The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-09
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ABSURD, but for the woman who de-
llghts in pretty dainty accessories in
oress, $3.50 is not a large sum TO nut
into such a toy.
a visit to a jewelers. store will show
that OF two or three gold bonbon boxes
taken at random from the case the
price VIII range from S145 to Sl65, and
tnese are simple little affairs without
jewel. They are handmade Of a fine
quality rose gold, in an attractive de-
sign and heavy, but comparatively
commonplace in the eyes of the Jew
eier. A box of crystal with a gold top,
Whlch is shown in one such store, has
round cut emerald in the center, sur
rounded by diamonds, and with a few
smaller diamonds set here and there
around. 1t costs between $500 and $500.
ana 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 a
wealthy woman to pay for trinket of
this kind.
A number of bonbon boxes which
were made and put into stock by one
OF the best jewelers. in the city had
what the jeweler says. mo jewels to
speak of, upon them, and they sold
readily for $500 each. They were hand
made, of fine gold, and had few
small diamonds scattered over the top.
1t is not always the intrinsic value
or gold and Jewels for which a woman
pays. jeweler who devotes his atten-
ton to what is known as art" work.
says that a wealthy woman will at any
Tune pay $500 more willingly for an
original idea than for a more costly
gem set in a conventional manner. New
York women have gone beyond the
stage of appreciation of anything SIM
ply because of its money value. There
are too many people of wealth. AS far
as money is concerned. there is prac-
tically no limit to their acquisitions.
but original ideas are not always to
be had on demand, and the woman
who can get something new and beau
f1ful or ugly and quaint-anything
different from her neighbor's-is glad
to pay well for 1t. For the more origi-
nal and expensive bonbon dishes the
designs are always made for the in
diVidual and not duplicated.
The jewels may not always be new.
The New York society woman possesses
quantities of jewels which are a part
or her equipment in matters of dress,
and they appear in MANY different
guises. She is constantly having them
reset in different forms, and the dia-
mond which may be worn in a neck
lace one day as likely as not will later
be worn dangling on her lorgnette or
chatelaine chain, or she may daily with
II in her small wrist bag set in bon
bon box. IF" as the jeweler says,
you put a ve-hundred- dollar dia-
mond into a bonbon box. it is not diff
ficult to bring the price as a whole up
to $1,000"
People who Enjoy Being Miserable.
How can anybody enjoy being miser-
able? asks the Cleveland Press
Men do, and so do women. They sur
round themselves with an atmosphere
of gloom. They hug trouble to their
breasts. They make mountains out of
molehills, and there are tears and
groans when there should be smiles.
Perhaps you have a cynic in your
employ. You can pick him out with
your eyes shut. He has the blues from
Monday morning till Saturday night
He will tell you that he always gets
the worst of it from everybody: that
his talent isn't recognized; that his gem
Jus is wasted: that he isn't getting
enough money; that there is no future
for hin-and lot of tommy-rot like
that.
After that comes the brooding stage.
Any man who broods over real or fan
cied wrongs is dangerous. He is not
sane, and he is also a mighty poor
workman, whether he is making hoe
handles or counting money in a bank.
He deliberately destroys his own eff
flciency and chance for success, and all
for the perilouS and questionable hap
piness of being miserable.