The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-10

10 have the Russian blouse and the
French figure.
When / saw the new short gloves
in their wonderful fawn and gray
shades. with pale blue. bright scarlet
or rose stitching on the back. said TO
myself. my most complacent confidante
This means the revival OF the brace
let" And il is here. n we'll known
matron wore al 4 first night a brace
let that told THAI IL came from the
land OF myStery-India. The back
ground was Of that soft gold in which
the Indian workers take so much de-
light. and on this circle was set every
known. and / do believe every IN
known, gem. uncut. The effect was
marvellous \ pink pearl claimed your
eye resting on an opal. next TO which
was a black pearl that simply made
more brilliant a glowing ruby. There
were turquoises in three different col
ors; a dark and light amethyst made
a wonderful contrast. while a perfect
emerald seemed To be throwing out
ray of hope as IL rested closely To a
milk white pearl. The ordinary every
day bracelet, designed even by che eX
traordinary jeweler. sinks into insig
nificance beside this wondrOus band OF
ever changing color. color which can be
traced 10 the opal and pearl, turquoise
and emerald. ruby and diamond. chrys-
oberyl and chrysoprase. onyx and
amethyst. Alexandria and moonstone.
garnet and sapphire. and all the mag
nificent family OF gems that are de-
light TO the artistic or poetiCal mind
The bands OF rubies. or of rubies alter
mating with diamonds. of emeralds al
ternating with diamonds and of tur-
quoises alternating with diamonds con-
tinue I'm fashion and win be seen at
even the most quiet evening affairs.
BY the bye. speaking of diamonds. when
heard that they could make diamonds.
/ concluded that / would at once have
a pair of diamond buckles for my slip
pers: but oh. dear me, the people who
know say that a made diamond costs
exactly three times as much as one dug
from the soil.
But to return 10 bracelets. All Of us
can't have a bracelet from India. but
some of us can get such a circle as is
worn by the Chinese women. My lady
of the Chinese Four Hundred wears
bracelet of gold: she Of the one Thou
sand chooses one of silver. while that
one of the many millions who has no
social standing. doesn't choose at all, but
has TO take the kind of bracelet which
she can get. and that is OF iron. In pat
tern these bracelets do not differ, being
a twist of the metal large enough 10 be
slipped over the hand: rot. however.
a complete circle. The Chinese ladies
are very far sighted in collecting many
of these bracelets. for whether they are
of gold, silver or iron, they are real and
solid. Consequently. whenever Nine.
Chinois gets a little hard up she doesn't
make racket in the establishment by
trying TO get little more than her
usual allowance from monsieur. nor
does she borrow from her woman
friends or play against her luck at
poker. Not she. She simply marches
of to the place where they make the
money. takes off her bracelets. throws
them in one side of the scales. and the
obliSing money maker heaps up the
other side with money until the weight
of the bracelet is reached. You see. as
there is no work on il, II is worth ex-
actly what IL weighs in the money OF
the realm. whether il be in nice gold
pieces. horrid silver dollars or iron pen
MES. according to the bracelets. 1t
seems much more convenient fashion
than carrying purses. for one is so apt
10 lose ones purse. And then You have
Just as many bracelets as you can af-
ford or as your admiring family may
give you u must he confessed that
they are rather heavy 10 wear but it's
curious what woman will endure
when her woe represents money.
Do you know anybody who bows
we'll? The average man raises his hat