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Show LSiOi SOCIETY SELLS JEWELRY Expenses of Maintaining Great Homes Cause Breaking Up of Heirlooms lu ll. I 1 M L. MAIJjABAK ' Entenui tlonal N'cws 6ervce .::ff Cbrrcspondcm 1 j L .Tt..V. Uec. IS. Lavish displays of Jewels wh'ch were formerly the chief feature of evening costumes In hif soclet will 1- unfashionable this winter. Extraordinary private s.-iles are helng piOde at the present lime by women of pVomlnent families some nf them members of nobility, who are disposing of jpwels that had been treasured trea-sured for years. GOKS OUT H FASHION Complete s i of diamonds, sapphires rubles an.i mh.-r precious stones are being broken tip and sold gradually so thai theli owners may 0e able to n.aintain their old homes. In spite of the burden pt taxation ' Jewelry Is going out of fashion rap-Idly rap-Idly and the Kurop.-an market Is being glutted with precious stons. Vast quantities quan-tities of gents w re brought to Continental Con-tinental EEuropc from Russia and sold In addition, aristocratic families from Austria, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey and Other countries hard hit by the war. have gout great collections of Jewels jto dealers In London. Paris and Antwerp Ant-werp to be- sold for what they would 1 1 ring. UKT l THEIR PI Mil S At an exclusive dinner dance one hardly evor sees an old style tiara. I Pearl and diamond necklaces and sun-I sun-I bursts also are disappearing The most that a woman of rank wears nowadays Is a diamond brooch, possibly a string I of penis and perhaps Inconspicuous earrings. The wife of a British peer recently disposed of iom of the larger stones in a tlara given lur by her husband as a wedding present, Another woman Of high family told her friends she was' having broken up a beautiful set of Sapphires and will cell them gradual-' ly at auction. "Diamonds must go to save the home." has become the cry of society. It Is a peculiar, fact that women sell' diamonds mon- readlb than pearls. Many women will cv n rb k giving up th.-ir fashionable homes to retain their pearls. |