The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-25
POTTERY COLLECTING.
Pleasures and Possible Profits of
the Pursuit-Heirlooms.

Were the possession of old or valu-
able specimens of porcelain and pot
terry the only good thing which came
from the long days of country-ranging
and misunderstanding spent in
china quests, Philistines might per-
haps scott at the waste Of time and
energy, but much else that is good
have / found. Insight into human
~nature-love of my native country
knowledge of her natural beau
ties acquaintance with her old
landmarks and historical To-
calities-familiarity with her his
Observation-Disclosures of her noble mill
tary and naval h-eroes-and study of
the ancient customs and
traditions of her early inhabitants,
have all been fostered, strengthened,
and indeed almost brought into ex-
stence by the search after and study
of old china. How vague were my
school-day history-lesson memories OF
Perry, of Lawrence, and of Decatur
until / saw their likenesses on some
hideous Liverpool pitchers in an old
tailor's hut; then | read Gag
erly every word of history, every
old song, and ballad about them.
How small was my knowledge OF
table manners and table furnishings
until | discovered, through my china
studies, how our ancestors ale and
served their daily mee.s. How
entirely powerless was / to discover
the story OF human nature as told in
the countenance, until my inquiries
in country towns after old china made
me a second Lavater in reading the
possibilities of successful purchase In
case the questioned n chancedto own
any old porcelain heirlooms. How few
of our noble wood and valley roads had
| seen until / drove through them
searching for the old farm-houses that
might contain ONE salvage OF tea
cups or tea pots. And not only do
we learn of America through our
china hunts, but of England as we'll;
for nearly all of our old table ware
was English and the progress OF the
production of English china can be
traced as easily in new England as in
old England. Few of the more costly
pieces come across the ocean to us,
but humber specimens perhaps show
equally well the general progress OF
the dttCC A1OfoC ASf Us
IN September ScTibneT.
This M~IiIiionaire's Daughter at School.
Charlotte w. Porter in the Septem-
Der Forum says:-'Even in schools
that refuse to accept girls uni ess
there is q reasonable chance of their
getting through the year, it is not
unusual for one third to be entered
by the parents with the warning that
their daughters are delicate and will
need special consideration and watch
ing-a warning in all probability fol-
lowed by the request that they shall
not be bothered with mathematics"
These weakly ones. II their mothers
leave them alone, and if they them
selves become interested in their
work, by dint of three or four extra
hours for rest and exercise, manage to
hold out through the year, and fire.
uuently end it in improved
health, But unless these
two conditions + fulfilled
they often fall by the way. Nervous
ness, backache, weakness, loss OF APP
petite, generally follow soon upon the
realization that school means work.
A hard lesson to be mastered lays a
girl low with a headache or dissolves
her in floods of tears. Tears, indeed,
especially during the first part Of the
year, are of daily downfall. Tears
bedew knotty problems. tears greet
the refusal to allow boxes of candy,
tears fall copiously when overshoes
are insisted upon and when short fur
capes are declared insufficient cover
ing for zero weather. Moreover, let
the fun run a bit too high, or a mis-
chievous boy tap or the window IN
the evening, or a mouse suddenly APP
peal, and only a dose of plain Eng
fish and the valerian bottle prevent
an epidemic of Mysteries"
Miss Mary Lees Jewels.
There are few women outside of
European titled families that can
show so superb and varied a collec-
ton of Jewels as Miss Mary Lee Of
Virginia, the eldest daughter of the
great Confederate commander. Miss
Lee has lived abroad ever since the
war, some twenty odd years. during
which time she has visited a greater
part of the habitable globe. or course
her casket is most interesting, al a
majority of the gems therein are
either souvenirs of wanderings or
h~eirlooms of the Lee and GUSTS fami-
lies. Only to her friends will the
lady show her treasures, andthen the
display always begins with an exhi-
bitlon of General Washington's famous
shoe buckles.
Among other curious bijoux are
great strings of uncut jewels. which
Miss Lee says she bought in India OF
the vertible Mr.. 1saacs of Marion
Crawford's novel. The necklace is
immense, the stones being irregular
in shape and size, .but most or them