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THE FAMOUS COLLECTION OWNED BY
THE SMITHSONIAN.
gow Casts Are Made of Rare and Bulky
Animals—-Proof That the Whale Could
gave Held Jonah—Of Value to Students
and Historians.
gtrewn along for a distance of 50
yards in the rear of the Smit-hsoniag in-.
gtitution are blocks of plaster of paris of
every jmaginable shape, some of large
size and others fitted together as if to
form boxes. For the most part they look
like the refuse of a workshop. flere and
there one fragment or another is seen to
resemble a part of a fish or other'ani
mal, perhaps a tail, or a head with a
pair of fore flippers. A big slab bears the
jmpression of asnake, asif the creature,
paving buried itself in mud for the win
ter, had waked from its torpid state and
crawled away. Other objects yet more
¢range are faces and various parts or
puman bodies apparently fossilized.
These odd looking things are molds.
The Smithsonian institution has been
collecting them for 80 years past, and
come of them have cost a great deal of
money. Quite a number have been fetch
ed all the way from Alaska, represent
ing various animals peculiar to the re
gions of the frozen north. If a queer rep
tile or fish is found anywhere, there is
pothing better than to make a cast of it
in plaster of paris. By this means its
ghape is copied to perfection, and that is
a great help for museum purposes.
When, a few years ago, a whale was
stranded on the New England coast, Dr.
Palmer, taxidermist of the Smithscnian
institution, was sent to make a copy of
it in papier mache. This he did—that
isto say, he made a mold of the cetacean
in plaster, of which he took several bar
rels full with him, and the papier
mache cast was produced afterward in
Washington.
Only one-half of the whale was cast,
however, representing what might be
termed the port side of the animal
This is now hung up in the National
museum. On one side it shows the out
gide of the creature and from the other
gide the inside. It was a clergyman
who on a certain occasion not long ago
was steering some members of his flock
throngh the building, and, pausing in
front of the whale, remarked, pointing
to the capacious interior of the great
marine mammal:
““You see, my dear friends, that there
was plenty of room for Jonah!”’
In such ways the Smithsonian insti
tution has collected molds and made
casts of a great variety of animals, of
ten sending long distances to get them.
0f reptiles alone it bas secured several
hundreds, each representing a typical
species, while the fishes run up to 1,200
and npward. From each plaster mold
sbout 50 casts may be made, if de
sired. This facility of multiplication
is utilized to a considerable extent in
apother branch of the work not re
lating to animals at all. To schools and
to museums all over the world the
Smithsonian institution sends sets of
typical aboriginal implements of Amer-.
ica. These are valuable for purposes of
study. A mold from an actual stone ax
will furnish 50 facsimiles, which only
have to be painted in order to look ex
aotly like the original. If more are
wanted, another mold is easily made.
While it would not be easy to ship a
whale or a walrus to the Smithsonian
institution, smaller animals are readily
transported. Nearly all of the creatures
of which these molds are made are sent
to this city for that purpose. When
practicable, two living specimens are
forwarded. One serves for the mold.
The other is a model for the artist. Be
fore going further it should be ex
plained that the casts are intended to
represent the animals themselves in the
museum, and they must be as lifelike
as possible. They are painted by men
who are skilled in this branch of art.
Before making & mold from a snake
the animal, if alive, receives a dose of
chloroform. [t may or may not recover.
There have been instances where ser
pents have got over the effects of the
chloroform two or three times in succes
sion, only to be subjected to further
doses and made to serve again and
again. Perhaps an anwsthetized ophid
ian will be coiled gracefully about the
branch of a tree, and the mold will be
taken from branch and snake together,
t 0 be subsequently painted, of course.
Or, if it were a rattlesnake, it would
probably be coiled in aspiral, as if ready
to strike. In the west wing of the
Smithsonian institution is a beautiful
exhibit of the rattlesnakes of the United
States. They look as if alive, though
only casts, so well are they painted,
with surroundings of herbage, etc., to
counterfeit nature.
It is the same way with reptiles of
other kinds. There are ever so many
queer species of lizards in this country,
Particularly in the western deserts. The
horned toad is one of these, not beingin
reality a toad at all, though it looks
like one. Thtre are the edible lizards
of Death valley and others which are
a‘ble to outrun the fastest race horse
Buch creatures as these are easily mold
¢d, every scale in their armor being re
produced with wonderful accuracy of
detail. With land mammals it is differ
ent, for a cast of a creature with a fur
%oat can hardly be made to look like
lifa. Nevertheless Dr. Palmer’s collec
tion includes casts of portions of many
land mammals. For example, hanging
= e wall of his gtudio in the rear of
the Smithsonian institution 1s a piasver
head of a tapir, taken direct from the
animal. When he has ocoasion to stuff
a tapir, he will not be obliged to guess
at the measurements of that part of the
beast. Close by is a cast from the head
of a sea lion that was killed in the Pa
cific. Another cast is from the tongue
of a bear. Some day the taxidermist
will desire to set up a stuffed bear with
its mouth open, and there will be a
tongue ready. There is also a calf’s head
which is very lifelike, though it would
ni)t make good soup. Washington Star.
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THE END SEAT IN THE PEW.
It Is the Place Occupied by the Protector
of the Family.
“It is common enough,’’ said Mr.
Gratebar, ‘‘to see a man sitting in the
aisle end of a pew in church get up on
the arrival of some other member of the
family, step out into the aisle to let the
late comer in, and then resume his seat
at the end of the pew. It seems to me
that I have read that this custom origi
nated* in New England in the early
days, when the men all sat by the aisle
so that they could seize their guns and
get out promptly in case of attack by
Indians. We don’t have much to fear
from Indians nowadays, but the seat by
the aisle is still occupied by the head of
the family. He standsin the aisle while
the others pass in, and then calmly
takes his place in the end seat, at the
head of the line, as a sort of general
protector.
““‘Sometimes in ‘these days, we are so
very free from Indians now, the haad of
the family thinks it is safe for him to
stay at home when he has a headache,
and then the young son takes his place.
I imagine that he talks it over with his
mothker on the way to church, so that it
is all understood. When they get to the
pew, he stands in the aisle while his sis
tersand his mother pass in. I fancy that
his sisters are rather glad when they are
all seated and no longer conspicuous,
but upon his mother’s face as she brushes
past him into the ‘pew there is a smile
of affectionate pride, and then he takes
his seat in his father’s place and sits
there with fine boyish dignity.’’—New
York Sun.
TAME BLACKFISH.
They Come Up Readily to Take Live Min
nows From the Attendant’s Hand.
The blackfish in nature is shy, but in
captivity, with kindness, it is easily
tamed. In one of the pools of the city’s
aquarium at Castle Garden there are a
number of blackfish, including some 15
inches long and weighing two pounds,
that will take food, live killies, or min
pows, from the hand. The killie is held
just under thg top of the water and the
blackfish comes up and takes it, some
moving a little warily as though inves
tigating first so as to make sure that it
was all right, and others coming up
with confidence, taking the fish from the
fingers and swallowing it with asmack.
Sometimes a minnow escapes from
the tingers or from the fish that is try
ing to take it and darts away for safety,
with two or three blackfish, sometirhes
more, after it. The little minnow sticks
close to the edge of the pool and to the
surface of the water. It is thus protect
ed on one side by the wall of the pool,
and at the surface it can swim faster
than its pursuers, and beiug s 0 much
smaller it can turn much qguicker than
the blackfish. It may go half the lengtht
of the pool, hugging the wall, and then
dart across the pool at right angles,
with the big blackfish still after it. So
long as the minnow keeps to the top it
is safe, but if it goes to the bottom the
chances are greatly against it. In. deep
er water the bigger fish can do better
than the smaller fish.
Weakfish sometimes become very
tame in captivity. One has been known
to lift its head four inches out of water
to seize a live killie held in the hand
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"~ DAINTY EASTER GIFTS.
How to Make Those That Emhody the
Spirit of the Day.
[Special Correspondence. | ’
PHI.ADELPHIA, Feb. 28.—The six
weeks of Lent give none too much time
in which to prepare appropriate gifts
for Easter. Only a few years ago flowers
were considered the only proper remem
brance, a little later elaborate bonbon
nieres came to share the honors, and
now we discuss Easter gifts quite as
naturally as we do those of Christmas
tide. One little difference, however, re
mains—or remains for those people who
have the subtler sense. Gifts made at
Easter are made to embody the Easter
spirit—that is, they are, or should be,
emblematical in some way or ghould be
so selected as to suggest the season in
color, form, decoration or use, White
and gold are peculiarly Easter colors.
The Easter lily makes eminently appro
priate decoration. Prayer book marks or
anything that pertains to the church
services is always in taste. In fact,
there is a host from which to choose.
To be in good taste one needs only to
refrain from overlavishness and to seek
for some symbol that pertains to the
day.
A paper knife is always of use and
will always find a place in the book
lover’s room. A very pretty whim is to
buy one of the plain sort, made of satin
wood, and to paint upon it any of the
sweet wild flowers of spring. Burnt or
fire etching, too, is delightful, and the
simplest paper cutter of wood can be
made appropriate by simply etching
upon it a group of Easter lilies. The
work itself done in any serious way re
quires training, but with the proper
tools at hand, or even a single hot rod
of iron, pointed at one end, very effect
ive simple things can be done by any one
who has taste and skill in drawing.
The catchall shown in the drawing
can be filled with real Easter lilies, and
so mado into a flower holder for the
time being, while it becomes a more last
ing convenience by virtue of its evident
serviceableness. Its shape is that of a
simple cornucopia, made long enough at
the upper point to turn over as the illus
tration indicates. The material is heavy
white linen duck, and no lining is re
quired. The edge is closely scalloped
with heavy white silk, and over the sur
face here and there are the sweet vio
lets of spring embroidered in their own
lovely color. At the lower point and at
the one which turns over at the top are
pale lavender ribbon bows. A loop of
the same serves to hang the cornucopia
upon the wall.
Of book covers mo one has ever too
many. A pretty model for Easter is of
heavy white linen duck, the new sort
which shows a fine rib. It has simple
scroll designs in two opposite corners,
worked in fine gold thread, and between
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the two bears the quotation, ‘‘My work
shall be my company,’’ nurtured with
the same. It is extremely attractive at
the same time that it is easy to make
and is not nearly so perishable as at first
appears, for it can be laundered without
harm if care is taken to preserve the
shape. The ribbéd duck is sufficiently
heavy to require no lining. The pockets
are lined under and made fast to the
main cover by fine buttonholing done
with white silk, and all the edges are
treated in a similar way.
A real boon to embroiderers is a silk
book, and as it has the merit of being
entirely new it is admirable for the pur
pose in view. It is just what its name
implies, a book for silks, and each leaf
keeps one skein in perfect condition.
To make it, select good guality heavy
paper, such as is used for little writing,
either of one tint or several, as you pre
fer. Cut ten pieces 834 inches long by
163{ wide. At thetwosides of each one
make a fold 13 inches wide and crease
it well. Then fold again and crease
and yet again till you have three folds
at each side of each piece of paper or
leaf of the book; then fold each exactly
in half, and you will have ten leaves
each 83/ inches by 27%. When all are
in readiness, open the middle folds and
lay one upon the other. Lay the whole
ten upon the inside of the cover, so that
three folds fall at the exact middle, and
either stitch them into place or make
them fast with the wire pins which
binders use.
* For the cover almost any pretty ma
terial is suitable. The one shown in the
drawing is of white silk. The anemones
are embroidered in white. The ribbon
and the letters are all done with the
finest gold thread. The foundation is
heavy tailors’ canvas. Of this cut a
piece 9 inches long by 624 wide. Cover
the outside with the embroidered silk
and Jine with plain india. either white
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leaf; then cut the skein at the project
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When a needleful is wanted, it is
only necessary to hold the end of the
book from which the cut ends protrude
firmly in one hand and to draw out a
double thread. CLARE BUNCE.
; USE OF DRY GOODS.
An Increased Consumption Now as Com
pared With Former Years.
It should be remembered that 60 years
ago the market for dry goods, taking
the words in a large sense, was much
less exteLsive than at present. A great
deal of linen, cotton and woolen cloth
was made in families, and men’s cloth
ing was largely prepared by domestic
seamstresses. Homespun was still much
worn. Men and boys who were not af
flicted with rheumatism did not wear
undershirts and drawers, and the corre
sponding garments were not used by the
other sex till after 1825.
Carpets were unknown among the
pocer 20 vears ago, even in the rustic
form of those made of rags. It was aft
er this date that a parishioner of Dr.
Lyman Beecher, seeing a neat and gay
rag carpet in the pastor’s house, in
quired solemnly if he thought he could
have all this and heaven too. Ingrain
and brussels came into use among the
middle and lower classes in cities about
1830 and in the country 10 or 15 years
later. Cotton goods,were very dear in
1820, but have steadily been sinking
ever since as the facilities of manufac
ture have improved.
Ready made clothing 50 years after
the Declaration of Independence was
only to be found in seaports or in those
places where there was likely to be at
any time an influx of backwoodsmen,
boatmen or miners. The stores were
then familiarly known as ‘‘slopshops,’’
and the garments made very little pre
tense to fitting. Countless varieties of
cloth and a multitude of accessories in
the dry goods trade have come up with
in the half century. - Before that the
supply was scanty. Men and women in
society in Jefferson’s time were well
dressed. Their velvets, their lace, their
satins and their gloves would compare
with those of today or were even finer,
! but the great mass of the people had
few varieties of material to choose from
and made no pretense of following the
fashions. They could not.—New York
Prico Cnrrent.
Do Not Sleep on the Left Side.
There is little doubt that an immen:¢
number of persons habitually sleep or
she left side, and those who do so ca:
aever, it is said, be strictly healthy. It
is the most prolific cause of nightmare,
and also of the unpleasant taste in the
mouth on arising in the morning. All
food enters and leaves the stomach ou
theright side, and hence sleeping on the
left side soon after eating involves a sort
of pumping operation which is any
thing but conducive to sound repose
The action of the heart is also seriously
interfered with and the lungs unduly
compressed. Hence it is best to cultivate
the habit of always sleeping on the right
side, although Sandow and other strong
men are said to invariably sleep on their
backs.:=—Pbilade!nbia Times
Animals Respect One Another’'s Rights,
Truth forces the observer of nature to
admit that birds and other creatures ap
portion the earth among themselves just
about as man does. A bear has his boun
daries beyond which his fellow bear does
not trespass with impanity—the wild
rabbit you see on ycur lawn in the
moonlight is the same innocent little
Jreature you have heen seeing every
night all the summer time—and even
the robin that gathers the early worm
for his breakfast from your garden will
show fight when another comes maraud
ing on his preserve. Nor does this last a
year only, for there is good evidence that
the same bird will come back to the
olaim it staked off the year previous.—
Meehan’s Monthly. }
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