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Show Ja waled Blossom. There's a caper in flower pins just now. It's a mighty pretty one too. In place of the long silver pin that has hitherto hith-erto secured the girl's blossom bunches at waist or upon corsage, w now have silver and gold pins, even longer than those of the past, and finished with an enameled bloom having a jeweled center. cen-ter. There are rosebud's, violets, pansies, forgettnenots, ' lilies, carnations" and many more. So you see it is possible to secure any flowers you are likely to wear with a floral pin that matches. The jewels which center the enameled blooms are in most cases of the same tint. For instance, a plump little red rose half hides with its petals a small ruby; a cluster clus-ter of lilies of the valley hold, each of them, pearls; forgetmenots have turquoise tur-quoise and diamond centers, and olivines vein the leaves. Of course in order to have on hand a flower pin to match any flower she may wear mademoiselle must needs start a collection. The souvenir spoon fad was nothing to it. As one girl puts it, "It's a matter of dress, you know, and when it comeB to decking her person the woman wom-an frivolous to encourage a fad will do It every time in preference to furnishing her table or filling her cabinets." New York Mail and Express. |