The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-19
SEES REAL Gem
MARKET.oF PARIS
In Dingy Restaurants Brokers
Negotiate Sales Over Wine
and Coffee.
Is SHOPS ON ONE STREET
American Travellers Advised to Leave
Their Jewelry at Home-Ways of
European Robbers-Many
Work on Trains.

Paris.-"Some day." an American
man In business in Paris advised, 81
Will show you the real diamond
brokers' market of Paris. 1t Is not, as
you doubtless think, along Rue de la
Paix. You would never dream it was
the unofficial exchange where the
smaller dealers meet to trade. 1t is a
very cheaplooking little restaurant in
the Rue Lafayette. I go there some
times at noon just to watch the trad
ing In precious stones. Two handbook
ing old chaps will sit over their coffee
and cOgnac 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. I hope to buy a
good stone there some day, but think
it will have to be by making friends
with waiter, who in turn will make
ME acquainted with one Of the
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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 Is jewelry shops
in its $50 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,
monograms or designs Of tiny stones
suspended in an Invisible setting. But
such stonesl 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 heart 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 a 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 as one can be-
fore the police arrive.
Speaking Of robberies-a very vital
subject for travelers-I beg Of you, II
you are about to start OF on an ex-
tended tour this summer, to leave your
fine jewels at home In some safe de-
post 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 precaution Of
consigning your jewels to the hotel
safe each night and taking a receipt
for them. But leave them at home If
you are starting on a trip about for
eign countries.
Many RobberIes on Trains.
Above all things, fellow country
women, do not put your money in your
trunk or suitcase and leave it in ho-
tel. Do not leave your handbag In
your room and the door unlocked, as
many women 1 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 compenion, another
American woman, turned back, saying
she did not want to carry all her
money with her, but would hide it.
When she came back / asked her where
she hid 1t. "Oh, under the edge
Of the carpet Of my room," said she.
made her go back and bring 1t along
and promise never to do anything as
risky as that. One would think it ina
possible for thief to get past all the
managers and servants that are found
by the doors and on each floor Of ho-
tells, but every day some careless per-
son is robbed Of his money In hotels or
on trains or from taking drinks with
persuasive strangers. II have been
around the world twice." said an
American woman, "and I have never
lost thing. 1 never take jewelry on
my trip. have cheap watch and i'm
itation pins. My papers and travellers
checks and letters Of credit are right
on me in my safety pocket. keep my
door Locked aRa ! never shoy money
before strangers. In consequence they
think ! am not worth robbing. It
brings great peace Of mind, I assure
you, and wish all American or other
kind Of women would follow my exam
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