Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02


merchants have returned to New York
during the last few days and say the
death OF Alfred Belt has not affected
in the least the market, which is
stronger than ever, with probability
of still higher prices before the close
of the present fiscal year. Announc-
ment Is also made that for the first
time in the history Of the cutting in
dustry in the United States the trade
Of European jewelers. is being sought.
II Is said that the diamonds handled
in the shops of New York are the
finest in the world. Leopold Stern,
president of the Diamond Manufac-
turers' association of the United states
who is among those just back after a
trip to the European diamond centers
says the syndicate which sells rough
diamonds has applications Tor twenty
FIVE times the value Of the stones IL
Is selling. There are half dozen
firms in New York that have the privi-
lege OF buying direct from the Lon
don syndicate controlling the output
of the DeBeers mines. which represents
more. than 90 per cent Of the worlds s
supply. Other importers buy through
brokers. Mr.. Stern says the sights"
accorded by the syndicate are getting
more and more infrequent. When an
American buyer is notified that he Is
to have a "sight" on certain day,
usually a couple of weeks or more
ahead he must present himself In per-
son, or through a broker, at the office
of one of the six concerns which COM
pose the syndicate. The package of
diamonds is then handed to him to
accept or refuse but refusal Is un-
known, as it would result in his not
getting another sight" of the rough
gems for some time. So the buyer
takes the package or collection of
stones in the tissue paper packages
just as they are, at the price fixed by
the syndicate, which must be paid on
the spot in cash. The transactions
never involve less than 100000. and
some sights" call for even more
money. The workmanship in the New
York factories. Mr. Stern says, is now
superior to that in Europe, especially
in the mathematical accuracy with
which the facets are cut This is what
enables the New York merchants, after
buying the raw material abroad, to of
fer the finished product to European
jewelers. who demand perfect gems.
Restaurants to Eat In
On some of the uptown streets there
is a restaurant to every seven inhab-
itants. They are mostly French and
Italian places, where you can get
table d'hote layout for so cents. Many
of the places have been made famous
by the Sunday newspapers, whose
writer's have dropped in and had their.
stomachs massaged with pokeberry
Juice, spaghetti or highly seasoned
foods. AS soon as the glad tidings are
printed the rush for the place looks like
6 D. m. at the Brooklyn bridge. After
that the proprietor knows that no mat
ter what he does to 'em the Bohemians
Of the white goods counter and the
business colleges will keep coming. If
he puts burdock leaves on the table
for salads, favored with machine oil
and mother-of-o onion; his ragouts and
stews based on remnants from the tan
yard, what of it.? There must be no
kicking because the resort is OF true
Bohemia. After while the patrons
come to life, but not before their
stomachs do the loop-the-loop act and
the proprietor rakes in million simo-
Icons or so and then flies the coop.
An Arrest on Park Row
She was a wrinkled, aged creature,
with apparently not much In lie TO
interest her Her stock In trade con-
sisted of an old basket partly filled with
pretzels, apples and things of that sort
which the newsboys like. Perhaps she
had not paid the city government for
the privilege OF peddling and the alert
guardian of the peace pounced upon
her. Park row was in an uproar. The
newsboys, quick to resent injustice to
one who provided food for them, gath
cred about and bought nearly all her
stock in order to show their feelings
in the matter. Business men gathered
about the woman and glared at the
policeman, who waved the crowd away
with his stick. The poor creature re-
NAMED defiant till she was hustled into
the wagon and then, womanlike, burst
into tears. Eyer a fine stiff" said a
newsboy to the policeman as the wagon
started away.
Order of the Lemon
new organization has been formed
by the widows" who work the agony
columns of the New York dailies. IL
is called the Order of the Lemon. The
new league will be an auxiliary to the
Verrault-Brown Love Trust. The Of
ficers of the order believe it is natural
for woman to hand man a lemon
and in course of her existence every
woman hands a lemon to many men,
the mum ber depending on the chances.
Mrs. Verrault's success in handing the
lemon in bulk led to the formation OF
the new league. 1t is the intention
of the order to get after the wise ones
who are looking for "a wealthy widow
with an income of 10000 a wear" The
motto of the new league is "a man can
con his mother all the time, and his
wife some of the time, but he can't
con any woman any Of the time"
RIGGS $25,ooo Finger
you have an old adage which says
that A burnt child never goes near
fire. " said Rigo, the gipsy fiddler, who
is playing at a Harlem concert hall:
well, that is the way with me. l
lost a lot of money and almost lost my
reputation as a vioinist by injuring
my finger soon after 1 arrived In this
country. 1 tried to play with the in
valid digit and the critics said / was
not an artist. Then gave up playing
and led my orchestra with baton.
This made them say was faker
and could not play. Now the finger
is an right again and am not going
to risk losing its use and the money
which goes with it. 1 have insured
the finger and have a special policy
for $25, 900, which protects me against
loss of the finger and also against tenn
porary injury" On the arm which
II loo.