Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-07
JEwsLRY IS NOT POPULAR.
Scarcely Worn with Day aoRettes-Coi-
ored stones for Evening Wear.

oreu stones Tor Evening Wear.
Jewels seem TO be worn less and less
every year. With day toilettes tEey are
+ scarcely seen at all. and the fact was au-
thoritatively illustrated the other day at
the marriage of the daughter of Count
d'IaussonFille, which brought together
/ al that is related 10 royalty in France.
Scarcely a jewel was to BE- seen in this
elegant assembiage. The b'ide wore not
a single gem.
| The festive earring is SO nearly out
of date that it is hardly found. except
on the elderly. Not one woman in ten
under % to-day has her ears pierced.
As for the breast-pin, which in other
| days was necessary finish to the dress,
/ fashion at present has crowded it out
of use. The collar band being fastened
behind, its effect is only married by
placing a jewel in front. Alsoa brooch
that fastens nothing, being superauous.
is out of taste
| In England, where white linen cuffs
are worn with day gowns, sleeve hut
tons are part Of dress, but French
fashion does not tolerate linen cuffs, and
| so sleeve buttons are as a rule not seen.
/ Bracelets cannct be worn with long
sleeves, and thus th,re is very little
left but finger rings and the watch.
Fashionable watches are very small;
the ordinary size is about an inch in di-
ameter. They are carved with decora-
| tions, either crusted with diamonds or
| covered with colored enamels. If there
is fob or a pin. it is decorated to match
There Are also plain gold cases, perfect.
/ ~ smooth. The old Geneva pattern of
engraved coneentric lines seems to have
disappeared.
| There is an awkwardness in placing a
watch on a feminine dress. If it is
pinned on one side of the bodice it looks
foolishly like a society decoration, and
! If it is worn on a long chain dangling
| from the neck, the chain is too conspicu.
Gus, because it is out of harmony with
! the dress. Both these fashions are seen,
the last one the preferable. The chain
in vogue is of fine links, interspersed
with pearls. Better than either of
these is the fob chain or chatelaine
clasp, and it is the only method that
taste can justify for watch worn out
insight.
| The side combs worn in the daytime
are of simple tortoise shell, or with re
ception dress they may be backed with
gold. The hair dresser if asked viii
contradict this and say that paste dia-
mond combs are all the rage. The good
sense of the reader will decide wheth-
or women of taste are likely to decorate
the head with diamonds for the street.
But evening dress lends itself rs much
as ever to jewel decorations. The low
neclzs call for necklace and the short
sleeves for bracelets; with evening dress
one may still wear brooch, and with
the blouse bodice in fashion buckles,
particularly diamond ones, have at
tanned some importance.
/ The vogue continues for colore,i
stones. They are set with diamonds or
pearls, which, being colorless, form a
neutral background, and a means OF
leeping them apart. Thus necklaces
and bracelets are made of rubies in al
formation with pearls, each stone set
separately and the settings linked to-
gether. Pearl dog collars, which are
still the favorite necklace, have slides
set with colored stones bedded in dia
1nonds.
This passion for color has led to the
combining of transparent light on the
pearl. 1t should be set with adiamond;
also it may be set with an opal, for
/ the crimson of one seems to find an
echo in the red flames OF the other, with
a result that is exquisite. The emerald
and the amethyst combine perfectly
with pearls.
Opals continue very fashionable, as do
Turquoise and other translucent and
Opaque stones. There can be com
bined for color without the disadvan-
tage that pertains to the brilliants, and
some of the most beautiful jewels of
/ this year are formed of such stones in
contrast. Thus necklace of cut coral
and black pearls in alienation, sep
arated by a space of three or four small
err diamonds. This is delicious. An
other similar arrangement is of tor
quoises and moonstones.
The same rule of combination holds
good for rings.
There is great deal Of colored enam-
cling, and as the French are past ma =
ters in this art, some wonderful work
is to be seer. 1t is particularly applied
to watches and to the pin of the fob
that holds the watch. as mentioned
/ above.
/ Jewelry designs in general have inn
proved in taste.--N. Y. Evening Tele
gram.
No salt In the Air.
M. L. Chalk, wishing to find out
whether in calm weather the air of the
seashore contains an aDpreciable quan-