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September 10, 1906
Live Oak Daily Democrat
Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida
What is this article about?
A New York jeweler reports that women, despite ambitions and successes in other jewelry aspects like wearing, buying, selling, and polishing diamonds, cannot master diamond cutting due to lacking patience, judgment, and steady nerves.
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Women Cannot Cut Diamonds.
"A lot of women seem to be possessed these days of an ambition to learn the trade of diamond cutting," the New York Sun reports one jeweler as saying. "Every little while an applicant for a situation as an apprentice gives us a call. But we can't afford to give them a trial. They can never master the art. In other branches of the jewelry trade women have made some unqualified successes. Not one of Eve's daughters, from royalty down, I should say, that isn't an artist in the wearing of diamonds. Many are well versed in the tricks of buying and selling them, while others give excellent satisfaction in polishing and preparing them for the market. But when it comes to the real cutting of the stones they lack the patience, judgment and steadiness of nerve which constitute the expert's stock in trade."
"A lot of women seem to be possessed these days of an ambition to learn the trade of diamond cutting," the New York Sun reports one jeweler as saying. "Every little while an applicant for a situation as an apprentice gives us a call. But we can't afford to give them a trial. They can never master the art. In other branches of the jewelry trade women have made some unqualified successes. Not one of Eve's daughters, from royalty down, I should say, that isn't an artist in the wearing of diamonds. Many are well versed in the tricks of buying and selling them, while others give excellent satisfaction in polishing and preparing them for the market. But when it comes to the real cutting of the stones they lack the patience, judgment and steadiness of nerve which constitute the expert's stock in trade."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Diamond Cutting
Women In Trade
Jewelry Industry
Gender Limitations
Where did it happen?
New York
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New York
Story Details
A jeweler explains that women apply to learn diamond cutting but cannot master it due to insufficient patience, judgment, and steadiness of nerve, though they succeed in other jewelry trade aspects like wearing, buying, selling, and polishing diamonds.