The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
EARRINGS ARE "rNo AGAIN.
Hence an English Journal Recites
 Their History

Their History
 London Globe. Y
 The threatened revival among young called Sf pi forth sss' distriss % s.snss Is denounced as a senseless and baroerlc practice. But earrings have never oiso out; they are stiil commonly worn py only tSat Sp ins fsson Saa dscrsec what was certain to be temporary abstinence Tn the case of their daughters. Is 1t the unna- tural though harmless operation oi ear
 Sfeth # the .aavsnced % "as opponenss of the GUS
 tom; or can 1t be the misfortune of their
 possessing ugly ears and ths dread ot
 not following the fashionf For 1t Is
 faSs snee tnds tse Ssssy of as ears
 they actuate the defects of badly formed
 ones. Earrings are just as much relics
 of barbarism as are rings, necklaces,
 and bracelets; but the feminine nature
 will have to undergo a very great change
 before the use of all or any Is discaFded.
 According to a Mohammedan legend. Sa.
 rah, being jealous of Hagar, decl9red
 been imbued in her bondmaid's blood.
 Then Abraham pierced Haears ears
 quickly. and drew. . rine through t, 70
 that Sarah was able to dip her hand in
 latter is g'Ya into o danser. From that ams 1t
 became custom among fwouen to wear
 cario1siy enough. the Book of Genesis the same people and to the same period. Among, the presents which Abraham servant carried with him when he went forth to take . wife unto Isaac, and | was golden earring Of half q shekel | weight" The practice of wearing ear | rings must have been a. common one
 with the Israelites while wanderins M | Golden Calf was fashioned by Aaron out | of gold earrings belonging to both sexes | FIT very long. period earrings were
 more or less peculiar to eastern nsuons' | ed the greatest contempt at the men oi the Oriental nations with whom they | came into contact wearing earrings, | Eventually the Greeks first and then the Romans adopted the custom. With the former. however. 1t was the result Of | misunderstanding. | The oracle of Apollo having declared
 that If they wished to have good citizens, precious into the ears of their children. | misunderstanding the gods meaning. they l pierced the children's ears and adorned them with gold. With the Romans the
 fashion owed its origin. to feminine. van | ity: and in the luxurious days Of the | empire fabulous prices were. given Tor | these useless ornaments. so that N was
 said of Roman mNtrons that tney otten a l ears. One young aristocrat, oy name Gaiba. stole and pledged one of his | mothers earrings, end with the proceeds
 Europe. Of course, the most costly and l celebrated earring on record is that ok | Cleopatra, which contained a pear val | ued at 10000 sesterces, or nearly EtV.v1 l vinegar and swallowed at the bafidquet | gives to Antony. in order to Win the wager that it was possible for meal to l cost such an enormous sum. Both tns txN. ~A AAAA | affected earrings. but with the Romans the practice was confined to the no bles.
 The Danes are generally credited with country. On several occasions, when the | sinews of war were at low ebb. the pan l ish women came to the assistance or their ' men folk by yielding up these ornaments was ransomed from this source. That ! the Saxons, who, doubtless, initiated the | Danes, were extremely fond of earrings.
 Is proved by the fact that saxon ! law expressly enjoined that earrings
 and necklaces should, at mothers | death, fall to the lot of the daughter. After the tenth century, however, the 1 fashion seems to have declined through | out Europe, and earrings are neither found in graves nor seen in paintings or sculptures. The wearing of them was re- introduced into England In the sixteenth century. and stubbs. writing in the time or queen EuShoStH, says AuS WS.sASse are not ashamed to make holes in their ears. whereat they hang rings and other jewels of gold and precious stones. But what would Stubbs have said If he had lived to see men thus adorning them selves, which became the vogue shortly afterward7 For example. in the famous Chandos portrait, Shakespeare Is depict ed with earrings; while If one closely bIes of the day, 1t will be found that many of them are wearing left earring only usually a pearl Tn the seventeenth century earrings were no longer worn