The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-09
.Jewelry With Semiprecious Stones

Since semiprecious stones have be.
come fashionable, young girls are per
mitted to adorn themselves occasionally
with pieces of iewelry which, before the
days of the turquoise and opal matrix,
chrysoprase and lapis lazuli, would have
been considered far too elaborate for
any one under twenty to wear. Now,
however, special designs are made for
girls, with simple settings and stones
OF little intrinsic value, but dainty in
eoloring-
Almost any tint can be found in a
semiprecious stone-pink, blue, violet,
yellow, green brown and all the shad
ings of these colors, from the faintest
cloudlike effect to deep, dark tones.
Some girls are collecting stones or set
tings of one kind, while others prefer
a chain of one color, a bangle Of an
other, brooch of still another, so that
they always have some odd bit in the
way of an ornament to wear with any
color of gown.
A stunning new and unique belt clasp
of unmistakable oriental workmanship
has been chosen by one young girl to
go with her school outfit. It is of sill
yer gilt, with an inchwide band Of
metal lace work extending across the
middle Of the ornament, and finished
with two square metal pieces turned
cornerwise, so that they look like fancy
buttons. In the center of each of these
is deep blue Russian lapis lazuli
eabochon, showing occasional glints of
darker blue.
For serviceable and at the same
time attractive chain, which will be
found useful for carrying a watch,
small purse or a locket, there is an odd
silver and lapis lazuh piece, which has
long, slender links of the metal in a
rather dull hue. At intervals there are
polished bits of Russia lapis in irregu-
lar shapes. This same chain was dupli
Gated in pinkish quartz, which looked
much more expensive than the price
marked on it. Of course, the stones
are small and the chains much more
slender than those worn by women. but
they are pretty and attractive never
theless.
An unusual bracelet, which was de-
signed in Paris, is made of silver gilt
links. fastened together so that they
spread apart, and the ornament is drawn
over the hand and then springs back to
place, so that the bracelet fits the arm
closely when it is properly adjusted.
Each double slide has a daintilv enam-
eled design traced on it in lapis blue.
These come in all shades of enamel, in
dark green, red, lavender and even
white, but the blue is liked best by
girls.
Then there are quaint brooches which
are useful to fasten collars or ties and
which are simple enough in design not
to overstep the line drawn separa ting
leweled ornaments for girls and those
for women. One of these brooches
showed an artistic arrangement of soft
green chrysoprase with several small
cabochon stones set around the rim of
an antique hand wrought silver disc
and larger chrysoprase, cut like a
scarab, mounted in the center. There
is a weird tale about the piece of jew
elrv which adds to its fascination, and
incidentally is supposed to bring good
luck to the wearer if she be genuinely
fond of these apple green stones.
IF schoolgirls carry timepiece at
all, they generally prefer to have
small silver watch set in a leather wrist
band for school use, or simple silver
bracelet The fashion for watch chains
is coming in again, however, and will
undoubtedly find favor among the older