The Argonaut, Vol. 13

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Excerpt from The Argonaut, Vol. 13: July 7, 1883A costly pendant, intended for a birthday souvenir to a well-known New York banker's daughter, is of odd design, and one of great originality. The shape of this royal trinket is oblong. It is encircled with rose diamonds, then there are four rows of rubies and emeralds alternately arranged. The centre design is a fac-simile of a tarantula the body is formed of a large-sized emerald, around which are tiny ru bies, the eyes are black pearls, and the diamond-studded legs are spread in glittering beauty over a web of gold, so light in construction that the slightest breath of air will pro duce a tremulousness which gives a crawling aspect to the spider that is wonderfully realistic, a mechanism that will doubtless fail to gain appreciation with those ladies who are easily agitated.Lawn-tennis suits are made of woolen stu¿'s in stripes of terra-cotta, sorrel-green, orange, strawberry, primrose, and bronze. Yellow is the leading color, and is very effective, combined with moss green or Egyptian red. A pretty lawn tennis costume for young girls is a crushed strawberry skirt, with blouse of gray Holland, gathered at the waist, and trimmed with a frill of the material. A large pocket is placed in front to hold the balls. The hat is trimmed with crushed strawberry ribbon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.