June, 1 913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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brass andirons and fenders or their mahog- 

 any card tables than would have been the 

 case had he planned his vacation and col- 

 lecting quest several years earlier. 



If one is planning a trip into any part of 

 the rural South where the cheap labor of 

 foreigners has not taken the place of that of 

 the negroes it would be well to investigate 

 as closely as possible the homes of the col- 

 ored people — the "quarters'' where on many 

 plantations the negroes still live much as 

 they did before the Civil War. Anyone 

 who has been accustomed to being served 

 by colored servants knows how they value 

 even cast-off clothing and the merest trifles 

 of household furniture, and years ago in 

 some parts of the South it was the custom 

 to give to the old servants the discarded fur- 

 niture from the house. I have always re- 

 membered a beautifully carved "four- 

 poster" which stood during my childhood 

 days in the cabin or an aged mammy who 

 had nursed two generations of a certain 

 family. The bedstead had been bequeathed 

 to her by one of the children she had raised 

 and I have often wondered what has been 

 its later history. At one time I even tried 

 to ascertain its whereabouts but my efforts 

 were wholly unsuccessful, for the owner 

 of the bedstead had journeyed to a world 

 where "four-posters" are probably un- 

 known and her numerous progeny had scat- 

 tered, no one knew where. 



I have always felt a certain sense of re- 

 morse in taking a thing from the setting 

 which it had long adorned, and where by 

 every law of good taste it should remain. 

 Collectors who are more experienced and 

 therefore more hardened and "calloused" 

 tell me that remorse is wholly unneces- 

 sary, for the prize would be claimed eventu- 

 ally bv some one. I content myself where 

 I must play the vandal by bestowing espe- 

 cial care upon the treasure which I have 

 thus secured. It is hardly possible to col- 

 lect things which are used as household 

 furnishings without more or less exact 

 knowledge of their histories or the histories 

 of their possessors. Every collection rep- 

 resents, to me, a vast array of fragments of 

 history of families or of individuals, and 

 I can never enter an antique shop without 

 wondering what has been the story of some 

 object which especially claims my interest. 



My own experiences upon various trips, 

 during which I have combined vacation 

 days with the discovery of certain treas- 

 ures, some of which I have made my own, 

 has been so filled with interest and pleasure 

 that I hope at some later day to sojourn 

 in new fields which I like to think are wait- 

 ing to be explored. 



There is a certain practical advantage in 

 purchasing one's treasures in the houses of 

 people who have long possessed them, for 

 the fear of being imposed upon by a wily 

 dealer who palms off a clever reproduction 

 as a genuine antique may be safely dis- 

 missed from one's mind. 



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TO WAX old floors that were never 

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 This should be at once rubbed with saw- 

 dust, which removes all surplus oil and 

 polishes the floor. After this any wax 

 may be used according to its directions, 

 and then after a weighted brush is used 

 the old floors will be as slick as new 

 oaken floors. After this they should only 

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