The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-25
NOT 4 DESPATCH BOX
Plenty of English Notions In New York,
but Nothing OF This Sort.

E-lenty OF English NOtlOns In Ne" HOrHs
but Nothing OF This Sort.
mo, thanks. detest jewelry. aud have ale
ready had four card cases a silver toilet set.
two gold hIlets. whole cargo OF books. and
one OF those new enamelled orchids given me.
There Is but one solitary thing for which my
| soul yearns and that is despatch box"
You shall have it," no replied, transported
to find some special gift to bcstow upon his
best girl on the eve Of her departure for Eng
| land. I'm get it If 1t breaks tho bank hut
would you mind. dear. explaining Just what tho
"DJon't You know" she returned. Why, .
despatch box. The kind English peop,e use 10
carry about and keep all their Jewels, love Lett
| tors. certificates. and bonds in | cant UNDER
stand how you ever read ono Of their novels
| without making acquaintance with such an all
| important part OF their luggage;
when man spends his life chasing fortune all
day and worsMpping beauty a. me evening. ne
"Nonsen,o,' and without delgninR further
notice OF his coGcnt excuse. She went on:
'Surely you rcm"mber when the crisis was
reached. and naughty Lady Imogcn, with one
superb gesture. waved the thinking girl from
penred on tho scene. produced tho lato Capt.
tyrlI de CQurtney's lost despatch box. and be.
iilcate hight as riyet. The sobbina widow
was tend"rly assisted to the arms OF her now
loving mother-in-law, and amid the fumes OF
first volume, OF Harold Dare: or, the Child
thing want"
Next day they wandered up town and down..
ytainly searching he big city Of New York for
After unavailing inquiries In dozens OF shops.
and alter no end OF oilers OF lawyers satchels,
doll trunks, tin bandbo1es and every variety
OF dressing and Jewel case. they sought an
authority and laid their needs before him. Tho
clerk knew right away what they wanted. but
said that not single specimen was TO DO had
in the house.
1t Is curious" he explained, that Ameri-
cans are 80 very slow in taking up sOme really
clever English IDEAS and yet 10 daft over o
stupid lot OF foreign aztec atoms of luxury. No
more secure or COMPONENT way of carrying
ones treasures can be found than in one OF
those English traps Several years ago. when
William Waldorf Aston WAS appointed Minister
70 Italy. Tiffany made him gorgeous one. IL
was triumph In combined beauty and con-
Yenience OF the soitest, c stliest leather.
richly finished plated, and en- bossrd tn" price
was some hundreds OF dollars. since then .
number OF Mr. Asor's friends have ordered
despatch boxes: but the fashion is not YET pro-
nounged enough TO make It worth willie Keep:
Ing them 10 stock; l9H have never see; no
teen inches square and eight inches deep.
bound in Russia leather topped witt a beayy
silver plate, having name ana address, en-
graved In full. You use short silver koy,
press q spring. and the raised I'D d!scloses
velvet lined interior with couple o. rays. re-
leather and satin pocket IN met. MO COM
plete-t arrangements Tor orierAnd security"
After listening To dis desrllpilop, the quest
was abandoned as hopelrr- he shoppers
turned away, and in spoTt-nans shop COM
promised on deoent'lookinR bait box.