The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1902, Page 9

+ The Very Smartest Fad of # Them Al » RGNETTE is the smartest thing smarter even than a white p or the Du Barry sob. - lorgnette 18 perennially Other fads and modes r nd go, but the lorgnette we have e always This year, more than ever, fthe lorgnette s ite own ex .. You meed not feign near-sightedness, astigmatism or other optical illusion of your own or the ocu- need not pretend even that there is ing more tham plain glass In your lorgnette. In fact, you can be honest this year— if you care to. It is no longer considered an affectation to carry one of the smart trinkets; and since they are so freely and frankly & fad, and the fad of this year, many have become addicted to their use who hitherto longed secretly but scorned outwardly to adopt them. The lorgnette is o weapon, for defense W can guard your and attack tnm, s one moment, and deal them le effect the next. Lorgn d, the haughty one front that the very es crackles with the er for a week. the winsome one is P marrow of your bc frost, and you sh Lornette in hand surer of conquests when she practices the art of coguet To the grace! one this dainty, dan- giing bit of no To the plain tinction that never co: sense gives new grace. es an air of dis- nts for naught. ne it And there are kinds and kinds of lorg- nettes; and more kinds and kinds of chains to wea If you we modest, you may; on the street, yc should. For those who would and should be modest there are the o every- thing from & plain 1 to wonder- ful designs in response. In these the bandies are perh: a little longer than in the more elaborate styles, which this year are very short inde Nowhere does one see the long ha of u few years ago. Then, too, there are the but very smart handles of gun me. times severely plain, sometimes ieved »—— From a Queen’s Album. “A¢ N interesting aceount of an album fis owned by the Queen of Greece, to many royal personages have d, is given by a London paper. Some he opinions expressed in the book are quite amusing. To the question, “What is your ides of happi- ness?” the King of Greece replied: “Ai- weys to have a soverelgn without a crown.” The King of SBweden was asked what wa c n of real unhap- piness, ar ered that he could think of nothing t tight shoes, a corn and & hea it. When a VIl was requested to reveal the person against wh be bore the greatest grudge, he answered, “The man who n- sists upon polnting his umbrella at me and exclaiming, “There he is! e Em- peror of Austria gave a different answer to this query, and said he could think of no person whom he disliked more than the man whose customary greeting wi *“Good heavens, how old you do look The Empress of Russia answered the same question as follows “or me there no person more disagreeable than the woman who considers her children the healthiest in the world and who Jlooks upon other children as being very. intelli- gent, but fearfully weak and delicate.” by a fleur-de-lis, or other outline in pearls. . Gun metal s the widow's sclace. Of course it would never do for her to earry any other, and it swouid be more than too bad for her to lose her husband and have to give up her lorgnette at the same time; so gun metal is a godsend. How- ever, it is far too 'fashionable to b given over entirely to the somber-clad, nd the chains are often brightened b combination with gold. Five hundred dollars is not too much to pay for a lorgnette, nor a thousand for the chain. This means a handle quisitely wrought and studded with jew- els, and a chain w s in place ex- h diz of lin at not too frequent interv: It hould mean, too—oh, such air. As If, by her gracious c nt the moon and stars were permitted to beam on others; as if—but why stop to explain the sort of an air that goes with diamond baubles? Evervbody knows it, whether he has it or not. For those to whom dlamonds are com- mon as everyday there are novelties ga- lore. Milady in the picture, gowned for the opera, carries a lorgnette whose han- dle of greenish gold is wrought in relief ’ figures, which form a background for an emerald matrix of cabachon cut as big as a bird’s egg. A few little diamonds sprinkled about creates daintiness. The chain worn with this is a Jeweled one. For opera or theater the opera glass lenses may replace the common. lenses and this does away with the bothersome 3 o Something About Hair. E tinction. Bubsequently the Athen- fan cavalry and all Lacedaemo- nian soldiery wore long hair. The Par- thians and anclent Persians wore long, flowing hair. The Franks and ancient ‘eutons considerea long halr a mark of high birth. The Goths looked on long hair as a mark of honor and on short hair as a mark of thralldom; so did the Gauls, for which reason Jullus Caesar, when he subdued them, obliged them to cut their hair short in 'token of submis- sion. In England Judges, the Speaker of the House of Commons and at one time the Bishops, wore long halr, while crim- inals and paupers wore short hair. On the other hand Jewish priests during their time of service had their hairfcut once a fortnight, and Roman slaves wore their hair and beards long, but shaved oft their heads when manumitted. Sail- ors who escaped from shipwreck shaved their heads as if manumitted from the sea, In Ezekiel v:1 there is mention of a “barber’'s razor.” with Instructions to “thou son' of man to cause it to pa: vpon thine head and upon thy benrs. 2 OMER wrote of the long-ha'red Greeks by way of honorable dis- binoculars and the bags that go with them. Milady who goes for a drive, expect- ing to drop in at a reception or two and drink tea with whoever happens to be serving tea that day, will - rummage through a jewel chest for something not too costly, not too plain. Thery Is any quantity of the betwixts and . betweens for her to beam through at her friends.or freeze her foes withal. There are - dles of mother-of-pearl with & design - No LonGer Qonsidered an Qffectation o Qarry Onme of These Fascinating Trinkets. plcked out tn tiny dfamonds, or the dif- ferent gold oxidizations which take away the shinyness of the yellow stuft’ and #ve 1t such soft tints In green and' rose And for chains there are strings of pearl or perfectly matched coral, fine-lUnked chains of gold studded with turquoise matrix or large irregular pearls—in fact it were easier to say what is not than what is. among the fashions in lorgnette: Perhaps there is no conceit certainly none more fashionable, than what to the untrained eye seems a close- linked chain of sflver dotted with dia- monds. emeralds, sapphires or any stone that glitters and wears big price marks We are wont to see these gems cons with gold, although it is the foreign more odd, sh- fon to set diamonds in silver, which tar- nishes directly. But the jeweler that has a fancy for making the setting for gems as inconspicuous as possible uses plati- num, which, ounce for ounce, is worth less than gold, but in the working comes to be of greater value because of the greater difficulty and loss. And platinum looks very much like silver. There are lorgnettes, too, that are Van- ity's’own. A tiny, hidden spring, that only her fingers can find, discloses a wee mirror just big enough to smile into. This and the bit of a powder puff that every woman can produce from some- where—and no one else knows where— are like a cup of water to the traveler in the desert or another round of am- munition to the soldier whose cartridge box is empty when the eneiny still shows fight. A little dab of powder at the right minute puts new courage into a woman. Milady in her boudoir sees the tip of her_chin In a shiny spot séafce bigger than her thumb nail that for the most part is concealed in the handle of her lorgnette of rose gold that dangles from a qhain of smdoth round coral When she snaps the cover into piace again and stows away the puft she i ready for more worlds to conquer. The range of the lorgnette is wide, from debutante to dowager, and who shall number its victims? —_—— One of the curlosities of Cuba is a Quak- beads. er meeting house which_has been erected at Gibara, near Santiago. The congrega- Curious Naval Customs. A the black silk handkerchief which Jack knpots around his throat was first worn as me ning for Nelson, three white stripes around the broad blue collar of the sailor's jumper commemorate the victories of Trafalgar. Copenhagen the Nelson legend affects not only Jack's work, but his food and clothing as well. The broad blue collar itself is older than at that period when saflors plastered their hair into a stiff pigtall with grease and powder. At 9 o’clock each night the sen- tion of Friends is said to number over 200, FACT not generally known s that and has ever since be tained. The and the Nile. Thus, it has been remarked, the great admiral. It was first adopted try In every ship in harbor fires off his rifle. For the origin of this custom we may have to look back to the days of fint-locks. Then, in order to test the priming and see that'his weapon was in usable condition, the sentry had to five it off each night. There Is no necessity for such a test with modern rifles, but the 9 o'clock firing Is religlously carried out. Every officer or man climbing to the quarterdeck salutes. The origin of this usage dates back a long way. When England was a Roman Catholic country , a crucifix stood on the quarterdeck of all ships, Every time any one,of the crew approached this holy symbol he crossed himself. Out of that has grown the cus- tom of saluting the quarterdeck.—Family Herald.