Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-29

dispens4tion, think. for I longed 10
gige her something real-really real.
something bright and pure and spark
Ing and dainty aud useful. Ike her
self. And nay income, compared with
my aspirations, was Fldiculously small,
As il 50 often happens. But no one
wOald think CT Dorothy and "inits-
tien" Ia the same breath Ny gifr must
be dainty" Small then. Ii must Do
sparkling Glass or china then.
Pure" White OF course. Useful. -
Cups and sancers Exactly. And they
ought u DC Belleek. bat that costs 50
much. Dorothy and | had asked tho
price Of beautiful imported cup al a
pretentious shop on Fifth avenue, near
Thirtieth street. ami Nc felt like thieves
for even touching IT when the attendant
said the price was So . for one. no. the
outlook was not encouraging, but there )
nothing like trying again" as my
grandmother used 10 say, and | started
for town &C once.
Il would Ike 10 see some white Bel
leek cups" said To an attendant ia a
fashionable store not far from Broad
way Certainly and he took from a
glass case the dearest little, pure white.
scintillating bit OF cup with a gold
brim and as light as a feather IL WAS
my dream materialized. and l almost
screamed with delight when he let me
hold it. This, he explained, rs Amer
lean china "Oh. dear, how provok-
ing" said |. almost letting the biJou
tumble. Il want II real-not any Amer
lean stuff" | think his eyes twlnklad,
bur he replied very grayely and politely
This Is real. You doubtless know
Clever manD that 'Belleek' Is the name
of "A town ia Ireland where this ware
was first produced The proper olays
are found in this country In abundance.
and ten years ago eX-Congressman j. II.
Brewer, Of New Jersey, paid man
three times as much As be was receiving
in Ireland 10 come here and work for
him. Other potters, who pay their work
men as god wages, have found out the
secret since. and there is no more deli
cate china made IN the world than some
We get from Trenton, aud none so
cheaply sold IN the United States as tls
American"
We'll. should think that American
potters must be very good men 70 pay
their workers three times as much as
they could get in Europe, but how can
they afford it,
"The protective tariff
"You are going to tell me about that
Mckinley bill"
DO you object to it,"
"Oh. don't know anything about it,
really; but it must be very good or a
very bad thing, people talk about it so
much"
Here are the facts; you shall judge
Of its goodness or badness yourself
The Mckinley bill forces the foreign
potter 10 pay sixty cents for the privi-
lege of selling 100 cents worth of dec
Grated china in this country-that is,
there is a tariff of 60 per cent. on that
class of goods. This is SO that the work
man here may be paid sixty cents more
for dollars worth of work than are
the same class of people in Europe.
That enables our working potters to live
better and happier lives than do those in
Europe, and brings class of men among
Us who are encouraged to produce tho
most artistic results. There is so much
competition among the native potters
that the price to customers is low. The
price is eighty cents EACH
Eighty cents and real, and / saw
an imported one for S6.25! Well, |
think the Mckinley bill is very good
thing indeed. Give me half dozen OF
them right away, please" 1t seemed SO
wonderful that by buying this cup,
which was the very thing l wanted, for
eighty cents, instead of paying S6.25 for
an imported one, | was helping one of
my own countrymen and his family to
live three times as well as they could do
in Europe.
1t had never before occurred to me
that that tariff had anything to do with
us girls. thought it was all about tin
pans-plate, | mean-and it seemed to
me then and now that if we begun our
encouragement at home charity be-
ginnIngs" would take care of themselves.
Why. 1t is SO simple feel az if l must
take a hand at voting happiness and
comfort to working people.
| went home with light heart.
had found what was looking for and
much more. With a yard of white
satin and another Cf rose colored
covered case for the precious cups.
Wy present cost $3.50. cups and all
This note came from Dorothy:
HESTER. You DEAR GIRL--It's the prettiest
and dain.iest thing / have had But you
shouldn't have spent so much money on me
Ned says 10 makes him think OF me. being
pink and white aud bright, snd-but he says 4,
gucd many perfectly absurd things anyway.
| so happy about everything, and so
pleased with your gift It's Just what | wanted
most. You must show me how you make that
delicious tea. aud We viii christen my besu-
tffsil Ohlns together. Always your
DoRoTHN.
Therel | say, and Sd will Dorothy,
whom ! tell her my experience. Long
may the protective tariff wave" We
girls are not ungrateful to our Uncle
Samuel II va hut understand what he l..