The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04


y with surprise mingled with
amusement the report cabled
from Paris the other day that the Pearl
n.ol.r~ Association Of France Is ire
meudou.ly wrought UP because its
or,siln. las decided to have legal pro-
seed.n., brought against a Paris pearl |
.r,l, Who is said to have sold for |
$500, d, peari that Is alleged to have
been lo.tored
Further details of the charges read
hike the theme Of a mystery story into
which enter secrets Of treating pearls by
learned aud none too scrupulous old
H,ndus. the use Of ultra violet rays to
rive the pearl superb Oriental lustre
and the palmiug of of the produc, on
an unsuspecting customer.
c,lrdins TO further information Paris
expects the scandal to assume tremen-
dous proportions. And no wonder. for
Chapter II. of the romance flashing
under the Atlantic brings into the
action Of the stovysa so-callcd diamond
syndicate. whose members have been
dismaycd because of the fantasti,
prizes paid for pearls in the past few
Yeas Their dismay did not prevent
them from adopting the very practical
step Of employing detectives. however.
and il the cahled reports are accurate
SOM, Of the eleuths went out on the
ua.l of a so-called pearl syndicate.
col, r,.,t, IA,
detectives returning to disnayed dia-
mond syndicate with proof that many
pearls represented to confiding patrons
Is having been bought or swiped from
the head dress Of some proud old Indian
rajlh We're nothing more than common
products Of transformations mussels
which had been dredged out of the
Wabash or the Mississippi. then sent
from New York TO suburb of Paris
and there doctored by a Hindu expert
who maintains a laboratory wherein
he removes the native modcsty of the
Wabash and substitutes the ltstre Of
Oriental!sm. The Hindu is quoted as
say.us:
My method permits doctoring the
American pearl into an Indian pearl
which puzzles the best experts and
which sometimes brings as high as
100000"
Aside from the element of romance
this story has an interest quite positive
for Americans who In the past decade
have purchased pearls valued n an
enormous sum in the aggregate. From
the modest seed pearls in the ring OF a
little girl and the scarfpin pearl or a
youth. the pearls owned and worn by
men and women of the United States
mount up L. magnificent ropes seen
al the opera. each Of which may repre-
sent a fortune. When It is remembered
that at least s10.00o.000 worth OF pearls
are sold in New York alone every year
one may understand why the reports
recently Cahlcd from Paris should
have commanded wild. attention.
That some indiN idual owners of pearls
costing many thousands Of dollars
should Ice disturbed 10y the stories from
Paris Is not to be wondered at either.
The man who has spent 100000 or $780,
900 for a necklace may he pardoned II
he is a trihe nervous over the posi-
billty that It's pearls may have been
found in mussels in the mud OF some
Western river Hut If such man
pur, hased his necklace from repu-
table. dealer he may calm himself. At
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