WOMAN’S ADORNMENT

Ladies' Mirror, Volume I, Issue 4, 2 October 1922, Page 38

WOMAN’S ADORNMENT

Exquisite Wrist Watches TV7RIST watches grow more elab- ” orate, and, incidentally, more costly, every season. Some of the newest are very tiny, jewel-like trifles, the wee pastel-tinted, or black faces painted with an exquisite design of cupids in delicate white and set in seed pearls or diamonds. The bracelet to which they are attached is often of strings of seed pearls, held together with narrow diamond bars, or of diamonds and black onyx, a most effective combination to show off a slim, dainty wrist. The round watch face is very ordinary in these days, many smart women preferring the more unusual oblong, oval and often hexagonal shapes. There is a smartness and good taste about a black ribbon wristlet, with bejewelled watch and clasp attached, which is not even exceeded by a bracelet jewelled to match, while for sporting or business wear it is much more suitable, besides being infinitely safer than a possibly defective clasp. COME girls are adopting the pretty *0 and novel fashion of changing their ribbon watch wristlets to match their toilettes. One girl was recently seen wearing corded white ribbon with a narrow edging of- gold, securing her little gold watch, to accord with her white organdi frock. On another occasion the ribbon was a jade green one, and yet again it was yellow. Some very beautiful watches arc fashioned like lockets, the faces being concealed beneath little covers of small ; diamonds with the owner’s initials in a favourite stone. A narrow circle of the same precious stones is then used for the bracelet in place of ribbon. For evening wear this is

the only permissible kind of wrist watch, for it entirely loses its identity and becomes just an ornament until a tiny spring is touched, releasing the jewelled cap. Care of Jewellery "OINGS set with diamonds, rubies, -*-*• sapphires, or emeralds should always be removed before the hands are washed. When the stones appear dull and lifeless, and the setting ingrained with dirt, they should, however, be dipped in warm soapsuds made with yellow soap, twelve or fifteen drops of sal volatile being added when the lather has been made. This will restore all the lost brilliancy to the gems. Gold jewellery can be wonderfully brightened by being washed in ammonia and water. SHOULD the interstices of a brooch or links of a chain become clogged with dust, the articles should be first immersed in a cupful of warm water and rubbed gently with a brush that has been dipped in soapsuds. ‘ They should be placed in a little warm water to which a few drops of ammonia have been added, and, after some moments, removed and dried with a soft cloth. They can be polished by means of a chamois leather. To Clean Jet Jet chains and brooches can be cleaned by being immersed in a cup containing equal parts of vinegar and water. The ornaments should be steeped for a quarter of an hour, then removed and placed on a clean sheet of paper. It will be found that they have regained their original lustre.