Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
WOMAN'S LATEST FAD
THE PIN NOW REIGNS AS QUEEN
ON DRESSING TABLE.
In Every Color They Form q Most
Useful and Helpful
Article. !. -
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
Who suspected that the much de-
spised pin which holds her dress collar In
place and keeps her belt from slipping up
would become miladiS Wanted fad? But
that is exactly what his happened, and
from the masculine point Of view 1t Is the
most sensible fad which she has chosen in
many long year.
If there is one thing about woman that
annoys her men critics more than any other
1t is the appearance Of loose ends. imper-
fectly Joined bands and gaping discrepan-
cies about her clothes
Some wise man. who had as much of an
eye for business as for criticism, grasped
the situation. Notion and jewelry counters
We're flooded with sets of the prettiest pins
that fancy could wish for They did not
fail to catch the attention of the fair shop
per and when she questioned the price it
was amazingly low that she bought half
a dozen cards without a moments hesita-
ton. Neither was there mention Of having
them sent. She took no chances on their
being lost In delivery.
With innumerable dainty pins on her
dressing table. every one of which clasped
as securely as a safety pin, the collar never
failed to be fastened to the neckband The
safety pin at the back of the skirt Occa-
sionally when the buttonholes were not
worked in her new waist the pins were the
kind fairies that enabled her to wear it on
the next days jaunt.
one by one, however, the imitation pearls
and turquoise fell from their sockets She
made a special trip to the well-remembered
counter to replenish her supply, but the
cards were no longer thrown in heaps on
the glass shelf. The discerning business
man had won his point. Women could no
longer do without these handy aids to a
trim toilette. And though there We're no
cards on top of the glass shelf, the case
beneath was lined from end to end and
from top to bottom with sets of fancy pins
OF infinite variety for every conceivable
seam and juncture in woman's get-up.
This IS the history of the fancy stock PIN
and the Well-dressed woman now wonders
how she ever finished her toilette without
IT. 1t fastens on her sheer muslin and lace
cuffs. 1t holds the edges of the embroidered
collarette squarely together. 1t keeps
straps and suspender ribbons in just the
proper place on the shoulder. 1t catches up
the scolding locks. 1t closes the tiny gap
Ing of the bodice at the throat and tacks
the old-fashioned sleeve into a smart puff
for the evenings party. In fact. 1t does
for the American woman what the common
pin does for the perfectly attired women of
Paris. 1t holds this ribbon and that fold in
Just the right position to give an inimtably
chic effect
But miladi does not choose these pins
merely with view to usefulness. She Sc
lects designs and settings that please her
and then makes them exclusively her own.
Ono woman has only bars inlaid with tiny
seed pearls. Every length of pin, from the
automobile hat pin to the very wee ably
pin, well as the adjustable support for
thin collars, is band of pearls.
Another woman has large pins set with
tiny marguerites with gold centers. The
stick and clasp pins belonging to the set
are headed by irregular water pearls. Cres-
cents or horseshoes of rhinestones make up
some of the sets. while others contain only
turquoise coral.
One of the most unique designs is a row
of amcthystS or emeralds in old IA shioned
oval gold settings In some cases just },
stone in oval setting percheS on the end of
bar of rhlneStoneS. An eccentric girl
with substantial bank account has ordi-
nary safety pins only, but they are of solid
gold.
Whatever the particular fad, the woman
of 1905 owes her extremely tidy appearance
TO the fancy pins, and 1t has the added at
traction of being within the reach of the
humbleSt as well as the buging purse.