The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-20


II may be true that the head is uneasy
upon which there is a crown, but the
average woman is uneasy just now if
she cannot decorate her mahogany col
ored locks with a diamond tiara, or at
least with a pair of the kind Of wings
dedicated to Mercury. Never before
since we called ourselves civilized have
we gone so absolutely daft on the sub
ject Of jewels They may be of all COL
ors and Of every conceivable shape. It
is not only possible to wear them in the
evening. but as you are trotting around
from one cup of tea to another you can
decorate TO a degree. You can have on
a marvellous watch hanging from a
most elaborate clasp. Five or six queer
brooches can be put here and there up
on your bodice, q string Of beads may be
around your throat. and a long gold
chain may have d mOnOCle on the end.
Your gloves may hide many rings.
Your bonnet pins are thickly jeweled,
while the last chic touch is to have
heavy velvet rosette, preferably purple,
deep crimson or black, on the left side
Of your bodice, in the center of which is
a brilliant diamond button. At night
the women glitter like icicles. L confess
they look pretty. Most beautiful things
in jewels are offered for her who has
the ducats wherewith to buy.
For the hair there is, first of all. the
stately tiara. The tiara is not a becOm-
ing ornament, for it lacks cOquetry and
grace. 1t must be placed stiffly on the
head because if it should get a little to
one side it suggests nothing so much as
Mrs Yeaman's idea of a mixed ale
e
diamonds placed on the head of a wom-
an who has her hair parted Madonna
wise, on either side Of her head" makes
her not only a thing of beauty, but Of
fashion Then, for a woman who draws
her hair the beautiful black hair in
smooth bands. after the fashion Of Cleo
de Merode there is a fiat band of dia-
monds worn far forward, with a pearl
pendant framed in diamonds, which
rests on the forehead. This style Of
couture requires that not only a woman
must be beautiful, but that she must
look like a saint.
Fortunately. as women are good ac-
tresses. it is easier to look like a saint
than to be one. Most effective of all
are the ornaments worn by the women
who arrange their hair as did little
Nine. Butterfly or the sad faced Nine.
Chrysantheme. This hair must he ma
hoGany colored, and il is smoothly roll
ed in an enormous pompadour all
around the head, while just in the cen
ter at the top, ii is turned in a high
knot held in place by tortoise shell
combs having diamond heads and long
gold chains that connect them with the
diamond aigrette in front. This rests
against a tiny black feather towering
above the hair, slitserng like the stars
looking down on all the lovely little
Geishas in NagasakL Two women in
New York wear their hair in this fash
Ion and look well. One is a matron:
consequently the diamond ornaments
appear in her hair. She is pretty Mrs.
Harry Gili:g, VINO was formerly Miss
Croker of San Francisco. Certainly
the couture is most correct. and certain
" il is wonderfully becoming TO her
The maiden who affects this remarkable
style. but who appears without the Ola
mond ornaments. as is proper is one of
the beauties of the season Miss Fiji
Potter. a dashing. stylish looking girl
She stands this rather unique way of
arranging her hair very well, and Is
her locks are the proper color the
reritahle mahogany, she may he said TO
have made no mistake in choosing the
manner Of arranging it.
Take out the fashionable woman's
jewel casket and look at her brooches!
In days gone by the jewelers. initiated
in precious stones for my lady's benefit
all the beautiful designs furnished by
the heavens. There was the sun in all
its glory, the many stars. the moon in
lis fuliness. the crescent moon in its
maiden beauty and all the wonders Of
the sky. Then he had all the beautiful
flowers from " hich TO choose hiSnlode1s
but today he has changed all that Nv
lady is proudest Of her latest possess
sion, coach and four with a CAV marty
seated upon il in sapphires. diamonds
and rubies. For this she pays $500 and
II Is pinned across the front of her
tailor made frock. The horse. are in
diamonds. with a fine gold harness. tho
coach Is Of sapphires and rubies. The
lady on tor with her open parasol. the
gentleman who is driving and the men
in the rumble are all wrought in brill
liant gems. Next to this she values .
fox IN full run made entirely Of dia-
nonds, or perhaps, if she is devoted 10
dogs diamond greyhound or a French
poodle made of gold and with his curls
wrought out in diamonds. If she is a
sportSwoman, she wears a black cock in
diamonds, snipe in diamonds or 2
pheasant in diamonds Her jeweler
guarantees that each shall be correct.
An ardent advocate Of the bike NAV
wear brooch that initiates one. with