The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-01
LUCK PIECES AGAIN IN FAVOR.
THE HOBBY or COLLECTING
CHARMS AND AMULETS.
Antique n Weird Little Carvings OF Rare
Material Are the Ones Most Sought
After The New Mania the Out growth
Both OF Taste and Superstition.

hIttT -bHt NfN NuU1H the OUtEfOMth
Both OF Taste and Superstition.
In this day Of trolley cars and automo.
biles. II IL small wonder that the public
has once more gone over TO charms and
amulets. The four-leaved clover and 'la
left hind foot Of a graveyard rabbit triol
To stem the tide OF accident that surge.
through modern life, but the task was Ton
great. Spell workers Of greater antiquity.
OF broader experience, were needed Isl,
and Horus. krishna the Preserver, the seven
household gods Of China and Japan, vera
all called into counsel and their cmh;..,,
now dangle from my lady's chain, or -
snugly In her purse, or in my lord'> po"l,'.
For a time the tiny beasts and birds and
other charms against evil influence vo,o
made only In gold and silver; and. -yon
now, the fashionable woman is usually
owner OF n collection of the small mascot.
Anything from a yak TO a guinea pIg may
be bought in minute gold or silver pr"-
sentiment; but The real lucky charm il mora
e~soteric and suggestive than the shining
little golden animals that are bought IA
accordance with ones natural history
prejudices rather than with ones krpwl-
edge Of things occult,
~ "OHldn ~ InttflN II NOW 'blF'IlilG
her lucky animals in jade, clnlccdor V,
lapis lazuli, agate. amber, crystal. coral
and a host OF semi-preciou- stones who-n
names sound like a paragraph from tia
Book of Revelations. One or two 81 ia
New York icwelry houses which cater 50
the very, latest fads, and, as n matter -
fact. often start tho fads. havc heWilder-
ing collections Of these new luck pieces
which are really the old luck pieces. Many
OF the little charms are carved in China,
Japan, India. Egypt. More are carved
here at home, after Oriental models. and
in accordance With Oriental symbolism.
jade in all its shades. from the dark
green Of the Russian jade to the apTlc
green and milky white Of Chinese Jade.
IL a prime f~avorite among luck stones.
II has sacred and powerful rreservatiyo
qualities in itself, and when carved IN
the form Of the sacred animals. ffUt or
symbols is warranted 10 save its price m
doctors bills within the year. There are
marvellously wrought half-inch figures
of Buddha in Jade, miniature lotos blooms.
elephants. cocks, cats. monkeys II"
sacred COW OF the Brahmins al 'Gfs sa,,v
decked in stones Of many colors and vita
II come a long procession Of HindCo arl-
mails and idols. The Egyptian scarab
il az plentiful as the locust of PhsraotS
time and the sacred crocodile. the hull
Apis. the hawk, are represented carved
from Egyptian stones, There are We"
mummics. too, in their stone cases. fitted
for a memento mon and other than a safe
guard for a frivolous owner.
Quails. lizards, frogs, rabbits, dogs, rigs,
h;rIa ~ III binds animals spnVpl md aDI-
mails profaae are among the luck pieces.
The corals are. according TO Italian ira
dition, IN infallible charm against the evil
eve. 30 coral charms vie IN popularity
with those more oriental in character.
Madame Rejane. the famous French a%ctr's-,
Is never without her bunch of coal charms.
but. with Ia Inconsistency deiiciouslv f'mirin"
she has them attached TO the opal ohairs
which. in spite OF the protests # super
~stitious friends, she wears constantly.
my corals,- she said laughingly to
who recently commented on her coral
charms, are for the evil eye. | wear them TO
annoy my opals'
Another French actress wears a bunch
Of charms. which she values highly and
which. although merely in gold, represent
more money than many more pretentiou-.
She Is q great lover Of animals and has a
number Of pets to which she l. devoted
Al one time or another almost all Of the~a
favorites have been immortalized IN brou7"
or marble, some OF the staluottes being
made by famou sculptors. When the
fad for animal charms came IN 'le
actress conceived the idea 81 having miniq-
lures copied from her collection Of s'a..-
cites. and now she carries. on long rhal'
Of cabochon stones. tiny golden portraits
Of her pete, past and present
IF one could but do a. much f1r 1na-
lovers. she saws With q sigh -Bu' siberia
are preiudices For me, ! find rne ma
cha rming but the men 81 yr,ror',ar
they object IT, q pity. i-n't ~
Ivory charms rival even Jade ana coral
in the affections u collectors am ul.v
women. who do not care Ia wear a mIl.H
,ure menagerie, arr enthusiasti,all, .
lectiug ivory bsasiie- ~ every kind
JAPANESE carN"fs turn out mNrlat- y
tho little hguras, wonderfully p'Th.r .
work manship AMI design, AMI our N'
NurA oUlan has, ~ n cabinet ual'
pressly fOT the purpu-~. aH ivory NJ
arr Ia which tiny IVORY animal Na
staidly. 100 by Two Tho owner I4.
ready thiUy-tNo pair - little IaH-
but ~" necessity 81 buying the r.'.
In palrr add 60 her dihicults 900 f.
~ lat slse sants. and ~" h. thr.af,I
have sums - h"r aniunals oars,i tI