Changes in speed are effected tive taste among these illiterate Manila lapidaries these women. Diamonds, amethysts, and similar stones by means of improved friction clutches which enable which is difficult to explain. From the standpoint of are not so often met with in the native jewelry of the… … wheels are 22 inches in di- The development of this ameter, the tires themselves industry has given em- are 5 inches in diameter. ployment to a considera- The total weight of the ble number of people, and machine in working order is 1,500 pounds. As com- are almost entirely lacking in the trinkets…
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