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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1912 
Vogue Will Send the Patterns 
for These Five Charming 
Robespierre Collars Free 
to 
Any 
Woman 
Signing 
This 
To every woman, and particu¬ 
larly to the woman who “would 
never think of using a paper 
pattern’’ Vogue makes this spe¬ 
cial offer. 
Vogue wants to send you the 
pattern for all five of the charm¬ 
ing Robespierre collars pictured 
above. The coupon attached 
will bring them to you. It 
will bring you also the next 
ten numbers of Vogue — regular 
price $2.50 — all for $2. And you 
need send no money now. 
Collars made from these very 
patterns are being shown on 
Fifth Avenue this week. They 
cost you there from $2. to $5. 
apiece. With the Vogue pat¬ 
terns, which this coupon will 
bring you, with just a little ma¬ 
terial and just a little work, you 
can make these very collars in 
your own home at from one-half 
to one-fifth of this cost. 
$2. Spent for Vogue 
A Tiny Fraction of your Loss on One III Chosen Hat or Gown 
May Save You $200. 
\ 
\ You will spend hundreds of dol- There will be no such costly 
\ lars this year for your hats and mistakes if, before you purchase 
gowns. hats or gowns, you are advised 
VOGUE > ^ by the hundreds of new Paris 
443 4th Ave. \ I funk of the loss if you buy models which Vogue shows you. 
New Yoik ^ one ill-chosen gown and never The $2 which you spend for 
You may send me wear it; one hat that you wear Vogue may save you hundreds, 
tile next ten issues of > only because it is paid for and It will surely gain you hat and 
£fo) Mich C Iwill ' cannot be returned - gown distinction, 
pay $2 on request. I make V 
this promise on condition that ^ 
you send me free the five \ 
Robespierre patterns. 
Name ^ To have the five Robespierre collar pat- 
^ terns free, and ten issues of Vogue 
Street . N ($ 2 .go), all for $2 sign this coupon now. 
City. 
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MAX WILLIAMS 
RARE ENGRAVINGS, fETCHINGS, 
SPORTING PRINTS, REGILDING 
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LONDON 
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Interior Decorations 
The furnishing of either simple or 
elaborate houses or separate rooms 
planned with care and distinction in 
any desired period. 
WALL PAPERS DRAPERIES 
RUGS FURNITURE 
goes with us through a long and varied 
career, while with others it is never grati¬ 
fied ; personal environment, want of 
money, or mere lack of spirit to start 
being often responsible for its remaining 
in the bud. 
Collectors abroad at one time had a 
great advantage over us, which every ship 
which comes to port is now rectifying. 
Even now they have special fields which 
we cannot touch. For instance, Prince 
Duleep Singh, now resident near Norfolk, 
England, has chosen for his hobby things 
connected with the region in which he 
lives, and he gathers Staffordshire orna¬ 
ments, constable’s staffs and contempor¬ 
aneous portraits of residents of that local¬ 
ity. Sir Ponsonby Fane of the late King 
Edward's household collects buckles of 
both shoe and knee varieties. Clocks too, 
have been a royal hobby since the day 
when a king of Persia gave a water clock 
of bronze inlaid with gold to Charlemagne, 
in the year 807. H. K. Newton, an Eng¬ 
lishman, collects those beautiful Delft 
jars, painted in polychrome or blue and 
with handsome brass covers. Lace bob¬ 
bins are exquisite objects, particularly 
when they have attached to them those or¬ 
naments made of beads and called “jin¬ 
gles.” These may be of beads from Ven¬ 
ice, England or even Egypt, and when 
placed on delicately carved bobbins served 
as a gift of love from a lover to his lass. 
But bobbins, buckles, snuff jars and 
china seem commonplace enough when 
you come to consider a collection of minia¬ 
ture paintings of eyes! Richard Cosway 
the artist is believed to be responsible for 
starting this strange fad in the fashion¬ 
able world, and it is’said that his first 
commission was the painting of the right 
eye of Mrs. Fitzherbert as a gift for the 
Prince Regent. Fie returned the compli¬ 
ment by having his eye painted, set in a 
ring, which he presented to the lady on 
her birthday. 
Flere in America Mr. William Hearst’s 
collection of old blue china, particularly 
connected with Washington and the Syn¬ 
tax series; Mrs. Brownell’s wonderful 
teapots, (more than two thousand) ; Mrs. 
Frederick Yates, Mr. ITudnut’s as well as 
half a dozen others’ collections of historic 
American china; Mrs. Hearn’s watches, 
Mr. Drake’s brass, copper and glass, Mr. 
Flynt’s four hundred clocks are just a few 
of the better known large collections. 
There is hardly a hamlet so remote that 
somebody is not collecting something. The 
West as well as the East has its enthu¬ 
siasts, and in a little mining town in Mon¬ 
tana is a man who collects Sheffield plate; 
in New Mexico is one who is making sat¬ 
isfactory progress in gathering old Wedg¬ 
wood, while only the other day I heard of 
a collection in Vermont of elephant bells! 
The hospitality of this department is 
open to all. Those who “want to know” 
are quite as welcome as those who “want 
to show” what treasures they have. The 
only requirements necessary to bring you 
an answer to any of your queries is a self 
addressed stamped envelope. 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
