Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1919 — CORAL NOW A CRAZE [ARTICLE]

CORAL NOW A CRAZE

Quaint Ornaments Include Necklaces and Beads. Red Is Preferred to All Other Shades; ' Jade and Amber Well Up \ln the Lead. .... ■»* Infall the large shops nowadays there is a certain counter which, is so crowded that it is difficult to get near IL This is the one where the necklaces and heads, the gorgeous pendants and strings of quaint ornaments are displayed. x This Is the day of the necklace, beyond a doubt the rebound from the quiet days of the war, notes a fashion writer, when we hid our jewels and little trifles so precious to the feminine heart. Joy has brought about a perfect riot of colorful things to be hung about our necks and tell by their brilWant glow and striking tones the victory note within our hearts. Red seems to be preferred to all other shades, though one finds jade and amber close up In the lead, too. Coral Is the thing this summer—it is even being made up into a sort of fringe with which to edge hems of skirts, the little teethlike coral bits being threaded along in a vivid line. Not until one has considered this vogue for coral do we realize how many different colors there are, for when one speaks of coral there comes at once into the mind’s eye that deep red which for so many years seemed to be the only shade known. Nowadays, however, we have learned of the exquisite pale shades as delicate as a wild rose, the coral bits being polished Into perfect round.beads and threaded Into exquisite strings of any desired length. Tiny gold clasps are used to fasten the short necklaces, while the longer strings are mounted in unending circles. By the same turn of the wheel which seems to bring back into favor so many things discarded - years ago coral earrings are in favor. lam sure many of us have Inherited those long pendant earrings with a hoop of gold, supporting a small coral rose richly carved. From this depended strands of gold fringe. In the summer time there are so many little things brought out to give an added touch of gayety to our appearance that one can go on forever talking about the new little things which one sees in favor for a moment. As to the matter of shoes, for Instance, w’hat woman can resist a pair of swaggering Spanish-looklng brown suede pumps with colonial tongue and cut steel buckles? One of the curious color combinations which as yet has not been overdone is brown and pink—for illustration one sees a rose pink geor gette gown tied with a generous sash of brown satin ribbon or tulle or, the other way around, a brown frock is just as apt to be encircled wltn a pink sash. It is for just such a combination of unusual colors that the lovely brown suede pumps are surely intended, though there is the satisfaction about brown that it can be worn with almost anything. White buckskin and brown kid are combined in some very smart low shoes for country wear, and brown stockings of a very fine soft quality of wool are flecked all over with white and designed to be worn with these same good shoes.