The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
Puzzles for Jewellers.

John Russell Hayes in the Reader.
Puzzles for jewelers..
| Inc discovery of a Partisan manufac-
turer who is making rubies and sap
| phires of large size by an ingenious
process, is likely to cause trouble
among English, as it has done already
| among French, jewelers. and dealers in
precious stones
A London gentleman, who has learn
ed the secret OF the process from the
manufactures himself, informed an Ex-
press representative yesterday that
these rubies and sapphires are made
and also small and badly-shaped
stones, which by themselves are of lit
tie value, and making them up by
means of the electrical furnace and
high pressure moulds TO any size re-
quired.
Il have seen rubies and sapphires
thus manufactured ranging in size up
to half an inch'' he said "These stones
are called constructor rubies, and con-
structed' sapphires, and they possess all
the quality Of the original. stone. In
deed, the only way to detect the off
ference between the constructed and
or silk as jewelers. call it, through a
powerful microscope.
THE silk is straight in the original
stone, and curly or cloudy in the con-
structed' one. A firm of London pawn
brokers advanced more than 4100 a
month ago on a constructor ruby. OF
course 1t was not worth anything like
4100; but that was the market price
of an. original stone of the same size.
The ratio of value between the con-
structed' and original stone is about
two-fifths.
You can see, however, that one is
perfectly safe in wearing these stones.
I, am told that the ruby trade in Eng
land is already suffering in anticipa-
ton, for jewelers., who are fully aware
of the existence of these constructed
stones, also know that large quantities
of them will soon appear in the Eng
llsh markets. London Express.
Topaz Weighs Forty Pounds.
| Edward Hauk, young asSayer,
brought into town from point about
seven miles north of here, in what els
known as the Copper Mountain District,
giant specimen of clear topaz, prob
| ably one of the largest that has ever
been found, as it weighs forty pounds
| 1t is very beautiful (six-sided), with
each plane almost as perfect as could
| have been done artifcially. Its full
value is hard to determine, but as ordi-
nary-sized topazes of the high-grade
| type of this one bring about $40 each,
| it is not difficult to see that large num-
| Der of elegant stones can be cut from
| the Hank topaz-fully 1000 at least.
| The stone is about three times as long
as it is broad, and it's form is not unlike
that of a six-inch gun. 1t is almost
| transparent, light passing through 1T
/ easily IolI6CllOII luO It.
| suit being that the rays emitted are
nearly as brilliant as those from a dia-
mond.-victor (Col) Dispatch to the
! New York World.
How Actors Learn New Parts.
! N. c. Goodwin learns new part by
saying it into a photograph, which then
| repeats it over and over to him until
| he knows9it perfectly.
| Richard Mansfield learns new parts
| in the morning, walking UP and down
| his library. One morning often suffices
for the longest role.
| Ethel Barrymore, seated before the
fire. has her maid or secretary read her
new parts aloud till she has mastered
| them.
William Gillette memories new parts
on long country walks.
Henry E. Dixey finds that his mind
! is at it's best for mastering new parts
| late at night, and accordingly he will
often remain at his desk till sunrise, a
manuscript before him, his lips NOV
ing rapidly.
Nine Bernhard rarely attempts to
memorize a part save in the presence
and with the help of the playwright
His MOther-in-IaVv Was Dead
An Irishman who was just over from
old Erin and who apparently had
brought most of his family with him
when he came across entered an I'M
dertaking esta blishment yesterday and
inquired for the manager. When this
parsonage had been presented to him
u hot {- he no n