The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-13
THE CHINA CABINET.
there Is = Liberal Education In Selecting
1t Wisely.

1t Wisely.
Four items of household furnishing
which yonng housekeepers find 10 their
disrnay make no small inroad upon a
modest allowance are summed up in
kitchen must HAYES, bed and table
linen and the equipment of that now
almost Indispensable adjunct of the well
bred dining room-the china cabinet
!. Never before has the market been flood
nj with cheaper or more artistic porce-
fains. Competition is SO great that prices
have long since ceased 10 be stable. So
fuctuating Is BOLTON. Copeland. Dres-
den. French and American porcelains
that ''pTicers" employed by dealers TO
ascertain the retail prices of New York
houses rarely report a uniform price.
It's well for young and inexperienced
housekeepers 10 remember that reliable
saIesmen in the costliest queensware
stores never advise the purchase of china
AZ a nucleus of dining room essentials.
miles, the purchaser has an annual in
come of So, 900 TO So, 900.
With French or English china as a
foundation, everything else in table
service must be in keeping or good taste
Is violated
For general use good English earth
en- dinner set Is unsurpassed America
leads the world IN the manufacture of
cut glass and fine cutlery, but it has
vet TO make n good earthenware a
Copeland or Couldon set in heavily COW
cred design Of blue and white. the lids
of the covered dishes partaking that of
silver shapes, costs $40 There are $50
uieces In set It's not easily chip
ped, and In durability it surpasses any
domestic ware Its exquisite glaze and
perfect coloring are always restful as
well as decorative Broken pieces may
be readily replenished at small cost II
one dozen plates are broken IN year,
So 60 viii replace them. English earth
enware comes IN great variety OF quail
ity and design. In the present market
sets may be had as low as So. Despite
sets In earthenware and china, as suits
IN furniture have ceased TO be good
form, the housekeeper OF limited means
will do well 70 invest in a dinner set
Of good English ware. With this as
groundwork, keeping in mind color and
design, she may add TO her cabinet ar
leisure, varying her purchases, until it
bespeaks individuality as comprehen-
sively as should the shelves of library.
The dinner set may be supplemented by
small sets, according to use, as the soup
set of tureen and dozen plates, the sal
ad, berry, fish or roast set, always in
touch, however, with the color and de-
sign OF the fundamental ware
In homes where the income relegates
earthenware to the kitchen, reserving
the dining room exclusively TO porce-
lain, a good first installment for the
china cabinet Is full set of Hayiland-
Plain china is most popular. It's easily
duplicated If the GOODNESS of the gen
eral effect is Objectionable, it may be
easily relieved by odd pieces OF colored
glass or decorated china The accepted
china set has fanciful dull gold design
ON the edge They range In price from
500 to $175, while Haviland In pretty
hand painted designs, which make
handsome table setting, comes as low as
s75 and $50
French china is the finest, cheapest
and most effective, English china Is
twice as costly, while American porce-
Iains cannot be recommended
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