Telegram-herald., 1890-02-18

GUY bsEsTLaaf ~ell. there - : alner-
enes. but he imitation Is ssits rood
enough for ne shs saved sISs % her
purchase sna q weRt inte hsr charities
Mrs Morton cans 0as 81 the richest
d}unsr services Of Meissen-xsre ever
In ported IL ass been Used ais winter
stsnumber 81 entertainments n Wash
ington Ths decoration on me dessr,
plates has been greatly sdmired. It 10
roses sna forget me nets, which mtgh,
iusthass come into bloom. The lace
work border $ especially intrioste in
pattern. A Dresden e1snael er wSs one
Of the shos pieces OF the HARLOW col
lsetisn Mrs. Seth Low. the wife Of
Columbls's newly insugurated Presi-
dent. is said 20 De one Of the ardent 81 .
Eirers OF German chinss Dresden
plates sre sold as high as $50 per dos
en-. that being the price snixed 10 some
OF exquisite beauty with decors tions IN
gold. which were purchased in New
York for 8 Philadelphia hostess
Berlin ware is tne. but less elaborate
than the Dresden and costs less
The Vienna china As fragile as an
egg she'll and as dainty as . rose leaf.
costs ss00 a set. more or less. and 10
very beautiful when not too gorgeous
In decoration A rich lady in New
York who gives chrome dinners has
a set which i afsme with scsrle, and
gold and blue I, is Turkish in taste,
and might seem 10 bs the choice Of a
theatrical advance agent. as indeed its
owner IS in the eagerness with which
she heralds social lions When you
came 70 coffee the whole inside OF your
cup is heavily gilded and you fee as IL
you were pouring down molten gold.
good deal of the Carlsbad ware is in
rococo style picked out with gold. Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett has set OF
this which is quite pretty.
fine set of Havilandwsre has been
exhibited recently. il is a rcprod uc-
tion OF Havilsnd's exhibit at the Paris
Exposition. The color effects are in
gold and in the deep rich "Dufour"
blue. In the blue. delicate patterns are
drawn in thin gold lines. and the whole
effect is one OF extreme richness A
Haviland set, rather. novel in design,
well represents the prevailing mode.
The tureens and other deep dishes are
perfectly round with the handles in
dead gold. The decorations are fine
tracings OF vines in gold. The platters
have round corners with the edges
rolled partially over. The sides are
slightly concaved and also rolled at the
edges. The price of the set is $500.
Wedgwood used to call his ware
Queens ware in return for the protec-
tion given him by the Queen of Eng
and, and hundreds and thousands OF
queens OF the household have been his
patronesses also There is not large
quantity OF Wedgwood- in the
market now but what there is Is ex-
cellent.
Mrs Wanamaker has an exquisite
little dejeuner set in Royal Worcester
on revolving tray, which has been the
envy of every woman who has had a
chance to note the nellowness OF tint.
soft as ivory, the quietness and chastity
of the decorations and the beauty OF
outlines. The South kensington
Museum and the School 81 Decorative
Art have educated the artists who turn
out the Royal Worcester and other
English porcelains. Mrs. Abrrn
Hewitt. and Mrs. Whitney have some of
she best Worcester in the country.
Mrs. Whitney has also a coed deal OF
Sc .res and Dresden.
The Crown Derby ware is brilliant in
coloring and oriental looking. Some
of il is purer in outline than any shapes
that ever came from Egypt or Persia
The Minton and Doulton and other fine
English wares are initiated almost as
extensively as the German. Spode-
ware is coming to be very fashionable.
People who really know anything
about china say that the color effects
and artistic feeling Of the Lockwood
ware, produced at the lockwood pot
terry in Cincinnati, established by Mrs.
Storer, are not surpassed anywhere but
people who are not connoisseurs pin
their faith only to that whicn Is i'm
ported" and has an European name.
The Tren ton potteries also are sending
out beautiful things in designs of old
Irish Belleek
The costliest dinner set recently
made IN this country WAS prod uced by a
New York firm after design from the
dinner service OF the En- peror William.
It's cost was $40. 000
There are women who collect the
rare pottery and porcelains OF ancient
China and Japan. who delight in OK
blood vases and ''applegreen craokle''
and pink souffle. but these delight Is
are for the moneyed few. There are
many who cling 70 the dainty dishes or
the little tea caddys OF grandmother or
great aunt, the blue plate which was
made in commemorationo Of Lafayette s
visit TO America. the cup from which
some Revolutionary hero drank on his
visit TO country farmhouse. Eh ''
says the Scotch servant Ito think OF
the dear Teddy hersel' being gone gone
and her bits of crock still 70 the fore.
There's human interest about old
china.
This was ny mothers" says the
housewife, Viping her harlequin tea
cups. As she come 70 one in white with
rin OF gold This va, pour great
grandmother's, as she lifts one quaint
snd orsuped in shape. decorated IN dBll
pink snd blue. The only nenento
We have o; hor. she never forgaEs your
Grandmother and grandfather because
they ran away and we're married Ars.
VI. Louise Thomas has very interest
ing collection Of old colonial ehins
ELIZA PUTNAM HEaTeS.
piles, Piles Tiios,.
Toose's Rcd Clover Pie Remedy. s
positive spec ie for al forms of Inc
disease. Bind, Bleeding. Itching. III.