The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-05-03
n Dingy Restaurants Brokers
Negotiate Sales Over Wine
and Coffee.
Is SHOPS ON ONE STREET
American Travellers Advised to Leave
Their JeweIry at Honc-Ways OF
European Robbers-Many
Work on Trains.

Paris.-"Some day. an American
man In business In Paris advised. Il
will shaw you the real diamond
you doubtless think. along Rue de la
Paix. Yen would never dream 1t was
the unofficial exchange where the
smaller dealers meet to trade. IL Is a
very cfeap-lOoking little restaurant In
the Rue Lafayette. | go there some
times at noon just to watch the trad
ing In precious stones. Two handbook
Ing old chaps will sit owe their coffee
and cOgnac. One will take II a dirty
feather purse tied with an cid greasy
string and will lay diamonds and ru-
bies that make your hair curl on the
table before them. They peer ut them
through microscopes. weigh them and
haggie about the price. All around one.
on the tables. are little piles of pre-
cfOus stones and the walters are asked
to pass them frnin to another and
no n Is surprised. l hope TO buy a
good stone there some day, but think
It will have to be by making friends
Win q WultCA, WIN III tutu VII AnunC
me acquainted with n Of the
brokers'"
IS Shops on One Street.
For the jewel mart of the world one
has only to walk along Rue de Ia
PAX. where there are % jewelry shops
10 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.
fiaras, crowns. bracelets. rings, articles
Tor tn toilet table and the thousands
OF tiny jeweIed boxes used In SO many
waya. Everything has its garlands.
00nograms or designs Of tiny stones
suspended IL an Invisible setting. But
ytch stones! A little bit OF the sun, Of
the nnO0n. OF = brilliant star, Of the
aoart, Of Z coal Of Are, OF the ocean
lepths. Of the greatest bit OF verdure
10 the heart Of the forest-these are
Gnshrined In the dazzling jewels dis
rk1UAd against the neutral velvet back
ground. The display Is mostly in the
windows. Customers who 60 inside
tho shops ut by gree, baize tables In
one Of q series Of rooms with thick
carpets while the gems are brought up
1rOm the strong OOm In the basement.
The diamond robberies In Paris seem
70 he BY smashing the window and
.grnbhlng as many gems as n can be-
6pre the police arrive.
/ speaking Of rObberies-a very vital
Uubject for travellers beg Of you, II
you are about to start OF on an ex-
tended tour this summer, to leave your
me Jewels at home In some safe de-
p0Git and to trc.vel vans valuables. II
you are going to visit friends or to
shine forth at some fashionable hotel
~ America, that Is different. Wear all
your flnefy. hut take the ~precaution OF
.Cpnalgning your jewels to the hotel
Aafe each night and taking a receipt
~ them. Hut leave them at home II
you are starting on q trip about for
Aign countries.
Many Robbsriss on Trains.
Above all things, fellow country
Wouen, do q put your money in your
trunk or suitcase and leave It In a ho-
"a. DO not leave your handbag IN
your room and the door unlocked. as
many wOmen I know In hotels do. The
paace Tor your reserve fund OF money,
chocks and papers Is upon your person.
Keep them In your safety pocket. One
evening we e going for q little
Gtr0lt when my companion, another