The Newest Charms.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue XXIII, 8 June 1901, Page 1095

The Newest Charms.

The very newest is the spent bullet threaded through a little gold chain, and as the virtue of every charm lies in the fact of its being worn constantly, this South African relic is intended to hang from a man’s watch-guard or a woman’s bangle. It is a grim little possession, look at it how you will; but it is said to ward off evil, and so, expensive though it is. it is being largely ordered. New luck-bringers are constantly being introduced to the purchasing public. Whence comes their character as mascots? Happily no one puts their pretensions to the test of examination. A craze just now is for cat charms, and as well as for the lucky robin and the ladybird. It is essential that the cat worn has a very long, thin neck, and is twisted into a grotesque position. It looks as if Grimalkin, to be potent, ought not to present so commonplace an appearance as the ordinary hearthrug pussycat. The Prince of Wales gave Lady Randolph Churchill a lucky pig for a wedding present upon her second marriage. set with precious stones, an Irish mascot that never loses its admirers.