Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-04-29 | Page 6 | Puzzling Gems are Now in Town

Puzzling Gems Are Now in Town MARVELOUS DISPLAY IN OGDEN OG-DEN OF JEWELS THAT FOOL THE GOVERN-MENT GOVERN-MENT EXPERTS. The introduction of Lucios diamonds in Ogden. now on display and sale at 2119 Washington Ave,, is quite attractive, at-tractive, not a passerby In the 2100 block but who gives more or less attention at-tention lo the window display of these sparkling gems. There has been other Imitations offered, of-fered, hut the Lucios is certainly the most clever of all offered as a substitute sub-stitute for the rare gem for which the world stands envy. "What are Lucios diamonds? Lucios diamonds were first brought lo this country by Madam Lucios, wife of Count Lucios of Paris, France. The custom officials seized her jewels, fttppnsed to be worth one million dollars. dol-lars. She declared they were but clever clev-er Imitations and worth less than one-' fiftieth the estimated amount. Even' known test was applied and eventually eventual-ly her statement was affirmed. The most expert dealers were employed em-ployed by the United States government govern-ment to make this test and tho only way they discovered the truth was by the weight. Shortly afterwards we secured se-cured the right to the Lucios diamonds in this country, and our success in their sale has been enormous. Diamonds that fool government experts ex-perts certainly are clever enough to deceive anybody else. And countless wealthy women now have their valuable valu-able jewels duplicated with Lucios Diamonds as a protection against thieves. The display spoken of is to be seen at Richardson & Grant's, The Crock-cry Crock-cry People, No. 2419 Washington Ave.