The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-09

as every woman knows. changes In
ones waist measurement The third
lace. like the top one, is arranged TO fit
and does not need 10 be changed from
time TO time. The Frenchman who ad-
Vised this understood the feminine fig
ure, and IL you. who are feminine,
doubt his wisdom. all that / can ad-
wise is that you try his method. But
remember that for the winter we are
20 have the Russian blouse and the
French figure.
When 1 saw the new short gloves
I'm 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
lett" And IL is here. A well known
matron wore at a first night a brace
let that told that 1t 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 un-
known. gem, uncut. The effect was
marvellous. A 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 n perfect
emerald seemed to be throwing out a
ray Of hope as IL rested closely TO a
milk white pearl. The ordinary every
day bracelet, designed even by she eX-
traordinary ieweler sinks into insg-
nihcance beside this wondrous band OF
ever changing color. color which can he
traced 10 the opal and pearl turquoise
and emerald, ruby and diamond chrys-
oberyl and chrysoprase. onyx and
amethyst, Alexandrite 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-
tiuuc IN 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 l 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 to 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 chooseat all. but
has 10 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 to be
slipped over the hand; not. however,
q complete circle. The Chinese ladies
are very far sighted i'm collecting many
OF these bracelets. for whether they are
of gold, silver or iron, they are real and
solid. Consequently. whenever Nine.
Chinois gets little hard up she doesn't
make a racket In the establishment by
trying to get a littk 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
off TO the place where they make the
money, takes off her bracelets throws
them in one side of the scales. and the
obliging 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 IT. 1t is worth ex-