The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-15

lost my mind. The modest prices Of
the coveted articles We're each time a
separate shock OF Joy. If these sturdy
Germans had wished to take advantage
of my indiscreet expressions of surprise
and delight they might easily have rails
ed their prices without our ever having
discovered it. But day after day we
returned, not only 70 find that the pri-
ces remained the same, but that in
many instances If we bought several
articles they voluntarily took OF
mark or two on account of the generos-
ity OF our purchases.
When you get to St. Petersburg in
your shopping experience you will find
a mixture of Teuton and Slav which is
very perplexing. We were particular
* anxious TO get some good specimens
of Russian enamel. Inexpensive in the
country which creates it. but to our
distress we discovered Rue de Ia Paix
prices on everything we wished. Each
time that we went back the price was
different. The market seemed to fluc-
tuate.
Shopping in Constantinople is not
shopping as we Americans understand
il, unless YOU happen to be a United
States Indian trader by profession; I
am not TherefcFe, the system of bar
gaining. of going away from a bazaar
and pretending YOU never intended it,
back to sit down ana Make cup of COT
fee was ike acting in >lSrivate theatre
Gals. By nature am nOSS a diplomat,
but if had stayed longer inStae orient
I think I would have learned ~ be as
tricky as a Chinese diplomat
Work of Filipino Women.
Those persons who have wondered
Can any good thing come out of tie
Philippines p" will be surprised to learn
that some Of the finest needleworlz
made in the world today is fashioned
by the hand of Filipino women Lately
there came into the office of Wilbur F.
Wakeman, United States appraiser, as
tonishing examples of the skill Of these
women with the needle. Three or forr
handkerchiefS were imported from
IlOilO. destined as gifts which were
wonderful specimens Of Mexican drawn
work. indeed. the experts in embroid-
cry in the big United States building at
Washington and Christopher streets as
sert that never before have they seen
finer work. says the New York Press
These hanGilerchiefs We're worked in
Japanese silk thread on a background
of Japanese silk If they We're placed
on sale in New York there is little
doubt that they would bring at least
so each Their price at wholesale in
Manila is from $50 to sS5, and with the
duty Of 60 per cent ad valorem added,
together with the profit which the inn
porter and the retailer would expect to
make, the price to the individual buyer
easily would mount up to $50. Mexican
drawn work is noted the world over,
wherever made, for its superior excel
lence. but these samples of it surpass
any other that ever have entered the
appraisers office
The handkerchiefs were in one color
tone. being a sort of yellowish white
We're embroidered in exquisite designs
birds and butterflies the bodies being
made a part of the IA brio and the wings
being attached TO the bodies only at the
edge Even through the microscope the
stitching appeared to be marvelously
accurate and regular.
1t is a revelation to those who sup
posed that the expSrts of the Philip
pines consisted mainly of hemp. Irvine.
hats and tobacco to know that such
delicate work is done by feminine hng-
ers in the Islands. This is the first i'm
portation of the kind which has come
into the port of New York. and it is ev-
ident that New York has learned of a
new and surprising industry of the
Philippines which. if developed capably, !
win result in lucrative trade in this III /
rectiOn-
Hitherto the finest specimens of this !
kind of work have come from Ireland or /
St. Gall. in Switzerland, but now it is /
evident that our Manila sisters can 4
beat the boosted skill of the European /
Comforts For the Country Home.
In furnishing a home a variety of
pretty eTectS can De gained Dy sn ali I
seats which hug the corners closely
A mong the latest are those with a single /
ornamental end OF fine etched wood cut /
1T in appropriate shape.
The couch is low, we'll cushioned and 4
2 tipped with some three or four pill /
o7Fs of any spring-lil1e material which /
"a tches the seat while the unorna-
n lted end is finished simply with a
Irill that falls from the cushion TO the
floor, the entire length Of the seat
This one tall end may be an attractive