Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-10-17
NEW YORK FASHIONS
IN JEWELRY AND DRESS

New York, Oct. lit may be a
relic OF the DAYS of barbarIsm and
savagry. but jewelry has been usei
In some form in all the ages. and
though poets may talk about beau
~ unadorned" woman find. like Mar
EHrite in Faust. their greatest temp
tation in beautiful jewels The proof
OF IL is TO be seen when passing bv
such places as Tirany's. see how
many women stop and look IN with
vistful gaze The modern jeweler Is
tempter of wondrus cunning. He
lures not only by the gems. but by
the settings he gives the gems Al
his beck ana call are men yersed In
the art OF design. and men who can
carry out these designs, first OF all
IN stones upon a background OF wax
and then set them in fine gold. or
silver according to will. with the
jewels fxed in their places.
There Is every reason to believe
that this season will be one In which
colored stor rs will be very popular
with emeralds and sapphires leading.
One of the new ideas In collars Is
one OF pearl with a plakue as n CEN
tsrpiece. II Is really a revival OF
the classic modes worn in the First
Empire at the court of the great
Napoleon. Some of these PLAQUES
are of dark blue enameled oyerlaid
with device of diamonds or bril-
Hants. Another style Of collar Is n
string OF pearls wound round and
round the neck and knotted some
distance below the chin. Balls OF
gold studded with pearl is another
style alike for neck pieces.
Emeralds are immensely popular
In Paris and at the present moment
are the most expensive colored stone
In the market The shape is now
square and nothing is considered
handsomer than the square emerald
Bracelets are becoming more and
more the fad as the vogue for short
sleeves continues. The best of these
are of simple design, round or
square on the surface. The ieweled
kind are not seen except with even
Ing frocks. The serpent variety en-
circling the arm many times and end
Ing with a head and tail is in evil
dence both day and evening and CON
sidered the correct thing. Many
bracelets on the one arm-even TIVE
is said to be in the worst of taste.
All styles of jewelry are seen. and
animals are so reproduced in gems
that one would think OF an entire
geological garden had been turned
loose into the jewelry stores. Not
only are they worn as charms. and
on costumes. but they form the tons
or hat pins, cuff links. bracelets.
pins and various other articles. The
question OF earrings has again come
up. and they are supposed to be
again in fashion. but the earring has
not been yet universally adopted by
any means; and while many women
may wear the fat pearls in the ears.
or the screw diamond, those that
drop, another revival of the First
Empire, are looked askance at by
most women.
Silver jewelry is again fighting for
a new lease of life, and silver rings
or Gypsy style. that Is, rings with a
Vandyke edge filed with rubies are
called for; and the Gypsy earring is
sometimes seen with round hoop and
dangling gem. In rings the larger
the stones and setting the better
The slim parquise has spread to
design that is rounding, though the
eject Is good. The French have
peculiar way Of setting all diamonds
on Platinum. for they argue that
setting II on gold causes the stone
TO throw out yellow color, which is
not It's natural color.
or course. young girls may wear
Jewelry. II correct in dress know1-
edge, precious stones except pearls
are not for them. She must content
herself with those that come in the
class termed semi-precious and with
quaint effects in gold and silver. AS
the young girl wears decolete that
is by no means low, the dog collar
Is a favorite with her quite short
and close fitting. If they are en-
HANGED with pendants they may be
somewhat 1ooser, but short neck
laces are indeed short Gems that
sparkle are the ones for girls to
avoid. Bangles seem to belong al
most exclusively TO girls. They
only seem, however. for arms that
are not pretty and young looking and
moulded in all the grace and beauty
"a youth adorn themselves with ban
giles and woeful Is the effect. One
OF the favorites for a young girl IS
q hoop Of gold. either plain or chas-
ct. There should be no stones set
in the gold. but the gold may be
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