Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1891, Page 13

FIRST VIEW “THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, OF LGIERS. A VISIT TO ALGIERS. A Washington Woman Among the People in the Old Town. | PEOPLE AND THEIR CUSTOMS. | With the Devotees in the Mosque—The Court | of Justive—How Cases of Domestic Unhap- | Pinese are Settled —The Pitiful Beauty of the Women striking Costumes of the Men. ce of The Evening Star. Axorers, March 8, 1891. | TE SAID GOOD-BYE TO NICE LUCT- tantly one beautiful morning in Feb- Special Correspon.s W ruary and that evening found ourselves in Mar- seilles ready for the night's rest, preparatory for the voyage on the following cay. At noon the steamer Ville d'Alger left the pier and in a | short time she was beyond the gates to the port | of the eity and soon out on the blue, sparkling | Mediterranean. | Whether we are to blame, the wind or sea, | the ship or the machinery we will never know, but « more unpleasant trip, on land or sea, was | never encountered by any of our party. | Fven after Algiers stood before us, a city in- | deed set upon a hill, we failed to see its beauty, though the sun shone in all his glory upon the cream white houses that rose from edge to the turquoise sky above. IX THE OLD TOWN. The city ix divided into two parts—the old and the modern town. ‘The letter is decidedly This part is left Lis peopled by if it were nt in veutare a under seen Algiers ¢ others to see it with our e tueir own. Of the twer «1 will try to help 4till they can use e mozques in Algiers only ow. The French have churches, where th the same energy as 1 had not been the god down to wit years ago. hin thore walls only a few Soy SY THE O19 mosque | of Algiors was be 1038, the new one in | We visited both and watched the faith- ithe swered baildings and fe where they | Is and hands in the n their bare feet they the building and mud, bowing and ohammedan can, er. which mus: womqne, we scon found ‘Tis here the tel as they en justice opens from 4 ort yar welve feet square. TI re decile # case as best they we jurige to whose » ig a smaller | some wives, | r he jr the poor little their veiled faces, stand behind the heavily iron-grated wi When their busbands have woe, then the Judge calls upon the wife and she has s right to state her side. This is not a divorce court. ‘TRE POSITION OF TH ARAB WOMAN in Algiers is far superior to that of her sex in Turkey, and the French law, which is rigidly | exforved, prevents her being sold into slavery Sha fi, however. “the victim of s brutalizing social code, founded on and bound up in a reli- gion whose theory is pure but whose practice is barbarous." When a child is born to a Moor- ish woman she couriers it a blessing if it be a boy, @ curse if a girl, and directly the girl comes into the world she is baptized in the ame of Fathma, which is the name of the mother pf the prophet. A week after another name is given her—the choice lies betwoen guly nineteen names, the prettiest of which are | ‘Mimi, Zina, Zora and Halima, @IRLMOOD IX ALGIERS. ‘The little girl matures early and is married it is all he knows of his daughter when some | ‘Sad'be Ge Goagkor of peat penal a e yughter of ta he grows upto be beaten, overworked and de- Tick girl she is neglected by her epised. thother and is given over to the care of tu old | i negress till she is old enough to be raarried, and then her life is lived out in a harem. AX AUORRIAN ganta. The French have tried to suppress the| barems, and in a measure they have succeeded, | | then each natives the possession of the civil law, which is the Koran. and the social code and c are one. They might as well decree tha omen go unveiled or the men change their costumes as to interfere with the domestic arrangements of the Moorish customs. The wives of the rich Arabs are kept more in seclusion than their poorer sisters, but on Fridays (Mohammedan Sunday) they are al- lowed to visit the cemetery, though accom- panied by female attendants, and this is their one great privilege. Strangers of the gentler sex only are allowed to visit tho cemetery on thi and when the poor veiled creatures look upon their Enropean sisters is it to be wondered they realize in a measure their deg- radiation? GY A “PITIFUL BEAUTY.” However, to our eyes it really was a beautiful sight, for there is nothing in the world more lovely than a beautiful woman—and we hada good chance to judge of these young women’ appearance—they not only threw off their veils and folded their burnouses, but they also too! off their shoes and short stockin playing their bare ankles heavily bangled with silver gold ornaments, fine enough to turn a col- lector of such antiquities green with e I wonder if you know what we mean by “pitiful beauty”? “There seems to be no other way of expressing those superb faces than by saying they were pitifully beautiful, and the beau hanced by the georgeous costumesand glorious jewels glittering in the sunlight. Se plierimegs to the top of Bon Tarés moun- as 2 NOTRE DAME D'AFRIQUE. These rambling thoughts of this strange and beantiful city give one who has never seen it hardly a fair insight to the wonders and mys- teries, but an artist can never find better mod- els for his work than here, an_ invalid no bet- ter climate or purer water’ and the tourist no greater satisfaction than in this two-faced, won- derfully strange and beautifully located ' city. ‘The shops, the houses and the people are all a heart can desire for study or Pleasure. |G A FIGHT WITH A JAGUAR. The Fearful but Victorious Conflict of a Texas Herder. For some months past the rtockmen of Del Rio, Tex., writes @ correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat, have been much an+ noyed and even put to serious loss by the dep- redations of some large animal, which, descend- ing from the Bonita mountains, where it hnd its den, carried off sheep, young calves and even occasionally attacking a cow which had wandered from the herd and, surprised by its ferocious foe, nad its throat torn open by powerful fangs. ‘The nature of the wound in- flicted and the boldness of the robber aroused the general belief that it was a mountain lion, though none had been seen in those parts for years. Many, attempts were made to surprise and entrap the animal, but however Geena devised failed entirely, and though. trailed several times by the blood of 2 victim to the mountains, the creature escaped into some of the dens ‘and caves in which the Bonitas abound. The depredations of the animal were, however, brought to a close a few days ago Reuben ‘Hathaway, a herder employed on the Enterprise ranch, who encountered the robber in the act of carrying off a lamb and after a fevere struggle, which resulted in the man's being very badly wounded, succeeded in kill- ing it. The jaguar, for such the animal is pro- nounced by old hunters, was an enormons female. These animals, once so common in the mountains about, have almost entirely disay est and most unfrequented parts, and the one killed by Hathaway is the first that has been known to venture down into the val It was shortly before daylight that Hathaway was aroused by the frightened bellowing of the sheep, which were confined close to his cabin ina large pen. Hastily throwing on bisclothes and arming himself with a stout knife and a gun, he ran to the spot and was just in time to see a large animal disappear in a growth bushes and young timber. The jaguar wi dragging the lamb it had secured, and, th way, it dropped the lamb and turned to rui but was stopped by a bullet, which tore a terri- ble wound in one of ite hind-quarters, though failing to kill it. Screaming like a fury, it rolled over for a moment and Hathaway, thinking it in « death struggle, drew his knife, and, rush- ing upon it, en: touch of the steel seemed to direct its attention for the first time to its assailant and before the herder could defend himself the jaguar was upon him. He fell heavily, with the huge body of the animal crashing bin almost to saffocs. tion, while it endeavored to catch him by the throat. Fortunately, one arm was free, and with his knife, which he still clutched, he struck at the creature, and by hacking at it as best his pain- ful and cramped position would allow, man- aged to prevent its fixing its fangs in his throat. 1 powerful claws, however, rip) ing into shredsand digging themselves into the flesh put Hathaway into such agony that with a superhuman effort he caught the A STREET SCENE IN ALGTERS. What a contrast we experienced as we turned from this place and wandered through the old streets of the Arab quarter. The oceasional glimpse we had of the interiors of the houses showed how differently the women of the lower classes appear than those we had just left. If on the street they remain veiled, but at home their common painted faces are exposed to their ends. When the man of our party pted to go or leok in the court yard where the women sat exting their couscous he was ily pushed aside by the furious men and women on the highway. STREET GREETINGS. The greeting of two Arabs’ on the street is very prettily expressed. They clasp hands, kisses his own hand which has st touched his friend's, and their strong, inly facea beam with pleisent expressions so or English cousins ¥ pass by. nothing more harmonious than the col they wear under their large white burnouses. ce and with it d rich velvet in gold. The e new gem for the alled out all the of rank m foot and | AN OLD ALORRIGE WaRRtOR. | The procession was fine, and among those most noted were « number of old Algerian war- riors, who wore thin medals bestowed for bravery with evident pride. ‘These men havo their turbans adorned with ¢mall ropes of twisted camel's hair, which are wound around from twenty to forty times. but among the rich there is no power on earth | #8. which can foree thema to change their ways of | living. Tho government hus guaranteed to the | Americans and English joia tn and our last Sanday in Algiers was | animal by the throat and succeeded in’ chok- ing it nearly to insensibility. It relinquished its hold on him, and with much difficulty the herder managed to pull himself from under _its carcass. He seized his gun, which was lying near, and staggered toa sapling, to which he clung for support, while the jaguar, recover- ing, spied him, and with increased fury sprang toward him, only to -be received by another shot, which’ buried itself in the animals neck, but did not check its attack on Hathaway for @ moment. The man, seeing that it was again to bea hand-to-hand battle between them, dropped his gun and endeavored to meet the jaguar's onslaught by bracing himself against the sap- ling. But the shock’ of the animal's spring bore him to the ground and the two rolled over together, the jaguar snapping and, scratching, and the herder driving his knife into the ani- mal’s shaggy body whenever opportunity en- abled him to do so. Both were cdvered with blood and weakened nigh unto death, so after some minates the combat resolved itself into a watchful trace, while the jaguar, with its teeth fixed in Hathaway's shoulder, lay snarling, but nting frightfully, and the man, half insensi- ple from pain aud loss of blood, was unable to strike another blow. The many wounds of the animal began now to take effect, and present of its own accord, it staggered’ to its feet tried to run, but falling from weakness, it fell tocrawling, while Hathaway wntched it, too much exhausted to make an effort to stay it, and indeed too mach afraid to provoke it to at” tacking hin again. It was some hours before he conld move, but & snow storm setting in, he grew afraid to re- main where he was, und’ after untold difficulty dragged himself to his cabin, where he was found some hours later by some of his fellow- ranchmen. His shoulder was fearfully torn and the bone was broken in eeveral places, while his limbs and chest had the skin cut from them in strips, leaving him for the most part a raw mass of bleeding flesh. ‘The Jagnar was found nearly a mile from the scene of the fight, quite dead, and covered with no less than twenty- three knife wounds, besides the two bullet holes it carried. Close to where the carcass was discovered there were found, later in the day, two hnlf-grown enbs, which were rannin; about sniffing at the blood on the ground ani crying for hunger. ‘They were easiiy captured. apposed that they were the old jaguer' led by hnuger wandered down in the mountains. Both w males, and splendid specimens, but very vi- cious, A Young Couple Amuse ted Kailroad He was blonde and had a small curling blonde mustache, sxys the New York Journal. He was about twenty years of age and wore a plug hat and a cape overcoat and a suit of clothing of loud appearance, She was@ brnnet, about twenty-five, with large features, languishing eyes and an ex- pansive smile. Her dress was coquettish and | so washer manner. A sealskin circular sur- | mounted a tailor-made dress on her shapely shoulders 8 she came jato a 5th avenno, Brooklyn, sievated car at the bridge at 1a. m. yesterday and with a kittenish shrag of her shoulders sat down saying, with » vigh, of fe- ."" He followed close on her heols, holding her hand. Both acted as it they were alone, though the car was filled with plain, sensible, every-day i —_ beaks yee the ae bated blind everythi rat y each other. The guardgemo and looked at ‘hem tnd the itt ut ‘were Passengers cracked witticisins, 7 ify ils ue fF i HF i z s Fay t 4 peared and are only to be met with in the wild- | alee; FURNISHING A HOUSE. Some Seasonable Suggestions to Aid in Entertaining Well. ‘ gta HOW TO FURNISH BED ROOMS. ‘The Country House Should Be Madea Plons- ant Stopping Place—The Guest Chambers and Living Beoms—Inerpensive but Com- fortable Accessories. a ‘Written fot The Evening Star. Copyrighted. (TSE Hostess, IN FURNISHING HER house, should aleo supply it well with lunch baskets for picnics. These come cups, knives and forksand spoons, corksctews sandwich boxes, &c. ‘These and a great supply are very valuabld. Also any number of tin-painted pails and smell pitchers-to carry hot water, several services of plain toa things, and Japanese wait ers, on which to send tea to the bed rooms, and in every room should be placed a table thor- oughly furnished with writing msterials, and with all the conveniences for writing, sealing and posting @ letter. THE OLD-FASHIONED BEDSTEADS. Shakespeare's bequest to his wife of his sec- ‘ond best bed has passed with a bit of post-mor- tem ungallantry, which has dimmed his fame a6 8 model husband, but it would today, “that second best bed,” be a very handsome bequest, not only that it was Shakespeare's, but because it was doubtless a “tester,” for which there is acraze. All the -old. four-pos‘ers which our Grandmas sent to the garret ere on their way ack again to the model bed room, With al our rage for ventilation and fresh ‘air we no longer fear the bed curtains, which a few years ago were supposed to foster disouse and death, because the modei_bed room can be now fur- nished with an inlet ventilator for admitting the fresh air from without as well as an outlet Encl one for permitting the egress of the h gus bracket is provided with a pipe placed above it and piercing the wall, through which the product of combustion is carried out of the ouse, BED CURTAINS. As for the bed curtains, they are hang on rods with brass rings, no canopy on top, 60 that the curtains can be shaken and dusted freely. This is a great improvement on the old upholstered top, which recalls Dickens’ de- scription of Mrs. Todger’s boarding house, where at the top of the stairs “the odor of many generations of dinners had gathered and had never been dispelled,” so the unpleasant feeling that perhaps whole generations of pers had breathed into the same upholstery overhead used to haunt the wakeful in old En- glish inns to the murdering of sleep. TUFTED BEDSTEADS. There is a growing admiration unfortunately for tufted bedsteads. They are in the long run neither clean nor wholesome and§ not easily kept from vermin; but they are undeniably handsome, and recall the imperial beds of state apartments, where kings and queens are sup- poved to seek that repose which comes so un- willingly to them, but so readily to the plough- boy. TI upholstered tufted satin-covered bedsteads should be fitted with a canopy, and from this should hang a baldechin od’ side curtains. Certain very beautiful specimens of this regal arrangement bonght in Italy are in the Vanderbilt palaces in New York. Opulent purchasers can get copies at the great furnish- ing houses, but it is becoming difficult to get the real antiques. ‘fravelers in Brittany find the most wonderful carved bedsteads built into the wall, and are always buying them of the astonished fisher folk, who had no idea how valuabie was their smoke-stained carved oak. BUT AS TO THE MAKING UP OF THE BED. There are nowadays cleanly springs and hair mattresses piled high in place of the old feather beds, and as to stiff, white bed covers, pillow slips and shams, false sheets and Valenciennes trimmings, monogrammed and rufiled fineries ere isa truce. They were so slippery, so troublesome and so false withal that the beds that have known them shall know them no more forever. ‘They had always to be un- pinned and unhooked before the sleeper could enter his bed, and they were the torment of the housemaid. ’They entailed a dogree of washing and ironing which was endless, and yet many a young housckeeper thought them indispensable, ‘That file has gone out completely. Tho bed now is made up with its fresh linen sheets, its clean binnkets and its Marseilles quilt with square or long pillows, as the sleeper fancies, with bol- ster in plain linen sheath. Then over the whole is thrown a light lace cover lined with Liberty silk. ‘This may be as expensive or as cheap as the owner pleases. Spreads of satin might be used, covered with Chinese em- broidery, or with patchwork designs, now 80 fashionable. One light and casily aired dra- pery succeeds the four or five pieces of unman- ageable linen. If tho bed is a tester and the curtains of silk or chintz the bed covering ould mateh in tint, and in a very pretty bed room the walls should be covered with chintz or silk. TILE PAPER FOR WALLS AND CEILING. The modern highly glazed tile paper for walls and ceiling is an admirable covering, as it re- fuses to harbor dirt. The housemaid’s brash can well keep it sweet and clean. Wall papers aro so pretty and so exquisite in design (and the makers of them nolonger use arsenical green or white lead) that it seems hardly necessary to put in any other suggestion. ‘The aggravating old rectangular patterns, which have confused so Many weary brains and haunted so many a feverish pillow, let us hope are gone forever. OX THE FrooRs. The floors should be of plain, painted wood, varnished—nothing can be cleaner—or per- haps polished or oiled wood of the natural color, with parquetried borders. If this is im- cover your floor with dark-stained which are as clean and healthy as ‘These may remain down all winter. Readily lifted and shaken rags have all the comfort of carpets and none of their disad- vantages. LIOTIXG OF ROOUS. Much is said of the unhealthiness of gas in bed rooms, but if it does not escape it is not unhealthy. ‘The prettiest illumination is by candles in the charming new candlesticks in fin and brass, which are as nice as Homan lamps. An the old posters of Cromwell's time wo find ashelf running asross the bed, just above the sloeper’s head—placed there for the posset cup. ‘This is now utilized with a safety lamp, for those who indalgo in the pernicious practice of reading in bed, but it iseven better used as « recepticle for’ the book, the letter, case, the many little things which an invalid may need, and saves calling a nurse, _. PAINT AND Woopwonx. All paint used in a model bed room should be unpoisonous. The fireplace should be tiled and the windows made with a deep beading on the sill. Thisis @ piece of wood like the rest of the frame, wich comes up two or three inches in froat of the lower part of the win- dow. he abject of thie is to admit of the lower sish. “boing - raised. without causing draught. ‘The room is thus ventilated by tho air fil tweon through the slight aperture be- “Sppar of lover taabes? "Avove nil things have.an open ‘replace in te bed room. Abolish staves from that sacred precinet. Ure wood it possible; if not, the softest of cannel boal, Have base rods planed to hand in winter, PORTIGRES; AND CURTAINS ly made of ingrain carpet em- ‘kish or Indian stuffs, splendid Delhi pulgasios (a mass of gold silk embroid- now cheap and well fitted up with drinking | of unbreakable ¢tips for thé lawn-tennis ground | 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. the w femedied by making a ished with a Fife at top, : the whole tied on by tapes. three of these will be all that a needs in white and if made of pretty merino to match the room they will last clean a long time. THE DRESSING ROOM. Every bed room should have, if possible, a dressing room, where the washstand, wardrobe, bath tub, box for boots and shoes, box for soiled clothes, and toilet table, perhaps, can be kept. Inthe new sanitary houses in London the water cistern Steg in view behind glass in these rooms, so that if anything is the mat- ter with the water supply it can be remedied immediately. However, in old-fashioned houses where dressing rooms cannot be invoked screens can be placed so that the unorna- mental objects ean be concealed. A toilet table should be ornamental and not hidden, with its curtains, pockets, looking- glasses, little bows, shelves for bottles, devices | for secret drawers (Jove letters), and so on. Ivory brushes with the owner's monogram, ail sorts of protty Japanese boxes and dressing | cased, llver-backed brushes and mirrors, but- jel peed knives, scissors can be neatly laid ont FOR AFTERNOON TEA. A little table for afternoon tea should stand ready with its tray of Satsuma or old Worcester- shire; its cups and tea equipage and a copper kettle with alcohol lamp should stand on a bracket on the wall. In the heating of water a trivet should be attached to the grate anda little iron kettle might sing forever on the hob. Ornamental ottomans in plush covers, which ‘open and disclose a wood box, should stand by @ fireplace. Chameleon glass lamps with King fisher stems are pretty on the mantel- = which can be upholstered to match the d, and there may be vases in amber, prim- rose, cream color, pale blue and ruby. But no fragrant flowers or growing plants should be allowed in a bed room. ‘Chere should be at least one clock in the room to strike the hour with musical reiteration. THE BATHS. As for the baths, the guest should be asked if he prefers hot or cold water, and the hour at which he will have it filled. If it be « tin hot bath or an India rubber the maid should enter and arrange it in this manner: First lay a rubber cioth upon the floor and then place the tub upon it. Then bring a large pail of cold water andacan of hot. Place near the tab a towel rack hung with fresh towels, both da- mask and Turkish, and if a full-length Turkish towel be added ill be a great luxury. 1f the guest be a gentleman and no man ser kept, this should of course all be arranj night before with the exception of e hot water, which can be left outside the door at any hour in the morning when it is desired. If it is a stationary tub, of course the matter is a simple of faucets. Every facility for doing the work would, of course.be supplied to the visitor. Now, the bed room being inade so attractive, the guest should stay in itas much as possible, if he or she find that the hostess will lke to be let alone; that is to say, give the hosters an occasional absence of your company. Do your letter writing and some reading in your room. Most people preter this freedom and like to be lot alone in e morning. HOW THE GUESTS SHOULD DRESS. Now, at a country house, gentlemen should be very particular to dress for dinner, if not in the regulation claw-hammer, still with a change of garment. There is a very good gar- ment called a smokee, which is worn by gentle- men in the summer, a sort of light jacket of black cloth, which goes well with either black or white cravat, but with all the lnissee aller of a country visit, this isnot included in attention to the proprieties of dress. A guest must go provided with lawn tennis costume it-he plays that noble game, which has become the great consolation of ‘our rising generation. No doubt the hostess blesses the invention of this great time killer, as she secs her men and maidens trooping out to the ground, under the treespand here comes in the cut-of-door refreshment, the claret cup, the champagne cup, the shandy gaff, the fresh cider and the thousand and one throat coolers for which our American genius secins to bave been inspired to meet the drain of a very dry climate. M. E. W. SHrxwooo. , and depends on the turn of a coupie ——__«ee — HER ACCOMPLISHMENT, Nobody Could Guess It and It Proved a Strange Revelation. From the New York Sun. ‘The women of New York society are in many cases accomplished in very odd ways and a party of men the other night passed an inter- esting quarter of an hour in recalling some of the uncommon talents of their femi- nine acquaintances. One handsome young woman was an adept in blowing the coach- ing horn; another was a very successful carver of onyx; one of the most sedate young ladies in town danced a clog to perfection; # dutiful and beautiful wife made all ber husband's trout and her husband was renowned a8 successful fisherman; a rather slim and wiry girl, famous for her waltz- ing, was a scientific boxez, and could give her clever brother a breezy four-round battle; a lady who rode in the parkeach day oceasionally showed to her friends in the country how she could stand on the back of a cantering horse; a fair mermaid of Newport could smoke a cigarette under water; these and a half hun- dred other wondrous’ performances were told of women by the men that knew them, amid at applause. Finally, a young fellow who had been listening lazily to the conversation spoke up in drawling tones, and the attention Of the company became riveted upon him. “Lknow a far more extraordinary girl than any you have mentioned, once upon a time,” he said. “She was the sister of a classmate of mine at college. Rich, I think. Very sweil. Blonde girl, tall and straight and jolly, for I used to go rowing with her when I visited ‘em up the river. Pull # powerful oar, too, and was clever other ways. One of her talents, though, was certainly remarkable. I never found it out wnul I'd known her for three weeks. Never paraded it. Scemed to take it asa matier of course. When I did hear of it at last spoke to her father about* it and he agreed With me that it was a very rare accom- plishment in a girl. Not that it was especially needed in women, but there were emergencies when it might come into play. Iwas rather struck with the charm of the thing. In fact, it clinched the good opinion 1 had already formed of the girl, and I asked her to marry me. The wedding will be in two months.” ‘There was a pause. ‘Ihe speaker apparently went into a reverie that he had no intention of binader of this girl, Billy?” Billy roused himself and looked about at the faces of his friends. “Oh, didn’t I tell you?" said he. “Why, she ean cook.” Persons Going About in loons ware of Them. From the Chicago Tribune. H. Hennequin of Paris, France, who bas had some experience in aerial navigation, arrived in the city yesterday from San Francisco on his way home. Mr. Hennequin was in Fon- tonay at tho time Tissindier and Gower had their startling adventure in balloon. ‘The traveler is an intimate friend of Gower and tells the story of their fall of » mile as the Dalionist related it to him: * ascended from Tissindier’s house in Paris and floated off toward and, as the wind was somewhat strong from the northeast, the two men soon na the viow of Paris, having risen toa height of 1,000 feet. When they had renched %e however, they were fully 6,000 fect abore the earth, They were sailing along smoothly, the below, when sedmed to fall itor hole in the stereos Sos tcnveling ith ightuing ‘A roar Silas Gee tase sed . = their i2 jibe balloon. Tt wan” in prfeck eon out sondbage. ? The “4 out sande were 2 that p ‘and, rushing. Tietindier _ LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD. Half Thousand of the Songsters in One Cage. HOW TO RAISE THEM AND GET fmk Bret Re- SULTS—THE ONLY WAY TO DISTINGUISH BR- TWEEN TRE SEXES—a TALK Wire A BIRD FANCIER ABOUT AMERICAN MOCKING BIRDS. N? BIRD IN FEATHERDOM ENJOYS A greater popularity than the mocking bird. It is the king—the great artist of the feathered musicians. Washington has lately been made the supply center and ever week hun treda of the “American Nightingales,” as they are sotc- times called, are shipped all over the country. The birds never were eo cheap anda good songster may now be had for the same price as canary. To learn something of the mocking bird a reporter of Tae Sran visited the bird man yes- terday and found him bysily engaged opening a crate of birds just from Texas. HOW THEY ARE TRANSPORTED. The crate was a peculiarly constructed con- cern, contrived after a great deal of experience in shipping birds. It consisted of a long flat | box, with an apex-shaped cover of stout cot- ton, ‘The interior arrangement was novel. At eneh end there was an automatic feeding water cup, while the food troughs were located on each side, the contents being hold in place by a wire netting. The birds could peck the food out from between the interstices of the netting, while the latter, on account of its density, could not sheke out. The birds were lively and looked none the worse for their long jour- Forty-six was the number the box eon- ed. and when shortly afterward they were “ferred to the big cage the bird man‘s stock rade of mocking birds numbered 672 As ‘on as the birds had been transferred the bird man turned to the roporte ‘THE BIRD MAN'S TALK. “So you would like to know something about mocking birds. Well, to begin with, it is my favorite bird and rivals the fur-famed Englit nightingale. “The mocking bird, yon know,” fiid the bird man, as he pushed a parrot's head from between the bars of its cage,where it had been caught, “isa thorough-blood American. He comes mostly from the southern states, although he has been found in New England. His plumage is not beautiful, but his homeliness in this regard is lost sight of when you hear his wonderful voice. He commences to sing when about two months old. ‘The first notes are weak, but the littie musician becomes bolder with ‘age, and continues to improve in voice until ho has passod three summer, when it is claimed he is in full song. No music was ever sweeter than the mocking bird's ashe pours forth his melodious strains in his native ele- ment. When he is caged his voice assumes certain harshness now and then which learns from his habitationamong men. He isa great mimic and imitates a buzz saw as well as crowing rooster. He is very docile when raised by hand and can easily be taught tricks aa well as tunes. Ouly the male bird sings. That is tho rule, although the female has on Fare occasions been known to sing os well. DISTINGUISHING MALES, “The great difficulty buyers experience is in obtaining a male. It is not easy to dis the sexes so closely do they resemble each other. A shrewd Connecticut man some years ago advertised that for 10cents in stamps he would disclose a method whereby any one could immediately tell the difference between a male and a female mocking bird. A great many peo- ple invested. I did among them. When the reply came this is what I received printed on a slip of pink paper: “Take two birds and put them in acage. Then get a worm. Carefully open age door, being sure not to frighten the and throw the worm in. N carefully. If he gots it its a he and if she gets ititsashe.’ It wasa great sell. THE ONLY Way. “The only way I know of to distinguish be- tween the sexes is by the marking of the wings. Catch your bird firmly by the body in the left hand and spread out the wings. A perfectly marked male is called a four-feather bird. That is commencing at the upper side of the wing, if you can count {our white feathers without any splashes of biack, the bird isa male. It is not necessary for a bird to have four white feath- ers tobe amale, as threo indicate the same thing, but it is absolutely necessary for the feathers to be perfectly free from black splashes. A word about feeding and then I mustleave you. Mocking birds are hardy and with care live to. good age. ‘The diet must be carefully looked after. Prepared food is ex- cellent and I use it altogether. alternating, however, with alittle carrot mixea in it or a mixture of hard-boiled egg and potato. A meal worm is good now and then, and berries, when in season, are very good. I forgot to mention one thing which is absolutely neces- sary to even a brief description of the mocking bird, and that is this: Not a day passes but some person brings a bird back, declaring that it is a female and won't sing. ‘This is the breeding season and for two weeks they don’t sing to anyextent. ‘The only other time they are silent is in the moulting season.” Sia nang HER GREAT BEAUTY. Lady Brooke, Who the Prince of Wales Says is the Prettiest Woman. From the Chicago Hetald. To be designated the prettiest woman in the United Kingdom by the Prince of Wales; to be photographed in fifty guises and exhibited the whole length of Bond street and Piccadilly; to be called the best dressed woman at every functiun of the Lon- don season, and tg be looked on askance by the few prudes among the nobility, that is the fate of Lady Brooke, a girl with a face as clear ent asan Etrascan cameo and a figure that would have made her fortune as eskirt dancer. It is very seldom that 9 womanso perfectly exquisite to the evo as is Lady Brooke comes very promi- nently forward in society. The type is orca- sionally to be found on the stage. ‘The face is not aristocratic surely. The forehead is not high, the chin not prominent, the nose not Roman and the mouth not thin. It isan oval face, with drowsy, passionate eyes, a straight nose, a weak. warm, curling mouth and a dim- pled chin. When one leatns that ite possessor is Lady Brooke the thought of the direful dam- age the beanty has in her power to do arises to the mind and a vixion of humiliated, despair- ing dnchesser, countesses and even princesses grieving for the weakness of their spouses is clear to the eye. Perhaps a duke, an earl, ors modest viscount might attract the beautoous lady had he suff cient charm of person and ¢nanner, were it not that her attentions were claimed by the prinoe. Rince the days of the house of York it has been truthfully said that not one lady in the king- dom, be she humble or proud, comely of visage or otherwise. could sincerely disdain the atten- tions of the Prince of Wales. His present high- ‘Safty ness is a short, stout gentleman, of exact! years of age, with a bid head and a sligh lien, but with his mature wife and full-grown chil- dren he is still the chief masculine attraction in England. There are plenty of people in England who will forgive the heir apparent every manner of indiscretion. They of the famous Lady Mordaunt case asa matter of slight consequence, and the fact that the prince is now umpire in a card gambling scandal does = cthareteen: sabes the only aggrieved rofore, a only in the Lady Brook» case is the princess, carefully refrains from ever being in the same house with her and sternly refuses to recug- nize her in any way. The blonde if sho be fotnd in numbers, any must be bg Sed outside the I of and i ‘The Latest Singing Fad. From the New York World. Society is always starting some new game, and the last invention is one that causes quite as much amusement as used Mra. Jarley’s wax works. The inventor isa Indy, and it was first attempted at her house in Gloucestershire, upon a small platform, or rather some on the platform snd Sein 00 Che Seat, ent So dozen is . asif bung in midair ch bs “authropopbone,” * simple to a degree. Alarge framework ft erected and covered with white calico. Actoss this five strips of bleck material are sewn representing the line of the musieal staff, these being bout eieht inches apart. The sign of the clef is then aided and lines $0 indicate the stem of each note. There are holes in this strip placed at varions distances and through these holes pass the faces of the performers. The female ee te BEFORE THE CURTAIN. formers stand ona raised platform behind the | Thurwtay, Avril 2d, at tm. ahd continue framework, while the male stand on the floor. | A musical instrument is played and each per- former has to follow as his turn comes. The chief difficulty consists in the performers being unable tokecp their risible facultios under con- trol. The thing ix ludicrons in the extreme, and toface an audience bubbling over with | merriment and keep in time and tnne is by no meansan easy task, if expecially one of the bassos is seized with a eadden desire to sneeze. Tig of course, moans a burst of laughter from the fait notes and false chords as well. A few rehearsals, howover, are sufficient to get the singers well in hand. Sofar in England the choruses have beon highly appreciated and have been in great de mand among hostestes who are in search of some new idea. Perhaps the most ludicrous Patt of the whole performance is a peep be- ind the scenes as the decapitated fo f those taking partare elevated at different stages on the platform. Bat in the wostern states, early in the cen- tury, an audacious musician invented the swin- ette, a harmony-producing instrument that far outranks the combination portrayed above. It consists of e box, ten or twelve feot long, varying in height from three fect to one foot and in breadth from five feet to one foot eight inches. It was divided into eigh. com- partments—a fall octave of differing sizes. Into these boxes eight hogs, of ages ranging from five years down to one month, were placed. | The tail of each animal was passed through # smail hole in the end of each compartment and & neat knot tied therein. When. the operator desired to play he merely pulled the approp picture of the instrument: Mankind‘s Little Brain in the Throat. From the Philadelphia Press. “Did you ever know,” said a well-known specialist, “that the throat has » brain of its own? No? I suppose few of the laity do know it, but it's @ fact. There is a small ganglia which exercises direct control over the muscles of the throat and act as sts brain. Of course, it is subservient tothe genuine brain, but at the sgme time does a good deal of independent thinking for itself. It is very timid and «uspi- cious of any strange objects that come near the throat. For this reason it is very dificult for a physician to operate on the throat. Before anything a be done in this direction it is necessary for the operator to gain the confi- dence of the little brain, that dominates i It frequently takes weeks before this confidence ean be secured and until it is secured it is im- to operate. When the little brain is nally made to understand that no harm is in- tended it, but that the ian is actuated b: friendly ‘motives, it will submit to almost a treatment, however painful. “But woe be to the man who attempts rongh treatment to the throat before gaining the lit- tle brain's and in spite of its pro- tests. His operations will be resented with Hiolent paroxysms, frst of the throat, then of the diaphragm, and if the operator still per- sists the patient wili be thrown into convul- sions. Still more curious is the fact that this little brain basa memory and if once fright- ened in this way it is almost impossible to ever gain its confidence, no matter how gentle the operator may be.” Bilious “Collars and Caffs.” London Letter to Chicaro Herald. 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