The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-12
SOME CURIOUS SPOONS.
uses 20 Which They Were Pgt "
People Few Centuries Ago.

fe0ple Few Centuries ago.
We are familiar nowadays with
spoons OF many shapes intended for
every variety OF purpose. Dat soma
old fashioned styles are now merely
curlositles. There Is the old fash
toned marrow spoon. for instance.
Which was used for extracting mar.
row from bones. 1t vas made dou-
BILE, one end being used for small
bones, and the other for those Of
larger bore.
Another example Is the mulberry
spoon. This has perforated bowl
and a spiked and pointed handle.
says the London Globe. The impls-
ments were made for use In day
when mulberries were much more
commonly eaten than they are At
the present time. With the perfor-
ated bowl little sugar WAS sprink-
led on the berry. which was then
conveyed to the mouth on the spik-
ed end of the handle.
The introduction OF tea led to tho
making OF a variety OF new kinds OF
spoons, including the necessary tea
spoon itself. some OF which still re-
main In use, while others have dis
appeared. At South Kensington
may be seen for example, q curious
collection Of the little scoops so well
known to our greatgrandmothers -
"caddy spoons Tea caddies OF the
old fashioned kind have long been
superseded, and when the caddy with
Its two lidded and metal lined end
compartments and the sugar bowl IN
the cavity between went out OF use
the caddy spoon or scoop disappear
ed also.
Another obsolete curiosity II the
SNUFF spoon, which. In the days
when nearly everybody took snuff,
and took it everywhere. was used
for conveying the scented powder
from the box to the hand, or In some
cases direct to the nose. Candle
spoons and pap spoons also are out
of date A Llangollen gentleman,
few months ago, wrote In a Shrop-
shire paper that he had IN his poss-
esion a silver pap spoon which mao
been originally given BY the Marquis
of Exeter to a member OF the Hog
gins family of Rolas. The pOssessor
or this spoon remarked thar II had
been given 10 him by his father,
with the wish that II should be hand
ed over to the first married In each
succeeding generation, for as such
it had come to him through the In
termarriage of the two families IN
years gone BY.
Three hundred years ago there
was one at llford, la Essex, waien
held more than a quart Others OF
more legitimate make were such as
the curious combination implement
with which folk Of that dafe were
familiar When most people still
dipped their fingers into the general
dish to help themselves to meat
more dainty diners car'iei about
with them an implement which was
a combination OF spoon and fork ana
The fork was at the back OF the
spoon, while the handle OF the dou-
BILE article was finished of with a
little figure terminal, which served
AIS handle for the toothpick The
terminal figure was a very fayorite
form OF spoon ornamentation.
II is most familiar In The Apostle
spoons. Of which original sets fetch
such high prices and Of which latter.
day limitations are so abundant; but
The figures were by no means confln-
I'd to the Apostles. In some cases
the spoons we're curiously finished
with double heads. which can hardly
ave conduced, one would think
10 convenience OF handling. A curl
ous but decidedly unpleasant form
Of ornament gave It's nars- to the
deaths head" spoon. which was
made for commemorative purposes
1 very unattractiye kind of 'memen-
-