Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-14
THE BANGLED BRACELET.
It Has Died Out, but Bracelets Set in
Jewels Will Be Worn.

What article of jewelry will rage next
fall and winter" repeated a fashionable
Washington !eweier to a Star man this
morning. 1.-The bracelet, never entirely gone
out of fashion. will once more appeal TO
women's fancy as hard it will hit the
purses of their husbands and sweethearts.
The new bracelet will be jeweled. and all
man and woman kind may rejoice that the
bangled bracelet has died death from
which it is never to be resurrected. Brace
lets set in jewels are. of course. very costly.
but the real thing will be at once seized
upon by the makers of what is called
cheap jewelry, and after a few seasons a
new form of personal adornment will catch
the feminine eye, and ii will pass, have
other fads In the jeweiry line.
"A feature which win be found to be
pleasing in the jeweled bracelet will be
the many and diverse forms and settings,
and the use of all the different jewels
known to the jewelers. art. from the dia-
mond to the garnet. The designers are
already at work upon the new creations in
order to have them on the market for the
faH trade. l received a letter from our
correspondent in Paris a day or so ago, in
which he adverted to the novelty turned
out by the continental past masters at the
trade, and American women may look for
ward to some beautiful and unique de-
signs in the shops when they return from
their summer outing. There so many
different colored stones, and which vary so
in price, that it is possible to create de-
signs and arrangements of colorS and gems
that Will be irresistible TO those who have
the money to spend, while the cheaper
but nevertheless attractive stones will
answer for those who are not classed
among the wealthy. If a woman has a
pretty arm a jeweled bracelet sets its con-
tours off to perfection. and if her arm be
not rounded the bracelet lends an added
charm.
Necklaces set along the line of the Jew
eled bracelet Will be a BETTING accompani-
ment to the wrist adornment Pearls or
diamonds are the almost universal neck
faces worn now. but the mixed jeweled
circlet Will prove an agreeable change and
the possibilities of the jewelers. art are al
tings.
Speaking about fads for women In Jew
cry, continued the expert IT am re-
minded now the barette, or pin, which is
fastened In the back twist Of the hair has
lasted. For several seasons about every
woman you have met, from the rich to the
poor, has worn this rather pretty hair
piece, in all conceivable shapes and sizes
1t has been like the Panama hat for men.
ana ike the Panama hat, the fad will 1y
away some day and be forgotten.
II IS so with the thumb ring. Actresses
and some fashionable women have tried
to make the thumb ring a go and this
misplaced ornament has had somewhat of
a vogue. The wearing of a ring upon the
thumo' however. with eight fingers upon
winch rings may be Worn more sensibIy
ana TO better advantage has not appealed
to women who are apt to apply common
sense In the adjournment of their persons
py artlhcial means, while men have al
most universally sneered at the fashion as
pelng utterly inane. 1 have seen men
smilingly draw a check for a large sum
Tor flnger ring or a necklace and scowl
as from an attack of INDIGESTION when
thelr attention has been invited by their
better halves to "A real, sweet little ring
for the thumb Perhaps it is because wo-
men know that men inwardly ridicule the
pracuce, where they lack the courage to
openly condemn it, that accounts for the
reason why the thumb ring has not become
universal fad, and let us give thanks
III Is so with the little cane for women.
OF which. by the way, We sell many. but
which are seldom seen upon our streets.
TO the mind of most men a woman carry
Ing cane Is like the thought of a man
carrying parasol-the former is absolutely
unfeminine. The excuse advanced for the
rad that It gives a woman something to
carry in her hand is not accepted except
In contempt. Our sales prove that these
canes are purchased, but the fact they have
not become popular to parade with would
tend to confirm the thought that once a
woman gets one at home she realizes at
that home she should leave 1t when she
goes out for her afternoon STROLL"