Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-17
ALsATIAN ABsURDITIDs.
Htdtc;ssoas Ofarre; Betsceen T,c0 Pecso
That Brought Them Beforea lfaaisfyu

ALSATIAN ABSURDITIDs.
Ridiculous Ouarre; Bet,ceen T,co Peasants
Ihoe brought Them Before JIagisfrute.
An Alsatian paper gives us new and
characteristic story of those districts
with whose inhabitants NM. Erckmann
and Chatrian have made US familiar Two
peasant farmers had attended a '.kirch-
welh'' or wake as we should say. One
was about TO walk home and the other to
drive home, when the latter offered him a
seat III his wagon. It was somewhat late
ana both had drank pretty freely Of To-
cal wine more remarkable for its strength
than for Its flavor. The sky was intensely
clear, and the two men sat silently for
some time gazing at the stars and appar-
emily IL The contemplation of the spIendor
OF nature At last one gave the other
thrust and Observed. "Sepp, 1 will tell
thee all want-just one matt (meadow)
as big as the armament over yonder' s'And
L. returned Sepp, will tell all want
just as many COWS and sheep as they are
blinking stars up there" Thou d,tnl7ae,
teWel,'' observed his friend, 'swhat could a.
man do with so many cows and sheep?
The world would never grow fodder enough
for them ALL AYE, that may be, said the
other, with shrewd look. ''but should
drive them into thy big meadow 'sThat
thou shouidn st never do, Sepp; net hoof
OF anybody eise's cattle should tread upon
It," Sepp declared that he should contest
the dog-in-th e-manger claimsof his neigh
Dor, asserting that heaven be-
ionged to everybody, and that a
pasture as big as heaven would be gil
gantlc common. The two men, who were
usually the best of friends, passed from
words to blows in their absurd yindication
of the rights and property on one side and
the privilege of trespassing on the other
The conflict ended by the owner of the
wagon being knocked out of his own We
hlcle. This led to a complaint before a
local court, and the ridiculous converse
ton In the cart at midnight was solemnly
reproduced as part Of the evidence.
The Bird Mania
This is the latest phase of the bird or
feather mania," said a millinery salesman,
''and it really seems & cruel thing.'' He
balanced nut-brown, broad brimmed felt
hat on his hand and turned 1t about before
| the reporter. The edge was bound by a
gathered band of shade darker velvet,
| and the left side was slightly turned up
c'asped it and wide folded strip of velvet
extended along the brim to the right.
Here bird of par idise was placed, whose
| breast and long, sweeping tail feather were
| shaded from yellow to dark brown. The
| bird was represented in its death agony,
| lis head was twisted around and its ewes
rolled with that despairing upward look
which is the same in man or animals.
Mo oil, e
| overhanging feathers, and were curled up
IN realistic way, which even hungry cat
| would respect. They were also gilded to
highten the effect.
land you want me to believe that
women like this suffering style, that they
| can smile with picnic joyousness under
a brim which is loaded with tragedy:''
Eyes; and nothing less than something
excruciating will satisfy them. If the
| birds don't come up in the tortured atti-
| tude we have to twist them into a similti-
tude of woe. just look at this hat"
He lifted a flat of cadet blue velvet.
corded on the edge with the same Bands
of grosgrain in self-shade were fastened
| about the crown an inch apart with steel
| buckles, and were extended into short
loops at the back. A white pigeon fasten-
GU Oll VIC icl1 lIoHt IdJ Will us Deak TO the
side, its eyes dropping as if with its last
struggling breath, and its claws. prettily
silvered, stretched out stiffiy over a long
plume of cadet-blue which hung fiat over
tn brim at the back.
THAT would suit some fery-tempered
creature whose hair matches in colors.
The submissive sentiment of the hats dec
| grafton would serve to tone her express
sion."
A hat of mole-colored velvet, with slight
ly-po1nted crown, was brought from the
case, brilliant with Paris novelties. The
right brim was trimmed with two long
plumes of the same shades, side by side,
! and fastend by threads, and then turned
back to the other side, giving claw effect
in velvet, which seems to be the newest
method of laying the trimming. To the
left monkeys face made of tiny feathers
with blood-red mouth, and amber eyes, and
saucy expression, held down the end of
| pheasant breast finished with still gayer
feathers, and which extended out to meet
the plumes over the back.