Them Yourself It is not always possible to buy: necklaces which are of the exact Jproportions and colouring needed for dress, Also it is amusing to buy-, beads and calculate their effects. Very beautiful beads can be obtain: led, both as to colouring and a7 to surface, which is often very much [worked' nov, and def crystal and diamante, really. signi ficant ornaments can be obtained. There are, of course, many methods lof stringing beads together besides jutting them on a thread. Shaded s, for instance, are often made of small beads sewn tightly ion which is thicker in the middle and thinner towards the "These shaded necklaces white collar, but the loop is. also~ found in very effective colouring A necklace to be worn with a dre for "white chiffon can be male emerald-coloured beads—prefcrably sed. to bring out the coloar—of about the size of & nut. One loop Jot the necklace can overhang the fodge of the low neck, while. the fother can be long enough to reach ust below the collar-bone. Between teach green bead one of cryv'aly size' smaller, can be inserted, and between the crystal and the emerald a small ring of diamante lights up the whole and makes it charming ior the evening. Rainbow beads, of which a good many are seen just ow, are tne, much improved ferystal ring between each ead. if they are for day use and diamante ie" they are for the evening, In threading bend of baize of blanket is useful, upon which the beads can be planned and the exact size of the' necklace' caleclated beforehand.
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