Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-15
THE III USE HoL 3.
Hints to the UniAitiatsd on Buyine Obi.
ma About Walls and Floors.
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The variety Of china from which the.
housekeeper may make her selections at
the present time is little less than BIZ.
wilderiug. There are the English, very
neat and very complete, ut low cost; the
Haviland, the Donlton and the Guerin
Limoges. each having many admirers,
while all are Of moderate price. The
Austrian china is richly colored, and
Nv hlle it represents somewhat greater
value. does not 90 beyond the compass
of the ordinary purse. The common
white table dishes Of all sorts are now
of so excellent quality and so reasonable
In price that the humblest table may he
neatly and completely equipped at all
times without serious tax to the family
funds, says Good Housekeeping, which
also gives the following advice about
buying china: .St 4,
In buying china it must not be forgot
ten that each separate piece counts one.
Thus soup ladle, .jtureen and cover,
with detached tray, count four; a but
Yer dish with cover and removable strain
er is three, while each cup with it's
saucer counts two. The full set, as or
dinarily made up, consists Of l55 pieces.
There are soup tureen, gravy tureen,
sauceboat, q pickle dishes, salad bowl,
4 covered and 2 uncovered vegetable
dishes, 8 meat dishes, lS dinner plates,
10 plates each for breakfast, tea, soup,
preserve and butter, l2cups and saucers
Teach for tea and for coffee, 2 COMFORTS
and 2 cake plates. This assortment does
fnot provide bread and butter plates,
game or fish services. If these are added,
| the set is carried up to something like
1850 pieces, and this only makes provi-
sion at the most for dozen persons,
with no allowance for breakage. If we
| are to entertain Is or 20, the table crock
/ cry would need to consist Of perhaps 400
pieces or even more.
III There arc low priced sets to be found
in the market. They may be of the same
pattern and general appearance as those
of more than double the price. The I'M
l,initiated would find this discrepancy
difficult to account for and might sup.
pose that the seller of the high priced
article was an extortioner, while the
/ low cost man was a public benefactor.
Neither supposition would be. correct,
and often it occurs that the man who
4 sells at the lower price makes the most
I in the way of profit. The explanation
K is this: During the firing process some
1 pieces become slightly warped, many of
\ them in only the slightest degree. But
1 this is enough to- condemn them for first
class goods, and they are set aside. with
pieces which have some slight imperfec.
4 ton in the decoration or a trifling flaw
(which only trade experts would detect.
I 1t is often the case that sets made up
from these lots are sold by unsorupulous
dealers at almost the price Of perfect
Y goods But however that may be-, the
purchaser could scarcely BY the most
careful inspection discover the differ.
J ence, and takes pleasure in the possess
I sion of All elegant article. This rule
holds good equally with fine china and
! granite ware. Most Of the crockery
goods offered by bargain stores" of
whatever nature, are of this sort. :