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Show PEARLS "DIE" WHEN NOT VORN. Precious Stone Rapidly Loses Luster If Locked Up. That pearls "die" In obscuilty and retain their luster and value when worn frequentl) Is a fact that has alwajs to be borne in mind b) the owners of Jewels. The statement that an historical pearl necklace In the Louvre original ly worlU 1:201100 is rapidly depreciating depreciat-ing did not In (he least surpilse the manager of a well-known llrm of Jew-eleiR. Jew-eleiR. "1'eails," he said, "nniBl be worn fieiiueutl to piescrve them. If you take a pearl necklace and lock It up you will Unit that hi the course ol years the peUs become dull and loe tut sheen -thai makes them so valim hie. Hcirlooii'.n which have been care-full) care-full) tieasuied will sometimes be foe.id to hnve deteriorated III tills wa). They lose their glow and In some Instances In-stances become almost hlack. I'enil lieeklaces nover keep so well as when thej are constant 1 on the necks of their owneis. "It has been suggested thai per Miual iullueuces have something to do w'.'i the mutter, hut 1 think It Is more likely that the eiTecl Is due 10 light and air. You can weiu pearls piaciically as long as iu like, certainl for 11 Ky j ears, and they would give no Indication Indica-tion of change, and ou might lock pearls up and peihaps In twent) vears they would show signs of 'dlng.' There are, however, wtis of lesuscllat-Ing lesuscllat-Ing pearls, but tho faet that they 'die' Is quite clear." |