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FOR SALE-HOUSES.
Continued.

1915 21st ST, l BLOCK DUPONT CIRCLE
II rooms. baths. extra toilet. beautifully
decorated: this is perfect home and the
best buy in this section for immediate sale !:
space for cars; price. S1i.5O0; small cash
payment will be considered Main 1881 or any
hrnk
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1900 BLOCK 10th ST. N.w.-11 LARGE
bringing di in $40 a month income. @ ':Up, II you
are looking for a income proposition
call Franklin ALL and our auto will call
for you.
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BEST SUBURBAN Buy TODAY is A I
room house with modern improvements and q
acres Of land in good neighborhood in
nearby Maryland reasonable terms. Frank
lin all. Room 1o6, Barrster Bldg.
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tertained at dinner last evening at
the Chevy Chase Club. In honor OF
Miss Laura Winder Marshall. debu-
ard G. Marshall. The guests included
Gen. and Mrs. Marshall. Miss Nina
Diamantopoulos; Miss Elizabeth
Miss Margaret Zolnay, Miss Jean Con-
rad, Miss Betty Byrnes. Miss Norvell
Munford. Miss Caroline Lewis. Miss
Anne Devereux, Miss Eleanor Nor
throp; Miss Eugenia a.. Leteuns, Miss Miss
fett, Miss Muriei Grey, Miss Diana
Cumming. Miss Beverly Smith, Miss
Elizabeth Chase. Miss Claudia Read.
Mr.. Robert Roebling,. Mr.. Charles
liam Fuller. Lieut.. Miles Reber.. Mr..
Maurey, Mr.. fulton Lewis. Mr.. shep-
hard Rqhrer, Mr.. John. John Dsvereux' M, Mr'
Mr.. William de Lacy, Mr.: Eugene
English, Mr.. Alexander Phillips, Mr..
Herndon Phillips, Mr.. Fritz Lee, Mr..
Samuel Borden, Cadet Howard John,
rick Parker.
Mrs. Anne Archibald entertained
about ESQ young people last evening at
for her schoolgirl daughter, Miss Lydia
Archibald.
Mr.. Charles Stevens Stock. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward l.. Stock, is en-
tertaining over the holidays his class
mate at Princeton, Mr.. John Clarke
Bole. tr.. Of Germantown. Pa. Mr. and
Mrs. Stock gave an informal supper
party during the week and Thursday
evening Mr.. Stock and Mr. Bole joined
a number Of other Princeton men in at
tending a performance at the Lyric
Theater in Baltimore.
Engagement OF Miss Freund
TO DIR. GOttlieb Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isadore F'reund an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Beulah to DIR. S. Dewey
Gottlieb, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
S. Gottlieb of this city.
Members of the congregation Of All
Souls Church gave a New Year eve
party last evening in Pierce Hall of
the new church building at 10th and
Harvard streets. Features of the pro-
gram were the dedication of a fire
place in the assembly room given
by the Twentieth Century Club as a
memorial to the founders of that or
ganization. songs by Maj. Charles
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y. b. McCagg, Mrs. Austin Mccarthy.
MISS Marguerite b. Neale. Miss Helen
N1colay, Mr.. Norman j. Nelson. Mr..
harry Norment. Mrs. Frank B. Noyes
MISS Lillian Otto, Mr.. Stanton c.
Peelle, Mrs. J. Eris Powell, Mrs Ed
mund Pendleton, Miss Evelyn Pres
ton, Mrs. 7. H. c. Reed. Mrs, Will
liam B. Ridgely. Miss Rosalie A Rob
lnette,. Mr.: Thomas r. Rutter, Miss
Veronica Sauter. Mrs. T. w. SidwelI
Mrs. Charles r. Shepard. Mrs. l.,
Macdonald Sheath, Miss Julia Strong,
MRS. Leroy Tuttle, Mrs. Chester
Wells and Miss Anne E. Wood.
A theater party composed Of a nuno-
Der of members of the National Wan
ans Party attended the opening ner-
formance of Zona Gales play. "Mister
Pitt" Miss Gale is chairman of the
authors council of the National
Woman's Party, to which a humber
of distinguished American writer's be-
long. Those who attended the party
were: Miss Hazel Mackaye, Mrs.
Marie Louise Biggar, Miss Clara 70.
Sackett, Mrs. William Ely Ainge, Miss
Edith Ainge, Miss Jessie Ainge, Miss
Lucy Branham, Mrs. Frances Lane
Glassell, Miss Anita Pollitzer and
Miss Mabel Vernon.
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Trowbridge Tittmann and organ music
by Mr.. Lewis Corning Atwater, or
ganist Of the church. Dancing fol-
lowed. and at midnight brief watch
line were the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Ulys-
ses G.. b. Pierce, DR.. and Mrs. Percival
Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Jones, Maj.
and Mrs. A. M. Holcombe, Col. and
Mrs Charles Loring. Mr. and Mrs.
Frederic A. Holton, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Kicker DR.. and Mrs. Morton G. Lloyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hosmer, Miss
Catherine Newton. Miss Helen Nicolay,
Miss Elizabeth Ely and Mr.. julius
Garfinkle.
Miss Mary Ellen Mastin of Atlantic
City has been the house guest of Mrs.
Joshua Mastin over the holidays.
At the luncheon to be held January
8 by the Womans Division of the
American Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, Mrs. Louis N. Geldert, ma
tional president of the League OF
American Pen Women, will be the
guest of honor and speaker. Mrs.
Geldert's subject will be, Making
Our Rivers Known" a policy now
way commissioners of the country at
her suggestion and petition, the
great streams having gone hitherto
unrecogniZed to the tourist and mo-
toriSt. Mrs. ii. >. Mulllken, director
of the District Chapter of the Wom-
ans Division, will preside.
The complete list of subscribers for
the season 1924 of The Rams Head
Players, which will open Wednesday
night for a period of twelve weeks.
includes: Mrs. Louis n. Austin, Miss
Jessie E. Baker Miss Elizabeth Bliss,
Mr.. Alexander Brittoh, Mrs. Pierce
Butler, Miss Jean Dean Cole, Mr.
William B. Colver, Mr.. Eben F
Comins, Mrs. Avery Coonley. Mr.. w
s. Corby. Miss Rebecca Dial, Mrs
Peter A. Drury, Mrs. Franklin H
Ellis, Mrs. Henry G. Ferguson, Mrs
John F. Gaynor, Miss Edith J.
Goode, Mr.. James II. Gore. Mrs. r. r
Gown. Mrs. James NJ. Green, Mr.. F.
A. d. Hancock, Miss S. Virginia
Handy, Mrs. S. J. Henry, Mrs. Her
man Hollorith. Commander c. T
Jewell, Miss Helen Johnson, Miss
Esther Kane, Mrs. Harry II. Kerr
Mr.. Ralph w: Lee. Miss Amy G
Leavitt, Mrs. Fulton Lewis, Mr. Mil
lard Lewis, Mrs. A. F. Lucas. Mr.. G
Maudsley Maynard, MIR. and Mrs
Charles NJ. Marsh, Mr.. Robert n.
Miller, Mr.. Mortimer Morehouse, Mrs.
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ChildreD's Hospital
Benefit Tomorrow.

For the annual charity ball to be
given at the New Willard tomorrow
night for the benefit of the ChiIdren's
Hospital, Mr.. Franklin H. Ellis, chair
man of the floor committee, and Mr..
Charles c. Glover jr., vice chairman.
Their aides are: Mr.. Benjamin w.
Thoron. DR.. L. S. Rowe, Mr.. William
B. Hibbs, Mr.. William c. Morrow,
Mr.. Horace H. Westcott, Maj. Henry
Leonard, Mr.. A. b. Legare and Mr..
Corcoran Thorn.
On the floor committee are also,
Secretary Andrew w. Mellon, Senator
Peter Goelet Gerry, Representative
Frederick II. Gillett, Liuet. Col. H c.
Jewett, DR.. L. S. Rowe, Mr.. Frank
B. Noyes. Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Col. II. NJ. Nor
row, Mr.. Victor Kauffmann, Col
Robert H. Rolfe, Mr.. Byron S. Adams,
Commander Graham NJ. Adee. Mr.
Anthony c. Addison. Mr.. Charles ].
Bell, Maj. Gist Blair. Mr.. Montgomery
Blair, Mr.. Woodbury. Blair, Maj. Gen.
T. II. Bliss, DR.. John c. Boyd, Mr.. Z.
c. Brainerd, Mr.. Alexander Britton
Gen. James A. Buchanan, Mr.. F. H
Bugher, Mr.. Charles Henry Butler
Mr.. Richard E. Claughton, Mr.. George
B. Cochran, Mr. Myer Cohen, Capt
William E. r. Covell, Mr.. Charles C.
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Society /
The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft, With
Many Others in Official Life, Are
Keeping Open House.

by the latters niece. Miss Josephine
Wtlliford of Atlanta, Ga. who spent
portion of last winter with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred p Thorn, jr..
are holding a reception this afternoon
at their residence, 2231 Bancroft place,
from 5 to o'clock. They will have
with them their house guest, Mrs.
Juntus r. Wilcox, and Mrs. Carter Hall
will assist.
The chief of chaplains. United
States Army, and Mrs. John T: Axton
announce the engagement of their
ick r. Pitts. Sd, United States cavalry,
Fort Myer, Va. Miss Axton is senior
at Mount Holyoke College, and the
marriage will not take place until after
her graduation in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Nj. Wigmore
have returned to their apartment. at
2O29 Connecticut avenue. after spend
ing Christmas with relatives in Evans
ton. Ill.
Mrs. Todd. wife of Lieut.. Chapman
c. Todd, L. S. N, is visiting her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul f. Johnson,
in their home, at 1923 10th street. for
several weeks. Lieut.. Todd is at
tached to the IT, S. s. Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Letter enter
tanned at dance last evening in
compliment to Miss Benny Geary,
who. with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Geary of Philadelphia. have
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Letter for a week.
Christmas greens and red berries
were used to decorate the hall where
Mr.. and Mrs. Letter and Miss Geary
palms, southern smilax and Ameri-
can beauty roses were used. There
| were about 200 guests and breakfast
was served about 2 o'clock.
Mrs. John r. Williams entertained
at dinner preceding the dance, when
her guests included her son-in-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Letter,
and their house guests and Mrs. John
Ballintyne Pitney of New York,
daughter of the hostess, who is her
house guest.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Garrison McCIin-
took also entertained company at
, dinner preceding the dance.
Mrs. E. B. Grandin and the Misses
Grandin will be at home informally
ednesdays in January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wilmer en-
/ tertained a company of twenty young
people at buffet supper last eve-
ming.
Dr. and Mrs. Davenport White and
their children have returned to their
apartment in the Dresden after spend
ing Christmas at the Marlborough
Blenheim in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Bagby will re-
ceive this afternoon from to Z
o'clock at their residence. 1911 Riggs
place. when they will have assisting
them Mrs. Raymond Payne, Miss
Elizabeth Jackson, Mrs. Joseph Crup-
per. Mrs. Robert Dawkins and Mrs
Edward Stuart
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will come directly to Washington.
Col. and Mrs. Henry NJ Morrow en-
tertained a company of young people
at dinner at Chevy Chase Club last
evening for the latter's son, Cadet
Maurice Condor.
The assistant Postmaster General
and Mrs John H. Bartlett were
among those entertained at dinner at
Meridian Mansions last evening pre-,
ceding the large dance in the hotel
ball room. Among others entertain
ing parties were Senator and Mrs
Morris Shepard. Gen. and Mrs. Logan
Feland, and Col. and Mrs. Robert L,
oliver.
A large party of people, former
residents of Meridian Mansions, re-
turned for the New Year festivities
and held a large party, arrangements
for which were made by Col. and Mrs.
L. D. Gasser. Among those present
were, Col. and Mrs George p. Tyner,
Col. and Mrs. Frank c. Burnett, Col.
and Mrs. AAugustine Mcintyre, Gen Gen
and Mrs. George c. Marshall. Col. and
Mrs. Conrad F. Babcock. Col. and Mrs.
James F. Bryson, Col. and Mrs.
Maxwell Murray, Maj and Mrs. Con-
ger Pratt and Col. and Mrs. a. w.
Bjorstad.
The director Of the bureau of the
budget and Mrs. Lord will receive this
afternoon from to o'clock, at their
apartment in the Ontario. They Will
have with them the assistants to the
director and their wives.
The new vice chairman of the United
States Shipping Board and Mrs. T. V.
O'Connor have taken an apartment at
the Hamilton Hotel for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles H. Hamlin and
Miss Anna Hamlin will be at home
this afternoon at their residence, 919
Farragut square.
Mr.. Charles Henry Butler gave his
annual Montsweag farm breakfast, at
were about $50 present, including mem
bers of the cabinet, the Supreme Court,
diplomatic corps and others prominent
in official and social circles. 1t was
who received the guests, was assisted
by number OF ladies, some of whom
were house guests and others who had
visited at Montsweag farm.
DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Ryan Devereux
will entertain at dance this evening
in their home. Portledge, in Chevy
Chase. for their debutante daughter,
Miss Anne Devereux.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carter Lafferty
will keep open house informally this
afternoon at their residence. 1900 T
be music during the afternoon. Mr..
Lafferty has been official reporter of
the House for many years and his
friends in and out of Congress are nu-
merous. Mrs. Lafferty has been alb
sent from Washington and rejoined
her husband at their home yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn
Of Pembroke Park are not receiving
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn have been Joined
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Ruth Service, Miss Margaret Crosson
and Mr.. John j. Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Reynolds en-
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resentative and Mrs William N. Vaile
of Colorado, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence A.
Kenyon, Mr.. Bloom, Mrs. Charles and
Mrs Moshier of New York, Miss
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Crocodiles thirty feet in length
have been reported killed in Egypt.
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Mr. Henry r. Morrow was host at a
dinner party last evening at the Ham
ilton and had as his gue SITS the coun-
selor of the German embassy and
Nine. Won Lewinski, Prof. Ludwig
Stein OF Berlin. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
W Bonynge of New York city. Rep
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Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Claude
S. Gillette entertained at dinner last
evening at their apartment in the st.
Adams. Their guests included Capt
and Mrs. /. A. Bass, Commander and
Mrs. C. A. Jones. Lieut.. Commander
and Mrs. Samuel 5. Payne. Lieut. Com
mander and Mrs. r. w. Paine. Lieut..
and Mrs. A. n. Charlton, Mrs. Ward
and Mai. and Mrs. P. Parsons Wilcox.
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Gen. DumOnt Returns to
French Embassy Here.

The military attache OF the french
embassy, Gen. George A. l.. Dumont,
will arrive in New York today on the
Rochambeau. after passing several
weeks at his home in France. He
will come directly to Washington.
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wv HILE lacking much of the
NA< old-time zest of former
wv New Year days before the
Capital and its official set
outgrew their environment. there Is
a lively atmosphere throughout the
city, many official homes besides the
White House and cabinet being open
to visitors.
The Chief Justice and Mrs. William
Howard Taft Will receive this after-
noon from 2:30 to o'clock at their
home, on Wyoming avenue. Ihey
will have assisting them Mrs. Pierce
Butler, Mrs George Butler. Mrs. Ed
ward r. Sanford and Mrs. William
Van Devanter. Presiding at the tea
table will be Mrs. Ezra B. McCalg,
Miss Mamie Bell Maury and Mrs.
Frederick Manning, daughter of the
hosts.
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Col. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Morrow en-
tertained a company of young people
at dinner at Chevy Chase Club last
evening for the latter's son, Cadet
Maurice Condor.
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DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Ryan Devereux
will entertain at a dance this evening
in their home, Portledge, in Chevy
Chase, for their debutante daughter,
Miss Anne Devereux.
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by the latter's niece, Miss Josephine
Williford of Atlanta, Ca. who spent
a portion of last winter with them.
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DR. and Mrs w J. Agnew enter
tanned a company at the LIE Paradis
New Year dance last evening Capt.
r. E. Williams and Commander Il. II.
knight also entertained parties,
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Miss Mary Ellen Mastin of Atlantic
City has been the house guest of Mrs.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Francis NJ. Wigmore
have returned to their apartment. at
2O29 Connecticut avenue, after spend
ing Christmas with relatives in Evans
ton, Ill.
The Washington times., 1924-11-01
YALE SCIENTIST
IS9UT FOR
GOV.
Hiram Bingham Gets G. o. P.
Nomination Takes
Years Leave
ny ii. n BUL1kELEY,
rriternational News Service.

NEW. HAVEN Conn. Nov. L.
For. the first time In the recolleC.I
ton ot Tying man Yale University
seems In position to send one
OF its professors into the chair Of
the governor Of Connecticut. Hiram
Bingham, professor who Is en-.
joying a years leave of absence,
has the Republican nomination for
that office, and usually In Connecs9
ticut the Republican ticket wins.
Professor Bingham is lieutenant
governor Of Connecticut, having In
that capacity presided over, the
Connecticut State senate In its SEES
sion Of 1923.
The professor in politics IL not
an unusual thing in Connecticut.
G. M. Blackwell, Yale colleague
OF Professor Bingham, has been
serving with distinction as a sena-
tor from one Of the New Haven
districts, winning his honor In q
district supposedly strongly Demo.
cratic after running as q Republic
can against q Labor leader. The
combination OF Blackwell and Bing.
ham was a strong one at Hartford.
where the capitol is located. Both
men were up and doing during the
legislative session. But out Of that
session, while Professor Bingham
won the nomination for governor.
Professor Blackwell failed to carry
his party primary and is retired
temporarily. There has been strong
talk of running him for mayor
here. though the election is a year
distant.
Columbia Democratic Leader.
Another professor who has been
taking an atcive part In the States
affairs is Harry NJ. Ayers, Of Coz
lumhia University, New York. Sit
ting as member for Westport, home
Of live colony of writer's, artists,
and stage folk, Professor Ayers has
been q Democratic leader. He had
only q bare minority to work with
IN the legislature, but he made
his mark there ard Democrats have
been ready to elevate him further
II he only said the word. There
was a chance recently that the
State election Of this fall might see
Yale VS.. Columbia fighting l. out
1t the polls. But the Democratic
party has just failed of nominating
Professor Ayers, of Columbia, to
battle against Professor Bingham
Of Yale, In the, campaign Of 1924.
But such a battle seems likely to
take place IN the not distant future,
as college teachers are getting more
and more active In politics.
Yale University is governed by q
board called the Corporation of Yale
University. On this board the gov.
ernor and the lieutenant governor
are ex-officio members. II Professor
Bingham Is elected governor he will
simply be continuing his term az
member Of the corporation. which
he has held for two years, And
chances are that alter q time Yale
graduates will see IL to name
Professor Bingham as & real mem.
Der Of the corporation, for the gradu.
Gtes themselves have the say when
Il Cameo to naming regular mem
bers Of that governing board. Vance
Mccormick. Of Harrisburg, Pa, and
The Washington times., 1924-11-01

william Howard Taft, of Washing
ton, d. c., are among those MEM
bera Of the corporation who have
seen political life to great extent.
100000 From Football.
Meanwhile local interest 10 fairly
divided between the campaign now
getting into swing and that more
important campaign-according to
New EIaveners-which the Yale
football team is about to engage
upon. Yale win accumulate a gross
of almost $1,000, 900 out Of football
In New Haven, to Judge from the
way applications for seats at foot
bail games in the bowl are pouring
in. New Haven has always ragged
for a larger share of seats, but
with the whole country at large
almost as eager the chances have
been slim. This year.. with prices
ON the increase, the demand here
lR larger than ever before. The
chances Of the team reported
to be good, and that justifies New
Haven in seeking tickets. At any
rate q record crowd IL sure to be
cared for in the bowl, and it
appears that q so-called minor
game" this year may get out a
crowd that few years ago would
have been big for q "big game"
The Washington times., 1924-11-01
WEPT I YEARS
OVER EMPTY
GRAVE
Wealthy Woman Finds Some
one Took Body Of Pet
Dog Out OF Coffin.

NEW YORK, Nov. The dog
Is mans best friend. He comforts
US In our trouble and when we
have no trouble he goes out and
digs up some for US.
There's the case of Mrs. Margaret
e. Green. Seven years ago a ban
pup on which she had been lavish.
ing lot Of high priced affection,
climbed the golden stairs Of the
New Jerusalem and Mrs. Green
was disconsolate.
She had the body buried In the
Hartsdaie Canine Cemetery, IN
Hartsdale. N. Y, in q rosewood
box with a metal lining, and every
week, rain or shine, she j0urneyed
to Hartsdale to go over the years
and daily hand In hand with sad.
eyed memory, at the dogs grave.
Recently Mrs. Green thought It
would be a touching and appropri.
ate thing to have the defunct pet
laid out In q more pretentious rest.
ing place. So sne went to the
The Washington times., 1924-11-01
MANY INITIATE.
SHEFFIELD
PLATE
Genuine Old Article Superior
to That Produced BY
Modern Methods

p l. < s = :
There IL so much fake Sheffield
Plate" on the market that a word
on. the difference between the
genuine article and the imitation
seems to be distinctly in order.
"old Sheffield Plate"l lent itself
to the furnishing process, which
closed the metal and gave It hard
wearing qualities far exceeding
that possessed by wares plated BY
the modern method Of electro
deposition. It is difficult for a
novice to tell the difference between
"Old Sheffield Plate" and wares
made OF copper and electro-plated,
especially IL the piece 10 worn a
little and has been cleaned mum.
Der Of times, but II q piece Of old
and well-worn silver, genuine
piece Of old Sheffield, and the gus-
pected piece are cleaned and placed
side by side subtle differences be.
come apparent. The old Sheffield
Is much more nearly like the old
silver In texture and touch than
Is the "fake."
The Sheffield authorities view
with strong disfavor any attempt
to foist electro plated copper hollow.
ware on an unsuspecting public
and have spent considerable sums
Of money in obtaining convictions
against offenders. 1t may be ar
gtled that there is nothing wrong
in plating copper electrically, and
that is true, but there IL in pass
ing off the new wares as old, and
apart from protecting the public
there IL something which should
appeal to collectors in the practice
npholding the reputation Of bygone
generations of good workmen and
honest citizens, in a materlalistiC
age like the present.
There were quite a number Of
othera auxiliary processes and
methods entailed in the production
of wrought silver and Old Sheffield
Plate. For instance, the process OF
close-plating which is of an earlier
date than fusion-plating. The sur
face to be coated In close.plating
was cleaned, fluxed and timed, and
a thin foil Of silver was then fixed
thereto by pressure and by the aid
Of holt soldering iron.
Then there is the process Of fire
gliding, the Oldest process Of gliding
known and in some respects It has
not been excelled by any modern
methods. 1t belongs to the time
when the alchemists were pursuing
the quest of the Philosopher
Stone. The invention was one OF
the really valuable results that
came out of that otherwise futile
pursuit. It was discovered that
mercury In contact with gold
would absorb the precious metal tc
form an amalgam, and that the
mercury on being driven off by
heat, the gold was left on the
silver. The deposition is Of a per
manent character, but the work ID
dangerous owing to the deleterious
effects Of the fumes released dur
ing the operation. The fire gliding
process did not always completely
cover the rich enclosing and chas
ing to which it was applied. In
such cases the finish was known
as parcel gilt.
THE CoNNoIssEUR.