The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-23


may suggest 10 your mind llemmlcl
In his castle A. llnlworlh, and ihI
flying open Of the litllo Irap'door
announcing by the name printed OF
them the approach Of "NlIsH Snll
kins or tho Aged Parent bn
ahor all there Is grand scheme Of
progress horalded in this Eslmpl'
invention. stations ARE not called
but are announced By printed signs
the people must DO able to read
these signs, and when all The people
are able to read thoro il more cor
tainty that Republics will flourish
The display Of porcelain Ia sIargc
and fine, and II is cheering TO see
how Art Is bogining to touch with
her identifying hand even tho com
mon things ofliic,
IN the act Of eating thoro IL
nothing aeslhotlcal, aud watching
II crowd OF hungry people satisfying
the demands Of appetite, we scarcely
wonder that Byron should-say no
could never love II woman after
seeing her eat II hearty dinner. In
savage nations there is but the one
idca Of appcasing hunger, but as
thcy advance in civilization, ideas
of cleanliness, individuality, propri'
ETY., and lastly of beauty arise, and
in tho present day much money is
expended in identifying the table
and, 80 far as possible, softening
down the vulgarity Of gregarions
feeding. Tho young lady who
studies to make the dinner table
look like u picture, docs not throw
away her time, aud is, perhaps un
consciously, n missionary WonId
not this same young lady DO delight
cd could she stand here by my side
with full liberty to choose from all
the exquisite things in porcelain she
would see before her? But | fear
she would become bewildcred, not
knowing whether to choose this
tiny little teapot, with the golden
winged beetle ON the cover us 4
handle, or the one whercon the lit
tie humming bird has settled at the
risk of Turning its toes. Then, too,
these fruit dishes like huge green
grape leaves, or these with luscious
peaches painted on them. This art
of painting on porcelain seems
almost to be brought to perfection,
and our dinner service nowadays
may be teach era in Art, rcproduc-
ing Tor our pleasure and benefit the
glorious works of ancient artists at
prices not exorbtaut. But the
chief art in making porcelain seems
to BIO in the mixing Of Gays in or.
der to produce certain effects. a
dish il first made Of one kind OF
clay, then baked, afterwards figures
of another kind of clay are laid on
the outside and it is again subjected
to fire, then glazed and again
baked. This style, called pate sur
pate" that is, paste upon paste, is
very beautiful, but | should be
afraid to subject it so often to the
fire, for / and some other residents
of Chicago have learned that china
can be baked once too often.
/ would like to take the children
with me into the toy department,
among the hoops and tops, the
play .hoAses and the dolls. What
cries of 90! O.! o." we should
hear. There sits young lady in
fine attire, in u carriage drawn by
goats, all nearly az large as life.
There are houses fully furnished
and and equipped for dollhouse.
keeping, and u select company of
aristocratic dolls at party. There
is the BRIDE, in satin dress and
illusion vail the musical young
party at the piano; tho exquisite
dandy, with fashionable neclStie,
swallow-tailed coat, white kid
gloves, and Indispensable eye,glass.
There is the dowager mamma,
watching over her marriageablc
daughters, and the bald-headed
papa, who is tired and wants to go
home. In the kitchen We see the
jolly cook, the sober butler and the
neat housemaid in fact, every sta
ton in life seems represented for
the happiness of the little doll
lovers, but | fear that the purses OF
the fathers will hardly be equal to
one hundred dollars for u mimic
lady for Fannie to play with, or to
three hundred dollars for u bird