The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-19
ICopYright. 1851

ICopyright, 1898
II may be true that the head Is uneasy
upon which there is a crown, but the
average woman Is uneasy just now IL
bhc 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 20 absolutely daft on the sub
iert Of Jewels. They may be of all col
ors and OF every conceivable shape. 1t
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
= marvellous watch hanging from a
most elaborate clasp. Five or six queer
brooches can be put here and there up
on your bodice. a string OF beads may be
around your throat, and a long gold
chain may have a monocle on the end.
Your gloves may hide many rings.
Your bonnet pins are thickly jeweled.
while the last chic touch Is TO have a
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. 1 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 becom-
ing ornament. for IL lacks coquetry and
grace. 1t must be placed stifiiy on the
head because II IL should get a little to
one side IL suggests nothing so much as
Mrs. Yeaman's idea of a mixed ale
party. But a pair of Mercury wings in
diamonds placed on the head of wom-
an who has her hair parted Madonna
wise on either side of her head" makes
her not only 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 Mcrode, there Is fiat band OF dia-
monds worn far forward, with a pearl
pendant framed in diamonds, which
rests on the forehead. This style of
coiffure requires that not only a woman
must be beautiful, but that she must
lock like a saint.
Fortunately, as women are good ac-
tresses, 1T 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
ohrysantheme. This hair must be ma
hogany colored, and II is smoothly roll
ed I'm an enormous pompadour all
around the head. while just in the cen
ter. at the top, It is turned in 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 tiny black feather towering
sbove the hair, glittcring like the stars
looking down on all the lovely little
geishas in Nagasski. Two women in
New York wear their hair in this fash
Ion and look well. One is matron;
consequently the diamond ornaments
appear in her hair. She is pretty Mrs
Harry ,Gillig, who was formerly Miss
Crocker Of San Francisco. Certainly
the coiffure Is most correct, and certain
~ II Is wonderfully becoming to her.
The maiden who affects this remarkable
style, but who appears without the dia-
mond ornaments. as Is proper, is one OF
the beauties of tho season. Miss Fiji
Potter. a dashing, stylish looking girl.
She stands this rather unique way of
arranging her hair very well. and as
her locks are the proper color. the
veritable mahogany. she may be said 20
have made no mistake in choosing the
manner OF arranging 1t.
Teke out the fashionable woman's
5ewel casket and look at her broochesl
Ia 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 I'm all
its glory, the many stars. the moon in
its fullness. the crescent moon in it's
maiden beauty and all the wonders OF
the sky. Then he had all the beautiful
flowers from which TO choose his models
but today he has changed all that. My
lady is proudest OF her latest posses
sion, coach and four, with gay party
seated upon IL I'm sapphires. diamonds
and rubies. For this she pays s4O0, and
Il is pinned across the front OF her
tailor made frock. The horses are in
diamonds. with a fine gold harness; the
coach is OF sapphires and rubies the
lady on top with her open parasol. the
gentleman who is driving and the men
in the rumble are all wrought in bril-
liant gems. Next 20 this she values n
fox In full run made entirely OF dia-
tiOnds. or perhaps. if she is devoted TO
q go. q diamond greyhound OF a French
poodle made OF gold and with his curls
wrought cut In diamonds. II she is a
fportsuomsn. she wears q black cock in
diamonds. enipe I'm diamonds or "A
pheasant i'm diamonds Her Jeweier
guarantees that each shall be correct.
An ardent advocate ~ the bike may /
wear brooch mat initiates one, with I