JEWELLERY FIENDS.
In most of tihe large cities and township® of New Zealand there are what are known as "jewellery fiends." These gentlemen, who are possessed of a persuasive eloquence peculiarly their own, make a canvass, of the., homes of working men; in the absence. of the bread-winners, and palm off a lot of "Brummagem" rubbish on what is known as the time-payment system. Women are peculiarly susceptible to the charms of jewels (even though they be of the Brummagem variety), and they fall a ready prey to' the machinations of the fiend with the glib tongjue. The result is not infrequently domestic unpleasantness, and acute hardship. The Government should step in and prevent weak-minded women being exploited by designing schemers.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10265, 17 June 1911, Page 4
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121JEWELLERY FIENDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10265, 17 June 1911, Page 4
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