NOT FROM OYSTERS.
Many of our readers will be surprised to learn that tho pink pearl comes from a sea-shell and not from an oyster. This shell is shaped like a shoe-horn and children put it to their ears and declare that they hear "fairy voices," when they find one on the beach. We were told how pearls must be matched to the wearer's complexion—the most valuable pearl of all, the creamyvellow one, is for the brunette, the •'white" for the blonde, and "black" for the Latin type.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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88NOT FROM OYSTERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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