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Show - Poetry in Bracelet. America has invented the latest novelty novel-ty in bracelets. This is the "poet band," and in p'ace of curbs and twists and chains a lady may adorn her wrists with wise axioms and tender lines from her favorite authors. The bracelets are usually usu-ally made in oxidized silver, with the lettering let-tering in bright metals; and we are told that, while the Bible and Shakespeare afford useful "stock quotations," the erudite eru-dite Boston belle selects her mottoes from the classics, and the young lady of advanced ad-vanced culture chooses hers from Swinburne Swin-burne or Baudelaire. No doubt the idea will largely commend itself to lovers, and may be of assistance to bashful proposers. pro-posers. London Graphic. |