The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-16

cism MS being mediocre in taste Rare
~ interesting are the jewelers. win
tiows now. in which one may feast
the eye and the artistic sense on saw
agely beautiful barbaric and oriental
effects instead Of being compelled "a
gaze at the everlasting array Of con-
vcntional diamond-sat taras. sun
bursts and bracelets which were dis
played on monotonous velvet cushions
of yore. Instead Of those cxarbitantly
priced baubles. the jcweler shows now
wonderfully colored stones in cabnchon
effects, set in hand wrought l4yzan-
tine. Indian and Egyptian monntlngs
OF duii-toncd metals.
Platinum Is just now tho craze. and
the arts and crafts jcwelry. with hand
wrought barbarie settings of platinum
enclosing eabochons Of golden topaz
deep mysterious amethyst: cool. crafty
Chinese. jade. lapis lazuli in the sun
kissed blue Of the Aegean sea and the
sunrise Kinks Of cameo IL most beau
tiful. Much Of this iewclry Is made
by women. and the dainty hanhlcraft
has become a regular feature in many
of the technical art schools.
Some cameos recently displayed in
an exclusive jewelers. windows were
not carved with heads in has relief in
The familiar cameo fashion. but had
strange oriental hicroglyphies Of the
paler pink top stratum showing in
delicate relief against the darker stone
beneath These canoes were set in
heavy rings Of lall silver and were 50
smart and individual that doubtless
tho fad win become a very popular
R,.st f.I
erests will be carved in the stone
Genuine hand-carvcd canoes are
becoming more and NOSE costly. for
the Old cameo cutters whose exquisite
craft was al its hcirht Of popularity
more than a century ago. are rapidly
dying off ana their places ara not be-
ing filled hv others. There IS a new
method Of cutting the hard
cameo by machine which produces
very satlsfa tory results. though the
carvings ARE not as delicate or in surh
sharp relief a. IN tho hana-carved
patterns.
Byzantine iewelry Is particularly
fashionable At present. aad a pro-
bounced feature nF this ieweirv Is the
combination nj blue stones with duh
gray mnuntings, Turquoise sci in OK
fisath NttNFF dii minimum Is tN-
tremely fashionable and turquoise or
namcats are used as clasps and
buckles on many of the winter cos
tunes 81 long as the tnrnu gise re
mains blue It IS ono If the most ex-
nnlsitc of stones. hut In" pity is that
tho crrultl m blue is apt In fade into
II stckly green Moisture ri any kind
III very harmful To the turquoise. and
such stones sboald never he touched
with water. The hand wearing Il tur-
aunisc ring should never ha placed
near the fase where the moisture from
the breath viii affect the stone
LapiS lazuli Is another blue much
used with tile platinum and oxidIzed
settings of Byzantine icweirs. Lapis
lazuli cuff buttons are very smart. and
there are also heavy rings. pendants
and oriental necklaces
At the race meets at Traurilie. late
in August. Il fabulnuSly rich Indian
somebody wore ia his draped tnrhan a
huge cahachnn Of lapis lazui set In
dun silver and "A smaller. similar or
nament. daneiei over his forehead
Those silver and blue ornaments. one
dangling from the other. were put on
early fan tarhans hy Rchoux, and now
the silver and blue ornament = Il fca-
tmre nf winter hats.
Turqunises are for the blonde wnm-
an. and lnpis lazull for the brunette
with clear skin. Turquoise Is the .
fasarite stone 81 the Egyptians. and