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eight days without winding, and shows
the days of the week, besides the hours,
minutes, and seconds.
A very dainty La Valliere, of American
design, also comes out as a novelty
this year. It is not merely the daintiest
of its kind, however, for it has two purposes,
one for decoration, and another
for satisfying the individual whim for
perfume or sachet. There is a minute
spring at the top of the locket which
opens, and inside is a microscopic piece
of white soft felt held in place by a tiny
gold clamp. The wearer drops her
favorite toilet water or perfume on this
little piece of felt, and closes the locket.
In the sides of the locket, covered almost
completely by clever filigree design, are
small perforations which allow the perfume
to escape in just sufficient quantity
to make itself suspected, without satiating
by unmistakable conviction.
A novel cuff button and tie pin called
"ammunition style" are also on the market,
but presumably they will be worn
more by the men who stay at home than
by the soldiers, as is always the case with
warlike decorations of this type.
For the man who is cranky about the
light when he is shaving—and where will
we find the man who is a saint to his
safety razor?—there is a new mirror designed.
It folds in and fits the coat
pocket, and when opened, the holder attached
to it can be fastened firmly to any
electric light bulb. The shaver can fold
the holder so that the mirror will strike
almost any angle desired and get the
right lighting effect. It can also be attached
just as easily to a gas bracket.
Although a finicky person might ask
most naturally, "But what has this contrivance
to do with jewelry?", we believe
that its presence here is excused
by the fact that every man of hirsute
facial tendencies who gives it a trial will
pronounce it "a jewel".
In the strict jewelry lines, however,
the tendency this year seems to be away
from the practical and toward the more
ornamental and fantastic; and this is as
it should be.
NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY 605