The Washington times., 1907-04-21
Have You Noticed

What tremendous popularity Jet Is
having7 It's particularly effective on
white hair, but almost equally nice on
very fair. It's pronounced vogue comes
from the fact that for the FIRST dime the
fashioning Of ornaments Of this glitter.
ing Jeweiry has been put into the hands
of artistic workmen, who have turned
out every sort Of ornament exoulsitely
made Nothing IS lacking; dog collars
necklaces, tiaras, elaborate hair pins
clasps. combs, barrettes. bracelets. cur
pins. buckles. large and small slides for
belts. and so on. the IOyeIiest long
chains for muffs, purses, and cigarette
cases are among the jewellers output.
and purses themselves Of finest steel or
silver mesh studded by jets are beauti-
fully made. Girdles. clasped with
buckles OF It. have little chatelaines
dangling from them. al jet ornamented,
and lorgnetfe is not the least OF the
pretty things one may have on the
| chatelaine entirely OF il.
Ihat quite inexpenive lace blouses can
De made most modishly to connect with
cloth skirt, thereby achieving a cos
tune by making a design OF narrow
stitched cloth bands and arranging them
tastefully on the bOdice2 Such a sug-
gestion offers endless chance for ORR
ginal ornamentation. The girdle should
be OF cloth, too, and the bands arranged
with extreme exactness, perhaps extend
ing up from the girdle % the bust and
there forming circular lines with pointed
ends touched with tiny buttons. Small
cloth buttons could be used to dot the
lace. and pair Of tiny bands of cloth
could tip the chOker.
That lovely and inexpensive sewing
bags. which look so pretty dangling
from the back Of ones chair in ones
sitting room, are made charmiugly from
the ribbons that all the bargain count
ers Of this season shOWI The Dresden
patterns are The best
that there Is a new silk, a BIT Ike
tie so-popular rajah, but even more
lovely7 II is so treated that IL has more
luster than the rajah, and has a Won
derful variety OF patterns in plaids and
checks that viii serve TO make it even
more popular than the plain rajah.
That fashicn DEGREES that the we'll
gowned wom1.n must carry a muff 10
/ the theater-not Of fur or silk CT any
thing ordinarily used but a big pillow
| Of tuile, with ribbons and flowers. which
| make 1t almost an adjunct Of the hat?
| One lovely dame, a bride. had in her
trousseau an infinite variety Of hats,
and displays almost as many muffs.
| Several OF them she wore last week.
/ She has one exquisite mass OF shaded
pink roses nesting among the foliage.
and this. with a large green tulle hat
! wreathed In roses, makes her look as
sweet as a garden IN June. Another Is
a muff Of yellow daffOdils. which dan
giles from a chain Of old gold, with IN
sets OF topaz. and It looks very gorgeous
with her gown Of yellow panne velvet.
That the small. close earring that
has had such a vogue for so long has
now made way for the long, dangling
one? few ultra-swagger ones, who
are always IN the van Of any mode,
took them up last summer. and this
winter one sees dozens Of them. Tiny
lnch-IOng series Of small diamonds with
q large tip Of topaz IS one sort that I
have seen. An odd. long drop pair OF
amethysts. consisting of two small,
round stones and an oval one for the
end, formed an exquisite ornament, and
hoop earrings entirely Of pearls are
among the jewelers. latest output There
can be no imitation about these for a
while. at least. which. Of course, is the
solution Of the sudden knell Of the single
pearl