El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-21

it." remarked an older woman, who
was with her Mrs. Edwards got
much better one than that the other
Five dollars. thought Helen indig-
nantly. She took up corner of the
shawl as the women passed on 1t
was almost an exact duplicate of her
mothers which she had priced so
highly. and had thought was worth at
least fiftyi
on the same table were some old
ruby glass decanters. Helen was ad-
miring these when the two women
came by.
"Reproductionsw as one of them took
up a decanter. Its almost impossible
TO get any genuine ruby glass now
This lusterware. too, examining
small luster pitcher. There's a fac
tory over in Jersey turning these out
by the hundreds"
Helen was much impressed. Both
the decanter and the little luster
pitcher had looked to her to be- genu-
inc But if she could not trust her
knowledge Of these things. she felt
sure that she could detect the repro
auctions in furniture.
At last reluctantly, she left the
place. There was nothing Helen en-
iOyed more than wandering about
among antiques. and every moment she
had spent there had been an Intense
on the way home in the street car
she studied the catalOg and could hard
] Y wait until Warren came home to tell
him about it all
tired and irritable and she decided to
wait until after dinner. However. dur
ing dinner he brought up the subject
himself.
We'll. did you see that stuff tOday?'
"Oh. yes dear. and they've some Won
derful things there. wait, III OrlnS
you the catalOS.
She got out the catalog and showed
him the things she had marked.
"Oh. if we could only get this point
ing TO the item ''3S9-AntiqUe Shera-
ton Mahogany. Secretary The book
case on top would hold all your books,
and the desk part IS tulI OF niue draw
ers and pigeOnhOles. there's some Sc
cret drawers, tOO-it's really an un7
usual piece
.'Um-m I don't know about those big
pieces. You don't want anything too
heavy; it'll dwarf all the other furni-
ture.'
Helen Enthusiastic.
ooh. but Warren. the lines are 50
good il doesn't look heavy Just wait
till you see il. And here" pointing to
an item on the next page, u want you
to look at this, tOO-this long mahoSa-
ny mirror. It's Just the right length TO
hang over our sidebOard, And, oh, this
old sewing table. II # goes cheap, ]
should love TO nave LudL-
What's thisf' asked warren, point
ing to an item farther on. Antique
Mahogany CeIlaret' Did you see that
No, dear 1 don't remember"
We'll. if its all right. if it's q good
one we might take a chance at that
We need a cellaret.
But when can you go to see these
things, dear? Could you stop by there
in the morning."
Don't know about that I've pref
ty full day tomorrow.
But the sale begins the day after,
persisted Helen
well. YOU ought to be able to size
up that stuff You've been looking
around antique shops long enough to
know the value of the things we want"
"Oh, you mean for me to go to the
sale alOne2"
Why note If YOU look over the
goods beforehand, YOU ought to be able
to buy as well as anybody else. Make
up your mind what you want and what
YOU want to pay, and don't bid on any
thing else. Don't lose your head and
get ratified and buy a lot of stuff You
don't need just because it's cheap
That's what most women do at auc-
tons"
Helen had not dreamt that he would
want her TO buy anything alone, and
now she was athrill vi tn excitement
and anticipation. She was eager TO
show him she could buy at auction.
and that she could buy with discretion
and judgment
All the rest of the evening she was
mentally fitting out their apartment
pieces-which she felt she could get
for almost nothing" For this is the
deIusion of auctions
The sale began Saturday. Never
had a two days walt seemed 50 long.