The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-14

before We're pearls in greater demand
years are at q disadvantage. Never
tnan they are right now, which means,
ated in value. Feminine fancy for the
time being runs to strings Of pearls
| ratner than to set ccllara--strInge
when lengthen out to ropes according
to the elasticity OF the purse Of the
Anywhere from $4,000 to sS0.o90 is
paid cheerfully every day for string
only large etapugh to GO around the
/ uecK: some or the ropes cost as much
es $500. coo! and one ten feet long which
I New York woman, cost Sl9o, 900. It is
not every day though that an order
| like that Is placed. ;t
/ 1T Is pretty well understood that
many OF the ccstliest necklaces and
strings OF pearls now extant ere owned
by Americans: but perhaps sit Is not
SO we'll known that each OF these
necklaces. in fact and string of large,
perfectly matched pearls. represents
| sometimes years OF patient search Of
entail countries and OF the Jewel marts
Of the world by experts who spend
their time doing nothing else
| Nowadays. as some people know, 1t
is as much the custom to have certain
rare pieces OF jewelry made to order as
1t fs to order, q dress suit, carriage or
q yacht. Customers who can pay
many thousands OF dollars for one arti.
Gle OF 5eweiry generally have individual
preferences which must be considered.
Inc ornaments we have In stock
may give them q cue as to style. price,
ETC.. but the more fastidtous are quite
likely to choose to have stones all Of
certain tBize or a particular color, or
IT may be combination Of stones not
exactly like anything we have ma 7e
| up.
| I'm almost every case we can guar
antee to give q customer exactly what
she wants. but not always at short no.
tice. 1t may take months to get to-
| stones. - y
For instance, the other day we
finished O pendant, for q millionaire
who wanted for q Christmas present
for his wife and ordered 1t more than
six months ago.. The most remarka-
BILE feature of the pendant Is five ru-
bies, which alone are valued at $780,
COO and are absolutely fiawless and are
perfectly matched.
zone Of the most superb private COL
lections of .emeralds in the world is
owned by New York woman. Every
4 time she appears in 1t in public the
fact is c1ironicled and she is probably
the envy Of every woman Of her ac-
that to get together such q collection
OF perfect erneralds was q work Of
, time.
81 could go on multiplying examples
Of the same kind and describe many
wonderful pieces Of jewelry, but most
any night and the public is almost
as familiar with them as the owners
| themselves.
"One thing is certain. that the con-
tents Of very many OF the private
value of more than half q million dol
lars. In some cases they are Jnatched
In value by the collections OF royalty
alone and that only because the lat
ter owe much of their value to histor-
ical associations.
Indeed, it is not too much to say
that separated from their associa-
tions many OF the Jewels worn by
crowned heads are so ordinary that
some American women would probably
refuse to wear them.
II am really surprised sometimes at
the cleverness Of the American women
in discriminating between the indiffer-
ent grades Of Jewels, and I begin to
think she must have natural apti-
tude in that direction. OF course al
most any one but an expert may be
fooled in precious stones, which ac-
1 counts for the fact that Americans are
slow to buy Jewels through any save
well-known and trustworthy agencies.
The American women dearly loves q
| bargain. but she Is not willing to run
much risk to get one when 1t comes
to a question OF Jewels"
\ But IL strangers are astonished at
the show of Jewels at the opera and
elsewhere o'nights III this town, they
are; even more surprised at the care
,essness with which New York women
wear the costliest ornaments all day
lOng-walking, driving. shopping,
calling, indeed on every and any occa-
sion. An English. woman at q morn
ing concert not long age. was both
astonished and alarmed to see in the
| back hair of an American woman In
front of her pin containing q row OF
good-sized diamonds of first quality.
| At the lowest calculation the thing was
worth Sc. 900 or $4,000.
e4.'Any thief" expostulated the Eng
liSh woman afterward, could snip
that out Of your hairAas quick as q
wink" . 30
"But no thief ever has," was the
rejoinder.
! Later on in the restaurant at lunch
con the English visitor saw at q near
by table a woman with several strands
| Of almost priceless pearls wound about
the outside Of her dress collar. as II
they had been SO many beads. and her
companion wore a long chain made
mostly Of diamonds to which was at
tached q lorgnette studded with pre-
cious stones. Afterward. to the stran-
gers borrow, she saw both women
calmly strolling up Fifth avenue.
| American women 1t seems don't have
the finest Jewels in the world to keep
them in q safety deposit vault and to
substitute for thsr. L. public paste i'm
itations as was frequently done In the
old days in court circles by ladies Of
high degree. No paste Jewels If you
| please for women on this side OF the
water.
The American buys Jewels to adorn
her person and she wears them in sea-
son and, 1t may be. out of season.
! about their safety. II seems she has
| no reason to.
"The percentage of losses of jewels
by theft in this country and especially
in New York" said a leading jeweler