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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