The Atlanta constitution., 1896-08-31
BACK II STYLE AGAIN.
After a Long Interval Earrings Are
Once More in Fashion.

From Tho New York World.
Earrings are slowly and -iliously max
ing their way back into fashion Ina few
months they VIII have become completely
re-cstabl.shcd. and the pendant ornaments
that have been temporarily discarded VII
again be i'm high favor. To be careful oo-
servers of the ways and workings Of men
and things. more properly oi women ana
things. it has long been evident tnat no
amount OF coutumely and d!sapprobatiou
would suffice 10 XIII a fashion, provided
that il was thoroughly bad. n the most
hilcous monstrosty that M liner. dress-
maker or ieweler eyer devised in only given
sufficient time for rctupcration and rest.
ID viii return to its raVaScs win unaodled
energy and power.
lt has been fondly imagined that the bus
tie is dead. ON the contrary, it IS only
Qucsceut. II is ordinarily supposed that
tine balloon sleeve is dying out, whereas
nothing could re further from the balloon
sleeves intention. likcwis" the young
women Of tn" present generation have been
nattering themselves upon their power 10
resist tine gittcring ear dauglers with which
their mothers jewel boxes abound. They
were only waiting. however. for the earring
to become an actual fashion before they
should adopt the biggest and most brilliant.
Devices for ear piercings are new being
whispered about i'm the most fashionable
circles. a0d methods OF softeuing the tor
ture are carefully cherished aud passed on
from one victim of sclf-immoiat.ou To The
next. Old-fashioucd earrings are being
hunted up and rep0iished because they are
more striking in design and dimension than
those of more recent years, while on the
other hand the more recent and simpler
designs are being appropriated by the Se-
date matrODS who have grown to Shun con-
spicuousnesS.
These conclusions are supported by the
very new designs which arr now being
eXh bited and by tho stll more astonish-
ing patterns which are being made to or
der for the particularly advanced women
who, rather tEan follow a fashion, prefer
that II should follow them. some of these
are very beautiful and will undoubtedly
appear stiI more 50 when they are acting
as "a supplement to the attractions of the
darIi-pyed. dusky-hairod young women who
have considered ii their special mission To
eNempify the renaissance of the earring
and it's particular suitability and charm.
For it is the snowy patterns that are
beius more rapidly revived. Etruscam jew
clry, for example, is undergoing most
lively renaissance. In this the leaders OF
fashion are showing excellent taste, for
nothing could BE- more daintily elaborate
than the heavy yellow gold pendant of
winged victory surmounted by a solar
disk or The delightful golden cupid sus-
pended by fine ehains, or the wide hoop
east in serpent FORM all Of Wh.-h Of relics
of the celebrated Italu-Greek period.
Then there are less elaborate designs
some Of which are OF French origin, ana
which are simply sold pendants three ana
four inches in length, set more or less
sumptuously with jewels. Also there are
the earrings. made entirely OF clusters
of Jewels a group Of long pendant
pearls being an especially popular des Sn
Nobody has ever seemed to think II neccs-
sarv that the des Gn Of the earring should
mean anything. and SO "A simple strinG.ng
together OF rare metals and gems in
comparatively harmonious combination Is
now as at all times, sufficient to meet the
demands Of fashion and 10 satisfy the am
biticus maiden that she has not tortured
herself in vain.
There are, of course those Of certain
modest tastes. not abreast with the cur
reuf Of popular fancy. who maintain all
obstinate preference for the least notice
able ear ornaments, and who cling to the
solitaire diamond aud the single pearl
as though these fulfilled the design for