"That is not so painful; it does not vulgarize you so much as thecups they paint to-day and christen after ME!" exclaimed a Carl Theodorcup subdued in hue, yet gorgeous as a jewel.

"Nothing can be so annoying as to see common gimcracks aping ME!"interposed the princess in the pink shoes.

"They even steal my motto, though it is Scripture," exclaimed aTrauerkrug of Regensburg in black-and-black.

"And my own dots they put on plain English china creatures!"sighed the little purple maid of Nymphenburg.