The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-03
BrJEwEnLED RNaLIsH1kEN.
Male "Exotics' Unseen 0sms-Ezr traordinary Vogue fors e New Fad In the New Ultra soo&ety.
London News.


 In the New Ultra socaety.
 London News.
 A recent and still pending case an the police courts, in which the under valet of certain peer is charged watn TOD ping his employer of a quantity s sI per eral thousand pounds, has caused atten- ton to be directed to the general aues- ton of the extent to which 1eweiry is Hcwn TSaa a s S. ns9... n Gns sssa sionally indulges him.sf by wearing 2 bangle on his wp4ht- The late Duke or axeN1Su said eTrS braoeIe, @ for Sssrs prevsoaS to his death and 1t was Lord Bpampton,s fancy when citing upeh the bench as Justice Hawkins to wear r Ss.te ssia q mnmDes f,. | and, of course. are cthees possibly as well known. but 1t wtu pevhaps ceme as surprise to readers of The Daily | Ing jeweiry is rapidly gaining greunn | among mon in England. The pxacdce Is net confined to any paFttcular class or or less affected. although the craze. for 1t cannot be correctly described az any thing else, has not as yet even in tho so firm a hold on the middle classes as 1t has upon what are so frequently term- ed the upper classes. sIs
 A Daily News representative spent sev- eral hours in the West End making in- quiries of nuEnbtr of the best-known | Jewellers with reference to what he chose, eerts.r!y in the earlier . . ssagsS, ,,s Of his in | creasing practice among men of wearing | jewelry. The eEegation he found to be perfectly well founded, and in the course | of his Ieanabulasd9ns discovered thaA not l only are men in easy circumstances more prone to wear jewelry nowadays. such as pins tie ossps and fasteners, shirt studs and solitares, not to mention for 1 the moment more specifically finger rings, | but in many cases are they addicted to | the habit of wearing curious and costly articles of jewelry,. such as snakes and | the like, around their arms, waistss necks and legs beneath their ordinary cIetn- | ing. of a S CT age n which is of more than usuaiiy difficult of explanation. The manager of possibly the largest and best known jewelry concern In London, discussing those men who go in for wearing this class of jewelry as male exotics." Per- haps "erotics'' would be the better clas- manufactursd any of these articles, but | they knew all about them, as they had 1 been offered to them foT sale These class, and had not, so far as he kpew, had the courage to ask for thAs kind of goods of dealers or manufacturers In England. They were. however, easslY Petersburg, or Moscow. Russian jeTVelrH he parentheticallY observed, was ex- tremely beautiful. and the workmanship
 But, apart from this startling statev
 ment with regard to men and theiN
 "erotic' jewelry. our representatives, tn-
 forn1anes spoke: their th is9finn eNSncfnancess es
 the rapidly increasing custom of men
 to wear jewelry-jewelry that is seen oa
 all, and used without cover or cloak.
 Quite. a large number ofr men now wear q plain curb bracelet as token of their betrothaL just as a lady wears an engagement ring. Three years ago Q man so adorned would be remarked upon as being singular. perhaps effeminate, In taste The war" said one of those with whom our representative converseds | has had a great deal to do with that. Many and many is the man upon whose wrist a chain bracelet was pressed by the girl he left behind him on the eve of his departure: This remark revived be-remembered scenes which took place in the gathering gloom of an autumn day there would be a little scene be- tween the lover and the lass by the ships Eide as the great transport. with 1 thPobbing steam, was ready to cast on | her moorings, and slip channelwards | weird and spectre-like, in the waning light of the fast-westering sun. and a gold chain would be snapped on the boys wrist. the little key turned in the dainty lock. and then tossed into South | ampton water. as one of those things which would never be wanted again. and were too sacred to keep lest mundane eyes should look upon them.
 Men will in these days. our represent
 ative was assured, pay more for the scarfpins. shirt studs, cuff links, watch
 guards. and soltaires. which they use ordinarily. than ever they were in the
 habit of doing previously A lot of peo-
 pie now wear two pairs of links in one
 pair of shirt cuffs-Cne at the top of the
 wristband and the other at the bottom.
 On the subject of finger rings, one gem
 tleman in a very large way of business
 as a jeweler said that he had recently
 made an analysis of his business accounts
 and had satisfied himself that for every
 half dozen finger rings he sold a couple
 of years ago he now disposed of ten or
 eleven. But" added this gentleman.
 what. apart from the exotic male who adorns himself with weird jewelry that Is unseen of any one else, what I regard as the most extraordinary vogue Is that
 which possesses so-caled smart men fo- W aaring costly jeweled buttons for | evening waistcoats. Enormous sums of money are constantly being paid for | them"
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