The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1901, Page 3

THE SUNDAY CALL. | Fosr By ( ZZ=vE DesorE \ Zvorz WS 7E 7Rors N\ NEWILIAN AND \ ZEVINBON. ) b ¢ e — Sl their ated to yet for most women can’t do that, can. Some in r cap and impression suit, of other from the he most hair flannel. s of mo- from its s am virt co t beach toilet. , and at the newest modes yet on in six m of the nd sail- ) 4 N/ ETHEL STRACHAN TIVOET Asez7s 77001 \ or collars. A white silk or a blue and white silk head handkerchief is jauntily worn. A dainty suit is made of purple relieved tucks unc dkerchief black silk hos The light colors give it has proved his there les that are ral new t to ladi First and m vear well as waterites. bathing 1me. H me If one not or a 3 was considered necessary on. No matter if the a little short or if the shoul- too w and besides, why waste pre- g that was meant en- time to try a suit sleeves w ders wer the water, broad. o would see in cious time over a tirely for exerc Swelldom h cided to adopt the hion of carrying down to the bath houses every morning a pretty white c aining all the forty- icles that complete a gotvn. bag an important ac- usgful on as we qui as it holds intesh cap, proof; white linen bath 4 linen bs t are absolutely 3 he suit 50 cut that ar, as are prope or and very the that Iy short from differ in the matter of steel, fc d for swimming have not a about them white corsets n those inter bit of met Although does not hinder vivid is very popular, that colors from being &=—0 feel in apple-pie order is a phrase | dates back to Puritan L s ce Hepzibah Mer. every d to bake two or which were to last coming week on her pantry of the nor those or intended for wash- sweer eaten when abors were lighter. Aunt I = order” was known re settlement, and own saying. istomary in France wher outstayed his weicome for ve a cfld shoulder of mut- of a hot roast. This was the phrase, “To give the cold 1 wear a feather but he who a T was an old Hungarian d t number of feathers in how many Turks the led. Hence the origin of the reference to a feather in cap cated man had y with cap 1 one of the battles between the Rus- and Tartars a private soldler of the former cried out: “Captain, I've caught 2 Tartar!” “Bring him along, then,” an- swered the officer. “I can’t, Zor he won't let me,” was the response. Upon investi- gation it was apparent that the captured in of Scrmg Familiar Phrases. the the , “catching a Tartar ho has found an an- st too powerful for him. far from elegant expression, “to kick the bucket,” is believed to have orig- in the of Queen Elizabeth, when a shoemaker named Hawkins com- had captor by not release him. S is applicable to one at time i suicide by placing a bucket on a table in order to raise himself high to reach a rafter above, then kicking away the bucket on which he stood he term coroner is derived from the word “corphcornor,” which means corpse inspector. “He's a brick,” meaning a good fellow, Jriginated with a king of Sparta—Agesi- saus—about the fourth century B. C. A visitor at the Lacedaemonian capital was surprised to find the city without walls or means of defense, and asked his royal host what they would do in case of an invasion by a foreign power. “Do?”’ re- plied the heroic king. “Why, Sparta has 50,000 soldiers, and each man is a brick.” When the Horse Guards parade in St. James Park, London, there is always a lot of boys on hand to black the boots of soldiers, or do other menial work. These boys, from their constant attendance about the time of guard mounting, were, nicknamed ‘“‘the blackguards,” hence the name ‘“blackguard.” Deadhead, as de- noting one who has free entrance to places. of amusement, comes from Pom- peli, where the checks for free admission were . small ivory death’s heads. Speci- mens of these are”in the museum at Naples. arm and would | A GRQSSED AND (\RECROSSED . wrr LIGHT BLUE TRIMITED. W/ TH NHITE?: #wvagger. A suit of a startling red trim- med with white is about as pret the most fastidious could demand. Tt are nearly all made with high neck: majority, in fact, have coll that m ure anywhere from two to four inches and fasten tightly about the throat. The most comfortable ones, however, are -.nade with a little V-shaped vest that fastens straight across the throat and that ends in a sailor knot. A Yale blue dress scalloped with white and with a zig-zag braid running in‘a criss-cross fashion makes a very neat and lasting suit. The hosiery is usually black, but the more daring put on * stripes and checks to tread the waves in. Some of the suits, by the way, are of that are considered necessary in other p: ]%: SKIMO women may not have things ts of the world, but they l have skillful hands and thoughtful husbands, fathers and brothers and sons | Who provide them with many little things of vse and ornament which are no doubt as highly valued as they deserve to be. There is one article which the grand- mothers of children of the present day considered essential, and which afterward went out of use and now is coming back n scmewhat new form and under a new name. That is what was the once well- known “housewife.” It has been in con- stant and dally use by Eskimo women for as long as any of their oldest people can remember of having heard about. This little bag, in which repose the needles, thread and materials used for sewing and other articles needed in wom- en’s work, is in the Eskimo country made of the skin of some wild animal, dressed and sewed Into the approved shape and ornamented with needlework in' elaborate patterns. In this she carries her thimble {of tough sealskin, needles and bodkins of FASHIONS AMONG ESKIMO WOMEN ivery bone, wood and sometimes, since white men have come, she has these made of iron or steel. Skeins of thread made from sinews or tough grass are necessary to make her ‘“housewife’s” equipmient comgplete, as well as the wusual Kknives which take the place of scissors. To get her thread she does not have a convenient store to go to, but she ordi- narily makes it for herself. That from sinews is obtained generally from the legs of reindeer. After dryirg the sinews are beaten with a maul to cause the fibers to separate, after which they are divided and cleaned. A comb-like implement ‘is used in this work of dividing the strands. If a large thread or cord is wanted several strands are twisted together. The Eskimo woman carries her needles in reedle cases that might oftentimes be the envy of her more clvilized slsters. These are frequently made of ivory, carved elaborately and having stoppers for the end of the same material fash- joned in the shape of the head of an ani. mal or of a man. To fasten her “house- wife”” a curious and entirely original de- -5 vice is used. This consists of a sort of skewer of bone or ivory from three to six inches long, about which the stout skin thongs are wound. The Eskimo woman is fitted out with an abundance of workboxes, trinket boxes and little caskets of small size in which various odds and ends may be kept. These boxes are of infinite variety of shapes and ‘designs. Some are round, some oblong, some square and others are made to rep- resent in form seals, heads of fishes or other animals. The material used |is wood, frequently ivory or bone, and aside from the carving, which is not spared, the inside of the lids and other conven- fent places are decorated with paintings. In spite of her dreary home the Eskimo woman has many things around her that women in more favored climes prize and which serve to make life easier and more cheerful. ——————— A regimental surgeon finds that soldiers can march better with rubber than with hard heels, as they obviate the jar to the system. plaid. While t e are not numerous as the white, blacks and blues, there Is a marked inclination toward them and they are certainly very stun Roman stripes and colors are very prominc ef flannel and Turki wraps, which every sea-plunger needs to, complete her toilet. ng. owy and mnoisy t in the majority toweling bath - BLUE MOHALR TRIMMED W WHIT! MOHAIR /Ane AZIG ZAG BRAID < £ — - - * Hunting 2 kive Sfcth in Patagenia. OWN in Patagonia there is to-day a azine, hunting a living specimen of the supposed extinet giant sloti. Scientists have found footprints p served in the sandstone of Connecticut and the West, and from sketches found in all parts of the world remodeled ma dons, ichthyosauri, megalosauri and all the rest of them. But living specimens belonged to a period long on specimens but short on scientists. That these careful conjectures of scientists, who have made this branch of natural history a study, are correct is more than prebable. But if some real living monsier could be found the discoverer’s name would sureiy be emblazoned in the annals of science. Such is the mission of Mr. Hesketh Prichard, now in charge of the expedition in Patagonia. Eminent authorities in zool- ogy agree that if there are any of these specimens living they will be found in the mountainous regions of Patagonia. Pro- fessor Roy Loukester, in speaking before the Zoological Society of London, said that he believed it quite possible that a living glant sloth might still be found in Patagonia. South America has proved a treasure ground for paleontologists. Many depos- its of fossil remains have been orought to light there. It was in Patagonia that De Moreno, of the La Plata’ Museum, made a wonderful discovery. It was at the en- trance to a great cave that he found a large s. . and this skin was altogether unlike any othe cin he had ever seen. Still larger pieces the skin and many bones found inside the cave. dy Dr. Morno pro- of the giant sloth, the skin now in the Natural His- M sm at South Kensington, Lon- giant sloth was believed to be al- ct, just as were .he mas- todon and other antediluvian monsters. The skin found by Dr. Moreno showed that it had belonged to a living anjmal within some fifty years, at the most. This fact is one of the most encouraging to the belief that this monster still lHves. Judging from all that the scientists tell us this world must have been a queer sort of a place to live in when animals grew to three and four story . sizes. Imagine the excitement of the primitive shepherd watching a couple of megalosauri, or giant lizards, grinning at each other with a grin that spread over some eight feet of facial countenance and then, with their tremendous bodies, some thirty feet long, jump at each other and fight to the death, tearing down trees and digging great holes in the earth during the scrimmage. Another cheerful specimen of the same period was the triceratops, which used to amble in and around the Rocky Moun- tains. This great brute was of snormous strength and, according to the authori- ties, was about the worst looking bug- aboo of an animal that could be imagined. her