The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
SHE rs 4 "vIsIT1Ne. JEWELLERY
Coca to Peoples Houses and Resets Their
Old Jewelry-A Pearl Doctor.

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Old Jewelry-A Pearl Doctor.
A young English woman whose card is in
scribed Miss Blank. Visiting Jeweller." is
pioneer on q path which promises to lead to
fortune; for In this the second year OF her
venture she can boast long list OF patronesses.
containing many well-known names.
Shortly after she found herself obliged to do
something to make money she CHANGED to see
q quantity OF old-fashioned jewelry which a
friend had inherited. In spite OF their clumsy.
out-of-date settings the beauty Of the stones
inspired Miss Blank. She began to make
sketches OF different ornaments In which they
might be set. and 30 pretty and original were
her designs and so much ingenuity did she
show in planning the Encouragement Of the
stones that her friend exclaimed:
why. you are q geniusl Here 10 your voca-
ton. You must go about. ask people to get
out all their old odds and ends Of jewelry. and
then show hem what beautiful things those
same odds and ends would make"
This suggestion. was not lost on Miss Blank
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the necessary letters OF recommendation and.
without delay, set e work: Her arst step was
and two leading Arms readily consented to set
Then Miss Blank began to study precious
stones and became a good Judge Of their value.
This EnowledEe soon opened another branch Of
Instance. Mrs. A.. who had opsIs, thought it them
s6aassyy' t aRs "f sSr on Ike t0G ss SsllShIsss V Which fai
M; p /: fsit ,,, sure N mad: RsS I ioSi s,:lIqeE I
an oid-fashioned locEst. vas simply dying to
match 1t and have q pair OF earrings made, but
could S9sl a.. not bs sffG diam the Necessary scssws sS outlay Mss w hHw-
most bsS99ine big pesrIss THSsn Mrs. !; had
husband. But Miss Blank. By selling for her .
course Miss Blank always keeps the names Of
exchanging parties secret. even from each
other ont l:u and IN their new settings the stones are
Next Il occurred to Miss Blank that she
matter which during the season she. found
greatly neglected. by overworked maids; She
has nov Ca earned ned quite a reputation as a pearl
or polishing to enhance their beauty. as II 70
than any, other precious stone, They become
dull dst and d HSSS HSjs Of a. IN iEs%sIiiergs s wbsTs i It, II;
often happens that family jewels are slowed
aaway for many years. It has been disc0yersd
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exposed TO the direct rays Of the sun.
In the early days OF her career Miss Blank
s sitsT Bslns 's &sfl q 9u {as dPe Sfth ' tss bare e Ra nsf.
her usual mode Of polishing, still persistently
unearthed and copied a great number Of
quaint old-tashioaed' recipes for restoring
lustre and color. Most OF these remedies for
lees. but a few we're Of real value, Among the
latter the old Fast Indian trick Of rubbing the
stones with boiled rice was found 20 be a good
way OF polishing them, and the more modern
European device OF baking the gems In dough
an excellent one for removing a tinge Of yellow.
ored pearl given her TO experiment on resisted
both these treatments. she determined to try
pamphlet. This set forth. that the gastric
Juice Of fowls had a wonderful effect on dull
yellow pearls. and would. II applied accounting
to directions. quickly restore their original
beauty, 80. In fear and trembling. Miss Blank
led the 6ig pearl 70 a REGISTER. which shs Sc
after two hours time killed It and relieved II
Of its valuable luncheon. AZ to the result, her
ing more NOR less than q mlrdsEsss. but the