Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-06
Fads and Fashions IN Jewelry.
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More and more we are tending toward
the wearing Of fine ornaments as COM
plimentary part of the costume rather
than the use Of precious stones in no
ways in keeping with the toilette they &C.
company. Women who understand the
art Of dress are spending their 1ewelry
allowance for sets and matched pieces In
fine metal workmanship set with semi
precious stones. 1t IL a fact we'll known
to the artistic dresser that Jewels only
show to advantage when worn with a cos
tume with which they harmonize: and
they must also be suited to the particular
type of woman who wears them. Nothing
could be more ineffective than the sallow
faced. craggy haired little woman who
adorns herself with an oriental jade neck
lace, thereby depreciating an already al
most impossible complexion.
The fad for 'semiprecious" jewelry has
amounted almost to a craze this season.
Corals and garnets easily lead. Every
frye jewelry lover prefers old bits picked
up here and there, and perhaps remodcled.
II she starts out making collection OF
garnets. she keeps her eyes open In all
her travels for anything antique in these
charming red stones. The same is true
of corals and Of Jade and lapis-lazuli.
The garnet and red coral have been
called the precious stones" Of Holland.
This little country Is famous for other
things than Its bikes and windmills. 1t
has the largest and finest diamond-cutting
factories In the world; but the diamonds
IRE only cut in the Dutch country, and
nre sent to Paris and elsewhere to be set
Holland also excels in fine metal work.
manship In gold and silver. Their dligree
jewelry is as fine as rare old lace. Every
peasant girl includes In her dover pieces
of gold work that her wealthier sister
may well envy; necklaces bracelets-and
II she be very prosperous-the gold head
piece with its curious gold ornaments. In
the necklaces and ear rings and pins we
find gnrnets and red coral settings, the
beauty Of the stone greatly enhanced by
the workmanship of the metal. Necklaces
Of garnet beads set with antique gold
clasps are to be picked up In Holland to-
day, and the red. or blood coral Is often
found in the little antique shops in
Amsterdam and The Hague. Often these
bits OF coral--the drops of ear rings. or
SHAMELESS buttons. are tucked away In
little paper boxes that contain broken
bits of jewelry, and It is only by per
| sistent search that the traveller can I'M.
earth them.
The choicest Of all corals Is the Japa
| nese, very deep red almost garnet
| Next to this in value and beauty comes
| the white. or very delicate pink coral
| Purchasers of the delicate pink shout
have care as to its genuineness. since Il
| Is extensively inflated abroad.
The deep red corals should be set II
fine gold, that is. the yellow gold thai
| comes in 20. % and "a karat Pink coral'
are more effective set In silver. Garneti
| require the French gilt finish In the golc
| setting to bring out their best points.
Jade is among the popular stones O
the year. This Is a hard stone. trans
lucent, and ranging in color from dell
cate water green. nearly white. to deel
| green. The Chinese do wonderful cary
ing in Jade or yu, or yu-skin. as the!
call 1t. The larger pieces are used 70
vases and figure ornaments. and tn
smaller ones exquisitely carved int
rings, chains, ornaments. bracelets an,
necklaces. Jade is stone that shout
show very little metal setting, particu
larly II 1t be carved.
| AuFquoase may oe S'aseeu az diuohB u
"semi.precious" stones. although some o
the choice bits are anything but ines
pensive. The best turquoise comes ror
Persia. This stone is also found in GU
own country In New Mexico. and Gel
tain greenisb turquoise comes from Nc
vada. There are RECONSTRUCTED" tut
gu, "a well as RECONSTRUCTED" rubie
and emeralds, and these are really yer
eff tive, since their settings are all tina
enc could require in the genuin> crticle.
1 Canoes of conch shell are coming Int
prominence. Remember that the err
cameo anDiies to the carving. and III