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Show PLEASED A CURIO HUNTER. Tale Shows How Most Collections Are Made Up. Frank Barnlck, tho expqrt cabinet mnker who wns recently cnlled from Now York to Washington to complcto tho repair work nt tho Whlto Houso, tells this story of tho credulity of ono Whlto Houso visitor. "Whllo covering ono of tho doors of tho stato dining room with a piece of ordlnnry leather, a visitor came to mo and said: 'Oh, pleaso tell mo the history ot that leather you aro using.' " "Tho newness of tho hido mado mo hcsltnto about declaring it to havo been a part of tho cargo long years ago of tho Mayflower or oven that It camo from cattle raised by tho Immortal Im-mortal Washington. Knowing, how-ever, how-ever, that it must havo an uncommon history to nccount for tho lack of tho signs ago brings, I replied that as fast ns President Roosevelt shot a bear ho was having the pelts tanned, and that what I was tacking to tho door wns tho skin from n brute ot tho Mississippi Missis-sippi Jungles recently killed. "I was as much amused as amazed to havo her turn rollc hunter on tho spot and beg earnestly for a scrap of tho Btuff. Sho took- a piece, her eyos beaming with pleasure, and It no doubt now forms a part of hor collection collec-tion of rare relics." New York Times. |