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THE MONROE
VOL XXXIX.
flyint; machines.
ARCHED WINGS THE SKEItKT OF
AERIAL FLIGHT.
A German invrntor So;*re<! for Near¬
ly Three Hundred Yards
With the Apparatus lie
Has Constructed.
HE experience of the
^ century and more
w hich has lapsed
jj since the invention
of Montgolfier has
taught us, says a
l Dn letter to the
^ N‘ w York Herald,
that the balloon in
of practical service ouly when confined.
The whims of the wiselH are too ca¬
pricious to afford a trustworthy basis
of procedure, and notwithstanding
the expedients which the progress #f
science lias made it possible to apply,
all attempts to control a free balloon,
or to guide it in any gives direction,
have thus far been unavailing, and w«
see in to be no nearer a satisfactory
solution of the problem than were our
predecessors of a hundred years ago.
The attention of investigators has been
diverted, therefore, to flying machine*,
like Professor Wiluer’s, and air ships,
like Mr. Maxim’s.
Herr Otto Lilienthal, of Rerlin,
who has some celebrity as “The Flying
Man,” has conducted a long scries of
experiments, which have at, length
beeu rewarded with mi encouraging
measure of success. Herr Lilienthal
wns born forty-six years age in Ank
lam, near the Baltic coast of Pomerania,
about sixty miles to the northwest
of Htettin. A residence so near
the sea afforded him in early life many
Opportunities of prosecuting his fa¬
vorite studies and observations. In
later years lie migrated with his
younger brother, Gustav, his enthusi¬
astic coadjutor in ali his researches, to
Berlin, where he established ami is
umv conducting a large manufactory
of small steam engines, w’hose me¬
chanical appliances furnish him with
every facility for the construction of
Ills flying apparatus, He reside*,
however, ih the suburb Lichterfolde,
and his late experiments have been
conducted chiefly in the neighboring
localities of Hteglitz and the Reinower
Bergen. Ho is an accomplished math¬
ematician and a close observer of na¬
ture.
After many experiments with flat
wings, or plane surfaces, Herr Lilien
tbal became convinced that it was .the
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gentle parabolic curve of the wing
which enabled a bird to sustain itself
without apparent effort in the air, and
even to soar, without a motion of the
wings, Against the wind, like the alba¬
tross, or sea gull or stork; and this
tuny be regarded as the most import¬
ant outcome of Herr Lilienthal’s in¬
vestigations.
“Now that wo possess diagrams,”
said Herr Lilienthal to me, “which
plainly illustrates all those phenomena,
it scorns quite easy to expluiu the
flight of birds, for every crow that
flies over our heads offers a practical
solution of the riddle. Recent re¬
searches into the laws of atmospheric
resistance lead clearly to the deduction
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that curved or arched surfaces are to
be preferred to flat ones. But the
original discovery was by no means as
simple and self-evident as it now ap
pears. There are still prominent in
vestigators who will not see that the
arched or vaulted wing iucludes the
eecret of the art of flight. As we
carne upon the track of this idea, my
brother and I, who were then young
and wholly without means, used to
spare from our breakfast, penny by
penny, the money to prosecute our
investigations; and often the struggle
for life compelled us to interrupt
them indefinitely.
“While we were devoting every
moment of our spare time to the solu
tion of the problem, almost every one
in Germany regarded the man who
would waste his energies in such un
productive labor as a fool. Years
the most distinguished professor
mathematics in the Berlin Industrial
Academy sent me word that of
it could do no harm to amuse
with such pastimes, but warned me
earnestly against putting auv
into them.
“A special commission of experts,
organized by the State, had in
laid it down as a fundamental
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pl<\ once for all, that it was impossi
Lie for a man to fly. German socie
ties for the promotion of aeronautics
did not exist and those subsequently
formed were devoted almost entirely
to the interests of ballooning. 1 have
always regarded the balloon, and the
exclusive attention which it so at
tracted, as a hindrance rather than a
help to the development of the art of
flight. If it had never been invented,
it is probable that more serious inves
tigations would have been prosecuted
toward other solutions of the prob
le “
lo the coaviction that concave or
vaulted wings were esential to success,
Herr Lilienthal was led not only by
the examination of a great variety of
natural wings, and by theoretical de¬
duction, but by actual experiment.
The means adopted for th u purpose
were ingenious and simple. He fitted
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up an apparatus in the form of the
“flyfans” found on the dining tables
of clubs and restaurants, with two
long arms revolving horizontally, to
the ends of which surfaces of different
kinds and degrees of curvature could
be nflixed in any required position.
The motive power was furnished by a
weight and could be exactly measured.
There wag also an adjustment which
euabled the observer to measure the
lifting force of various surfaces mov¬
ing at different augles of inclination
through still air.
By this means Herr Lilienthal was
enabled to reach conclusions which
were of great value to him in the con¬
struction of his flying machine, and
the most important of them was that
the most effective form of wing was
that whose convexity, as measured by
the versed breadth of the arc, should
be one-twelfth of the breadth of the
wing, or, of the length of the chord
connecting the opposite edges.
The flying machine devised and now
used by Herr Lilienthal is designed
rather for sailing than for flying in
tho proper sense of the term, or, as
he says, “for being carried steadily
and without danger, under the least
possible angle of descent, against a
moderate wind, from an elevated point
to the plain below. It is made almost
entirely of closely woven muslin,
washed with collodion to render it im¬
pervious to air, and stretched upon a
ribbed frame of iplit willow, which
has been found to be the lightest and
strongest material for this purpose.
Its main elements are the arched
wings, a vertical rudder, shaped like
a conventional palm leaf, which acts
as a vane in keeping the head always
toward tho wind, and a flat horizontal
rudder to prevent sudden changes in
the equilibrium. The operator so ad¬
justs the apparatus to his peison that
when in the air he will be seated upon
a narrow support near the front, and,
with the wings folded behind him,
makes a short run from some elevated
point, always against the wind, and,
when he lias attained sufficient veloc¬
ity, launches himself into the air by a
spring or jump, at the same time
spreading the wings, which are at
once extended to their full breadth by
atmospheric action, whereupon he
sails majestically along like a gigantic
seagull. In this way Herr Lilienthal
has accomplished flights of nearly
three hundred yards from the starting
poiut.
“No one,” said Herr Lilienthal to
me, “can realize how substantial the
air is until he feels its supporting
power beneath him. It inspires con
fidence at once. If the wings were
flat the speed might be greater, but
the sustaining power would be re
dueed, and tlie descent would there
fore be more rapid. With arched
wings it is possible to nail against a
moderate breeze at an angle of not
more than six degrees to the horizon,
“The principle is recognized in the
umbrella form universally adopted for
the parachute. Try to run with an
j open slightly umbrella inclined held above backward, the head and
and
j see what a lifting power it exerts,
! Soaring, in the sense of rising against
the wind as the birds do, is possible
only with the dome shaped wings,
j The aeroplane, or flat wing, when in
I dined at a certain angk' to the breeze,
may rise while its momentum contin
ues, but this ouce overcome its power
j 1 is gone, “In and long nothing intercourse can restore with it. the
my
‘ air and the winds, in all their varying
! phases, I have learned that there is an
extraordinary category of difficulties
to be overcome. In my trials of wings
moved by the feet, in my attempts to
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construct steam fifin'? machines ami
in my experiments with mechanical
birds of every description I have dis
covered how difficult it is to maintain
a steady position in the air, indepen
dent of the caprices of the winds. I,
therefore, gave up for the time all ef
forts toward propulsion, and applied
myself to the discovery of the sim
plest form of wing that would enable
me to sail steadily through the air on
a gentle incline, and by practice to
master the wind, that hereditary foe
of all aeronauts.
“I adhere firmly to my conviction
that the wings must be slightly con
cave. This is the fundamental con
dition of success. The wings which I
now use are in the main segments of a
spherical surface. They are so con
structed that they can be folded to
gether like the wings of a bat and re¬
quire very little storage room when
not in use.
“It was only gradually that I arrived
at the proper dimensions, Those
which I now employ are never more
than twenty-three feet from tip to tip,
and I am thus enabled by a simple
change of a posture so to alter the
position of the centre of gravity as to
restore the equilibrium.
“There are limits also to the breadth
of the wings, or their extension back¬
ward. The operator must be able in
a moment to transfer the centre of
gravity so far to the rear as to over¬
come the action of the air, which
might otherwise tend to throw him for¬
ward and precipitate him to the earth.
It is not easy to realize in prac-ice at
first, but after a short experience tho
movement becomes almost involun¬
tary. ”
“But is there not great danger,’* I
asked, ‘ ‘of a serious fall in such cases ?”
“No,” replied Herr Lilienthal.
“When there is no wind the apparatus
acta simply as a parachute.* I have
more than once found myself in this
position, when I have utilized the
speed obtained in gradual descent in
rising to a greater height, to soar over
some obstacle like a tree or a crowd of
people. Under favorable circumstan¬
ces it is easy to mount to a height even
greater than that of the starting point,
but the forward motion is thereby par¬
tially or wholly neutralized, and it
may happen that one comes to
a complete standstill in midair.
In such cases it is only necessary
to throw the centre of gravity so far
back that the air shall act more pow¬
erfully on the forward surface, and the
gradual gliding descent is resumed.
S®, is landing, I bend backward ex¬
actly as a crow does when alighting in
a field and reach the ground without
the slightest shock. The worst that is
likely to happen in any case is the
breaking of the apparatus; there is lit¬
tle danger to life or limb.
“I am far from supposing that my
wings, although they afford the means
of sailing, and even of soaring in the
air, possesses all the delicate and sub¬
tle qualities necessary to the perfec¬
tion of the art of flight. But my re¬
searches show that it is well worth
while to prosecute the investigations
further, and in the end, perhaps, to
realize tho beau ideal of all modes of
motion and to put it to practical ac¬
count.”
Having demonstrated the practica¬
bility of sailing and soaring, Herr
Lilienthal has sought in his recent ex¬
tion periments to reach a practical solu¬
of the problems of actual flight.
The first difficulty to be overcome was
the discovery of a suitable motor. Herr
Lilienthal conceived the ingenious
idea of employing, as a motive force,
the vapor or liquid carbonic acid,
which, under ordinary atmospheric
pressure, boils at a temperature far
below that at which mercury freezes.
The engine devised by Herr Lilien
thal required no fire, no boiler, nor
steam chest—only a diminutive cylin¬
der with the requisite valve arrange¬
ments, which may be readily worked
by hand, and a small reservoir of the
liquid acid lying close beside it.
The engine first constructed was of
two horse-power, with r receiver to
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contain enough carbonic acid to last
for two hours, and was attached to the
front of the flying apparatus. The
whole contrivance, with the necessary
machinery to impart motion to the
wings, added less than twenty-five
pounda to the weight, and this’ will
probably be reduced in future by the use
of some alloy of alnminom instead of
iron in the manufacture of the hear¬
ier portions. The wings were also
fitted with rotary pinions capable of
automatic action under the pressure
of the air. The first experiments with
this apparatus were rather too success
fnl, at least in demonstrating the
power of the engine. Unfortunately,
the inventor had underestimated the
energy of liis motor, which acted with
such unexpected vigor °the that the wings
were broken, and modifications
thus shown to be necessary wili re
quire some time for their completion
It is only by a series of trials that
the proper relations between the vari
ous parts of the machine can be deter
mined. Herr Lilienthal confidently
expects, however, eventually to solve
the problem in this way.
An Electric Carriage.
Electric carriages continue to at¬
tract attention from inventors more
and more. Several new designs
recently brought out in Europe
seem to have stimulated Americas
electricians, for a Chicago man has
finished and put on the streets an elec¬
tric carriage, illustrated herewith,
which is a success. The speed is un¬
der perfect control by means of the
foot pedal actuating a switch, and the
direction of the carriage is easily con¬
trolled by a hand wheel. The motor
is a two horse power. The rear wheels
are both driven, but when the vehicle
turns a corner or deviates from a
straight course either driven wheel
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may move independently of the shaft
or the other wheel. The carriage will
readily make a speed of from ten to
twelve miles an hour, using a little
over one horse power.
A King Who Keeps Hotels.
The only known Royal ruler who
runs a hotel is William II., ot Wur
temberg, who, according to report, is
shortly to be decorated with the Eng¬
lish Order of the Garter by Queen
Victoria. His Majesty is the proprie¬
tor of two Stuttgaft establishments
where refreshments may be had by
man ami beast. *•. One '*f these is the
Marqnardt, wH4c T ' * ^-"ted exactly
opposite the R>J a l Palace, the other
being the~Riesig, situated a short dis¬
tance away.
The fact of King William being a
hotel-keeper recalls to a writer in the
New York Recorder an old story of
the Czar Peter the Great. The Rus¬
sian Emperor was on a journey
through Wurtemburg at one time, but
wishing to preserve his incognito ab¬
solutely declined to take up his quar¬
ters at the Royal Palace at Stuttgart,
insisting, instead, on going to an inn.
Haying learned of this prior to th«
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Czar’s arrival the YYurtemburg Sov
ereign caused all the hotel and ins
keepers to remove their signs. Over
the principal dnor-way of his palace
he had a huge sign hung out stating
that within there was cheer for
man and beast at cheap prices and
that the name of the hotel wasthe
Koenigsbau. On the Czar’s carriage
and retinue entering the city, thepos
tilions, previously instructed by the
M urtemberg officials, drove straight
to the palace, and there, standing at
the main entrance, was the Sovereign,
fat and burly, arrayed in the tradi
tional costume of a bomface, with
white apron and cap, etc., while the
various princesses, princes, nobles and
dignitaries of his court were costumed
as waiters, waitresses, hostlers and
other servants. Peter the Great, much
amused bT this witty manner of hn
moring hie wishes, entered thorongh
ly into the spirit of the joke, which
was kept up until the following day,
when he proceeded on his journey.
Noticing that the postilion mounted
on the wheeler of his traveling car
riage was a man of singularly unkempt
appearance, his clothes ragged and
covered with mud, he made the re
mark to one of his attendants that
there was at least no mistake as to the
social condition of that man, and that
there could be no danger of his being
a nobleman in disguise. And yet when
at the end of the first stage, the pos
tilion came to the carriage door to re
ceive his gratuity and raise the cap
from his head to the Czar, to his as
tonishment, recognized in him the
bfe ir to the Wurtemburg throne, who
b ad assumed this disguise for the pur
pose G f speeding his father’s Imperial
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ADVERTISER.
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
SEASONABLE HINTS AND MAT
TERS OF MOMENT.
Mildred Madison's Entertaining
Talks on the Prevailing Fashions.
FASHION NOTES.
Shirring and smocking are coming
into favor.
Cloaks will be either long or in the
three-quarter length.
Rhinestone buttons are in great
demand for black and white moire
waistcoats.
Capes are very novel in two colors,
ns black and blue, tan and gray, gray
and black, etc.
“Isigny,” which is the name of a
butter-producing locality in France,
is also the name which Parisians
apply to the new butter-colored laces.
Velvet and velvet-trimmed dresses
are to be very popular during the
early spring days, when the mild
weather allows the absence of wraps.
New’ bonnets are nothing more than
a large wired bow r . In some cases
this is worn low and broad, but in a
few’ instances, to suit the coiffure, is
wmrn high with the ends falling for¬
ward.
Silk petticoats are the most dis¬
tracting things in underwear. They
are made of all the delicate shades
and daintily trimmed with lace. A
new fancy’ is to line them with flan¬
nelette, so as to abolish the extra
underskirt.
Sashes of gauze, chiffon, muslin,
ribbon, soft silk or satin from the
piece are fashionable again, The
ends may be broad or narrow’, and
they may tie on the side or at the
back, but they are sure to find a
place on all thin summer gowns.
A simple and stylish house-dress
is made of olive-green-w’ool challis.
The skirt is In bell-shapo with three
tiny ruffles of olive silk just above
the hem. The waist is close-fitting,
with a shirred vest and full-puffed
sleeves of silk. A folded girdle and
green bow r finish this costume.
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The wrapper, pure and simple, as
a house-dress is, in many circles,
among the things that w’ere. In its
place we have the tea-gown, and
what is much more liked for young
ladles, the blouse or the matinee,
the latter being especially liked when
made up with dressy materials.
Skirts whose waists have lost their
freshness may be utilized for wear
with these fancy bodices. Skirts of
black silk or wool are most useful,
as waists of every color go with them,
and with a little skill and careful
management the toilet may be well
varied.
Blue and violet are the latest mix
ture of colors for bridesmaid’s cos
tumes. The dresses are of sky blue
gilk, and cream straw hats are trim
med with a profusion of violets and
a cream white bow. The combina
tion may be new’and distingue, but
it is certainly irritating to look upon.
Fancy and colored shoes are in high
favor this season. Red. white, and
Ld r?old colored wear! ties are and^very nrettv for bouse
piazza shade of
^ from pa2e bnff to bronze) wi n be
worn Anew fancy is a buttoned
bo ^ mode low’er than the usual
stl and faste ned with six large
buttons.
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curved hke the old-fashioned , Leg
^ rns > and ls I eft to ang as it will.
T ^ trimming consists of ostrich tips,
a big buckle through which passes a
jn^oyTr ® the hair’aTone side^ ' r °° P "
Bodices are of such divers shapes
Rt one may almost follow indi
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basque is more favored than the
round waist, although the latter are
no m ^ atls abandoned, but the
, *be short basque
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which reaches an inch or two below
t- le w f ls 5 “ ne - ^hort. double
r br^sted u ®j a ^ e basques extreme with ‘y becoming ripple hip to
s i , d figures.
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There is every indication that the
overskirt will sweep all before it in
the near future; it is not as becom
ing as the plain skirt, but with the
introduction of the light spring
fabrics, which drape gracefully, it
will come. The double skirt, which
made Its appearance in fashionable
wardrobes some months ago, is seen
in fabrics for evening wear, and in
such as are used for any occasion,
Some of the skirts are draped and
others are slashed at the side.
The independent waist is so much
used that the dressmaker s ingenuity
is taxed to provide something differ
ent from the models of the past,
; The school girl, the office girl and
the young society’ woman realize its
advantages. It is not solely worn in
the house, but upon the street, when
wraps are discarded. These waists
are somew’hat loose both in front and
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back, the fulness being kept in po¬
sition by the closely-fitted lining;
the sleeves are very large, either
mutton leg or a puffed shape, and the
shoulders are encircled by deep
bretelles of some shape. They are
trimmed in various ways.
ORGANDIES.
Time has changed since the wash
dress was recognized by its two plain
ruffles on a skirt without a lining and
the shapeless waist was minus a lin¬
ing. Hideous were those gowns, but
to-day we have the up-to-date wash
gowns, that have cleverly been made
attractive.
In abundance I noticed in a large
dry goods emporium, figured and
scriped crepes, crepons, crinkle cloth,
zephyrs, madras cloth, linen and
cotton duck, brown linen and organ¬
dies.
Organdies galore In the daintiest
patterns were made up with lace,
ribbon and laivn. One that I liked,
and which w’ould be eminently be¬
coming to a dark-eyed brunette, was
a delicate heliotrope with an oval
dot. This w’as made with panels,
separated with narrow lace, and the
bottom of the skirt was finished with
a Spanish ruffle edged with lace.
The waist was of sheer lawn, and had
a bertha effect of the organdie that
was gracefully draw r n across the
shoulders and w’as edged with the
lace. The collar was of moire, and
the sash that finished the round
waist w’as of the lavender moire and
ended in a full bow at the back and
short streamers.
“Are organdies to be popular?” I
asked of the suave head of this de¬
partment.
“Yes,” he replied, “more this year
than ever. Women, you see, have
discovered that they are inexpensive
and yet extremely effective whtin
prettily made and combined with lace
and ribbon. See! do you not think
this effective?” and I was forced to
agree that it w’as immensely pretty.
It was just a robin’s egg blue or¬
gandie, with the palest pink flow’er
running through it, and the three
ruffles that formed a skirt had a
narrow edging of plaited lace.
The bodice was drawn surplice
fashion from the shoulders over a
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Tes t of plaited lace, and the wide
ribbon that came around the waist
wag ^j ed directly in front in a stiff
b ow with short ends.
Another organdie was made of a
f a j n t. shade of lemon, and had as a
trimming three bands of black moire
r j b bon, a black collar and sash of the
mc q re and a yoke of black thread
] ace> ^be sleeves were puffed to the
e ibow, and the cuffs had insertions of
^ be black lace.
Chintz and old-fashioned patterns
prevail in the material, and one “love
of a gown” was made of a white or
gandie, with a chintz pattern. The
skirt had tiny lace-edged ruffles from
the hem of the gown to the waist,
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and the bodice had the popular fichu
effect, with (he fichu drawn around
the waist and tied in a soft knot at
the back and then falling in soft
folds halfway down the gown.
As I turned from the bewildering
array of organdies in all their dainty
coloring 1 saw a pure white frock.
It was made of a dotted Swiss, and
Dad a pointed overskirt that fell
within five inches of the bottom ot
the underskirt. This overskirt was
Ding in the back and front, and
shorter at the sides, and it was en
tirely edged with the softest, daintiest
Dice. The bodice had a yoke of lace
insertion, with a full ruffle of lace
arid ribbon around it. The sleeves
were full and had a deep fall of lace
over the hands, and the collar was of
white satin, as was also the belt that
fastened in a bow at the back.—
[Mildred Madison in X. Y. Recorder.
There was an unusual flutter of rib¬
bons along the avenue, and the cause
of it all is the decided adoption of
ribbons and sashes as the principal
accessory to the toilette.
Every better gown bad a sash,or, perhaps,
I had say, every sash had a
gown, so voluminous were the black,
blue and colored moire sashes. They
have all come in with t he new spring
gowns, because, when the modistes
in Paris hinted that they were to use
sashes, the American women in a
body demanded that every gown
should have a sash. It is graceful
and pretty, and a plain gown can bo
absolutely redeemed by a broad, black
moire sash.
Satin, I find, is also making its way
in sashes, and on a black and white
hair-striped gown I saw one t hat came
around t he slender waist of the pretty
girl who wore it and fastened in a
short bow with one long end that fell
to the bottom of her gown.
A pretty lit tle matron, accompan¬
ied by a boy in a sailor suit, looked
live years younger than I ever saw
her before, as she hurried past with a
witching nod and smile.
Her gown was of gray cloth, with
a polka dot of satin, and it was made
most simply with no other color or
accessory save the black sash t hat
was tied at the side in a soft knot,
and had two long ends.
I saw a beautiful woman who was
exquisitely gowned in a black moire.
The skirt was plain, and the round
bodice had a full collar of _heavy
cream lace, and half way over this
came a collar of t he moire edged with
jet. Her bonnet was of jet, with a
flyaway bow, and her gloves of pale
tan.
The woman who came after her—
oh, how she hurt one’s eyes following
the first perfect picture! With her
strong, magnificent face, she would
have been a handsome woman, but
her gowning!—well, she wore a blue
tailor-made frock; so far so passed good.
Even the scarlet waistcoat
criticism, but tlie hat and tie? The
tie was a scarlet satin one, and, not
content with that glaring fault, she
had pinned a large gold brooch on
her tie. Then her hat was ruined by
the manner in which it was tilted
back on her head and having a scarlet
flower. In three minutes I could have
remedied these faults and made her
attractive.
1 should have had her wear a dark
blue tie in place of the scarlet one,
and the pin—well, I should have
broken that, I know. Her hat, minus
the scarlet flower, made smaller in
size, and with a neat black veil, and
there she would have been—perfectly
attired.
Such a dainty, sweet-faced rosebud
of a girl as I saw crossing the street,
and with what perfect grace she held
up her grenadine frock—it was a
perfect study.
Her gown was made of a black
ground grenadine, with rosebud
strewn across it, and it was fashioned
on the prineesse style, and had a
Zouave jacket of black lace, with a
wide girdle of lace and jet. The bon¬
net, or, rather, toque was a black,
rough straw, and it had a low wreath
of moss-rose buds along 1he crown,
with a large, flaring bow at the back.
The hands that held up the frock
were clad in pearl-colored suedes, and
her petticoat was of a pink and
siriped silk, with a black lace ruffle.
—[Mildred Marion in New York
Recorder.
Told by a Fisherman.
“It well worth a trip to the
North Carolina coast,” said Colonel
Keegh, of that State, to see the
operations of one of the big seines in
the waters along the Albemarle or
Pimlico Sound. And what enormous
takes are frc ffl uentl y made -barrel
fuls of herring at a single haul!
“Abundant us the finny tribe is in
Caroiina waters” said
Colonel VV alter B. Evans, of Florida,
had been listening to Colonel
Keegh, “it is not until you get do»n
in my country that you find fish in
multitudinous quantities, so to speak,
In the Indian River, particularly,
they are far too thick for the comfort
of the fisherman, and often embarrass
him b y their redundancy. I shall
never forget one experience I had
down there.
“It was a dark night and a party
of us were on the river in a good
sized sloop after big fish. Me had
not been long anchored when the
light in our boat began to attract
schools of mullet, and into that craft
they jumped by the hundreds. Yes,
thousands. Well, we stood it for a
while, till the burden got too heavy,
and we felt the boat beginning to
sink. Then, hurriedly blowing out
the lights and pulling anchor, we
made for the shore. I am positive if
we had let those fish keep piling in
onus they would have carried all
hands down to a watery grave. As
it was we had a narrow escape.”—
[Washington Post,