Show I ALL ABOUT ANTIQUES At the height of the mania china-mania In England in Georgian days when Horace Walpole was making his marvelous collection at Strawberry hill and Hogarth in his pictures was poking fun run at tho fad of or the moment Benjamin Franklin who was then in London fell a pre prey to the craze He lIe set out In his fur Cur furcap furcap cap brown coat and buckled shoes to do some sonic shopping and the result Is recorded in his letter to his wife in Philadelphia da dated ted 1758 I J 1 send you b by Captain Budden a large larRe case CASC and a small box containing some English china viz melons and leaves for br or a dessert of or fruit and cream or the like a bowl bol remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able for the thc nea neatness of the figures figure made at Bow near neal this cit city some coffee cups of or the same and a aWorcester aWorcester aWorcester Worcester bowl howl ordinary Esther Singleton tells the stor story In Ina Ina a new book called The Collecting of or Antiques She tells many other stories too and gives In a most de delightfully delightfully delightfully de- de Informal way a store oj or of practical Information about old glass and china and silver and pewter old rugs and old furniture of ot many kinds The Thc book bool is fully tully Illustrated It will be ready October 26 |