People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1892 — The Popularity of Jet. [ARTICLE]

The Popularity of Jet.

Great quantities of jet are used upon the very fashionable black gowns. Jet, by the by, is counted as universally becoming, a something which it is not, for many faces require that its hard glitter be softened either by lace, ribbon or velvet, and 60 in using it one must discover first whether it is absolutely suited to one’s style or not. Of course, 'it is always handsome, but much magnificence is oftener out of place than too great simplicity.