The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-14

" Al iV cttuC DIChtus IVY XIII luU8t |
be dainty" Small then. It must be
sparkling" Glass or china then.
"Pure." White Of course. useful" |
Cups and saucers. Exactlyi And they
ought to be Belleek, but that costs 80
much. Dorothy and I had asked the |
price Of a beautiful imported cup at q |
%pretentious shop On Fifth avenue, neal
Thirtieth street, and we felt like thieves |
for ever touching it when the attendant |
said the price was 1925 for one. No, the
outlook was not encouraging, but there's
nothing like trying again." as my
grandmother used to say. and I started
for town ut once
II would like to see some white Bel.
leek cups" ! said to an attendant in q |
fashionable store not far from Broad.
way. Certainly" and he took from q
glass case the dearest little, pure white,
scintillating bit Of q cup with O gold
brim and as light a. q feather. II was
my dream ma~terialized, and I almost
screamed with delight when he let me
hold it. "This," he explained, els Amer
lean china" "Oh, dear, how provok-
ing" said I, almost letting the bijou
tumble; II want it real--not any Amer.
lean stuff" l think his eyes twinkled,
but he replied very gravely and politely:
"This is real. You doubtless know
Clever many that 'Belleek' In the name
Of o town in Ireland where this ware
was first produced. The proper clays
are found in this country in abundance,
and ten years ago exc Congressman J. n.
Brewer, Of New Jersey, paid a nun
three times as much as he was receiving
in Ireland to come here and work for
him. Other potters, who pay their work.
men as good wages, have found ont the
secret since, and there is no more deli.
cate china made in the world than some
we get from Trenton, and none 80
| cheaply sold in the United States as the
| American"
"Well, I should think that American
potters must DO very good men to pay
their WORKERS. three times - much a.
they could get in Europe, but how q
they afford itY
1.-THE protective tariff
"You are going to tell me about that
Mckinley bill"
"Do you object to it?"
"Oh, I don't know anything about 1t,
really; but it must DO o very good or Q
very bad thing, people talk about 1t 90
much"
"Here are the facts; you shall judge
Of its goodness or badness yourself:
The Mckinley bill forces the foreign
potter to pay sixty cents for the priv.
lege Of selling 100 cents worth Of dec
Grated china in this country-that 10,
there is a tariff Of 60 per cent. on that
class of goods. This is 80 that the work.
man here may be paid sixty cents more
for q dollars worth Of work than are
the same class Of people in Europe.
That enables u working potters to live
better and happier lives than do those In
Europe, and brings o class of men among
us who are encouraged to produce the
most artistic results. There is 90 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 48.25i Well, !
think the Mckinley bill is o very good
thing indeed. Give me half Q dozen Of
them right away, please" It seemed 60
wonderful that by buying this cup,
which was the very thing ! wanted, for
eighty cents, instead Of paying e8.25 for
an imported one, I was helping n Of
my own countrymen and his family TO
live three times as well as they could do
N Europe.
It had never before occurred to me
that that tariff had anything to do with
us girls. ! thought 1t was all about tin
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 l feel as IL ! must
take q hand ut voting happiness and
comfort to working people.
I went home with q light heart. I
had found what l was looking for and
much more. With q yard Of white
satin and another Of rose colored ]
lowered q O for the precious cups.
My present cost $500, cups and all.
This note came from Dorothy:
and daintiest thing ! have had. But you
shouldn't have spent so much money ON me.
Ned says It makes him think of me- bsine
pink and white and bright, and-but he sAys \
good many perfectly absurd things anyway.
! am no happy about everything, and -
pleased with your gift. It's Just what I wanted
most. You must show me how you make that
delicious tea, and we will christen my beau.
iiful china together. Always your
DOROTHY.
There! l say, and sc will Dorothy,
; when ! tell her my experience, Long
may the protective tariff wave" We
girls are not u~ngrateful to our Uncle
Samuel IL we but understand what he y
doing for our happiness. Dorothy and ]
: heard too much about abstract ''pa-
triotism" and too little about "Amer-
{ lean china and other homemade
!. things, ! presume, during that "6nish.
/. Ing" process.
GRACE ESTHER Drew.