The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-01-07

the dining room furniture?"
1.-THE table was very old fashioned,
painted black, with gold rim"
what about the hangings or the
dining room?"
worth practically nothing"
an the estimate of the value of the
furniture in the room of Mrs. IIaig
Mrs. Astor's daughter, on the second
floor, you say its all worth only $3.50
How did you estimate it?"
Mrs. Haig was i'll in the room at the
time, so didn't go in"
Didn't you make personal exami-
nation of the things?"
mo, sir"
How did you put the value on the
articles?"
II got 1t from a man who showed me
bed and cabinet like those in Mrs
Haig's room"
"You didn't see the furniture your
self"
mot in that room"
'HIow do you say that all the furni
ture IL old?"
81 didn't say it is all old, but large
part of it is"
What do you understand by new
furniture?"
"That bought in the last five or ten
years"
"You value the hangings in the re.
ception room at $40. Why is that"
"They We're old and you cannot
make any use of them. They were
badly faded and very soiled, but not
worn or torn"
What about the hangings in the
drawing room?"
They were soiled and worn. 1t is
not possible to get $75 for them"
81 see you have ninety gilt chairs
in the ballroom valued at $135. $1.5O
each. How did you reach that fig.
ure?"
They cost $2.75 when new and with
the gilt paint on them cost about
1915"
What was Il cir condition."
Some were very rickety. You
could take them by the back and shake
them and find them very loose"
'In the entrance hall are six sets
of hangings you value at $780, What
about these?"
zone of them is embroidered and is
not worth anything"
What do you mean by carpets on
the stairs valued at 1852"
THAT is carpet every thread of
which is worn on the edge"
Did you examine the Chickering
piano in the sitting room, valued at
1852"
Yes. the frame is in bad condition"
What do you mean by that?"
ut is full of dents and scratches.
ter piano than that"
"Do you claim to be an expert on
paintings?'
mo, sir"
Here are four paintings after
Boucher, valued at $40. What about
them?"
"They are not paintings at all, simp-
ly done by some amateur
Describe the clock in the entrance
han?"
ut was a type of grandfather's
clock, about seven feet high, with
good set of works in it. 1t was about
the newest thing they had there"
What was the condition of the
high backed sofas in the ballroom?"
Covered with brocade and very
soled"
Were they worn and soiled?"
Yes, both"
80 you' want to be understood as
saying that ALI the furniture, carpets
and rugs in the house were in
somewhat dilapidated condition."
Counsel for the Aston estate OBJ.
jected to the word "dilapidated," bur
Appraiser Yereanse let it stand
We'll, they were i'm a somewhat
worn condition. The rug on the sec.
fully six to twelve inches long, and
tackled to the floor to hold it in place.
Such a rug is not worth anything"
Here are a clock and mantel orna,
ments you value altogether at $15.
How about them?"
The clock is an old broken thing.
1t is not going, and I don't think any,
thing at all could be done with it,"
what about the WARDROBE"
THE wardrobe was represented
merely by stained doors"
Wasn't it built in?"
mo, it was just loose piece"
Concerning the ninety imitation
pearls in Mrs. Astor's five strand neck.
lace a Maiden Lane pearl dealer said
it was not unusual for a reputable
firm to substitute false pearls for gen.
uine ones in matching up a necklace
of such size as Mrs. Astor's. He said
that it was impossible to get enough
genuine pearls of the proper size and
that the substitution was usually made
with the knowledge and consent OF the
purchaser.