The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13

taste allows does not seem approprl-
ate. For man who sits all day IN his
office there is less evident improperly
IN 50 much iewelry The men who IN
Iuloe their taste in this particular
are usually men whose occupation
never carries them further downtown
than 23rd street.
There has been Il great demand
.}uring recent Years for antique rings.
providing that they have some real
value. They must be worn, Of course.
with appropriate modern rings, and II
more than one Old ring is worn the
two must harmonize. These old rings
contrasted with obviously new and
modern rings do not make happy
combination.
For evening wear most men prefer
pearl studs and nothing is handsomer.
Most New Workers wear two pearls III
the shirt bosom. These should not be
too large. even if their owner IS a
multi-millionaire. The. Oriental and
not the 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 men 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 waistcoat matching the studs
that there is tendency to have both
the sleeve links and the walstcoat
buttons made Of pearls. Especially
has this appealed to men able to do
what they want without thinking OF
the price. But the correct buttons to
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 but
tons and the links. They are, of
course, unusually large for this pur-
pose.
Of great value but in questionable
taste is a set Of links and walstcoat
buttons shown by 9Th avenue jew
eller. They we're made Of large round
pearls, larger even than the pearls in
the studs. They cost in the thous-
ands.
Moon stone studs surrounded with
thin bands of gold have waistcoat but
tons and sleeve links to match. In
the colored stones these are so beau
tiful that it is not difficult to under
stand why men are tempted to aban-
don the old standard of only black
and white and wear these buttons in
emeraIds, sapphires, rubies, turquolses
and amethysts and even coral and to-
paZes.
All these studs come trimmed with
slender bands of gold, the studs dit
ferine from the links and walstcoat
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 it is impossible to keep them IN
the button holes. These shirts are not
starched and the buttons cannot be
made to hold, whatever may be done.
The shirtmaker who could contrive a
means by which these buttons could
be made to keep in place would prob
ably earn comfortable fortune from
the device.
In spite Of the danger Of losing
them, these colored buttons are worn
all summer at Newport, where the col
ors Of the stones are, Of course, made
to harmonic with the shirts mate
rial. .
Links for ordinary wear are seldom
made with precious stones. Occasion
ally one sees rubies, emeralds or sap
phires in sleeve links, but the cuff but
tons made in this country are general