The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-22
respectable looking?p I queried.
 "Oh. nnt much ,esshe renIied

 Next day the man came to do it over, and Annette found that to rejuvenate the moth-eaten specimen it would cost about | $50. He said the drawers would all have to be made over and every inch of 1t had to be scraped and refinished, and that it
 would take weeks to do the work, but
 seeing that 1t was for her, and she was
 such a good customer, he would make
 the price s3o, although it ought to bring
 much more.
 Shortly afterward we happened to run
 across a perfectly good bureau, exactly
 like it. entirely new and finished exquis-
 itely for $25, but "that is another story" ! as Kipling would say. A week or two after this little shopping
 expedition my friends and I were in-
 vited to a dinner party The hostess on
 this occasion was an ''old stager' at the
 antique craze game, and her home was
 a veritable storehouse of the lovliest things imaginable.
 Before dinner was served, as we sat in the cozy living room, I noticed Angelica S
 eyes wandering, and seeing her gaze riv- eted on something I detected that it was a silver tray.
 Arising and going into the dining room to the gorgeous mahogany sideboard
 which was, of course, against all rules of etiquette or anything like good manners she said to her hostess: "Sheffield?'
 "When the affirmative response came Angelica almost buried her face in the
 silver tray. staring 1t fairly out of coun- tenance and looking with devouring eye upon its beauty.
 At table she and Annette nearly broke up the dinner party by their admiration of the salt cellars. which cbanced to be of silver filigree with blue glass dishes. a I reviled both of these devotees for
 their one idead conversation after the party was over and told them that once in while people were found who were | not crazy on the subject of antique fur niture.
 But my suggestion did not help mat ters bit and these two became so in oculated with the idea that I named Annettes Pomeranlan Antique Furni- ture and called her "Antiq' for short
 but even this did not disturb her in the least.
 One day my friends suggested another trip and we discovered a place where
 everything could be found from an apostle spoon to one of the numerous andirons
 used by George Washington. Here jugs, lamps tables and chairs owned by our ancestors flourished like green bay tree and it mattered not how disfgured they were, nor how much
 the renovation would cost these women
 were true sports as the antique furni- ture lover must be, and invested promis- cuously.
 Angelica bought an old davenport with | rolled ends and worn out upholsteries and papers that went. with 1t said it had | once belonged to Thomas Jefferson. i Of course the sequel to the story is | that all this was untrue concerning the ownership by Jefferson but Angelica and
 never mention the painful subject now because I had a tiny little germ to develop that day and so I bought some perfectly darling candelabra, which looked
 good to me, only to find afterward that a connoisseur who saw them pronounced
 them not only not real, but a very bad imitation.
 All of which goes to prove that such are the fortunes of war and so we need not complain.