Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1930, Page 41

PUSSESES RARE CUN CALLEGTION Maj. Clark Has Fowling Piece | Bearing Monogram of James Il BY GRETCHEN S. SMITH. ‘The rarest pieces found in the col- lection of antiquarians are frequently | picked up accidentally, Maj. Jerome | Clark of 2214 Cathedral avenue, & con- ' noisseur of antiques in general and of | old guns and fowling pieces in par-| ticular, is convinced. Maj. Clark has| oftentimes been called upon by mu-| seum authorities and experts to aid Inl the identification of rare pieces. At his home on Cathedral avenue, | . Clark has a veritable armory of | old guns and fowling pieces, among | which is included a fowling plece and | powder flask of the period of 1685, which the major has discovered was made by John Cousens, gunmaker to! Charles II, and which bears the per- sonal monogram of James II of 8- land. ‘The manner in which Maj. Clark ac quired the gun is proof of his conten- tion that the rarest pieces are acquired ! through accident. | “A short time ago,” he said, “I noticed that the collection of the Duke i of Argyll was to be sold in London. I | hastily wrote to 4 friend of mine In London, who was a dealer, and asked him to see if he could purchase for me THE E RARE COLLECTION OF FOWLING PIECES | | the only known one of its kine G STAR, WASHING'LO. D C, Clark’s collection 18 & gun made by | been for the screws it might easily have Alexander Forsythe of Belhelvie, Scot- MO d l: lh:‘re antique.” 8 ” land, who, in 18083, invented the per- me of the most remarkable antiques cussion system. The gun, which is of g{fi“&:“m"‘:‘l’l‘é& cm ;’wfi;’; the famous inventor's first patent, is | ington 1s now in the British Museum. in’exist- “This was a tea caddy,” said the ence. A puritanical old plece which 'spotted 1t oh top of an stands next to an_elaborately decorated | Major, “and gun made at St. Etienne, France, for a | 910 bureau Some furniture which French nobleman, is an arquebus, which "‘d' Auwoxm; 54: e u?::g e uz came over with the Pilgrim fathers| C2ddy was made F torioles ahel, w elther on the Mayflower or the Anne. | %O i rtments, an my One of the most beautiful fowling | friend if e would bid on it for me, a3 pleces in the armory on Cathedral 1 vo® (00 QUY {0 SUEOQ 1N G 0 AYSTIIe WS oK Sléy DN HOTHT (NS { ideatobiteTval s ey Thiend stiended o, W o Bhed o e i | the sale, but for some reason did not 28 s is & German arquebus,” | pig .. I think he was thoroughly con- he explained, “sent to me by 8 friend| yintey that the small amount I was who had picked it up in an old castle | higqing was more than it was worth. on the Rhine. It was in bad condition | vyeil, it was sold to & man who wrap when it came to me, but I was de- | up in a newspaper and took it home, lighted, when I had cleaned it up, t0| innocent of what he had purchased. find what a beautiful old piece it WS. | That night he unwrapped it and found My delight, however, turned to dis-|it had a silver plate on top, blackened appointment when, upon taking the gun | with age. A little silver polish which apart, I discovered it had been put| he applied brought to light the inscrip- together with machine-made screws: | tion, "To my dear friend Lady Hamil- The gun was a fake, made specally to | ton—August, 1803—Nelson.” The man fool antique collectors, and had it not | who was so fortunate was an artist ¥ Sponging Won’t Do It! 8% Wiping With a Damp Cloth Won’t Do It! T Tl It Takes a Good SCRUBBING ~—to clean a really washable window shade—to CLEAN IT thoroughly of all dirt, restoring it to its original beauty without harmful results. DUPONT Tontine Window Shade Cloth is GUARANTEED WASHABLE in every sense of the word. Put it through any test. Ask for samples and esti- mates—factory prices. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, ped | here of R. L. Farmer. A coroner’s jury | been done time and again since its first 1930. founa. X have wincs been tova nat me | HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS caddy was sent or sold to the British Museum.” “It has been my experience for many ears,” concluded Maj. Clark, “that the ggest finds are picked up at the small- est prices, but the trouble is, they come too far apart to suit an enthusiast.” VIRGINIAN IS KILLED c- salle LaGrange when she pretended to invoke the mysterious powers that' be GIVE MYSTERY PLAY |cuit “TaccidTsy herse fucomestent E— scended, was acted with' skill by Beia “The Thirteenth Chair” Presented | Donamas, “ioqti¢ hone t0o wily Tim under the supervision of - Sprinl Production of Joseph Weitz, emerged as a believable it Business Students. in somewhat youthful, inspector. Others the cast who distinguished them- selves were Evelyn Heffner, Charlotte Baldwyn, Dorothy Jones, Eleanor Col- ‘The Washington Business High School | lins, Audrey Shreve, Dorothy Flaherty, Death Held Justifiable Homicide by | | ecanted’ as its’ Spring play Bayard | Harold Kotei aorottiy Fakerty Vieller's famous mystery piay, “The = : 1 . Georsimivity Thirteenth Chair,” last night before an SYLVANIA, Ga,, April 4 ().—J. T.|audience that crowded the large audi- Barley, said to be of South Boston, Va., | torfum to its limit, Tablet was killed Wednesday at the home near | Although “The Thirteenth Chair” has ets found death justifiable homicide on the | presentation many ears ago, as con-| Relieves a Headach N part of Farmer. Evidence at the in-|ceived last night che or Neuralgia in y_these youthful | 30 minutes, checks a Cold the first da; quest showed Barley entered the Farm. | thespians it still seemed to hold the » er's home and engaged in & fight with | power to frighten and the command of | "0 checks Malaria in three days. 666 also in Liquid Farmer, who had knife wounds on his' more than respectful attention. face. The characters uped around Ro- OPEN SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL 9 P. M. Tl 726 SEVENTH STREET N. W. BOYS’ Black and Tan OXFORDS Unusual Values Sizes 11 to 6 81.99 Bargain Basement Women’s and GROWING GIRLS’ Pat. Colt, Satin Strap Pumps, Opera Pumps, and Ties All Sizes BOYS' & GIRLS’ Play Oxfords Black & Tan Sizes 6 to 2 Boys' & Girls' TENNIS SHOES Hi and Lo; White and Tan; All Si eyes, blinded by darkness, the knife de- * . v . . . H at this sale a sporting gun made as early as the latter part of the seven- teenth century. In due course of time, I received a parcel through the customs, which contained a very good specimen of a fowling plece of the period of 1685 ‘The bill for the gun and the powder flask was £1. I paid no attention to the piece for some days, but finally con- Above: The collection of fowling pieces owned by Maj. Jerome Clark. cluded to clean it up. Imagine my sur- Below: Gun made for James II. —Star Staff Photos. prise on cleaning the dirt off the lock | — . AR and stock to find that it was made by | when I cleaned the stock plate and | monogram of King James II of Eng- John Cousens, who was gunmaker to|found it engraved with the crown of d.” Charles II, and my utter astonishment St. James and under the crown Lhe‘ Another rare piece included in Maj. Misses’ & Children's SHOES Pat. Colt, T One Strap, Leather HOUSE SLIPPERS With Rubber Heels. Al sizes up to 8. 99¢ Alio quilted satin _snd VISIT OUR BARGAIN BASEMENT Kid slippers i colors. 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