The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15

light up when.I looked around. I praised tn,
things and Won bis sypgPatny I fne eGnSe
oueeWRSse a was ma d l g9e sli run Tne up Ssainst a goo,
many pitiful cases, confess l don't hay,
much Sympsthy for the greedy eonntTy i9lk,
Tor them than we can sell them for ourselves
1 went to-day to q small town near here to loos
Eyer tSsRe things nSs a J EoIg9 an " w& wss an 70 or sssa
aSd 6 SpdiD Sntbe Tgp t u 1G I nS q good 4 MANY ma SFi in.
t~erestinR things, most OF which have been
sold. She hasn't very much iGni put bought !
DGF5 ia{ R9P5in FL give ~ '9 s. ' FOR that naa p=oF SaI%i
comes home she said. 'The 6orringer il
as lTeo li sst.d r fa%s and d S SiIa5' As lSns $oi 4 :E fSid
her that wanted to buy her porringer felt
'"oh. mammal she said. and her eyes got
O'sHer mother told her that she could do as
might 90 upstairs and think II over. She
went up, and l sat there feeling a6s3lntely,
tn, stairs and wanted to.knoT what she. would
do with the money; Her mother said she
could put it n the bank or do whatever she
silence before, she called again.
how much will he give me. mamma"
Another pause, then In the most forlorn
we'll. Let Dlm nave IL, mamma
She didn't come down again. though. and !
felt more:than over like a thief when l went of
with her porrinRer., l SUPPOSE that ,porrinGer
You see. as 9. general thing. people collect
some special variety of curios, fknow Of one
81" S viii 'B buy 'H a aVsece HtR bell sH.t or a 500 bell.
She buys. the most costly article Just 70 get the
: BEL roS gPi San may x6 hssBS so fG ss qa Il op sh e mare sEe
ing a collection of fans end.another is making
one Of watches. A third 10 collecting Wedg-
rom an old a%ye-cent whistle to the most costly
little holy water, fonts. benitiers they are
called. They, make ,stunning match boxes.
Still another buys only silhonettss;
man-alasl-wh lived in Rochester. There is
William I; H]Hyemeyeri who is G9thering to.
conceivable. thing which has any association
with Washington. Eugene Tompkins.. the
collection OF blue plates In the country. His
partner. Z. G. Gilmore, is making a collection
9f rare old p Vines ana \ ll G1 ST., by I'll the way;
while his wife collects plates. One New York
i've cents |, hundreds Of dollars Tor a KEY,
Another. collects pipes. another pewter. l
i k9IIE s "a piers TiGlssn and mh9 the eV SLIPPERS rsS 81 IA
Some people have really a mania for collect
ing. know OF one woman who has barrels
and has never unpaoked She doesn't dare to
let her husband know she has bought them,
She has bought and paid for things which I
still have in the house here because she
couldn't have them sent home. Collectors
Will often deny themselves ANYTHING in order
meals. Graciousl how true that isl / have
been out OF town all day. and had nothing to
eat. just before you came In l sat down to
eat, something. Then YOU came. I got up
without tasting anything but a little SOUP. and.
upon my soul l had forgotten all about It in
the pleasure of talking about antiquities"
Anybody who loves quaint old things will
getjust such a reception rs this at several of
the places in Antiquity Row. where the dealers
are not on the lookout simply and solely for the
dollar. and where a congenial soul can always
make them forget such com onplace things
as dinner. But there are other places In the
row whore the shopkeeper has apparently but
one fact to communicate. namely. what things
will cost you.