The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-02

| Mrs. truit-What do you do for a livin
Ham Hupting-AnybOdy I kin.
into rings. and I've come in to get them.
/ II really seems almost like a provision or
\ providence that earrings are out just
when rings are most fashionable, doesn't
Indeed. it does. and, fortunately for
\ me have seventeen pairs of earrings.
| They come in very well now, although I
4 thought II was foolish in my husband 70
| insist on giving me a pair OF earrings on
each OF our wedding anniversaries. / liked
1t well enough for the first four or five
years, and then / began to want a change,
/ and, no matter how handsome the stones
We're, and they grew handsomer each year
/ as his fortune grew, l couldn't help but
/ feel little disappointed when | opened
/ the box at my plate TO ind another pair
| of earrings.
"'Oh, Henry / would exclaim, you are
| so good. dear, but what am to do with
| so many earrings? A finger ring would
| have done just as Well
| No, II wouldn't he would answer. "A
| ring does Well enough, but it's mighty
! good thing to have two of a kind especial
| ~ when they are such fine gems as those.
| They'll come in handy enough some day
and sure enough they have. I've nearly
/ enough stones to make a banquet ring,
and you know they are the very latest in
| the way of a ring"
you don't mean that you have enough
| stones in seventeen pairs OF earrings for
banquet ring2' exclaimed the young wo-
man; why. I've just been looking at
some, and the prettiest require over 100
| stones"
We'll. We'll see." answered the elder
with smile that meant I'm sure 1
have" Here comes the head of the ring
| department. I'll show him my collection
and let him decide"
She unlocked polished wood casket
| boxes. The ones that were given during
| the first year of married life, when the
young couple were not over we'll off, were
| of simple white pasteboard, and as the
owner removed the covers she showed
earrings set with small solitaire diamonds.
The stones were very white, however, in
valuable and too old 10 be fashionable.
DO you know I value these little stone
more than any have?" said the owner,
| handling them tenderly, because they
| tell of genuine self-sacrihce on the part of
my husband. He had to stint himself and
\ do without things that he really needed
! TO buy these, but when he bought the.
ones that have in my ears now" she
/ SAID, touching the three-carat solitaires
and struggling her shoulders, "he merely
wrote out check for $4,000 and didn't
| have to go without so much as a cigar"
| Next she took out some plush boxes and
opened them one by one, displaying ruby
/ solitaireS set in small diamonds emeralds
| set in diamonds, and diamond solitaires
/ much larger than the first. Finally she
| dumped out lot of silk and suede boxes,
showing that they contained the purchases
| of recent years.
Aren't you going to save those in your
ears to wear as they are?" asked the
why, no." answered the customer.
! Earrings aren't worn any more, are
Yes, to some extent" answered the
| authority, I'm the evening. One has only
| to go to fashionable function or to the
| opera to discover that. In London and
Paris earrings are very fashionable. In
| truth, while finger rings are a distinct
! fad with not only women, but men also.
nowadays, all lewelry is more worn than
| ever before. This is not because tewelry
/ more fdShlOn1hla in "a
| old days. but because Americans have
| more wealth to-day than ever before
| or 1t into precious stones, which always
prove safe investment Perhaps an
! other thing that gave rise to the idea
| mat earrings are no longer worn is the
| fact that so many women do as YOU are
| dolng-have them made into finger rings
The reason for this is obvious. A hand
some pair OF diamond soltaries is all that
| a woman ever needs for her ears, but
| Tor her fingers she must have rings up
to her, knuckles The number is unre-
| strlcted 80 Tar as style goes. But to
| return to your earring. Nothing could be
| handsomeF than these banquet rings and
| you have enough handsome stones to
/ duplicate this one which is wrought of
! diamonds, emeralds and rubies You see
| 1t has three immense solitaire diamonds
| In the center running straight up and
! down; and they are separated from the
| top and bottom points and side points
which are formed of two large emer-
| alds and two large rubies, by small dia-
| monds in graduated sizes. The ring COW
ers an entire joint of the finger. and the
| setting is two inches in length and a lit
! TIC more than that in width. OF course
| you know without my telling you that
/ such rings are never worn with a glove:
| they are designed for dinners and ban
| quets, where the hand is bare, and no
| other ring, not even pinkie ring, should
be worn with it,
II should say not rejoined the Gus
| toner, for the effect of that ring alone
Is simply dazzling, and only to think I
can have one like it! That will take all
of my stones won't it,"
Yes, madam, all except one of your
largest diamonds. You know it has only
! three in the center, and that leaves an
odd one. But here are banquet rings in
! fieurs de lis. They are wrought with dia-
monds, emeralds, rubies, pearls, sap
phires and opals. One Of our customers
had two pairs of diamond solitaire ear
rings and a pair of these old-fashioned
hoop earrings set in diamonds. They
were so big that each contained fifty
the hundred little ones we made her an
exquisite plume ring. The ones with
few colored stones in addition to the
ever, and are far more gorgeous. The
ever, and are far more gorgeous. The
mass of diamonds are more popular how
band OF the ring is of plain gold, and the
jewels set in platinum. Most of these
designs come from France, and as any
one can readily see, are just as elaborate
as a finger ring could be made"
you may make my gems up into the
design that you first showed u.s. said
the customer. How much would it cost
If l were buying stones and all?"
''Oh, from $4,000 to $4,000 with such
stones as you have here. OF course ban
quet rings vary inprice from $500 up. And
now what can do for your he said, Civ
ing his attention to the younger woman.
Il had two pairs of earrings made into
two finger rings, and I've called to get
Them she replied
She gave her name. and in a minute
the rings were before her.
You have two beauties" said the au-
thority glibly, land your solitaires show
up we'll set diagonally on that narrow
way to set ear stones nowadays, though