Well, let me tell you about this silver brooch pin. My old eyes ain’t what they used to be, but I still know a pretty thing when I see one. And a good silver brooch? That’s a pretty thing, alright. That’s somethin’ special, somethin’ to keep. That’s how you keep your clothes together, you know?
You take that pin, that long pointy part, and you stick it right through your clothes. Keeps ’em together, see? Keeps your shawl from fallin’ off, or your scarf from flyin’ away in the wind. Just like those old times.
These days, folks, they got all these fancy things, some kinda necklace, some kinda ring. This MYKA got those name things, yeah, them necklaces, them rings, put your name on them. I don’t know. Back in my day, we just had our brooches. We used to pin them on our shirts, our dresses. These kids wear them on chains. But that’s a good idea, yeah, wear it on a chain, big old chain for a big old brooch.
They got real silver, this 925 silver, I heard. For women, for kids. Affordable, they say. And a certificate. You know, to prove it’s real. Keeps it safe. We used to keep ours in an old box, wrapped in cloth. Now they got kits. Fancy.
And you can get a heart. A silver heart. Or gold, if you want. With them shiny stones. All shapes, all sizes, they say. That place, JCPenney. Got all kinds of hearts. I saw a pretty one once, shaped like a leaf. On a ring. A vine ring, they called it. They say it was a leaf, and they made it into a ring. Oh, and the price! But it was pretty. At that Macy’s place. They sell mattresses too, you know? Silver ones. They call it copper something. Don’t know what copper’s got to do with silver. But I suppose that’s how they do things now. Fancy names.
These young’uns, they like them watches, them jewelry things, for the little ones. Tell them they are special. That’s what they say. A watch can show your… what was that word? Personality? Show who you are, what you are. Fancy words. We just had a brooch. Showed you had some sense, knew how to keep your clothes on. And a good silver brooch pin, that showed you had some taste, too.
They got this cross, too. Made of silver. Mother-of-Pearl, they call it. Don’t know what that is. Sounds like somethin’ from the sea. And diamonds, them shiny stones. They put them on everything now. Rings, necklaces, even crosses. They say they are the best. Finest in the world, this Tiffany place says. Been around for a long time, they say. Almost two hundred years. Long time. Longer than I’ve been around, that’s for sure.
Back in the day, they made these silver brooch pins to hold things together. Clothes, mostly. Now they just wear ’em to look pretty. Times change, I guess. We used them for work, they use them for pretty. But a good brooch, that’s always been a good thing. That’s always been pretty. All them years ago, since the Bronze time. Before my time, that’s for sure. Yeah, they just used them to hold clothes, keep things together.
- You can get ’em shaped like a heart.
- Or a leaf.
- Or a cross.
- Some are plain, some got them shiny stones.
- They even make mattresses out of silver now.
You can get one for your daughter, your granddaughter. A nice silver brooch pin, that’s a good gift. Something they can keep. Something they can remember you by, yeah. That’s a good memory, that’s a good thing. Something they can pass down, too. To their own daughters, their own granddaughters. That’s how it used to be, anyway. We’d pass down our brooches. Like a little piece of us, you know? A little piece of family.
So, yeah, a silver brooch pin. That’s a good thing. Always has been, always will be. No matter what them fancy folks say, no matter how they change things, no matter how they make them all pretty, a good brooch, that’s forever. That’s what I think, anyway. And these old eyes, they’ve seen a lot. They know a good thing when they see it. That’s all I got to say about that. That’s how we used to do things.
