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DISCOVER FLAWS IN MELLEN'S MEMORY Interstate Commerce Com? mission Compares It with N. H. Records. WITNESS PRESENT AT W., N. & R. DEAL : Minnies Show It ??receded His "Jerusalem!" Conversation with the Late J. P, Morgan. renn] Washington, May tt -P*ortber dlscrep aaates betaeea the testimony of Charlea a Meilen at the Nen Havea Inveettga* tion and ' ertaia records i on la possession ? of the Interstate ?Commerce Commission vva-re brought to light IS dS] . Mr. -Mellen tfstitu-il that he knew noth? ing about the proposed puiihasc of the Wot Nashua t ROChSStSl Eta ?oaii by UM Cost?n aV Maine until Mr Mm s-H., a. led hi no on the telephe told him ih.it he had >>., ight th? ? ? share*., a iiim'oiiiv- inteiest, held by tiie Mutual Life liusurnnce ?"omfany of Mew Vork, at a pilco of Mi or Kg H<- d. - a iired he liad asa astounded at the price and had exclaimed "Jet usalcn?! ' when Mr, Morgan told bini what he h.t?l paid lor this majority ptoi-k. I4atcr Mr. Pblk produced a letter Wilt? teu by Mr Mellen to L N. Tutth dent of the Boato 111 ? ne ht? h the pun hase of tue \\ . .V a il , o. ? ai ?? ft er ri .M r. Me len ?I he was in error when he : and that his memory had been refreahed, waa written some time before this ule pi. with Mr. Moig. Mr. m ? moi j might have ? thai refn shed, It Is belli ? Mr. Folk had shown t.. him a Copy of .mes of th?- special ' ommlttes of ths New Haven Railroad, appointed for ? ? -;.r?'ss puipos? ol purchasing the read for ths Beaton <* Main.. Mellen, as preetaeat, was an ex-offlclo member of Mnmlttes .ami. according to the minutes of a meeting on January 28, li'i". voted to purchase the Mutua! late holdings at ISO i- ? share This n ? ai about ten days before the TutUe ieticr was written and alao SOmS time be ? . onvei s.ii.. m M ? M? I? -.stifled be had witli Mr. Morgan Mr Mellen was present at this meet? ing; th? records show, other records in .on of th.- Interstate i "ot commission another larn? lilock of the st??? k of the \\\. N. & II was purchaaad st It appara i.tly wai thi to cet at least two-thirds ot th.- stork, s.. i ? ompany could he merged with the New ?Inven. In compliance with the lass s of Blssas? Imsstts To <i" thai It ?? <? n?-. assary t<> i>x a prtea feir out?tandtu** stock, nnd. accordlns 1<> th. m port "f ?: i:-,i|r,.nd tninr!U*?ion of M.i ?rtts fOf UM ?<*?r 1"U. th'' BtMtOg A Maine ?.?nid ?n i"'t Bl sIi.uch, Tin? pitea aged fer it? r?demption waa IM. Tin. int.r.-t it.- Commerce Commlsalori aii-.. h as records showing that at a BBset* IPC of ttSB directors Of tha N<w I-liiKlaud Navigation ?*.>ir>*;>aii\ In April, IB11, ths purchasa of some MM ahaies of w,-, i . o?ter, Nashua and RoclaMter Mock atoa ci.irici at ? price of IM This Bale aras carried <>u throucii directors, who bor? i.ss,.? lip, money from t h.- navigation OBBBpany. The dividends on the bM -? \s. ?. ? ha? t,'?.1 to Iha Merest ..n tha money hoi rowed. Mi. Woik't r. turn from New York t? awail.d with Interest, psj there la n *-rii eral feellnc; that no further wit ne??,-? I wUI be called In the New Harm larvas* tJgatlon. Tin- Insistence of CotmnrisaMnef -i tii.it Leerla i ass Ledyard sign a waiver of Immunity before Kolni* on tha aitnesa Btand la tnought to be part of the general plan of Mr. Kolk and Commissioner MeChord to sah avery prseenl and former director of tha He** ?rdbpo-r .M d to go through the Barea procedure. Tho quleknaaa with winch Mr Ledyard BlgallM his wiiiini. Bass m wahre .,fl tnunuaJt*? und his de? mand that he ho placed oa the Btaod afl post '?? baa ohaaged the cum? ul things ? ntli groin Bourcea othet than, the i ?opart giaal Of JtBBtJos it waa learned to-day th.it n.. .\n,uii?-.\ Qaaeral i? hoMtng th?? pea? ability of criminal PMsecutkka over tha heed? of certain New Haven rWreetefa to for?a a a***oeesBfu] ccneluslon to the dis? solution pcornsdliigi h? has bag**a. nesa hinge entirely upon the action of tha M. aachusetta Leglalature In amendlng tl i , hart, r of ihe Cost?n Railroad Holding Company so that ? can dispose of its Boston ?- Maine stock. The former corn pan**', which l? controlled by the Nl ? innot under Its present charter a Of ItB holdings in the Boston I OnCB the BUCCeSS of the dissolution pro* ceedlnga la assured it trill ba up to the1 Attorney i,fii. i.il !?? make food his asser? tion that he arill proscenio thoss I ? i I to to responsii.ie for tho New Haven's financial condition at the present time. I Acoerdlag m aren informed peraona in tl i rJepartaant af Justice, it is tha Attor? ney Qeneral'a Intention t.. lay the whole New liasen questloa before the federal grand ******** In Neis York In the latter part of June if the dissolution proc<t?edlngi are tli- n cut Of the t -? TO SEE MORGAN'S N. H. BOOKS ONLY ? nutlimrd from p?r? 1 while tha firm of J. P, Morgan .?. C and Mr. Morgan as an Individual, were Cow?rd Shoe "?t. ?a. ? ?.? ?ff* How To Reach Us: 2 Blocks from Chambers St. Ferry 3 Blocks from Barclay St. Ferry 3 Blocks from Brooklyn Bridge 2 Blocks from ?thAv."!/1 Chambers St. Otli Av. "L" on Corner Warren St. 4 Blocks from Hudson Terminal Bldg. 3 1 i?oeks from CityHall Subway Station JAMES S. COWARD, 264-274 Greenwich St., N. Y. <1 sea waaaaa ?>!?? ? i Mall Ordert Filled MU) NOWHERE BUB Send lor Catalogur There is everything to do-?every form ot pleasure and pastime to be enjoyed?well stocked streams for the angler? flower-dotted meadows for the idler ? rugged peaks for the mountaineer ?picturesque trails for the equestrian?splendid roads for the motorist ? an abundance of side trips from Denver and Colorado Springs, through canyon and gorge to mountain peak, for the sightseer. Colorado is a little over a day's trip from Chicago on "The Colorado Special ' ' via the double track? Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Union Pacific Line Let mt una ye? a copy ef "ColoeaJa, The Nation's Plav?rcitnd" andfamtok HW xvtth full details of tht trip?jJJttiS G. L COBB. General Agent, L2Q0 Uroadwa*., ?New Kork Cit**, willing to extend every farllltv to Mr. Polk and lita aaalMatiti? they ?maid not permit bin or anybody else to browse at will through their book.?. Till* i unteren? t laste.1 f..r some time, land at It! ?oiu lusioii Mr. Station a*a_l downtown to < oiif? r with hta ? lltarti ?nal Mr. Folk announced t?a the m? portan that uniem lir was allow*! hli w.iv ih? sxamtaatlon would 11?' pro? ... 1 Say? Firm Consented. ?If the reply if fav??rable," be said, "and permita the sp?cial SffWtnayg to be judK?.- ol just what papan and ibr.ok? they should have iicroajs to. the . \,m,in itmn ?Hi pncssd al noon, if th?y b?-gln the w..rk nn?l pgWll?lOW i? than r< fused tlifin t?> Sg_a*d*M paiera ?tha y think pertinent they will at OM withdraw."1 I.atrr in th? afternoon Mr. Folk said that be had received word fr.'in Mr. Btetaon orar the talapfcatw that the 'firm hail decided to comply arlth the Iratiuasi of th?- InTgatlgglrtrg. "The linn," paid 1m "has agreed t?. pemlt UM examiners to f?o thri>ugh ail the i'"ok5, papan and documents in it-? possession relative to the Now Hive:. .-?ml ?Is ??ul'Sidiarl'-s, and it was f?artli? - ?Agreed t.? throw open all tha at*?**mita gpp-arlnt on tha hooks of persons who have dealt dim tl.v or intlirt-rtly In New Haven secuiitles or sccuriti?-a. of it* raboidlar** oumnaaluB, "In brief, th'- banking linn granted the examiners the riglit to inspect not I only all of the firm's transactions with I th'- Now llavrn and its subsidiaries hut tu driva? into the transactions of any outsiders which may have tak?-n place through tha?, firm bearing on the New 1 lavan situation.*' "Who ?lu .1. .a- srbal >? (tew Haven hiialnrssT ' a Tribuns reporter askeai. "The ifiTsetlgatlon win be thorough," I' ', Ifal til" SOill'llOV. Skinner Corroborate! Mellen. While waiting to near from Mr. Bt ; as to bOW far li?- S/Otlld bs allowa-d t" ?JO, Mr. Kolk gem Word > ??corge 1*. flak"-. a. Heetoa Bohertson, tVUllam MeHarg, L*e***SO?BS Mlnot ami William Skinner, all rectors of tha- Now Haven, that he would lik" to see tliein IT the** earad to dlseiMS the New Haven matters, Which they had previously been ?uhprrriacd to testify "ii i'i Washington. Th" conference with Mr. Bklnner was the only on" that Mr. Folk would dlscnsa Mr. Skinner, whom Mellen Quoted Ml IrangS oaths whl S hi learned 111, 000,000 had i" ? n expended upon I is West deal, confirmed trverythlng Mellen had t. st.ii. ?' t" a1- te bis part m th?- trans? , according to Mr. Folk. Mollea, it U..1 i... remembered, said Bhinner and Others want to hitn after a board meeting of the New Haven, ami ashed for Ught on ths Wsstcaeeter matter, and w?ti- re? tarred i" the lets Mr. Morgan, each re? futing to a-k ?ha- i atiki-r tac ?i ? they had a.-k-'i lbs bead "f til.- company. Twenty Thousand Accounts on Books. ?in tli" bunks of the Fir m it is .?aid there m.- tw. M... thousand accouata, "f which lut a very few relate ?Jlreetly or othei -.. Nfw Hevea affaira ...- stich, there ere hundreds of clients ?.f lo- linn wiio lave bought and sold and v mi non possess New Haven and Boston & Mains st'aa-kM. Th? accounts of the*?. ;i.(l:vi?luals anal Instlttttloas in no way connected with th" management of the Neu davon will not lie Invaded, as Wa.d ?Street understands it. Fot that n.att'i- lli.-e is the 1,. ? . s?tborlty for saying that there is noth? ing in the Morgan hooks nut fully covered . ?n tu" statement Issued hy Usai house in March last, showing in ?letaii the buslnsss it had dons t?w New Haven SPURNS RICHES FOR HUSBAND ( ontlniifd frami lanar? I had expecta-d that turn. Mrs. Ing?i SOll interrupted. 1 am ivioniK to wait up until mid nlgbt," she sani. "fur Naomi t<> return. Mr. lngersoll will wait up with n.e. Mi-, lagargoll and 1 took lor into town to-day and left her at the home of the Bissell. -117 West Fnd :iv. Mi. Ingeraoll ami i last night had worried mow than on Monday night about her. vVe bad spent two yean whaiiiy ,i, i.-1 Interest. We knew shs hid ability; she can sing and play, aid we had ni?t onl) placed her under the Instruction of Walter Damrosch. but ? i ? ngaged other tutors and" - "And than this cowardly shrimp," Mr. Ingeraoll broke in. "And than," Mrs. lngersoll went or., ?? e wen ?going to lake bar abroad t.. complete her musical education. Bot this has MOM as such a shock. I called j on i??*/- this morning and naked her to teeoiisklei If this man Liberty ha?l b?cn a decent Fort <>f person we ronld . have admitted hlm Into the family, hut he was n..t That girl had refused flvs tin?- young men in the last two -. "One yoiinp man in particular, an ?gktlmable young man ,if Vermont, was j perfectly accept?t,!? to ,.-. \\ V thought they ware SQ-fSMblS to OOCh other. I'i ? in vhat she tnl,| u-. v\|. were sur. they wi-ra- iii lore with each other. II. . saw h. r i. ? . i tly as four we. ks ago 'In our New "forh home, the Apthorp, land we bad no reeeon to believe thai she was ' onaiderlng any one eis.;-, i 4,-, not think th ? young man knows yet what lias happi-m d 1 told my niece this morning that she was making an awful mistake; that she was young, had tah-nt un?' thai t.. Unite iier?r.]f with a man ?.f [_berty*s standard meant the mush of !.a r . ara-cr. not t" sa;. BOT l.api irie.-s, ?a.- h ipptn? -.'.It. I told hit of what tic niennt to us. BhC was to us as .mi own child. Wt had DO vliildren. and t.. i,.s MM was a daughter. 1 told her we would take her abroad not that aha had to ftvs Libert) up for good, only tempon and that slie COUld ra-riiain abroad gg . .- i.- waatt d For bar material we would look out unstintedly I and she <oi.Id ladeige in luxuriousness to bl r heart'.- <h Mrs ' "What . an this man Liberty gi\e her" Interrupted Mr. lngersoll. That coward'" "Son's m love ortth iiim." the re-1 porter laid. Sudden Freak of Love. "V????." Mr?. In?,;, r-ol! sa.,i ??}{ . was m love with the young man from ' Vermont. She didn't, ?he < ouldnt have i decided on this move until the first of' THE BEST EXECUTOR IF you have not named this ?Company as executor In your Will, there are three reasons why you should change your Will and do so. 1. Wc have had 31 years of legal and business experience. 2. Not one dollar of trust funds committed to our care ever has been lost. 3. Our position at the head of the mortgage market gives us the choicest Investments for our estates. TiTlE guarantee AND TRUST C? Capital . . $ 5,000,000 Surplus C ?11 ramed) 11,000,000 170 B'wsy, N. T. 178 Remsen St., Kklya. 350 Folio? St.. Jamaica. the month. That was shown by h>?r actions after seelnp the Vermont youm* man. Anyway, after I had told her of what tare would du l'or beg B?M r.fus.-d to accept anything fiom us. I ?lu ri told her of what her pexssptBCfB were. ! Liberty, whom wo had dismissed, had nothinii definite in \ uU und no mono". She could rely only on what her pnr ants in st. Marisa. Maim, s*-*.1- nf'r. '? whereas we could Bjfvg lier every thin-,'. "She rntamx?, I told her then that if she wont away with this man. if sho a.'timlly bsCSdM his wir>, we wen throiiKh with her; that she would tottrat gain recognition from us; that sh?. could never enter h'T house. Then I told bet id trail until midnight for her answer. She could i om- her.- 1 thinK she'll come? or tek -phono. I don't be? lleva ske/B i-esdly ?rone away with him. She was sii'h ;i part of our family." Mrs, InK'-rpnll stopped and looked at) her busbantL He caught her g!an'<? and turned to thr? reporter. "Pitraas change the subject," he said. "I understand Ootonel lUKSSSVOlt came hack from Washington. Did be say anvthinc. this evening?'' "I think shell come bark to-night," Mrs. ItiK<Tsoll said. "You see, they were married bj an Bpls* copal clergyman, the R?sv. John C s .. n. Aseen?':.m Church, SI West I'd m. [ didn't ^^ the marriage certificate, end as Liberty Is a Catholic he ?lidn't want t., tnko her homo with him until tho mar?. rnis'? had boon bl.-s. od. lie could not ar ranga a ?'atholii* ceremony r>n such short notice."' "Do ran know- ?What I ihtnk of I.ih ertv." asked Mr. [ngersoll. "I used to think bo eras a i!m-iii, soin-? man, but i learned a great ?i*?.,i inter, lie i? a i:r osdway chauffeur " SITS BY WOMAN; GETS A BEATING Student Takes Vacant Chair at Table and Her Husband Chastises Him. Ai they motored boma from a theatre ... ? eight M*-, and Mrs. -f. n. Holmce, with th.-ir daughter and aon-ln-law, Mr, and Mr?. Morris Volk, -?tilled up at an ?, a cream pa i lor at Broa md tilth at Mr* \ ..|!. s.i! Ht an unoccupied table, addla sods was Iahten out ta M Hol nie?!. Joseph Rosana Ig of M l*teap?acl av., The Bronx, a student at the <"*it\ CMlOge, entered with Miss Bella ?'ottl.cb, of ?jg We?! ll?!h st . and t'.ok chairs a! the tabla al Which Mrs. Volk was niltinc I'osenwig afterwards said lie did not hour Mrs. Yolk sa\ the table was sngagsd. Mrs. Volk complained to her husband. Volk, a real estate broker, living at l.'.T K?st ?ist st . and almost iwi .- the weight of the college boy, .ailed Rcwnejtg un* seemly names, landed him a heavy blOW on the eye and lollowed With eleven otbera. Rosenwig area badly In ne.-,i ,,r a surgeon when Patrolman Powell pulled \'olk nway and arrested him. After Roeanwlg bad been patched up the entire parly motored to the Niyht .... 11 r. Several automobil? followed with s-, une: ses, Magistrate Sinini held Volk In MM ball f"i- Sp?cial Sssafsstnfl on charges of disorderly CCndlMl and av.-a.ult. Mover) by the women's pleas that Volk he ttned to ?ave l.lm from a ep;i. Magistrate Simm on learning that Mr. Holmes was a law- ] yer. with BttOBB at H Liberty st., paroled Volk m nis custody to appear at Bessiona THIS "MACHINE" NOT IN JOHNSON'S LINE _ Maltbie Lodges Protest When McCall's Lieutenant Gets Fat Public Service Job. As had been predicted, Joseph Johnson cot a Job from ihe PuhUe Servio? Com. mission yesterday. Jehaaoa, who was impalgn manager for ''hairman M?? Cell when I? ran for Mayor last fall. I ha? been out of a jou -nice then. Johnsun wa.? made chief of ihe Tranmt ;on Bill Bata, at a salary of $,,.',<?? a year. The vote was 3 to i Coraml William?, uf BrOOhlyn, male the motion. '.i waa Buppprted by ?i.airman M Call and ?'ommissioner ?'ram. - ' -'.*i Mi '??? and K ?htis voted r. i ? negativa ? i wtsh to iia\.? ?t reeecded." said i'nm aec Maltbie, that ? ? Brat bead ,,f ueau wa? a BtBja*Sieal BtvaM rail? ?? td man, He ? . ?, ,| \,v ?,?, ?ho had aseat whole 1',!.. in the ?treet railway l.usme.-s. Whatever mai bt the Qualification of Mr. Johnson Ml handling other machines. I Is ? el thlnh i- i? qaiallflsd te b?ndle this ? ? 1 ! " CnrnmleaJuun Williams, having a?.?i?ted in rewarding the poiitu.-il manager of ''hairman McCatl, natarslly thought the Covat] organisation ought i.. ?> ? moved tl'.at latin ? A M '.'..ie, ihe P?acuiaUu trader of tho, IMfe Assembly District In Kings, he mad.? nil Inspector, el tajut a vear. t'onimls ? soar MaHMa Baade a vie-orou? potas* gnd ?'onmissloner ''r.iin suggested that action be laid over for a time. Il executive t<e?;?ion the commission dis- ' Banned the Ward 1 rjow ,-. Ivcrttsing eon-1 tract for two hour? They took no BC tio-i at tu? regular BSBatsa, bawaaer, waa adjourned until this noon Kohert t**etgnte Weed Will not take nis oath of ofe.ee to ggg r. ,? , ommls? oner, ru-tn until this ruettcr has been dia I ? i of. i THROWS LIGHT ON 'DUMMY' SHIP DEAL Banker Testifies in Action Brought by C. W. Morse's Sister for Receiver. - MONEY UNLAWFULLY WITHHELD IS CHARGE j "Paper" Corporation Purchase of Sound Boats Linked to New Haven by Witness. I The connecting link between the Mellen 1 administration of the New- Huven Sjrs? | tern and the pura hase. tliroiiKh ;i "paper'" i corporation, of the Metropolitan Steam? ship Company's rival steamships to to] away with Hound trafli.- competition, , was more ?Jasflnlti ly sBtabUahst) yesterday when Pierre Jay, vice-president of the Hank of the Manhattan fompany, tottf I of visits !?? bin made hy K. D. Robbins, the New Haven's pOUUSSl. in preparation for tho transfer. Mr. Jay's account of the mysterious manner in which the a? - count of the "dummy" New Bngland Securities lompany was opened In tiie Bang of the Manhattan Company was J to)d before Nicholas l?lrdsell, special j commissioner appoint???! Ly the Supreme ?'ourt of New .1er.say in the action brou?ht by Miss .lennie H. MOTSO, StStSf ?if Charles W, Morse, for tin- appoint nient of a rseeiver for the Metropolitan , Bt< .-iinshiii Compaay. Miss Morsa- is trying to rOCOVST part I Of about $3,<W,<?0 paid for the steamship holding company, which sha ?juts hi wroiigfull.'. withheld fiom the stockbold? ers both of the steamship and the rail? road company. To-day Mish Morse's lawyer? win mak? an .(Tort to get from ?l?ales S. Mellen, _ 1), Robbins and other offl? ials of the New Haven more direct proof of the al- j j lesed Illegal manner la which th-? Morse steamship ln.e was aatejulrod, ! ah have bee? subpoenaed to appear be- \ ? foro tha? spetlsl commissioner at the i | Hotel Taft, in New Hav?n, this morning. Lewis Cam ?Usdynrdt ons or the New Haven's directors, was to testify yseter? day, but counsel for the Metro I Steamship Company, the defendant, aa? I nounccd that be would be calt?td . in the bi???rh - The testimony taken at the hearing, whleh was held In the rooms of the N? n torn COunty Lawyer-' Association, is another illustration of the many compli* j cated devices employsd in building up I the New Haven system's monopoly of i New Bngiend rail end water traille. At ia ist one corporatien was organised and sftarward dfawolved solel* to buy the steamship line, anal as if in response to . a tup al S string, rarlOUS officials. Identl? Sod only hy their names, appeared to perform certain duties, and then returned to their positions .?- Stenographen or bookkeepers. Through the testimony the came of 1 .lohn !.. Billard, president of the Hil'.ard Compeay of MerMen, Conn., figured In a way which has not yet been explained ! before ths sperlal eommlmioner. He ap? t peered wh'ii a law tlrm mad.- OM ol its ; stenographers treasurer of the New Bag* load s? a irities .Company, which bought ? the steamship line. Hs was present whw r D Robbins Introduced the "treasurer of this company to Pierre Jay as thf authorised person to figw the chi the ComptUiy; bul apparently he b.?j no ! onVial association with en; of the transaetiona >: :v?: y; -IB?*. A Natural Saline Water with noth? ing added to it "King of Table Waters" MRS. H ALLER AN GETS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE Husband Is Found Guilty of Mis conduct?Alimony To Be Settled Later. The Kaueren divorce suit?, which hav? kept Queens i'oiirly ?ilrrod up for a year, were wiped off the Judicial BuJend tcrdav, wh' n Supreme Court Justice K< Iby banded down a decision granting Mrs. HaUeran an ahaolute divorce and denying the counter suit brought by her husband. A! ?/Sim O. Hall.r.iri. The court l*Jt **n d attar of alimony r?;r later settume.-t PoUtka have been frequently Inject?^ into these two suits. Mrs. IUlieran tag sister-in-law of Maurice t. ? or.nolly. Bor? ough iTesi'!':;t of Qusens, ?m.? Jotinij. Halletan, Tax Commissioner, Il a brother ' ot her h Just: ? ^eitloni in.i.: St Mr. ? l?'8'f? ? ounti ? - ' -i ?'on ' nolly interposed a <! Meat nmoot at iiI? ? Just ? ? .< tiiHt. Hallet .,. ? - " . :? luv. mark- i to listen to the i 11? i In ei .? i j brother's maid and buying hi i hotel after the Isgal ci?js _- : A White Buckskin Rubber Sole Outing Shoe A white buckskin tennis and golf shoe built on one o? the best lasts we have ever modeled. The saddle strap, which reinforces the vamp, prevents the shoe from losing its original shape. Eight New York Stores Broadway, corner 31a! Si Broadway, comer Fulron Si Broadway, corner ?8?h Si 2*>7 Broadway, near Dunne St 1091 Bro?dw.y. nr? 2Id Si. }*i N.aaau St . corner Liberty St. Broadway, corner C?n?l Si. In Biooldyn ?! j90 Fullon St. Old English Furniture for the Country House ' I 'HE memory of the Sunny Parloirs of some old Eng? lish Granga with their panelled walls, their beamed or coffered ceilings, and their delightsome fur? nishings of dusky Oak or rich grained Walnut may serve us when we contemplate the plenish? ing of our Summer homes. At the Hampton Shops will be fl found the most faithful Repro? ductions of just such time-hal? lowed furniture as this?Tables of a sturdy simplicity, Chairs of an artistocratic dignity, or China Cabinets behind whose latticed front! may eventually be disposed my Lady's treasured hoard of deli? cate old Chelsea or Chinese Lowestoft of endearing quaintness. j