The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-27
LETTING A MAN
" TO MATCH.

An Aesthetic Woman's Long Search
For . Servant Of the
Proper Shade.
SITS simply aggravating the way these
everyday commonplace women who
haven't q particle of taste. talk about tho
trouble they have getting good servants
remarked Mrs. Bronson to her friend Mrs.
90 Vase when Mrs. Cook had gone Just
rs II they knew anything about it!
If they consider their little inconven-
fences exasperating. what on earth would
they think Of the trials and tribulations
that beuet a truly ssthetio woman such az
you or I?
.Why, do you know my dear. I've never
told you before, but 1t was this very ser.
want question that caused all the trouble
I had with that beautiful bronze collection
Of mine. And to-day can't bear the sight
1T was down at Prices. Jack and ]
were in there looking around one day when
l saw that-you remember that beautiful
urn. dear. that used to stand on the teak
wood pedestal in the hall?
Just look. jack ] cried. grabbing him
by. the arm. ,,;s w.
pretty indeed. but It must cost quite bit,..
isn't that just like q mani Absolutely
devoid of ali sense of the artistic Always
II Know, but it isn't the cost, ! "a.
planned. It's the color. Jack, Think Of
how simply perfect it would look alongside,
Of Jefferson when he opens the front door
color our old darby, Jefferson, had. He
had that rich, deep chocolate that You
only find in the patina Of very old bronzes
sWeu. Of course the minute mentioned
Il. even Jack saw how stunning the two
would be, together, 80 we bought the urn:
,r 1T really nS xss s%p . 5s
matched as IL they had been made for one
another. while the way his kinky white
hair set OF the dark teak wood pedestal
well. even Mrs. Cook, who has about az
much taste as glass OF water, spoke about
two days later I picked up little bronze
card receiver at Browns. 1t had that same,
rich JefYersonian patina, and was really
sAnd that's how my bronzes started.
After that Il was q clock here, statuette
there. and 60 on, until-well, Mr.; Spongely,
who has absorbed no end OF knowledge
about such things In his travels abroad,
4aiO tt WIS really Uuo NOIy AAC1o SoASSsAo"
Of the kind he'd ever seen.
~And then, just as was congratulat,ng
mvseH on nv success, there came the sad
blow that changed my whole life. Jeiier-
son. the raier n d'etre Of my entire couec-
ton, became homesick and lett us.
Il pleaded with him with tears In my
eyes, but all to no purpose. He was set on
going back South.
foolish to take it so hard; that Jefferson
wasn't the only darky in the world.
There are probably hundreds right
here in New York. he said, any one OF
whom will 20 Just as well with your 6ronzes
as Jefferson did; I think Jeferson's been
fading some these Last few weeks h,, aahyThay W
taught me better, suppose. but dried
nv tears and followed Jacks advice;
carefully wrapped up one OF the smaller
bronzee. and started bravely forth, in the
hone Of matching it at some intelligence
aReally. until then never had any idea
of how many different shades oarkles com, ms
brown ones. But when held my, little
bronze up to their faces there wasn't one
~ them that wasn't of color. One woman
had a complexion that almost approached
the color of chocolate patina, but wanted
a man. ~ ..u,-. ,e7.. r was
After the MIN lnUeHiSehCo onaco "
about to give up the search, ana was
going down the stairs when saw Just what
Z wanted coming up. Really. my deaI'
Won have no idea how my heart jumped;
sHe was the most gorgeous deep choIo-
late brown you ever laid your eyes on
It almost might have been Jefferson MN
self, rejuvenated. ,.,.,a
"'You want sltuat'onf ""Ae'
.Yass'm he prinned
ST whipned out NV bronze and held 1t
alongside his face. It matohedl
Come I cried You're engaged
DO you know. I really think he thought
was crazy, until told him how earnest
I was about it. H.,
splendid references. When we got home
and found that Jenerson's livery eX-
actiy fitted Inn, I could have died with
low. BE seemed so willing and eager, too
Madison ! said when ! was going
out again, In addition to tending the door
I shall expect you to keep an eye on ny
bronzes. I prize them very, very dea AIRY
thing should ever happen to them
Tass'n,' he said, and I left the house
happier than I'd been at any time s'nc'
aBut oh, dearl had l only, known Ana
after all the instructions I'd given him.
too! .
the dressmaker's and that grinning idio'
threw open the door-oh, dear!,-a great
shining oh, how could Re have done "
The memory of the awful deed was to'
much for Mrs. Bronson, and she gave way
to tears.
.Just imagine. my dear she finally cor
tinued, dabbing her eyes with her handke,,
chief, that ungrateful thing had actually
gone and polished all my precious. or1 we,
ali the trouble had taken in matching hllr'
to them. I could have forgiven him 'hf
bronzes, but he'd spoiled my match
After that, OF course, detested the very
mention OF bronze. I changed oyer =.
! Chinese servants and took up ivor1es to'
my hobby. But now my worries are be
! ginning to turn dark. and-and-and yp'
a woman like that Mrs. Cook has the az
dacity to say that she'd had more trouble
| with servants than I've had