The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-14

would spend the better part of every
morning flirting powder clouds on
madame's hair as the valet of Kaunitz
did for the prince? Wear a wig?
Never! If the artist could suggest no
better alternative to turning one's
boudoir into flour mill than that, he
might spare himself the trouble. Mrs.
Belmont was gracious-she always isl
but the uptake of the parley was that
she shouldn't couldn't and wouldn't
appear at Newport hop nor in the
Metropolitan looking as if she had
stepped out of the period of Louis
Seize. So the coiffeur retired to try
his wiles on more plastic matrons.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Rocker
have had such a brilliant summer in
Newport that it is expected. they will
follow up their social success in town
this winter and contribute conspicu-
ously to the winters gayety. Mrs.
Rocker is a charming hostess and will
be a welcome addition to the list of
hoSpitable young society matrons. Mrs.
Henry S. Redmond will also entertain
probably more than ever this winter.
She is now in Newport with her hus-
band. When they leave there they
will go to their cottage in Tuxedo for
the autumn.
London is sponsor for class OF
ornaments known in Belgravia as holt
day jewels. Already the idea has
spread to the provinces, and it is gain
ing ground here. Instead of being un-
usually costly, as the term might sug..
gest, holiday jewels are of secondary
value, most of them being only semi
precious stones, which, if lost, will not
largely deplete the family treasury re-
CQrE a mic 1o 1rvi ,a1s -, L.
malachite, coral, crystal and sardonyx
are used for belts and neckbands,
bracelets and throatpins, even for
purses, by the woman who fares
abroad for anything from week enc
to a fortnight or more. Mrs. John
Jacob Aston in the last few weeks has
made many purchases in that line anG
seldom wears her rarer gems at house
parties. Several of the settings in
are barbaric in splendor, yet not worth
1.-THE of her less pretentious orna-
mentS. Fashion DEGREES the most con-
sentative woman may be as mag.
nificent as she likes in country houses,
provided only the jewels are worth
much less than those she wears on
state occasions. In view of the New
port robberies, the Innovation is well
coined even by the wives of the ultra
wealthy. Besides, such ornaments are
far less tempting to Marie and Fifine.
It's such q comfort to know one may
trust ones maid not to disappear with
expensive gems that are safe at the
bankers.
Beauty's throat again is bowed be-
meath Queen Alexandra's yoke, for
since the accession of Edward the
Much Beloved his popular consort.s
fondness for the necklace steadily has
increased its influence over the minds
of kirtled courtiers this side the water.
Madame today must have her swan
like loneliness swathed in broad band
ages of precious stones. Necklaces
they may be called, but belts for the
throat would be more to the point.
Sparkling like Orion's, the gems crowd
in arti-colored glory below chins
dimpled or double, their blended blaze
. flashing like kaleidoscope as the
wearer bends or straightens her colum>
mar whiteness. Madame who car
+ fiaunts loops on loops of lapis lazuli,
topazes, tournalineS, New Zealand
greenstones or rarer gems;s madame
who cannot contents herself with bands
of coiored stones-not the sort one
loses in Newport-mounteds on deep
widths of sable velvet. For the for
tunate, gold throat bands studded with
diamonds or silvery backgrounds al
most buried in pearls are the mode.
She who has purse instead of a
check book buys the make-believe'.
Jewels made up for wear and comforts
her with her own reflection and others
On her neighbours. The luckless Lass