The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
odd and Curious Things Used for
Personal Adornment.

FROM III DIS
In play recently performed at a West
End theater ring, with a poisonous wea-
pom concealed therein, had an important
part TO play in the denouement In days
Of yore such things were more common
than was absolutely desirable, and one of
these. an antique pearl and topaz ring,
which at one time contained pc sonous
knife, released by a spring, was recently !
on sale in London. The ring was pur-
chased from a Spanish prisoner a Key |
West, Fla It's present owner can con- |
graduate himself upon possessing a very |
interesting relic.
The same can be said of divers orna- |
ments belonging to Miss Lucy Lee Hill |
daughter of one of the Southern leaders |
! in the civil war that ravaged the United !
| States in the COS The ornaments in |
| question consist Of necklace, bracelets, |
! earrings, breastpin cuff buttons and comb, |
/ each Of which was made OF buttons cut
/ from the garments of distinguished Con- |
] federate officers all of them having a his
( tory.
After the battle fought in 1876 a Powder
river, Wyoming, a collar of buckskin in
crusted with beads, and having five medi-
cine arrows Of Clipped flint and eight dried
hngers-the middle fingers Of the left
hands of eight enemies who had no fur
/ ther use for them-hangiug therefrom, was
discovered on the field
This novel form of establishment recalls
the watch chain which is one of the proud
est possessions OF a farmer living near
New York city, of the name Thornton.
+ ght links, each a trifie more than an
inch long and connected by metal rings
form the chain. The chain, we learn, glist-
ems like ivory. having been highly polish
ed by years of wear. The links. however
do not consist of ivory, but of bones taken
from amputated legs and hands.
We must not omit from this list of
! strange jewelry yet another necklace pos
sessing a decidedly human interest. The
necklace in question was exhibited at the
Chicago Exposition, and is, we believe
the property of a Chicago merchants
wife 1t consists of three rows of human
eyes in a perfect state or Preservation
they were contributed by a number of
Peruvian mummies-pOlished and mounted
in gold. They made a very striking but
somewhat CHASTITY ornament, and one that
doubtless enjoyed much popularity in the
era Of the early Britons.
Not very long ago an extraordinary set
of ornaments was seen by an English
traveller al a bride show in Russia. The
mother of the bride. being of an ingenious
turn of mind, presented her daughter with
a girde consisting of seventy-two silver
Der of ordinary spoons-let us hope, in
view Of the weight that they were tea
spoons-while fastened at the back, in the
form of a cross were a couple of silver
ladies'
The ordinary umbrella of the domestic
ha;stand can hardly be regarded as an ar
ticle of jewelry, but the parasol or UNI
f brela-it is difficult to decide which it is
that forms prominent feature of the
Sultan of Turkeys treasure room Is fully
/ qualified to be described as such. 1t is
of white silk, but it varies from the or
z binary umbrella by being embroidered
with gold threads wrought at intervals
with precious stones-the weather-bound
visitor who requested the loan of it would
probably be looked upon with suspicion
e The staff, it is averred, has not its equal
e in the world, which in itself justihes the
epithet unique consisting as it does Of
one long, straight piece Of coral.
) short time ago live tortoises of a
/ dwarf variety. their backs incrusted with
, jewels and tethered by a light gold chain.
were very popular as necklaces among
those Partisan ladies of fashion who
D could afford an average price of fl6 each
e for them.
Another fashion that speedily became
popular was The wearing by engaged
couples of a little piece of convex ivory
mounted in gold and set with precious
stones. pom the ivory miniature paint
{ er reproduced exactly one of the eyes of
4 the donor at least three sittings being re-
e quircd in order TO get the right expression
, and shade of the eye. In British New
Guinea the fashionable year as regards ma
' tive jeWelry consists of earrings made of
lizards tails, and cigarette holders car
o carried in the lobe Of the ear
e 1t is a moot point who possesses the
most expensive necklace Twenty-Five
[ thousand pounds is said to have been the
value Of the necklace worn by Miss Tyl-
=, ney-Long of Draycot Willis, when she
married Mr. William Pole Wellesley;
+ while Mrs. William Vanderbilts pearl
- necklace has been valued at eight times
=, that amount or nine times the value of
A., the necklace worn by the Princess Royal
now the Empress Frederick-upon her
. wedding day.
I The Countess Henckel possesses a neck
2 lace of pearls which is composed of three
Z historic necklaces. to-wit THE necklace
S of the Virgin of Atokha," bought for f12,-
b. 900 from a Spanish gentleman the second
r string was once owned by the ex-Queen of
Naples, and the third formed the Empress
Eugenie's famous state necklace. and is
b worth f2000O The necklace is now valued
e at 10000.
The only necklace of black diamonds in
q the world is the property of Miss Celia
, Wallace. Who. if We remember rightly.
4 once possessed a gown valued at fl0.0J0.
, The necklace is composed of fourteen uen-
cants hung on a fne platinum chain. Each
e pendant has a back diamond center. set
round by five white diamonds from South
81 Africa. The whole is valued at $4,000.