Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 21, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 November 1887 — Page 7

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WOMAN AND HOME.

WHY GOTHAM GIRLS ARE HEALTH IER THAN THEIR BROTHERS.

U» Farmer'* Wife—Ladle* at the Pho* tographer'*—Working Olrli Who Wed. To Remove Wrinkle#—Wall Onuuoent

Baby's Right*—Notes and Item*. An Englishman of title who has written a book of memoirs, and is a traveler of soma repute, sat in Delmonico's restaurant with the writer one afternoon, a short time ago, watching the Now Yorkers as they drifted in mmA out of the restaurant or passed on Fifth •venue. "If it is true," he said, "that the Spanish mnirn the best of mothers, then the Americans make the best fathers. A Frenchman •when he marries takes his wife into his shop with him, and gradually presses his children Into service as they arrive at a suitable age. An Englishman forces his wife to do the housework and attend to the heavier duties of the family, so that he may save the servant's hire. But the very instant an American finds himself in a position to twist his funds to some account, he seta his wife up as a lady at once.. He puts her into a fashionable boarding house, while he has to sleep in the store, spends an absurd amount of money on her, nnd forces her up above his level •with an assiduity that is simply amazing. "The sumo sentiment pervades all grades of New York society. At the first of the Patriarchs' balls Inst season, and these assemblies are, I believe, acknowledged to be absolutely exclusive, and to contain all that is bent of New York society, I ntood near the door with an attacho of our legation and watched the people stream in. I have seen many throngs of beautiful women, but never one that equaled that. There seemed to be literally no end to the specimens of female loveliness. But the men who accompanied the women had neither the robust, and powerful physique of English, nnd Germans, and Ruisianr., nor the look of repose and leisure •which gives dignity to the men of France, Italy and Spain, though they are often exceedingly small of stature. Many of the older men at the Patriarchs' ball that night -were known to me by reputation. Most of tboir sons aro in business or professional life. The fathers were worn out, and the difference between the sons and the daughters of the samo family was enough to cause almost anybody to stop and reflect. The girls were magnificent looking creatures, high bred, straight, etrong and beautiful. They slept every day till noon or later, with a briuk jog on a thoroughbred horse, played tennis and walked or drove in the open air, had a siesta in the afternoon, and were sent forth to a ball or dinner at night, every nerve and every force carefully nurtured and every muscle well trained. "The brothers of these girls are forced to leave their bod after four or five hours of feverish sleep, rush down town and drive away at their professional or business labors until it is time to rush home for dinner. Down town their meals are bolted, and they naturally revert to stimulants for their work. "In the spring the girls are taken for a!h ocean voyage or a trip on the continent. After three or four months they come back to America and spend a few weeks at Newport. From there they go to the bracing air of the Berkshire hills, to Lenox, Bar Harbor or Tuxedo, returning to New York in time for the holidays and the spring gayeties. Everywhere they have outdoor life—yachting, tennis, horseback exercise, nourishing food and the best of attendance. Ail the time their brothers have been driving* away In hot offices and through all sorts of weather, to gain the wherewithal. "The flimsiest forecast will tell the result of I saw the i*csult that night at the Patriarchs' ball, and I see it now in men and women who come in here, and who are passing on Fifth avenue. The men are small, shriveled and wearied, though still in their twenties the girl* who swing easily at their aides are taller, stronger, fresher and hand•otner in every point than their brothers. They top them in weight, and probably in actual muscular strength."

11 nw to Be Photographed.

Loudon has an autocratic photographer, and his somewhat high handed treatment of his patrons it tolerated Iwcause his quick eye for effect, his skill in posing the subjects, and the exquisite finish and truthfulness place tiim far above many portrait painters. His charge* are euoriuous, and engagements have to be made months ahead, but the result if very satisfactory. In the first place there is no climbing of stairs to mount above a shop on a business street, as there is here. One drives to a handsome private house. A gorgeous and condescending servant opens the door. No l«s* gorgeous and even more condescending is the young woman in charge of th" reception room. This young person shows th« iutluence of artistic environment and wears along Oobeliu blue gown of soft cashmere with puffed sleeves.

A powdered footman announces the artist, "Mr. Mendelssohn. He comes at last. Haughtier and more condescending than any of his haughty household, he makes an engagement with you ami tells what sort of gown yon should wear when you come to sit, or, if this 2is the fulfillment of an engagement, he leads the way through a conservatory and finally into the studio. He does not like seated women he almost invariably poses them ««tandlng. "Certainly," he says, "a woman's form is as much a part of her beauty as ii ber face. Why should the best effect of it be

IOA'. bv doubling her ttpP He makes them atand against a wall or a curtain with their beads well up, and even if they are not tall and slim ho generally succeeds in making them look so. Ho doesn't like bonnets, either, and rarely takes a woman in one. He Insists u)*u some simple arrangement of the hair and very few jewels. After the sitting I* over one finds a little daessing rootn fitted with every feminine luxury and a maid in attendance.—London Letter.

list Chests In Fasbloa.

It is growing, so says a woman who has a private ladies' gymnasium, the fashion to be flat chested This woman says that the groat difficulty die finds in her profession is that not of the young woman who are sent to her by doctor* for a coarse in gymnastics to core

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disorder, utterly refuse to take off

their stays, and she will not let them practice In them. So matter* are preity much at a rtandttill "Woman coma to me," *he says, "who bare not drawn an unfettered breath for years. Perfectly sound girl* of SO arc wry rare,1* like continued, "and they are not, as a rata, developed sufficiently. Flat chested wotndn an so much in th* majority that it has become fashionable to toe so, and vonng Kirk who aw just growing up iaceUwcmrires lu

With

oorsem and flatten themselves down

with tight bodfcean .-A it Is absotataiy impoMubie they shall ostein their no al development. Till ntttft te not prriv. but they think it£is»aad that amounts to the aaane thing. Tfcey are so afraid of broaden£tg and developing the chest that* though «t»y will walk as much as too please, they pmfa&ently define aU exercise of the upper pvt of the body.* ^Thackeray said the Ifcw Yorkfirl ia

1890, and the description wffl serve well mnnflft today: "The woolen here in New York, almost without exception, are as lean as greyhounds, and dressed magnificently ir the fashions,of the better class of Parisian GCtresm." All the late drones from Paris snow a determination to make the waist appear as long as possible the dress has no darts in the bodice, but is shirred at the throat ml drawn down in long lines, to be held in by a ribbon or velvet belt, pointed in front, which makes the waist look as if it extended half way dowi? to the knees.*"—New York World.

To Remove Wrinkles.

A little while ago I wrote something about anew discovery recently added to the pharmacopoeia by a Boston expert in chemical science. I have received so many letters sinco containing inquiries as to the nature of tills wool fat and the manner in whifch it may be obtained that I suppose I may as well answer them in print. The stuff is not a proprietary remedy. It is merely a substance derived from the wool of sheep fay steeping the clipping in hot alcohol By this process a yellow grease is precipitated, chemically identical with an element found in the human bile and in certain vegetables, such as peas and beans. The grease has one very peculiar property. When applied with rubbing it passes directly through the skin, and In this way acts as a nutrient to the fatty tissues beneath. Thus it has the effect of smoothing out the wrinkles produced by the attenuation of three tissues which come with age. An antiquated relative of mine has removed from her temples the unwelcome footprints of a thousand figurative crows by six weeks' use of this marvelous unguent.

Likewise, when rubbed upon the scalp, it prevents baldness, by supplying to the hair an element of its growth, the lack of which causes it to fall out It is useful for a base for ointments, the active ingredients of which it conveys through the cuticle. To manfacture it in large quantities is enormously expensive, but it may be obtained at retail from the big apothecaries at a small price. Fortunately but few people know of it as yet. Nevertheless it was known to the ancients 8,000 years ago. Let me add a warning. If you buy it, get it pure and not in combination with some patent mixture. If necessary, gather your wool and boil it down for yourself. Thus you may secure an artificial perpetuation of youth.—Boston Cor. Kansas City Times.

The Wife of a Farmer.'

A pleasanter way of spending a fortnight's vacation cannot easily be found than the taking of a carriage drive along the valleys and over the hills of New Hampshire and Vermont. The scenery is charming, the roads are generally good, and one can almost always find a comfortable inn for the night. But there is one sad drawback to the enjoyment of the trip for a person of any sensibility. He cannot fail to be struck by the weary and often hopeless faces of the women in many farm houses. The husband looks strong, vigorous, capable of much enjoyment of life, while the wife appears weak, fagged, tired of existence. Perhaps you find that noon has overtaken you in some village which has no place of public entertainment, and you must apply at a farmhouse for dinner. Very likely you will get a good meal after some delay, but very likely also your conscience will reproach you when you see the overworked woman, whose load your unexpected appearance has made a little heavier.

The truth is that the farmer too often treat* his wife as a beast of burden, and even sometimes fails to bestow upon her the care which be would give a valuable animal. Everywhere there are brawny "hired men" who might relieve her of heavy drudgery they will be found sitting idle while she drags through her never ending round of duties. It is but a step from neglect to abuse, and many a tenner, almost before he knows it, has beat guilty of "intolerable severity."—-Frank Leslie's. •..

The Girls Who Marry*. .fj

'I always read the wedding notices in the papers," said a Louisville citizen, "and I am surprised to observe what a proportion of the brides are working girls. I do not use the term 'working girls' in itB commonly accepted sense, namely, that of girls who work in a factory, but I include all those who earn their own living, whether it be by school teaching, dressmaking, working a typewriter or the numerous other occupations which are now open to the feminine sex. According to my observation these girls marry clerks, young doctors and lawyers, railroad men and others, many of whom subsequently reach the greatest heights in business or the professions. Many well to do young men who have either inherited or already accumulated something of a competency marry girls who are accustomed to work. "What conclusion, then, do you deduce from your observations!" "My conclusion is that the average young man of tire period is a much more sensible creature than we give him credit for being. Ho has his fun with the society girls and enjoys himself, but when the time comes to select a wife, he chooses her like Mrs. Primrose did her wedding gown—not for gloss and fineness of finish, but for qualities that last Thus the society girl gets left. All our old maids were once leaders in society. Hie young men thought they were not equal to the task of supporting these maidens, or the latter themselves were too high toned to accept any but a millionaire, and hence they still prefix 'Miss' to their names."—Louisville Courier-Journal,

The Sanitary Woman.

The sanitary woman Is abroad no place Is sacred to her, and no human being is free from ber fads. She tests the air we breathe, the clothes we wear, the friends we have, and tradition she scorns as she does dot. I hate the sanitary woman. I am perfectly willing to live on, as did my grandmothers, withoat a knowledge of sanitary blessings. In fact, I am rather given to believe that they are not blessing*. She is the most uncomfortable perm of any that can be imagined. Chi her arrival in your bouse she carefully inspects the plumbing, she criticises the food, unless it belongs to the special health varkrty that she upholds. She tries to convince yon that yon are not clothed right and she is, and the fact that she looks a guy and yoo dont only adds to her indignation, and nine times out of ten, unless she is very weB bred and really slightly insane, she manages to call yon a frivolous female. It i*a curkws thing, bet In this world men, unless they are cranks— and then, of course, they are not men—like frivolous females.—"Bab" in New York Star. ^'5'

Polsoa ta Canned Food.

No portion of a can's contents should remain in it after opening. Admission of air rapidly changes soond goods into spoiled stuff, developing acetic potrefactioo, and poisaaons stannous hydrate takes the place of harmless tin.

If alarming syptams should come on after eating, sack as colklty abdominal paint vomiting, diarrhoea and grast depression, and alt who were at the table are attacked alike, ft Is flair to presume that they are poisoned by some article of food. While a meesengsr Is going tor the doctor give to each person who \m net ranted tnttj an wrtk of

TTCRIYE HAUTE. SATURDAlg EVTOlNG MAIL.

warn water alone or with a teaspoaofol of mustard stirred into half a tnmbkcfal, and afterward administer sweet oil or wfaifeeet egg copiously. It is not likely that any foch cases will prove fatal, but the symptom^ are alarming enough, even from a snitll quantity of thfai poison.—William F. Htitehinsbn, M. D., in American Magarine

Pretty Wall Oniaacata.

One of the prettiest wall ornanfluts imaginable has for a foundation the" mitifcae pim wf fun, which supports a soutiiern tangle of Spanish xuoes, rice, millet and Ydttoo balls, tied in a carelessly graceful fashion with a bow of white ribbon. The moss should be spread to cover the fan almost completely, forming a soft background for the clustered trifles.

A wooden plate can be covered with the flat gray moss found on old stones and fences. Attach it with glue, and when perfectly dry glue on a little irregular twig, putting bits of moss on this also, and when the twig is firmly fastened mount a bird or bird's nest with eggs, and you have a pretty placque for the wall, which can be varied to suit any caprice or condition. If the wall is dark place a bit of bright drapery behind the placque.— Philadelphia CalL

Baby's Bight to Truth.

Another paint of grave importance is baby's right to truth. It is not necessary to tell a child that a sweet thing is "nasty" or a harmless action naughty to insure obedience. Why should a mother going out for hours tell her child she will be bade soon, or in order to bring him to obedience threaten things which die never means to perform— things which she could not dof Why should she tell the falsehoods so common to the nursery of the "blackman to carry the baby off," the "big bear" to eat him, or even the more harmless "all gone" and "no more" when there is more? Children are not easily deceived. They find out the lie and learn to lie themselves, and then are whipped for doing it Oh, of all the baby's rights the most sacred one is truth.—Cor. Good Housekeeping. ...

School for Married Women. I sometimes think I would like to open a school for the education of married womenteach them how to keep their husbands. I think American women, more than any others in the world, need this school. The English woman, when she keeps her husband, does it because she is a fine animal the French woman is clever enough to combine the material and intellectual, but the American woman, having been petted until she is quite spoiled, thinks the man, once gained, is always owned, and does not believe the coquettish wiles used by the maiden at all necessary for the wife. Poor little donkey 1 What a hard lesson she has to learn, or else what a hard life there is before her.—"Bab" in New York Star.

Effects of Early Training.

A mother whose daughter early showed a disposition to ran the sewing machine permitted her to do so when the ltttle thing could barely reach the treadles with her tip toes. At worst the mischief she might do could be easily repaired. She provided her with dolls and patterns for dolls' clothes, and taught her how to cut them out and embroider and make them. That little girl, now grown, earns an ample livelihood by her skill as a seamstress, and cant remember the time when she felt awkward with the needle or the machine.

An Instructive Lesson.

It Would bean interesting and instructive lesson if, in a community of married people representing various social'grades, we could request the individuals, both husbands and wives, to inform us clearly and truthfully of the reasons which induced them to sdeot their respective partners for life. It would be found in many instances the most insignificant trifles had influenced many of them in this most delicate matter.—New Orleans Times-Democrat "Anything is the thing to use," said a leading decorator to Jennie June a few days dnoe "anythingthat looks well, from a Daghestan rug or India shawl to a length of 17cent blue denim." So it is. A woman need only have courage, cultivate the ability to make proper combinations, find out what materials are to be had, and she may venture without fear of mistake or criticism.

M. Louise Thomas and Elsie P. Buckingham are two women of business. The first is one of the most successful bee raisers in the country, and it is said that ber bees produce 10,000 pounds of honey yearly. The other is the successful manager of a fruit farm of several hundred acres in California and advises all women who can to take up this line of business.

The following prescription is excellent in cases of lameness from overwork or in cases of a slight strain of the back: Two ounces of alcohol, two ounces of hartshorn, two tablespoonfuls of rock salt (table salt will do). Put all the ingredients into a quart bottle, fill with rain water. Apply, rubbing vigorously with the palm of the hand.

The girls in the department of manual training at the St Paul high school have demonstrated that they can saw a board as well as a man can. Thirty-six of than gave an exhibition of their skill to an admiring audience, and they also drove countless nails without once hammering their thumbs.

If yon ever endured the agony of a felon, yoo will appreciate the fact that it can be cured by woolen smoke. Place the woolen rags under an inverted flower pot, and pot coals upon them, or set them on fire some other way, then hold the felon over the smoke, and it will extract all the piin.

A well known physician says that a boil should not bo allowed to progress if it can be stopped at the outset, as the system is more likely to be poisoned than relieved by the gathering matter. Tbel oil should be painted with iodine, and will not. 3oant to anything if taken in the first stage.

All the training schools for nurses in Philadelphia are free. This is one profewion for women that is not overcrowded, and where wtuneu can earn good wages. The chief qualifications are good health, good temper, general intelligence, and a fair common school education.

To core warts, trim an Irish potato and cot apiece off the end and rub on the wart two or three times a day, cutting a slice from the potato each time used. Very often one potato is sufficient for the enre.

In the beaffltagof bona and scalds, where there is danger of contracting scars, rub the new akin several times a day with good swart oO. Persist in this rubbing until the aidn is soft and flexible.

Equal parts of asnmnia and tntpentina will take paint out of clothing, no matfr how dry or bard it maybe. Saturate the spot two or three times, then wash oat to soap sods.

Warm borax wafer to «nOptfpr ing dandmff.

WHAT SHALL *{E WEAR!

A CHARMING BRETON CO&JUME FOR LITTLE GIRLS.

Short Frocks, English Smocks nets for Children from 1 to Old—Aprons That May Be Made

Decorative and Useful.

The model here presented of a Breton costame for girls of 8 to 10 years of age may be made of any desirable material, laid in flat pleats and set on to the corsage with the edge turned under.

BKBTON COSTUME FOR GIRLS.

The corsage is closed at the side under one of the pleats bordering the plastron and ornamented with buttons put on in Breton style. The band below the gathers at the neck, the plain yoke, the shawl collar and sleeves are embroidered in colored silk. The knot on the folded waistband is also embroidered to correspond.

Fashions in Aprons.

The bib apron shown in the cut is a dainty affair made of strips of canvas, rounded off below a"d ornamented with across stitch embroidery in filoselle bilk and rows of narrow darned net insertion.

The lace frill that trims the lower edge of the apron corresponds with the bib, and is put on to a stiff muslin foundation and crossed below, as seen in the cut. Narrow picot ribbon is used for the waistband and bows. This same design, when so desired, may be made in covered material for a serviceable instead of ornamental apron.

TWO STYLES OF APRON.

The remaining model is also of canvas material and trimmed with crochet It has a large pocket made of a straight piece of stuff half the length of the apron. It is hemmed above and set over the lower edge and sides, being then caught into the ribbon binding of the apron. The hem of the pocket is stitched as far as the tab trimming on each side. This model, made in a plain way of strong material, also affords a convenient apron for housekeepers to wear when about their work.

Short Clothes tor Infants, yOYl The first short frocks put on when the infant is 6 months old, says Harper's Bazar, remain yoke slips of white French nainsook, trimmed either with drawn work (hemstitching), feather or brier stitching and tucks done by hand. Bars and lengthwise stripes of the hemstitching are prettily done in the wide hem of the skirt Belted waist muslin drosses are put on well grown children when a year old, and these, with the yoke slips., are worn nntll the child is 3 years old, when colored cashmeres are used.

English smocks

are'also

Many

charming dresses

for children from 1 to 4 years old. They are made of white China silk, or of cashmere or flannel, with their fullness "smocked" at the top from the neck down almost to the waist line, with feather stitching around the skirt, on the turned over collar, and the smocked frills of the gathered sleeves. The smocking consists of elastic accordion pleats (of which only the edges show), caught in honeycomb or diamond shape by rilk stitches the stitches may be white, rose or blue, but the pore white smocks are prettiest Three breadths of China silk attached to shoulder bands m»lm one of these little frocks.

Large soft crowned bonnets of cashmere silk and velvet combined are worn by children under 8 years white, brown, Suede and red are the favorite colors, chosen with reference to the walking coat

Trlmmtnift tor Woolen Goods. Passementeries are shown in colors to Bft/'ii all the prevailing shades of woolen fabrics, and come not only in the usual galloons, but also in separate garnitures for waist and skirt Some of these have a military character, and appear in brandetxmrgs, fourrageres and shoulder ornaments, with olives and pendant from black braids, which are used on colored cloths or Mack.

Jersey Cloth Corsages and Petticoat*. Jersey cloth has become a standard fabric, and besides being used for corsages of all varieties of shape and style, is no™ being into petticoats for nex. winter, which are at once light and warm. Home of them are elaborate with embroidery, the lower edge being scalloped and worked with silk and surmounted by a border of silk embroidery.

Fashion Notes. waists made entirely of pa*

semewterieg are worn. Small scarf pins set with gems are worn by both sexes.

Umbrellas are now made of pipe stem leanness to admit of their being carried British faihion in aD weather, with the same facility

rich toilets are made of plain, soft-

finished faflie throughout, and trimmed with beaded passementeries of the same color. Red brown is a very popular color this searson, and seems to meet with equal favor in silks and woolen*. The new shade is Morocco, which is a trifle darker than the tobacco brown, and yet brighter then mahogany, and combines vary effectively with taoei green, fawn and Gobelin Mae.

Velvet is now, as ever, a favorite combination and trimming materiel It can bensad fa combination with all fabrics, of nil stiver texture, and is nrtpfatyr becoming when warn war the faea.

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Fashions in Wall Paper—Arranging Heavy Draperies—Practical Suggestions. Tjniifanapa desigtis used to be commonly employed on wall papers in our grandmothers' times, and now reappear on some of the new papers for halls.

Satin papers with soft grounds of creamy tint, covered with graceful designs of vines and flowers, such as morning glories, in blue, pint and purple, are favorites tor chambers. Other grounds eeen in the new papers are in itation of draped crepe cloth. wing room and library papers are exigly rich in effect, showing embossed of gold alternating with other designs.

Pumpkin Marmalade.

Pumpkiiyni&rraalademay bo made as follows: Pare and core a medium sited ripe pumpkin and cut into small picces pat six pounds of sugar and one pint of good cider vinegar into a porcelain lined kettle, with one ounce of good ginger root bruised, and a dozen cloves tied up together in a bag wben it gets warm put in the pumpkin, press it down well and cook until it is quite transparent nnd soft take the pumpkin out with a strainer and keep near the fire, while the liquid is boiled dov.n to a thin syrup then put tfao pumpkin back into tho ket-tlo and boil half an hour, stirring it well with a wooden spoon.

Recipe for Potpourri at Any Season. When one cannot procure rose petals or sweet herbs for making a potpourri, tho following mixture will answer nicely ia their place, though it is chiefly used for ierfuming drawers, chests of linen, etc.: Bruise together four ounces of orris root and sweet flag add three ounces sandal wood, one ounce cedar, one ounce each of uia benzoin, styrax and nutmeg, powdered half a dram essence of lemon, one dram niillefietirs, twenty drops oil of lavender, ten grains of musk and ten drops attar of roses, and tio up in silk or flannel bags.

A Plant of Merit for House Culture. Freesias aro plants about which we hear rather more just now than for some time past Though not new they are unknown to the average amateur florist, and they make excellent pot plants. Plants that one wants to bring into blossom at the holidays should be placed in a warm part of the green house at about this time, and toward tho middle of December they must be put where they will have a temperature of 70 degs. in the daytime and not less than 00 degs. at night When in growth they require liberal water-

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Preserved Quinces.

Pare, core and quarter nice ripe quinces, removing all the hard part around the core, cover with water and let them come to a boil,

«lrimming

them well. Take as much

sugar by weight as you had of quinces after paring, etc., and when the quinces begin to be soft add about one-fourth of it, but do not stir, and when the liquid comes to a boil again add more sugar, and so on till all of it is in. Let the preserves then boil slowly till he or is as pa is re

Beautlfnl Brown Stain.

A well recommended stain for producing a beautiful, uniform and durable brown or walnut in light woods and furniture consists of equal parts of manganate of soda and crystallized epsom salts in twenty to thirty times the ymnnnfc of water at about 144 degs. Fahr. The wood is brushed with the solution. It may be afterward smoothed with oil and polished.

lessoning or increasing the amount

of witer the stain is made darker or lighter.

Delicious

Com Broad.vt

A housewife says that the following makes delicious corn bread: A pint and a half of white corn meal, a tablespoonful of sifted flour, a scant teaspoonful of salt and three heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder mixed thoroughly together white dry. Add one tablespoonful of fresh but. or and a scant pint of sweet milk or cream to make a soft dough bake at once in a buttered pan. -,f

How Snail* Are Cooked.

A southerner tells that snails are very largely consumed as food in New Orleans. They are killed by throwing into hot water. Then the snails are washed in weak lye and the shells in stronger lye. The meats are boiled and then roasted in the sliells^ with a dressing of bread or parsley.

'""''The Marks of Good Mutton.

Good mutton and good lamb may be known by t» "fine grain, good color and white fat. The breast ia tho best part for stows it is also the cheapest. A breant weighing three pounds will make the principal dish for a dinner for four people, and costs from four to five cento per pound. Unique Arrangement of a Heavy Drapery.

A unique design for the arrangement of a heavy drapery for a portiere, which can also be applied to window draperies, is described by Demorest as follows:

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The curtain shown in the cut is heavy old ml silk chenille, with abroad band of old bine, and the tanel is of mnlti colored silk in Penian effects, with old blnesilk netting and cord.

ru. 8—sow Tint munarr rvumo. Thaaecond cot shows the manner in which the drapery is folded, attached to the rings and drawn over the enrtain pole, which is set In the door frame. The advantage of this arrangement over oiber methods of hanging a drmymf over instead of on the pole is that In drawing the cortain aside the correct tion of the folds Is maintained by the

HUNTING SORA IN THE SOUTH.

Chasing the Reed Birds In the Marshes of the dames Rive*—A Corlous Notion. The season for sora begins September 1. Sora is the local f*"" of the reed birds which in the season inhabit the marshes and swamps in great numbers. They are hunted only at high tide. The creeks, tributaries to the James river, aro tide water creeks, with deep currents and navigable some distance for boats. Spreading out now and then like lakes, they are pierced with marshes, which elsewhere border than. These are the hunting grounds of the sora.

The tide rises, when full, about two feet above the level of the marsh. At this time the hunters set forth. Each man gets in a flat bottomed boat with a negro to push with his paddle, or when the tide falls a little tha darky has no hesitation in jumping out into the mud and pushing the boat With the riso of the tide the sora, that has duck like habits, rises tb the tops of the marsh grass and skims along the water. As the boat is pushed through the grass it starts them. They are coasidered poor flyers, flying low and slowly, and easily shot on the wing. Sometimes during one tide a skillful shot will bag a hundred birds, but forty is about the average.

Tho food of the sora is the wild oat, and where it grows abundantly the birds gather in great numbers. Up among the swamps of the Chickahominy is the homo of the wild oat, and there hunting the sora is done after another fashion. The hunter, with his boat and his negro, goes out by night. In the bow of the boat is fixed a torch of burning pine knots. Attracted by tho light, the birds come toward it in such numbers that they aro killed with tho paddle. This is siort of a brutal kind, but very successful.

The sora is a jieculiar bird. At low tide a man can walk in the marshes from one end to tho other and although he may hear the bird occasionally, ho is not to lie seeu. But with the tide bo comes to tho surface in numbers. After tho first white frost he is Been no more. An old hunter says: "I have been in the marshes hunting sora ono evening and found them thick but the next morning, there huving beeli a frost in the night, not a bird could be found."

All sorts of idoas aro held as to what bocomes of the sora so swiftly and mysteriously I disappearing. Thore are ]eople there who I gravely believe they go down into the uiud and are changed to fro^s. I have heard a young girl object to eating sora because she I always felt she was eating a frog. 1

This idea gains from the fact, that tho sora has such a bad reputation for Hying. Hunters say they are too fat to fly. They aro tho richest bird of this country in flavor, and very much better worth eating than the 1 skinny reed bird that is served in Now York restaurants.

The probability is that with the first frost these birds leave in a body overland, flying by night, and that their powers on the wing have been underestimated. It is very strange that no person has ever seeu them in flight, since the flocks must be immense, as a whole district is depopulated at once.—New York Evening Sun.

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