The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-05-30
STAR COMPOSITION CO.
Manufacturers of---
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Iro7 Fourth ST.. East Portland. Or
ON BUYING TRASH

No one would deliberately set out
for the purpose of buying trash, yet
few escape the folIs of bringing home
from "A shopping expedition things
which have feInI,fed away our money.
without satisfying any real or aesthetic
need. We voluntarily surround orr
selves with trashy kniek-knas-ks FROM
the shops. which. after the excitement
Of the purchase is over. seem anything
but desirable. Such investments are
only too familiar: the vase. fine neither
in form nor cnior but. only thirty-tise
cents: Japanese fans. so cheap that We
indulge in several. since each costs 50
little; the tiny teapot of some choice
ware marked down because OF
broken handle for which our purse IS
the dollar lighter: the ribbon how 10
conceal the defect in the teapot han
die, for which we part with another
little sum In order to place most in
appropriate decoration on ehinai do
we bring home JOYS forever in such
purchases as these2
Ii only we might have realized be-
fore parting with our money. that the
ribbon-bedecked. broken piece OF china
could not satisfy the real desire OF our
heart for a pretty teapot and that.
with the amount expended on the
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less teapot and the misplaced ribbon.
we might have possessed q little tea
pot of real value instead of trashi
The true pleasures of buying can
not be realized by those who indulge
/ in trash. they lose the happy choosing
I of that which Is 10 crafty some long
I felt want: OF that which IL Is TO be the
4 tangible result of thoughtful deiibera-
ton. aud abstinence for anything in
4 the nature of trash. Such pleasure
| Ella describes as shared by Cousin
/ Bridget of the essays aud himself in
I the purchase of rare books aud 1.-The
/ old print after Leonardo" in the days
i when a purchase used to be triumph
for them.
With people of limited means the
frittering away OF dimes. quarters and
half dollars on this, that. and the other
thing. that we should often be better
off without is a serious matter and
! until taught By long experience to
value money properly, many women
are sad wasters in this direction.
Seeming luxuries. longed for with =
reasonable longing. are not TO be
thought of seriously until their phan-
tom .-ship comes in;' while little pack
ages return from days shopping con-
tanning cheap gloves. fussy fancy-work.
or materials purchased in the name of
Art by one who has not learned 10
draw
In the home of the wise shopper we
shall find no trash: in its place. are
weIl-chosen objects. few il may he.
but each good of its kind. New books
of worth we shall find there, and arfis-
tic needlework; bright bits of pottery
or delicate porcelain. and photographs
of some of the treasures of the old
world galleries. all gathered together
slowly and fondIy with the saved-up
small change that by the thoughtless
buyer might have been exchanged foI
trash.
Things of worth and beauty are moi
alone for those TO whom "a purchase
is not purchase, since they '.hage
money enough aud TO spare A share
of the beautiful may come to each oi
us who will wisely plan and wait for it.
instead OF snatching up rash. A good
sized photograph of some fayorite pic
ture (of "a Madonna. perhaps, Will
sweet uplifting face), may be had fol
one dollar aud "A half. aud the same
amount will glaze and frame the pic
ture.
A simple bamboo frame for cabi-
net photograph. of neatest construc-
ton. and pretty withai, WAS lately
found in japanese store for one O
those dimes that so easily slip from
our grasp on the ten cent counter.
Knowing the better things, our Pru-
dent holder. of the slender purse caI
pass. untempted. the crowded counter
loaded with crude wares OF yariou
kinds. For, looking at those wares q
} the result of poor workmanship. ane
: poorer taste. she sees them in thei
! true light. and finds them only trash---
Good Housekeeping.