Show I FOR CURIOS MANIA IS RIFE IIZfION QUGHOUT WASHINGTON Universal Fad Recognized As f Hobbles of Fashion ChIef I Htonlaensaf t Iearl led l > Everything tho chIef Izcd liS among of fashionable Washington hum Is tho almost al-most universal fad r Ii for collecMons Ono must have tho mnnln cither Incipient or well developed or aft t a-ft the very least bo upln knowledge knowl-edge of tho cot IJ lectlone of oUt metier it bo autographs tapestries cartoons I Ma stamps tho cot postage In I craze holds Washington There Is hardly a house at Bilious which does not shelter vttion and somo contnln spool lillch are famous In tho annals Teeters Ljjrj Taft although unaddlcteJ gel is not Immune and has n jcn soft spot in her heart for lacquered ware such aa ac jjnly by those who have trav fide east She has some fine tUch the nnd tho President j In the Philippines Two j filch she owns are particu lIIuable L Helen Tart pins her faith to as of which she has made a She already possesses the nil define collection and by ron knowledge of tho subject most pass as an expert lr the most famous collection i bj a Washington woman Is l UH James PInchot whose js specimens of rare priceless rihiTe been placed on cxhlbl b the National museum Then The-n gathered from every count coun-t the lacemakers art Is prac Plnchots collection while valuable and picturesque than ibis mother is not without In Of the fish and game of the i lands in which ho has spent 1 of his time there are many II la his handsome WiiRhlnt e and the carcass of an onor rordfisli Is n conspicuous ob liintudy This grim old man drew Plnchots boat out to Santa Catallnn Island as he t to spend the night In ant It an-t on tho Pacific coast when I came to his rescue Mr also has another collection lilcrds no small amusement to t ow w I tl I YAM Y A nSk < e r I I j F jj > i ff l tJI Gifford PInchot dl This Is a largo series of > of himself printed during thc fnnchot controversy They lung up III I a little hall just olf e on the ground floor Many tore sent to the former for the cartoonists themselves Bonaparte widow of Colonel Bona arte has one of the JWe of all the Napoleonic II These were once tho prop Colonel Bonapartes grand the unfortunate and beautiful wraon of Baltimore tho first letorne Bonaparte Napoleons Although the great emperor eroDle to separate from his IIte f e and marry a woman of ge Mine Patterson as known nevertheless had a Iratlon for Napoleon and cherished every relic of him tie her ivni 1110s of Military Heroes 1 COllection which also ropro hot of love Is that of Mrs legan 113 who has carefully kept made to her distinguished Medals and swords present treat soldier badges books 7e8 she has put Into a large Jch 4VCtlroly given up to lion J Mrs Sheridan widow 1U has as also a fine collcc k aenloes of her husband s brIdlrS books swords Bto quite an Imposing or 111 gifts presented to Ad rte Dewey In tho east and Iitt1 MI form one of the most collections In tho city f tubers of the cabinet woro the cOllecting craze At terah Wlckoralmm loves to eta r and < engravings wlillo nth secretary of tho trcas rm t 8nuff boxes tllon of American hlstorl thltti Admiral Francis W Dlcdns has orlng Scarcely spent has many YIAI i I I gall Walls of his an equal The dining cnovorcd with plntes rOom are literally all inoi and 1llcllcr3 Periods most nr tienpl ° f f least of JCm being SO years old e nt England all depict Though node 2 1 some n America history episode In 1 ills most no lag and valuable Interest which led pieces are l o those were used In so during the aS the White House ndlUlnlslration These are thin hffn of Lincoln 1urplo plates with border eagles a and tho the center There Jr Iaglo Crest In arc Plates and also II number off f of-f ° t of the same a complete bedroom chinn o i Dating the Monroe ndmlnl from Plate decorated Ulltnlnlstratlon with Is an oyster a band and narrow ncS of buff gold tureen decorated In a gravy CoM A A saucer with flowers cup and and lines green anti In red Purple tine Is of interest of Dolly Madlsons as a plates which well lIS two President Iadlson belonged to the set of of 11I111 were tnken out the debris of the White t It was burned House acter There Is n by plato the British In r WaRhlngton once owned by It having been j to him by the presented Order of the CIncinnati Around the edge Is a blue In the border and center Fame swES blowing pet Is building the a tram badge of the order There IB a date used by Jefferson a pickle dish of the White In thc Franklin Pierce administration House set e it m < > rr t i 21 y kr M5 s w r Mrs John A Logan and a soup ladle used by tho Grants which Is decorated In gold A soup plate shaped like a wild laurel leaf and decorated with a view of a beach and flying ducks and the coatofanns of the United States on the back In 1 colors Is a relic of the Hayes adminis rattan A pretty Harrison plate Is old gold and blue the United States coat of arms exquisitely colored The most Interesting bit In the array ar-ray Is a plate ten inches in diameter covered with a lace pattern In brownish brown-ish gray landscape on the edge and tobacco and palmetto plants scattered about in the oriental scene arranged In the center This plato belonged ton to-n set ordered for the White House of the Confederacy at Richmond never I unpacked at Its destination but held to await the result of tho war It was bought after the fall of nichmond by the friends of the late Judge John Curtis Underwoo dand presented tq him and his wife Of Wedgewood ware the admiral has some beautiful and rare specimens of pitchers Hundreds Hun-dreds of rare old plates of all sizes In antique blue are In the collection Edson Bradley who now occupies the old Gardiner Hubbard mansion has n wonderful collection of all kinds of china His ceramics number hundreds hun-dreds of the finest pieces In America |