
of dark green enamel with a diamond
spider inlaid in the back of the cover.
The watch is fastened to a spider brooch
in lark green enamel and gold.