The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04
HANS DISPLAY OF JEWELRY.
PEARLS THE SMARTEST OF GEMS
FOR HIN.
Used for Shirt Studs and Scarfpins -Limi-
tatlOns In Finger RinSs-The Gun
Links OF Good Taste-TcmptinE color
81 Schemes I'm Jewels Expensive Trines.

Schemes I'm Jewels Expensive Trines.
There is more j~ewelry than ever for men
20 wear, but it does not follow that all well
dressed men avail themselves Of the OPP
portunity to display what they are COM
monty expected to indulge in only mod
erately. What with the gold trapplngs
that are now made for a key chain, the gold
cigarette and card CAGES n the other
articles Of gold that are a regular part OF
dress, a man may invest a large sum OF
money In jewelry and look a very great
deal like a bounder.
On the other hand, he may spend a great
deal more money for j~ewelry, and yet be
dressed in perfect taste and modesty. Inc
man who wears too many rings, pins and
other Jewels is certain TO be noticed I'M
mediately. Women are the first, too, to
orihcise him among themselves for lack OF
taste. How often does one hear a woman
say:
'oh, yes; he's a nice fellow, but he
wears too many rings" .
4 The number of permissible jewels in good
taste Ia large enough now TO satisfy every
reasonable person, and a man may have
all he wants, 40 long al he is careful as to
the way he wears them. Take, for instance,
the subject Of rings.
A seal may always be worn. When 1t
"a gold or some kline of stone, It is per-
missible always on the third finger OF the
left hand, however numerous the rings on
the right hand may be.
On the third and the small finger Of the
right hand two or three rings may be worn,
90 long as they are of the appropriate
kinds. Carved gold or silver rings, rings
s Uith aYich afoDna oa a 1nhOChOm. EaDD6lre.
q cats eye, cornelian, an emerald or a ruby,
90 long as they are set down in the ring and
are thus made inconspicuous, are in good
taste.
It has frequently been questioned whet her
diamonds should be worn in rings at any
time. Some men do wear them, however,
and they are often men dressed in excellent
taste. They usually c%ontrive to have the
stone set down inco~nspicuously.
Old gold or gold so deeply covered as to
have almost the look of bronze is frequently
used for a diamond setting, to tone down
its excessive brilliancy. There are now
adays a number OF semi-precious stones
that are very effective and well bred In
mems rings.
The number of rings a man may wear
depends, of course, on the nature of his
occupation. To see busy men hustling
about downtown in the furry of business
with their fingers covered with as many
rings as good taste allows does not seem
appropriate. For a man who sits all day
in his office there is less evident improperly
In 30 much jewelry. The men who indulge
their taste in this particular are usually
men of leisure whose occupations never
garry themfurther downtown than Twenty
third street.
There has been a great demand during
recent years for antique rings, providing
that they AVE some real value. They
must be worn, of course, with appropriate
modern rings, and if more than one old
ring is worn the two must harmonic.
These old rings contrasted with obviously
new and modern rings do not make a happy
combination.
For evening wear most men prefer pearl
studs and nothing is handsomer. Most
New Workers. wear two pearls in the shirt
bosom. These should not be too large,
over IL their owner is a multimlllionaire.
The Oriental and not che barocque pearls
are, Of course, most in demand.
The single large pearl surrounded by
small diamonds is less frequently seen here
than in London, where this style is popular.
The best dressed New York NEIL prefer
two medium sized pearls of fine lustre. If
they want to spend money on their shirt
studs they put it into the quality Of the
pearls and not the size.
So many men wear buttons for their
waistooat matching the studs that there
Il q tendency to have both the sleeve links
and the waistooat buttons made Of pearls.
Especially has this appealed to men able
to do what they want to without thinking
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wear with pearls are made of mother Of
pearl.
Sometimes tiny diamonds may be put
into the middle of these buttons. These
are the best style for wear with white studs.
although barocque pearls are used also for
the waistcoat buttons and the links. They
are, OF course, unusually large for this pur-
pose.
OF great value but in questionable taste
Isa set of links and waistcoat buttons shown
by q Fifth avenue jeweller. They were
made OF large round pearls, larger even
than the pearls in the studs They cost
IN the thousands.
Moonstone studs SURF gu nded with thin
bands OF gold have waistcoat buttons and
sleeve links TO match. In the oolored stone
=, these are 30 beautiful that it is not difficult
70 understand why men are tempted to
abandon the old standard of only black
and white and wear these buttons in e m
eralds, sapphires, rubies, t%urquoises, anne
thysts and even coral and top azes.
All these studs come trimmed with slender
bands OF gold. the studs differing from the
links and waistcoat buttons only in size.
The links are usually made of oval stones.
These colored studs have often been
tried for soft summer negligee shirts, but
1t is impossible to keep them In the button
holes. These shirts are not starched and
the buttons cannot be made to hold, what
ever may be done. The shirtmaker who
could ~contrive a means by which these
buttons could be made to keep in place
would probably earn a comfortable for
tune from the device.
In spite of the danger Of losing them
these colored buttons are worn all summer
at Newport. where the colors of the stones
are, Of course, made to harmonize with
the ahirt'e material.