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MAKING JEWELRY OUT OF UGLY BEETLES One of these da vs one of the brown skin belles of the avenue may be wearing | one of these stag beetles made into a fine piece of jewelry if plans are carried through At the present time there are establishments in France which mouiit the shiny black bodies of gold and silver. The stag beetles here are disputing over a fungus stump._ Creatures that Repel by their Ugliness Become of Great Value when Specially Treated By ANTHONY WAYNE American jewelers are considering the establishment of manufacturing shops for the making of odd and strange * ornaments for fashionable ladies out of some of Nature’s ugliest creatures—the beetles. ThL is taking a leaf from the old^ establishments of France, where beetles have long been used in mak ing original and interesting and un usual ornaments to grace the gowns of mil-dy whose tastes run to the spectacular. 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Some families, have for generations, fol lowed this peculiar trade. Delicate instruments are used to remove the tiny heads from the bodies, which are thoroughly cleaned inside and out. All internal organs are taken out and are replaced by a substance that is solid, which keeps the beetles in their natural shape. When the beetle has been dissected, cleaned and treated by a secret pro cess that hardens it and preserves its form and color, it goes to another room of the workshop where it is mounted on a gold and silver brooch, a stickpin or a pendant. American jewelers point out that such beetles as the stag beetle adapt themselves to this strange mounting and preserving. Its shiny jet black ness would prove effective against many types of gowns, and even the Sloan’s Liniment Still in the Limelight Adelaide Hall, who some seasons ago broke into fame through her clever and talented stage performances, is now the star of “Brown Beauties. Ringing the Doorbell < It is quite easy for even a school boy to compute that the women of America walk almost fifteen million miles in a year in order to answer the doorbell for agents of electric washers, brushes, vacuum cleaners and similar articles. If the venders of shoe laces, court plaster and needles, and the beggars, pure and simple (more simple than pure) were added to the door-bell pullers, Ameri can women would probably have to add a few million miles to this total. Of course everyone has to make a living. Naturally we pity the poor men who have to go from door to door selling something they want to get rid of, and we so seldom want. But surely we should be paid for that fifteen-million mile walk. Over in Holland they have arranged ft little coin-in-the slot contrivance men might be induced to wear them as necktie holders. The stag beetle might prove to be a valuable crop for young men work ing their way through college, It is pointed out, and for those who are not frightened by its ferocious ap pearance. It is possible that the stag beetle and others m.ght be grown in captivity on beetle farms. Some -dentists have pointed out that this type of beetle nay have grown to enormous sizes in other and earlier days. If such is the case, it was probably no more friendly than it is today. Even now the stag beetle has a good appetite and will devour all sorts of things from rotting trees to locusts. It cares not a bit whether the locust is dead or alive or as dry as a chip. The stag beetle has great mandi bles, or pinchers, that once fastened to any creature Just about means death. If at one time, as some sci entists say, this type of insect grew to enormous size, it would have beer unfortunate to have come in contact with him. 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