The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-05-14
IT LACKED NOVELTY.
A COLLECTION OF HElRLOOMS THAT
WEARlED AN OBSERVER.

The system of Henting out Family
Glory ana supply ing Ancestral
TrnppIngs mt So Much Per Hour
Has Its Drawbacks.
Two guests were being shown through
Philadelphia mansion in which
nouyeau richie broker was entertaining
a party OF fashionable friends The
splendid array of family herlooms, all
bespeaking a lineage Of earliest colo
NAL origin, deeply impressed one of the
party. He was a stranger but lately
arrived from Baltimore. oddly enough,
his companion, a Phliadelphan, seem
ed flippantIy Indifferent to these treas
ured relics of familys honored his
tory.
Remarkable collection Of heirlooms
our host has" remarked the stranger
as he stopped before battle SCARED
sword of Revolutionary days.
YES" drawled the rhiladclphian
cynically, very interesting But UNI
fortunately it lacks the charm Of nov
city for me Already this season I've
seen the same batch of relics in three
other Philadelphia houses"
How could that bef'
"Oh, simple enough It only means
that all four families, our host and the
three others refer to. hired tbr'r an
cestral rappings from the same man
Hired Them
eyes, hired them We have in this
city an enterprising collector of colo.
NAL junk who makes a business Of
renting out family glory TO all who
were unfortunate enough TO be born
without IT,"
"Whew!" was the only comment the
astonished Baltimorean could utter.
And doubtless many Philadclphians
would be moved to say 'Wbeww ii
they could learn how many members
Of the Quaker City social elect are con
strained to seek the assistance of the
heirloom dealer when they wish to
give brilliant function,
1t is a deception that is forced upon
them, for unless you have distinguish
ed appearing forhears YOU stand little
chance of penetratiag ii, sacred pre-
cincts of the local fashionable set.
Ancestry, not cash, is the open SEES
anne, and even if a man can claim some
sort OF family tree his pretensions are
questioned unless he can show some Of
the furniture or portraits that his
American forefather brought with him
ON the Mayhower or the Welcome.
OF course il the two vessels named
had been as large rs the Great Eastern
and had been loaded with nothing but
heirlooms they couldn't have carried
half the stock needed to launch the de
scendants of Pilgrim fathers into so
ciety. Hence the need Of an heirloom
dealer
He has his warerooms in Pine street.
In part of the city which was once
the center of fashion, but is now de
serted by that element in consequence
of the westward movement of the city 5
elect.
Ostensibly he is curio dealer but
mis- revenue is mainly derived from
furnishing and hanging the walls of
fashionable dwellings with century Old
portraits.
This clever manipulation Of mems
vanities has ancient sraigh; backed
furniture and copper kettles and snuff
ers for candles and bullseye watches
and similar relics of ancient grandeur.
all at your disposal for a night, when
you, poor fellow, with money but no
ancestors, want your friends to know
what an old family Yours isl He also
has rare furnishings for libraries and
drawing rooms which YOU may rent if
you have the price.
1t matters not from what part of the
country the applicant halls or what
particular descent he wishes 10 claim.
his needs are promptly Tiled.
For those who wish to pose as lineal
descendants of the stanch old colonial
patriots who fought the stamp tax and
defed the power of King George at
Bunker Hill and drew no the Declare