The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-24
COLLECTION OF CURI0S
BY BARBARA BOYD.

They had just returned from Eur
ope. and like all returning tourists,
they had a lot OF what their friends
privately called Junk, but which they
enthusiastically referred to as a valu-
able collection OF rare curios.
Aren't these the ausintest thngs!"
said Anne, exhibiting some brass
hooks picked up in Holland.
"She would have brought a whole
hardware shop of them. II hadn't
stopped her." laughed her husband
But just imagine how stunning
they'll look on the hall TO hang hats
on, or-or-in the bathroom for tow
els"
II don't believe the fiat owner will
let YOU put up hooks" objected
friend.
Goodness! | never thought of that"
replied Anne. She put the hooks
away thoughtfully. Then she Owed In.
10 another box
Did you ever see anything so hor-
rldly charming as these7' she rsptur-
ously exclaimed, producing several
specimens of leering gargoyles. They
are so ugly they are fascinating
What are you going 10 do with
them" asked a friend.
Well. of course. they aren't intend.
cd so much for houses That is. I
don't think so. Are they?" she asked
her husband.
"Oh, don't know. They'll look all.
fred queer, no matter where you put
them"
Tom really hasn't much taste for
quaint things" explained Anne But
I thought they would look delightful
sort OF peeping over the caves OF the
house. like they do al the tops OF
churches; or maybe-sort OF sitting Up
alongside the water spout"
But there aren't any caves 10 a
fat" objected the practical friend.
Nor water spouts, either" chimed
In another.
. Il never thought Of that" replied |
Anne still more tboughtfully. But I |
Just couldn't resist getting them"
III you only had a chicken house." !
said a cynical friend. you might set |
them up there. think they would be |
right on the job of keeping thieves !,
away"
Anne ignored such irrelevancy. and |
very carefully brought out huge box
which she opened and tenderly drew
forth therefrom one by one some door
hinges. knockers, latches. locks and
bolts nail heads and bunch of enor.
nous keys.
Aren't they just DEAR" she said,
looking ut them with kindly eyes.
But what In the world will YOU do
with lot of scrap iron like that"
obtruded the practical friend
Fix up the doors and make them
look old-timy. Just imagine how dis.
tlngulshed door will look with n
latch like that" she said picking mp
a piece OF bent and rusty iron Most
OF these are Spanish. Some are Ger
man. But aren't they delicious?'
But If YOU are taking the hard.
ware off the doors of your apartment"
rhorused her friends, You'll get
from the isuitor''
II suppose I would admitted Anne
Il guess the only thing for us 10 do
"a TO build
So now. she and her husband are
hunting location that will he
proper setting for house sufficiently
medieval in design 10 bear up under
French gargoyles, Spanish locks. Ger
nan latches. Florentine nail heads
md Dutch hooks. Thea feel there
must be deep, dark rsvine and EN-.
)attled crags. and some melancholy
rees such as artists put in Italian
landscapes. and church with chimes
And Struggled out of sight, so as not
o interfere with this artistic har
nony, they would like a well-oiled
'tone road, good trolley and town
With a good show or two.
And while they are hunting this 10.
alton on architect Is having brain.
storms trying to design house that
will he tremendously French Span.
sh German. Florentine and Dutch.
III nj ope md tho canao tipoe