Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-04
COST OF BON BON BOXES.
Society Women of New York Lavish
Wealth on Them.

When a man was sentenced the
other day to four years Imprisonment
( for ROOFING Mrs. timothy Woodruff of
gold bracelet watch valued at $40
and a bonbon box valued at $3.50.
many people, not thoroughly acuuaint-
ed with the fads of the wealthy
women of today, were amazed at the
apparently disproportionate value set
on the later article. A bonbon box,
tiny thing to be carried in a small
bag or worn on a chain costing as
much as watch, may seem absurd,
but for the woman who delights in
pretty, dainty accessories in dress,
S16O is not large sum to put into
such a toy.
A visit to jewelers. store will
show that of two or three gold bon
bon toxes taken at random from the
case the price will range from $145 to
$165, and these are simple little affairs
without jewel. They are handmade.
of a fine quality rose gold, in an at
tractive design and heavy, but com.
paratively commonplace in the eyes
of the jeweler. A box of crystal with
gold top, which is shown in one
such store, has a round cut emerald
in the center, surrounded by
diamonds, and with a few smaller
diamonds set here and there around.
1t cost between $500 and $500, and
neither is this one of the most ex-
pensive boxes. When jewels get into
the boxes the prices run up quickly
into four figures, and as a matter of
fact $1,000 is not an unusual sum for
wealthy woman to pay for a trinket
of this kind.
A number of bonbon Loxes which
were made and put into stock by one
of the best jewellers in the city had
what the jeweler says, mo jewels to
speak Of upon them, and they SOLD
readily for $500 each. They were
handmade, of fine gold, and had few
small diamonds scattered over the top.
1t is not always the intrinsic value
of gold and jewels for which a woman
pays. A jeweler who devotes his at
tention to what is known as "art"
work say that wealthy woman will
at any time pay 5000 more willingly
for an original idea than for a more
costly gem set in a conventional man.
ner. New York women have gone
beyond the stage OF appreciation of
anything simply because of it's money
value. There are too many people of
wealth. AS far as money is con-
cerned, there is practically no limit to
their acquisitions, but original ideas
are not always to be had on demand.
and the woman who can get some
thing new and beautiful or ugly and
quaint-anything different from her
neighl or's-is glad to pay well for it.
For the more original and expensive
bonbon dishes the designs are always
made for the individual and not
duplicated.
The jewels may not always be new.
The New York society woman pos
sesses quantities of jewels which are
a part of her equipment in matters or
dress, and they appear in many
different guises. She is constantly
having them reset in different forms,
and the diamond which may be worn
in necklace one day as likely as not
will later be worn dangling on her
lorgnete or chatelaine chain, or she
may daily with it in her small wrist
bag set in bonbon box. "If," as the
jeweler says, you put $500 diamond
into a bonbon box it is not difficult
to bring the price as a whole up to
! 81 900, New York Times.