The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-02-09
The PEARL DOCTOR"
Queer Occupation Followed by
Young Envlish v.oninn.

Young Englishwonian.
A young English woman whose card
Is Inscribed Miss Blank. Visiting Jew.
eler." Is pioneer on path that promises
to lead TO fortune; for IN this, the see
ond. year Of her venture. she can boast
Of Il long list Of patronesses. containing
many weil-known names.
Shortly after size found herself
obliged to do something 10 make money
she Glanced TO see quantity Of old
fashioned jewelry which friend had
inherited. In spite Of 'heir clumsy. ont.
of-date settings the beauty Of the stones
inspired Miss Blank. Sire began 10
make sketches of different ornaments
In which ihey might be SET. and so pref
~ and Original were her designs and 50
much ingenuity did she show In plan.
ming the Encouragement OF the stones
thai her friend exclaimed.
Why, yon are a geniusi Here Is your
vocation. You must go about. ask PEG.
pie 10 get out all their old odds aud ends
of iewelry, and then show them what
beautiful things those same odds aud
ends would make"
Then Miss Blank began 10 study pre-
cious stones and became a good judge
IF their value. This knowledge soon
opened another branch of her chosen
calling namely. the selling and ex-
changing of stones. old ornaments. etc.
For instance. Mrs. A., vino had opals,
thought them unlueky. and was only
Too delighted to exchange them for the
iurquoises which Mrs. b. felt sure made
her look sallow. Then Mrs. G. found
one really fine pearl set In an old-fash-
loned locket, was simply dying TO match
IT and have pair Of earrings made, but
could not afford the necessary outlay.
However she had diamond screws she
was willing 10 part with, aud now she
sports In her ears most becoming big
pearls. Then Mrs. ID. had an unpaid
dressmaker's bill on her conscience
which she simply did not dare show to
her husband. But Miss Blank. by sell
Ing for her a quantity Of old gold orna-
menis. enabled her to settle the account
herself. Is a matter of course, Miss
Blank always keeps the names of ex-
changing parties secret even from each
other. aud IN their new settings the
stones are not recognized
Next II occurred to Miss Blank that
she might also undertake the cleaning
If jewels. "A matter which during the
season she found greatly neglected by
overworl,ed maids She has now
earned quite n reputation as pearl
loetor," for these gems which are found
lying loose IN the oyster shells and need
no cutting or polishing to enhance their
beauty, as II to make things even, re-
quire more careful usage than any
pther precious stone. They become dull
aud diseolored, or. as jewelers. express
It, get "sick" and die"
on one occasion. when a large badly
dscolored pearl given her TO experiment
on resisted her treatments. she deter
mined to try an ancient recipe, found in
some musty pamphlet. This set forth
that the gastric Juice of fowls had a
wonderful effect on dull yellow pearls,
and would II applied according 10 d.
reeilons, quickly restore their original
beauty. So in fear and trembling. Miss
Blank fed the big pearl TO a rooster,
which she securely confined, and, as the
recipe prescribed, after two hours time
killed It and relieved 1t Of its valuable
luncheon. As TO the result. her own
words were: "Of course, | felt like
nothing more nor less than murderess,
but the pearl was ever SO much Inn
proved"