Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-05-14
NOVEL SOCIETY FADS,
Eyes Reproduced In Miniature
on Cuff Links.
PRETTY TRIBUTE TO A WIFE.

Husband OF Mrs. george Gould Wears
Her Eyes on His Sleeves-Portraits
ScuIptured In Gold as Ornaments
For Personal JeweIry Is Another Fad.
Society is greatly interested in learn.
ing that Mrs. George Gould's eyes are
always upon her husband. In this
case. however, no espionage is indicat-
ed, but only romantic fad that prom.
ises to have many followers.
1t was Mr.. Gould himself who insist.
ed upon having his wife's eyes always
with him. The happiness of their mar.
ried life is known to their friends, and
now when MIR. Gould is in the midst of
a railroad deal or puzzling over stock
transaction or any other problem he
has only to look down and seek coun,
sci with his wife's eyes.
Instead of wearing his heart upon
his sleeve Mr.. Gould wears his wife's
eyes there. says the New York Amer.
lean. They are photographed from a
miniature painting by one of the
worlds foremost artists and are sur.
rounded with the finest setting of gold
and diamonds that could be devised by
Tiffany.
In brief. the eyes of Mrs. Gould
have been photographed upon her hus.
bands cuff buttons. He also has an.
other pair of cuff buttons ornamented
with the eyes of his daughter Vivien.
To few of his friends only has Mr..
Gould as yet shown these treasures,
but those friends have been so i'm.
pressed by the idea that several lead
ing jewelers. are now, it is said, work
ing upon plans for appropriate settings
for such Jewels"
Two months ago Allyn Williams, the
/ famous English miniature portrait
painter, visited New York and stopped
at the Hotel Seymour. While there he
was asked to paint a miniature of Mrs.
Gould, and the artist himself suggested
the plan of painting just the eyes, de-
claring them of surprising beauty.
Mr.. Gould saw the painting and
laughing at its size, suddenly remarked
that the eyes would make excellent
cuff buttons. No sooner had he voiced
the idea than he set about carrying II
into execution. Tiffany's designer pre-,
pared plans calling for a 500 set of
buttons, with the eyes photographed
upon an agate background.
The design was accepted and the but.
tons delivered n few days ago to Mr.
Gould. He was so pleased with them
that, as above stated, he had his daugh.
ters eyes likewise utilized. The set.
tings of both of these sets of buttons
are of chased gold, with a score OF
small diamonds in the rim.
In the art catalogue prepared for j
Plerpont Morgan, Allyn Williams is
rated rs the finest painter of minia-
lures in the world. He recently made
Il painting of the eyes of King Edward
of England. Mrs Gould is the second
person thus treated by the artist
Mrs. Daniel O'Day. Jr.. wife of the
son of the former Standard Oil man.
has inaugurated n fad by having her
chlldren's likenesses coined in gold
pendants and fastened to a necklace.
The likenesses are by Sculptor Richard
L. Brookes
Personal jewelry for everyday wear
is well adapted to the new idea.
Watch cases, brooches. pendants. belt
buckles. all may bear the likeness of
a relative or friend. A watch charm
recently completed by the sculptor for
Mrs, Edwin Allen Mcpherson is adorn-
ed with her profile and the profile of
her son Cameron. This is to be n gift
to her husband.
fs Go IL 4
portraiture just now" said Brookes the
other day 1T is the revival of an old
French idea"
His studio walls are lined with ex-
amplcs of the delicate has-reliefs in
gold ard silver They are master.
pieces of art and workmanship.
81 have an order for belt buckle
now and have just finished a brooch
OF course the work has to be reduced
TO these coins, and that is added ex-
pense. But there is scarcely n more
lovely gift to be imagined than a
brooch or watch case that holds the
likeness of some dear one" he said.
NO; | am not the inventor Cellini
made this work famous. and examples
of his genius in this line are contained
in the galleries in Rome"
Brookes has been in the United
States only few months. having
spent most of his time abroad His
work is known widely. as his monu-
ments in Boston, New York and num-
ber of the western states have won ap-
probation. He has exhibited in all the
salons here and abroad and has won
many medals.