The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22

DO you make so much, Isabel?'
mo. only a scrap here and there"
she said regretfully, because. you
see, it takes such an awful lot to make
an income: but I wasn't thinking of
myself"
"No?"
You needn't say No In that tone,
Marjorie, as though you thought me
egotistic, said Lady Isabel, in slight
ly aggrieved voice. "The fact is,
am trying to help a friend"
"Really-how kind of you, dear.
Who is it,"
Laura Staunton." she answered.;
the dear girl, the youngest daughter
OF our old vicar. Like all clergymen.
he had what David or Solomon or
somebody called "a quiverfur of
daughters. I don't know why it should
be considered in the light of bless
ing to have a quiverful of daughters.
It's very hard, at any rate on them,
for he has left them all without a
penny
How are you going to help her."
asked with interest.
Well" replied Lady Isabel, "she'
has opened shop for nice second
hand things-now don't look like that
Marjorie, don't mean clothes, mean
things like grandfathers clocks and
broken china and old tenders, and all
that sort of thing" she added vaguely.
"Oh, you mean curios-an old curl
osity shop, in fact"
EYES," said Lady Isabel. "And now,
Marjorie. dear, ightedly-"you've
put an idea in my head. I'll make her
call it 'Ye anciente curiosyte shoppe;'
but l must see she spells it right, or
rather, wrong, it will sound so much
more genuine"
1T will certainly be an advantage
in these days even to sound genuine"
I said.
eyes, won't it," she answered very
pleasantly, respectfully as most of the
things will be faxed. You know they
nearly always are faxed at that sort
of shop"
"Really?"
She nodded "Yes-and I'll tell how
it's done little later on"
How are you going to help Miss
Stauntons shop?' l asked her pres
emily
well, for one thing, / am going to
take Mrs. Barrington-Brown there to
buy things; you see, we shall both be
in town for day or so next week.
II see. And Mr.. Malcolmstein, is he
to be taken there as well?"
"No; l shan't take him there" said
Lady Isabel hastily, nor the Fielder
MAINS; they know too much but
dare say they'll pick me up some lit
tie things for her to sell. She's very
pretty-Laura, l mean
us she faxed. too?" / asked
Lady Isabel laughed. mo, my dear,
she's not; she's absolutely genuine"
Il i
i've been going over the list of
things in Laura's shop and rearranging
them" said Lady Isabel the following
afternoon.
"Have you; how very good of you"
"Oh, it's rather fun" she answered,
bending over her table and writing
something rapidly.
La Marquise Observation-Disclosures de
la Revolution" leaning on her shoulder
as I read. who's she?
TITS for small miniature l picked
up cheap" said Lady Isabel airily. 1T
was very faded, so l got little artist
l knew to touch it up for half
guinea"
"And how did you find out who it
WASP"
II didn't" she replied frankly; "but
if don't know, shall always put Vic
time de la observation-disclosures were so
many of them, poor dears, so shall
always be SAFE"
"Why call it anything?"
only on account of the price," she
answered seriously. You see, Mrs.
Barrington-Brown will pay so much
more for something really historical"
II see," said.
"All the broken china has gone to
be mended by little man Mr. Faken-
stein told me Of-he lives at White
chapel, or Noting Hill, where no one
ever goes, or somewhere, and he's
Polish Jew, and frightfully clever and
tricky. His name is Balenski, and you
can't tell Balenski-Chelsea figure
from the real thing, if you're ever such
an opportunities, of course, you
know his work"
us that how collectors get their
china mended?'
NO. she said, mot collectors, only
dealers. You see, collectors generally
only care for genuine things; but then.
of course" she added thoughfully.
dealers must live, and if you can't
tell the difference, it doesn't hurt any,
body. Besides, collectors shouldn't be
taken in, they ought to have
thorough knowledge of their subject
before they attempt to begin to COL
lect."
What lot you seem to know about
the subject, Isabel"
YES, Mr.. Malcolmstein taught me
a tremendous lot," she answered. ga
told me how they make real old Wor-
cester china and real Chelsea and
Grown Derby over in Paris, and how
they send it over here almost by the
ton. And they make old English glass.
too, over in Holland and in Germany.
at a place called the Giant mountain
or the Giant something or other but ]
think it was mountain
A day or two later went with Lady
Isabel to see Miss Staunton's curio
shop. Mrs. Barrington-Brown had not
vet arrived and adv Tsohol foolr mo