HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1891-02-25, Page 3TREK, MX TARANTULA'S.
WONDIaltPUf, ESCAPE OF AN EX
natural. IN THE WILDS
OF YUCATAN.
San Ft-euchreo Examiner : 1 have
,jest returned from au expeditiuu
(into, the interior of Yucatan and
Campeche, during which I wet with
au adventure so awful and un.
usual that 1 think wy friends in
San l'rsnuisco will be much interest
ed iu an account of it.
In the latter part of May last I
came to Central America from San
Francisco at the request of the
Munich Society for Prehistoric
Research, of which I am a member,
to inveetioitte the ancient ruins
which cover this country, wish
view of obtaining, if possible, some
clew to th,, period to w:rich they
belong. 1 got dm cl ew 1 st,ueht for
from solus Ili eroglyphics aulou_ the
Oonquesta•1,C Tullis, which, accord.
ing to my theory, ale about 8,000
years old, but of course, absolute
proof is not available. 1 had at; a
guide a most intelligent half breed,
Manuel Bovero, and he informed ate
that, according to the tra litione of
his Indian progenitors, there were
sows ruins of still greater antiquity
Bottle 110 miles to the not the ard,
near the Ileo Seca. Inde el, he said
that this dry ba.iu was once the bell
of a t'ivrr that had been towed
from its course by the iuhtthinunts
of these saute ruins. Thinking that
1 plight possibly find some corms
bol atiotl.s or Illy theory among these
earlier relit, of the lost race, I
started to find them, accompanied
by my faithful guide. 11 was a vet y
hard travelling tliroueh the juti,des,
and we in ale hardly fifteen miles a
day. The difficulties mer,; multi-
plied by the enormous number of
snakes and poisonous insects thnt
infect this section. We lost one of
our pack•ntules through it bite or
sting of some sort on the third day.
Ou the afternoon of the fourth
day we canted in a little opening,
clear except for grass. This we
soon burned off.
Wu Itad just finished supper, anti
I waa'sitting at the base of a tree
smoking a pipe, when an enormous
tarantula came out of the grass into
the cleared circle. He was positively
the largest specimen I had ever see:_,
and as the slanting rays of the sum
gaugbt hint, I noticed a curious,
mull, indefinite, reddish 1;ne down
his back. I regretted that I had not
the means to preserve it, but Man-
uel settled my regrets by crushing it
with a billet of wood It had hard
ly ceased moving when another and
equally large nee appeared at the
other end of the burned patch. I
did not fear thew touch, as 1 wore
heavy leather leggings reaching to
my hips.
"We have made a bad camp
111:anuel," I said ; "there seems to
be many tarantulas here."
"One place is about as auotller,"
he answered, in Spanish ; they
usually go by twos"
He appeared more troubled, low
ever, than his careless answer seem-
ed to indicate, and while I killed
the second unwelcome visitor he be-
gan to poke around in the grass
with a long branch. He uncovered
more of the great spiders and killed
theta ; when he turned around there
were fully half a dozen of them in
the clear space. They fastened on
to the dead oues and seemed to sulk
their blood.
"We must get out of this,"scream-
ed the Indian.
At this moment our remaining
mule began to struggle and kick.
He soon broke his picket rope and
disappeared. Then 1 became aware
of a steady rushing in the grass:
More tarantulas came out.
"1 have heard of it from the
Indians," cried my guide. "It is a
devil's array. They say that the
people who lived its the dead cities
were killed by them and that no
one can live there now. They come
by thousands, like red ants, and
leave nothing alive where they pass.
I thought it was a squaw story.
We must fight them with tire."
He seized a flawing brand from
the camp fire and yelled to me to do
likewise. FIe tried to ire the grass
on all sides of us,but where the trees
grew it was too rank and wet and
the fires we started would not go.
Meanwhile the spiteful spiders
became more and more numerous.
I crushed one at leant of them at
every step I took. Many of them
bit at my leggings and hung there
by their fangs. We turned our
firebrands to crushing the taran•
tulas, but they seethed to come
thicker than we could drive them
off.
"I am bitten," I heard the In-
dian scream. I passed him my
flask. I could do nothing more for
him, and dropping my stick I
started to run. Every step in the
grass seemed to bring me into worse
quarters. I tried every direction
but they seemed everywhere. I
noticed that they were in the bushes
and on the grass, so high that my
leggings would not protect me, and
presently I found myself back at
the tamp. There tltt least they could
not remelt we without cliutbing up.
The ground was perfectly blacic
with them. giver Manuel was
down Ot knee and the great inseete
were all over him. He seemed
crazy, and I have no doubt his wind
was nearly roue with terror and the
pain of the bites.
I could barely keels the tarantulaa
from getting above my leggings.
Suddenly it occurpd to me that I
might final safety in oue of the treed.
I knew that I would soon be ex
hausted if 1 remained among the
black beasts and that would end it.
In a•worneut'I had my arms about a
small tree, I orushed the insects
that clung to my lege against the
bark as I dragged and scrambled up.
A dozen feet from the ground t sere
was a branch from which wo )tad
hung some small g:uue I had shot.
1 pulled my self ul, uu to this
branch and got the first motuout's
rest I had had since the tarantulas
first appeared. I had had uu time
to think but Bea I began to realize
whet had happened. It seemed
wore like a nightmare than anything
real. 1 looked down mid almost
felt oft lay branch at the horrid
sight below tie. My Indian was
now fairly ou the ground. I could
not doe him for the poisunous things
that covered him, but the irregular
black mass squirmed and wriggled
like a wounded snake, and I knew
be was not yet out of hie agony
Ou every side wore tarantulas bun
grily searching fur more victims.
Their crushed fellows were almost
turn to pieces, so tierce were they in
their hunger. They were all euor•
thous ; some ut' theta were as big ns
turtles, anti when elle sou struck
them 1 could gam the rod line that
dietittguished theta from the non -
gregarious species that aro familiar
in other places. 'l'hcy 3raw'1ed over
one another in their desire to find
something into which to sink their
futgs. Poor damsel's writhing
body was the ui-:jective point of most
of them. They fought:so fiercely
for a spot of flesh where they could
strike, aid every movement of the
stilt living man seemed to make
them still the mote fierce.
It Ilia nut take Ise as long to no-
tice al this as it does to describe it,
rend l soon sate that 1 was not yet
safe 1'roln the horrible fate that had
overtaken sly guide.
The insects began to crawl up time
tree, though not in any considerable
numbers at first. 1 brushed them
dowu with a small branch, and
those that were hurt at all were inr
-ntcdiatoly et'upon by their follows
where they fell.
My recital of these things may
seem tame, but I have to pen to
describe the awful horror of it all.
There were about two hours of day-
light left me. I knew this, and I
wondered what I could do in the
perk. Then I remembered treading
that snakes or centipedes would not
cross a hair rope, and I thought that
perhaps the sante rule might apply
to tarantulas.
The gauge was swinging from the
branch by a horsehair riata, and it
took hie a very few minutes to cut
the rabbits loose anti wind the rope
about the trunk ,just below ate.
Pretty moon more of tl•e big spiders
carne up. Manuel was quiet now at
last and they wanted ant tier vie.
dim,
My hair rope did some good.
They could not swarm over it in
such numbers that I could not sweep
them back with my branch. How
long I stayed there fighting the in-
sects back I do not know.
But the light was fading when I
noticed a commotion among the tar.
antulas. At the some time I observ-
ed a number of blue,hlack wasps
darting about. I recognized them as
belonging to the Hymenoptera fami-
ly and realized that they were the
tarantulas hawks of which I had
read. In ten minutes the four or
five wasps had become hundreds
and five minutes later there was not
a tarantula to be seen, except time
dead ones at the foot of the tree.
Manuel's body, swollen and dis-
colored by the venom of the spielers,
stared up nt ate. I waited en hour
and then came down.
It took me eight days to reach Ne-
vada, and on the way I did not see
a single tarantula.
DR. J. S. DAVIS.
—The last spike in the Naw
Westminster and Southern railway,
which connects at the boundary with
the Fairhaven and Southern railway
took place on Saturday at Blaine
(named after United States Secre-
tary Blaine). After the spikes had
poen driven by Governor Nelson, of
British Columbia, and Governor
Laughton, of Washington, the Gov-
ernors shook hands across the boun-
dary line. Passengers can now go
through from IIalifax, N. S., to
Mexico on one line.
In the U. S. House, on Saturday, Mr.
Dickenson, of F'entucky, introduced- for
referenoe a bill to repeal the McKinley
Tariff Act and to re enact all the laws re-
pealed by that Act.
A $20 suit of clothes for $1. Reade
L. H. Stevens advertisement in thi
paper and find out about this.
WANTED, 10,030 bushels Potatoes.
Highest price pard,—CANTELON BROS.
TALKS FOR THE FARMER.
GOOD PARAGRAPHED INFORMATION
•N FOUR DEPARTMENTS.
Borne, Cattle, Shoop and Bogs—Peril.
omit Items About Bach of Them—If
Thy be Kept In rtllnd the Farmer
WIII bo Buneatted.
A good horse blanket saved teed, checks
diseases, improves the looks of the horse,
and is a credit to the owner.
Have you ever figured out the actual dif-
ference in the cost of raising a good grade
draft or coach colt, and in raising a scrub.
Colts should have outdoor exercise every
pleasant day, even though the mercury Is
below zero. They should not be allowed to
stand and get chilled, however.
When ice forms in the yard or paddock
where colts run, sprinkle ashes over it or
scatter gravel upou it. A very thin coat
of either may save a valuable youngster
from ruin.
If you want to sleep sound and eujey the
good long eights this winter you should be
sure that your horses are securely fastened
in the stable with good, strong halters. A
saving of twenty-five cents in halters has
often cost the price of a.goo.l horse. You
eunnot afford to fasten a good horse with a
pour halter.
With the large increase of acreage being
brought into cultivation in several different
sections of Colorado, there is a call for
horses in the farming localities ahee.1 of
anything known since farming has beet
carried ou extensively. Everywhere our
farmers are insisting upon staving hatter
and larger horses than formerly. Tile is
nu eucnuraging sign and one cheerful to
chrouic:e.
tVith a very free horse it is desirable to
cautiously accustom him to the son 1 tied
feel of the whip lightly drawn across him
so as rot to hurt him at all, says an experi•
enced horseman. This will prevent hits from
running whenever you take tits whip in
hard, and make it possible to touch up a
slug by his side. A slow, easy-going
horse, on the other hand, should never
feel the whip except to hurt hint. be -
,lie's and tender-hearted drivers often do
great mischief to such horses by constantly
flicking at them until the horse cures no
more for the whip than he does for his
With such horses a pretty heavy whip
should be used, and used often, but so that
they will feel it and know whet it means.
A horse that will not move and move quick-
ly to the whip is neither pleasant nor safe.
GATT LE.
In feeding soft feed t.o the c.nas, idling
a little salt will make it more palatable.
'15) things—le rfectinu of flesh and of
dairy products—in the same auimul can
hardly be expected.
There me few substances more easily cnn-
tamivated by impure odors than fresh stint.
A cow stable must be comfortable, but
this iloes not by any moans imply that it
should Le costly.
Iiiuduess in managing cows f• almost as
necessary as plenty of feed, in • to have
her do the best. Every iter helps to in-
crease the flow of milk.
1Vith milk cows during t e winter at
least, the quality as well as the quantity of
milk secured depends largely upon the kind
and quality of the food that is supplied to
the cows.
The best market for milk and butter is at
home. Milk should be use 1 freely on the
table, not only for the advantage of so
doing, but also bectu:e the first duty of a
farmer i; to supply all his own w•.a Ily 1, fore
cresting a surplus to be disposed of.
Every time a cos. moves her tail, to
switch a fly she exerts a force of three
pounds. In the coo s.• of the summer n
single cow wastes 5,000,000 puusds of energ; .
The cows i,f enterica threw away enoug"
power to move every pied of machinery u:
the world. This is exclusive to kicking mil. •
maids off stools.
SHEEP.
Sheep need water in winter as well as iu
summer.
Feed has more to do in making the qual-
ity of mutton than breed.
The c•outra,t between the wheat and sheep
feline is all in favor of the sheep.
.1 puun 1 of lamb sells for more than mut-
ton and costs, as a rule, less to produce it.
The farmer who keeps a half dozen dogs,
tut cannot afford to keep a sheep, is not
traveling the high road to prosperity.
A Canadian paper ninees note of a six
months old lamb that y sighs 180 ee.und-.
At five cents a pound he is worth just $0—a
pretty fair profit for six months' care.
The best growth of wool can only be
secured by giving the sheep sufficient feed
during the winter, to beep ina good, thrifty
condition, and under present conditions
sheep can be made to pay.
It is not only on the poor land that sheep
can be made profitable but on the rich as
well. In either case good care must be
given so as to keep the largest number of
sheep in proportiou to the ac enge.
SWINE.
Hogs like a variety in their fool as well as
other stock.
Too early breeding stunts the growth and
prevents good development.
Fall pigs need a dry, warns shelter if they
are kept growing during the winter.
Quality is the first consideration and a
good animal of medium weight will bring
the best prices.
It is not a healthy pian to supply so much
bedding that the hogs can lay themselves in
it.
In feeding the sow it is needful that she
have 11 variety, but the change should be
wide gradual.
The sleeping quarters need cleaning out
t.ccasionally to order to prevent filth from
accumulating.
When bran is fed to hogs in a maj rarity
of case, will he found profitable to use in
connection with oil meat.
Generally the sow with a gond sized litter
of pig. ,will be betteroff if they aro kept to
11ennrel8es until they are weaned.
Bradt sows should not by ally means be
fed on corn alone. It is tun much towards
keeping themq in E. feveris'n condition.
It is quite an item in 1irce:ling and feeding
hogs tor market to ha%e them of a good
size and weight even t,� cs well els uniform in
color.
The pig that will make a large hog nex
sen_eon can not he kept in an open pen if i
is small, but requires a want shed and
plenty of c eon litter. •
No fide rule cat b' laid down ns to
the exact wei_ht to which It hug shouts be
fed before marketing, but generally the
condition should be the best. possible.
The 11.4 will do iii- hest to reach an early
ked.. The :r•1 e
mit '�I •
t is, rh owner ser doss not
Meow hex t:, , : a• Its natural propensity
w, Hi to its gip• ar,•.. r•apitiiity. In Sweden
d u) lieu":I 1'' ,s t • e ,• t ne cake.
OMAHA MODESTY•
Venus Attired In an Overcoat Is the Lat-
est Result of It.
A week or two since, in Omaha, a young
luau was arrested, and [ suppose by this
timeseutenced severely, for the destruction
of a most valuable painting of Bonguereau,
valued at $18,000 or $20,000. The suojict
was of Spring, represented by anode female
form, which the touch of the master -hand
made purity itself, for any one capable of
appreciating purity of conception and ex-
ecution. The young man, who was of a
religious temperament, was passing
through a gallery with a friend to view
the pictures, When he saw the ideal-
ized Spring his modesty was not ouly
greatly offended by toe picture, but
he determined at once it was not a pacture
to be placed on exhibition for the public.
After one or two attempts at its destruction
he flnatly seized a chair and dashed it vh,-
lently through the canvas, almost totally
destroyiug the work of the great artist. Of
course he was arrested at once and his san-
ity questioned as well, and Omaha's culti-
vated circles wept over the loss of art to
that city, knowing to well that none of the
lemons artists will hereafter allow their
pictures to be exhibited for any money in
Omaha.
In this case the act was a most criminal
one, but last week I heard an other exhibi-
tion of modesty in art that was as amusing
as it was pleasing and touching for its very
innocence. A family who were about to
leave the city had in the house an exquisite
collection of statuary, many pieces of which,
owing to the contemplated rem oval, were
sold to frieuds. Among the beautiful weeks
of sculpture was quite a large sized one of
Venus in the undraped manner 111 which the
goddess usually is shown. An Irishmen mai
rent to c atvey the statue to its owner, and
he rolled cheerily up in his wagon and
called ter that fur which he was sent.
Very promptly the marble Venus was hand-
ed to hire and the canpa,ion who had come
with him, another man of his own country.
For a moment the two men looked aghast,
then crimsoned wi:h shame, and before car-
rying the offending goddess to the wagon
they looked furtively up and dowel the
street to see if aeyua.3 was unfurtunatel-v
iu sight. Only in the df,tmet ware peo-
ple neer:meanie (o tt meths 're • I fr uu a
window was the young lady artist who told
me the story), 'linen a in ight thought
flashed 1hemelt the lam.' of tat 11:•st nmit.
It was cold, but he was al;, mil ist, and
his keen soils° of mo.l.,;ty fork t 1 • Ili, ;ming
through tit, street; wit'i LII , 1 t
Venus with hint. So, for a moment pale
and white, ryas the goddess placed lonely on
the ground whilst the overe•rtt of the man
who was to carry her was hastily taken o ff
and presto, as swiftly %trapped about the
chiseled form of Cupid's nto•lier. Then with
this achievement and the nudestttue warm-
ly covered tvi'li his overcoat the man
walked triumphantly to the waiting vehicle,
and placing the overcoated go Idesi securely
in it, drove to his destination in great con.
tent. It was an intensely amusing scene,
but diet•° was a pretty vein of delicacy
beneath the ri•liculous aspect, for he who
could not understand art certainly did that
of not -offending modesty.—:3t. Louis Post -
Dispatch.
THREE PAIRS OF SHOES.
There they are in a nest little row under
the mantel in the children's bed -room, a pair
of twelves, a pair of nines and a tiny pair
of fives belonging to the baby.
ahoy are all more or less wrinkle l an 1
worn aiid the pair of twelves have boles in
the toes which caused in, to say a little
while ago to the sturdy wearer of thein that
there was "no sense in his kicking out shoe;
like that," and if he were not tn)re careful
ire would jest have to go barefooted.
He henrd oto with the utmost indifference
ns I know frim the fact that the threat was
hardly out of my m•ntth when he asked me
if 1 knew who e little boy he would have
been if I had never been born.
"You might have been the little boy of
some papa who couldn't have lemeht you
any shots at all," 1 said reproachfully.
"Oh, well," he rays, calmly, in the fulness
Bud beauty of his childish fiticit, "God has
millions and trillions of string eel I could
just ask hint for n pair whenever [ wauto1
them. Don't you see, paper'
Three pairs of shoes! Three pairs of ten-
der little feet upon the untried border of
life's mys'erious land.
I sit and look at the little shoes wonder-
ing where the feet that wear theta will he
led in the time to come, the little feet that
`'—Through long years,
Must wander on 'mid hopes and fears."
How notch 1 would give to know the fu-
ture flint 1. might stand between them and
the temptations so sure to assail them, that
1 might guide their feet aright, that I mi,ht
shield theta from pain and sorrow if I
could.
There is something strangely appesling
and half pathetic to every loving father
and another in the sight of a row of little
shoes like those I see hefore me now. They
arouse the tenderest instincts of one's nature.
I don't know why,
The wearers of the little shoos stay have
been very fretful or mischievous or trying
all day.
You may have been "all nut of patience"
with them. You may have whipped the
little hands or put the rebellion little ones
to bed, declaring that they were "worrying
the life out of you," but they are not
"worrying" you now, and you go about
picking up is, little stocking here and a littie
skirt there al.tlt nothing but tenderness in
your heart 1nisi rd then.
You think only of how precious the wear-
er of the little clothes aro, and there is nn
melody ou earth one half so sweet to you as
the mus10 of the baby voice; when they
knelt around you n little while ago saying
"God bless mamma and papa and keep us
ill safely through the night." You will
heal' is, sweeter music than that this.side of
Pnrndie.
You reproach yourself for year lack of
tenderness and patience. as you look nt that
little row. of shoes, and sometimes you fall
to thinking of the unutterable sorrow that
would fill your heart, to breaking if the
wearer of any oue pair of the little shoes
would wear them no store—if you should
awaken some morning, its heartbroken
roken
fathers and mother.; have sometimes awak-
ei ud,•and find that the wearer of one pair
11 the little steres had gone from you in the
'dept to wear the garments that wax not old.
Tures ptir; of little shoesi There are
tears in your eyes as you look at them now,
and perhaps you steal softly to the bedsit"
of the little sleepers to make sure that they
are sleeping sweetly and safely and to touch
their little handsor their cool, moist brows
with your lips, your heart filled with tender
memories, with hopes and fears, with un-
spoken prayers.
'fhtee pairs of little shoes! Three little
pilgrims t•etting nut on the voyage <1 Ill's,
their frail barks as yet untouched and no.
tvtied by adverse winds and waves. God
Grin toa'
g them all p l
Brul,e Up the (tense.--Kae—"1Ve were
tr,cnnp most icte•t:s'ing gime nt 111e De
Courtney.' the other evening when you
began yoiir solo ' lie- -"Indeed Who
vont' She -"I do l ,' ..sty.
WAYS OF WOMEN FAIR.
FADS, FANCIES AND FASHIONS OF
THE GENT,.ER SEX.
Interesttim Contpilbtion of Women's
Work In the World --Anecdotes of
Their Cleverness its Various Depart-
ments—Latest Fashion Notes,
Mrs, Potter Palmer, of the World's Fair
Committee, has a conservatory adjoining
her dining -room from which her table is
supplied with fresh fruits and vegetables,
mint and mushrooms all Winter and her
friends receive num„froas bouquets.
Harriet Hosmer, rho sculptor, is a little
svousatt who has not a masculine trait about
her. It is forty years since she began the
lifework which has made her fatuous, but
time has dealt kin ily with her. Her round
face leases with a constant smile, and her
bright, black eyes sparkle with good humor.
Her 1•rowu hair is brushed moo' hip back
from her broad forehead and a black silk
net holds it in place.
A physician says that there it ao need for
a woman to catch cold if she will only fol
low two hits of advice be gives. The first
j; for her not to run from a warm, sunny
rooms into oue of muco lower temperature
without having fleet guarded against the
change by throwing a light shawl over her
shoulders, and the other is not to follow a
guest outside for a last few initiates of
gossip,
Cincinnati has a new terror i t the "wo-
tnau who drives." Of the thirty persons
injured on the streets of that town last
month, twenty-five were victims of the
•
"woman who drives." An or•dntunee is
tallied of to prevent it woolen from trying
to drive a horse in that city, and in ilia
mean time pedestritms can ouly tike to the
telegraph poles when she is abroad in her
u et na•at
.
Jvg'1'he E epees; of Germany has military
tastes as well as her husband. At the lata
grand review on Temiplehofiie'd she was i•,
the saddle for two hour.,, ri ling superbly
and leading Ler own regiment ut cuirassiers
post the Emperor. Her uniform as Colonel
was a habit of white clod,, ennbruidered in
shoulders and collar with the red awl silver
colors of the regiment and a three-e,ruered
white felt hat, with many ostrich 1.ithors,
in which she looked remarkably pretty.
There is in New York a very age I lady—
her exact age need not be It fro told—tell:, i,
as fond of going to part kis, dinners, bit'I•,,
and plays as she eves iu the first hail iif the
nineteenth century. Kite arrays her.;e.1 fu
fashionable style; she is very gay 0 ooeie•y;
she is quick\In repartee at the table; sl e
pleas Merrily `en the piano; she refrains
from dancing, but enjoys the sight of it;
she is dainty iu her ways; her white tres-
ses add to her dignity, and she has never
been in the bonds of e elluck. Site is always
a w•eicom, guest, and she is a favorite with
the younger folk, feminine and ntasculiue:
She enjoys her old age, though advancing
toward fourscore.
A foreign writer has been at pains to give
a category of the points of difference be-
tween the typical women of the three
leading nationalities. I1 is not recommended
as an infallible ono, but it certainly is inter-
esting. "A French woman lives to th,, end
of her honeymoon, th English woman her
whole life, the German woman forever. The
French woman brings her daughter to the
ball, the English woman tulles her to church,
the German wumau gives her employment
in the kitchen, The French woman has
spirit and itntgination, the English wumau
bus little taste, the German woman modesty.
The French women chats, the English
woman speaks, the German woman renders
decisions. Tee Spanish woman kills her
lover in jealousy, the French wutnun her
rival, the German wumau simply renounces;
but all at some time marry someone else.
THE LAI EST FASHION.
A d errand for tutuatnre paintings has
raised the price of these pins and meta nests
15 per cent.
Just now rice pudding is iu favor as a
desert, followed by a liqueur of some half -
curling strength.
Brown, in utahogony, seal, chestnut eel
coffee, is the prevailing tint a no:,g the
walking dresses imported from England.
Think of paying $50 for a whisk broom—
with a handle of embossed silver! Yet
thousands are s l l Lt New York. in a sea-
son.
One 011 ho ntost petted pieces of furniture
in the molera drawiug-roum is a chair or
sofa upholstered in embroidered cream color-
ed sat n•
An attempt is made to introduce brocad al
silk tablecloths. It goes without saying
that a fecal served on a $9 a yard cream
brocadeashould be extra dry. .
Smart millinery is unquestionably a very
good paying business for a young and pretty
woman to engage in. With toques selling at
$10 and detni-dress bonnets at $3S, ole cart
stand the left -over stock.
There are notebooks for the woman and
girls we love, of various sizes, bound it Kus-
sin and morocco leather, the corer's of
which are embellished with mosaic work
done in bits of enameled and painted
leather.
Put !vltite lilacs, white hyacinth or white
carnations to a white howl; get a yellow j
for j anquils, a pink vase for B ,n Silo le
rosebud; tied arrange crimson tulips with
their foliage in a green or red bowl if you
care for the monotone that colorists are ad-
vancing.
A pretty tailor-made outdoor costume is
dull dah,ia-red lady's clotn, with sleeves,
revers, and bands of Persian lamb. The
jacket, which Lias a flat cloth plastron,
fastens nt the side. Rows of fancy black
gatoe encircle the lower part of the skirt,
which a'sn has a deep hem of similar fin-.
Hat in red felt, tritn:ne,l with a velvet rib-
bon round tea low crown, secured in the
centre by a long buckle in oxid ized silver
group of ostrich tips.
Som, v.:ry delicate fre.zing can he tl rut,
and is being done right alone„ by skillful
letter-wrirers. Omit your aillre;s fr tun the
politest aid meat formal nub) yo c to write
and the intelligent recip ant will webtrstanl
that he or sae has outlived the welc en,' of
your Ito :pftalt. y. Cut the erg raved address
from) the totter head and theout bete) nes art
insult. Another indication of social para-
lysis is the umissioa of all supscribtion
phrases, even the stereotyped "Yours,
truly," while to writ, a note and omit the
signature altogether is "the uukiodest cut
of all."
A •1 ,a for the Infanta Dana Malaita,
daughter of the ex -Queen of Spain, is de-
s•rited by a Paris writer as a marvelous
gotd and silver woven brocade, on a ground
of cream satin. The tablier of this rich
material is cut vertically on the sides by
narrow bands of sable fur; the long train is
built of plain cream satin. The low-necked
corsage has one side of brocade, the other
of satin; the (atter drawn across the waist
and fastened at the sides in gleaming folds.
The trimming at the bust is formed of sable
tails festooned over a graceful draping of
sc,ft white chiffon.
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