Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21
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lala pla,es 2ad vas satisfied. TO serve
sea IA asa Is very Russian sad very
fzaaig1a9ls-
Fessr women esra Tor glass than for
chiEA s0m4a Il more aD. - old
fancy priss for ford SeFfss plats Or
for Japanese sword guard OF syea TOR
a mlai4s4rs shEiae decoration In carved
ivory. II her wandering feet guide her
@ the spring auction sales. than for
good piece of glass. syea taough tee
book ~ Job does liksa the most pre-
elogs thlngs % wisdom bat nnd gold
4nd glass ssill mSTs vzllabie- Once
spon a time. they say. Venetian noble
msa were f0rsidtsn % xsd girls oi the
working classes unless thsy bestowed
their stiles and hoasrs on the daughters
Oi glass olOrers. bat nowadays noble
men sss up palace -kseping with the
gisls-psrfectly American girls-who
have most money, aRd the only appAr-
snt connection between marriage and
glass - the com npesirion, la which aa--
rage IS seputed - come cut ahead, IN
fragility.
Ars Hayes appreciatsd glass almost
a. thOrou galy As porcelain. and though
she gave no order for crystal 70 be com
pared wisA the wonderful dinner set
or Loco pieces OF chiaA, which 20 this
day = brought cut only when ;he dip
lomasic corps OF prominent Government
ofseials are 20 30 entertained, yet she
lett the big mahogany sidsbOard IN ths
White House dtning-roOm loaded With
out glass vessels OF every shape AMI de-
scriptiOn. There are salad bowls faceted
until they arc resplendens with strong
rofsc sed lights and an inhnitude OF
iprlSmAtle hges; there are delicate fVrms
'of Mghs blown glass so thin that they
look ike soap bab5les; there are mas
sive epsrgnes that look as II they
weighed hundreds OF pounds; finger
bows iostls salt cellars, wine glasses
are crowded against long-necked decan-
tsrA Somstimes when a ray OF sun
shine strikes on the pieces they Hash
and glitter and sparkle like giants
Of
Edna Lyau. who wrote "Donovsa"
and we Two. has = passion for crystal
and in her home in sunny Eastbourne
shs sets her collection almost Is high as
did the Athenian smbass adors who
could fnd no stronger terms id which
20 picture she msgaihcence displayed
a. the court OF the gress King o, Persia
than 20 say that there they drank from
gold and glass An English woman
who knows Mrs. Humphrey Ward was
telling re yesterday that the author OF
Robert Ellsmere" Is a connoisseur OF
glass. and Emily Faithful has a small
bat beautiful cabinet collection OF Rus
sian glass snamclled in colors and old
byzantine work in enamel
For table ware crystal has ousted col
orsd glass within the past two or three
seasons. It made its way slowly at
drst for even wealthy people grudged
ths money demanded tor good cut glass
patterns. Perhaps the fact that the
best cut glass is American had some
thing 10 do with this backwardness, for
We dearly love 70 import" things. The
profusion oiAmsrican cry tai used on the
table OF Mr.. q. w. Child very probably
helped 20 bring 4. into fashion. As il
usually stands Mr.. Child's table is COW
cred with a scarlet spread OF Oriental
cashmere. heavily embroidered with
bullion thre1d. IN the middle IS mir
ror lake. four feet long. L. bears a
center piece in silver gilt, vasiform.
and finished a. The TOP with eight burn
ers. though IL is used insFad for fow-
s-s silver and gilt candelabra sup
ported By winged gri Hns are the end
pieces. aud there is border al the way
around ot silver nhyrse smiling az It's
own rsfsction. Standing by the candle
labrum st one end OF the table is silver
and gilt vino cooler with panels OF
cupids and xracss- Tho corresponding
piece as shs other snd is crystal bowl
used FOR lowers This IS supposed 20
be the fnsss piece oi glass ret made in
this country and Tor beauty and per
fecsion of eutting is sssnds ahead OF
tas best BsccarEt wars.
Nr Child's crystal collection far sI-
eseds ia value the e0simstss placed on
s. In print It has grown little By little
during the last seventeen years. and Ia
the results Of sssts AMI care "a we'll Ss
Eirne The sxauisits oarafes. compote
fruit snt boaboa stands. low and zh,
ard With or Tithons silver bases IS a
revslation % the stage TO which riass
eutsinx has been carried in tho { nited
States. rs aVaSsns fresh interest and
pride IN shs artists and artisans o. ones
own country 20 see shsse choics prod &C
tions In a place where only the best
things % Their Kind a-s used.
The prics 0f pieos Of cus glass de-
reuts On ths nun Der 81 processes nee
sssa-y - compis "a ths uat-srn. The
'.ranaisssacs" cns is only % he newest
and ahous the chaspes. Of al. and tum-
hisrs shown in is sre reallg very pretty.
The greater part % zee glass is left
plain. bat juss below sbs middle 81 ths
tum bier Isl run band 81 fsceteS WORK
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