THE STJXDAT OREGONIAU, PORTLAND, JUNE 13, 1913.
JERSEY CLOTH OF SILK AND WOOL
FAVORITE OF FASHION THIS YEAR
Veils Gain Popularity for Sun Baths to Keep Freckles From Noses, White' and Black Mantilla Being Most Af
fected Suit of Black Satin With Bolero Effect Is Much Admired. '
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JERSEY cloth woven of silk and
wool, light in weight, lustrous in
texture and having just the suf
ficient touch of warmth, makes an ideal
fabric for the swimming suit. These
jersey costumes have been greatly im
proved in- the last two seasons; and
pretty enough for anybody is a fetch
ing suit which comprises belted tunic
and trunks of light blue silk and wool
jersey.
Pipings of white braid and flat white
pearl buttons contrast daintily with the
pale blue shade of the suit and the
Answers to Correspondents
BT LILIAN TINGLE.
PORTLAND. Or.. May 2. Will
you
Vinillv rive me at your earliest convenience
a recipe for German pancakes?
MRS. J. r. Al.
KINDLY describe the kind you have
In mind. German cookbooks usu
ally devote a whole chapter to
pancakes' of various sorts, so that the
answer to your question is' as hard to
guess as if you hadsaid "please give
xne a recipe for American cake."
One popular kind of pancake is made
from a thin batter, using the propor
tions of one cup flour to one. cup
milk and two well-beaten eggs with
lour teaspoons salt. Grease a large
omelet pan. or light frying pan, with a
piece of faC bacon stuck on a fork.
Heat the pan to smoking point, then
pour in just enough batter to make a
thin, even coating all over the pan,
turning and tipping it to make a thin
even film, and pouring back into the
pitcher any surplus batter. Tip and tilt
it over the fire to get lightly and evenly
browned all over, shake loose in the
pan and turn by tossing, so as to avoid
rnroakinsr It with a pancake turner. Cook
lightly on the turned hide, then invert
on a draining paper. . For rolled pan
anread the filling (either sweet
or savory) on the last-cooked side, and
roll up, sprinkling with paprica or
rhnnned Darslev for savory filling, or
n-ltii nnwriered susar if Jam, jelly, com
not, or other sweet filling is used.
Serve as quickly as possible on a hot
ttilate or platter.
For piled pancakes, make a number
of smaller diameter, say six or seven
Inches across, and put the filling be-
Twn each laver.
A' different texture can be obtained
Jrom the same batter by using enough
at to "swish around" in the pan and
a slightly thicker layer of batter. Have
fat and pan hot before the batter is
poured in, so that the pancakes puff
and bubble at the edges. Cook the un
der side over the fire and puff the
upper side by setting the pan under the
broiler or in a not oven, jjrain care
fully on paper to avoid greasiness, then
use any preferred filling, or serve plain
i-tth arravv or with sugar or syrup
There are about 100 ways of making
.nd German pancaces, and most of
them are good. Richer batters are
made with three to six eggs to the
above amount of flour and milk
PORTLAND, Or., May SO. Please Rive
recipe for German potato pancake. Thank
ing von In advance. GRETCHEN.
I do not know what' kind of pancake
vou have in mind. Try the following
(all trom German sources) and write
again if you nave not iouna wnat you
wanted.
flermani cot a to pancaKe No. 1 Put
one or two tablespoonf uls bacon fat
into a frvins: pan. Cover the bottom
with . thin layer of cold boiled pota
toes, crated. Pour over just enough
thin batter (see the answer given
above, to hold the potato together. Sea
son, with pepper and salt and fry brown
hot h .sides.
Potato pancake No. 2 Make as above
but use grated raw potatoes Instead of
boiled notatoes.
Potato pancake No. 3 To every cup
ordinary unsweetened griddle cake bat
ter add one cup grated raw potatoes
with pepper and salt to taste. BaKe on
n e-riddle like any hat cakes.
Potato pancake No. 4 Put four
table-spoonfuls crisco or bacon fat into
a spider and let heat gently wnue yo
irate, with a very coarse grater, or,
better, a "handy slicer." enough raw
rx.tato to cover the bottom about three
lourths of an inch deep. Sprinkle with
pepper and salt. Cover with a ltd an
let cook slowly until the potatoes are
eoft, then remove the lid and let in
bottom brown as a crust, if not brow
already. For serving, turn half over
like an omelet, so that the brown part
ehojws on all sides of the crescent
(shaped pancake. Serve with meat
Potato pancake No. 5 Make as abov
but when the potatoes are tender an
eemi-transparent, pour on a batter
made of two well-beaten eggs with two
level tablespoonf uls flour and si
table-spoonfuls milk, and let brown un
trunks are laced at the side with white
braid, also. The rubber cap is blue
and the bathing shoes are the latest
notion in footwear for the beach.
This year the bathing girl protects
her little nose from freckles with a be
coming veil in the mantilla style,
draped gracefully over her sand hat of
rubberized silk. The veil is thrown
over the hat while Its wearer sits on
the beach for her sun bath and though
white and black mantilla veils are
seen, the best effect is achieved when
derneath. Fold as above or finish tbe
top under a broiler or in the oven.
Potato pancake No. 6 Heat a spider
in the oven with four or five table-
snnnnfnla fat until hisRinff- hot. Pour
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in batter one-half inch deep, made with
two eggs to one cup mUK, one cup I
flour, one cup grated raw potato, pep
er and salt to taste. Bake in a hot
ven until very puffy and brown (about
ne-half hour)-. Serve with meat ana
gravy.
Potato pancake No. 7 Mix one beaten
gg, one-half cup milk and one-hair
up flour with enough smooth, cold,
mashed potato to make a very heavy
drop batter. Season with pepper and
salt. Bake on a griddle, like hot cakes
or fry in shallow fat, the later method
being the most indigestible.
Potato pancake No. 8 Make as
above, but mix stiffer with potato and
fry like doughnuts in flat cakes or
balls in deep, hot crisco.
Any of the above may be varied as to
flavor by the addition of a little
chopped onion or onion juice, "or chives.
or chervil, or by rubbing the mixing
bowl, with a cut clove of garlic, or by
the use of Hungarian paprica or Span
ish pepper in place of ordinary pepper.
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PORTLAND. Or.. May 3. Will you kindly
print in The Sunday Oregonlan recipe for
frying the large clams, giving Instructions
from the time I get tnem at tne market un-
il they are served T Also a recipe lor aeviiea
crab, giving proportions for the meat of
one crab. MRS. F. M.
You probably can carry the clams
home from market without detailed
directions. Wash in a pan of fresh
water. Have ready a bowl of rinsing
water with a little vinegar or lemon
juice in it. With a sharp knife cut
the muscle which holds the clam to the
shell. Cut open like a book. Slmul
taneously cut open the "neck" and
foot, removing all sand.. Cut off the
dark end. Press out the semi-transpar
ent gristly part and remove the dark
part from the middle without tearing
the clam to pieces. It should now lie
flat and clean on your hand. Rinse it
and place on a platter or drainer.
Sprinkle with lemon juice. Dip in fry
ing batter seasoned with pepper and
salt and fry in deep crisco, heated hot
enough to brown a half inch cube of
bread in 60 second a Drain on paper.
Serve with cut lemon.
Or instead of frying batter use an
egg and crumb "fat-proof coating.
Dip the clams Into sifted cracker meal,
either home-made or the commercial
kind, then into beaten egg seasoned
with pepper and salt and diluted with
one tablespoon water. Then dip again
Into crackermeal. or fine sifted bread
crumbs. Let stand a while before fry
ing to dry the coating a little, then
fry in deep crisco as above. Letting the
cleaned clams stand In a marinade of
emon juice and snowdrift oil, with, or
without a slice or two of onion, tends
to make them more tender and im
proves the flavor for some tastes.
Deviled Crab Crabs vary in size.
To every cup chopped crab meat use
two tablespoons butter, two table
spoons flour, two-thirds cup milk or
white stock, yolks of two eggs, one
teaspoon finely chopped parsley, one
tablespoon lemon juice, salt, pepper
and cayenne to taste. Optional ingre
dients are one-fourth cup finely
chopped mushrooms, or cooked celery,
a few drops onion Juice, or a little
onion salt, or one teaspoon chopped
chives, a few drops Worcestershire
sauce, one teaspoon or less mixed mus
tard, one or two tablespoons sherry
wine. Any of the optional ingredients
may be added or omitted to suit per
eonal taste. The parsley may also be
regarded as an optional Ingredient.
Those liking a much hotter "devil" will
use a few drops of tobasco. but the
very hot seasonings hide the flavor of
the crab instead of developing it.
Make a sauce in the usual way with
the butter, flour and milk or stock
add crab meat seasoning and egg.
Wash and trim either one large shel
or Individual shells and fill with th
mixture, rounding the top. Or use seal
lop shells, or ramekins, instead of crab
shells if the sixe is unsuitable. Cover
with sifted buttered crumbs and bake
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the veil matches the bathing suit in
color. '
Black satin is the material of
smart suit and the skirt is cleverly
widened by panels and pleats. A bolero
effect is obtained on the bodice by
crossed tabs and the collar Is of green
and black checked pussy willow taf
feta.
lightly until the crumbs are brown.
Garhish with parsley and lemon.
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Grants Pass., Or., June 3. I'm afraid you
will think this a question of morals rather
than of recipes, but with your experience of
human nature as well as of things culinary,
and with your sense of humor. I believe you
won't mind my asking you for advice where
I am ashamed to turn to anyone I know. All
my life I've had a great craving for choco
late. As a youngster I found relief In using
every possible nickel and dime for chocolate
every possioie nicKei ami aime lor tnocomn
candles and nibbling at chocolate and sugar.
Later l learnea to maxe tuage tor myseii,
but often the -desire was so keen -1 couldn'
wait for the stuff to cook, but ate it by
spoonfuls' after it was mixed. This , led to
stirring up cocoa and sugar with cream in
cud and eating it. As that used a good
deal of sugar, for a long time J have added
a taoiespoon or more ot iiour. reauciiur mi
amount of sugar. After eating one concoc
tion greedily I usually follow It with an
other. It must be an abnormal craving. I v
tried for years to stoD It. and have some
times the greatest disgust for the stuff, as
wen as tor myseir, but in some way l ai
ways drut back to It. strange to say, m
SKIRTS NOW MUST SHOW
MILADY'S LATEST SHOES
Tight Garments Also Coming Into Vogue, so That Attractive and Beauti
ful Footwear Will Have Clear Play.
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Fashion Attention Centera on Sklrta That Skow Off Attractive Shoe.
POOTWEAR. for the present at least,
U the predominating topic In the
fashion world. All possible crea
tions and varieties. ' all possible hues
and shades, with side laces and back
laces, are this season's product in wom
en's shoes. The odder your footwear
the more fashionable you -seem to be.
tofhach don't rebel excepting for a. bd '
mouth sometimes. I do it always on the sly
and my family does not dream of tne silly
habit. I'm not a very hearty eater, even
when I let the stuff alone, caring- very little
for meat or vegetables, but I am extremely
fond of fruit and acids, and use a good deal
of citric acid in my drinking: water. I am
of a nervous. Irritable disposition, and often
when I am restless and out of sorts some of
the chocolate mixture seems to relieve me.
If money were no object I should use choco
late candles, in quantities, but this other
seems an available substitute for the flavor.
Could you tell me, please, what is the
matter, and is there any way you could sug
gest, through The Oregontan, of controlling
and stopping this habit? With sincere
thanks for whatever you are able to do.
A READER.
It is difficult to help you at Ions
distance. You ought to consult a pood
doctor about your diet and get him to
make suggestions for Improved gen
eral hygiene, which will help your
nerves and improve your general nu
trition. The "chocolate habit is more
widespread than you might think, and
s closely related to the excessive use
of tea and coffee and the tobacco hab
its. It Is not so much a matter of
morals as of defective health and vi
tality. If loner established, it is of
course not easy to overcome, but it
can be done by attention to diet and
general hygienic living. Sometimes
special medical advice is necessary.
Chocolate contains an alcoloid theo
bromine closely related to the caf-
ine in tea and coffee. It is not usu
ally injurious in small quantities, but
in excess may give rise to nervous ana
nutritional disturbances such as you
describe. I knew a girl at boarding
school with a similar morbid craving
for chocolate and acids. She also was
very nervous and irritable. Medical ad
vice resulted in a change of diet, in
eluding more fresh green vegetables
and meat (which she did not. like at
first, but grew to enjoy) with plenty
of fresh and stewed fruits of the less
acid kind, and no lemonade or lemons:
She always had a lemon in her desk.
as well as packets of chocolate. That
corresponds to yonr use of citric acid.
think you should avoid acids, too.
With careful diet and plenty of exer
cise in the fresh air this girl became
quite normal and cheerful and rosy
after a while, and ceased to care par
ticularly about chocolate.
This experience may suggest "a way
out" for you; but it might well be
worth your while, to get reliable med
ical advice. It is too bad for anyone
to have to suffer from nerves and ir
ritability when there is a possibility of
gaining poise and peace of mind with
Improved health of body.
New Lamp Shades Add Much
to Summer Home.
Fashionable and Kxpenalve Fumlsh
Ing May Re Made Kaally at Little
Coat and lnoreaae Cool Effect In
Warm Weather.
THERE are stunning and rather
high-priced lampshades in the
shops called Adam shades and which
are the dernier orl in the country
house furnishing. On a framework of
light wire are mounted six panels of
parchment decorated in scroll, urn and
bowknot design tn a cool mixture of
blue and black.
These dignified Adam shades add to
the formality of formal drawing-
rooms and to the cool daintiness of
simply furnished Summer bedrooms,
and a delightful Adam shade may be
contrived at little cost with the new
toile de Jouy cretonne, which has Ital
ian Renaissance patterns in blue and
black on a white ground.
Buy enough of the cretonne to cut
six panels with a medallion aesign ana
attach the panels to the wire lamp
shade with narrow cluny entre-deux
covering the seams. A similar band
of cluny insertion may edge the shade.
If the light diffused through such a
shade is considehed too cold and
gloomy the panels may be lined with
think silk 'or sllKoline tn some son,
warm shade like primrose yellow, rose
pink or amber.
How to Preserve Bride's Bouquet.x
The roses of the bride's bouquet are
preserved by pressing them- into beads
and forming a necklace that sne can
keep to pass down in the future to her
children and granacnuaren as an neir
loom.
Trouble Hunters Reward.
Atchison Globe
The trouble hunters all report fair
success, but the one who falls in love
with another man s wife has a cinch
A walk along Washington. or Broad
way will show more novel creations i
shoe styles than have been produced 1
tbe last decade.
. The tight skirt is also coming into
vogue. The uppers of this pair are of
white kid and the rest of patent leather.
DUELING MUCH IN VOGUE IN EARLY
HISTORY OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Hoop Skirts, Greased Hair, Night Caps, Full Dress Street Clothes for Men and Black-Headed Villain Days Are
Recalled by Nina Churchman Larowe.
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Fourth Article. j
HE duel was then in vogue, es
pecially among the Southern
"Chivs" of that day The nonac-
ceptance of a challenge ranked a man
as an arrant coward. By means of this
nfortunate and heathenish way of set
tling differences California lost David
Broderick, one of her noblest citizens.
Mr. Broderick was not a particularly
good shot and his challenger was. Mr.
Broderick's friends .tried to prevent his
acceptance of the challenge, but all in
vain, and he, through a mistaken sense
of honor, went forth to what proved
certain death.
The duelist's pistol and the assas-
in's bullet sent two of the finest men
of that time to a premature grave.
ravid Broderick and James King of
William walked the streets no more,
but the avenger Jn the shape of the San
Francisco vigilance committee did.
After their whirlwind campaign came
peace and good government.
Two Classen Predominate.
My father was a Broderick man.
hence I heard much of the opinions of
the day, not his alone but those of per
sons who talked with him.
Fancy a gentleman of the nresent
day being approached in this manner:
"Is this Mr. Blank, sah? (Profound bow.
hand to heart) I am, sah, Kunnel
Robert Lee Jones, sah. (Presenting
cara with another bow) I am Majah
Beauregard Jackson Smith's second.
sah. The Majah presents his compli
ments, sah, and sends this challenge.
sah, you to choose weapons, time and
place, sah. (Another profound bow).
Awaiting your pleasure, sah, I am, etc.,
etc." Exit the Colonel with more bow
ing and another "sah" or two.
There seemed to be but two classes
of people at that time, the Abolition
ists, pronounced with a sneer always,
and the Southern Chivalry, abbreviated
Chivs," also accompanied with sneers.
While both sides worked and fought
valiantly . for their opinions the de
spised Yankees and Abolitionist won.
The slaves' fetters were broken, the
Nation's blot expunged. I think we all
realize now that it was best that the
slaves should be free, and thank heav
en, we have all forgotten and have all
clasped hands once more in fraternal
love.
Oiled Hair Fashionable.
Fashions and customs had their pe
culiarities then as have those of today.
Everybody, men, women and children,
used to oil the hair; more than oil it,
literally soak it. It was put on and
then the hair was brushed until it was
as straight as an Indian's and smooth
as satin. A bottle of diluted castor oil
or jar of pomatum was on the bureau
not dressing case. Women often made
their, own pomatum. Beef marrow,
mixed with lard, was melted together
then beaten until it was like snow and
highly perfumed. As the supply of
marrow hardly equaled the demand, the
butcher was in high favor and his good
graces equally sought. Sometimes the
marrow had to be "spoken for" weeks
ahead.
Curly hair was not valued by either
man or woman and no cunning little
tendrils at the neck were allowed. The
dandy of the time wore his hair some
what long, then parted it at the back
and brushed It forward toward the ears
until a path of white scalp was visible
across the room. He brushed the front
down in a wave across the brow. If it
did not lie 'smooth enough it was still
further plastered with stick promatum.
I think father was almost the only
one who did not use hair oil. He
preached against it but he could not
win a victory over fashion. He had a
pretty eloquent tongue, but here it lost
its. cunning. He tried to argue mother
away from it, but in vain. As for me
I was the sacrificial victim. I idolized
ros father. He was exceptionally fond
of me. "Don't" as well as "must" was
said to me many time and I have al
ways been thankful for it. In the case
of the hair oil I did almost rebel. I
wanted to be greased and polished and
plastered down like everybody else.
Nightcaps Worn Then.
Another curious article was the
nightcap. It was made like a baby's
bonnet, white lawn or cambric tied
under the chin with white strings. It
completely covered the head. I presume
it was originated to keep the pillows
free from the hair oil. Again father
rebelled. He said it was too heating for
the head and it was. My mother. I
suppose yielded on the nightcap ques
tion because it was not exposed to pub
lic gaze. It did not flaunt itself in the
daytime, it was a thing of the night
exclusively. Thereby hangs & tale.
My chum. Kate, always wore a night
cap, so did the rest of her family.
Whenever I was allowed to stay all
night with my little friend a nightcap
was put on me. Kate and I usually had
the same boy sweetheart. At this par
ticular period of time the favorite was
Charley Hastings. an exceedingly
handsome boy. son of an intimate
friend of mother. ,
Charley had large, brown eyes and
dark hair and was the quintessence of
boyhood's grace. We never could tell
which he liked the best. We loved
each other so we were not jealous and
did not quarrel over him. . On one fatal
night when I stayed at Kate's house
we had gone to bed duly nightcapped.
A large fire occurred close to us and
we sprang up and dressing completely
went down to the front gate. The
whole town was passing and along
came Charley. He stayed at the gate
with us and laughed and talked till the
fire was nearly out. We returned to
tne house. I passed the mirror, O hor
rors, I had forgotten to take off my
nightcap. My friend, being used to the
odious thing, had removed hers as soon
as she got out of bed.
Youth Killed In Accident.
Oh. my, what did Charley think?
Could I ever face him again? My rival
had surely outdistanced me!
Poor Charley, when grown up, just
out of college, a credit to his mother's
training, went to Virginia City, Nev.
That was in the great Comstock min
ing days and, while visiting a quartz
mill, in some way he got entangled in
the machinery and had his young life
crushed out. He made the last call on
me, so that evened up the nightcap es
calade. About this time the hoopskirt began
to be seen above the horizon. On it
came, like the nightcap and the hairoil,
again disgusting my father. Well,
then all the women had them. San
Francisco and the other towns were
quite small then and everybody knew
everybody else. The women had to
solve the'problem of how to seat them
selves gracefully with the hoops. They
learned by dear experience that if they
sat down too suddenly the hoops would
fly up. Woman s ingenuity came to the
rescue. She sat down sidewise, as she
did so giving a. delicate little bitch up
behind. Hoops ever afterward were
manageable, in that respect, but they
developed an unpleasant tendency in a
new direction. They would occasion-,
ally come in contact with the lighter
furniture, tipping stands over. But con
stant use overcame all this, a scarcely
perceptible swing and hitch here and
there protected most gracefully all in
tervening obstacles.
Hoops Invented by Girls.
Hoop inventors had not considered
it worth while to make hoops for
growing girls. There was a wail in
the air. We girls must have our
8kirt3 distended some way. We ac
complished It by running a thin wire
through the hem of our short white
skirt. We procured the wire at a
tinner's shop. It was bent into a sort
of hook and loop at the ends. We
learned this trick through the evolu
tion of the hoopskirt, for it did not ar
rive all at once. It progressed upwards
from four or five starched petticoats,
each of great width, worn one over the
other. The final dress skirt would be
about seven yards in width. All this
was weighty.
Then came a skirt of haircloth with
a reed run in the hem, afterwards one
through the middle and finally the
hoopskirt of many hoops from top to
bottom. The desired width could be
secured with airy lightness. Finally,
oh, rapture! A dry goods store exhib
ited a girl's hoopskirt. Parents were
beseeched and begged until they final
ly yielded and we also had "evoluted'
from our wire, secretly bought at the
tinshop. to the top notch of fashion
Every towri there had Indians all
about. The squaws saw. admired and
adopted the fashion, but with a .differ
ence. They always wore a hoopskirt
over all their other clothing, nor could
they be persuaded to do otherwise,
Sometimes they could earn enough to
buy one, but they usually depended on
the discarded article.
Plus" Hata Worn by Indiana.
A man's silk-hat, plug or stovepipe,
and a hoopskirt was equally the delight
of the Indian and the squaw alike. The
Indian man greatly delighted in a long
linen duster also.
In those days the Empress Eugenie,
of France, set the fashions. Frequently
a newspaper would announce that
hoops were going out, that the Em
press had grown tired of them. Men
would read this with delight to their
woman kind but it had no effect. They
would not give up until they knew to
a certainty that fashion had struck the
hoops a death blow.
Men wore dress suits much like the
prevailing style but they were made of
blue broadcloth, always blue, and
trimmed with gilt buttons. They also
wore black satin stocks around the
neck and linen turned-down collars, but
always limp, never stiffly starched, ruf
fled shirts and gray beaver top hats.
Trousers were strapped beneath the
boots with a lot of waste leather up the
leg beneath the trousers. Shoes were
almost unknown for street wear.
Men wore to parties boots of the
finest calfskin with extremely high
heels. In Europe the boot legs were
and are worn outside the trousers by
the higher military at balls and parties,
never beneath them. These boots for
tails cost $25 a pair.
Fall Dress Worn to Court.
The lawyers of that time 1 always
went in full dress to try an Important
case. My father invariably went into
court in blue cloth, gilt buttons, satin
stock and soft shirt. Lawyers then had
to be largely masters of oratory. Fine
dress, like good scenery in a theater,
heightened the general effect. Women
wore long, trailing dresses in -he
etreet. It was not correct to lift them
up, in fact, they could not do so be
cause of the hoops beneath. People
had not investigated the microbe king
dom then. The microbes found a safe
refuge in the folds of sweeping robes.
The sidewalks received a good deal of
free cleaning.-
At the theater the custom of the time
made all villains recognizable by a
black cloak of voluminous folds and a
scarlet lining. It was thrown care
lessly across the left shoulder. The en'
trance was to staccato music, stride,
1, 2, 3, pause; stride, 1, 2, 3, pause,
across stage. Villains always ha4
black hair and heavy black - eye
brows'. Blonde villains were un
known just as black-haired angels do
not find favor with the artist. Today
our villains may be either dark or
light haired and are known by the ci
gar or cigarette and the frequency
with which they puff it in extremely
perilous situations. It gives an ap
pearance of great coolness and courage
and is supposed to frighten the enemy
to a finish. It takes the place of the
long and jerky stride and is equally as
effective.
Music to "come on." music to "go
off," music to "die with" have become
old fashioned. Let us hope music
through dialogue, by fashion's decree,
will soon take its departure also. How
often the accompanying music kills the
actor's lines in Shakespearean parts.
The music reaches our ears and the
text is lost while we fume and fret.
Music in operas yes. music with the
words of drama no. They are two dis
tinct fields, let them each keep wlthtn
their boundaries.
Delicate Women Fashlontble.
If ever we are compelled to have ac
companying music, why under the sun
cannot musicians learn to "play softly?
Recently in the play of Every Women"
the character NoDody would begin to
speak, then, crash! boom! the orches
tra would come in and completely
drown the lines, notwithstanding the
actor who spoke them had a deep voice
and especially fine enunciation. If his
facial expression was read aright, the
responses of the orchestra were most
irritating.
It was the" fashion for women to be
delicate. Lord Byron thought women
should have no appetite, so, as Byron
was much read, there was little eating
in public and much satisfying of appe
tites secretly from the pantry shelves.
To faint on the slighest excuse and to
have a fit of hysterics or the vapors
once a month, an idea gained from the
reading of the "Children of the Abbey,"
implied high birth and delicate breed
ing. Oh how I used to rebel at my
robust health. Many of my little
friends were at times ill. How I en
vied them their hours in bed. the dainty
dishes prepared for them, the flowers
sent and the many attentions. Was
there ever a piece of toast that was
browned so delicately or looked so de
licious as the one that fell to the in
valid's share, or was there ever a piece
of chicken so juicy and tender as the
one that found its way to the sick
chamber? No, decidedly not. None that
my eyes ever beheld before or since.
Women Not Kx pec ted to Work.
No women then were expected to earn
their living. People would support
their relatives whether or no. The day.
of general independence had not
dawned. Another's bread must be eat-
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