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Show nn ONLY WOMEN PEARL DIVERS IN WORLD. Th profession of pearl-dlvlng has been opened to Japanese women. Thev are the only women pearl divers in the i orld Th"s women are employed In arllfl-lal arllfl-lal beds of pearl oysters originated bv 1 man named Miklmoto. The artificial process consists of n-Lroduclng n-Lroduclng liny metal pellets into oysters oys-ters when the latter are about three .ears old. The bivalve Is then returned - ''"'I arid v bi i. taker, no f...jv . ears ater a true pearl has formed about the jietal nucleus. Women divers do all the work of patb-rinir patb-rinir and replnntlnjc the pearl oysters I hey think nothing of staving under .i'-r ibree inlnuies at a time. I |