The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
STEEL SET WITH JEWELS.
Costly and Beautifui Things for Men and Wo-
men In the New Nellie ware,

Costly and BeautiruI ThinEs for Men and Wo-
men I'm the New Nellie ware. q
On tho list of new things at the jewellers
counters are articles made of Nellio steel. To
bacco appliances. boxes for rare cigars. liquor
TASKS. whip handles. match boxes and the like
are made Of It The steel composition. when
treated to this Nellio dressing. has a soft bloom
about II, although it is as hard as flint and
Rlints smoke blue in certain lights. The color is
restful and satisfactory. Greats. monograms
and various devices are wrought upon it by
scratching of the FURNISHED dressing and allow
ing the clear. light steel underneath to show in
effective contrast with the dark groundwork.
Handsome tobacco boxes have alternate stripes
of li-ht ana dark work. the light stripes being
figured over in some ornamental pattern.
some articles have initials or club symbols
wrought on the dark FURNISHED surface in tiny
diamonds.
The Nellio steel is the adaptation OF a Russian
process that has been familiar ito steel workers
in that country for years. but has never before
been transplanted to this country. A match
box made of 1t, one apt to capuvate a golf play
er's fancy, has clubs and balls outlined in light
steel on one side and emphasized with diamonds.
The smoke steel Is SO quiet and unobtruslve.
show. that the most tho~roughgoing. earnest
sportsman Is taken with IL, and the fact that q
sapphire Is hidden at the base Q OF the clasp and q
does not detract from its value in his eyes.
These novel steel match boxes and cigarette
cases make those of gold and silver look
snowy and rather ordinary, all o~rnamented as
they are with hearts and anchors of turuuoises
and highly chased panels studded with dia-
monds and precious stones. A match box or
cigarette case Of Nellio steel. with individual
order for $45. One on the counters already for
sale, with golf sticks or tennis raquet. bicycle
lamp, or some athletic symbol, may be got for
$3S, with the rose diamonds plainly In evidence.
beautiful whip handle made of this ware
has o pattern contrived OF cris-oross stripes of
light and dark steel alternately FURNISHED and
lustreless. For q woman fond OF riding to
hounds or galloping. across country, a jewel 10
set in the steel surface OF Q whip handle. A
had Nellio steel plates and equipments, and 1t 10
found that the peculiar character OF. the ware
chimes in admirably with certain skins for the
making OF pocketbooks. hand bags, and reticules.
Most OF the whiskoy TASKS and conVeniences for
travelling that are made OF 1t are simple and
unornamented. :
Things for women's use made IN, this new
ware include chatelaines. with complete equip
ments. either for shopping. soclal, or household
familiar to those who spend hours daily with
their work baskets. A novel chatelaine. simply
engraved has dangling from the various chains.
a thimble case. scissors case, pencil. tape meas
ure, tablet, needle case, and tiny holder for q
skeln OF thread or hank Of sewing SILK. Odd
stitches of tho kind described In the old adage
can be taken in q jiny by any housewife 90
"A few things for use In o library or on q study
table are now brought out In Nellio steel. and
the soft neutral coloring suits the purpose ad-
mirablY.