He believes jade to be one constant factor in a world of values that fare constantly shifting and. changing "that Is to say, the world of the Jeweller. Diamonds maintain their value because of their rarity, and it is an artificial rarity now, when dia mond companies must restrict their output.
Pearls are not so attractive when and purposes the semi as natural ones. for even exper! must soit the ems. before the can distinguish Cultured) from real. Rubles and sapphires are made synthetically and their price, foo. will be forced down: the same fact is true of emeralds. Only Jade cannot be uoliented; at Toast, no-one has ar yet Been able to make good Inite-'One proof of the popularity of Jade fs that at present, when old and Wealthy Chinese families sometimes fare forced to sell their properties, they remain their jade until the very Fast possible moment. It is extremely. dificult to find jade of good quality the market, even when diamonds fand other gems of first-rate value are for sale at low prices, For hun-reds of years jade has been cher-{shed and preserved, and it is ikely to be hoarded for hundreds of years For this and for other reasons Mr. Hashim looks forward to his next trip (0 Burma. "It is a lovely country and the people are most friendly," he said. "I have been io many countries, though, and I have Usually found the country people easy (0 get on with. I have bad 3 very full life, If T were to die tomorrow, I could not complain. T do not think 1. could claim to have missed" much." would stilt be there in Manila, ho said, "it styles had not changed. When these sports dresses came. there was, not halt the demand. for embroidery there used to be, and business fell off."
Lace and Jade that he must seek pastures new.
Perhaps he was_not really sore
One, branch of his lace basinene was in'Canton, and quite by accident he entered. the business of buying and felling jade." During one of his itansePacife trips, he meta" lady Who asked im to find her a good Jade necklace. In his search he come Upon "two. valuable. neckltees, and brought" them both to America where he sold them and thereby dis: covered rapidly Increasing. demand for jade. "He. began to investigate the market. One. of his agents Dougit a lump of jade in' China and his own. wormonen cut it up. and fashioned {t into bracelets, He sold Interested, he pursued the matter, and hho discovered that, contrary to 3 widespread belief, mast of the *Chi-Rose" jade worn in China is not from this country at li, but. from Burma," Really good jade ly one of three colours, which he hes learned long since to distinguish, and he has become an authority on' the subject.
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