The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-07
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'"And I'll pay for the alligator; q and
humble bee out Of my next allowance, !"
vowed the Titan blonde, and they fell
to choosing first one animal, then an
other, giving vent the while to more
EXPLANATIONS Of delight.
They were not visiting the Central
Park Zoo-far from it-but were clus-
tered around a tray Of jewelry novel
ties in big downtown shop. Later
learned that the summer girl, when
correctly gotten up, will represent a
frst-class menagerie. Animals Of
every sort, country and distinction will
dangle from her chatelaine, her brace
let and her necklace. These animals
will vary in size from quarter Of an
inch to two and half inches. Some
are composed of silver, deposited on
china; others Of silver plate, while not
few are to be seen in gun metal and
in gold. It is simply revival of the
bangle craze experienced by our grand
mothers, and mothers, too, for that
matter, only they went in for gold
coins and now go in for cats and par
rots.
The bracelets are the self-same de-
signs, however-just simple little wires
of gold or silver, with loops to snap
the bangels fast. Some much heavier
are to be had, but are less called for.
Link necklaces and the ordinary
chatelafne are worn, and suspended
therefrom will be everything in the
animal line, from polar bear to a
bantam cock.
A girl first buys bracelet or neck
lace, and then proceeds to sort out
the kind Of bird. beast or reptile with
which she wishes to ornament it..
To one neck chain saw was attached
a lizard, tabby cat sitting up as
though asking for dainty bit,
turkeys foot, an elephant, very
frightened looking mouse, turtle and
an alligator. These ranged in size
from an inch to an inch and a quarter,
the cat being the largest and the tur-
key foot the smallest.
Dangling from a silver bracelet was
turtle, a butterfly, rabbit, a humble
bee, a bantam cock, shrimp, a fox,
the man in the moon, bear, Scotch
collie and pig. From another brace
let was hung bat, a French poodle
correctly trimmed-a bluetish, race
horse, rhinoceros, an army lieuten-
ant and a billy goat.
On the tray over the contents of
which the quintet of pretty girls had
gushed sat tree toad, his mouth wide
open, as though he were croaking
happy lay; seagull, with delicate
wings outstretched, and such a talka-
tive looking parrot! In truth, the
modelling of them all was admirable.
Along with this feminine fancy for
mans animal friends come the dain-
tiest ideals for bracelets emblematic
of nursery rhymes. There is one
which tells of the house that Jack
built. Every figure mentioned in this
old Jingle is modelled in silver and
suspended from the delicate wire for
my lady's wrist. There is, first, the
house that Jack built, then the malt,
the cat, the rat, the dog and the COW,
the maiden all forlorn, the map all
tattered and torn, the priest all shaver
and shorn,- andytha4 cock that crowed
in the morn. This really is very
dainty trifie. For "Hi Diddle. de
Diddle" there's the cat and the fiddle,
the cow jumping over the moon, the
little dog that laughed to see the sport
and the dish that skipped with the
spoon. The latter two bracelets named
sell complete in silver for $3.50 each,
while the prices for the individual ami
mails and birds vary from 81 to IS,
according to size and metal used.