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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
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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.
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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. Is the most pro
ductive of public works in the kingdom.
'roam to lue r tuner mum.
Here's to the maid who can handle
the rod,
Who can throw a long line with
haokle;
May she land with a "swish" most any
old fish
That gets In the way of her tackle.
Boston Herald.
Name, Sir!
A Swede entered a postofflce In the
northwest and inquired:
"Ban any letters for me to-day?"
"What name, please?"
"Ay tank de name is on de letter."
EveryboO's Magazine.
A Youthful Inventor,
Samuel Colt was only 15 years of
age when he Invented his famous revolver.
APPETITE GONE
-BEWARE
It is a sure sign of some
inward weakness when the
appetite commences to lag
and you have that "don't
care" sort of feeling at
meal-time. It is something
that needs immediate at
tention, for neglect only
brings on more trouble and
often a long illness. Re
store the appetite and keep
it normal by the use of
Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters. It is for Poor Appe
tite, Indigestion, Dyspep-
Costiveness and Ma-
sia
laria.
The Last Straw.
John Smith fell down the cellar
stairs the other day and broke his left
leg, his right arm, two ribs, his nose,
one finger, and cut his scalp, sprained
his ankle, and put his shoulder out of
Joint. But he didn't really begin to
feel bad about It till his wife asked
him If he was hurt. Exchansre.
LAZY LIVER
"I find Cascarets so good that I would
not be without them. I was troubled a
great deal with torpid liver and headache.
Now since taking Cascarets Candy Cathar
tic I feel very much better. I shall cer
tainly recommend them to my friends as
the best medicine I have ever seen." '
Anna B&zinet,
Osborn Mill Net a, Pall River, Mass.
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taata Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Grip.
10c. 25c, 60c. Never sold In bulk. The ren
aine tablet stamp rd CCC. Guaranteed to
core or your money back.
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