Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1892, Page 12

GRACE H, RITS THE SPOT - A Tew Timely fhots at Feminine Rudeness on the Cars, SAV, GIRLS, CAN SUCH THINGS BE? Marvelous Ve ~Wifo Manageme are Dot atliity of the Ameriean Girl t—What Women The stone must be thrown. I have walted o long time for soms one else to throw it. Butthe women wont and the men are too polite. ¢ Aro the manners and conduct of women on the street cars 1n Omaba as courteous and polite as that of the sterner sex! We fear mot, The poor, hard-working conductors are sontinually called to account and written up for not being more accommodating. Tho areadful men are often roastod enmasso for daring to keep the seats they paid forand allowing the ladies to stand. You wiil see a Iady take the seat vacated for her, oft'times by a tired looking man, without a ‘‘thank you,” without even & thanktul look—take it as if it belonged to her by o natural law. But worse thao that, Wao see women dally on tho open motor cars show n supreme solfishness towara one auother. If possiblo tho selfish one will secure the end of the seat and when another wishes to enter the same soat, In place of moving over, which common courtesy would dictate, will sit pertectly still and let the last unfortunate sister scramble over theic fect in frantic endeavor to weta footing aua keep in band tne dress truin and parasol, and mayhap a parcel. Few ladies but have suftered this disagreeadlo experi- once, and while one can hardly rofrain from a word of reproof, one must suffer in silence or attract the attention of strangers and be considerea ill-bred, They seem to take it for granted, first como first ohoice. ‘What does the horrid man do when he h the end of the seat! With vdry few excep- tious he moves up or steps ont. I have never been obliged to stand 1v tho street cars of Omaba and a wan retain his seat; yet, I r grot to say it, I bave scon women sproad their draperies and oceupy tho space of two soats and 1gnore another’s presence. I'he men In Cbicago and New York city all read newspapers, and are never known to seo over the top of the puge until they reach the right corier. In these cities a lady can stand up uunoticed, If 80 un- fortunate as to find no _ seat. DutIam proud to say that the men of 4)maha, as a rule, are kind, obliging and 20lito to the fair sex on the motor cars. Lshall say o word in_defense of the con- 4uctors. Do we stop to think that the work )l the conductors on the open motors is no winecurel Out in the bot sun, walking from aeat to seat, collecting fare, making change, watehir.g for pussengers, looking out for the small boy who will climbon. Itissmall wonder if tired nature sometimes assorts {tsell in a sour look, or impatient manner, Don't let us beso ready to condemn hin, just put yourself in his placo—in imagina: tion. I had torun o half-block one day last week to catch o motor car, and [ confess [ had a oross word ready. But one look at the conductor convinced me that he was quito Foung avd now at bis work and had not yet ‘oarned to watch corners and collect fares at whe same time, and I am glaa to say the oross word died on my lips, for his sorry raok showed that he regrétied my little run. Will the ladios who porsist in keeping the ond of the seat please *'move up?” Will the ladies who take & gentleman’s ‘vacated seat thank him by word or look, and euluivate the art of being courteous, which weans sometimes a little self-sacrificet Don't let the men out do us_in true polite- ness. Grace H. —, s Of the manifold and marvellous ways of ‘woman fair, the “‘waysiest ways,” as Annio Slosson’s old maid said, aro thoso of the American girl in adapting her personality to the peculiar phase of mode she capriciouely chooses to adopt. 1f she selects for her fash- ion plate somo great master's famous paint- ing of a fair and stately grande dame of an- clonv inouge, says theNew Yerk Sun, “this Fl‘l. without & grandfathier, wears the fust- ing brocade and priceless lnco with a regal graco that the quoens ana daughters of ueens, who invented the mode, never knew. 1 sho dons a frock of flower-sprigged cotton, girdled with ribbon and crowned with a big npping hat, falling in picturesqua curves ‘siout hor fuce, & Dresden china shephordess ouiling at 'her inseparable companion atueite on the mantel, no one is less guilo- d more worldty wise and worn than she. If she appropriates the walstcoat mas- culine and the prosaic galluses of her brother man, she gives to the one a fascinating slope at the waist lino and to the other an ea- chanting cirve at the front never known to suspenders since Adam cut his from a grape- vine, and wears both with an oeasy nonchal- ance, & trig smartness, an air of Jolly good comradeship toward bim from whose dress vhe has filched thom, which in turn changes, ! writh the changiug of her raiment, to a ao- «aure coy diMidence, an appealing swaet Zelplessness in keoping with the softly fall- tug, fluttering, frilled, moonshiny ~white things in which at lunch’ she doos the art- less—the sweetly simpiesainte de mousseline. - e When & girl Is said to be charming it does not imply that she is endowed with more than her share of good looks, or oven that she 15 moderately protty. She may be posi- tively ugly us regards form and feature, yot be possessed of & grace of manner thut makes hor lovable una altogether worth the win- ning, A girl may be agreeable or the re- verse, according to tho way she permits her- selt Lo aoL. ‘I'nct and politeness may be cul- tivated until she becomes a pleasing and de- ligetful compauion, but a charming woman is born, not wade. Tluere is a fascination in her very imperfections that renders her irre- sistible. Oue 1od of the head from ono so endowed is worth a torrent of imitation from others, perhaps more beautiful, but lacking that subile sometbung that is felt but cannot b describod The charmiug girl makes friends with no offorton her part, and, moreover, she keeps them, even though thoy may not always ap- prove of ber acuons or commend her ways, yot sho is so irresistible tnat she can retain tneir good will without halt trying, while Der less fortunate sister is continuaily striv- mg to pleaso and waking a lamentable fafl- yre more often than u glittering sucoess, ‘this charm of manver, however, is a danger- i possesion, for ,unless the woman so wifted bas excellent | morals to back it, she an work more harm fu o day thun ¥ be uudone in & year. - u A New York newspapor recently asked its readers to give their viows on “{ow -to Manago o Wife, and oftered o prize for the roply that should seem tho best. Dr. Charles F. Deems, tho eminent diviuo, was the suc- cessful coutestant, und here is the reply that was given ithe priz * ‘Manage{ What is that! Does it mean Lo control! We manage a horse. We use our superior hunisn Intellect 1o control and guide his superior physical strougth 80 as to obiain the best results. Buta wife is nota Lorse. Where two per:ous are well married, the wite is superior 1o her busbaud 10 as many respects as be is supcrior to her in others. 1f bapni- ness 18 10 bo the result of the union the first business of tho busbaad is to manuge himself so a5 1o koep himscll always bis wife's ro- speotful friend, always hor tender lover, always ber equal purtner, always her supe- rior protector. Tuis will necessarily stimu- fate tho wifo to bo always an effevtionato sweetheart, always & thrifty housowife, always a confialug ward, And this will 80 reaot upon the busband that his love for bis wifo will £row 80 as to make It casy for the husband, with ail bis faults, to boar with all tho intirmities of bis ‘ono and ouly' wife.” What would bo tho'sirprise of the P n academy of 1uventors who sit in solemn conclave ou tho results of other people’s in- enuity o loarn 1bat the C. M. Westover of ew York, whosome yvears ngo luvented a cart for earrying dirt out of mines and tun- nels, Lo the ereat saviog of animal lubor, is u woman, Under the \mpression that sho was a man, thoy bave conferred upon hber the title of Membre d'Hoaneur, with o firat-class diploma and big gold wodal, All this Miss Cynthia Westover found in & Jarge ofiicial-lnoking envelope that ¢ her uddressea to C. 'M. Westover, esq. the New York Worla. 1t is 8 question if, when the members of tho Froveh bourd discover their mistas ther will eppreciae the bumor J their situation. They will probably only wonder anow at the versatility of tho Amer- fean woman, Mes, Willlam C. Whitney, wite of tho ex- secretary of the nav: bocn sponding most of the time since her return from Furope at Newport. Mrs. Whitney is a beautiful woman. [Partherinoro sho I8 tal ented as well. delight in bringing up her children, 0 10 givo them that motherly attention that so few ‘woman in society deem necessary to devote to their offspring, and in addition she makos opportunity to visit her friends, mives great dinner partios, reads and writes, and also tries to advancs her husband's interests. Mrs. Whitnov is oue of the women who are helping to mako their husbands famous. Her home at Newport is one of the most beautiful in that charming city by tio sea. Mrs. Potter Patmer, in an_elaborato arti- clo in the Ladies' Home Jonraal for July, states thut the exhibit in the woman’s build- ing will illustrate the history of female de- velopment frous the time of ‘tho oliff dwell- ers, through the middle ages, wnen, though hor mina was undiciplined, her delicacy of touch was mude useful 1n copying the elab- orato MSS. of the day and iu_mnkitg the rich illustrations that necompany them in books of poetry, in textile fabries, wonderful embroideries, drawn work, rare laces and famous tapestries, . Tt may interost both ‘women who love, and thoso who despise it, to know that the word “igossip’® which 1n our days nas taken on an ignoble meaning, is derived frow the Anglo- Saxon *'Goo sibb,’’ which was the word for the two ideas of a” and ‘“‘relation’ or “affinity.” Tho original word was applied 10 o sponsor in baptim, then 1o a friena or intimate who was privileged to talic over whatever came to his :uln'l. Iew women have aspired to the manage- ment and control of a daily palitical paper, but Mrs. I'rank T, Lynch, wifoof the re- cently deceased editor of the Leayanworth Standard, has taken the uctive business and editoria] manszement of the paper which ner husband built up and eaited. Sho isa young woman with 1w? children, the daughter of a family of journalists, from which she scems to have iuherited instinets of the true, re- fined newspaper character, togother with a kceen insight into passing affairs and fine per- cevtions as to the obligations of her new offios. Tate Fashion Notos. Some of the romnants of organdie make inexpensive and charming blouse waists. The distinguishing mark of a raal Purisian toilet is a touch of black, deftiy added. Delicate blue gauze fans ave painted with apple blossoms, about Which gew-set butter- flies hover. Tlower girdles, rosombling the children’s “‘daisy chains,” are worn with diaphanous ball cowns The pocsketloss skirt 1s rapidly coming into favor with wonoen who disitks to have their pockets picked. Many modish whito wool gowns display sloeves of yroon velvet, that being the only bit of color in the tollet. Yellow is a particularly favorite color this summer, and, 1f carofully chosen, suits blondes and brunettes alike, Kven the loveliest roses aro complotely thrown in the shade by the many colored sereens of their slender stems. Ultra fashionablos swing from their wrists fluffy bags o tulle and ribbon which conceal tiny pocket mirrors of frosted gold. A faille crepe do_chine fichu is brought about tho soft white shoulders of the sum- mer lass and sccured with joweled pins, The new grenadines, with sillc stripes in delicate tints, aro particularly svitable for aftornoon toilats ror this sultry season. Russian colors promixo to bo the popular tints for early autumn, and they aro emer- alds, a dull olue, a deop rad, and bluck, If you are bent on being quite up to date in the matterof millinory, have a onnet and lace cap to mateh for grand oo- casions. A neglige sacque for morniug is of white china silk, opsned front over silk blouse, trimmod with jabots of soft maline lace, with bows of ribbon at tho balt and throat. For ruchings of suk, which act s a frill upon the summer cowns, eau do nil r0so pink 18 an_exquisite combination. effect is very pretty when worn ut the tom of & black grenadine, Delnines aro particularly protty this and ruj oot and Tho Dbot- year, ~“I'here 18 only one objection to th When they gat evon a little soiled their beauty is almost gon, Some of the newest gowns desizned for women who are weary of the monotony of sheuth skirts have deep Spanish flounces added to thoe bellshaped skirts, which are not lined ana are made without a petticoat, ‘Worth has brought out some verv beauti- ful walking dresses in short length, and a leading Knglish modiste afirms that the very smartest people are not wearing drosses so long as last year, either for morning or aven- ing. Low-necked bodices of many snmmer dancing dresses ara trimmed with Rocamier folds, draped berthus and loug,dainty scarfs of petat poiut, silk net festooned across tho top at the back and carried 1n bretelles down the front, Although the largo pioture-hats are in high vogue, bein omiaently bocoming to many women, the small wreathed capotes have by no means disappearea, and for delicate, iquant facos no otnor style could possibly 0 more suitable. Some pratty gowns are made of thin white stuff with embroidered bauds. Ona with bands with little pink roses scattered over them was made over a silk underdross, pink in color. Thocuffs, collar, belt and skirt bor- der all were embroidered. Striking among the novelties for country wear are the toilots of pure white, from tho tip of tho snowy parasol to the shoes of white finen or ooze leather, which aro worn with white il stockings, and peop out from tho laco-edged ruffies of white surah petticonts. Tartan kuit stockines ure fashionablo for men this summer. Worn with gray knicker- bockers thev are very effective. The good kmtter will fud it very interesting work to knit & pair of thesé gorgeous hoso from the directions which cowme published with the wool, One ot the favorite silks of the season Is changoable taffota, which is lavgely used,not only for entire costumes and for foandations for airy dressos of grenadive, mull, batlste, organdie and luce; but for aust cloaks, neg- lige jackets, hammock robes, perelines, para- sols and pelticoats. Tho most comfortable-looking tennis dresses for wear these dog-day timos aro formed of fiue liner.-lawn in pale-gray shades, The suits are made with full oasy " sieeves, simple skirts with machine-stitched hems, and an Eton jacket open over a loose blouse of white mull or dottod batiste. Lareo patterncd cashmore foulards aro wong the chic things of the season. Thoy are obtainable only in & fow swell shops, and then only 11 pattern dresses of a high-priced quality of silik. They como in the softest combinations or in darime colors, artistically mingled, and ave always pleasing. An Eiglish piper describes a kind of stitchery useda for sofa pillows aud piano ads that is calied pompadour work, Fig- ured lace havine leaves and flowers in the design is stretehed over sativ and the figures aro outlined with metal cord and dolicately vewed. The plaio lace is then cut away be- tween the tigu Hoart-shan d purses are being sold. Thoy aro smull, mado of red leather, aud tho cotire sido is coverod with o gold wo: ogram, At- tachiod 1o the summer gitl's chatelaine is o heart-shaped case of oponwork gold. lnto this aho slips the brizht red purse which, it need not bo said, is much heavior when she first trips abroad than whon sho returns. Corn color s ouo of the most recherche shades this summer for young wnd old, The bandsowe bonnet of our cut has 1 jot crown and border of fine jot balls resting on tho hair, willi a szarf of fight-biue chiffon fust ened with o ritasstone bucklo 10 the narrow olut in frout aud drawn in folds to tho ack of the brim, with jotted autnmnal aud bluo aigrotte in front and black velvet string: It is very hard to distinguish many of the night robus frow the tow wowns. They come 10 80ft, shesr matorial brightenod with a bit of color and trimmed with falls of luce. The sleeves aro so fasbioued that they would do oredit Lo many o teception wown. Thoy are made of nainsook, or accordinn-niated sili, with long, flowiug sleeves. Pale yellow at present the fashionablo shade. What Women Are Doing. Mrs. Lease appears to bo from year 10 year. Business women lu Buffalo have formed & tho musiins very close for firstl THE OMAHA DATLY RVW. club, Thev bosan with a membership of soventy five. Among other provision< is onn that a elass shall bs upsned in aniv subject of vaueation on request of ton members. Madame Salafazo s the only modern Itnlian woman whose name is really weil- Kkuown 10 tho advanced cireies of Paris and London. Although she is a voune woman, sho has dono much 1o ameliorats the condi- tion of her follow (== .try womaun, and Signor Crispi noids her in tho greafost’ esteem and respect. Mrs, F'rick, tho wife of the Carnegis mana- ger ac Homestead, is tae daughter ok a Mas- snchusotts gontioman, Her father was Asa P. Childs, whe, botwoen 1828 and 1838, was engaged {n the wholesaio shoe business in Pittsburg, making his purchases in Boston, where he' and nis brother, Harvey Chilas, werewoll known. A Bath lady who has brought up a family of seventoon children, ten of whom are liv- ing, has decided to adopt a poor little orphan, who is having a rather hard time of 110 the world, Mme. Carnot, wifo of the president of France, 18 the antithesis in physical and montal attractivoness of the preceding mis tress of the Elvseo, Mme. Grevy. for whereas the latter was a plain andpractical oid lady. devoid of the graces which the French de- mand of women in official station. Mmo. Carnot is as charmiog as sho is clever. A Philadeiphia authoress, Miss Laura N. Ford, has purchased ton acres of land on ono of the highest summits of the Green Moun- tains. in the neart of a wilderness, where sha Droposes to clear tho forest pioneer fasbion, andto found a summer colony. She has christened tho place Rome, because of the sevon mountain pinuacles that tower aboye it The council of tho Rogal Geographical so- cloty in England has determined to admit women us members, Two medals have beon granted by this society to women, ono to Lady Franklin in commemoration of her husband's discoveries, and _the other, more justly, to M=s. Mary Somerville as a recogni- tion of her valuablo contributions to geo- graphical science, Thoro are now twenty-one law firms in the United States composed of husbands and wives, and there are about 00 American women who vractice law in the courts or manage logal publications. Miss Phoebo Cousins was the first woman admitted to the Washington university at St. Louis, and she hus now practiced with her father for twenty-one yvears, Several women make large incomes by the iaw. Oroon has a girl wail carrier, Miss Minnie Weston, a brave spirited and beauti- ful girl, just out of her teens. Her route is through a rough and lonely couutry where wild veasts frequently dispute passage with her, and tramp sometimes appear, only to be rned away by the flash of her revolver. he rides asmall, lithe pony, and covers the route four or five times each week. Women 1n Cahifornia are earning a liveti- nood by raising flower bulbs and seeds for market. One women who went into the busi- noss eight years ago, with little capital ex- cont courage, has been so successful that now she fills orders from well known eastern florists, and occasionaliy has a call from Eu- rope and Australis. Many womon about San F'rancisco send to the city duily hamper: of wild tlowers and feras gathered in neigh- boring canons, Ata recent drawing room in Buckingham palace, London, Mrs. Catlin, wife of the United States consul at Munich, wore, by the queen’s ecspecial permission, a high nocked gown. Although this may seem trivial to us, 1t is a matter of tromendous im- port 1o our fair cousins across the pond. The etiquette has always demanded the ote costume, uud whilo some few have raised thoir voices in mild protest, it hus ever been rigorously observed. Lt takes one of our broad miuded American women (o waive aside custom and don a gown just suited to her taste. o5 I Joweley. Engagemont cups and saucors continue to be one of the caprioos of fashion, A bronze gallcon, witn sails spread and a man at the helm, has a chronometer set in the center of the sail. Silver jardinioros for the tablo are of pierced work or are delicately ornamented with garlands in relief. A largo Egvptian shaped vase, simplo and severe in outiine, with soid handles like wings, is one of the novelties. Silver bowls for flowors have irregular odges and aro lighter on ono side than the other, like broken eggshells. Tce pitehers huve frostod surfaces with re- pousse bands. ‘ho shapes are oylindrical. Spiral flutes make another variety. A new soap rack 1s a standard with grace- ful narrow chased baads in all sorts of Greels fret desizn, 10 which an oval cake of soap is held. ol Tl This is to tesufy tnat 1 nave tosted the medical proverties of Dr. J. B. Moore's Treo of Life remedy to my entiro satisfaction, and can most heartily recommend it to the' suf fering and afilicted everywhore, to ve ali claimed for it in the above statement. Last spring [ was sufforing _from loss of appetite, coustipation, etc., originating from kiduey and liver trouble, ana I had not used one bot- tie of this great life romedy uatil I was creatly rolieved. My wife, also, being aya very critical stago ‘in lifs, was sufforidg much at times, and by the use of this remedy has been saved from much sufforing and pos- sibly from premature death. Our youngest son’s health for several years has been very delicate, He contracted ~some lung troublo by tuking cold with measlos, which produced great nervous debility and ‘occasional bleed - 1ng of the lungs; he has used some four bot- tles of Tree of Life, and feols and looks as though new life had been given him. If you areafllicted, try it. i£0, MiLLER Box 64, Carlislo, Towa. For sale vy all druggi* e FPEOPLE TALKED Pres. Elder. Abram W. Smith, candidate for governor on the republican ticket in Kansas, is almost a giont in stature, and, is possessed of the most robust health. Massachusetts has four living ex-governors who were born in 1815—Boutwell, Claflin, Rice and Butler. Candidate Weaver has received a silver en with which te will sign o free coinage il when he becomes president. Thus so much silver is retired permanently from cir- culation, Mr. Henry M. Stanloy bas become so an- gored by the flippant allusions in the Ameri- can newspapers to his iate canvass that ho deciares he will never sot foot in the United States again. Here's long iife to Mr. Stan- lov's excellent temper. +Boss” Shepnerd lives in baronial state In his own castie smong his mines and hacien- das tear Batopilus, Mex., whero the degon- erate descondants ‘of the Moutezumas look upon bim as & ginut of energy and prograss. He looks but little older than he did ten years ago and retains all of his remarkable vitalivy, Carl Schurz is said to be at work upon sev- eral speeches to be acliverea in the ap- proaching campaicn. He cannot speak ex- temporancously and it is necessary for him to write out aad commit to memory all his addresses, but as u rosult they gain in force and elegance of diction. In Octover of last yoar Mr. Gladstone con- wibuted an article to the Niuoteenth Contury on the political outlook in Groat Britain, in the course of which he prodictea that the Salisburv government would soon bo over- thirown, and that the opposition majority in the elactions would be about 406, which is bui six in excess of the actual majority ob- tamed. “The old Willlam,” said Prince Bismarck recently, *was not, 1t is true, o great states- man, but he was a man of mature and sound judgment. He would never act without con- sulliug oue or more of biy counselors. Then he was a perfect gentloman. I was deeply attached to him. The Lmperor Frederici was a noble man. He was uol perhaps a man of groat strength, yet he was one of con- | sidorablo perception, discretion aud tact, He was @ shurp sword with & short blade," Sum Small bas reached that stage in his congressional canvass which nocessitates carding the Atlants nowspapors. Ho posts a certvln statement as *‘a tota!, graceless and malicious misropresentation,” und the author thoreof as “a cowardly lout Who is beneath tho distinetion of a drabbing or the cantempt of o kicking. Rev. Samuel is a post- graduato in the art of political black- Fuardism, Watkin James, the aged stopfather of Ex- plorer Henry o1 Stanloy, 15 one of the sivikers at Homestoad, = 'Mr. Jumes is & Wolshman anc married Stanley's mother sowo years after tha African hero was born, He is'a gray haired man of about 70 vears of age, and speaks Eoglish with a stroug Cumbrian uccont. Stanley's mother, who was Mr. James' first wife, died many years ago. and the old millworker has since twice married, QINNDAY A fon of THidyBirds Slanghtered An- nu 1§ inf Groat Britain, —_— . THE FRINCE OF :\VALES' BIG PHEASANTRY |AL Enormous Same®pbnt i Rearing the King of Birds—tow G Farms Are Madntai otesstonal Ponchs g Not! Very e Dangerous. [Cepyrightsd 1832 bl Bagar L. Wakeman. 1 Baxuvay, Bug., July 25, — [Correspovdence of ik Bk, |—F'rom any point of considera- tion tho Buglish pheasant is the most splen- did-bird that venches the English market. Somebody, perhaps an Irishman, has called 3t “the sacred ibis of Great Britain.” It is cortainly all but worshiped. The idolatry is an expensive one: for it surely costs Eng- land, Ireland and Scotland more than a million pounds sterling to rear, to shoot and finally eat such phoasants as anuually come to the gun, If the vast areas of valuable enclosed land comprised 1n gentlemen’s seats uad parked aemosnes of the nobility, which aro almost solely devoted to runs and coverts for pheas- ants, should be taken 1nto account, and any- thing like a fair rental for these bo added to the actual current sums expended, tho out- lay upon this bird alone would annuully reach millions upon millions of dollars, and bo found to exceed all othor forms of ouday by British sportsmen combined. Indeed, the pheasant is an interesting bird in ullits 1elations to life upon the great Boglish estatos—in its extraordinury per- sonal beauty; as the immemoriai worry of keepers and prey of poachers; in 1ts occupy- ing great attention from titled sportsmen than do all other gamo birds of Britain; and, above all, from its superb and matchless placo among tho delicacies of the table. Every ono has heard how Sidney Smith, and he was no mean epicure, asserted that he Kknew of no purely earthly jov equal to roast pheasaat with rich gravy, chipped potatoes aud bread sauce. For an American’s under- standing, it may truly be said that the pheas- ant is our turkoy, partriage and quail in one ample and delicious frame, Tho “Sportman’ Craze in Great Britaln. The limitations of shooting in Great Britain undoubtedly add much, from the sportsman standpoint, to the doep British in- terest at ail times in theso splendid birds, It is almost Inconceivable to an American how universally the “sportman” craze pravails in Eogland, Ireland and Scotland, and how every acre of land and rod of shore, outside of and distinct from all other uses w which it may be put, is sportman’s property, yielding extraordi- nary returns in rentals for the “shooting” and “fishing” rights ulone. On a former occasion I demonstrated that tho exercise of theso rights aud. privileges annually cost British sportsmen tno enormous sum of £6,000,000 or $30,000,000 in_American money. This vast expenditure is almost wholly coutined to whatever pleasure may be got in poking aboul mooks, other waste though thoroaghly zuarded tracts and tenant farm- ers’ fields for snine, quail and grouse, caper- cailzio and deer. ' Pheasants, then, while they may eventually pome to the tables of the vulgar tradesmemand literary folk, are really the game birds of tho British aris- tocracy. and of -the: landed aristooracy at that. ~They are féund only within the grounds of gentlemsns’ seats and lordly de- mesnes, save where us in pheasant farm they are exclusiveiy: bred to increase the number upon the estates, Al the conditions of thoir existence in the first piace, their breeding, their incisase and retention aro necessarily alone found within the walled in parks of the country’ gentry And nobility. And the sport found 'in_their annual de- struction is so absolutely extlusive that they can only reach the common mortals’ table, at from a crown 1o & guines & brace, by way of the ubiquitous poachor's net or after ‘‘com- ing to the guns” of the rich, the titled aud the great. A Million Pheasants Slaughtered Annually. Every British nooleman’s estate and every iSnglish, Irish or Scottish gontieman’s country seat, is 1n oint of fact to a greater or less degree a pheasuntry, and the increase and protection of this one game bird are para- mount to all other duties or pleasures. From every accessible means of information, I believe that fully 1,000,000 pheasants are annually slaughtered 'in ‘the United King- dom. Of these over 100,000 reach tho Lon- don market stalls alone; aud this number represents oniy those which have legiti- mately ¢o.09 from tho *battues” or *‘shoots’’ in October, November aud early December, and do not take into account the heavy an- nual drafts by poachers upon the rich and weli stocked preserves. Necessarily great paius are annually taken to keep up the pheasant supplies. There are some profossionul ‘breeders. There estab- lishments are distinclively known as game farms, Krom these pheasant eggs, chicks and adults are often supplied by the hun- areds ana thousands to the more aristocratio estates, although a nobleman or gentleman greatly loses in caste amonp aristocratio sportsmen if he is known to lack the ability of keeping his own preserves bouutifully supplied throngh the proficiency and cun- ning of his own gamekoeper. The priuce of Wales is by no means first among tho broeders, and vet on his estate of Sandringham_nod 'the adjoining property of Castle Risingham, which he has leased for sporung purposes, as many as from 7,000 to 8,000 pheasants are annually proviged by his royal highness for his sports- men friends. In two or threo of the dukeries, and on other largo estates as well, immonsé pains and expense are given to insure abund- aut supplies of the bird of Colchis. Vast Quantities of Birds Kilied at One ¢ tac. The killing of from 2,000 to 4,000 birds at one “hattue” has often been recorded, and 1t is well known that 9,500 were shot during one season at_ Eivedon, in Norfolk, which has un area of 17,000 acres. There are othor gamo Iarms, as tbey are called, in othor arts of tioeland, and there is at least one uge pheasantry in Scotland, on the Jiarquis of Ailsa’s estate in Ayrshire, On all estates of average area tho head gamekeeper will bo allowed a half dozen Keapors to assist him in breeding ana caring for the game and in protecting it from in- roads of poachers. Often the number of under gamo keevors will be Increased by drawing, at certain ‘seasons, upon the under foresters, s0 that)'where from 2,000 to 4,000 pheasants may be required for the autumnal guns of milord’s sportemen _guosts, with the wives and cnildren of. the helpers who,may live in coutages within the demesno walls, a scorc of persons will be employed in the breeding and caring for pheasants upoa ono estate alone, ' Usually theso birds which have escaped both tho posachier's nots and the sportsmen’s guns are allowed to ran wild during the wWiuter; eare principally being taken to koop thelr runs and coverty,clear of too great ob- structions by snow, 10 huve their baunts oo- casionally provided &vlfh dry straw or loaves and to koep their’ dijnking wells or water troughs open and (ledr of refuse, and that they uro well fod wifh osts and corn. On somoe estates during’ Ovtober and November o cortuln number ok’ caughbt, taken to tho aviary or pheasauyyditheir wings regularly clippad every two ‘of three wecks, aud they are thus kept and fod during the winter o provide the required egg supply during the spring months, the scarcity of oggs buing one of the most serious drawbacks in pheasant breeding, Usually, howevor, the old birds are not “taken up” until the last of February. Then thoy aro systamatically “starved” "by non- feoding for about a woek, whon lurgo “fizure 4" traps are set near thelr haunts. Then trals of oa's are scatiered bstween. Tho pheasants readily follow these to the traps which are sprung by strings io the hands of tho keepers, auy dusived number belug thus casily secured. Great Cure Takon of the Birds in Winter. These birds are takon to the aviaries which the keepers, among whom I have many good frieads, insist on calliug “areas.' These are simply large wooded spaces In the demesne grounds, enclosed by fouces of wire notting, sometimos Lwelve Toot bigh. Tho wiogs of the birds sre constaully 3at- AUGYIST 7. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES FENGLSH ETEZASANT SHOOTING | or they would eseape; brecders find the labor re: d less costly than n wite netting cover. for such necessarily large tracts. These aries are peovided with mock coverts of bark and bough, with nesting places and watering troughs, whiln some are secured agaiust vormin by ourved iron bases to the enclosing notting charged with cleotricity which causes death to all rodents attempting an entrance. The pheasants begin laying by April, and they luy very much like the ordinary hen. Each can bo counted on to furnish from twenty to thirty eggs. These ave dally care- fully gathored not only from the nests in the aviaries, but from those of the unimprisoned birds. The Iatter isnota difficult task for the keepers; for 1t is a singular fact notwith- standing the pheasants’ wild nature they nest most freoly 1n shrub clumps along the eages of walks and arives. The keepers tell me they love the sound and sense of com- panionship, though themselves wonderfully secretive and sly. And hero tho olement of ponching is ridiculously observable. From April to Juno phoasants’ eggs are worth from £4 to £ per hundred, or from 20 to 25 cents each, A regular scramble for thom is begun, and this season provides one of the richest of the poacher's harvests, It is a well known fact that ono half of the pheasants’ eggs exposed for sule at the shopkeepers are stolen. Expert poucchers know every haunt of the phensants upon the demesnes as well as the keepers. They are ofton ahead of the latter at the nests of the unimprisoned birds, Not only this, but keepers themselves do not scruple to surreptitiously disposo of milora’s supply, or hielp themselyes from the neighboring demesnes, Lust spring I rode to Stourbridge with Sir Offfey ——, ~ Our mssion was to secure ity dozen pheasants’ eggs which we accom- plished. “Probubly one-half of them,” he said, “eame from my grounas. ‘The other haif are doubtless from several adjoining proverties, Bul,” ne said dryly, “‘the poaching keeps the breed well crossed I How Pheasant Chicks are Hatched, But the pheasant hen is not a good mother. Ioster mothers must be provided, Domestic “setting hens' are thereforo bought up from tho peasantry roundabout in scores at from 18 pence and 2 smllings each. The hatchery, always excellently walled and protected from vermin often still moro expensively than the aviaries where the nesting is going on, consists of a long series of arched com- partments with sliding doors which descend and close the hen 1n tightly, leaving several apertures for light and air, The ben 15 re- moved from the nest daily, fed and watered, often given a run in the wet grass, or her brea-t feathers otherwise dampened to insure greater heat to the eggs, and care: fully put back on her own nest, great care being taken that i s not foulea or the eggs misplaced, and that all vermin be eradicated, At tho end of three weeks tho pheasant chicks bave hatched. The hen is now placed in a conical, hand-made rush or willow coop, with free ingress and egress for the brood, which 18 closed in at uightand lov out at 4 o'clock every morning. They are fed hara-boiled chopped eggs, mixed ~ with oat and corn meal, a sort of food the chief material of which is boiled and dried horse- flesh and ground biscuit and oyster-shells. Several men are now required for their caro; and for threo months the entire collection of coops is chunged daily like a camp to new ground, and _each day a trifle nearer the coverts or forest. Tue food is gradually chunged to oats and cracked raw corn; tho moment the young bird show signs of skulking they #re removed from the aomestic hen mothers and coops to the aviaries, and in July they aro set at liberty within the grounds and forest of the demesne. However great may be the care in the breeding of pheasants, not over one-half of the chicks come safely to maturity. Then the preserves are ready for depletion by poach- ing i its various forms, Notonly do the birds suffer i diminution from the profes- sional poachor, but milora’s pheasants prove an irresistible’ tomptation to every tenant and cotter living rouna about the demesnes, well as to many whose interests should maie them their protectors; while on many estates much of the poaching attributed to genuine poachers is done by the employes themselves. Great Estatos Employ an Army of Men. On great estates trom twenty to fifty men are employed. There are the “agent” and his clerks. The bailiff, who looks after the home farm and cattle, has his helpers. Thero are the head forester and perhups a dozen under foresters, all of whose bird and wood craft are quite equal to those of the pamekeeper and his several underkeepers. There are a master sawyer,und three ot four men engaged in cutting timber and posts from forest trees and_repairing gates, walls und fences. The head gardner has several assistants, There aro painters, glaziers, carpenters, etc., all of whom are familiar with the castie and surcounding grounds. And on some demesnes you will find a half dozen lodge keepers and’ their families. All of these poorly paid folé love a pheasaut after it comes from the oven, potor grili as well as do the aristocracy, and they all know how to get them without bothoring the vil- lage marketman, Professional poaching is a far less dangor- ous pursuit than it is usually cousidered. During the shooting season all sorts of vil- Iago bangers-on are /pressed 1nto service as “heaters’” and to carry and fillzamo.bags. It is an oeasy thing during tue ex- citoment to hide a generous portion of the game at convenient poinis from which it is taken under cover of night. Clamor and fright also break up the rucks or coveys into detached files of pueas- antswhich reireat as hbigh as possible among the branches of larch and fir, whon the poachers can easily take them from their Tousts at night by hand. Other methods are smudging or smoking them 1nto half insonsi- bility ana_knocking thom from their perches with clubs; corn kernels into which short bristles are inserted are greedily devoured and the birds run chokiug to the heages, 1o be casily taken by hand; while an ingenious and successful devico is to fit a gamecock with artificial spurs and stealthily place him alongside o covert, when .the pugnacious pheasant eock instantly responds to the gamecock's crowing challenge, when threo or four brace of the valuable birds are casily taken, How Fugitive Birds Are Driven Back. Pheasant shooting usually bogins the latter part of Ootober aud closes with tho final Christmas “‘battue.” Notwithstanding high walls, gentleness of keopers and all possible preventives, many pheasants leavo tho demesnce, seekiug the outer bedges and bog grasses, where they fall o prey to the snaves of tenauts and guus of the poachers. Thereforo a fow days be- fore pheasant shooting begins ail the outside help at the castle starts in a circle miles from the domesne and, concentrating toward the same, shout and *'beat” with a terrific Lulla- buloo, thus driving many back within the preserves, Then milord and bis friends, aressed as for snipe shooting on tho moors, and provided each with two doubled-bar- reled, brecch-loading, center-fire fowling piecos of No. 12 bore, a man for reloading and unother for carrying cartridges, begin the slaugliter. The sportsmen are stationed in advance at the edges of open places. The gamekeeper, who is a sort of master of core- monies, brings Dis assistants or “beaters’ into hne behind, Then they move forward, porhaps ten yards apart, the keeper, who knows every busb, hedge, copso or tree, di- rectiug the “beaters” in' overy movement. 1u an instant the preserve is o perfect bed- 1em of yells and oxplosions. The men yll, “Hi-yii-i! a8 thoy “boat" the bushes, call: ing, as tho startled birds flash from copso to , ““Cock to the right ! —+Uock above!’ ' the left, cock!'—Hi-yi-i-}!—cock, cock, covk !—Right ahead, cock !"—whilo the death-dealing guns answer with such rapid- ity that they often get oo warm to be held in the sportsmen’s hands. This goes on all day, with an nour foralunch of stew and boer at 2, when the *I ters’’ are furnished a lib- oral amouut of bread, choeso ‘and beer; and their assistants, who follow the bunters with carts and donkeys, by night have ofton gath- ered up from 500 10 1,000 slaughtered birds These are shipped direct to Loudon dealors who provide hampers and tags, and pav for tho birds from four to six shillings per brace. EnGan L. WAKEMAN, The largest American flag ever mado will float from the top of & very lofty ‘‘liberty pole’ in front of the administration building at the Vorld's fair. Ubon request the stato of Washington will furnish this big flag- Staff as wall as (wo or three others of the largest that are required ut the exposition, Baby's cheek Islike a peaoh, 1s it Madame Ruppert's bleach? No! but baby's mama's cheok Volumes to its praise doth speak! Call for Mume. 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