The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-25
FEMININE CUNNING.
Wonderful Art Displayed
BY Women in Conceal.
ing Their Jewels.
EMMA ABBoTT's pANIERs
Cinderella Traced to the Hindus-
Selecting Dress Trimmings
Exquisite Courtesy.

Emma Abbott. during her stage career,
employed o prominent jeweler to invent
cunning concealments for carrying about
nef splendid collection of precious stones.
the singers favorite mode of transport
ING them was in her paniers. Hip puffs
we're reasonable then and little channels
pockets We're sewed inside for holding a
great number of valuable The
JeWeler never told of the hiding places
OF the jewels while paniers were in
vogue, and Miss Abbott declared She felt
safer with her jewelled paniers on than
II she had a b%odyguard about her, says
the Philadelphia Press.
Nowadays the crush collar SO univer-
sally popular is employed very frequently
as a temporary travelling safe. Its loose
folds. usually made of velvet, provide
many small pockets which. when lined
with channels skin, serve the purpose
excellently.
The average woman carries her treas
ures in a small leather bag slipped inside
her corset, but this is out of the question
with women who own from 10000 to
100000 worth of jewels. Not only would
the load be cumbersome, but injurious.
Any continued pressure of clothes or bone
against a woman's bosom is hurtful, but
the burden of gold and stones would
undoubtedly create cancer. A physician
whom l queried on the subject said he
had instituted a crusade against the
habit. A woman's breast, the remarked,
was. one of the most sensitive spots to
cancerous growth, therefore the slightest
pressure there should be avoided.
A well-known actress who owns a few
dozens Of diamonds has had several little
bags made that are fastened with safety
PIN along the lines of her stocking sup
porters. These supporters consist of four
strong silk elastic straps depending from
a small satin belt which she fastens Sc
curely about her waist, giving it addi-
tional safety by doubly pfhning it to her
corsets. So down the straps which are
kept taut by the stockings are fastened
these little jewel cases. She says they
do not interfere at all with her walking,
but as she is a poor pedestrienne it would
scarcely do to take her word for it.
The heavy leather belt has proved a
boon to the Summer woman tourist, for
several of these belts were sent to jewel
ers to have ingenious leather pockets fit
ted into the inside.
gsBut possibly said a ieweler who
makes of these devices a speciality, 1.-THE
ShAAA SaL Will oA40Ct Liz pClll-
coat and over the corsets is the favorlte
mode Of concealment. The girdle is pref
erably fashioned at a jewelers.. 1t does
not fit at the waist line proper. for then
1t would interfere with the curve. but
clings to the hips. 1t has the same COM
partfnent method, is caught to the corsets
With light steel pins and IS firmly fasten-
ed IN the back With these pins. None of
the jewels are placed in the extreme back,
Tor sitting erect. against a chan might
prove uncomfortable.
nave proven a boon in this case to many
diamond owners. We nave had a number
to heavy cloth gowns senk us to have
charnois cloth fitted in them. Here safety
is absolute, for the pieces are distributed
cloth. The chamois is put next to the
skin as an inner lining. but cut equally
as full as the. sleeve. Each pocket is ar
ranged so that the owner can get at it
without ripping. / suppose we nave fix
ed a dozen after this manner for European
All these designs are adopted for the
woman out-of-doors. For the woman in
doors there is usually the iron safe for
els, All the women Of the Vanderbilt.
Aston and Gould families nave such de-
posts. and guests who visit them are re-
quested to put their jewels in the same
deposit.
Women owning a. fair sprinkling of
good stones usually have a small combi-
nation. safe to place on their mantels or
in their wardrobes. The safe is screwed
down from the inside to the woodwork
know the combination to be able to get at
the screws.
Rich women who go to Newport, LON
don or Paris for a season seldom carry
their Jewels with them. They take them
to ~well-known jewellers who have branch
houses in all prominent cities and order
them shipped to the branch of the house
in the place they are to visit. Identif-
cation papers are fixed. signatures are
sent and the person to whom the papers
are made out enters her application with
all due references to the branch firm and
obtains her Jewels. This saves all trou-
BILE and puts her to little expense.