The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
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Jcyyctry Novelties.
 There is such a craze for amethyst iewelry just now that there has fairiy been a run on 1t, and some 1eWeiers find 1t hard to supply their customers. First and foremost comes the heart or amethyst set in gun metal or in thin gold. It may be worn either on thin gold chain or on a rope of pearls On the latter it seemed very effective with a silk gown of delicate amethyst tint ed silk and point d'esprit. Jewelry nowadays must match the costume or else be hopelessly out of date. The amethyst cross of large proportions IS | also worn, and so is the little necklace of amethyst beads which Is particu- lariy fetching with white Muslin gown.
 Another jewelry novelty is pink stone somewhat in the order of pink sapphire. It is. of course. an imita- ton, but when encircied with pearls
 and used as a pendant 1t Is very smart. Flat necklaces set with tiny flat stones connected by slender gold chains are the latest for coliarless gowns. They may be obtained for two or three dollars each. The collarless gowns, by the way. in spite of all pre- dictions to the contrary, still seem to be much worn during the hot wealth CT.
 Up here in the mountains we have not so much use for muslins, which are apt to become limp and sticky
 with dampness. The dress that scores
 is the voile gown made up airily like a muslin. You tsn't soil voile gown. It bobs up sereneIy like u cork. Damp | ness won't hurt it. cold won't make 1t look mean and. If made properly, hot weather won't even make it look out
 of place. A good example of this is a pink voile worn by one of the smartest
 of the younger set here.
 It is made collarless with a yoke of crisscrossed, dyed valenciennes lace over a lining of pale pink chiffon. There Is a shallow bertha of dyed lace medallions giving a low bust effect The sleeves are composed of three ruff fles inserted airily with dyed valen- ciepnes and looped up In front to show the roundness of the arm. The inner ruffie Is of plaited pale pink chiffon. The skirt is tucked lengthwise, and between the tucks there is stripping of the dyed lace. The bottom Is finish ed by three bias folds. The very wide belt of pink taffeta is shirred back and front over a boned foundation. Now. such costume may be worn on almost any evening during the year and Is therefore most useful The girl wears 1t with a big pink bow in her hair, which is dressed low in the charming fashion.
 Already the corduroy fall costumes
 are being seen at these mountain re-
 sorts. and one worn the other day
 when it was rather cool was of dark
 green with a mannish white pique vest
 trimmed with little silver buttons. The
 loose coat was partly held fin at the
 back with a belt of suede kid of ex-
 actly that tint of gray which matched
 the silver. With this was worn a dain-
 y pair of gray buckskin ties and a
 gray felt hat trimmed with metallic
 green plumage. Such a costume was
 particularly smart with the back
 ground of the green woods.
 Golf on the Wane.
 Golf. I think. is losing its populari-
 ty, and will probably go the way of
 the bicycle. On the contrary tennis is
 reviving, and the ever patient motor car climbs over hills and perfectly aw- full Adirondack roads with calm un- concern. It is often run by the up to date girl. hatless and confident, for can she not run the machine as we'll as her brother and does she not understand its mechanism as surely as the chauf- feur. even to the extent of lifting the | cover of the machine and getting down | at the works? The automobile is cer- tainly the best toy invented so far. and, what Is better still, 1t is getting cheaper every day. so that by and by even the wage earning girl may have one to run to and fro from her work, let us hope.
 Most decidedly the world Is getting to be nicer place for women. For my part, I am only sorry I couldn't have waited a little longer to live, be- cause things are going to be so much | fairer and better even than they are now.