Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
Seen in the China
Shops.

Eggsheu China is all very well for
| those who have q retinue Of trusty serv-
! ants to care for it, but modest folks who
| must trust to a more or less inconstant
| maid or care for the china themselves are
| often appalled, at the fragility Of some of
| the finer Japanese and Chinese wares.
| Some of the choice blues and those de-
Icious Canton greens are found In cups
and saucers that are too fragile for any
| thing but the china cabinet. Mores the
| pity, since who does not enjoy her cup of
tea the better from such porcelain beau
| ties. Nowadays, however, there are prac-
| tical and handsome Mentone china, good
| substantial English ware, not lacking In
| delicacy either, that is decorated in jap
| anese patterns with excellent results. 1t
satisfies the eye of beauty without exact
ing the eternal vigilance that is the price
of treasures of the more fragile sort.
Some fascinating new dishes for the
nursery folks are of creamy white ware,
quite substantial, as it should be, deco
rated with equally substantial looking
cows, done in black. The charm of these
is that they are not over decorated. One
COW, with comfortable bit of grass.
one welcomes on ones bread and milk
round the bowl would prove too much
for even such good thing as the COW.
For summer home there is delight
fully inexpensive dinner set of white dec
grated with broad band of ivy leaves
in shades of green that deepen almost
into black. The charm of this pattern is
that 1t is so surprisingly simple as COM
pared with the usual forms of decorations
and ma
combinations of colors.
Tall brass stands Zone can scarce call
them vases) are for American Beauties.
Three heights, the tallest capable of hold
ing the longest stemmed Beauty that
ever broke purse or gladdened a heart.
are shown. They stand on a sturdy brass
base are very narrow, almost point at
the bottom and widen to five or six
inches in diameter at the top. They are
plain save for the slightly roughened
surface that bespeaks, or is supposed to
bespeak, hand hammering.
Mushroom bells come in etched glass.
the patterns very light and forming
border about the base, presumably so as
not to obstruct the perfect view OF the
delicious morsel it is to cover.
Some curious Chinese cups and saucers
are striped, alternating with tan, violet
blue and vivid green The saucer shows
the same stripes as the cup, and about
the center an equally broad ring of yell
low. These mako charming bits of color
for the country cottage, and are sub
stantial enough to recommend them to
service where the users are no respecters
of china values.
II you are Interested in autOing-but
of course you are-that is the extent Of
having car, you, of course, must know
the very latest ftment of the auto lun-
cheon basket, namely tho thermos bottle.
This simple little invention is a bottle
within bottle, vacuum space between.
Fiji your bottle with hot tea or coffee
and close the stopper securely. The
vacuum being a non-conductor of heat.
the liquid remains at It's initial tempera-
ture. OF course, 1t won't remain hot for
ever, but it is guaranteed to hold its
temperature for "a hours. Surely our
pleasures are being made comfortable
for us.