New-York tribune., 1908-05-08
NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY.
The Summer Girl Seeks the Unusual by
Remodelling Oldtime Trinkets.

The sr,s-+ woman, must wear smart jevelry: u
need necessarily be expensive. though II must
be IL, good taste and it must be odd and unusual
The ingenious goes through the FANNY
trfnket box and selects those things whlch can
with only small expense be made into attractiNe
modern jewelry. What family jewel box ooes no.
contain odd cuff buttons. stray earrings. hits q!
chains. broken breast pins. parts OF watches oI
which seem utterly useless and hopeless. YET are
cherished for associations sake?
The oldtine earring has perhaps the erea'eSI pos
sibities A most exquisite necklace with a long
pendant has recently been made OF Two nraCe.es =.
and pair Of earrings the latter hanging almost 10
the shoulder. The design OF this set was uiilaue
lunches of grapes about inch long maze ol
thousands of tiny pearls strung on gold hair Wres'
and the workmanship so exquisite that "neh
the pieces were taken to a well known oe"ery
firm the owner received an offer OF S5"" lot t.ie'
The bracelets were made into the necklace ana uie
earrings we're used together as deep peluHh'-
The result was more than beautiful: yet for years
the treasure had lain idle in an old box
pair of coral earrings is now being worn on
short string of coral beads. They matched per
80. 3, ooror and the two carved rosebud ear
rings with their numerous tiny gold oalls ana
pointed danglers. made a necklace Vhlch coulo not
be bought in shop ,
The fad Of wearing touch OF black 1eweiry Win
,-hi-e eou-ns is q noticeable one Here is an op-
rort1nitv for some of the old jet jeUelry Much OF
II is combined with gold other styles WIN pears
4 woman who prides herself on wearing tillnss
distinctly novel and original mas hao siiiail P
mink corals combined with a handsome ola Jet see
and the result is charming.
An o1dtin,e setting Of heavy gold rough silver
may be modernized by having Jade or oarh oiue
stones inserted in the original settings
se Iaree horseshoes and crescent SNAPPED pins
are so fashionable just now for the heChpleoe
or for the back of the collar the large loop ear
rings at one time generally popular can oy
the mere appliance of PIN be mace INTO li4e
handiest kind of brooches
And what box of old jewery does not contain
a few long. broad bar pins. the inevitable oreas'
min" the kind which appeared on Sunday Win
bit Of lace and the hest black silk? Waste no time
in sppropriating one Of these bar pins II may
he rather heavy looking. but with etchings OF
black or with black enamel designs II is quite
the thing
As 10 belt buckles, what cannot be converted
into belt buckle? A pair of cameo cum out-
tons has recently been made up into snowy ana
EXQUISITE buckle, while the cover of an old watch
decorated with a basket Of flowers In the natural
colored enamels has added just the right touch
10 the belt of white gown
An old shoe buckle of green enamel, set with
tiny briIlants, is doing service in q similar way
One woman has used the top of an old oval snuff
box as buckle, and it is certainly a rare ana
handsome one. The box, which she had plcked
I'D in curio shop. was of gold, and the top
showed an exquisite little miniature. She gave
the box part 10 the 1eveller for his work. so the
buckle cost her very little.
The sash loops of knitted gold. some plain
some set with stones, which children wore twenty
years or more ago are appearing io" 00 u az
lets
The summer girl who wants TO give a touch of
interest and individuality to her toilet, should
aim to have variety of odd things TO dangie
from First, she should possess at
least two chains. fine linked one of solid gold
and a heavy silver similar TO those worn by
the Austrian peasants. In the morning, with her
tub gowns. she should wear, hanging from the
silver chain, any odtime silver Or carved metal
trfnke1s or charms. anything finished in rich
blue or green enamel With dainty frocks. let
her wear on her gold chain little trinkets or
fligree gold set with tiny stones, turquoise
cross with fine gold tracing. hollow ball OF East
India gold, old miniature.
AS for hatpin tops. almost odd thing which
cannot be utilized In any other way may be
used as hatpin Cuff buttons, brooches. watch
charms. shirt studs, make the most attractive
kind Of pin tops. An original girl who possessed
an interesting old hand beaten silver thimble of
her grandmother's has had il soldered TO a pin.