Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-10-21
DOR0THY'S PRESENT.
A REAILY REAL AMERICAN elFr TO
An AMERICAN BRlDE
Pretty story whteh VIII Ias~r~-s Au
Brides PA.s- Pr~s~as a~a Irrespective.
or Coarse ys Herrsa Mas sheuIsI
Read Ia

or Coarse ys Hsrrsa Mas sheaII
Read Ia
30 she was to be married on tha
i4th~ aud I was invited 20 be present. :
I knew it. for was 90 he her brisses-
maid. and We had spent weeks AMI
months IN planning it all. from the mos.
Insignificant rufile TO tine very veii itself.
But mere was documentary evidence of
it-a formal invitation
Then il occurred 70 me that my we'd
ding ofsring was stil ar.selec-a,L I
must have been waiting for a special
dispensation. I think. for ! ionxeI 70
give her something real--realiy real
Something tright and pure and spark
ling and dainty and useful. like n~r-
self And my income. compared with
my aspirations. was ridicuIously small
as 1t so often happens. But NO one
would think Of Dorothy anI '.irnifa-
ton in the same breath. Nv gift rlnSr
Be dainty Small then Il must -
sparkling. Glass or china then.
Pure White OF course aUsefli. =
Cups and saucers- Exactly And the~
ought to be Belleek. but that costs 80
much Dorothy and had asked the
price of beautiful imported cup NJ :
pretentious shop on Fifth avenue. near
Thirtieth street. and we felt like thieves
for even touching IL when the attendant
said the price was ss. - for one. No. ths.
outlook was not encouraging. but there's
nothing like trying again. a. my
grandmother used 10 say. and started
for town az once.
Il would like to see some white Bel
leek cups | said TO an attendant in I
fashionable store not far from Broad
way. Certainly" and he took from a
glass case the dearest little. pure white.
scintillating bit Of a cup with n gold
brim and as light as o feather. It was
my dream matsrialized. and l almost
screamed with delight when he lee rle
hold It. This. he explained. lis Amer
ican china oh. dear, how pruvok-
ing" said |. almost letting the bijou
tumble: Il want il real-nOt any Anie.-
icaa stuff" think his eyes twinkIed.
but be replied very s~avely anal politely
This Is real You doubtless know
Clever manD that 'Belleek' Is the narie
of town in Ireland where this ware
was first produced. The proper clays
are found In this cuuntry in abundance.
and ten years ago ex-Congressman J. n
Brewer, OF New Jersey. paid n man
three times rs much as he was receiving
in Ireland to come here and work sor
him. Other potters. who pay their work
men as good wages, have found out ths
secret since. and there is no more deli
cate china made in the world than some
we get from Trenton, and none 50
cheaply sold in the United States as tie
American"
"Well. | should think that American
potters must be very good men to pay
their workers three times as much as
they could get in Europe. but how can
they afford itY'
"The protective tariff
''You are going to tell me about that
Mckinley bill"
"Do you object to it,"
''Oh. don't know anything about II,
really; but it must be q very good or .
very bad thing. people talk about 10 SO
much"
Here are the facts; you shall judge
Of its goodness or badness yourself
potter to pay sixty cents for the priv
lege Of selling 100 cents worth Of dec
Grated china in this country-that Is,
there is tariff OF so per cent. ON that
class OF goods This is so that the work
man here may be paid sixty cents moro
for dollars worth Of work than are
the same class OF people i'm Europe.
That enables cur working potters to live
better and happier lives than do those in
Europe, and brings a class OK men among
us who are encouraged To produce the
competition among the native potters
that the price 10 customers Is low. The
price is eighty cents each"
Eighty cents and real, and I saw
an imported one for $685. Wen.
think the Mckinley bin il n very good
thin= indeed Give ne half dozen of
them right away. please 10 seemed NO
wonderful that by buying this cup.
which was the very thing wanted. for
eighty cents. instead Of paying s8. 2J for
an imported one. was helping one Of
my own countrymen rad his family 20
live three times as wen as they could do
in Europe.
IL had never before occurred 20 me
that that tariff had anything 10 do with
US girls. thought il was all about TN
pans-plate, mean-and it seemed to
me then and now that il we begun our
encouragement at home charity be-
ginnings" would take care Of themselves.
Why, it is SO simple feel as IL must
take hand ut voting happiness and
comfort TO working people.
| went home with q light heart
had found what I was looking for anil
much more. With n yard OF whits
satin and another OF rose colored
covered a case for the precious cups.
My present cost $3.50. cups and all
This motto came from Dorothy.
HESrER. Voc DEAR GrRL-It's the prestis-t
and dainticst thing I have haEf But rou
thouldn't have spent ~ much money on
Ned says Ia makes him think % nae. h~ing
pink and white and bright. and-but he SAYS a
good many perfectly absurd things anyway.
I am 50 happy about everything. and -
pleased with your Efft. It's Just what wanted
most. You must show me how you make thaf
delicious tea. and we viii chrisfrn my ucuu-
tiful china together. Always your
uonurmr
Therei I say. and 50 will DOROTHY
when l tell her my experience. ~Lan~
may the protective tariff wave. W
girls are not ungrateful 10 our I'M
Samuel IL we but understand whst lie IS
doing for our happiness. Dorothy ans.
heard too much about abstract -pa
triotism" and too htts about "AH's
lean china" and other homemlll.i
things. | presume. during that ''nui-l
ing" process.
GRACE EsruKR DREw
THEN AND NOW.
Cost of Living rnd~r Low Tmrfm ef 1887