Old Silver In Paris

The Kue de Provence is the home of the secondhand dealer in artistic wares. He is a greater power than the American pawnbroker and has a much cleaner reputation. To wander arnong these quaint stores is as much in vogue with the moneyed world as with the moneyless. Silverware is there in large quantities and includes every serviceable object froin a souvenir spoon to a 5 o'clock tea set. All this mass has the tarnish of age and neglect totell against its beauty, but a little polishing powder rejuvenates it, and it passes out to be recognized among its brand new fellows. A rernarkable set of souvenir spoons carne under my notice in one of these stores. The half dozen represented Napoleon and his generáis. Only the heads of the fainous men were visible on the handles, but they were wrought with a perfection that would have done credit to a photographer. The bowls of the spoons were lined with gold, and the price'of the whole combination was only equivalent to $7. It is worth a visit to the Rue to see the piles of small trinkets that gather dust in the Windows. A number of seals are 3-inch pieces of silver that show up exquisite carving. I saw one that represented the birth of Clirist, with the stable surroundings brought out in ing detail.-