Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Leave Nature Alone.

AS a rule, lovely neck and shoulders
should be left to speak for themselves. Odd
ly enough, women with really fine necks
have the idea that by ornaments or trim
kets they increase, or, at least, call atten-
ton to. their beauty. -
rms is mistake. The gracious lines OF
the shoulders and the sweep from the ma ne
of the neck down the back are broken and
have their value lessened by a necklace.
However, if one must be worm let 1t be of
pearls for neck of alabaster Whiteness
One less clear in color should have rlbies
or sapphires as the most becoming stones
A swan throat is improved by a necklace.
but let 1T be a broad one. Consuelo OUCH
ess OF Marlborough, brought long or swan
threats into fashionable favor in London
with her famous pearl necklace of seven
strings buttoned at the back with seven
big diamonds. set on a band of gold ex-
actly four and one-fourth inches wide. So
lovely did her grace appear that every
smart woman in Mayfair longed to possess
throat like hers.
1t was the broad necklace that gave grace
and an ariStOcratfc bearing to the long
throat. If a narrow jeweIed band had been
worn. the effect would have been quite diff
ferent
When the bones at the base of the throat
are too intrusive. they may be coerced into
submission and concealment by a pendant
attached to the necklace
A short, thick neck Is improved bv a.
narrow band of jewels-black pearls. If one
has money to invest in such Injuries or a
black velvet band studded with rhinestones
is particularly pretty.
Nearly every woman believes that black
velvet band br1ghtens the beauty of her
neck, when in low corsage. Especially If It
be long and slender, does she insist unon
putting black velvet or a narrow necklace
about it, and thus she makes 1t look even
longer and more slender. The effect is to
make the neck appear longer and the face
thinner. It is the stout woman with a too
plump neck who may thus decorate her
self.
Earrings Emphasize.
Earrings are one of the jeweled orna-
ments that enhance woman's personal
beauty. for, If rightfully chosen, they en-
phasize the best points in hair, features
and complexion and lend light and color
to the face. e-,,a
A few years ago the wearing of ear
rings was stigmatized as barbarous Now
the majority of women consider them an
effective ornament
The solitaire pearl or diamond earring
will always remain the special treasure
of the woman so fortunate as to own a
good specimens. There are also manv val
liable and beautiful earrings set with other
precious stones and ingenuity will prob
ably evolve many more now that the orna-
ment has come In again.
Most becoming to a well shaped hea d
and good profile. are earrings combining
two gems-emeralds, and diamonds or tur-
quoise and diafnonds-set in what Is known
as the swing pattern, a style which gives
piquancy to pretty face.
The long. or pendant earring, is for the
woman with a short neck. The old-fash-
Toned long ornament now meets with a
smile of approval from fashionable folk
To the Princess Of Wales is ascribed the
credit OF restoring this form of earring
to its former high state.
One should not call attention to an I'M
shapely ear by any ornament, but the
owner of dainty seashell of an ear NAV
well set Off its charms by jeweled trfnk-
cry. A round, black pearl, for example
in invisible setting. is very charming but
don't wear it-don't wear any kind OF an
earring-when posing for photograph
what Is that lump on my carr" indig-
nantly demanded a pretty girl Of the pho
tographer, as she stood studying her
proofs.
"That-er-lump? Why. that Is your-er
diamond screw earring" stammered the
photographer. They always take that
way
Mrd1e and Chains.
A gemmed girdle encircling the waist
gives patrician air. It also defines OUT