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Show end I&Ui-RjWGJ ff REN Mies Ethel Barrymore if I I fim ftPPMred la AUos-Slt-by-mlkl the-Fire, several seasons ago, ar with long ear-rings dangling almost to her shoulders, women said, "How quaint but of course I could never wear them I" From being call rely out of fashion as dead as day-before yeetec day's newspaper ear-ring have been swung around by a turn of Fashion's wheel to the very apex of modlah-nesx modlah-nesx Nobody thought they would ever come back. Dress' reformers poke of "the days when womsa used to pierce their ear in aa final a past tense aa they spoke of flgleaf faahlona But now not only are ear-rings ths mode, but the aew ear-rings are bigger big-ger and more exaggerated In style than anything ever worn before, end many womsa whs at first looked on the revived fashion as freakish, fast or absurd have eome to like tb dash and plctureaqusa of ear-ernamenU so well that they own a set for every costume. For that there la a dash and a piquant charm about ear-rings is undeniable. un-deniable. Often a really plain face may be lifted to a eertala attractive individuality by a right selection of ear-rings and a becoming hat There I is a vast diffsrenos between the dlf- fe-ent sorts of ear-ernsments and not ial". faces caa stand all kinds. One 1' must choose carefully, taking Into consideration facial contour, coloring of eyes and hair, and the eharaoterta-I eharaoterta-I tics of personality. The teadene ef ! all ear-rings Is te give ea experienced I look te the face. The woman who I bends her efforts toward the young land Innocent la dress should avoid i ear-rings, and leave them to the von-' von-' aa who alma for chle, piquancy and I faeetnation. For ear-rtnga have a faa- 4' cinatioa there la no getting around that end th longer and more dangling dang-ling they are, the more fascinating they seem to be. The most conservative ear-ring style la th single. stone, set la such manner that It rests cloee against ths ear-lobe. Huge baroque pearls, as large aa taa-eent pieces, are the whim la these ear-rings at the moment and they are more fashionable even than solitaires i ones ths dream of every pros parous merchant's spouee. Women Wom-en la mourning wear these small ear ornaments of dull Jet and the dangling dang-ling ear-rings are also considered good tests and are rselly very smart with mourning attire. There la eome- j thing ponderous and overpowering about ths enormous ear-rings ef po- I Ished Jet with pendents that hang si- j most to the shoulders. . There are Jet ear-rings, of coarse. ! much more frivolous la etyle and per-: hap ths prsttlest of thee are the swinging hoops made of email black . Jst beads est closely tcgether. Pearl , I ear-rings come la the Saras Style, pink 1 I coral also. There are aoorea of pretty pret-ty styles la' coral ear-rings both ths I pale pink sort and the dean, blood-1 I red Japanese eorel, which la vary be- j j coming to dark women. Jada pen-' pen-' dents and hoops are exceedingly pret-, pret-, ty. especially whsa ths clear, pel ! greea la combined with peerte ay die-; die-; moods, bat there are few womsa who : caa wear greea. Te pure blonds types lit Is usually becoming and there are red-haired woman with ejree holding a greenish glint en whom Jade Is pe-j ieullarly fascinating. The on sort I of ear-ring which should be avoided Is the blue ear-ring. Pale blue stones ( la ths ear have somehow a trick of I making the wearer look "Dutch." and 1 If the eye are blue th Jeaioue ear- lings rob thsm ef their color. Neither should the blue-eyed woman wear coral ear-rings these are for the brown or h axel-eyed beauty. Baroque pearls, rhlneatones and pearls, or Jet eer-rlngs will beet become the woman with blue eyes and fair or light brown hair. The woman wtth gray hair who dresses smartly may wear any color ear-rings she plesssa. though aha jehould be wary of the pale, trying blue of tourquoiae. With dangling ear-rings the lorgnette lorg-nette forms a very fetching combination. combina-tion. Lorgnettes have ceased to be merely a fad afla though they add much to distinction and dignity Iwhsn gracefully used they are real- ly a very ueefui article of drees. Ths woman whose eyea are Just beginning to plsy tricks with her when fine ' I print is to be read in publlo may draw eut a Jeweled lorgnette wtth much less smbarrassmsnt thsn shs would pro-1 dues a pair of tell-tale eyeglasses, and It la much easier to pick up a lorg- nette. swinging on a pretty chain j when a time-table or menu la to be consulted or something on a shop counter examined, than It la to fumble in one'e Jiandbag for an eyeglass case. There are Jet mounted lorgnon for wearer ef mourning, but ths prettiest pretti-est styles have rose . or green-gold mountings set with toaasea, emerald or other small atone. Sometimes In-steed In-steed of a lorgnette, a monocle la carried car-ried In fact monocles are the fad of the hour with ultra smart folk. The monocle is usually worn oa a black gro grain ribbon with Jeweled . slides and la held up before the ayes or rather before one ay when one I troubled with astigmatism or nearsightedness. near-sightedness. The large Illustration show on ef the nsw. lorgaons. folded together, one glass ever the ether. The ornament hangs oa a rich chain set with pearls and ths ear-rings are eet with pearls and diamonds. . |