The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-19
Why the Big Diamond Is the
Cheaper
What You Can Learn by Looking in a jewelers. Window.
Cheaper

In jewery window are displayed two diamond rings
The ticket on reads, ''This beautiful diamond
weight 9H karats, $1,000
The ticket on the other reads weight AZ karats
price, $3.50"
You wonder why the larger stone has the tler price
The is the stone which has the pretenous
size lacks quality Even from the sidewalk serious flaws
be easily detected
The smaller pure white brilliant, and without
carbon spots other defects That makes it worth six
times much per karat as the larger stone,
The jeweler in whose window the diamonds are dis
played is evidently honest jeweer, for he makes
attempt to conceal the defects of the poorer stone
It would have been possible to have placed in
setting to have covered Of the worst flaws and
unsupeng purchaser could have been led to pay
than fair price.
Either diamond worth just about what asked for it.
But the man who buys the perfect gem will get the
much better bargain
If he ever wants to dispose of it, he will find much
reader market than for of-cOlOr fawlled stone.
There is marked parallel between diamonds and men
There clear, blue-white in which there
flaws They command high prices. They worth it.
There are other spotted with dishonesty, with
cookedness with lying with all Of bad character
istics
They sometimes able to conceal these defects and
sell themselves for the price of honest men.
But he who buys them gets cheated.
dishonest employe is bad investment.
You would not buy diamond without looking it over
Don't hire for position of trust without look
Looking the diamond you look for faults, not
virtues You expect the virtues and have right to.
Look to see if the who seeks job has the fault of
Keeping late hours if he drinks whkey he is interested
IN horserang he wastes his time when he is away from
the office. These flaws, and if you find them they
decrease his value.
It is possible to cut the flaw out of the diamond
By grinding to smaller size the stone may be made
perfect
With man, ninety mine times out of hundred if the
fault well fixed the habit is of long standing the oper
alton of eliminating it is very difficult one.
The difference Is the diamond has will power to
overcome It submits to the grinding without protest or
struggle.
The man has will, and flaw in him will be oblit-
Grated unless his VIII submits unless he is willing to help
Thousands of men have been reformed Thousands
have dropped bad habits and become good citizens
Mothers and wives have for the most part been the
influences that led to reformation.
The influence of good has many times worked
miracle But affection and personal interest the things
that influence mothers and wives find only small place in
the rush Of modern business.
Not being responsible for the bad habit the emplover
sees no reason for going to the expense taking the risk
Of trying to cure it.
The real solution for young is prevention rather
than cure
Present yourselves to the man to whom you wish to
sell your services free of the flaws of bad habits
Be four-and a. half karat man worth twenty
hundred and fifty dollars rather than ninea g. half
Karat applicant worth only sixth much per karat
Perfection nearly it can be reached is as profit
able in men as it is in diamonds