The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-01-16
TO Deck MiIady
By May Nfott-smith CUNNINGHAM
BY May Mott-smith Cunningham.


the pearls have passed through the
hand> and profits Of many vendors.
Abalone shells have been exported to
Europe to be made into buttons or
KNIFE handles or used in inlay work
Only recently have the pearls and
bHsters come into demand for iewelrv.
The proper treatment Of them in design
Is an essay IN itself. 1t IS a field vet
TO be thoroughly exploited The beauty
OF the abalone is already appreciated,
and the possession of it is within the
means Of people Of the most moderate
circumstances
kunzite. tourmaline and chrvsoprase
are the three gems Of California that
have the greatest commercial value
they are standard gems. carried in reg
ular stock now by every retailer in
stones. That is, the buyer does not
have to hunt for the dealer that handles
them. The kunzite has fetched the
highest price until recently. for now
the clear, deep pink color in the tour
maIine IS becoming scarce, so the price
naturally is rising. The kunzte being
SO delicate in color has to have great
| deal Of thought given to the mounting.
which means expensive setting. as the
| beauty and charm Of the stone can be
wholly lost in q clumsy or heavy design.
| The tourmaline, on the contrary. looks
| well in almost any design. lis color IS
| so rich and strong. while the chryso-
praise is another stone that has to he
| considered carefully when it is mount
| ed. It looks well in silver, but gold
makes the best background.
Chinese Jade needs a rich gold set
| ting. as barbaric as possible The bright
green color makes the hand look white
when set in ring. It is the one
| Opaque stone that looks better at night
| than in the daytime. The would be
| purchaser should take care to see the
stone in the daytime in order to be
certain that it is clear-should hold
| il mp to the light With good Jade,
the light shines through quite evenly
a little cloudy in the middle, but quite
translucent at the edges. One has to
! learn Jade by experience, like the pro-
verbal master cook 5 recipe which
| leaves most Of the measurements to
iudgment-there are no definite rules,
Pearls and moonstOnes as we'll, comb
very beautifully with Jade.
To mention moonstones brings us to
the famous beach at Pescadero, and the
still more famous pebbles They are
not valuable. but recently the clearer
| specimens of good color have been cut
to advantage. They generally are
soft, light, golden brown, while oc-
casiOnally there appear soft green,
delicate lavender and vellOwish white.
They are of the moonstOne family and
have the same soft luster found in the
moonstone. Jasper and chalcedOnv are
the only quartz found on the San
Francisco peninsula and come IN not
very pleasing colors. The most com
mo is dull crimson with splashes run
ming through it of bright colOred
brown. The stone is hard Opaque.
taking a high polish. and if the red
color can be picked ont, it makes what
the lavman calls an "artistic' stone.
There are, Of course, various
don is about wearing iewolrv. All
women presumably are familiar with
the rule not to wear large diamond
pieces in the daytime. Women of high
coIoring-who generally wear strong
colors. which they should nor-Should
shun the opal or turquoise Small wo-
men should not wear ornaments bar
barrie in design. nor should they wear
heavy massive rings \ large woman,
on the contrary. looks absurd in del
!ioato. lacc-likc effects, but should en-
deavor to wear iewclrv where masses
, are large and simple. The large WON
an can wear large rings where such u
ring would OyerpCWer her small sister
> For the latter, ring with several
small stones for the former. large
stone alone IS preferable Now that
fashion has decreed that the society
: woman NAV wear Oriental and Byzan-