The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

10 the piggeSt 1eWelry store IN Town anu
there she showed me a really. truly aqua
marine. Want to know about II?
Well. it's a semiprecious stone. quarried
mainly in Russia, and usually a pale blue
in color. with slight streaks or flashes Of
palest green. giving the name OF yea
water" TO 1t. The resemblance IS by no
means forced. either. as the stone really
looks like a bit OF CONCEALED Atlantic. It's
] value depends entirely on the size. the
cut and the b%rilliancy Of the stone. and,
"a you may imagine. varies much
The only one in town. which IS at the
aforesaid shop. is a great beauty and very
rare. In size # is as big as a quarter
dollar. cut heart-shaped. and of extraordt-
nary brilliancy. II is mounted In a mag
nihcent pendant. as the center stone II
surrounded by diamonds and whole pearls
and Is perhaps n Of the most admired
! baubles in the shop at present The aqua
marine itself-this one In the PENDANTS
worth about soc.
By the way, tho lapidary who told US
all about It also said that aqua marines
were not new stones by any means. but
were lately having a great vogue and
highly priced by gem connoi.seurs II they
were fine specimens.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Willard Teasiaie
have had a housefuI OF Worlds Fair Wis
TORS all the past week and will continue
In that household condition until the Fair
ends. Mrs. Caroline Tell. aunt of Mrs.
Teasdale. n Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bieler,
all of Dubuque. have been those most re-
Gently at the Teasdale residence.
Noting a disturbed and worried express
sion on the erstwhile placid countenance
Of my Delmar boulevard friend, as We met
the other morning in Union Market. I said:
Anything gone wrong?"
Rather" was the reply. hi morn
ing my cook delivered an ultimatum! Just
listen while I tell o what 1t was"
She came in after breakfast, stood IN
the doorway with her head cooked on one
side. and remarked: Mrs. Delmar. begin
ming next Monday morning. I shalI leave
each day for the Fair at $40 during the
month of October. and return every after
noon at $50. except on Wednesdays, when
L shall remain at home to assist with the
ironing"
Was that aIi:'
"oh. yes. that was all she said"
Speaking Of things in a 1eweled way, re-
minds me that each Yelled Prophets hall
always brings to view some nne old heir
loom gems. usually set In d and antique
styles. I Jaw Mrs. Rufus Lakeland Caro-
line Newman) with a perfect peach of a
necklace Tuesday night. 1t was years and
years old. she tells me. and q belonged
to the Newman family for many genera
tons. The Jewels were all pink topaxes,
which are quite rare and lovely stones.
with much fire about them. quite as much
as opalaL They were set In old silver. the
topazes hanging in many little pendants
from a dog collar. Another young wom-
an. whose name I don't remember. wore
some antique ~carbuncles. set IN Roman
gold. They were in many different pieces.
several round brooches. which trimmed
her decolletaEe, q heavy piece. which was
worn attached to q black velvet collar,
and an ornament for the hair.
No finer gown was worn at the ball than
Mrs. Francis A. Carts exquisite pale
green Chinese crepe, covered with white
water-lilies, and their foliage. Tho en-
broidery was ell Chinese. n I suspect
the robe wa a gift from her sister-in-law,
Miss Kate Carl, who accompanied her
party to tho ball. Mrs. Byron Nugent
wore one of the best-looking spangled
gowns, the white net covered with silver
and picked out in blue satin ribbon now-
ers In sprays
Miss Adele Hart wore a charming gold
spangied gown, mad very much q Ia
Paris.enne, with q dainty little half-bodice
arrangement of tiny white turNe frillinss.
Mrs. Victor Clement Of Salt Lake City
and South Africa. who came with Mrs.
Charles Hoyle's party, had on q stunning
ivory white soft silk. Of a new weave.
The dress was made without a bit Of lace
and trimmed entirely in q garniture Of the
coutouriere's own designing, small silk
petals overlapping. These covered tho
bodice sides. and further trimmed the
flowing skirt. Mrs. Clements jewels were
regal. a gorgeous necklace Of very largo
stones. these pendant from smaller o
that encircled the throat; some large
crescents and a corsage piece that was
five or six inches in diameter. A spray
for the hair of diamonds fastened to q
white aigrette made her display Of Jewels
ono Of the finest seen In town IN many
years. Mrs. Clement lost her handsome
japanese evening cloak in the dressing
room and was forced to hurry out to the