The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
NEW FANCIES OF WOMEN.
A CRAZE FOR USING FoUR-LEAVED
CLOVERs As CHARMS.

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Observation-Disclosures ne Hair Decorations
-Screenhoidcrs for old Photographs,
There is a craze for the four.lcaved clover Just
now. Fashionable women are wearing 1t as n
be Z buckle, as n watch charm, as a stick pin.
as a pendant to swing from neck, bracelet, or
chatelaine, and In other ways. Furthermore,
they are making tho men of their acquaintance
adopt tho fashion. And II is real clover they
are wearing, too, and In many cases one they
have found themselves. Whether the orna.
ments bring luck to their owners or not is
another story. At any rate, luck or no luck,
tho clovers arc mounted in clover fashion, and
arc exceedingly pretty.
Tho leaves are first carefully pressed. and are
then mounted on either white silk or satin.
This is then incased in glass or crystal and set
In a tiny wire of gold or silver. Sometimes a
tiny red bug 10 mounted on one leaf. The orna-
ments vary in size according to the size Of the
clover leaf, and tho shape Of the design depends
upon the fancy of the purchaser. Tho round is
most In demand, though many prefer those Of
oblong diamond or square shape.
The largest leaves arc fashioned into belt
buckles and chatelaine charms. A stunning
belt was noted at the Horse Show. The buckle
showed the clover mounted in mnlnchito and
gold. The belt itself consisted of large oval
shaped jade stones, just the color Of the clover
leaves. These were linked together by tiny
gold chains, and the effect OF the whole on q
Persian lamb Russian blouse was very swell.
gold lorgnette that has tiny clover leaves
mounted on white satin, and covered with glass
SUNK sunk in m a EnS e sochSI % BY snt ii nsn di"mo nds s IL ih is
fad for the lucky fourleaved clover keeps up Mt
the b pressnt rate rate it twill Will almost toI pax " the farmers RI ,Ss
luck charms to be found now and then.
Chntelaines are oil the go again. Mother
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bells on her toes didn't begin to make the music
that the up-to-dato girl makes as she passes
along. She wears no fewer than eight or ten
jingling gimcracks attached to her chatclaine.
and the consequent din in any place crowded
with women reminds one Of the music in aChinese
theatre. The dangling charms consist Of mirrors,
egg.shaped powder boxes, scissors, pencils. court.
plaster cases. purses and so on. The favorite
material in the less expensive chatelaines at
present Is gun steel, embollished with gilt. The
effect is snowy and handsome. Sterling silver
treated and embellishcd In many different ways
and solid gold studded with precious stones are
also In great demand.
Of the hour. The belt catch is made of sterling
on q heavy white ribbon, such as mons fobs are
made Of, and from tho end OF this ribbon bangles
with a gilded top and a capacity for carrying
about two drinks, for n woman who is used to
taking pretty stlft ones, or four for one who
something of that kind.
The price q these chetelaine TASKS said n
way they are selling 1 think the physicians of
this city must be right in claiming that the
women. They are going like hot cakes"
They are Just the thing to wear to a football
please"
| fnak hut all yynmnnEtnA afput md thin fu1I
and short, agrees that to be in the swim at all
one must don n chatelainc Of one kind or another.
One of the most conspicuous accessories of q
woman's toilet is her purse, for she invariably
carries 1t in her hand. The newest pocketbook
is made Of leather and is attached to a strong
chain, which Is easily Rrasped by a hand al
ready taxed with handkerchief. muff, umbrella,
and a small parcel or two. or can be worn over
the wrist. The purse itself is long and narrow.
with slightly rounded corners. Some of these
English morocco. monkey skin. elephants hide.
Mexican alligator skin. and pig skin are tho
woman should deny herself ono of the new
SIa n t tSe ' bia s seS GaIaentO sso a = sro amd " run r;So a ss
high as 800 in the silver and jewelry houses that
make pInse, z specially onas sy. Of n Leather "a t Goods sa,;, The aU,a very cry
studded with precious gems. Long. narrow,
leather hand bags, with a chain attachment, are
eioo AhuNh AZ NokuC. hCo h1NO - poChcJ
change on the inside, and ample room for the
things that the average woman ordinarily
crowds into n small leather combination pocket
book and card case.
The latest ornament for the hair for evening
wear is the butterfly. One New York woman
hypnotizes real butterflies and uses them to add
beauty to her shining tresses as some women use
Brazilian beetles, but she has q gift that per.
haps no other woman In the whole country pos.
sesses. Anybody, however, with n small sum OF
spare change can buy one of the exquisitely
dainty gauze butterflies. which arc Just as
effective as the live thing and certainly entail
far less care. The butterflies are small, large and
of medium size. and come in every color. They
are tinted as delicately as the hues of the real
like way on their invisible spirals Of silver wire.
The hair is worn high on, the head for full dress
and waved back from the face in a full, fluffy
puff. When one of these large butterflies seems
to light on the top OF the knot and one, two,
three. or four small ones nestle in the soft, old.
hind, the effect Is somewha startling to ono
who observes the new style for the first time,
Is at least n change from the high feathers,
huffy aigrettes, and stiff loops worn last season.
Nearly every woman has an accumulation OF
photographs that she doesn't know what TO do
with. There isn't one In the lot that she could
bear to destroy. and yet they arc very much in
the way. She really can't afford to pack them
entirely out of sight. for many of the originals
may appear on the scene at any time. A pho
tograph screen solves the problem and makes
the disposition Of the pictures an easy mat,
ter, These screens come in oil sizes
holding from four to one hundred OF
more photographs: They nre made OF silk,
satin or cedar wood; and tho panels fold after
tho style of the ordinary screen: Ono side Il
hand.painted In water colors. and the other is
entirely filled with pockets for holding the
pictures. a folding screen is a useful article in
bedroom, boudoir, or living room, md one GOV.
cred with the faces of ones friends or OF inter
esting personages is particularly valuable and
interesting. Tho beauty about the photograph
screen is that il ono gets tired OF the faces. ali
ono has to do Is to turn them to the wall and
then rest tho eye on the pastoral scenes on the
other side of tho screen.
One of the latest whims OF women who can AT
ford to indulge their whims Is the flower hath
1t is claimed that there Is nothing like it fol
strengthening the muscles OF tho neck. shoul
ders, and arms. This is the way tho baths are
taken: Suppose a girl wishes to take 1
rose bath. She puts n quantity OF rose petal,
into n hup and nnura a uunntitv NJ hnIlinp tvato,