The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-19
PRESENT EXCHANGE.
WHERE DUPLICATE WEDDING
GIFTS ARE DISPOSED OF.
Articles That Are More Needed Are
Given by Dealer in Return
for Superhuous Val
uables.

cit is not by chance that silver 1.
marked in the shops OF change" ex
planned the man, who. says the New
York Sun, makes a business of ex
changing wedding presents, 'for al
article that has been engraved will,
not be taken back. II this were not
so the silver merchants would be
inundated with returned wedding
gifts.
THE bride who gets duplicates OF
things sho could never make use of is
really hampered by the stun. and
here she can select something she
does want for soemthing she doesn't.
1T matters not whether the article
is engraved. We remove the engrav-
ing and restore the article to its orig
inal commercial value. Filling in the
engraving has been tried, but owing to
the fact that the solder used is a diff
ferent combination OF baser metals,
the lines cannot be entirely effaced.
I'VE don't pretend to pay cash for
articles brought to US, but we do ex-
change them for anything we have in
the shop. For instance, the superfiu
Gus tea set OF one patron may be ex-
changed for the more desirable dish,
pitcher or English fiat ware of another
with an outlay OF money which may
be trihing. Our customers are among
the best people In the city. Only the
other day one of the brides whose
wedding caused talk came to US with
almost CARLOAD of silver articles,
wedding presents, that she was unable
TO use. Some even had the cards at
bought at the smartest shops in town.
We took the lot and will either make
up something In special design for her
OF she will wait until there is some
thing in stock that Just suits.
Another branch OF our business is
the designing and making of dog COLI
lars or neck chains out of odd jewels.
old gold or the odds and ends of the
jewel casket which with the passage
of time accumulate in every house
holders establishment.
"A woman is quite apt to have some
antique BIT Of jewelry, heirloom or un-
set stone that she may want to keep
for associations sake. II so she can
have them made into handsome neck
ace, buckle or other trinket according
TO original design. Here is one which
we designed for woman who hap
pened to have these old bracelets, two
pairs OF earrings, brooch, several col
lar buttons and some small trinkets."
The man showed an original design in
which the various pieces had been
mounted or strung by tiny chains into
a charming festoon necklace. The
brooch was arranged as a pendant and
could be removed and worn separate
ly.
For another woman we took an old
fashioned silver castor and made a
stunning four light candelabra out OF
II" went on the man. II could multi
ply instances of similar work, for the
chances are infinite for turning old ar
ticles into new. In the event of an
article being too far gone to restore II
we pay the full market price for silver
"The tricks that women resort to in
the stores 20 get rid OF their wedding
gifts are many and various. When
they find 1t impossible to return them
to the store where they were purchased
they will make tour of the antique
shops of the city to try and discover
where they can get the best market
price for the stuff Occasionally they
send the articles out again as wedding
gifts to some of their friends who con-
template getting married. Some very
amusing complications result. too. from
this practice"