Show Too Scaly to Believe Miss Maria Wilde an authority on ceramics told this little story recently recent-ly of her early days as a collector I was buying some pieces of Be leek one day when the salesman asked me if I know tho secret of the high glaze of tho Irish Beleek On my replying In tho negative he said ho had It from good authority that It was obtained by putting powdered fish scales In tho mixture Tho next time I saw J Hart Brewer Brew-er the Trenton potter who succeeded in making American Boleek superior to tho original Irish product I told him with some elation that I had discovered dis-covered the secret of tho glazo and related the powdered fish scale story As Mr Brewer listened a look of amusement overspread his countenance counte-nance and when I had finished ho c paid Miss Wilde thats a fish story v J |