STARVING PEARLS.
• 0 Now that poals are so rapidly inj creasing in value, it is sad to think some arc perishing in the Louvre, says a London paper. Mmc. Thiers bequeathed to that institution a marvellous pearl necklace, which within a few years' fell a victim to the mysterious disease defined by experts as a; form of starvation. Pearls live by cos-;
tact with'humanity, and for this reason jewellers "maintain that they should be worn on the bare skin. If the Louvre? ntfiikla'ce "could be worn for a time'the p'carls would recover their lustre. But, "according to the will of Mine. Thiers,' It must not be removed from' its"case", soothe pearls are gradually BeeouTiSg more" unsightly and shrivelled i\T& must-ultimately be losX (o Ihe v/oi4d'i- '<•- ■— — (-.••.
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Taihape Daily Times, 18 September 1919, Page 6
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125STARVING PEARLS. Taihape Daily Times, 18 September 1919, Page 6
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