AN TISTIC ROOTIES ana FARE TIOUES European manufacturers of alleged antiques look upon the people of the United States as their best customers and their factories are running over time In order that there may be pro duced sufficient specimens of the old and unique to supply the American trade. Some $9,000,000 worth of old tapestries were to be delivered In this country before Christmas day that the buyer living under the Stars and Stripes may satisfy his artistic long ings and point proudly to things said to have one time belonged to house holds which were modern about the blme that Charlemagne was the po litical boss of the world. The antique business is not routined to tapestries. It has assumed alarm ing proportions in almost every other line. It has become so widespread that the legitimate dealers are already suffering, for the cunning makers of bp mlHrna nrtlf Ino hii'n rtrmn thoir work so deftly that the casual observ er cannot delect the difference. A brass ship's lantern made in London In the early nineteenth century at $5.r0 sounds like a bargain, as does an egg-boiler of the first empire at 12.r0, until you discover modern ma terial therein. I beught a fine speci men of dagger in a Spanish colony and was mightily pleased with it un til one clay the handle slipped off and I found the mark showing it to be con structed of American cast steel. An odd bit of cotton cloth picked up in Haytl was also a valued possession until I learned that it was made in New England and shipped to the black republic in order that it might return to the United States In the hands of such unsuspecting purchasers as my self. So widespread is the fraud per petrated by unscrupulous dealers and so continuing is the imposition upon collectors who eBsay to pick up old silver, china and period furniture in the United Kingdom and continental Europe that the United States Depart ment of Commerce and Labor is warn ing Americans in its publications to beware of the frauds. One of the crazes affected by some Americans just at present is the col lection of miniatures and decorated Bnuff and match boxes. These and similar articles are manufactured by deft and dexterous copyists and are sold by the gross to dealers who rep resent them to be genuine, if the deal er happens to be a European devoting his time and attention to the Ameri can tourist trade. The manufacturer also ships these articles to this coun try for sale on their merits as copies of originals. "Old marks" on china are practic ally meaningless in this day of subter fuge and fraud. The amateur, collect or of china should beware of the oily dealer in Europe. Genuine examples of Dresden, Chelsea, Worcester or Dow are worth more than their weight in gold. Many pieces pur chased because of their refined deco ration and simple gilding and because they bore the golden anchor have turned out to be fake3 produced by well-known firms on the continent. Even examples of more recent china and pottery, early nineteenth century ware, as Derby, Worcester, Spode, Coal port and Rockingham china and Wedgwood, Spode, Mason and other potteries are faked and sold nt exor bitant prices as genuine. These do not especially attract the collector, but tliey are freely bought by travelers There is a way, however, of protect ing one's self. Expert advice may be sought and a written guaranteo de manned. The lingiish courts have held, quite recently, that if a false de scrlptlon of an antique is given in an invoice, the purchaser is entitled to full recovery. Any evasion, or hesita tlon on the part of a dealer to give such a guaranty may usually lie ac ccpted as a token of his dishonesty, Forgery of old English sliver Is not common, owing to fear of the law. So phistication of hall-marks In Great Britain is a hazardous ocrupatlon. 'inen again, the almost prohibitive price of old English silver conllnes its purchase to the wealthy. However, there are fakers who will remove a hall-mark from any old bit of silver of little value and Insert It into a piece of modern manufacture for which an Immense price may be ob tained. For these, Americans are found who will pay about twenty times the real value. Investigations by United States con suls abroad show that In Holland old cheats, cabinets, desks and chairs of little value are collected, and, after being veneered with cheaply made marquetry, are sent to England. Old oak beams from demolished churches and graneries are likewise in constant demand for conversion into Jacobean refectory tables and Queen Anne fur niture. Mld-Vlctorlan pedestal .side boards are amputated into specimens of Robert Adam, and conventional in lay suitable for Sheraton furniture Is cut out by machinery and supplied In any quantity to those who have the skill and inclination to fabricate an tiques. Grandfather clocks are fre quently made up of such Incongruities as a modern dial with a forged mak er's name and date, and old case patched up and set off with modern inlay, and perhaps works about 50 years old. The Stradivarlus violins are almost as numerous as the mod ern instruments, while old armor and . u ......... ai o yi in duced by the wagon load. Cheap and inartistic Japanese ware is flooding Europe for the purpose of interesting the Americans who like to buy such things, and more Chinese stuff, al leged to have been taken from the pal ace of the emperor during the Boxer troubles, is for sale than has been produced In the oriental empire dur ing the last twenty years. It Is a great modern enterprise, this making of antiques, and the great est practicians of the art are the shrewd European dealers who depend upon American purchasers to fill their coffers. Were It not for the people of this country the industry could not exist. BUNGALOW ON STILTS. Novel Hot-Seneon Home to Be Greet ed at Great Hlver, I.. I. A bungalow on stilts Is to be erected In Great River, L. L, adjoining the estates of W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Bay ard Cutting, Frederick G. Bourne and other wealthy men. Undoubtedly it will be the oddest hot-weather resi dence ever constructed. It is to be built by Harry de Bow Barnes, who has an office In the Mar bridge building, at 34th street and 6th avenue, and who lives in tho Bronx, the New York World says. He engaged W. H. Buckhout, a Hacksack architect, to prepare the plans. Mr. Buckhout described them last night In this way: "Four hollow steel poles or masts. each forty-nva reet in length and eignt Inches In diameter, will support a platform twenty-five feet square. The poles pass through the corners of the platform for Ave feet and act as a brace for the bungalow that Is built upon the platform. A spiral staircase gives access to the bungalow through the medium of a door In the under side of the platform. This stairway is fitted with a gateway that can be closed at will by the occupants of the bungalow, so as to shut out undeslr able callers. "Both the platform and the bunga low are to be of seasoned oak. The structure Itself will be fitted with all sorts of hot-weather conveniences. Every precaution will be taken to In sure the safety of its occupants from winds and thunderstorms. It will also be fitted with an antl-swaylng device that has been Invented by Mr. Barnes himself." If the experiment turns out to be success, as Mr. Barnes believes It wll it is possible that bungalows on stil will become popular. "Hitch Your Wairon to a Star." "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." His opinion of himself will be reproduced by the life processes within him and outptctured in hU body, says Orison Swett Marden in Success Magazine. If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually have your self, from what you long to become. Whenever you think of yourself, form a mental Image of a perfect, healthy, beautiful, noble being, not lacking in anything, the person you wish to be come. Positively refuse to see any thing about yourself which you would not like to have true. Insist upon see ing only the truth of your being, the man or woman God had in mind when he made you, not the distorted thing, the burlesque man or woman which your ignorance and unfortunate en vironment, wrong thinking and vicious living have produced. The estimate you have of yourself, the image ol yourself which you carry in your mind, will mean infinitely more to you than what other people may think ol you. If we would make the most of our lives, if we would be and do all that it is possible for us to be and to do, we must not only think well of our selves, but we must also be Just to ourselves physically, be good to our bodies. In order to be the highest, the most efficient type of man or wom an, it is Just as necessary to cultivate the body, to develop its greatest pos sible strength and beauty, as It is to cultivate the mind, to raise it to its highest power. CURB OF HIDDEN TREASURE. Protewt. "What do you think of that English notion of abolishing the House of Lords?" "It's an outrage," answered Mr. Cum rox. "It's worBe than bankruptcy. It's repudiation. We American milionairee who have made big matrimonial invest ments will never stand for It." Wash ington Star. RINKING IN ITS NEWEST FORM. EBafiBSsL9at ' ic awflf rsaaBVLaSHp Hs4 V V SbeSuHBSBS RrvsaifSs '.inK&ttl "rr-itf-in-rtitSi ,i.'i..llfc,i.m '' ' ' n j i'j ' ; ' " '' 1 1 ROLLER-SKATERS TURNING A "ROUNDABOUT." We illustrate the latest develepment of the new craze, a form of run about turned by energetic roller-skaters, who, Is will be noticed, "strap-hang," and so not only turn the arrangement, but are prevented from falling should their feet leave the ground. The machine is la use at the Hampstead Roller Skating Palace. London Illustrated News. Two Prnltlraa Trip Have Not Dla-eonraa-ed California Men. Major W. A. Desborough, who has made two trips to find a reputed burled treasure on Cocoa Island, In the Pacific, off the coast of Central America, will make another attempt within a few weeks, and he hopes the third tiny will prove the charm. His first trip was made twelve yean ago, but mutiny In his crew compelled him to give up the search, although he proved the correctness of his draw ings and maps at that time. Last summer he made another trip, sailing from Los" Angeles In the yacht Ramona, the Express of that city says, but heavy am) continuous rains and the lack of power to operate machin ery prevented him from making suffi cient excavations. ThU time the local ity was considerably changed from what It was twelve years ago. Cocos Island is famous as a pirates' retreat, and others besides Major Des borough have searched It tor hidden plunder. The particular treasure for which Major Desborough Is searching Is sup posed to have been taken from Peru In the middle of the last century and burled on the Island by Oapt. John Keating, who died soon afterward. Since his last trip. Major Desborough has met a man In New Orleans who visited the island ten years ago In company with a son In-law of Captain Keating. They had maps and draw ings whloh appeared correct, but Indi cated that considerable excavation would he necessary. Heating's son-ln-law was an oia man Mien, and h turned over the maps to the New Or leans man, but the latter has never tried to find the treasure. He gave cop ies of the maps and details to Major Desborough. Tradition says there is $60,000,000 worth of pirates' loot burled on the Island, but the particular treasure sought by Desborough Is $17, 000,000 in gold bullion. He says that since his visit twelve years ago there appear to have been a great deal of blasting In the vicinity of one deposit, as tht hillsides are changed and the creek bed altered. Where the bullion ii supposed to b buried, however, there appears to have been only the change of formation due to the rainfall, which sometlraei amounts to an Inch an hour, making work difficult. Major Desborough has had several offers both from New York and on this coast to finance another expedition, which he estimates will cost about $20, 000, and he Is now looking for a steamer of about 800 tons to make the "rip. FASHION HINTS If you want the very newest tiling in a white iiv.'erie c'iws, trim yours with black. It may l-e chiffon, hce or rib bon, asb nerasit is black. The dress in the sketch is trimmed with a deep flouncing of Rrusscls applique on tlie skirt, and touches of the same on the wait. aiifjhtly Modified. Little Viola had developed the habit of holding her thumb In her mouth, even while eating. Mother had re sortc d to all sorts of methods to correct the child and finally In despera tion said: "Vol a, the first thing you know you will swallow your thumb, and then wha will you do?" "Well, mother, I should hate to swal low It because I'd have a heaven of a time without 1L" "Why, Viola," said the astonished mather, "where did you hear an expres sion like that?" "Well, veil," hesitated the little girl. "I didn't hear It exactly like that, mother, but I thought -t would sound better." Petlk's tye Salve. No matter how badly the eyes may be diseased or injured, restores normal conditions. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. Belgium's Fine 8ea Front. The sea front of Belgium, which ex tends about 40 miles, stretching from Holland to France, Is paved almost en tirely for the entire length, and forms one huge, wide ocean boulevard. And this, by the way. 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