Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-24
Women Never More Daft on
the Subject Than Now.
ORNAMENTS WORN DAY AND NIGHT
Are of All Colors and Every
Conceivable Shape.


her, MAHOGANY .colored locks with o dia-
nIond tiara, or at leest 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 colors
and Of every conceivable shape. II is not only
possible Ia, wear them in the evening, but
as you are trotting around from one cup of
tea to another you can decorate to degree.
You can have on marvellous watch hang
ing from a most elaborate clasp. Five or
ak queer brooches oan be put here and
there upon your bodice, string of beads
may be around your thIoaJ. and long gold
chain may have a nonocle on the end.
Your gloves may hide many rings. Your
bonnet pins are thickly jeweled, while tue
last chic touch is to have heavy velvet
rosette, preferably purple. deep crimson or
black, on the left side of your bodice, in
the centre of which is q brilliant diamond
button. At night the women glitter like
icicles. | 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 becoming orna-
ment, for il lacks coquetry and grace. II
must be placed stiffiy ON the head. because
If II should get little TO one side it suggests
nothing SO much as Mrs. iealnan's idea of
mixed ale party. But pair of Mercury
wings in diamonds placed on the head of a
woman who has her hair parted Madonna
wise, on either side of her head makes
her not only thing of beauty, hut of
fashion. Then. for u woman who draws
her hair, the beautiful black hair, in smooth
bands. after the fashion of Cleo de Merude
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
a woman must be beautiful, but that she
must look like saint.
.t.lss
II is easier to look like saint than to be
one. Most effective of all are the orna-
ments worn by the women who arrange
their hair as did little Nine. Butterfly or the
sad faced Niue Chrysantheme. This hair
must be mahogany colored, and il is smooth.
ly rolled in an enormous pompadour all
around the head, while Just in the CENTRE
at tine ton, it is turned in high knot, held
i'll place by tortoise shell combs having
diamond heads and long gold chains that
connect them with the diamond aigrette in
front This rests against a tiny black
feather towering above the hair giittering
like the stars looking down on all the lovely
little geishas IN Nagasaki. Two women in
New York wear their hair in this fashion
and look we'll. One is marion; conse-
quently the diamond ornaments appear in
her hair. She is pretty Mrs. Harry Gillig
who was formerly Miss Croker of San
Francisco. Certainly the couture Is most
correct, 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 season,
Miss Fiji Potter, dashing. stylish looking
girl. She stands this rather unique way of
arranging her hair very WE'LL and as her
locks are the proper color, the vertable
mahogany, she may be said to have made
no mistake III choosing the manner of ar
ranging it.
alzs H.. fanl
casket and look at her brooches, In days
gone by the jewellers initiated in 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 moon IN its fulness, the crescent moon
in its maiden beauty and all the wonders of
the sky, Then he had all the beautiful
flowers from which to choose his models,
but to-day he has changed all that NV
lady is proudest OF her latest possession, a
coach and four. with a gay party seated
upon II in sapphires. diamonds and rubies.
For this she pays S4OO, and IL is pinned
across the front of her tabernacle frock.
The horses are in diamonds, with a fine
gold harness; the coach is of sapphires
and rubies the lady OH top with her open
parasol, the gentleman who is driving and
the men III 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, dia-
mond greyhound or a French noodle made
Of gold and with his curs wrought out in
diamonds. If she is sportswoman, she
wears black cock in diamonds, a snipe in
diamonds or pheasant in diamonds. Her
Jeweler guarantees that each shall be cor
rect,
An ardent advocate Of the bike may wear
brooch that initiates one, with the wheels
all studded with precious stones. while the
frame itself is of gold Next To these very
4nnrtV InnEIny nItpu tbar. e.. IL
horrible beasties, beetles and bugs. with
realistic serpents and wild looking fishes
Butterflies 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
chains thickly set with rows Of precious
stones, or else turquoise and pearls framed
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. Sometimes she will elect tc
wear nothing but diamonds; ngain she viii
choose all rubies or perhaps emeralds and
diamonds, but she never makes the mis-
take of putting on too many CONTRASTING
colors in her rings, She still clings to til,
lnarquise and to- the high crown setting
because that brings ont the stones best
She has grown to be expert in her judgment
OF stones. No foolish superstition would
cause her to give up beautiful opal. anc
the woman who is proudest in New Yorl
this winter is she who appears in her oper;
box wearing necklaces of opals, set arounc
with diamonds, which cost 100000. EK
travsgance2 Oh, don't know. The none,
IS at least spent, the tradesmen gain ii ant
everybody is helped, since each man can In
better pay his bills.
The fondness of women for rings is easil,
understood. 1t is as old as the bills; as oil
as Solomon himself. By-the-bv, apropo
of Solomon. the Talmud tells a story Of
ring which he wore. 1t was wonderful
emerald with some mystic characters on
graved upon it. and on his keepine thi
ring depended his kingdom. One day whel
ne was IN the bath he took his precious rim
on and put ID on shelf. Amina, one q
his wives, was angry at him and stole th
ring.. The fiend fiattered her and got her /
give it to him, took the form of King Sole
mon and ruled the nation. Solomon wa
distracted: Everybody denied him, but d
last he did something wonderful in the wa
OF incantation. The fiend grew frightene
and threw the ring into the sea. Naturall
hsh swallowed il. A fisherman caught ID
nsn, recognized the ring gave it to Solomon
and he had his kingdom back Unfor
tunately, the Talmud doesn't say wha
Solomon did to Amina, but as stranrlin
wife was not thought much of in tbos
days. u IS fair to imagine some such littl
coptretemps occurred.
1t IS funny how many ring and fis
stories there are. There is a Scotch s,or
about the queen of Cadzow, rather ga
young person. who gave to some gentlema
friend ring which her husband had give
her. One day Roderick, the husband, cam
home in the usual unexpected husban
fashion. The queen was all broken I'm. I'M
peing relgious. kneeled down and asked s
Mungo to help her. st. Mungo had ey
IDENTIFY been man before he was d sain
and told her he would stand by her. 4
something to that effect. Then he con
mnnicated with monk he knew who wt
DIT of fishermAn. and tnld him 10 20 q,