The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
UMBRELLAS FANS.
Prime Novelties but share IIonOrs
With n New Rose Perfume.

Prime Novelties but share IonOrs
With "A New Rose Perfume.
New York Nov. 29.--The effete East
and notably Circassia has contributed
a number of delightful novelties to the
list of luxurious appointments in the
we'll dressed woman's toilet. Not the
richest carved ivory or jewel studded
art nouveau umbrella handles from
Paris command as much admiring at
tention this winter as those that are
imported from the land hitherto chiefly
famous for the good looks of its women.
These handles are of highly finished,
palm polished. dry cedar wood, into
which with consummate art and pa
tience tiny silver wire nails are driven
so that their small, flattened heads de-
scribe an intricate and graceful de-
sign.
Since time immemorial the peasants
of Circassfa have been decorating the
handles of their walking slaves, house
hold implements and even their field
and carpentering tools in this charm
Ing manner. Only recently an Eastern
traveller discovered the beauty and
utility of this delicate and artistic
work. and so keen has become the de-
mand for Circassian nail decoration
to London and Paris and New York on
the pay roll of firms who supply the
trade with novelties
Many of these men have never worn
other than a sheepskin coat all their
lives and like the rug weavers of Per-
STA and Turkey invent their designs as
they go along, without following any
fixed pattern. Only the Circassian who
has learned the art of driving in the
tiny silver wires from his father before
him knows how this feat can be ac-
complished with perfect precision and
finish, and though the cedar sUaffs when
complete are light of weight and del
icately fanciful of pattern, they are so
admirably treated that the decoration
will outlast half dozen generations.
When the Circassion has done his
work The STAFF Is then mounted In
taffeta that is treated with an oil prep
aration to render 1t more completely
waterproof, and the owners initials,
cut in Roman letters OF silver, are fast
eEed on at the base of the handle.
Besides the Circassian umbrella ham
dies we are being sent the most charm
ing little fans from Afghanistan. These
are small. with sticks of shell, of bone
stained brown or green or of the very
thinnest strips of pierced silver. The
mounting is done with breast fe lthers
of eastern birds, arranged In ornate
and oriental designs, and there is every
likelihood that cupids painted on
gauZe. spahgles and even point lace
fans will te mporarily at least disappear
before the importation from Afghan
iStan
To Lady Curzon of Kedleston is due
the credit OF bringing out q perfume
that is new in the west though long
known in the east. The perfume was
given the Vicerine Of India by a veal
thy Rajah, who wanted TO send the
Vicerene a souvenir 1t proved to be a
distillation from roses that is wholly
different from the oppressive altar of
rose. When the Rajah heard how
pleased Lady Curzon was with his gift
he promptly offered to christen the de-
licious compound the Vicerene and to
send her a vial of the precious liquid
every season. More than that even the
imperious Rajah could not send be-
cause an appalling number of roses
and an amazing amount of time is re-
quired in order to prepare a gill of the
stuff. Every body who has been treated
to a fleeting sniff at Lady Curzons
bottle of rose oil declares it worth all
the perfumes of Araby put together,
and as the perfume Is not on sale, the
most ridiculous prices have been of
fered for a few drops of 1t. Partisan
perfumes have brought out limitations
of the "Vicerene" that are of course not
to compare with the true liquid, small
quantity of which Lady Curzon has
sent to Queen Alexandra.