The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-04-30
MATTER WORTH READING

"A very considerable effort was made,
] understand, to drag Mrs. Jenny June
Crowly into the late controversy be
tween Ella Wheeler and Mrs Athcrton
But the ex.President of Sorosis Is u
conservative person and would have
nothing to do with the mud singing of
these two remarkable females She
permits both of them to attend her re
Ceptions, and ut the last evening given
by her in Forty sixth street, an anus.
ing advertisement was given to the com
pany in the spectacle of the. Wilcox in
one corner of the room and the Ather.
ton In the other, Kissing out scandals
and vituperations against each other.
But Mrs. Crowly, who is an old news
paper woman, would neither endeavor
TO patch the quarrel, nor take sides In
the fray. She quickly recognized, as
anyone who knows the women can
easily do, that all Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs.
Atherton wanted was the advertisement
of wrangle in the newspapers.
The otherwise undistinguishcd gentle
man who rejoices to have and to hold
Ella Wheeler is small but exceedingly
rotund person, who is something in the
dry goods line Mr.. Wilcox is what Is
of business compel Mr.. Wilcox to
be joumeying through the West most
of the time. But he Is very proud of
the poetess of passion, and by the help
of Mr.. Romeike's News Agency he Is
in daily supply of all the things written
about his wife. Most of these come
from the pen of Fannie Edgar Thomas
Miss Thomas is general hack writer,
an intimate friend of Mrs. Wilcox, and
from her assiduous ink bottle flows
almost all the notions that are con
stantly in print about the woman with
the mole on her spine. -lNcw York
Graphic.
Male "Fads" in JeweIry.
There is an increasing fad in the
| direction of men--and men of acknowl-
| edged tastes-wearing jewelry. Not
alone do they break the Immaculate
whiteness of their shirt bosoms with
stones of marvellous brilliancy and color
ing, set as studs; but they choose scarf
pins of quaint designs, watch chains in
massive link patterns, striking devices
| in cuff buttons; to say nothing Of the
silver cigarette case, chased gold match
box and enameled pencil case. Jewel.
ers go further, and assert that there is q
steady demand from the masculine
patrons for long, slender gold chains
which are worn concealed around the
neck, and on which are hung senti.
mental souvenirs, in the way Of tiny
lockcts, containing cherished portraits
or locks of shining hair Nor, so they
assert, is the bangle quite discarded
| from off the masculine arm; but II |,
carefully guarded, and is no longer per
mitted to slip into view, below the cuff
Il May Table Talk.
| A Overwhelming scheme.
| Near Valdosta, Ga, are q couple ol
deer farms, where herds of these ami
mails are kept within twelve-foot wirt
fence and pastured upon rye and gras,
| till they are fatter than butter. The
| original stock came from Florida, ant
the animals are now pretty well domes
ticated The proprietors say that they
| can raise venison much easier and NOR,
cheaply than they can turkey, and tina
they expect enormous profits whel
fairly under way.
Silk, which has been known in Chin;
for 1000 years, is in some sort roya
institution. An Empress of China frs
discovered it, and to this day roya
princess opens the season Of silk-work
ing by gathering mulberry leaves from
her garden to feed the worms. Grea
care has been taken to keep up tn
breed of those useful animals, which |
the best in the world, but liable to de
teriorate outside its native country.
| The Guinea Cow.
The Guinea COW of South Georgi
may one day rival the Jersey It wa,
brought by Spaniards into Florida, |
stolid and squarely built, with legs onl,
foot long. The COW is hardy and 81
hearty as to keep fat on WOODLAND
pasture, and gives three to four gallon
of milk each day, which, though not s.
rich as Jersey milk, is better liked BY
Its consumers
Discovering u Gold Field.
1t is said that the new gold field il
the Transvaal was discovered by acci
dent. An enraged antelope charge,
upon hunter and imbedded its horn
so firmly In the soil that after captur
they had to be dug out, and were foun
to be fast in an eight-pound nugget
A Bear Ranch.
! A Minnesota man has set up bea
ranch, where he feeds cornmeal to tn
bears he traps just as he would do hogs
till they are in prime condition, whe
he slaughters them, and, besides selin
the meat at high figures, gets goo
many dollars for each of the pelts.
How Did He Know?
f. Morris of Evansville, Ind, claim
that his dog found a two-dollarand-t
half gold coin in Independence an
brought II home to him. How h
knows that the dog found the none
in Independence has not been e,
planned.
Room for More.
A French scientist says that, allowin
five acres for each inhabitant, Euror
has room for 115. 900, 900 more peopl
Africa for 1886, 1000, 900, Asia for l
402, ,000,0 900, Oceanica for 515,000,0 ,0(
and America for 2,000, 900, 900.