| Show chinese jewelers there are two jewelers in chinatown but their establishments do not resemble the ordinary places known as jewelry shops the chinese jeweler is a manu as well aa a shopkeeper hii establishment is a tiny room up ono 01 two narrow flights of stairs the room in ono place is divided by an openwork iron partition with an arch and a conn ter near the window where the jeweled stands at work he is an elderly chinaman wearing glasses and he works over a tiny fire in the window all his work is done by hand and some of it is beautiful there ore heavy silver bracelets which open with a hinge and fasten with an odd little staple tho fine raised pattern is out out every bit of it by hand there are gold rings made in tho same way they are fine rings made of 24 carat gold almost nothing is kept in stock there may chance to bo a few rings and bracelets which are taken from a small safe most of the goods are made to order when the manufacturer is asked the price of a ring he weighs it before he answers his scales consist of a slender stick of ivory perhaps a third of a yard long covered with chinese characters at ono end is a email brass plate suspended from the stick by fine threads and a very small weight also hanging by a thread is moved along to the balancing point by the je voler as he holds the little machine in his hand the front part of tho little shop is filled with a stove table dishpan dishes as many things aa could bo crowded into it new york times |
