The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-10
SPOONS AS SOUVENIRS.
TRADITIONAL HISTORY PRESERVED
IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY.

Puritan days, so he stamped a witch,
broom, high hat and all, upon the handle
OF his spoon, while Just below the figure of
the witch were three crossed pins, the
pins Of torment" He sold several hun
dred dozen such spoons.
The New York souvenir spoons came out
short time after the Salem spoon Il
Union square jeweler tells an interesting
story of how he made his first souvenir
spoon For several years tourists came
into his store and bought Spoons or knives
and had the word New York" engraved
upon them, and took them home as souve-
Mrs of their visit here. This business kept
growing every year, and when the Salem
man got out his spoon the New York Jew
eler saw his opportunity. He lay awake
one night thinking about it, and the next
morning he had the idea of design In his
head. The upper end of the spoons han
die was to be little statuette of Peter
Stuyvesant, wooden leg and all An old
woodcut of the famous Peter was hunted
up. and when the first spoon had been cast
and finished of it gave striking likeness.
The spoon sold well from the start, and
the jeweler followed it with several others.
The Knickerbocker spoon, upon whose
knickerbocker contentedly smoking his
pipe, came out next, and then the Rip Van
Wrinkle spoon. with old Rip waking from
his long sleep.
NEW ENGLAND SPOONS
From New York the idea spread to other
towns, and the different designs that are
sold today would amount TO 500. The
amount of workmanship that is put upon
some of the spoons is positively bewilder-
ing. The New Bedford spoon has perched
on top of the handle a miniature whaling
ship, full rugged, while on the handle itself
is the outline of a harpoon. The interior
of the bowl IS q bit Of ocean, out of which
a whale is poking his head, Then there is
the Saratoga spoon, whose handle is an In
dams paddle with culver of arrows rs
ing at the back. On the blade of the pad
die is miniature figure of Uncas, the last
of the Mohicans, drinking from High Rock
spring, which is pictured as 1t WAS sup
posed to appear originally. Where the
handle runs in to the bowl is seen turtle,
the totem" of the Mohican tribe.
Many of the New England towns are
now rich in souvenir spoons, upon which
some well known bit of history is en-
blazoned. There are several varieties of
the Plymoth spoon but they all bring in
Plymouth Rock or the good ship May
flower. Thep there are the Priscilla and
Miles Standish spoons, upon whose handles
the figures of those interesting persopages
are stamped. Newport boasts of a half
dozen different spoons designed in its
honor The bowl of one contains the like
ness of the old stone mill, while in another
is a view of Lime Rock.
Connecticut comes out strong in souvenir
spoons too. The state itself has the nut
meg" spoon, whose bowl is the nutmeg.
while the handle is the twig from which it
is growing. The whole effect is very strik-
ing. Hartford has the Charter Oak spoon,
which has view Of the famous old tree
upon the handle
CHICAGO SPOONS.
Springfield, Mass, has a spoon which
bears on its handle likeness of Miles
Morgan, with q hoe in one hand and a
blunderbusS over his shoulder. Lord Tim
othy Dexter is preserved on the handle OF
the Newburyport spoon. The Lowell spoon
has an excellent bust Of Benjamin +. But
Ter perched on the handle
Boston is peculiarly rich in souvenir
spoons One represents Paul Revere on
his midnight ride, and the amount of de-
tail brought out in 4 small space on the
handle is something remarkable. One
Boston spoon hits hard at one of the towns
peculiarities-beans. \ pot Of beans on
the handle tells the whole story. Another
has a view of Faneuu Hall in the bowl,
with the Boston tea party" depicted on
the handle The Bridgeport spoon has
likeness of p. I. Barnum on the handle
TTha Win1yr (Firv Il e-s,aoiallv-
ing in the souvenir spoon line The
Worlds fair city souvenir spoon" is the
most complicated of them all. In the bowl
OF this spoon a group of Indians are watch
ing the approach Of Columbus feet. On
the handle is stamped a picture OF the Co
lumbar tower on the Worlds fair site.
while at the end of the handle is a bas-re-
lief figure of Columbus, with the western
as q background. Another
spoon upon which Chicago has let loose its
IDEAS is the "Phenix." In the bowl is
etched a representation Of Fort Dearborn,
erected on Chicago's site, while the top OF
the spoons handle consists OF the Pnenix
rising from its ashes against background
Of the rising sun. The design OF another
Chicago spoon shows Lincoln's home at
Springfield, and gives quotation from one
Of his speeches and a view of Fort Dear
born besides.
BRooELTS SPOONS
The head of q steer upon Kansas City
spoon commentaries the dressed beef in
dustry.
In Brooklyn spoons the Brooklyn bridge
and the statue OF Liberty play prominent
part. Others have Ekenesses Of Henry
Ward Beecher and views OF the new me-
mortal arch
Upon the Baltimore spoon terrapin
sprawls, and an alligator rePoses upon the
handle Of Florida's souvenir spoon Rich
mond has the statue Of Robert Z. Lee upon
its spoon, 3ad Minnesota view OF Mime
haha falls.
St Louis Is another western city that
goes in strongly for the souvenir spoon.
The best known bears the seal Of the town
and a view Of the monument 70 Shake
speare as proof Of the emlneutiy literary
OF St Louis.
There is n Dig sale Of souvenir spoons ii
on account Of the great NUN
Der Of tourists that are always visiting
that city. One Of the spoons has the
White House, the Capitol and the uonu
mens upon IL
There Is a great variety OF spoons which
are souvenirs of persons. General Shsr-
man has been honore6 vg1tn very tasteful
design, and the Likeness q the old soldier
on the handle i excellent. There are seF-
eral Columbus spoons. besides the one
Chicago has got ont One has 3 portrai.
OF Columbus taken from aa Old mosaic.
On the reverse Of the handle Columbus
flagship, the Santa Maria, is depicted,
- }e che hr,yrf has he ece-e o. FhtrnTssra
~heu Anerlca YVES discovered New YORK