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Show DOG US JEWELRY. More of It Worn than Many Peop'o ' llll.lgillO. "Tho value of Jnwolry dlsplayod at private, und public entertainments, where the wealthy are wont to meet," suld a well-known Jewelry expert, "Is usually much ovcicstlmuu-d. As a matter of fact, the greater part of this Jewelry Is false, paste, glass or t.ome modern compoltloii or other, However, How-ever, persona who aro aware of tills fact aro often Inclined in draw faUe conclusions from It. It Is not by any means lo be assumed that the wearing of falsu jowolry Is an evidence of vnl gurlty; that women who adorn themselves them-selves with paste dessro lo impose by a fictitious display of wealth On tho contrary the jeelry worn by tho women wo-men of limited means Is more likely to be ucuttine than that which adorns her sister of more wexlih, A poor wamuii dare not appear In-decked with a magnificent mag-nificent Hunt nf false diamonds for uv i ryutiu would know ut ouco that they worn hist. 'iWlth th wlfpnf a pitlll.inalro it Is different. Tho pub Ic know that she can afford leal gema nnd cotisi quetillv do not quest Ion thu ge ulneiiesa (if i hose which she may be pleased to wear, nnd these aro usuii ly false. Few wotneii earn to run tln risk of having their valuable Joao ry stolen,, so wear lb" ci'Uiileriel in public vhlle the geti-nine geti-nine reposes In a.fety In llio bink vault. This custom Is now more general even in countries where there Is hereditary hered-itary aristocracy. The family Jewels, which have be n Handed iIoaii rrom generation toueneralion, ami ihe value in which Is enhanced by hlMnrlu as-o-chilinii, are not. taken fiom Ihu safe half u dozuii limes In a geuerit'Jou." |