Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1912 — The Bar Brooch. [ARTICLE]

The Bar Brooch.

In every collection of beautiful ornaments the bar brooch finds a place. It is very long and absolutely rigid. It is ornamented in various ways. One pattern is set closely with emeralds and rubies alternating. Another is a flashing rivulet of brilliants from end to end. A third hag a.large pearl in, the center, flanked by pearls of dwindling sizes, the tiniest possible gems at the ends. \ Then, again, “there is the absolutely plan gold bar brooch, which is used for various purposes, from firing the squash hat tn its place to secSng the one-sided jabot ,