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CURLY MAPLE DESK
Early American Chippendale
Antique
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Junque
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You?/never taik alone
People who talk to them-
selves are often considered
to be as loony as a northern
lake, but this is not neces-
sarily true. I have talked the
notion over with myself and I
can assure you that people
who hold long conversations
with themselves are as sane
as bishops.
You 'are only crazy when
your inner voice suggests
something bizarre like
"Let's shove Smarties up our
nose," and you say," Hey
great ideal!"
Everybody has an inner
person locked away in the
back of the brain. This is the
little guy who after the mir-
ror you hung on one of those
gummed adhesive things has
fallen and shattered into a
million shards says, "I told
vou that would happen. Now
you're gonna get it."
The little inner voice is al-
ways there. To paraphrase a
favorite old song, "It walks
with me and it talks with me
�a ++ +tells me I am inade-
Early 1900s
covered .pitcher
By James G. McCollam
Member, Antique
Appraisers Association
of America
Q. h have a, small (6'/2 -
inch)° covered pitcher with
geometric designs. On the
bottom is the enclosed mark.
Who made it, when, where,
and how much is it worth?
A. This was made by
Knowles, Taylor, and Know-
les in East Liverpool, Ohio.
It dates back to the early
1900s and would sell for
about $50 to $60,
Q. This curly maple desk
has been in my family for
over 100 years. I would like
to know what you can tell me
about its vintage and value.
The sides are joinedto the=
top with dovetails .and' other.
joints are secured with pegs.
A. Your desk is :Early
American Chippendale and a
choice antique. It was hand-
madein the late -18th century
and would sell in the $2,500 to
$3,000 range.
Q. Why should some pieces
KT&K.
CHINA
-of Depression Glass and Car
nival Glass made in the 20th
century be worth more than
a fine piece of hand -cut cry-
stal made 100 years ago?
A. Good question! They
shouldn't.
Brilliant -cut. glass is a
Work of art and beaatiful'to
behold. Depression and Car-
nival Glass were _cheap
molded glass with little or no
artistic merit. When brand
new •any piece could be
bought for less than $1: One-
hundred years ago cut glass
was aniexpensive luxury.
Collectors have bid the
prices up on Carnival and
Depression Glass and deal-
ers have .fostered the fad.
Unfortunately, I have to re=.`
port what glass sells for
not what I think it is worth.
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A FEMALE PRIVAE EYE ? THAT WAS
VIRTUALLY U HEARD OF UNTIL THE
BEAUTIFUL ANNE FRANCIS PLAYED
DETECTIVE HONEY WEST IN THIS
ACTION -FILLED ABC -Tv SERIES
IN 1905-60.
HONEY WAS PROFICIENT IN JUDO AND
KARATE, USED ALL KINDS OF AMAZING
Devices AS WEAPONS ANCARRIED_A
MODIFIED LIPSTICK CONTAINING A RADIO
TRANSMITTER. THERE WAS LOGIC IN
HER 'CHOICE OF PROFESSION .. - SHE
INHERITED TILE FAMILY DETECTIVE
BUSINESS AND PARTNER GAM BOLT
FROM HER LATE FATHER.
HONEY WEST WAS
INTRODUCED TO
TV AUDIENCES
IN AN APRIL,
1905, EPISODE
OF ANOTHER,
DETECTIVE
SHOW...
8I/?A 'B
Lew/.
HONEYS TRAVELING
OFFICE ... rA `-SAN
WITH H. W. 80Z r
& CO. LETTERED
ON IT.
Since this column will not
appear until after Christ-
mas, I won't send greetings,
except that I hope you had a
merry one and didn't get run
over on New Year's Eve.
Run over either way.
Last year was a violent
and, fearful year on this
earth. If I were a Bible-
thumper, I'd surely believe
that Armagedden is just
around the corner. Even the
plea of the American diplo-
mat at the U.N. to the Israe-
lis and the Arabs that if only
thentztl get together and settle
their grievances in a Chris-
tian manner didn't have
much effect.
However, I'm not going to
write about the evil in the
world and in man's heart.
It's too obvious.
I'm going to write about
the good. I've been bereft for
some weeks (I know, Roger
Bell, you'll be laying he's
been bereft for years.)
Anyway, I've learned, and
I hope it's not too -late, that
there is a deep well of good-
ness and kindness beneath
our world-weary, ordinary,
every-riay sterility.
I still can't believe that so
many people care about me.
My colleagues, to whom I
thought I was just Old
Smiley, have shown a sensi-
tivity I honestly didn't credit
them with.
With the men, it's the obli-
gatory three thumps on my
sore shoulder and a mum-
bled word of sympathy, or a,
"How are you, Bill?" instead
of the usual, casual "Hi."
With the women, it's more
subtle. It's just a caring look,
a special gentleness, an invi-
tation to supper, an offer to
help me into my jacket,
which is a painful business.
My principal has been a
brick (watch your type -set-
ting there, Jack.) He has
- done everything logically
possible to ease my physical
and emotional pain.
Had I wished, I could have
dined out every night of the
week. As it is,4've had three
roast beef dinners, more
than .I've had in three years,
with charming, caring
families.
A lady friend and col'
league, who is an excellent
cook, sent around a hot, right
out of the oven, chicken pie.
When I phoned to thank her
and tell her it was the best
chicken pie I'd ever eaten,
`there was a crash of thunder
and a big limb fell off my oak
tree. (Take it easy, Suze,
quate."
140u are not the only per-
son in the world who looks in,
the bathroom mirror in the
morning and hears an inner
voice saying, "Good morn-
ing, Ugly." I'm sure it hap-
pens to Queen Elizabeth now
:And the.g, u�' v�,�s t6 ruulye
Shields on those days where
she can't pay the rent.
Because I grew up without
siblings in a remote country
area. I learned to talk to my -
Bill Smiley
oodburifilig
stoves.
self as soon as I learned to break -the next day. (" I'.p!t
talk. One day I was the telling you, you wouldn't be-
Bobllsey Twins and another lieve the things that broad
day I was Abbott and . Cos- was saying. I didn't think
tello. The bilis were alive women ever used language
with the sound of me. like that.")
Inner voices are great ath- There have been times
letic coaches. You can hear when I have returned home
them on the ski hills or the . after a thorny encounter in
tennis court, 'saying, the outside world and I've
"Steady. Steady now here slaaniiined i hags aa-;iniagd Gan
comes the hard part. Take it the kitchen muttering things
easy. You're gonna miss it. like "I'll murder him.
You're gonna miss it, you're Imagine the nerve. Who does
gonna miss . .. there I told 'he think he is?" And so on.
you you'd miss it you stupid I can't tell you how silly I
knothead." feel when a doorisilently
Sometimes the still small opens and a kid materialises
voice of calm becomes an and,says. "Hi. Wbo'Shere?"
unruly treat roar. Suppose I now realize that loud um
you inadvertently poke sic and talk shows:were in -
"somebody with your umbrel- vented to drown out inner
la in an elevator. The inner voices. "Play 'on!" roared'
The well of goodness yes right out loud,- Henry Eighth to his court
voice sa c�
Sometimes the pokes thinks i wife. Joan of Arc on the other
the remark is directed at hand didn't have a Walk-
' him and a fist fight can`erupt man. She not only heard but
if he doesn't believe your obeyed her inner voices and
"Silly me. I was just' talking look where she wound up, the
to myself." toast of Rouen.
A friend of mine nuked a Inner voices cannot be
priceless antique lamp once trained to sing or whistle or
when she was vacuuming the do much that is amusing. -
living room. In her rage.and They tend to be dry, moral,
chagrin she forgot that there perfect, little goody two
was a man' in the basement shoes.
repairing some wiring. Her' They do however exist. A
inner voice got `very loud as couple of learned folks have
it chastised 'her with a full just written a book called
catalogue of colorful invec- The Inner Enemy which not
tive which maligned her line- only. identifies the source of
age, her vision, her co-ordin- that rotten nagging shrew
ation and her intelligence. within us all but tells how to
Halfway through the tirade, live with it. Isn't that com-
she remembered the elec- forting?
trician who was standing be- Time to.stop typing.
low astonished and no doubt Dummy;
making notes for his coffee There it goes again.
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it,sy ox." musicians after beheading a
wherever you are, I was only
being -polite.)
There have been letters,
not just cards of sympathy,
from two former cleaning
ladies, my wife's hairdres-
ser, her former piano stu-
dents, and many others she
dealt -with, saying how much
they had liked her.
My neighbors have been
superb, as always. Flowers,
food,offers of help, and the
decency to leave me alone
while, to gnaw the
of my grief.
iano-tuner and his
ove two hundred
ay their respects. A
Id have done.
my son, with whom
onship has been
r -miss in the past
5, has turned into a
angel. No phoney
hy, nomaudlin
derings. Hard work.
He's done more .practical
hard work around here than
in all the other years put
together. Preparing food and
making me eat. Shovelling
snow. Vacuuming rugs.
Shopping for groceries.
Making me rub castor oil
into my sore shoulder. Forc-
ing me to eat porridge (ugh)
but making it so delicious
with fruit and stuff that I
actually; enjoyed it.
I could go on for: two
columns. But I won't. This is
just a note of thanks to God
that he has put into people
not nastiness and bitchiness
and self-pity and self-cen-
tredness (they developed
those on their own), but
kindness and tenderness and
goodness and gentleness and
the ability to care for one in--
significant
nssignificant fellow human.
Something else I've
learned. John Donne said,
"No man is an island." Of
course he isn't. A man is a
mere tuft of grass in a quag-
mire. In comparison, a
woman (most women), are
continents.-
Suze and I used to bicker
for
bone
Her
wife d
miles to
card w
Even
my rel
rather hi
few yea
hoveri
sym
m
constantly, as I'm sure you
do, about who had the hard-
est job.
She: "You have no idea
what .I do around here.
You're useless. You can't
even change a light bulb; or
won't. I have to deal with all
the workmen, pay the bills,
clean the house, wash your
dirty clothes, and come up
with a gourmet dinner." And
soon.
I: "Yabbut you can sleep
in in the morning if you want,
have a nap after lunch,
watch soap operas, visit
friends, and you don't have
to get up every morning and
face those rotten kids all -
day. And, besides, who earns
all the money so you can
have all that freedom?"
On both bended knees, I
take it all back. You'll never
hear a male chauvinist in
this column, ever again.
She's been gone only a few
weeks, and Pm -surrounded
by unrialdsbills, dirty laiin-
dry,' gab:uulb,by sinks,ring
around the bathtub, and
huge piles of paper that have
to be dealt with. I can't run
the washing machine. I burn
everything I put in the oven.
And I can't FIND anything.
Yes, there's a triumphant,
slightly malevolent radiance
in the sky. She's reading my
column.
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with the first successful
flight in Canada of the Sil-
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designed and manufac-
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