The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-27

I the average woman is uneasy Just now
if she cannot decorate her mahogany
colored locks with diamond tiara, OF
at least with 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 or every conceivable shape. III
is not only possible to wear them IN the
evening, but as you are trOttlng around
from one cup of tea to another you can
decorate to degree. You can have ON
q marvellous watch hanging from a most
elaborate clasp. Five or six queer
brooches can be put here and there upon
your bodice, a string of beads may be
around your throat, and 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 heavy
velvet rosette, preferably purple, deep
crimson or black. on the left side of your
bodice, in the center of which is a bril-
liant diamond button. At night the wO-
men glitter like icicles. l confess they
hook pretty. Most beautiful things III
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 be-
coming ornament, for it Jacks 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 party. But pair of Mercury wings
in diamonds placed ON the head of Il
woman who has her hair parted MA
donnawise, on either side of her head, F"
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 fat band of
diamonds worn far forward, with a
pearl pendant framed in diamonds, which
rests on the forehead. This style of
couture requires that not only Il woman
must be beautiful, but that she must
look like saint.
HOW TO WEAR HER HAIR.
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 blythe women
who arrange their hair as did little Mime.
Butterfly or the Sad-faced Nine. Chry-
santheme This hair must be mahoga-
ny colored, and it is smoothly rolled
in an enormous pOmpadour all around
the head. while just ia the center, at tins
top. it 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
i'll front. This rests against a tiny
black feather towering above the hair,
glittering like the stars looking down
on all the lovely little geislas in Nagas-
aki Two women in New York wear
their hair in this fashion and look well.
One is a matron; consequently the dia-
mond ornaments appear in her hair. She
is pretty Mrs. Harry Gilhg, who was
formerly Miss Croker. of San Francis
60. Certainly the couture is most cor
rect, and certainly it is wonderfully be.
coming to her. The maiden who affects
this remarkable style, but who appears
without the diamond ornaments, as is
proper, is one of the beauties of the sea-
son, Miss Fiji Potter, dashing, stylish
looking girl. She stands this rather nni-
que way of arranging her hair very well,
and as her locks are the proper color. the
veritable mahogany, she may be said to
have made no mistake in choosing the
manner of arranging it.
FASHIONS IN BROOCHES.
Take out the fashionable woman
jewel casket and look at her brooches!
In days gone by the jewelers. initiated III
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 mooOn in its
fullness, the crescent moon in its mai
den beauty and all the wonders of the
sky. Then he had all the beautiful flow
ers from which the choose his models,
but to-day he has changed all that. My
lady is prOudest of her latest possession,
q coach and four, with gay party seat
ed upon it in sapphires, diamonds, and
ruO.es. For this she pays $500, and it is
pinned across the front of her tailor-made
frock. The horses are in diamonds. with
fine gold harness; the coach is of sap
rbires and rubies; the lady ON top with
her open parasol, the gentlemen who is
driving and the men in the rumble are
all wrought in brilliant gems. Next to
this she values a fox in full run made
entirely of diamonds, or perhaps. if she
is devoted to dogs, diamond grey
hound or a French poodle made of gold
and with his curls wrought out in dia-
monds. If she is n spOrtswoman, she
wears u black cock in diamonds, a, snipe
in diamonds, or a pheasant in diamonds.
Her jeweler guarantees that each shall
be correct.
An ardent advocate of the bike NAV
wear a brooch that initiates one. with
the wheels all studded with precious
stones, while the frame itself is of gold.
Next to these very sporty looking
brooches there are fancied horrible beast.
les, beetles, and bugs, with realistic ser
penis and wild looking fishes. Butter
flies that are of rubies and diamonds in
contrast she especially likes, for they
look Well against her evening bodice
For her bracelets she fancies bands and
Gains thickly set with rows of precious
stones, or else turquoise and pearls franz
ed in diamonds and set on light gold
bands that are almost invisible. Her
rings cover almost entirely the third
and little fingers on each hand. Some
times she will elect to wear nothing INIT
diamonds; again she will choose ali rl-
Dles, or perhaps emeralds and diamonds.
but she never makes the mistake of
putting ON too many contrasting coIors
IN her rings She still clinCs 70 A. .,.a