The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-17

llul how would you like 70 wear
those shoes. | do not mean those
rough ones with wooden soles two
inches thick, md then set up on Two
wooden supports still two inches
highor having for tops only n leather
strap TO hold tho soles on. Oh, no !!
Those would not suit with golden
coiitc service. I meant those made Of
rich, dark wood suppose II must he
sandal wood, ~ IL Is used for sandals.
Those sOlcs are rot more than an inch
and u hali thick, and are inlaId with
pearl and silver or ivory, and the
wooden supports, one under the heel
and ono under the ball Of the foot,
extending across the width Of the sole,
are also inloid and carved, and a silver
band over the toes fastcns II on.
Wouldyo like to walk against Weston
tho first time you wore those shoes?
What queer tracks they'd make, and
how awkward they'd be in going down
stairs, but they might do good service In
assisting some one else TO get down, if
they were IN hurry or we were anx-
ious they should be!
There is collection of musical in
strmnents, some very fine in make 9TH
ers very rough. There are mandolines,
flutes, cymbals, tamborine5 and even
duloimers and bagpipes. Why, where
have all the young mothers ofour com
pany gone? O, there they are gather
ed around that glass case, and listen to
the ordinations: "Beautiful!r "loyo-
~" "cxquis!cw O wouldn't Carrie
look charming IN il >" "ld like TO see
Bessie with il on?n What is it? Just
push your head IN over the shoulders
Of those two little women and you will
see WhaI those long coarse cotton
stockings, on that night dress made of
cloth like bathing towel? o no, my
dear sir those ARE no doubt very useful
articles, but we ladies' would not go
into ccstacies over them. The article
In question Is that baby's dress Of
white silk tissue with embroidery done
by the needle, and which Resembles
fine guipprc lace. DO see all those
cunning little butterflies extending in
line from the neck to The bottom OF
the dress! What II lovely christening
robe that would make.
visited museum the other day,
where saw the wax Iigurrofu woman
with horn growing out of her fore
head. She would have been just In
style if SHE had been n Druse woman
of I.iban, who Is here represented as
wearing a silver horn, which supported
in some way by her head dress over
her forehead, extends some four inches
forward and upward, and is covered by
IL black veil which, falling together in
front, leaves only space of about M
inch, through which she surveys the
outer world.
Here is some soap, not very fine in
appearance, and n card in the same
case sets forth that Georges Pronlan,
Coitleur and Pcrfumer at the court OF
Constantin0ple," has received medals
Of gold and silver from the COncours
dc Paris for the invention of his din
strumcntc magnetiquc" for cutting the
hair TO perfection. He asserts that one
lesson only will demonstrate the Won
dcrful advantage Of the machine as
well AZ teach ono how to use it.
In manufactured fabrics we find
coarse wooden cloths, fine silk goods,
delicate aud gay, but not not so bril-
liant in color rs the French, and not at
all comparable in ilneness and clc-
gancc.
The household utensils are mostly of
wood, though there are dishes and bot
ties Of straw. The brooms are quite
fancifilly decorated with brass wires,
chains and buttons where they arc
bound together.
That education is not neglected in
some parts of the Ottoman Empire,
this large book will prove. 1t is sent
from the school of "Our Lady of Zion.
in Constantinople," is written princi-
pally in French, and demonstrates
their system of teaching. There are
fine watcr-color maps, and problems in
arithmetic most neatly worked out,
The sciences are beautifully illustrated
in water-color drawings of animals,
birds and flowers, and domestic econ
omy in drawings of household uten-
sis. A description of Constantinople
as 1t appears when approached from
the sea, Is written in Latin, German,
French, American and English, and
the chirography is exquisite. An
Illuminated title page Of one OF
Beethoven's sonitas, and some beauti-
full landscapes In water colors, deserve
especial notice, as do also some pencil
drawings by Nelida Allothy.
The back of the book is filled with
specimens of necdlework, embroidery
and laces. But you are tired, and we
will now so out into the sunshine and
take one of those chairs and rest, and
listen to Strauss orchestra, dscoursing
sweet music, and ms we listenhalf
dreaming we revisit the Orient through
which we have been wandering, and
VIC wonder il "I.alla Rookhn wore pink
silk trowers and yellow shoes, or II