Show birmingham FAKE JEWELRY 1 I 1 consul albert halstead of birmingham england reports as aft follows in re gard to successful methods vt of imitating certain precious stones pes birmingham Is the center of jewelry manufacture in the united kingdom here are trained jeV jewelers lens of the most i skillful kind jewelry workmen have emigrated from birmingham to the united states in such large number that a few yeam y ears ago intone ortho of tho 0 largest silverware ma manufactories manu n factories as in america there were employed men who had learned their in the birmingham district N not ot a ottle little jewelry was formerly exported from this district to the united states but the development of the art in all al classes of jewelry in america has materially reduced Birmingh ams exports still the trade here Is reported to bo be better than for some time although manufacturers complain that things are not as they were the keen competition of german cheap and imitation jewelry has ha so seriously interfered with birmingham manufacturers manufacture ra that they now make comparatively little imitation Jewel jewelry rv much nine carat acid jewelry is still made bere berei but the finer type of jewelry Is Birmingh ams staple the birmingham dally daily mall af all shows how adept fakers bakers have become in re years now that the prices of genuine preci pus stones atones of the highest qianty have i greatly increased the ruby sapphire emerald and pearl are skillfully imitated even experts find fand it hard to detect the fraudulent gems defective white pearls can be converted into brown or even black ones A converted black pearl has been so BO well colored that it sold at a fabulous price imitation pearls are plentiful and look so like the real thing that they deceive experts they are pre made by means meang of a transparent glass glas shell a little glue and some essence of afi the orient rt a silvery silvers pearly dearly substance composed of fine scales rubbed from a small fish called the bleak or the 1 a blete of which require the h 1 e rubbing to get a pound even 11 turquoise r are not above suspicion i east liverpool 0 nov 14 44 miss gertrude bailor librarian of the carnegie library of this city has received the appointment of librarian of the government library at honolulu il I 1 and will leave shortly to duties te v i |