The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
MORE JEWELRY WORN BY MEN
N ENGLAND THE a STOW ~
RAPIDLY GAINING GROUND.
Attention Gated 10 the Fac, b, the Theft
az JcwrIr, worth 10000 or More
Prom the Marquis of >nrl-sr, -'osi-
u Ornanle - Worn I nder The Clothing

SEscfg! AZ psfpfffh % INV NiN
InSpox, Oct : Wnen IL was first re-
ported that the jewelry stolen from the
Young Marquis ~ Angle-cy by one OF his
,hrac Wallets was worth f2n.Ooo many peopl"
thought ihat this Wa an cNngg"railon
When, however. the Marquis testified
a. the Police Court II vas proved that u
was. IL anything. an underestimate lie
declared that the value OF the Jewelry
was between cJo,ro and Coos while
/. number of scatterri tHfcs under the
bel were worth a few Thousand pounds
more
Like many others. Magistrate Plowvicn
wondcred why a young man travelling
alone should carry such an enormous
amount of costly ~jcwclry. and he asked
the natural question a. 10 whether " was
all for mac line wear The Marquis
gave an Affirmative answer
This drew attention to the question A.
10 the extent 81 the 81 wearing Jew
slry which prevails among tnglIshin"n.
II has been supposed thst anything con-
spicupu ms In wearing APPAREL 81 J"welry
was, above everything, To bc avoided by
q well-drrs-rd gentleman. but a change
seems Ia have come about In at beast one
Of the circles Of male society IN England
II has long been known that KIM I'd
wnrd OCCASIONALLY wear a hangl" IN hts
wrist. The late Duke Of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha wore a heavy gold curb bracelet for
years before his death, and even that hard
headed criminal lawyer. Henry Hawkins.
now Lord Brampton, u=ed To wear brace
lets while sitting on the bench. The occa-
sional bracelet wearer. however. has b-cn
regarded a. a harmless exception to a
healthy rule. Nov. however. n the West
find jex ellers are to be believed the Gus
tom Of wearing iewelry Of all kinds IL rap
idly gaining ground in England, ESPECIALLY
among what IL generally termed A. the
upper clas-s~
Tho Daily Ne0s sont n reporter to inquire
al a nuraicr of the best known jewellers OF
the we~, End In regard To this matter with
the following results
He found the allegation perfectly well
founded, and In tho course Of he lnve-ti-
CATIONS he discovered that not only are
men more prone to wear lcWelrv nowadays,
such n pins. tie-clip~, Fasteners shirt
studs and ~-olitaire~. not 20 mention for the
moment more specifically finger rings. but
In many cases they arc addicted Ia III" habit
al wearing curious and costly articles OF
~jewelry. such a. snakes and ~ forth around
u cir arm. waists and legs hencath their
ordinary clothing The manasrr Of the
largest and best known iewelry concern
in London In discussing this suhiect do
scrihcd men who wear this class Of j~cwelry
n NAL. eNuticS He said HE firm never
manufactures these articles. They knew
all alsou, them. however. 49, thew had t-."u
offered them for sale. They were made
usually In Paris. Vienna. 81 Petersburg
anil Moscow The Russian output was
extremely beautiful and showed superb
workmanship
One j~cweller j. quoted n saving Quite
q large number of men nov wear a curb
bracolc, ~ a token Of l%'rothal' Another
one say- Men nowadays paw far NOR
for -caIfplns. nc, for Ordinary wear thai.
was ever known h~for. Many wear two
pairs ~ link for their shirt cuf-' Another
jeweller says \ have rccntly analyDI
nv business accounts and nud that for
every half do1n finger ting ! ~oh two
year, ago ! have nov Sold tea 81 eleven
but what h spout by thc male who adur1~
himself Va w-iri i~cNclrv. winch Is not >''cti
by Ai.v one clsc. | regard a. the most "a
traordinary .shihitt.g of IN" vogue So
oAnNl -mAri mepsrr wearing cnsilN l~rWclloi
hliton, on their evening waisiouai~. art
.norinuu- suns arr c~,n-iantly pad for
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