Phillips County herald., 1922-06-08
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In Dinoy Restaurants Brokers
Negotiate Sales Over Wine
and Coffee.
Is SHOPS ON ONE STREET
American Travellers Advised TO Leave
Their Jewclry at Homo Ways Of
European Robbers MANY
Work on Trains

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Paris.-"Some day." an American
man in business In Paris advised, Il
will show you tie real diamond
brokers market of Paris. 1t is. not. as
you doubtless think, along Rue de Ia
Paix. You would never dream 1t was
the unofficial exchange where the
smaller dealers meet to trade. 1t Is a
very cheap-looking little restaurant in
the Rue Lafayette. go there some
times at noon just to witch the trad
ing in precious stones. Two handbook
ing old chaps will sit over their coffee
and cognnc. One will take out dirty
leather purse tied with an old greasy
string and will lay diamonds and ru-
bies that make your hair curl on the
table before them. They peer at them
through microscopes, weigh them and
haggle about the price. All around one,
on the tables, are little piles Of pre-
cious stones and the walters are asked
to pass them from one to another and
no one is surprised. l hope to buy a
good sebne there some day, but think
1t win have to be by making friends
with waiter, who in turn will make
me acquainted win one of the
brokers'"
rs Shops on One Street.
For the jewel mart Of the world one
has only to walk along Rue de la
Paix, where there are 25 jewelry shops
In its 25O yards Of length. writes
Laura A. Smith in the indianapolis
Star. One could spend days. yes
months, examining the exquisite de-
signs Of the necklaces. brooches,
tiaras, crowns. bracelets, rings, articles
for the toilet table and the thousands
Of tiny jeweled boxes used in SO many
ways. Everything has its garlands,
MONOGRAPHS or designs of tiny stones
suspended In an invisible setting. But
such stones! A little bit Of the sun, Of
the moon. Of brilliant star, Of the
heart, of coal Of fire, Of the ocean
depths, Of the greatest bit Of verdure
In the hc1rt Of the forest-these are
enshrined in the dazzling jewels dis
played against the neutral velvet back
ground. The display Is mostly In the
windows. Customers who 60 inside
the shops sit by green baize tables In
one OF series Of rooms with thick
carpets while the gems are brought up
from the strong rooms In the basement.
The diamond robberies In Paris seem
TO be by smashing the window and
grabbing as many gems rs one can be-
fore the police arrive.
Speaking Of robberies--a very Vital
subject for travelers-I beg OF you, II
you nre about to start of on an ex-
tended tour this summer. to leave your
fine Jewels at home In some snfe de-
posit and to travel sans valuables. If
you are going to visit friends or to
shine forth at some fashionable hotel
In America, that Is different. Wear all
your finery, but take the precantlon of
consIgning your jewels to the hotel
safe each night and taking a receipt
for them. But leave them ut home II
you are starting on trip about for
eign countries.
Many Robbsries on Trains.
Above all things. fellow country
women. do not put your money In your
trunk or suitcase and leave II In n no
tel. DO not leave your handbag In
your room and the door unlocked. as
many women know In hotels do. The
place for your reserve fund Of money.
checks and papers Is upon your person.
Keep them In your safety pocket. One
evening we were going for little
stroll when my companion, another
American woman. turned back, saying
she did not want to carry all her
money with her. hut would hide IL.
when she came back asked her where
she hid II. "Oh. under the edge
OF the carpet OF my room." said she.
made her 20 back and bring II along
and promise never 10 do anything rs
risky ns that one would think II I'm.
possible for thief 10 get past all the
managers and servants that are found
by the doors md on each floor " ho-
tells, hut every day some careless rcr-
son III robbed of his money in hotels or
on trains or from taking drinks with
persuasive strangers. II have been
around the world twice" said nn
American womnn. "nnd hive never
lost n thing. | never tnke Jcwclry on
my "trip. hnyc u cheap WATCH ana I'm.
Iiaiion pins. My papers and trnyclcrs'
checks aud letters Of credit nfe right
on mo In my snfoty pocket keen my
door locked and never shnr money
before strangers. In consequence they
think am not worth robbins II
brings great pence OF mind, assure
you, nnd | wish all American or other
kind Of women would follow my exain.
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