The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09

There il an English skylark cage. with
large balcony, wired and roofed over.
tho Ralcony revolving in such manner
as to enable the cage to we handi'y cl"aheu'
Near it might Ire seen Mexican reen cage
clumsy but spacious, sngge-tihR SPanrh
fnrn,. another Mexican cage. more orna'
,nen,al' md a cage from the Philippine
Is,ands al.o made of reeds. put together
in the form OF pagoda -
nc Of old walnut. turned In places almost
70 the color 81 mahogany or ancient OAK
I, /. NJ amateur workmanship, ana ap-
n.ren,lv was made at home for home pets,
4 cage after the pattern OF Russian hous"
4 6n;sbcd off even To the weather Nahe'
and from the gable there looks out an
antlered head. in high relief,
The single swiss chalet nTd cage pre-,
sents a most curious appearance, Us 'front.'
irreeularly splotched with a VIVID red
.r,scs,;ny the decorative work Of some
haTSaric people this red overspreading
A ground color Of a sort OF clay white.
There are large cages N me TYP tspe o na
Norman fort flied strongho.ns. inesr ar !,
he .o,nblanc. of stone for the heavy castel-
lated STRUCTURES typified, They have
towers and bu,tressed balconies sur
mounting the entrances IL,
There is A cage of marduetrv work, WIN
tho American flag inlaid in its front, and
n lac nld iron cage which u.ed to hold
narn1I,e,. in Central Park many years ago
rben tbev we're keep, out OF doors at the
head of the Mall Another large cage
is made Of wood and runs up several stories
in form no, unlike some chlrcn Forches
which are surmounted by larH" square
towers, ..,,, ,l t-,,,,
Still another. which was purchased from
"a Flushing Junk dealer, seems to have been
made hv some Hunters Point deniaen OF
large leisure He constructed his cage,
of generous proportions. III 'he form OF
cert ain church Of Astoria, L. l. .,
More than one of the cages which Mr.
Drake showed to the Arts Club visitors
was bought, like this Astoria mcmento.
near home The crotchetty lunkman OF
Flushing. from whom the Astoria reno
was bought, was one OF ltcu.lai o'u',
Of men Who buy anything, whether or not
thew know it, value, and then III ny and
wait until they can sell their purchases
a, profit however long II may take.
| There j. none OF the bargain counter
BUSINESS about their pursuit, from thrir
has bargain, they are content bn' a. Tor
| selling OUT because they have had certain
articles a long time-they would not think
of il. Old Mulligan of Flushing. FOR M
! stance although his name II not quite
| that-h,lnr on to an old fur hat till the hair
| foil of and left him only the hide. rather
than come down one iota in the price he
| had frs, set on II.
| Talk about taking II out OF man :
hide n" -aid one Of his customers. with
more good nature than his words implied
.why. ne took the hair out OF tho hide OF
q fur hat
When Mullgan. ON mis- strictly one-price
basis, sold the Astoria church birdcage,
il took i,s place in the Drake collection
| beside a purchase made at Columbus
avenue Junk dealers, and one made OF "A
! Fifth avenue vendor OF Ariatio goods,
| and the visitor at the Arts Club found in
terest IN the three varying IN KIND rather
| than in degree. ,,
The visitors found ia the exhibition a
transport al ion cage from Hamburg, a.
| exclusive in its way As the modern Ions
Distance tourists train. Il had twelve coma
! partment, for it's feathered travellers.
! There was also cylindrical travelling cage,
! Of convenient size for the transportation OF
| a single bird.
Roth of these were Of met al but there
We're also transportation cages OF wood
which differed materially. however. from
| the familiar "cooJs' which may he seen In
the hands of street vendors. In fact one
| might justly wonder why such ugly "ooops
need anywhere be seen, after beholding tho
varied productions Of The rage builder +
IN genuity which Mr.. Drake has brought
together.
Some Of Mr.. brakes acq,isit ions have
been bought from foreign bird dealers here.
These men do not care for the cageS which
| the birds come IN aud are ready to sell them.
One Of the Arts Club exhibits was a lattice
cage made with a feeling for architectural
effect which might serve rs model for a
summer house. Another was Dutch cage
made Of brass, built with gallery running
all around IL. and s'irniounted by a finely
wrought Dutch crown. One very tai cage
appeared TO have been made for . bird
with a very long tail.