Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1896, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 23 DOGDAYS AT THE Z00 Most of the Animals Are Bearing Up Bravely. ELEPHANTS AND “GATORS ARE HAPPY Polar Bears Have Passed Away, but There Are Others. PRAIRIE DOG’S APPETITE A HE BADGER AND the bear, the "possum and the hare, as well as the remainder of captive population of the National Zoologi- cal Park, including almost every known species of the animal kingdom, find it a mighty difficult prob- Jem to keep cool these torrid days, but, with the exception of the A Eskimo dogs and the Mamas, they are doing very nicely, thank you. In the middle of the afternoon of the hot- test day of the past week a Star reporter donned thin clothing, imbibed a lemon phos- phate and sallied forth beneath the tropical sun, headed for the Zoo. The journey out was marked by a profusion of perspiration and very little else. On arrival at the park everything was beautiful to the eye, for without question the Zoo today Is in a more Perfect state in every respect than ever be- fort in its history. Other than a solitary park policeman, who remarked stgnificant- jy: “Pretty hot day, ain't !t? as the re- porter plodded up the hill, no human being was visible. It was evidently not a bargain day at the Zoo. in the cellar beneath the main animal heuse, seated near a refrigerator, and with a@ huge tin mug of ice water in his hand, Mr. William Blackburne, the experienced and courteous principal keeper, was found. Mr. Blackburne, after requiring an annoy- ing fly to evacuate a commanding spot of his forehead at the point of a porcupine quill and scratching a mosquito bite with a severed tiger’s claw, also thought ft timely and proper to remark that the mercury in the thermometer seemed ambitious to mount to the sky end of the column. By this time the visitor was thoroughly and immovably convinced that it was a hot af- ternoon, and was, therefore, somewhat pleased to be informed that the cellar, af- ter successive and careful experiment and research, had been officially voted the cool- est spot within the park inclosure. “You seem to be in racing form,” the re- Porter ventured to say, after partly recov- ering lost breath, “but how about your boarders? Have the elephants suffered sunstroke? Has the grisly bear been pvercome by the heat, or have the descend- ants of the creatures that Noah invited to gecoompany him on Bis yachting trip to Ararat escaped the affliction that Old Sol has fmposed on hu- man beings during the past fortnight? ,., “> = Many folks tp Wash- ‘frfosying= = ington think, _per- haps, that you have all dried up and blown away out here, and Yl admit from the appearance of extreme desertion as I came through the gateway I thought the same.” “I cannot deny that we have felt the ef- fects of the heat,” replied the principal keeper, “‘but the animals are with but very few exceptions in good health and comfori- able. One of the llamas gave out last Sun- day, but recovered in an hour or two. Loban—he ts the African lion, with whom you tad an experience in his cage here a year or so ago—is under the weather, and efuses to eat. However, I expect he will all around all right in a couple of days. FP cannot now recall any others on the sick iist.”” “Do certain of the animals suffer more than others from the heat? How about the Polar bears, for instance?” “The polar bear died some time ago from ecaema. The only other arctic animals we have are the Esquimo Jozs, an@ they seem to think that things are not as they should be. The dogs undoubtedly feel the heat to @ greater extent than any of the others. But we do all in our power to make life worth living for them. They have large yards, with plenty of shade and drinking water, and several times daily are taken to the creek fora swim. All the inclosures are watered repeatedly, and thereby ren- dered quite cool. We have a profusion of shade, and, all in all, things are not as bad as they might be. After the sun goes down the atmosphere rapidly grows cooler, naturally much fasterygnd to a greater extent than in the city, and the nights @ as cool and pleasant as could be de- Sired. The present moment is perhaps as hot as any we have had during the present spell, and so come and view for yourself the condition of the ‘animals and decide whether you pity or envy their existence Just now.” The invitation was accepted, though with @ suggestion of regret at the necessity of departing from the cool cellar. Just out- side the main animal house last May sev- constru but ornamental iron and masonry, and connecting with the indoor cages, were completed. Each of the new inclosures * is furnished with a huge tree trunk and branches, and is sup- plisd with a basin to hold drinking water. Between each cag? shade trees have been set, while there is a Tow of young trees in a flourshing con- dition outside the cages. Across the top of the cages awnings have been fitted, 30 that the interior of the Washington homes of the former denizens of the jungle present @ decidedly cool and inviting appearance. The combined Inner and outer cages are admirably planned, and the animals are unquestionably as handsomely housed as any In captivity. In the first cage of the row is a full- grown panther, who was quite active, and apparently ignorant of the existence of heat. Several lions reside in the row, and all seemed happy and contented. The royal Bengal tiger, however, whose sign is tack- ed on the last doorway in the row, was just a trifle owt of humor, and probably Would not have objected to the introduciion of an electric fan. His royal highness had immersed as much of his huge body in the drinking trough as possible, and hissed in a very rude manner when the visitors d. As far as politeness is con- Particular tiger does not or- mpare with the late Lord Ches- s of the drowsy coterie of alli- gators literally blinked with merriment as they magnanimously surveyed :heir less fortunate neighbors. The alli what might be term- ed a lead pipe, or rather a zinc lined cinch, for they are provided with a pool of cool water and flop in and out while the other inmat howl with — envy. Quite a remarkable little chap :s one of the new arrivals—a Europe in nedge hoz. He is sticky like a porcupine, and when @ s,uauY lifted from his cage Sma. and placed in the re- porter’s hands look- ed and felt for all the world like a huge chestnut burr. In his sphere-like pose Mr. E. Hedge Hog would ninety-nine times in 4@ hundred be taken for some oreation in- animate and he alcne ts worth a visit to the Zoo, even in hot weather. During this inspection an astonished kinkajou in an adjoining cage raised on its hind legs and gazed out as much as to say—‘Weil, well, what hare we here?” In the building the atmosphere was rea!- ly cool. The structure is located at the top of a hill and a breeze blows constant- ly through the open doorways and win- dows. In addition the skylight is covered by an awning and therefore the full effect of the sun Is not felt within. In a little corner room are housed a family of arma- @illos, queer litle animals of peculiar ar- chitecture. They scem to be built in lay- ers, and belng shut off from all air ex- cept what entered through one doorway they were not at all exasperated or out of sorts. A cacomistle had no compiaint to cffer, while of all the big cage of frisky monkeys but one told with his eyes that he would ‘ike to borrow a fan. The tejon, the ocelot and the spotted hyeaas were quite active, but the mountain panthers breathed hard and were probably the only residents of the building that cared a snap whether the mercury descended the lad- der or not. Mr. Blackburne has provided quarters out doors for as many of bis charges as possible, and an interesting collection may be viewed in a grove of evergreen trees di- rectly in the rear of the animal house. Four baby peafowls are carefully nurtured by a motherly hen, and in their vicinity are a varied assortment of parrots. One gay bird, wearing a scarlet waistcoat and a yellow chapeau, said very emphatically something that sounded like “Oh, Lord, it’s hottern “ell,” and the reporter piously pass- ed on at once. The little kit foxes were stretched out at full length, as though the weather did not cut any ice with them, but a black welf, recently received, whined in @ manner that expressed as plainly as words tnat he was desirous of removing his fur coat for a short period at least. ‘The handsome Russian wolf hound was up to his ears in a bucket of drinking water, but seemed in much better shape than the Es- kimo dogs next door. These creatures make no effort to conceal the fact that they are dissatisfied, while a further source of an- noyance is the pesky fly, which alights on the tips of the dog's pointed ears and causes big sores. Four Eskimo puppies, born six weeks ago, are just growing mis- chievous, and appear to be too young to realize that they ought naturally to feel the heat. The elephants have deserted their house and are now station- © ed on the bank of ‘% the creek, where .\ 3: they may enter the * water at their pleas- ure. Over in the sec- ond animal structure capybara is peace fully keeping house 4 at one end, while at the other the Indian ‘ zebu has forgotten all about the heat in her joy over the ar- rival of an infant, which came July 1. The zebu caif lay calmly on a bed of hay, and will also have to be instructed that it is fashionable these days to Inquire of every one, “Is it hot enough for you?” ‘The elks have no complaint to make, for in their midst are two cute little spotted babies, just beginning to move about. The inhabitants at the Zoo have also increased in numbers within the past few weeks to the extent of four deer and two tiny pan- thers. One of the latter was stretched out and breathing at the pace of a steam en- gine when visited by the reporter, and to the inexperienced eye looked to be in the last throes Principal Keeper Blackburne, however, was not so easily deceived. He poked Young Panther in the ribs, and the new arrival was on his feet in an Instant, sparring for wind and ready to meet ali comers. The bears are all provided with bath tubs of generous proportions, and as they have the air from all sides, together with sum- mer furs, occupy a position somewhat simi- lar to that of @ man in his overcoat be- fore an electric fan. The cariama, a bird in appearance quite out of the ordinary, is provided with a cottage, which has a cur- tain before the window, and the bird gave no indication of being unduly warm. The chichilaca breathed with an effort, how- ever, and the barred owls were not shiver- ing by any means. A little gray fox moan- ed in distress, white a woodchuck opposite sai nothing, but clawed wood and drank water. The prairie dog colony, so all the indi- cations pointed, had evidently packed up its duds and departed for some interior sum- Mer resort, for the village was complete- ly deserted, with one exception, and that one presented a pic~, ture, to be sure. He/-/ was a fat Uttle fel-/; low, and was perch- ed on his rear legs on the edge of a water pail. In his paws, squirrel like, he held a slice of bread, and proceed- ed to devour it most systematically. He would nibble across the slice, then take a drink of water; next nibbie in the opposite direction and pause for another drink. Three slices were disposed of in this man- ner, after which the interesting animal gaily winked the other eye at the onlook- ers and disappeared beneath the surface. The beavers are perhaps the coolest be- ings at the Zoo. They remain in their dams throughout the day, and do not put in an appearange outside until evening. All the fat animals feel the heat most, according to Principal Keeper Blackburne, but with plenty of water and a little shade no danger need be feared. The Zoo is being improved right along, and those who have not paid it a visit of late will be surprised at the perfect roadways, the new trees, the rustic fences, smooth walks and add- ed features. During the torrid spell the vis- itors have been few, indeed, but with cooler Weather crowds will, without doubt, flock to this decidedly attractive place. In the meantime the people of Washington may recline in their easy chairs, with fan in hand, and rest assured that the animals are as cool, comfortable and well-cared for as could be desired. —— Behind the Times. From Harper's Bazar. One of the most dreaded aspersions of which we hear in these days Is that some- body or other is behind the times. On in- vestigation and inquiry this expression seems to mean that the person thus labeled or accused 1s conservative In opinion and opposed to the latest fads, preferring to stand by old ways, and refusing to ac- cept fashions simply because they aro new. Novelty is very well, but novelty by itself is not strong enough to win the sup- port of a woman not afraid of being styled behind the times, even if undeserving of the reproach this stigma conveys. Such a woman declines to give her suffrage e!ther in word or deed to innovations which have nothing but caprice to commend them; she clings to conyentionalities; she is fastidious in her use of language, reprovating slang, and perhaps scorning such abbreviations a don’t and won't. She never sends a postal card except to her tradespeople, and con- siders the typewriter availaple only for business purposes. Her manner of living is simple, elegant and graceful; her ex- penses are kept strictly within her income, and tn charity she does not let her left hand know what her right hand doeth. She may be behind the times, but she is very charming, nevertheless, and in some decided particulars, as in the careful cour- tesy of her notes and the punciilious treat- ment of guests and hostess, and the know- ing what to do and when to do St, she is quite as up to date as any new woman in the land. ——+e+—_ The Lady's Name. From tho New Orleans Times-Demoerat. A New Orleans man who is a fond papa was telling his friends yesterday of the hard time he had trying to teach his young- ster to say “Mississippi.” The word seem- ed more than the little one could master. Finally the father hit upon the plan of teaching the child the word by syliables. Now, say after me,” he said to the boy, said the infant phenomenon. echoed the boy. “Now say the whole thing,” commanded began the child, and then he thought a while. “Papa,” sald “whal did you say the lady's name was?’ Im Chicago. From the Somerrille Journal. Mr. Hustler—“Noxt Tuesday will be the first anniversary of our wedding day. What shall we do to celebrate?” Mrs. Hustler (after a moment's thought) ‘Let’s get a divorce. MEN'S SUMMER ATTIRE The Neglige Costume the Most Suit- able. How Fashions Have Changed tn Re- cent Years—Light in Weight and Color. The heat of the present month has brought the subject of comfortable eloth- ing very prominently and persistently to every one’s mind. The question of how to dress in not weather seems to be easy to settle in the case of women. Every pos- sible thin fabric is made for their use, and at such a wide variety of prices that no woman need go without a summer dress. Every season women's dresses grow more “summery,” and though it is true that they are often not as cool as they look, yet, on the whole, it {s possible for a woman to dress in such a manner, nowa- days, that her clothing need cause her Iit- tle discomfort. Men, sonie men, at least, find it, on the other hand, extremely difficult to adapt their garb to prevailing conditions. Dur- ing the sweltering heat of the past days many mon have stuck to their “boiled” shirts with high, stiff collars, a heavy satin tie, and black or dark-colored clothes with a buttered waistcoat. This even in Washington, which, being a semi-southern city, should long ago have found out the coolest modes of dressing. Professional Pride. A prominent dentist was observed one hot afternoon in July working in a black woolen suit, the regulation shirt and col- lar and « black tie. The perspiration ran in streams from his face, and his collar was completely prostrated, though, he ruefully explained, {t was the fourth he had put on that day. In response to the question why he didn’t wear a thin suit and a soft shirt, he said that he “didn’t feel dressed that way,” and implied that it somehow detracted from the dignity of a professional man to wear such things. Dark Clothing and the Heat. Fortunately for the comfort of mankind such opinions are not universal. The weather observer of New York city has discovered by scientific experiments that black clothing absorbs from twenty to forty degrees more heat, in sunshine, than white, 0 that the mere fact of color makes a vast difference in bodily com- fort. facts which were long ago considered in the matter of woman's attire, but which those who set the fushion for men have been slow to appreciate. Now, however, with the duck, the linen and crash sults, as well as those of flannel, light in weight and color, it 1s possible for a man to be clothed in a way befitting the season, and, at the same time, be respectably clad. In- deed, a man has a decided advantage over a woman in this regard, that he may, with perfect propriety, wear a neglige costume on the street. What a Man May Wear. Common sense has decided that a well- dressed man may wear a coat and trou- sers of whatever light material he wishes, @ reglige shirt with a turned-down collar and a cotton tie. Then with the acom- paniments of the gauziest of underclothing, canvas shoes and a straw hat a man may face his daily duties serenely comfortable in mind and body. Washington men have not altogether arrived at this state of happy emancipation. A survey of Penn- sylvania avenue almost any time will show a number of men toiling miserabiy along the street in the same style of gar- ments they have worn since early spring and will wear till they exchange them for their heavy winter clothes. As to com- fort, there can, it would seem, be but one opinion, and as to looks, certainly a man dressed in a clean duck sult and a percale shirt. with a loose collar is a much better object to gaze upon than one whose dark woolen coat and vest open to disclose a wrecked shirt bosom and a collar which, like London bridge, is falling down, falling down. —— Candy Eating. From Harper's Bazar. In this day, when the laws of health are understood as they were not fifty years ago, povple inveigh in voice and print against the evils of candy eating, and chil- dren, hearing the protest, feel their little hearts sink within them. It ts natural for the babies to love sugar plums, and {t 1s the abuse, not the use, of sweets that is reprehensible. One man with a superb digestion and a normal appetite says he has always made it his custom to eat sev- eral pieces of candy after his noonday meal, and that he has never felt any evil effects from the practice. A little sweet following a meal will not harm a healthy child, but the mother must judge as to the quality and quantity. She may keep on hand a box of simple peppermints or plain choco- lates, and after dimer give to the little one as many as she deems prudent. The stom- ach oftea craves, and usually digests read- ily, sweets after a hearty meal. The per- nictous habit of allowing children to pur- chase candy galore and eat it ad libitum is what ruins stomachs, perverts the appe- tite, and destroys teeth. Until the child is old enough to discriminate and exercise self-control, the mother must choose for him. But in exercising this right she must try not to carry it to an unreasonable ex- tent, and deny her littla one that which used judicially will not harm him, and which forms one of the chief treats of childhood. The words “candy” and “‘ice cream” convey to the childish mind depths of bliss such as a_grown woman can scarcely conceive of. Let not us, who have passed that happy stage when the sight of a benbon caused a thrill of delight, deny too rigorously to our little ones the simple sweets of life. = ns Australia Underlaid With Gold. From the Los Angeles Express. Percy F. Marks, one of the proprietors of the London Financial News, one of the recognized authorities on financial matters, arrived in San Francisco Jast week on the Monowal. The paper was founded in 1833 and is owned by himself and his brother, Harry H. Marks, a member of parliament. This brother, previous to embarking in this London enterprise, obtained his journalistic experience on American papers. Mr. Marks has been in Australia making a careful study of the gold fields in West Australia, New South Wales and New Zea- land. As these mines develop, which they are now doing very rapidly, he predicts a very remarkable increase in the supply of gold, amounting, in fact, to a glut of the yellow metal in the market. The mines of West Australia are particularly rich and extensive, but have the disadvantage of be- ing in a country scantily supplied with wood, water tnd means of transportation. But these disadvantages are being rapidly overcome. The government is extending the rajiroad which runs from Perth to Cool- gardie on to Kalgoorlie, better known as Hoanuus, twenty-five miles, an extraordl- narily rich mining region. The government has also asked parliament for $5,000,000 for the purpose of laying 300 miles of water pipe. In many places drinking water selis for fifty cents a gallon. From here Mr. Marks goes to Cripple Creek to investigate the mining prospects there. His paper, ha says, has always had a favorable opinion of Cripple Creek fields. SSS Would Fill the bill, From Church Progress. “Is dis where dey want a boy?” “It is; but he must be a boy who never utters an untruth and does not use slang or swear, and hever speaks unless he is spoken to."’ _ “Well, me brudder’s a deaf mute. I'll send ‘im ‘round.” oo —___ He Understood Perfectly. From Teraa Sifter. Parson Jones (returning from church, to small boy with pole)}—“Do you know where peer nase go who go fishing on the Sab- ath?” Small Boy (with pride)—‘You just bet I do, and I ain’t a-goin’ to give the snap away, either.” Different. From Life. He—“Go home now? Why, you used to let me stay two hours longer then this.” But that Gms before II CAST His LO’ TH THE BLACKS A White Man = Brought Up Among Slaves. From the Chicago Tinwes-Hereld, Take the case of the Rev. W. J. White, the editor of a Baptist weekly published at Augusta, Ga. -;White is a man of in- telligence and intégrit}) and his account of Fis early life has never been disputed. Briefly, this is the story: A few years before the war a flark-faced boy made iis appearance on a large Georgia plantation. He was supposed, to be a mulatto, and when the planter died the youngster was sold with the estate. After the war this alleged mulatto pick- ed up an education and investigated his ancestry. He was not much surprised, to learn that he did not have a particle of negro blocd tn his veins. His mother was an Indian and his father was a white ran. White was not long in deciding to cast his lot with the blacks. He had always been classed with them and had been a slave. It seemed to be the will of the Almighty that he should share the burdens of the negro race, and he made up his mind to stick to his old companions. He prospered and became a leader among the people. He has the respect and confidence of both races, but he has never attempted to rise above what he believes to be his divinely ordained sphere. It is easy to see at a glance that this man {g not a mulatto or a quadroon, for his mixed Indian and Caucasian blood cannot be mistaken, but he has no desire to cut loose from the ex-slaves, with whom he has spent the best years of his life. Many of the white ministers of his de- nomination know the peculiar facts of his case, and they treat him with great con- sideration. Uncomplainingly he leads his Ufe of self-sacrifice, and his only object seems to be the advancement of his adopt- ed race. He married a mulatto, and sub- mits to all of the laws and social dis- tirctions which separate the two races in the south. Few men similarly situated would have followed White's example. As a rule, peo- ple of Indian and white parentage claim to be the soetal equals of the waites, and if they have a Pocahontas strain in their blood ‘they are proud of it. = THE BICYCLIST AND THE SNAK A Story Full of Details That Were Not Fully Corroborative. From the New York World. When a story about a snake is told it Is always taken with a grain of salt, but the following is told by a man whose veracity has never beer questioned, and that every word is absolutely true there is no doubt: A half£dozen wheelmen were sitting in the shade of a tree on the Mendham pike, between Mendham and Morristown, N. J., when a man was seen approaching push- ing a part of his wheel in front of him and carrying the handle bars across his shoulders. The wheel and rider both look- dilapidated. ou seem to have had_an accident,” said one of the party, addressing the man “An aocident," returned the stranger, “I should think I have,” and he dropped the broken wheel and staggered over toward the shade. He was pale, ard there was a haunted look about hfs face that made the other mer think that he had ‘suffered:some bodily injury in the accident. “I hope you have not hurt yourself,” said the first speaker. “No,” answered the man, “I am not hurt physically, but if you fellows could have seen what I saw a mile back, you wouldn't teel quite chipper, either.” ,, “What was it?" asked one of the men. “Tell us about it.’ t “It was awful,” said the man, and he dooked as though he were about to faint. “It was a snake-a great, big, poisonous reptile. I saw bim on the road, and thought I would run over him for fun. When my whee! touched him he raised his head and ran his fangs into the tire. The tire exploded like the sound of a gun,.and, would you believe it, it. blew that snake's head clear oif his body. I had a puncture, but punctures are common with wheel- men, and J was preparing to mend it, when 1 saw the links of the chain break one by one, and fall to the ground. Then my handle bars began to. change color and turned jet black. 1 coulin’t imagine what 1t was for a time, but when I saw the rest of the wheel begin to.Jarn black and shriv- el up I realized that the snake's poison had gone all through the wheel. =s ‘soe. MOCKING BIRDS AS DANCERS. Queer Perfortkances They Sometimes Go Through In the Woods. From the Popular Science Monthly. The power of the mocking bird to amuse folks ‘Is not confined to its abiitties as a rich-voiced singer. The more birds are studied the more the students wonder what they can’t do. Birds with some mark- ed charectertstics are sometimes neglected im other respects than their peculiarity, and so. it happens that the mocking. hird is, better kfown as an imitative singer than as an original one, and that It ‘was a daticer’ ‘aw much almost as a heron or crane few. were aware. The mocking birds dance methodically, \'ke woodsmen in a square dance, rather than with the wfld gyrations of a darky hoe-down. They keep their bodies stiff, with head and tails erect, their wings drooping and feathers flattened out, some- thing I'ke the English sparrow when hop- ping about before its sweetheart; but the sparrow’s feathers are thrown out usually instead of being flattened against the body. . Two of the mocking birds make a set, and they bound along, jumping rather high, but rot far, going frem one end of the play- ground to the other, one behind the other about a foot, and each one at the end of the playground turns in a circle slowly and with dignity, and goes back again. Some- times they stop and@ look at some distant object, day dreaming, apparently, then away they go again. Mr. Blake tells about a hen that was dis- turbed by the ections of a pair of mocking birds in their dance, whereupon she left her brood of chickens and charged the couple with clucks and fluttering feathers. Up went the mocking birds with true mock- ing bird talk, scolding and sputtering at the hen until they fairly drove her away. oo TRUE WHEN WRITTEN. But Time Brought Changes at the Summer Resort. I was attracted to a place in Virginia,near the Atlantic ocean, where the combined ad- vantages of surf bathing and an absence of Mosquitoes was advertised. The surf bathing was there, but there were never more or larger mosquitoes than infested the place. The landlord was a leader in the church and made a great point of his conscientiousness, so I ques- tioned him about the insects: “Mosquitoes worse this year than usual?” I asked. “Reckon not. They gen’ally bite purty sharp this season $f the y’ar.” ‘Are there always, this many here?” “Erbout—some gits kijled, but don’t seem ter make no difference. “Didn't you advertis. free from mosquitoes?’ ;, “Sartin. I allus.do, an’ ef ther war a single skeeter here I'd say so. I never lied yit, an’ I never shan. No, sir; when I say a thing, it’s jest that way. 1 would be wii- lin to giv’ you a hundred dollars fer every skeeter you could hav’ foun’ hyar when I writ that thar “ad las’ January. Ef you stay till frost you'lf fin’ that thar ain't one lef’. In July an’ Alugust it stan’s to reason thar mus’ be skeeters.” et Could Not Stand''the Strain. From the Wisconsin Kentingl. “You are e dead beat.”; At the harsh words the cyclist roused himself and opened one eye. The police- man, bending over him, went on: A “You have been trying to travel on your race.”” The cyclist opened the other eye. “I have,” he admitted. ‘On my face and one elbo' But they could not stand the that the place was And, rising weakly to his feet, he stag- gered toward the nearest drug store, bear- ing the fragments of his wheel with him. —+«-+____ A Needed Rest. Brom the Philadelphia North Anrerican. ‘Trillions—“Where is Mr. Bonkey?” Chief Clerk—“At home, resting, under the order of his physician.” Trillions—“Why, Great Scott! had his vacation.” Chief Clerk—“Yes, sir; that's why his physician ordered a reat? He's just STRONG PLEAFOR THE GIRLS What One Woman Thinks ef the Morality of Wheeling. Comparisons With Other Soci: Oc- cupations That Score Heavily for the Bicycle. “My daughter shall not ride a bicycle, if I know it,” is heard in almost any di- rection we turn. And yet, there are no ©) avenues unfrequented by the woman bi- cycle rider, no spot not visited by the wheel; there is scarcely a tree in our resi- dence streets that of an evening has not one or two or sometimes three “bikes” resting peacefully against it. Nor is this all one sees; there are “bikes” everywhere, “bikes” turning, whizzing, spinning, until they make the pedestrian’s head swim at the sight, and his heart fierce with envy that there 1# not one of those living—yes, living—restless, happy, harmless-looking creatures waiting to be steered by him about this garden of the United States, this wonderful realization of George Wash- ington’s most glorious dream. And why would not you, who object to your daughter bicycling, object to her rid- ing in a carriage, in a cart sitting side by side with her coachman, snugly tucked in with the same blanket or carriage robe! That's all I'll say on that score, merely Suggesting the propriety of it, nothing more. But if I had a wife, or a daughter, or a sweetheart, or a friend, I'd never ap- prove of her riding in the box with my coachman! A girl or woman cn a bicycle is as free as the air that cuts her face as she fies over the streets or roads. A girl on a bi- cycle 13 the most independent girl in Chris- tendom. She is not incumbered with long fussy, betrimmed petticoats. Yet the graceful short skirt compromises the ques- tion of dress, and leaves no thought of immodesty lurking about her. “Shows her lower limbs!” Admitted! I would like to know what is the difference in showing the lower Ifmbs, clad in a neat-fitting costume, and flying cut of the way of the vulgar world and building and wearing a reception dress sans everything but a skirt, and that made so heavy that it is enough to break an or- Ginary woman's back to Mft it, let alone dragging It about over the thick pile of velvet carpets, night after night, during “the season.” If these women whe haul their trains of flummery after them as they do at their public social functtons were compelled to be hitched to a lawn mower end told to trundie that after them fifteen minutes a day, they would face no worse or more harmful alternative. Pray, what is the difference, from a moral standpoint, between a pair of natty knick- erbockers, a neat pair of high b je boots: or leggins, a short, pretty skirt on a young wman out in the broad light of day. spinning with all her might, getting all the czone she can in her lungs, and the ex- rosure incident to the surrender to the mandates of foolish farhions in the matter of woman's garh? If my daughter shall not bicycle from a standpoint of dress, then my daughter should not dress in ravisl ing becomingness in the costumes of her ancient relatives, in the habits or gowns proscribed by the for- eign courts. If it fs that she is thrown in with all sorts of people, then she must not attend any other place of assembly or walk on the street, for, go where one will on God's great round earth, there one finds people! people!! people!!! Good people, bad people, “dector, lawyer, mefchant, chief, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief! Editors, ministers, Senators, Representa- tives, accompanied by their wives, their daughters, thelr sweethearts. You find them awheei, you find them walking, driv- ing, riding and using every tmaginable kind of conveyance that man planned and built since the beginning of the pro- gressive era; and you find, among all these people just as good, my dear moral- istic prudes, as your daughter; as good as any other man’s daughter, as good as my duughter would be if I had one. Give your daughter a wheel if you can afford it; give her at the same time a little sound advice: ‘and if she 1s a level-headed girl, she stands an even chance with the world all awheel. She has as good a chance of looking her father and mother honestly in the face after a good, health- giving spin as she hes after displaying her charms at one of our fashionable recep- tions, where dear Count Look-me-up vies | with Baron Push-to-the-front in supplying her with ices, and the colonel from Ken tucky treads on the young cadet’s toes try- Ing to rescue her bit of rare lace she acci- dentally drops, and where dear old General Rite-your-nose-off escorts her out to the balcony or into the conservatory and tells her in the very best English he can com- mand that he would lke a rosebud from her corsage. Your daughter, anybody's daughter, will pass through this ordeal and look happy at you, or any other father, if she 1g properly trained, and say: “Oh, what a good ttme I did have!” ‘It fs not the low necks, the sleeveless waists, nor the betrousered limbs of our girls that bring them to sadness and long nights of tears and our hearts in sorrow to the grave. Nor is it the fashionable recep- tion nor the different methods or manners of amusements, nor the poor, much-abused bicycle. I declare honestly it is nothing but ourselves on whom the fates of our chil- dren rest. Look at the nature you have given your daughter; then put her where you please if you know she is able to with- stand all temptation. But don't, for hheav- en's sake dont, blame the defenseless out- come of an active man’s brains, the bicycle, for her tendencies, for her weak and dis- eased spine or any other human ailty or frailty to which her frresponsible flesh may be helr. I don’t ride a bicycle. I am not a ranting moralist nor a besoured old creature out of society, but a plain lover of human na- ture, glad to see the sweet girl blushing in her pretty costume at the ball, happy to see her in her natty suit on her “bike;” and I can always breathe after her a “God bless her” wherever I see a bright, cheery and happy face, and that she may be allowed all the sweet privileges due her sex, with a “bike” in the bargain, is my wholesome and heartsome wish. BETA BRUCE-STAR. —_— The Pace That Kills. From Harper's Bazar. In looking up a word in the dictionary several days ago my eyes fell on the defi- nition of “emulation”—“the act of at- tempting to equal or excel in qualities or actions; rivalry; desire of superiority, at- tended with effort to attain it.” Only the evening before, we had been taking about a little woman who was once pretty, but now has a harassed and anxious expression of countenance. “What is the matter with her?” asked one. It was a physician who answered: “She has no disease. She 1s wearing her- self to death by emulation of other peo- ple. The strain will kill her {f she keeps it up. Nobody in this world can stay first.” His words and the dictionary definition set me to thinking. Are not many women killing themselves by this same process? And how drearily unprofitable it all is, wher one considers the truih of the phy- clan's statement that “nobody in this world car stay first!” Nobody! For, strive as we may, there is always some one with a little more money, a hardscmer house, more influence, or per- haps more brains. There is merit in the desire to make the best of ourselves and of the talents given us. There is no credit due her who, because of “a desire for su- pericrity” over another, wears herself out in attempting to do that which she can- not perform. Is this not one reason for the nervous, anxious look on the faces of our American women? They strive to dress as well as neighbors with double their in- come; they give entertainments that empty the never-too-full purse, and they buy fur- niture for which they can only pay by rigid self-denial. ‘Were we only content as women to do just that which we can easily afford, how much more peaceful our lives would be, how much better our children, how much more care-free and youthful our men— these American husbands, the best in the world, who cannot bear to have their wives long for things that by an additional strain they might give them. And would not our lives be longer in the land? He Feared the Worst. From Life. “And. my boy—my long lost boy?” the father cried anxiously. “He grew up to be a Chicago gambler, they admitted regretfully. “Thank heaven!” the old man cried, his careworn face brightening. “I feared he might have become a Chicago alderman.” | | | ‘stick. He is supposed to be too exhausted | Wcmen are carried in chairs. 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Ye see, a feiler came along one day an’ say belongs to a paint- | In’ syndicate in Chicago as was out to paint all the barns in the country free, an’ he said he would paint mine if I wanted him to. So | I says: ‘Go ahead if it don’t cost nothin’. I went to town with a load of hay, an’ when I got back the barn was painted, shore enough.” The barn had been painted a bright vel- | low, as a good background for vari-colored | advertisements with letters a foot or two | long. The advertisement of a patent med- | icine covered both sides of the roof in let- | ters of red, blue and green against the vel- low. Chewing tobacco, shoes, soap, hams | and other commodities were pictured and told about on every available space. “When I got back,” continued the farmer. “the feller that was paintin’ says to me: ‘I put a few signs on the barn,’ says he, ‘but you won't mind that none, an’ they're good | Teadin’ matter when the paper don't come.’ | “Anyhow, it didn’t cost nothin’ to paint | the barn, an’ I'll be darned if the boys ain't | a-larnin’ to read from it, which I consider | pretty cheap edication these hard times “ =e o—— —_— \* A Chinese Funeral. From the Chicago N; A well-conducted Chinese funcral 1s the most gorgeous sight in Asia. At the front of the funeral procession walk the notsy, musicless musicians. Then come men bear- ing. theinsiznja of the dignity of the dad. if he had any. Next come more men, car- rying figures of animals, idols, umbrella and blue anil white streamers. Aft come men carrying pans of perfume. Just | ws, before the coffin walk bonzes, Chinese priests. Over the coffin a canopy Is usually | carried. The casket is borne by about a | score of men. fin walk the children of the decea: eldest son comes first. He is canvas and leans heavily uy Immediately behind the cof- The dressed in m a stout by grief and fasting to walk without the | aid of the staff. The other children and relatives follow this chief mourner. ‘They are clothed in white linen garments. The | ob and avail at intervals and in unison. When the | burying place is reached the bonzes begin chanting a mass for the dead, and the cof- fin 1s put into the tomb. A large, oblong white marble table is placed before the tomb. On the middle of it are set a censer | and two vases and two candlesticks, all of as exquisite workmanship as possible. ‘Then they have a naper cremation. Paper figures of men, horses, garments and a | score of other things are burned. They are | supposed to undergo a material resurrec- | tion and to be useful to the dead in the | Chinese heaven. The tomb is sealed up or closed, and an entertainment concludes the ceremony at the grave. ——_+e+—___ The Hidden Spunds. From the Chicago News. The Chinese have some extraordinary su- perstitions in regard to music. According | to their belief the Creator hid eight sounds in the earth for the express pur- pese of compelling man to find them out. | Accerding to the celestial idea the eight primitive sounds are hiaden in stones,silks, woods: of various kinds, the bamboo plant, pumpkins, in the skins of animals, in c2r- tain earths and in the air itself. Any one who hes ever seen or listened to a Chinese orchesira will remember that their musi- cal instrements are made of all these ma- terials except the last and that the com- bined efforts of the other seven seemed better calculated to drive the ethereal sound away than to coax it from the which is really the object of all Chin musical efforts. When the band play naive credulity of the people, old the | and | young, hears in the thuds of the gongs anl | the whistling of the pipes the tones of the | eterral sounds of nature that were origi- | nally deposited in the various animate and inanimate objects by the all-wise Father. ——_—_-+e-- Making Salt From Fir Bark. From the Philadelphia Times, In Lapland they have no salt, and the bark of the fir tre2 is used as a substitute. The Lapps peel the bark from the trunk of the tree, carefully remove the epidermis and then divide the Inner bark into quite a number of very thin layers. During the brief, but extremely hot Lap- land summer the layers are exposed to the | stn until thoroughiy dried; then they are torn into narrow strips and placed in boxes made of fresh bark taken from other trees, | Deep holes are then dug in the sand and the bark boxes are buried in them, where they are allowed to remain for about three day: The second day fires are made over places | where the boxes are buried, and kept burn- | ing briskly for several hours; the heat pet trates deep Into the sand, turns the fir bark | a deep red color, and gives to it a pleasing | taste and odor. Finally, the boxes are un- Hi earthed, the fir strips are pounded or ground into a coarse powder, and Lapps use it just as we do salt—only much more sparingly, because it is so trouble- some to prepare. esas Gibson's Magnetism. From Harper's Bazar. A friend of Hamilton Gibson, whose recent untimely death is so great a calamity to the world of art and letters, says that the art- fst had a singularly powerful magnetic et- traction for birds and other small wood- dwellers. He mentions partie one warm, still day, when he stood patiently at his camera taking such glimpses of water through the trees and bits of wood- land as Mr. Gibson suggested, when the lat- ter suddenly lifted his arms high above his head, pressing both wrisis together forming a vaselike hi into which quickly fluite: tree a little bird. Mr. Gibson softy dr his hands down to his face and made caressing sounds to the little prisoner, w showed no terror. Uefore he had opencd his hands to release the bird, who seemed in no hurry to go, a tiny squirrel erept down the trunk of the tree where Mr. Gib- | son leaned, and putting his forepaws en his shoulder, listened unafraid, while turn- ing his quick little head from side to side, to the half-whispered, half-whistled miur- mured sounds that were charming the lit- tle feathered guest ———— Mamma—“Every good deed you do is marked down, Tommy, and if you do encugh of them you will some day have a mar sion in the sky.” Tommy—“But I don’t want a house built on the installment plan.”—Life. ARY NOVICK, Came to Be in a Metropolt Journal. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Here -s the amusing experience of an ameteur Mterary aspirant which was to me a few days ago A young woman in New York wrote one day a short skit intended to be humorous. It aroused favoreble comment from her circle of friends, and she made up her mind that it was good enough to be published in one of the humorous periodicals - cordingly she submitted it to first « odical, then another. It was a br only about fifty lines in all, an brother indulgently s: 4, “couldn't possibly have done any harm.” ‘But still the hard- h ‘ted editors falled to see the humor of it and kept sending it back to her. Finally the young author lost rt completely and was about to ! her wr little skit in the depths of her portfolio. Then her brother took pity cn her and said “Here, give me your skit. I'll get it pub- ished or know the reason why.” A week or two later her skit appeared in wne of the humorous px» contributor enjoyed ali th authorship, sending mark del firs 1 copies of the paper to friends, ete. The pation did not occupy @ prorrinent co. Tt was among the advert but the author had seen cnany comics among the adver- lisements, and she was too contented to see her contribution in type to inquire far- ther. She never knew what th nkle in her brother's eyes meant, and that he had paid full advertising rates to insert her skit in “fifty lines space, single column, one insertion. Tom—"Didn't you find Miss rather coo] for a summer girl?” Jack— she was more like an Indian summer girl.”’—Life. Insanity is the horrible dream of the night perpetually present during the day. Insanity in women is oft- ener due to disease of the organs dis- tinctly feminine than to any other cause. The insane asylums of the country are full of women whose carelessness of their health in this icul, ie has sen- tenced them to a life that is less desirable than death. The weakness or shock that causes such insanity is frequently the re sult of childbirth. 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