The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-19

against him for The recover ni 5000, !
the amount owing him for The pnr-
chase. Had tley heen sennih" l"ar's
they wOuii have cost Manchester moi
less than $4,000, .
Fine Theatrical Collections
There il NO actress amp airing on
the stage today who does not own 4"
greater or smaller collection 81 iml'"-
tiun gems, watch she prizes nhd car
Tor with smUch sOilcllndr a. lhonsh
they had come straight iru'h llhGhl =
Mrs. Leslie Garter mas srohdli
assortment at diamonds, with an APP
mnNlmuIc value 81 nearly Nl"n"u"'
ruhics aud tuTqumscs collected nrlI'h-
ally for her production ol I'm harry
| Fine assOTtmCnts are also owned hN
Olga Ncthcrsolc. Edna Wallace Hop.
lu,r. Lillian Russell and a hall dozen
other prosperous actresses, WI" nN"
fine collections of real gems rs Wen
one Uf the very recent cu lNrIl~ 70
the fad Is Miss MiiOu Fernandez VINO
return ii from Europe only Il lew daN.
ago with quantity ol diamonds anu
pears and rubies which, II genuine
would le ransom for any HAIR dozen
European kings, \ nara, lhrrv
strands OF pearls, dozen splendid
rings and several smbnrsls are among
the items purchased by Miss Fornah'
dcZ In Paris, aad Just now Sh" Us IA
mcntng the cNOrhntant duties eN'
acted on such Purchases.
Strange as II may seem To the I'M
| Initiated the duty on imitation jewvlrE
Is the same as that on the real arllcl'
that Is. 60 per cen al yalOrcm TINS
does sound like hardship until II Is
remembered that II Is the workman
shin ON Il piece of icwclry which
makes II dutiablc, aud that good
piece OF imitation jcwclry represents
more workmanship really Than does
piece of real jcwcry.
| The duty ON unset gems Is only ~
per CCnt, and the only way To get
imitation gems in at thrC 'ow rate Is
t. pick them ont of their settings ana
unstring the fishslm pearls
| Broadway chorus girls, and pariicll-
arly the admirers of broadway chorus
iris. are the most welcome customers
If tdusc firms who deal in this class
| Of goods. The collections owned by
these good looking though often I'M
pCculious young women would put
to blush the comparatively modest
Jewel box of the rich society woman.
| Elsa RCinhart and Carol Otv. now
appearing in "Pcrsiialia," the Paradise
| Roof Garden. hav" each strong boN
o. fake" diamonds and pears. which
| they have bought ont of salary of
$50 week Ey practcing economy in
| the way of lunch money and car fare.
| ;..,, I D.,;,, I,,,. hng zen "a Hi ON
the head of women Of fashion an
expert would value ON Clr5OrV oN'
animation, at not less than $l0,OOO,
while Miss Oty's pearl filet, pur-
uchasCd with forty painfully ccOn-
)mizcd dollars, has all the milky lustcr
If it's beautiful prota1ypcs.
Fake JekeIs for His Wife.
1t is only few weeks since the wife
II a former New York banker, now
serving a long NentcnCC in Sing Sing
| FOR CmbcHHlcmCnt, made the humIiat-
| ng discovery that thC jewels her hG$
hand had been lavishing on her for
ycars were every one paste. When
tIc crash came and her husband had
! been sentenced she found herself
| with a family of children, left without
\ penny, but with a ,arge collection
| diamonds. pearls, rubics and emor-
aids. for years her joy and pride, and
| hose value bad been COnSCrvatiVCIN
| estimated at $4,000.
The scales fell from her eyes when
hc attempted TO turn her jcwclry mot
ready cash The icwclcr 20 whom she
rarrcd a pearl necklace supposed to
ave lccn purchased for $4,000 told
| hcr II would not be worth moro than
~ cents to him. It was not even
first class "fshskin" pearls. She
learned the same hitter truth about
lcr other gems Not one of them was
| oven good imitation.
The term paste" though still pnpu-
larly used, is a misnomer for the high
c'ass imitation Gem and its use is re-
cntcd by dealers in the latter.
Strictly speaking there is no such
| hing of paste" jewel nowadays.
limitations manufactured from glass
and crystal are not technically spoken
| n ~