Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
FORTUNE IN GEMS.
Newest Jewels-What They Cost and
How They Are Worn.

From the London Mail.
The desire for jewels and the extrava-
gantly splendid displays now made by
women who delight in such manifesto
lions of wealth are two of the main char
acteristics of the power dress exercises
over women in this luxurious age.
A million soyereigns sounds like in
credibly huge hum of money to sink in
precious stones. but the gem caskets of
some of our great ladies represent that
value very closely and it is actually
touched in a few notable instances.
Quite moderately wealthy young mar
ried women do not consider their cata-
logue of jewels complete without two or
three tiaras, string OF pearls capable of
being measured by the yard, a stomacheI
brilliantly ablaze with gems, dog col
lar and numerous necklets, rings of vari-
Gus colors to match various gems, to say
nothing of aigrettes of diamonds brace
let's, brooches and little ornaments by the
hundred.
One single necklet of pearls-only a
string that closely clasps the throat-has
been known to cost f90,O 900; a tiara swal-
lows up any sum up to f2J, 900 and even
more when it contains practically price,
less stones; ones brooch may easily rep
resent $500. while stomacher can scarce
ly cost less. Hence to be bedizened in
gems that represent $1,000 is not a diff
ficult task for the woman who likes a
barbaric display and can afford to in
dulge her within.
The extravaganza this craving for gems
leads to is excused by some people on the
score that precious stones are sound in
vestment while the dealers in imitation
gems truthfully aver that it fosters their
trade. very quaint fashion from old
times is the agrafe of brilliants. an orna-
ment resembling a bow and bands of dia-
monds, duplicated many times so as to
trim dress from the decolletage to the
hem OF the skirt. The ornaments gradu-
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dress they are much larger than they are
at the waist, thereby producing a very
elegant effect. These necessarily are
rarely to be seen in real stones hut sets
OF them are being sought in old French
paste which produces as brilliant an eff
feet as real diamonds and can scarcely
be detected from them by the eyes OF
even experts.
Ornaments Of this caliber are found
upon quaint old world dresses. made with
the corsage pointe, and the full, simple
skirt OF bygone times. One ordered the
other day for a woman whose vogue is
the picturesque was made of cloud gray
satin and was quite untrimmed. save for
the agrafes and berthe and elbow
founces of rich old lace. Juliet nets of
diamonds and pearls are so much more
beautiful than those of colored stones
that they are likely to last longer than
the rest of their kind in the favor of the
wealthy woman. new net is made of
gold lattice work, fastened where the
lattice crosses with rosettes of diamonds.
and all around the edge festooped with a
ghttering fringe Of the same precious
stones.
Very lovely aigrettes, composed of pair
OF diamond leaves, the edges of which meet
in the center are being made purposely
to be worn with the Marie Stuart couture.
which dips In the center of the brow and
causes a semi-conventionaI ornament of
this kind to look unusually charming
The jewelers. have been very busy lately
inventing new ornaments or fresh ways
of wearing old ones. How to make use of
very long ropes of pearls, since it became
less fashionable than it was a few years
ago to wind them round and round the
throat, has been problem to the wealthy
possessor of such baubies that has at last
been answered A string of pearls twisted
twice around the throat and then Topped
In front on the low corsage. with fas-
Jennings here and there composed of jew
eled brooches. is, comparatively speaking.
an old tale. The latest adaptation of this
idea is to feStoon the jewels at the back
OF the corsage as well as in the front and
II the strings are here and there compos-
ed of Jeweled brooches, it is the utmost
magnificence. In some cases a complete
berthe of splendid gems is provided by
means of one long necklace of gems or
Two or three worn at the Same time