The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-19
SNIDE JEWELS
THAT LOOK REAL
ARIsTocRATIc WEARERs OF
PASTE WHO MAY NOT BE
DETECTED.
C0UNTtRffIIS THAT ARt PERFECT
Ropes Of Pearls That sSould De
Worth q Kings Ransom Are Pur,
chased for a Mere Trife,
and Look rs Well.

Special Correspondence Enterprise,
New York, Sept. ~, Whcn are dia,
monds not diamonds. and when are
pearls and ruhics not the priceless
gems they AFFECT to be- Here bel
cunundruma that may well engage the
wits at those who stand IN Hwpilruck
wonder at the cnulScncc shed from
the gcm.dcckcd queens OF society and
of the stage.
The fact of the matter Is that the
making Of artificial gems has in recent
years become so exquisite IN ART ihal
IIlc pCcrlcssncsS of the original models
Is threatened vita Il certain ana ulS.
tinct discount in value due 10 grad
ual falling on in the trade of real
precious stones. There is today no
way for the layman to determine what
Is real and what is paste And for
this reason people who five or ten
years ago would have SCOrncd To wear
anything but genuine jcwc.s, deck
themselves today with spurious
gcms." and wear them, moreover, with
not the least conjunction in the world
Standards of good taste have
changed radically in recon years.
Time was whcn the wearing OF any
thing which was an imitation o.
more expensive model was hclnouS
t-...Cnsc against good taste, unpardon-
able in all good society, and subjccling
the offender OF the implication that h
in "a
SCnsibilitiCS.
A notable example Of such a ease oc-
cured recently at the appraisal Of tic
Marquis of Anglcscy's jcwClry, when
It was discovered that most Of it was
paste of such exquisite workmanship
that several well known London j2wc.-
crS who made curSOry CNamlhaliOr
were deceived. The large quantity OF
1.IriouS gems claimed by the mar
uuCS creditors wcrC far from value
less, however. as ii was found to be
worth at least S2OOOOO.
For years the nOblCman's jewels haG
zen the envy of hat England, and
al England supposed them to be real
yalu'ng them AT rough estimate tC.
he worth little short of million dol
lars. The greater part of thc 60 lee
ton was diamonds and pearls. the i'm
iiation of which is probably the most
r"rrcct Of all accomplishments in Ihl'
.Pc. Expert examination discovered
the fact that the former were merely .
ard quartz and the latter "iiShSkin'
goods.
The "Fishskn" Pearls.
If the diamond is the most DSrlccl y
initiated. The "Gshsiin" pearl is til.
rIoYl beautiful of fictitious gems. In
decd. il is claimed bv some men ahC
women who can we'll afford to bus
u!odieally Of The real article that th".
imitation outranks III" original in the
soft and prcu' lar sheen idcaliStic
though not ALWAYS characteristic, o.
the real pearl. They claim that the
n, arl being, strictly speaking, an an
imal product, is apt TO ald does i,ncln
ate 50 much in appearance that 1t -
only at intervals that it looks its best
I is interesting to know tIat the
are moro fictitious nCar'S sold to 50
cicty women than any other manulac
turcd gem The representative" OF O.
gIcat Now York icw2lry establish
rcnt whu for obvious reasons doc
not wish either his name or that ~
his house quoted. said in diScuSSin"
tie matter with a reporter:
Yes. ono has 10 admit that socict'
won N do wear a great many imitation
Jewels nowadays, especially pears
WHY. if AL the strands Of splendid
pearls one secs hanging about TN
Threats of New York society women,