The times., 1898-01-02
NEW CABINET FOR KEEPsAKEs-
Like Grandmottei = Chest of Draw
ers, hut Much Smaller.

erS, Hut Aucn Smaller.
New York, jar The wsaltiy woman's
latest fadis a Keepsake cabinet OF conrse.
this pre-supposes the possession OF 4 suffi-
cient number OF valuables to make the
cabinet worth wldle, but that is implied
when one says wealthy woman Some of
us find no difficulty i'm preserving our val
uables III twonch box, where they
rattle around, cheerfulIy suggestive OF
the fact that there is room Tor more
but there are q great many women
who are really at a loss to know 'y:icre
to put things that have a greater yilIue
than is measured by karats or dollars.
The idea Of souvenir with all its as
sociatiDns and sweet tor perhaps sat-
mernOries, appeals To every wOman'S hart,
and makes the object treasure which ,ne
likes to Keep apart from ones mere Jew
eiry or ordinary wearing apparel The
average WOMAN keeps such tbin IS in a
locked drawer of her secretary, or i'm a
wooden box slowed away III her closet,
ana il there's Young girl in Ciiristendom
who does not own an cid pastcbCard box
filled witt dance programs, lunches Of
faded posies and tally cards OF all sorts
Of games well, she's the kind Of .sirI 70
let alone as being wanting in the proper
sort of Sentin ent
The keepsake cabinet is made to meet
this feminine want. 1t corresponds 70
the Chest of drawers which, was the.
pride of our grandmpthers, and may
very likely lie u return To the old ways
of doing things. Tie new cabinet, how
ever, is somewhat sna Her than those OS
the 1880 period. The average height
is eighteen inches. including the carved
ite style has three drawers, each about
three inches deep, and each with lecis
and key.
In these drawers are kept old faces
that have become heirIooms, curios in
the jeweIry line, with one drawer set
apart for souvenirs of every descrip--
tion. Women who have a fondness for
those strange Oriental taIismans ami
queer, Charmed stones, such as lapis
lazulae, jade, and the rest OF them, al
ways keep one dra wer for these, and it
is only the favored few Tyao are ever
permitted to look upon them. Indeed
the craze for collecting these things
has added greatly to the popularity ef
the keepsake cabinet. II is only recently
that women in general have Jisco@-
cred the rasc nation of watching the
mDods and mannerisns OF what they
have hitherto regarded as ina inmate
objects That a stone Should feel bright
and therefore look 50, on me da Y. anil
then feel duh the next: or sparkle undsr
the Influence Of contact with persons
OF one temperament, and grow diIn
with those OF another, are interesting
facts which fashionable women have only
lately encountered. and upon which
they find ii most fascinating to expert
ment.
Some even go so far in their insessi-
cations as to try some Of the old arabic
ami Egyptian spells with charmed stones,
and Lot a few have precious gems
hidden ava in the new treasure box.
upon V bicE 10 eyes but their own are ever
permitted 70 rest. Verify superstition. so
called, il Increasing rlther than dimin-
ishing as the world progresses. and be
chest of drawers serves as veil OF secrecy
behind which some Of IL is hidden in the
boudoirs OF our rich and IA ashionabIe
women.
1t is by nu means necessary that the
l'ttle cabinet be exclusively devoted the
the preservation of keepsakes, although
with its locked drawers it seems eSpe-
ciaily web adapted To- that sort of thing.
1t makes Convenient glove and 'kerchief
box, with the third drawer for Iaces, rib
bons or iewelry. i have seen some OF
these chests n ade with six or eight shall
low drawers, thas allowing tor the utmost
classification of ones possessions say.
into the old and valuable but not pretty.
hence, to be used unIy to look at and
never to wear; vaIua bic, and beautiful as
well, therefore 20 be worn ON the most
ceremonious occasions; new and pretty
things, for ordinary functions, and so on.
until the drawers are used up, with vet a
few nondesCript articles lying unclasSified
beside them. So difficult is il to bring
things of beauty to system of heads and
sub beadsi
The materials used in the manufactured
these cab;rets are the very finest, mahOg-
any and malachte being the favOrites.
Mahogany forms the mere frame with the
carved legs but the whole surface of the
chest is made of lovely green malachite.
inlaid in teninch slabs. The smaller
chests can be bought for S14, but the
price for one with more than three draw
ers runs very high-else the mistress 9f
wealth md f. shinn would never cherish
it in her heart of hearts, and intrust her
priceless oriental gems and her rare old
lace to its Keeping.
THE APRON ONCE MORE