Show MERE BAi g IMITATIONB Mint of HIP lnllqn litnllHt hoid In tnitrlr li 1 iif Mf rn Mnnrrnfr fi ware of alleged antique furniture liipiwd from this country for isle In America Such furniture If perishes ran generally command a ready Bale I In the London market and traveling Americana prefer to buy their own tel I Icn on the pot A friend of mine who lite In the garden county of ling Ijnd Devonnhlre lelln m that In the mldat of green faeadow In the lemot pint of the lovely Aunty thrno works a flan ot cabinetmaker whom aehlev ment In the art of faking can hard be excelled even by the irtlnln who transform pot bollela Into works of old 1 maitcr Thee people oinnnn their effort ef-fort entirely to manufacturing antique furniture for the American market sad thin II I the way for lntanre nn old onken cheitc la I fahlone l Kim of all tho cheat Is I strongly built nf eol board practically n iiperlnr packing cuoth nail arc sunk and the mv limes fllletl with tome kind of cement Then the chest la I atalned and the remarkable re-markable rnemblanco to old 1 oak le I attained at-tained To iKcnro thn upeclllc gmlly required n very shallow fobs billoin is I Brrnngwl l In which la placed a perfect h I lilting sheet of lead Of course the beat part of the fake In I In the carving 1 One member of HIP firm Is I p rllcul rly ctavtr In thin direction thin Inspiration Inspira-tion Is I oIfrlved l from an old family Illble the Illualnillon In which arc aurrounded by border of qunlnt aol rurloua ileilgn with the gniloquc head aueli alone sons In gargoyles The complete result 1a I ralcuUtcd In do reive any but an expert It In Mid that n lively market for the II lilt waa sinew obtained In london where It was sold by auction aim that a smart American lest the game lIe Bitinotcd a chest which wan being offered and curreptl I 110111 applleil his penknife to auch I pat JOOO that he laid bare a pitch of whit deal and broke up the mole Now hn firm export their ware ut Ibo I nil a 4ufea on commlmjlon I lliii rhrita are ant the oily arllcl i d for rule by these olleclor of i I i furniture They have even the r merit to attach a bistort il 1 interest to noun ir their proilucl Thus n carven carv-en choir mny Im 1 > labeled as having belonged be-longed to quern Kllxalielli or n cabinet cabi-net elnboratfly l wrought but wllh ritily I uncouth lilngee ai having been owned I by Oliver Cromwell nr Blr Waller I Italclph The rusty hinge by the nay ore taken font barn doom In the neighborhood and tutored Into convenient con-venient shops A capital Iffrct Ia I ruined by loading up 1 n 1111101 or n gun with n heavy charge of ipurrow shot and firing It nt the furniture from a duo dlitanco Till rrprotonln tho rot ogee of tho Inildloui worm |