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 How Her Jeweled Comb Is Made

��Placing tiny jewels in tortoise shell combs. The girl who does this tedious work is called a "placer." The jewels are so small tha*- she cannot handle them with her fingers, so she uses tweezers. The stones must be heated on an electric stove before they can be placed

��The electrically heated stones arc cemented into the settings pre- pared for them. This process insures their sticking. Great care must be exercised to prevent the cement from showing. Only the minutest amount can be used. The pat- terns usually are ex- ceedingly intricate

���Drilling the tiny settings for the stones which make the elaborate patterns on the pres- ent day jeweled combs. The drill is operated by electricity

���This man is working on an aluminum comb. After the brilliants are firmly set, he takes a sharp tool and carves the metal around the jewels

��Photos © Press lUus. Serv.

��Samples of elaborately jeweled combs and hair orna- ments. What young lady wovild not linger over such an attractive display in one of the shops

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