Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
FOR ELEVENTH HOUR
PRETTY THINGS TO PICK UP AT
THE LAST MOMENT.
Rhinestones Around Miniatures Are
Stylish and Pleas
ing.

Written for The Star.
In the rush of Christmas shopping there
are always two friends who are
sure to be forgotten, necessitating at the
last moment hurried visit to the stores
in search of suitable gifts. When this is
the case. no more satisfactory presents can
be picked up hurriedly than modish orna-
ments in imitation jewelry. The vogue Is
at its height just now and semi-precious
trinkets are q girls most coveted possess
sions
A jeweled gift which never fails TO find
favor with feminine fancy is a hatpin, and
they are displayed in such wonderful vari-
ETY. that there is no excuse for choosing any
but pretty ones The very loveliest pins
are those with flower heads. the more ex-
pensive of which are wrought in glazed por-
celain delicately tinted.
For instance, the very thInnest white por-
celain shapes IN its perfection q fragile
iris bloom streaked with lavender An
other pin is In the form of a sweet pea
opening out to show a water pearl at It's
center. Stilb a third porcelain pin head
gives the effect of a scarlet beetle and
has markings and stripes Of black that
make 1t unusual as well as extremely stun
ming.
And while all the pretty hatpias are not
such works Of art as the above, even the
pins that sell as low as fifty cents and a
dollar have an artistic beauty that makes
them really charming present.
Bracelets Popular.
Another Christmas gift which every girl
Will welcome is a jeweIed bracelet or a
simple band of gold or silver that looks
so well on arms left bare by elbow sleeves
A revival of an old style of bracelet is one
Of platinum or silver In a wide bullying
band thickly studded with fine rhinestone
chips, that narrows into a thin plain tar
n lIn0pT Mnra
cious Is a chain bracelet from which Is
suspended a Jewel heart or small fantastic
ornament in gold or silver to match the
chain. Besides these two designs, there is
the very smartest effect of the season.
imitation stones In square cuttings inlaid
at intervals on plain gold bands.
In the way of novel brooches, the fad or
the Christmas season Is a miniature head.
In colors. Of some famous beauty sur
| rounded by circle OF the smallest rhine
stones. These miniatures can be had IN
all sizes from one to four inches In width.
They are also modish as belt buckles, In
which case the miniatures are compare
lively large and are surrounded by large
imitation stones usually of amethyst or
ruby colorings.
Large brooches in the shape of butter
flies are having an enormous vogue as
well. Many show wings st1immerlng with
variegated enamel and brilliant with rhine-
stone antennae. Others are simply butter
fly wings wrought in rose gold with or
without baroQue pearl at the center.
Pin Sets.
Sets of handy pins, which have come to
be a standard Christmas present because
OF their inescimabe value as a help In
dressing, are distinctive in old-fashioned
settings. Dull gold forms a line of round,
fiat grooves each of which holds semi
precious stone, amethysts alternating with
pearls, sapphires with topaz etc. Long
be-. pins are designed 10 match these and
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tlar settings.
Besides these smaller trinkets. what love-
Her gift can be found than one OF the
necklaces or lorgnette chains that are to
De had In such infinite variety? Short
chains for the neck 90 not seem to have
lost whit In popularity, though the new
est offerings are perhaps a little more dell
cate IN their makeup. An exceptionally
fetching design that is not ranked among
the costlier kind shows a plain filigree N
silver gilt winding In geometrical Grecian
border. Suspended between the links are
pear-shaped drops of pale-pink crystal.
For the longer chains, very large cut
tings OF jade or crystal are employed, and
no handsomer one has been seen than
muf chain of crystal globes at least half
an inch in diameter held together by gun
metal links an inch long The bar that
runs through the mum is also of gun metal,
and has crystal globes at either end.
Distinctly novelties among 5eweled trink-
cts for Christmas giving are a combination
coin and vanity case and a boa fastener.
The former Is a cy Hnder two inches in
length. of washed gold or silver, and holds
at its center smelling salts bottle sur
rounded by tiny pin cushion stuck with
fancy headed pins Of all colors. The cover
Of this contains a wee powder puff and
mirror. snap at the bottom reveals a
from long chains. The boa fastener is a
strong, snake-iike coil of gold ending IN a
large amethyst or emerald
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