Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
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e'I have a drawer in my dressing
 table for buckles alone" said the
 smartly dressed girl, as she looked at
 an early Christmas present she had
 just aeceived-a clasp formed of two
 diamond f1eurs-de-lis.
 And I find that I have to buy Few
 ones every day. This will come in
 very handy-In wear it with my new
 dinner gown, which has a little bole-
 TO. l was going to wear d paste buc- kle, but this will look beautiful on a bow of black velvet. It seems to me-" she added as she tucked the cost
 ly bauble into it's satin case, that
 women never wore so many buckles as they do now. I think the mania for jewels came in with the revival of old brocades and pompadour cultures 1 have about twenty-five buckles, without counting small slides and clasps. I have half a dozen different buckles for belts and girdles, two or three for the ribbon and velvet bands l wear around my neck with evening dresses, two or three more for the glrdle of my jacket and the bow of my lace cravat. Of course, I have buckle in each hat and a buckle for the flowers I wear in my hair in the evening. l need a really big and beautiful one for the empire bow which is placed on the sides of the bodice of my new gown, and two or three are not too many for the rib bon string of ones huff.
 Tn shoFt, there is scarcely a p3rtion of ones attire which does not cry out for buckle. and from its erst- while 1owly position on the front of ho vi gaily faunts from our topknots. It must be conceded that the fashion is pretty. In spite of the limitations the woman who can buy cut s.eel or old paste can wear II, secure in the cen sciousness that she is perfectly cor rect and smart, for a genuine old buckle of paste CT steel will ever re- main one of the prettiest things in the world of gewgaws and naed fear nothing from its rival of this tawdry l century,"
 Mrs. Marcus White, a guest at the | Hotel Adams, gave delightful whist ! party Wednesday afternlon at the i hotel parlors in honor of Mrs. J. H. 1 Butler. The invited guests were Mrs | J. H. Butler, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Tate. Mrs. Knox, Mrs. H. E. Taylor. i Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Tweed, Mrs. J. c. | Adams, Mrs J. W. Evans, Miss Tweed and Miss Knox.
 MT. and Mrs. L. H. Chalmers, Mir. and Mrs. c. J. Hall and MT. Knox were the guests of Mrs. Knox and Miss Knox at the Hotel Adams las; evening.
 Mrs. Ming and daughter, Miss Ethel. of Riverside, Cal, mother and sister of Mrs. Charles H. Akers, are wis iuing MT. and Mrs. Akers at their home on Center strees.
 MT. and Mrs. Adams Miss Carrie Bowers) have returned from en east ern trip and have taken apartments at Mrs. Hollenbeck's on North s C. ond avenue, where they will be pleas r ed to meet all their friends.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Conkey, Miss Tweed and MT. Paul Br.zard spant Sunday and Monday of last week at the Pima reservation, sight seeing. They report a jolly time and an inter esting trip.
 The Entre Nous club of last winter will meet ncw and reorganize fer tha coming winter
 One Of the most novel sights ever seen in this city was burro ride which took place Thursday afternoon. There were all kinds of burros, good, bad, indifferent, some that went too fast, some that went too--slow and a few that would not go at all. But all this, the riders had good time. MT Montrcse of the Hotel Adams won a great laurel