Evening star., 1903-10-24
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If great-grandmother of the cap and
strings, the toothless mouth, the snowy
hair and equally spotless neckerchief could
| come back from her long sleep, she would
doubtless feel much satisfaction in finding
her old mahogany four-poster, with it's val
ances, her "highboys" and consoles, her
Chippendales and Sheratons, her quaint old
secretary with cross-looped Hepplewhite
glass doors and lower cabinets, her claw
feet stands and tie-up tables, her oaken
settles and brass warming pans, her fire.
irons, pewter platters and porringers, even
the same old landscape paper on the walls,
still riding the top wave of popular favor.
She need not know that this is but re-
naissance after a long interregnum when
all these things were banished to the garret
or junk shop, or that, indeed, the larger
portion by far of the present antique fur
nishings are but reproductions of those she
cherished in the long ago.
of mahogany modelled after the genuine
antiques in form and color that only an
expert can tell the difference. There is
one way, however" declares well-known
connosSeur in antique furnishings, that
you can always distinguish between the
genuine and it's copy. Put your knuckles
against it as you would against mirror
to tell its real thickness. If it is we'll var
nished so that it brings out reflection of
the finger clearly, you may be sure 1T is
new If the refecuon is clouded it is an
tique. That is why lne cabinet makers are
now initiating antique furniture in the
deep tones that will not reflect so easily
as the lighter ones
The artistic value of inscriptions in house
decoration and furnishing is coming to
be more universally recognized, and In
many of the new suburban homes particu-
larly, the entering guest finds a quantity
To-, %l,1 a4ro, l,11I
across the chimney front. Foreign quota
tions like the old latin "Salve" or the
French AUX armes fol; AUX AmiS foyerS'
are often used. but inscrlr tions from the old
English that every one can read and enjoy,
seem more appropriate:
An old fireplace in Westchester bears
the inscription from the old English:
The bellows, with its brazen lungs,
The wood the. ashes and the smoke,
Do all to Righteousness provoke
While other more common notices are:
"'Tis home where'er the heart is,''
And
"Old wine to drink,
Old wood to burn
For those who live in rented apartments,
motto boards now come in most artistic
coloring and lettering. One of these, of
ash, beautifully Illuminated and hung with
wrought iron chains was noticed lately
over the entrance to charmingly appoint
ed home:
1.-THE ornaments of home
''Are the friends who frequent it."
Another bore this happy legend in old
English lettering:
IF thy friend come into thy house for
pleasure,
And Dear Amite.
Exyle sadness, and show to Him Friend
lye Familyarite.
Still another of tenderer association
reads
"The Lord Keep Thee
In thy going out and coming in"
In an old home in Philadelphia the din
ing room bears in trailing zigzag lettering
round mantle door and windows, Sairey
Camps admonition to Betsy Prig:
.'Wotever you do, Betsy, drink fair
On almost every piece of the new mis-
sion furniture Is found legend that en-
phasizes the close correlation between the
spiritual and the material essence Of the
home. On the headboard of bed we