The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
.HE dictionary definition for brace

let Is tnlS: An ornament worn
 on the arm, generally at the wrist
 We'll that was the best the man who wrote that definition could do, doubtless But bracelets aren't worn generally at the wrist, nowadays. h. deed, one might almost say they are worn generally elsewhere than at the wrist. They deck the arm between shoulder and hand quite without regard to such natural landmarks as wrists and elbows.
 There has been a revival in the interest in bracelets Time was, not so long ago, when we wore perhaps one bracelet, perhaps none. But now we can get the point of view of the woman of twenty-five or thirty years ago who counted her wealth in bangles-not literally, of course. but really she did have sometimes a dozen or two bangles. those slender bracelets that slip over the hand and are formed in continuous ring.
 And now the bangle type of bracelet is back in high favor. Not that the other many types of bracelet are out of favor There are as many of the soft braided strands of gold and silver the snake-hke coils of gold, the chains of metal, the strings of beads and jewels-as many of all these as ever and perhaps a few more, beside. But there are in addition all sorts of bangles that slip easily over the hand or dangle about the wrist and forearm.
 The coming into vogue of short sleeves is clid to be responsible for the reappearance of bracelets in such large force. You know, when sleeves are long, there is not very much pleas ure in wearing bracelets. The long sleeve hides them They don't show.
 But the short sleeve bares the arm and so the bracelet is given chance to show Moreover, a braceleted arm is, in the eyes of most persons, more attractive than an unbraceleted arm. If the arm is attractive anyway, the bracelet but enhances it's charm. If it is not particularly attractive, the bracelet lends charm to it.
 There is one kind of arm that should not boast bracelet, and that is the arm that is patently ugly. But then that sort of arm the bony arm or the ham-like arm, should not appear with out a charitable covering of sleeve, anyway.
 What's the Difference?
 For some reason, since the begin ming of time, the anklet, which bears to the leg the same relation that the bracelet does to the arm, has been looked upon a bit askance. It is worn now and then by somebody who wishes to be spectacular, but in the West. at least, it has never become at all usual. In certain parts of the East and among some savages, anklets are as much in evidence as are bracelets.
 In Biblical times, bracelets were worn by the Hebrews, by both men and women Then, as now, jewelry was much worn by the men of the Orient But even then ankets were stigmatized as effeminate and a sign of luxury. Isaiah gives the opinion of his people on this subject when he brands anklets in the third chapter of the writings that go by his name.
 And throughout the ages anklets seem to have kept their very ancient rating. Bracelets have gone in and out of fashion, and in different ages men have worn them, but anhlets, excepting in a few cases, have never become at all popular
 With Gloves.
 Perhaps quite as much as the short 
 thing to do with the present vogue for bracelets. For from France comes a fad for wearing a bracelet over the gloves. It is indeed strange how fash ions go round and round. There was a time, a few years ago, when we would have thought the wearing of bracelet outside the glove was a tre- mendously amusing thing to do. We would have branded anybody who did such thing as being desirous of showing off" and We should have thought of the woman who pulled her rings on over her gloves
 But now the bracelets are quite properly worn over the glove. These, naturally, are usually of the bangle kind The clasp kind would not be so suitably worn over glove.
 It was, you may be sure, the French woman who originated this fad. She disliked the long line of glove from wrist to elbow So she broke it with bracelets. That is the whole story. She slipped bracelets on over her hand, and let them nestle in the curve of the elbow and on the round lower arm and again in the folds of the glove at the wrist. The result she liked The fad has come across seas and is one worthy Of notice.
 The Kind to Buy.
 Nowadays we do not judge our jewelry by it's intrinsic value. We judge it by its decorative effect. If the thing we find with the right degree of decorativeness has also intrinsic value, we'll and good. So much the better, in fact.
 For instance, we may need bit of green in the way of jewelry to bring o,at the best note in new frock. Now II We can afford jade, we can have the pleasure of wearing something really valuable as well as decorative, for jade at present is always good provid- ing it gives the color we need But, on the other hand, there are certain frocks which would be enhanced far more by an ornament made of pink glass beads than by one made of jade. And today we judge these things solely by the result they produce.
 So in buying bracelets remember this fundamental of modern jewelry lore; Buy what Is effective, regardless of it's value. Of course diamond or sapphire or emerald bracelet is bril- liantiy effective worn with a sleeveless evening frock of the right sort But yemember that very often the cheaper | H@I5S<%W'