Old Jewels 
Old (jurios 
Wm.T. Shepherd 
Donchian Building 
Magnolia 
Opposite Huylers 
Old Rings 
Old Necklets 
Old Brooches 
Pendants 
Old Earrings 
Old Lockets 
Long Chains 
Old Crosses 
Old Reliquaries 
Old Rosaries 
Old Brocades 
and Stuffs 
Old Gilt Carvings 
Old Repousse 
Metal 
Old Clocks 
Old Venice 
Lithographs 
Old Dutch 
Brasses 
lovely old 
Thousands of 
jewels and 
Foreign Art Objects 
that cannot be bought else- 
where and that are desirable 
as Gifts. No imitations or re- 
productions on sale 
Wm.T. Shepherd 
DONCHIAN BUILDING 
MAGNOLIA 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
W. CGC. LANGLEY & GO. 
The inactivity of the market still 
continues to be the principal feature. 
It resists all attacks with a stubborn 
strength that must be very discourag- 
ing to the bearish contingent, and 
shows that there are interests who 
can see in the reviving activity of 
business and in the nine billions of 
new wealth coming out of the ground 
this year a more potent argument 
than in the remote possibilities of 
disastrous legislation. In fact if the 
democrats should sweep the country 
and have complete control this con- 
gress would not take its seats for al- 
most a year and a half, and even 
then many months would elapse be- 
fore any tariff legislation could be 
enacted. Many things can happen 
in the next two years and we feel 
that the constructive side of the mar- 
ket is by far the safer. Crop views 
is very good and equipment orders 
are being placed extensively by the 
leading railroads. The Interstate 
Commerce Commission has recently 
granted a fees rate increases, which, 
while not very important in them- 
selves, yet arouse the hope that that 
body may be ruled by a sense of fair- 
Signor Edgar Perera, formerly 
Italian Consul, now a student of art 
and antiquities, has for the past few 
years devoted his time in making a 
eareful and _ discriminating collec- 
tion of historical and beautiful jew- 
elry, starting from the most remote 
ages to the present time. This col- 
lection, on display at Miss Swift’s 
shop on Lexington avenue, Mag- 
nolia, is unlike anything that has 
ever been shown before, every piece 
being strongly marked by individu- 
ality and by the taste of Signor Per- 
era, who had at first gathered these 
pieces with the intention of making 
a chronological collection of beauti- 
ful jewelry, some of them dating as 
far back as 2000 B. C., coming down 
to the latest creation in platinum, 
designed also by Signor Perera. In 
examining the collection one is first 
of all impressed by the strong artis- 
tie feeling in every piece and by its 
unusual interest and educational 
element. Here you have the oppor- 
tunity to handle some of the rarest 
rings and bracelets worn by the an- 
cient Egyptians and Romans, scar- 
abs and amulets in the condition in 
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER 
B3 State Street 
THE OGEANS6IDE HOTEL, MAGNOLIA 
Members of the New York and Beston Stock Exchange 
BOSTON 
ness towards capital as well as labor. . 
The report of the Stanley Commit- 
tee proved to be a much over-rated 
document. It had been well under- 
stood that politics would play a large 
part in any recommendations that 
were made. But the dissenting min- 
ority reports completely _emasculat- 
ed it of any verility it had left. 
To relieve the monotony of the 
week’s trading some of the special- 
ities were given a little practice run, 
and groomed for future more serious 
performances. General Electric and 
Westinghouse were the most active 
and the copper stocks showed fur- 
ther gains. The metal in London has 
now regained all its loss and large 
sales are now being made at the top 
price 17%4 cents. The shares are still 
sluggish probably because the largest 
companies such as Amalgamated, 
Anaconda and Calumet and Arizona 
have not been allowed to increase 
their dividends. But they are all 
certain to do so at the next distribu- 
tion and between now and then the 
market will commence its usual pro- 
cess of discounting future events. 
which they have been found in sar- 
cophaguses, while others of the 
amulets and searabs are ingeniously 
set into every conceivable sort of or- 
nament. A number of odd and beauti- 
ful necklaces are made from _ the 
Phoenician iridescent glass beads 
from Asia Minor. The specimens of 
Assyrian glass vases, dating as far 
back as 400 B. C., are a wonder of 
luster, and no better specimen of 
them could be seen in any of the 
museums. Turning to the case of mod- 
ern jewelry, we notice the rare gold- 
smith and jeweler who revel in color 
and in individual artistic feeling. A 
Gothic design in platinum for a 
pendant is the first attempt ever 
made of this style of work in jew- 
elry. A peacock forming the set- 
ting for a fine black opal has the 
chain made up with peacock feath- 
ers. A ring with the most delicate 
platinum work represents an_Etrus- 
cian design with grape effects. 
Signor Perera himself exhibits his 
jewels with the pride natural in the 
creator of beautiful things. The 
collection was exhibited in New 
York and Boston. 
