Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-06-08
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For stuffng purposes pine shavings are
now being used. There is at Pesth, Hun
gary, an extensive factory devoted exclusive
ly to the production of such shavings, and
these, by the aid of machinery are reduced
to such degree of 6neness that the product
closely resembles tow. Shavings Ct this
kind are superior, it is asserted, to every
other substitute for horse hair in connection
with upholstering purposes, alike as regards
elasticity, softness and durability; for bed
ding they are recommended on account of
the resin contained in the wood being an eff
fectual preventive of vermin, the utility of
the material in this line, especially for hos
pital and barrack purposes, having been sat
isfactorily tested by the German government.
After having been used as stufing for some
five or six years, the shavings can be reno
waited by being exposed to the heat of the
sun or a heightened temperature.
They are telling a good story of how Bos-
ton s'society reporter" fooled himself. Two
ladies met in horse car and chatted togeth-
er, as ladies will. Presently one lady said to
her friend: f'You will be thankful to hear
that Ella Ramsden has at last gone to New
port for two " eeks." The following Sunday,
among the thrilling society gossip of certain
society newspapers, appeared paragraph to
the effect that 'sMiss Ella Ramsden is visit
ing friends in Newport for two weeks."- It
amazed number of readers, as it was i'm
possible for them to understand why Miss
Ella Ramsden's affair interested the public
or why she was of sufficient Importance to be
chronicled among the swells and their
doings. Yet there it was, and the fun grew
merrier after another became cogniz-
ant of the "social" news. For, as it happen
ed, ''Miss Ella Ramsden" was a s'colored per-
low ebb, and the "visit to Newport" was in
order that she might "clean house" for one
of the charitable residents.
An interesting labor problem has lately
been dealt with by the emperor of Austria.
The tariff difficulty that has existed between
the empire and Roumania for some time has
caused the revival in Austria of the ancient
trades guilds, with their privileges and their
prejudices. A shoemaker or a tailor, for
instance, can no longer open shop without
having first proved his professional capacity.
The State, on the other hand, has engaged to
defend them against any undue competition
Lately at Gratz war broke out between the
glovers and the tailors, which became SO
bitter as to recall the grotesque wrangles of
the bourgeois of the middle ages. The tail
ors contended that by virtue of the new law
the glovers had no longer right to make
the leather breeches worn by the Styrian
mountaineers. The glovers replied that
they were breeches-makers as well glovers
and possessed the privilege of furnishing the
Styrians with their breeches for centuries,
and it was the tailors who were engaged in
an illegal trade. To this the tailors rejoined
that if it was privilege 1t was abolished by
the new law and they would not allow it to
be re-established unless the emperor should
decide that a pair of gloves and pair of
breeches were identical. AS the affair threat
ened to lead to bloodshed his majesty inter
vened. Initiating the wisdom of Solomon,
he decided that the privilege of making the
leathern breeches should thenceforth belong
to the tailors and glovers both-'tto the tail
ors by natural right and to the glovers by
the right of tradition" All parties are now
satisfied, including the mountaineers who
have to wear the breeches.