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Costume E With Vien,i t It's no accident that fashion minded women go for the high powered, low-priced elegance of costume jewelry - but it was an accident that gave them this fin ery in the first place. Two hundred years ago, a popular do-it-yourself project was the attempt to make gold from base metals. One of those who tried it was a Viennese jeweler named Joseph Strasser. In the course of his experiments, he dis covered quite by chance that s"glass smeltings produced a spar kling material that bore a remark able resemblance to diamonds. A little cutting and polishing, and he had invented the rhinestone and launched the modern costume jewelry business. But when his daughters wore the new sparklers, they were hauled into court! The charge was a grave one: usurping the royal privilege of wearing dia monds. Strict laws of the period forbade commoners even to own, much less to wear, gem stones. In the end, Strasser and his daughters were saved from the law's clutches by the Emperor himself. Francis I was a spare time alchemist who had tried the gold-making stunt himself and knew all about the glass smeltings. But his wife, Empress Maria Theresa, had the last word: she ordered the invention sold to France! Thus she made sure that she would not be outshone in her own territory, at least. By the 19th century, women were wearing costume jewelry - but the stones had to be labori ously cut by hand. The man who changed all that was Daniel Swarovski, who invented the first cutting machine in 1892. Swarov ski, the son of an Austrian glass cutter, moved his family to the Tyrolean village of Wattens and set up a factory there. Rhinestones, called "Chatons" by jewelry - makers, get their popular name from an unlikely so'Jrce: cracked pebbles! Strollers along the banks of the Rhine noticed that when river water got PATRONE'S CL TW 713 MAIN STREET (Across From 1209 PENDLETON ST. (Across Fi Designed for This is the look college wome a love itself, yet with a knoi makes it very much "today." It's the kind of look we've < newest of the famous Artcai all Artcarved rings, it's styl anteed in writing for permi Star now at any Artcarve designed for you. -See Desert Star only at these Anderson - KINGOWFS JEWELRY Belton - HANKS JEWELRY Camden - bCAMDEN JEWELERS WaihaN! R. A. t# ?welry Histo ese Jeweler into the crevices, the pebbles t sparkled like tiny diamonds. f Later the name was applied to i the glass stones which dazzled t the eye when hit by the sun's a rays. There are more facets to the c FOR THE LASS with the deli< with sapphire-blue Swarovski crystals considered the finest by those in the by makers of quality costume jewelr the U. S. creation of fashion jewelry than c you probably ever suspected. Rhinestones, for example, are shaped from a round glass ball by a complex arrangement of grindstones and rotating steel rods in the Swarovski process; the rods turn again and again EANERS & LAUNDRY 0 LOCATIONS NEAR THE CAMPUS rhe FeId Nese - Next To "SAMMY'S" om CORNELL ARMS) you, forever n adore.. .styling as timeless ving contemporary flair that lesigned into Desert Star... ved engagement rings. Like ed to stay beautiful... guar nent value. See new Desert d ,jeweler listed here. It's ithorized Artcarved Jewelers Columbia - SYLVAN BROS. Gaffney - SELF & SONS, JEWELERS Summerville - DORCHESTER JEWELERS ry Begins s Accident ill the grindstone has cut all the acets on one side, then the stone a up-ended so that the same hing can be done to its other ide. Strictly speaking, only white, lear stones are rhinestones; ate air, this new necklace made and tiny pearls. Swarovski stones, trade, are imported from Austria e all over the world - including thers are given an amazing ariety of hues, with the color made right into the raw glass. Also unusual is the Brillion, a ew variation on the traditional rilliant cut. In the Brillion, each ay of light becomes a kaleido cope. The simplicity of its cut, vhich enhances this effect, also nables the stone to be used as a olitaire, or as the center stone n combination with others. It ,omes in a range of precious and semi - precious stone colors, as vell as in new "Romance" colors. It all might have amazed Ier t r a s a e r and the Viennese Luthorities. But these days, daz ling jewelry effects come about >y design - not by accident. In these troublesome times It takes some doing to keep one's perspective - to appraise world sonditions with intelligence - and to come up with satisfying answers. This boo0k, Science and EIealth with Key to the Scrip ;ures by Mary Baker Eddy, has ielped many of us to do this. It !an help you, too. WVe invite you to come to our neetings and to hear how we ire working out our problems hrough applying the truths of Thristian Science. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE OR GA N IZAT IO0N University of South Carolina Columbie Meeting time: 5 p m. Fridays Mteeting place: Russell House, Rm. 102 Science and Ilealth is availaMle at all 'Aristian Sciene Reading l?ooms and at many On 'Home For Giver IVe WHOOSH . . . AND AWAYY or, just as accurately, Joe Carolina, days. It may he New York, or onh got away with this kind of moving BY SUSAN LINDAU I Staff Writer All right, kiddies, speed time is here again. Now we must study this topic t carefully if we are going to speed in the best manner. There is something delightful about this I time of year (holidays and pre- t holidays) that makes it necessary t Euphrosyr Elects Mei The new members of Euphro synean Society, an honorary lit erary club for women, were en tertained by the old members at a tea held Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the Azalea-Jasmine Room of the Russell House. The president. Priscilla Elder, welcomed the new initiates, and they were served refreshments. The newly elected members are: Ruth Petersen, Pat Wilkins. Patty Steele, Nela Danforth, Nona Walker, Jane Wasson, Curry Harrison, Linda McAfee, Gail Broughton, Susan Reed, Susan Anderson, Elaine Outz, Jane Woodle, Evelyn Godshall, M a r g a r e t Scherffius, Jeanette Montgomery, Marion Boyd, Har riet LaBlorde, Barbara Seigler, Roberta Meares. and Emily Red ding. Euphrosynean Society has ap proximately 35 members, and is the sister organization of Eu SYLVAN BROS. South Carolina's Leading Jeweler SINCE 1897 1500 Main St. Richland Mal think young, say 'Pepsi please!' PEPSI-COLA Columbia Pepsi-Cola Bottling Coa SThe Holidays [he R4 YY THEY GO . . . Joe College. is on his way home for the holi Gose Creek, S. C., but if you over Thanksgiving, think twice. or us to travel in the most rapid I f fashions. In order to speed in < n educated fashion, we drivers f wheeled vehicles need to know omething about the meaning of he word speed. This word is derived from the knglo-Saxon spedan meaning to asten, to prosper. According to he Webster Encyclopediac Dic ionary, speed can be interpreted tean Club nbers phradian Society, a men's literary Society. To be eligible for mem bership, a girl must have a 1: Average in English 11, 12, 21, and 22. PhiEps Choose Officers Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity, Al pha Theta chapter, held elections of newv officers. They are: Mark Lehmann, superior; Alan Zateoff, vice-superior; Kenneth Friedman, recording secretary; Gary Poli koff, corresponding s e c r e t a r y; Samuel Solomon, treasurer; P'aul Rundlbaken, leldge master; and Charles Altman, house manager. The Phi Ep pledge class electedl Andy Penztell as its presidlent. Three new brothers were in itiatedl into the USC chapter. The new actives are: Charles Alt man. Joe Adleson, and Vick Sorid. CAMPBELL': PHARI Cornell DR UGS - SCH( NOTIONS - SO CANDY M AT LOC )ad A There'll bw plenty more other relati and Christma-, i% no time for farnil, you want to BE ABLE to drink. don wtudlent shall bite the dust. smaking haste, having success q r prospering. That is to say, fa irough speed we should prosper. t< Now that's saying a mouthful; p just indicates that our rapidity s I the highway ought to bring v s some sort of fruitful gains. t hat doesn't mean that just be- r tuse we will get home 10 min- t tes earlier for those jolly bottled b pint days which include I)ecem- d er 25. we should maintain a b peed of 80 MIIi all the way I ome. Of course we want to get i: ome, or even get to them todies q Wlary Houston Tells Plans OJ Mary Houston Armstrong, re- t erred to simply as "'M. 11." by nany of her friends, is president f Chi Omega sorority. Mary louston pledged Chi 0 her fresh nan year at USC and was chosen )resident of the sororit y last February. Her duties as president include >rganizing all activities. making ;ure that the other officers carry >ut their duties, and "attempting 0 see that everything runs moothly." She is still a member of the ,uphrosynean Literary Society mnd remarks, "I'd rather he ac ive in a few organizations an(d levote my time doing things (4r rec tlIy. T'he sorority is my naini interest.' As the Christmas seas n ap >roaches, Mary 11 (uston report: hat C'hi O) sorority is swamped vith holiday plans. Every yemi he sorori ty chooses a needy amily in the C'olumbia area and4 rathmers food and clothing for hem. Each sor'ority' member se c(ts one of the ch ildr1 en ami urchases toys, (dolls and play CORNELL 4ACY Arms OL SUPPLIES IA FOUNTAIN ILK COF FE E SAND1 MANY CONVENIEb ATIONS ON CAMP' aKs DISTRIBUTING C4 Brake rns-bound travelers on the roads di-a--ter. A- the story says, if t drive. Fast. Or another speedy uickly, but there is the small cetor of maintaining the ability > enjoy the old egg nog, etc. To at it bluntly, this speeding iou!d not lead us to ill-gotten ains such as four points added the old license. Listen, y'all, ra1 ly. traveling down those good pe highways with much speed great fun but not if it en angers the drinking :i,lity of the Ody. So. kiddies, take heed: on't speed if it leads to lessen ig of any of the essential social ualities. Armstrong Chi Omegas hings for him. The girls take the urpi ises to the children the last lay before Christmas holidays. ('hi O's Christmas semi-formal lance will be held December 17. MIari I l uston Armsxtroxng he~ Chi (' ared x now~ industrio usly raxct icing for Song Fest, at sing g comapet it ion among all1 seven trorit ies, and t hey are also going take part in the All Sing 'histmas Caroling. Sunday, D)e c emb er 8, Chi 1nmega is holding a pledge-active etrleat at the "Y"' camnp. Mary 1Houstton, an English ma .'r fromn (ouluila, Tennessee, is nj ying her senior year but loioking forward to getting Out." he will graduate in .January but ayVs she "hopes to he hack prac ice teaching in Columbia next emelster.' VICHES IT (JS 1. INC.