The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10
JEWELS as PROPERTY.
Their Greatest Value is Not as Bau-
bles for Demonstration.
TNroyo tho Now Nroriz T'rtb,,,o

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1T is a most congenial piece of advice
for young married women that | invar-
iably give them" remarked woman of
manifold experience. My dear I saw.
you should always encourage your hus-
band to buy you jewels if he can afford
to do So they should never be considered
in the light of personal extravagances, or
even as ornaments, pure and simple, but
as property, ana if judiciously selected as
excellent investments. The great advan-
tage of .ewels over other property is that
whether your particular stones are up or
down you can realize on them at once:
there is 10 red tape or delay consequent
upon their sale Many a time have /
seen a woman's Jewels save her from inn
mediate embarrassment or tide her over
d critical period.
"You are quite right, madame" an
swered the well-knOwn leweler, to whom
she was speaking, ''only il is hard to
convince business men that it is so. In
buying jewels it is IA great advantage to
buy from a well-known house, for the
reason that it is generally willing, how
ever dull the trade, to buy back its old
customers stones at fair valuation.
Many a story | could tell, " he contin-
ued, 'of jewels that we have bought back
from tho former buyers. A son has been
SGAb ~ GOll6AG ny lDtlE means, ana an
other started in business: a man saved
from future; / could cite you any num-
her of instances when they have been
the anchors to windward of family
Only the other day a lady of reputed
wealth and prominent position found her
self. on the sudden death of her husband.
without dollar to her credit in the
bank. She sent for me, frankly stated
her position, sold string of pearls and
Nr~ifl n TalF In n sv,t,
dence, gained time to arrange her affairs.
which are now in fairly comfortable
condition"
What jewels would you advise man
to buy now for his wife. when considered
in the light Of an investment" inquired
the lady.
That is very difficult to say" an
swered the man of business. pearls
will always hold their own, although lust
now they are so high there will PROBABLY
be depression. Rubies are safe on ac-
count of their rarity. Diamonds and
sapphires have greatly deprecated, and
are hardly worth half what thew were
twenty years ago. Emeralds are safe
enough, but are not popular. Just now
there isa perfect craze for colored dia-
n.ouds, which for the moment bring i'm
mense prices and, certainly, the new
shades are wonderful he continued
showing a case of diamonds whose col.
ors were beautiful to behold. Brown
diamonds. rose-colored diamonds.
blue diamonds. orange-colored. lemon!
colored-and even black ones, not a let
black, but the clear darkness of a mid
night sky, These" he concluded, ARE
the fads of the present time. How long
they will hold their own it is impossible
to predict. There is one thing to be said
about diamonds; they represent to most
people luxury and magnifcence; they are
the typical gem of opulence. When peo-
pie suddenly be- ONE rich they are almost
invariably the first stones bought; thev.
satisfy a longing for glitter and show that
no other stone can do. So it is only after
diamonds that all other jewels must take
rank, although they may be much more
costly and intrinsically more valuable ;,
Mrs Jenks-Do you know always loo,,
best IN calcos.
Mrs. Thorpe Who told yousog
Mrs jerks -My husband, ~ Life