. Six and one abroad. -brac, dishes and what-not of house-keeping had joined the wholesale hegira of all the movablecontents of homes and shops to the museums, and every womanand ever scion of woman, whether woman or not, finds inthese treasure houses the chief gratification of curosity inPompeii and Naples. Not anywhere in all the w^orld is theresuch an edifying and interesting collection of the handworkof ancient peoples, such a clue to their manners and customsas in these museums. There is no reason why we should, butsomehow we had supposed these forefathers of ours liveddifferently frcm us
. Six and one abroad. -brac, dishes and what-not of house-keeping had joined the wholesale hegira of all the movablecontents of homes and shops to the museums, and every womanand ever scion of woman, whether woman or not, finds inthese treasure houses the chief gratification of curosity inPompeii and Naples. Not anywhere in all the w^orld is theresuch an edifying and interesting collection of the handworkof ancient peoples, such a clue to their manners and customsas in these museums. There is no reason why we should, butsomehow we had supposed these forefathers of ours liveddifferently frcm us and in a very inferior state. But a ramblethrough the mus;eums of Pompeiian antiquities will have theeffect of reducing this exalted notion of ourselves. Name anyvessels of common household use and the chances are that itcan be duplicated or excelled by an article used for a similarpurpose in Pompeii nineteen hundred years ago. There aredivans, glass pitchers, tumblers, candelabra, hand-painted 174 Six and One Ahroid. Ponipeii 175 wood and china, dolls, kitchen cabinets, steelyards, scales,lamps, door latches, locks, nails, bolts, colors and pigments,bottles, pins, bells, bridles, buckets, chains, hinges, pocketknives, forks, spoons, plates, saucers, pans, table knives, pens,ink and paper, trowels, surgeons, butchers and artists tools,combs, jewelry, blacksmiths, carpenters and sculptors instru-ments, books, needles, baskets, funnels, etc. The similarityof these articles to our own is positively shocking to ourtwentieth century vanity. Indeed, I had supposed we werethe discoverers of the art of plumbing, and w^as surprised tosee in the wreck of this old town gas pipe of different sizes,with unions, T s and hose bibs over which ours were apparentlyno improvement. There are ladies toilet articles galore, mostof them resembling mi-ladys of today, there are rings, brace-lets and necklaces which fair ones wore then that would arouseenvy in the swellest circles now, there are iron s
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