Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1919 — New Things in Costume Jewelry [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Things in Costume Jewelry

The charm of novelty belongs to “costume jewelry,” which is chosen for the sake of color or because it accentuates a style in dress, or merely because it is smart and fashionable. However fine and beautiful real jewels may be their owners tire of always wearing the same pieces and take to passing fads with as much relish as.if they were jewelless. Just now there is a vogue for necklaces and beads of all kinds, with Chinese and East Indian designs featured among numberless others, including old Venetian and American Indian ideas. In costume jew el ry, that is Jewel r y •which is not made of precious metals or stones, there is one abiding favorite, and that is the necklace of good pearl beads. Other things may come and go, but they go on forever, because they are so like the beautiful genuine pearls. Good, even strands of pearl beads cost more now than in days before the war, but there is a great range in prices for them, depending upon color, luster, degree of destructibllity and the evenness with which the beads are strung. The handsomest Chinese beads, of Imitation jade and carved ivory and of composition or glass, are often strung on very handsome silk cord. The strand usually supports a large

medallion of carved ivory or jade, or whatever material makes the bead, with some mystic figure or character wrought in it which looks equal to ward! ng <rtf 1 -ad luck and is probably intended to make its wearer feel secure. Very handsome and brilliant Jet beads, sometimes alternating with sparkling crystal beads on the string, have many admirers among older women, while smooth white coral, or white splashed with pqle pink, are liked for girls and young women. Everyone envies the owner of a strand of carved ivory beads and next to everyone wears a necHaee of the-most brilliant red in opaque beads, of all sizes and shapes. The color of every jewel under the sun is Imitated in glass beads and in mock jewels set in metal and joined by metal chains. Among these women find the necklace that matches their frocks or those that provide a contrasting color touch. Ilappy she is who has among her possessions a strand <|f amber beads, and thrice blessed is the owner of a necklace of opals. Then, the strands of gold or silver beads which one sees so rarely, are again in favor, for these have their Imitations that answer the purpose of costume jewelry. It would not be easy to find a styleirf jeweled neck chain or necklace which is not now represented.