The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17
Care of Jewels.

Women a certain jeWeler declares. IL
treat their rings to about the same ex-
tent that they do their watches. and are,
therefore. really ut 10 possess neither
OF course. 1t doesn5t injure ring to
put it on a cold marble slab at night.
nor 10 drop II occasionally TO the brick
pavement. but it does ruin the setting
Of the jewels. he says, 10 have a tight
glove pulled on over them Yet there IS
hardly a member of the sex. unless she
wears SO many finger ornaments that
it's impossible to get a glove over them.
who does not subject them to such Sc
we're treatmentsand wonders and mourns
when she loses a stone she values
One young woman always ties her
rings up in the corner Of her handker-
chief when she puts on her gloves, and
then tucks her handkerchief up her
sleeve, and she considered this a very
good way until she lost the mouchoir
with its contents Of four the other day,
when she began to believe she'd been a
little LhGughtless with her trea sureS.
1t is said by the porters of sleeping
cars and the matrons of the various
public places. however. that fewer rings
are left now on washstandS than was
the case a few years ago. and this is
womankind seems to have made it a
rule to keep such ornaments in their
mouths while they battle their hands
a woman with a mOuthful OF jewels
ISM a beautiful sight. but she's an il
lustration Of a certain sort of care, and
it is a very refreshing one. when one
CONSIDERS the uUnEGE VINO are forever
having 10 advertise some valuable mis-
laid through their own earelessness-
The New Pocketbook.
The newest pocketbools or purses are
small and dainty They are made Of
reindeer skin and come in four shades,
castor, French automobile. silver gray
and black They are imported and ara
decorations
They are obIong in shape. not more
than four inches in length. and are a
great deal ike a card case. with the flap
folding over almost all OF one side. This
flap is fastened by a 5eWeIed stud. On
the colOred purses the Jewels are tur-
quols- sapphires and rubies. On black
ones which are probably one of the
the season, the stud is set with moon
stone
Another new purse is carried on the
arm by a silver or gold chain about ten
inches long. 1t is much larger than the
purses just mentioned, and is fastened
by clasp in the form OF two snakes Of
French rhinsstones with emerald eyes
These purses are roOmy and convenient
10 carry when shopping.
The opera bag is one Of the most con-
venient novelties Of the season It comes
in castor or black and is made of the
reindeer skin It hangs on a chain and
has a clasp like a Pocketbook Inside
In separate compartments are card case,
coin case. opera glasses and vinaigrette.
Then there is the opera bag which
really IS a bag. 1t is made Of reindeer
skin. comes in an exquisite shade Of Law
endHr. gray. castor and black The Law
enders are embroidered and have Law
ender ribbons to hang from the arm
The grays are embroidered in cut steel
beads and the castor in gold They are
all dainty and beautiful
Some Of the new pocketbOoks have
tiny gold chains about three inches long
dangling from one end of them Some of
the chains are Jeweled- which makes the
pOcketbook rather an expensive little
commodity. The black ones with the
gold and pearl chains are extremely
pretty WalrUs skin is used extensively
for all leather goods this year. especial
" when mounted with gold.