Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 63

C BY MARY MARSHALL. O the lapidist and jewelry con- noisseur there must be some- thing amusing, if not actually sad, to behold about the Jewelry displayed in the showcases of many a smart shop. They must feel actually pained at the collection of stones, precious, semi-precious and wellnight worthless, the array of chains, pendants, links, bracelets, 7-27 GREEN-AND-GOLD LINK.BRACE- LET. A LARGE BRACELET TRIMS THE SPORT H. bangles, necklaces of all sorts and descriptions assembled and worn at the same time by many smart wom- en nowadays. For the man who has followed the | manufacture sale of high-class jewelry, or who has made a study of precious stones and the history of the art of jewelry making, really feels about the way that most women wear jewelry nowadays as the pro- fessor of English—let us say—feels when the youngsters of the day mur- der the king's English with the use of a lot of upstart slang. Perhaps the worst offense of pres- ent-day women—if indeed you regard it as wearing the cheapest of imitation Jewelry along with gems of great value and jewelry of exquisite work- manship. They wear “emeralds” that are actually nothing but cut green glass strung with chains of imita- tion pearls at the same time that they wear real emeralds and dia- monds on their fingers. They may even have a chain of real pearls set with one of the new “emerald” clasps —green cut glass again This new fashion for green glass emeralds is perhaps one of the most Interesting developments of recent seasons. It was bad enough to wear imitation jade—but then real jade was not usually counted as one of the precious stones, and a good imi- tation might be tolerated. But to the real jewelry expert there is some- thing positively tawdry about this green cut glass. The interesting Things or thing about it is \ a fault—is their manner of | that the smart women who have adopted the new fad for this type of jewelry make no pretenses in the matter. They rather revel in the fact that they are wearing cheap glass ornaments. Steel settings for jewelry and cut steel ornaments generally are, of course, frowned upon by the ortho- dox in matters of jewelry, who like- wise fail to comprehend the psy- chology of those women who, Dos- sessing strings of real pearls in their jewelry box, preferred last week to wear gilded glass beads, this week beads of nickel or green glass and imitation pearls, and next week some- thing equally trifling. Frankly, the smartly dressed wom- an has snapped her fingers in the face of the jeweler who would say: “Only jewels which are intrinsically valuable should be worn by the wom- an of good taste. The precious stone or the precious metal should only be used with stones or metals likewise precious.” She does not even seek verisimili- tude in this matter of wearing imi- | | | | | RED HOOP EARRINGS WORN WITH RED-AND-WHITE WASH SILK. Which Lively Games to Play at Camp Here's a game that's good for porch parties and the living room on rainy days, as well as for out- doors: The players are divided into three groups, each representing an army. They take their places in tbree cor- {ners of the room, one army in each. The fourth corner is the prison, while no man's land, where most of the battles are fought, is in the middle of the floor. The battle starts when a few sol- diers from each camp move into no man's land. Kach army then at- 3° Facts That Aren’t. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. former Presi- dent of the United States, was not named Ulysses . at all. His right name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. The U. §. part was tacked on to him when he entered West Point Military Academy. Lead pencils aren’t lead penclls at all. The part which writes is a mix- ture of graphite and clay. About the only lead in a lead pencil Is the lead in the paint which is used to color the pencils. § Many people think that the metal Hbrass {s mined somehow or another. As a matter of fact, brass is not a separate metal In iwelf, but s an alloy, or mixture, of copper and zinc. The bite of the black snake is re- garded as poisonous. Actually, the bite of a black snake is not as harm- ful as a cat scratch, because the black snake has no poison sacks and keeps its teeth a great deal cleaner than a cat keeps its claws. “Irish” potatoes were never thought «of in Ireland until Sir Walter Raleigh took some back after his visit' to America. Now they are one of the principal articles of .food in that country. “Gold filled” on a pleco of jewelry doesn't mean that the article Is filled "} with gold or that it is solid gold. _§7hat it does mean is that the article is plated extra heavily with gold. However, “sterling” on silver always means that the metal is at least the two other armies into prison. When a soldier has been forced so that one foot is inside the space marked off for the prison he must surrender. The soldier who captures him, however, must be carried inside. Each army should have some sort of badge, or they find themselves putting their own men in prison in the excitement of battle. The war comes to an end when two entire armies have been imprisoned. The army, or part of army, that is left has won the war. 925/1000 pure silver. The other things in sterling silver are used to harden and toughen up the more preclous metal. Probably True. Dob—Gosh! I smell rubber burn- ing. Bob—You must be hot under the collar. camko ey i Naturally. Cook—I want a pound of lard. Grocer—Pail? : Cook—Why, I didn't know it came in two shades. His Business. Suitor —I called to—er—talk— about—your daughter's hand. Father—Marie, tell Miss Emma that the manicurist has arrived. ——e ‘Wooden Fare. First Student—Ugh! This tastes like sawdust. Second Student—Yes, it's fine board we get around here. cake Not Guilty. The negro registered his name om the book as George Washington. “Are you the one who cut down the cherry tree?” asked the secretary. “No, sah, T ain’t done no work for two yeahs™ - THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 27, 1924—PART 5. tation jewels. If ghe did she would wear imitation pearls that might conceivably be genuine. She would have her green glass cut in small enough pieces to fool some one into thinking that It was real. Her imi- tation pearls are the size of lemon drops and her emeralds, if real, would be worth the ransom of many kings. * k ok % JUST how to explain the wide vogue for emeralds and emerald green glass at the present time would be difficult. But the fact is that the transparent green stone is as smart now as jade, the opaque green stone, was a few yvears ago. The woman who follows fads in jewelry as faith- tully as she does in millinery and would as soon go in Iast year's hat as last year's necklace 1is having her pearls or imitation pearls set over with emeralds. It is not difficult to buy or to pay for an “emerald” clasp for one’s pearl string that will bring one quite up to date. Square cut emerald pendant earrings are the ambition of every young girl who covets the latest vamping accessory in evening dress. Rubies, likewise, scem to have come in for present favor, and here again cut red glass seems to rub elbows with the finest pigeon blood gem. There really is no sense in keeping a lot of little notions and prejudices about “the sort of women who wear imitation jewelry” when the best sort of women indulge in it. But all this willingness to wear as jewelry all sorts of glittering bric-a-brac does not seem really to have diminished wom- PLAQUES WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS UNDER CRYSTAL HELD WITH GOLD CHAL FORMING NECKLACE AND BRACELET. Are en's interest in really precious bi- Jouterfe. As always happens when women's clothes are distinguished by lack of elaborate trimming, jewelry is in great demand. As at the time of the Empire styles—some eleven decades ago—"straightness of the line and the plainness of the materials call loudly for ornament.” And then, as now, jewelry began to be worn al- most to excess. Perhaps we have not gone quite to the extremes that they did then, when women wore brace- lets on wrists and ankles, rings on the fingers and toes, chains long enough to go six or seven times around the neck, earrings with three hanging pendantsy innumerable combs and diadems. But at any rate fash- fon sanctlons, even demands, enough Jewelry of one sort and another to make room for much that is trifing and of little worth without actually diminishing the appreciation of the precious sort. There is room for much jewelry in the actual make-up of our frocks. Evening frocks of a sort require jeweled and brilliant shoulder straps —sometimes one and sometimes two. Hats show trimming of jeweled orna- ments, sometimes the sole ornamen- tation being a fancy pin or a chain used by way of a band. Buckles of gold studded with jewels or colored glass stones are used as hip clasps on smartly draped evening frocks. Sometimes the ornamental tassel of a chiffon or tulle scarf is a piece of clever bijouteric. And the present vogue for mannish shirts gives ex- of cuse for the display of all sorts of Interesting stud and cuff button sets. * k% % AN Interesting explanation for the present vogue for emeralds and rubles has recently been offered. As every one knows, pearls and Imita- tion pearls have been worn almost to the exclusion of other jewelry of late seasons and, as every one knows, none but a real expert can tell the difference between real pearls and the imitation. Thus' the upstart woman of fashion, lackingja wealth of family heirlooms, has been able easily enough to lay in a sufficlent supply of imitation pearls for all occasions, and with them to appear as well supplied with jewelry as the duchess or hereditary heiress whose pearls are the result of several gen- erations of careful collection and accumulation. Meantime rubies and emeralds and such colored stones are rather out of fashion. Now the women who possesses whole basketfuls of such preclous trifies are protesting against the craze for pearls and only pearls, by bringing out their precious col- ored stones which cannot be so suc- cesstully imitated as the pearls. In France this has been quite apparent. But the amusing thing about it all is that now that the fashion for rubies and emeralds has been estab- lished the fashionable woman, lack- ing old heirlooms of this sort, adopts the fashion for the imitation sort. What does she care whether it is real or not? The whole thing is a passing fad and If green glass is as effective as emerals, why shouldn’t she wear 1t? One sees quite a few pleces of flesh- red cornellan set with cut steel Elaborate earrings with pendants of the cut steel are charming. A jeweled tassel containing lip- stick and powder is made to be at- tached to the end of a tulle scarf harzing from the shoulder. Some- times a streamer from the shoulder has this vanity cage attached and then hangs down the side where the vanity hangs so that it slips into a Grand Canal of China. 'HE Grand Canal in China is by far the longest canal in the world. It reaches from Hangchow to Tien- tain, the port of Peking, and covers a distance of nearly 1,000 miles. It crosses two of the world's largest rivers, the Hwang and the Yangtze. For about 130 miles north of the Yangtse the canal is still navigable, but from that point to Tientsin it is choked with mud and is generally derelict. A plan is now on foot to reconstruct the northern sections. For the time being only about $7,000,- 000 can be devoted to work that will put in order a section 100 miles in length. The reconstruction is in the hands of American engineers. Heart Made of Glass. A HEART of glass which beats by the aid of a little electric motor and sends a red fluid coursing through glass arteries has been placed on exhibition in Dresden, Ger- many. The apparatus -is approxi- mately the size of a human heart and was intended to be of special interest for medical students to illus- trate the functions of that organ. little slit pocket at the side of the frock. These little metal vanity cases—elther flat or tubular—are now considered rather smarter than the bags. Sometimes the powder case is finished with a little chain and handle and the lipstick is hidden in the handle. Everything seems to take the shape of cubes nowadays, and there are even cube-shaped pearls. Some- times large cube pearls are strung with small round pearls between each cube, for bracelets and necklaces. Interestingly enough the plain choker is passing out of fashion in favor of the small necklace with a vendant right in the middle of the front. (Copyright, 1924.) GOLD BUCKLE, STUDDED WITH COLORED STONES, FASTEN. ING THE FROCK AT THE SIDE. Interest to Younger TEMMAY TORTLE o RIRLIOGRA PHY There were three crows sat on a free; And they were black as crows could be. Said one black crow unto his mate, “Where shall we get some grub to ate?™ Written and Iilustrated by Edward McCandlish. 44 OGGONE!" said Tommy Turtle one morning, “Doggone, if I don't have measliest luck of any one goin’! Lost my wallet wid three coppers in it; lost my nickel-handled walkin stick; an’ now I done lost my silvah inlaid card case which bad my initials ingraved onto it!" Brother Jack Rabbit was busy reading. “You will find ‘sympathy’ in the dictionary,” said he, “page two forty- ome!” And he went on reading. Tommy Turtle looked resentful. “What 'r you readin’ anyway?’ he asked, as he took a back kick at the highboy that stood in the cormer. “I'm a brushin’ up on &' Bible!” replied Brother Jack, “An’ I recom- mends dat you do &' same. A man like you is, who spends most of his time on lively stories an’' current events, had bettah ought to read Q' Bible once in a while an’ acquire a little knowledge!" Tommy looked properly chastened by this remark, and remained thoughtful for & full minute, evident- 1y taking stock of his acquaintance with biblical events. “Fact 18" said he presently, T lay I knows mo’ about &' Bible dan what you -does, Brothah Know-it-All! Leastways I used to have it all down pat by h'art, and could rattle it off like a polly parrot—all about Lazarus an’ @' leopard’'s spots, an' &’ man what had a bean in his eye, an' how & prodigal calf come back, an’ d' old folks had a ba’becue. An’ about @' widder's mite, an' how Joseph's brethren came down to Egypt., an’ Joseph had &' cawn—" “Was it pop-cawn?™ enquired Brother Jack. “I wouldn't be absolutely sure about dat,” sald Tommy, “but I think it was. Yes—Joseph had d' pop- oxwn.” tinued Tommy, talking to Brother Jack Rabbit's back, “was mostly about @' wisdom of Solomon. Solomon showed some prudence in his day, I'm tellin’ you! He had seven hun- dred wives—one half blond, one half brunette, and @' other half sorrel tops, or strawberry blonds, and he also had five hundréd porcupine: it my memory serves me correct!” Brother Jack Rabbit looked sur- prised at this display of intimate knowledge of the detalls of Solomon’s lfe. 2 “Boyl" said he, “You done dis- played yo' ignorance dis time, sho, enough! Il bet you & guinea to & doughnut dat you can’t even rattle off ' tale about @' strong man Simpson, an’ how he took d' jawbone of & hoss an’ Iaid him out ffty thousand Philadelphians!™ Tommoy was stumped, and Brother Jack followed up his advantage. Brother Jack oseph had a coat?” Tommy Turtle: “Yes, Joseph had a coat.” Brother Jack: “What color was his coat?”. Tommy: ocolors.” Brother Jack: “That is correct. But now, attend closely—what color was 's cap?™ “His coat was of many “Brother Jack,” said Tommy, “You got me stumped. I'm plum flabber- gasted! You done hornswaggled me out of first place as a Bible scholah! But you can’t expect me to be a "complished scholah like what you is. 1 never was much of an ornithologist. So then Brother Jack, having come out of the test with such shining colors, closed his Book, and together he and Tommy sang: There were three crows sat on a tree; And they were black as crows could be, Said one black crow unto his mate, ““Where shall we get some grub to ate?* There lies a dead borse on yonder plain, Who has been by (he cholera slain. We'll go and perch on bis backbone, And plek his eyes out one by ome! ‘The pathos of this song so worked upon_the imaginations of the two singers that .they both bowed their heads and sobbed into their pocket handkerchiefs. And they were thus engaged when last seen by the author of this authentic story. Games of Animals. Did you ever watch bear cubs in a 200 putting on a boxing match? They have great fun in these friend- 1y bouts, following rules all their own. Maybe it mever occurred to you that young animals have games of their own and have just as much fun with them as boys and girls have with *hide and seek™ or “run sheep, run.” ¥ Every species seems to have its own special type of play. Kittens, 45 you may have noticed, are fond of wrestling. Monkeys play “tag,” and they seem to have a few simple rules for their game which they all follow. Squirrels enjoy a game of “follow the leader,” young goats run exciting races together; otters go a-sliding for the pure joy of the sen- sation; even the clumsy fur seal of the far-away, fogsy Pribllov Is- 1ands does a two-step on the beach. Just as boys get the stamp-col- lecting habit fer a Bobdy, so many birds have the collecting fad. Among g AMBER BEADS AND EARRI S 7 ut Glass Now Competes With Emeralds and Rubies for Favor WORN WITH PALE YELLOW SPORT FROCK. GLASS CUFF LINKS AND STUDS WORN WITH SPORT BLOUSE. Readers The Weekly Cross-Word Puzzle AN ASE N ] 2 THEERN A JdJnNNE dEEN e L | ANEE saEENE HE AuEEEE 4 HORIZONTAL. 1—The object of the chase. Slovenly. —The #1—Ethereal. 14—Conjunction. e 6—To make lace. 17—Graiofield weed. 19—A seaweed. 21—Statues. B-To get by effort. 25—Beeds. Z—lews diftentt, 2>—Having_wings, 30—Resounded. 32—Mountain in Asia Minor. 34—Not any. 25—_Domains. 37—Exhaust. B5—Fettered. 41—Inhabitants of islands west_of Alasks. 43—An assembiy. 44—Tertiary epoch. 46—In juxtaposition with. 48—Teing, in the abstract senge. 49—Detaced. 51—A eard @0—Harden. 72—Genuine. 5—Long ago. ete. these collectors are the jackdaw and the magpie. The bower-bird even builds a playhouse to play in! There are two kinds of play in ani- mals, one of movement only, which trains the muscles and the nerves to the work of life, and the other the play of experiment, finding out what other things are. And just as human beings who never get too old to play are often the cleverest, so the higher type of animais are the playing ones. Dangerous. Bill—The doctor tells me I have to cut out eating sugar. Mary—How come? Bill—He tells me that it makes me lazy. Mary—What kind of sugar do you use? Bill—Lea? sugaz, 5 e L L) #1—A mean, vulgar fellow. #6—Note of the diatonic scale. &7—Tendencies. 71—Most _uninteresting. VERTICAL. 1—TIn so far as. 2—The last syliable of a word. 3—No less than. A military work. 6—Blind impulse leading men on to ruin. 8 Preposition. 9 A size of type. 10—An_ ascetic. 11—A decoction of barley, l - 46 [47 . T | w BN 53—A religious conviction. —Standards of perfection. about a vesicle. to distress. prosince. proper_ orbit. 36—Outer layer of the teeth. 38— Tamentable. ~Tofty 45—The supreme deity of 54—Isiand of West Indies. 6—Turpentine by-product. < ete. ‘oncerning 70—Foint of compass. Answer to cross-word puzzle in last Sunday’s Star. a NN E T o] ONEE 28n T~ I - O | 3 = ag jCoT] [RloM ufie oEm 2 [RIOlL] [=RIEIED] BREM JuININTEICIE[SISIAIR] L] Teacher—What is an idiom? Pupil—It's the feminine of idiel