AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 19 13 



The Merger of East and West 



"But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, 

 When two strong men stand face to face, tho ' they come from the ends of the earth!" 



—KIPLING. 



In the "Ballad of East and West," 

 Kipling tells the story of an Indian 

 border bandit pursued to his hiding 

 place in the hills b> an English 

 colonel's son. 



These men were of different 

 races and represented widely differ- 

 ent ideas of life. But, as they came 

 face to face, each found in the other 

 elements of character which made 

 them friends. 



In this country, before the days 

 of the telephone, infrequent and in- 

 direct communication tended to keep 

 the people of the various sections 

 separated and apart. 



The telephone, by making com- 

 munication quick and direct, has 

 been a great cementing force. It has 

 broken down the barriers of distance. 

 It has made us a homogeneous 

 people. 



The Bell System, with its 7,500,000 

 telephones connecting the east and 

 the west, the north and the south, 

 makes one great neighborhood of 

 the whole country. 



It brings us together 27,000,000 

 times a day, and thus develops our 

 common interests, facilitates our com- 

 mercial dealings and promotes the 

 patriotism of the people. 



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Garages and Motor 

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<J There are 1 36 illustrations of garages and motor boat 



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$1.25. The value of a coin does not 

 depend upon its antiquity, as silver coin 

 of certain Roman Empires in absolutely 

 fine condition and of unquestionable 

 authenticity can be had from 50 cents to 

 Si apiece. Perfect condition in a coin 

 enhances its condition proportionately. 

 Poor coins of any sort have almost no 

 market value. 



T. P. : In reply to your query we would 

 say that your collection is undoubtedly 

 of much interest but would very much 

 like to have the photographs of the vari- 

 ous articles you mention as we can then 

 determine more accurately the age and 

 values. 



M. G. M. : In regard to your tray we 

 would say that we find no mention of E. 

 V. Houghwout & Company, New York, 

 on record as a maker of silver or of silver 

 plate. We therefore, assume that he was 

 a dealer or rather a dealer's company and 

 the tray was made for him by a silver- 

 smith, as was often done. 



E. W. H. : The following is the list you 

 requested of some of the most valuable 

 printed books in the world : Gutenburg 

 Bible, the first printed book, $50,000. 

 Psalter of 1457, first book printed with 

 a date, $50,000. "Receyyel of the History 

 of Troy," printed by William Caxton, the 

 first book in the English language, 

 $40,000. First edition of Chaucers Cante- 

 bury Tales, 1478, $20,000. First edition 

 of Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte D'Ar- 

 thur," $20,000. "Book of the General 

 Laws of Massachusetts," 1648, first book 

 of laws printed in America, $20,000. 

 Bay Psalm Book, 1640, first book printed 

 in America, $10,000. First edition of 

 Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis," $10-, 

 000. Psalter of 1459, the best copy of 

 which is in the Morgan collection, 

 $10,000. 



L. R. S. : The small bronze object you 

 submit is an ancient Roman arrangement 

 for suspending a lamp from an apart- 

 ment. It is not a tripod, although the 

 three sections are like three tripod legs. 

 The rings in which these terminate were 

 threaded with the cords which held the 

 lamp or lamps. The ring at the top is 

 missing. 



H. P. R. : The coin of the date March 

 28, 1811, which you submit is a silver 

 tesstoon of Columbia, issued upon the oc- 

 casion of the deliverance of Popayan by 

 Antonio Baraya from the Spanish rule. 

 It is described (No. 8219) by Jules 

 Fonrobert in "Catalogue of Coins of 

 Central and South America," published 

 by Adolph Weyl, Berlin, 1878. It would 

 bring between three and four dollars at 

 auction. 



L. R. C. : From a passage in Coryate's 

 Crudities, it has been imagined that its 

 author, the strange traveler of that 

 name, was the first to introduce the use 

 of the fork into England, in the begin- 

 ning of the seventeenth century. He says 

 that he observed its use in Italy only "be 

 cause the Italian cannot by any means 

 endure to have his dish touched with 

 fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not 

 alike clean." These "little forks" were 

 usually made of iron or steel, but oc- 

 casionally also of silver. Coryate thought 

 good to imitate the Italian fashion. 

 Despite Coryate's claim to attention, 

 forks were in use by the Anglo-Saxons 

 throughout the middle ages. 



