posted 09-09-2011 09:50 PM            

How many can you identify?

posted 10-03-2011 08:03 AM            

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FOR THE LADIES.
WAYSIDE THOUGHTS SUGGESTIVE AND REFLECTIVE.

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ONE OF FASHION'S FOLLIES.

Every woman who writes letters, and few of them grow too old and indifferent to make, up a combination of postscripts, must now be provided with a seal and its adjuncts. The outfit consists of a small tray, and on it a matchbox, a lamp, or candle and stick, a box containing sticks of wax of various colors and the seal itself. These outfits come in great varieties and many of them are very handsome. The cheapest are of the polished copper ware and the most expensive are made of sterling silver and elaborately ornamented. The prices run from $1.50 up to $15 and $20 a Set. The seals cost about the same, the price varying according to the handle. Some handles are made of copper, some of carved wood, and others of ivory and silver. The engraving of the seal-plates increases the price. The stationers and jewelers are doing a brisk business just now in working at coats-of-arms, crests, monograms and initial letters. A monogram costs between $2 and $3, and crests and coats-of-arms are charged for according to the amount of delicate detail there is in the work. —
Philadelphia Press.

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