Show SOlDIERS EX-SOlDIERS BECOME ADEPT GEM GUTTERS Chicago May IlaY S. S Twelve 3 Twelve hundred disabled British sol soldiers lers are arc learning diamond cutting and polishing at h hs government school at Brighton Eng land A few disabled American soldiers sol aol diers are studying tho the trade In New NewYork NewYork York Cincinnati and several other cit cit cit- ies les A good diamond cutter receives about 75 a week Many Ian of the British soldiers soldiers at lt Brighton show remarkable for tho the wor work said Bernard Oppenheimer and have become clever cr cutters The They are arc so expert that the they are arc allowed ed to cut the tho finest inest diamonds To demonstrate demo dem te how well their work Is done I displayed worth of or to some exports ono one day These men commented on the beauty of ot tho the o opt cut t. t ting tinS Tho The value alue of or a a. diamond is enhanced en- en n- n b by fine cutting The con connoisseurs 1 is were convinced tho the work worle had bad been done in Amsterdam and were tremendously tre tre- surprised when hen I told them tho the gems had been cut ut b by the tho r at tho the school at Brighton Tho The output of or rough diamonds from South Africa Is something like 60 a a. year ear added Mr tr er or and with expenses and cutting ou may put their value y at 00 OO Why IW should not tho the or 3 30 spent In cutting g go to the soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers of ot England who have fought for tor their country countr rather than abroad rho Tho same me argument ful might ht well apply apply ap lP- ap- ap ply ph in the United States Slates The war gave an In Impetus to 0 diamond cutting in this country countr and there are now nearly forty diamond cutting factories actori s here chiefly flY In New Nev York Disabled soldiers rs who Who retain tho the use usa of or their hands and their eyes ma may become expert at diamond cutting cutting- |