Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
ODD NEW BROOCHES
ENAMELS, QUEER METALS AND
STONES FAVORED NOW.
Pebbles and Quaint Egyptian Wings
and Animal Heads Are
Used as Settings.

Written for The Evening Star.
Odd, unconventional designs in metal and
enamel brooches have taken possession OF
feminine fancy. Where last year in the
less expensive brooches for stock and
shirt-waist fastenings were offered plain
ovals in imitation turquoise surrounded by
a frame Of gold or imitation copper, this
year the most amazing studies from real
life appear on the jewelry counters of de-
partment stores.
1t is not enough for the American woman
to have a dainty little brooch of pearls or
diamonds which she wears with her best
frocks and her real laces, but she must
have some odd pieces of jewelry, inexpen-
sive, yet characteristic of herself and har-
monizing with the rest of her costume.
This year she will wear large metal
beetles, heads of the quadrupeds carved in
gold, Egyptian wings, crystals and dragons
in every imaginable contortion, and all
these set off by rhinestones, imitation opals
and amethysts, cats eyes, the Scotch peb-
BILE in its reds and puppies and last but
decidedly not least. the all-pervading pea
cock eye.
Belt pins made splendidy strong. and
about four inches long, show one huge
dragon fly, a darning needle or a pair of
Egyptian wings. The bodies of the flies
are of rhinestones or opals, with perhaps
tiny pearl in the wings. In one exclusive
shop the bodies are of Scotch pebble. which
polishes into the prettieSt kind of brick
red stone with stripes of white, or a deep
purple stone with sparkles of gold The
Egyptian wings are attached TO a long
opal. below which on each side is row Of
rhnestones. The latter are especially brill
liant against the gun metal.
AS if carved from Il nugget CT gold an
inch in diameter, animal heads. The
elephant, with his cured trunk and ruby
eyes. the lion with slightly parted jaws.
the hunting and greyhound, the Irish set
ter, the snarling bull dog and the know
chi fAxx
very realistic and are made with good.
strong pins
Half globe of crystal. cut or plain.
gives the effect of glass ball. and has a
snake coiled around ii or lizard crawling
over it. Everything creeping or writhing
has its counterpart in inexpensive jewelry,
and very realistic they are, too. Beetles
and spiders chameleons. lizards and
snakes everything that a woman shudders
to touch when IL is alive she VIII be pin
ming into her collar and belt this winter.
To fasten the dainty laces and ribbons
for the neck, swallows small and in flight
and various forms of flies and butterflies
are used. The swallows have wings of i'm
itation opal in blue and the body is in
white The butterflies wings are in varie-
gated enamel or opalescent porcelain with
rhinestone bodies. One peacock feIther in
green and blue has a peacock eye among
the fronds at the tip. A single peacock
eye the size of a shilling, and the same
size in cut amethyst or crystal have gold
snakes coiled around them.
Oriental gold filgree is sprinkled with
tiny stones in different pale shades which
are focused in one brilliant stone. This
same filigree with vivid stones in greens
and blues and reds is made into the old
fashioned long brooch with flower in the
center and is known as Egyptian jeweiry.
DANGERS on brooches are still In evidence.
though not so generally, the latest idea De-
ing wee gold tassel holding a tiny pearl
In real jewelry localized girls heads set In
q crescent or horseshoe Of pearls or Ola
monds is the newest design.