Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06
BOTH LUCKY AND ODD.

Trinkets That Women Love to own.
Written for The Star.
Midway between sentiment and super
stition lies a feminine trait which cher
ishes odd little trinkets that seem to bring
luck. That any jewelcd baubIe can posi-
Iy change the caprcious whlms of Dame
Fortune remains as always a shadowy
possibility That a pleasant memory at
tached to some small ornament can he
constantly recalled by the treasured trinket
Is without a doubt So with divided az
lection. women suII cling to the savage
luck charm as closely in 1906 as did their
barbaric sisters whose calender was the
setting sun.
1t is with the most up-to-date business
women that one finds the most novel truk-
luck ornaments and not the least fetching
of these is gold chain which never leaves
the neck of Il very pretty leading woman
in a favorite stock company. Caught be-
tween the delicate links at intervals of two
inches are all sorts of mi-preCious stones
as well as genuine gems.
Bach individual stone represents the gift
of some good friend who has been associated
with her in her stage career, and the chain
already holds twenty jewels well a
souvenir pendant gold and enamel brownie
with diamond eyes. The different stones In
clude a rare yellow diamond and topaz,
several oddly shaped water pearls and
clasping the chain at the back a large
square garnet of richest hue
Then there is very popular teacher,
who has been at the head of a shorthand
school for a number of years. Her luck
souvenir is a coin waist belt made entirely
of ten-cent pieces 1t was started by her
first class of girls. every one Of whom was
devoted to her When their term was over.
however, their very meagre pocketbOoks
would allow the majority of them 10 give
only ten cents apiece. So one of their menu
bers conceived the happy idea of having
the dimes joined in the form of a brace
let, and each girls initial was scratched
on Libertys cap.
AS class followed class, the idea took
root and the ten-link bracelet has grown
to q good sized waist belt with four rows
of coins. Some are thick and some are thin
and many bear hardly a resemblance to
the newly mlnted dime but they all carry
the initials of some young pupil to whom
the CHEEKY teacher an inspiration, and
the coins stand for everything in the world
to their owner. In fact so much a part of
her has the belt become that she never
thinks of going anywhere without it, and
she sleeps with 1t under her pillow at night.
In contrast to this luck charm of friend
ship is the luck trinket Of very attractive
young matron. Five years ago in reply to
her wedding invitation came a tiny white
KID box from a well-known jeweler. II
contained two beautiful fancy gold stock
pins each q perfect imitation of a peacock
feather. The card enclosed bore the name
of girl with whom she had the very
slightest acquaintance, but whom she knew
to have q liking for her future husband.
Undaunted, the bride-to-be Immediately
pinned one of these unlucky feathers on
her dress, and from that day to this she
has never been without one or the other
OF them fastened somewhere about her
costume Not long since when this very
happy matron received the wedding invi-
tation of her husbands one-time friend, he
suggested that his wife send n handsomely
mounted rabbits foot as a present She de-
cided. however. that fate had been in the
way of this jocular revenge.