Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-03

tno nouI' OoeS HOb the gourmet sip MS
Madeira or even his champagne, while the
guzzler greedily swallows bumpers Of it?
Frank and fearless modesty adorns the
graces of the American girl, while the En-
glish girl often wears the black pearls Of
prudery, There you have Briton's views,
and think they are complimentary.
A good mRtron still adept in witchery
said to me; Next in charm to that ex-
cellent thing in woman, a low voice, comes
gentle touch. A way of laying hand in
q soft, firm, womanly way, 1.-THE freedom Of
hngers, firm softness OF palm, makes q
charm that may belong to an ugly hand.
Remember that, girlsl
Don't shake person to awaken him, :"
the matron continued. "Lay your hand
softly over his closed eyes. Let each finger
tip be firm and sensitive. Don't shake
hands as if your hand was foot. Let the
fingers do their part Don't take hold and
let go all at once. Don't Oh, there are
such lot Of don'ts! Let your hands be
sensitive. As much can be conveyed by
SOFT firm palm and elastic fingers as by the
modulation of sweet voice or the droop Of
eyelids. By the way, the expression Of the
ewes Is dependent upon the lines formed
about the eyeball by the lids. It is the
dropping Of the upper lid that softens the
eyes and the lifting Of the lower lid that
makes it cruel and suspicious. That's just
q suggestion. Of course, it's an advantage
to have big eyes. but sensitive lids are more
important to secure the only real beauty of
the eyes-expressiveness Another thing:
1t is not so much the actual size Of the eye
as it is the clearness of the white which
makes it conspicuous feature. Another
case of bathtub, girlsl Cleanliness, absolute
and always, is good inducement for bright
eyes, or, in other words, eyes whose white is
clear. Be good and you will be happy. Be
clean and you will be beautiful. II you
are beautiful you will be more or less happy
which connects beauty and morality, bath
tub and happiness, in really lovely way,
doesn't it?"
FASHIONABLE PETS.
The noise of the busiest street in New
York is nothing compared to the clatter and
chatter going on from sunrise until sunset
in small StoreroOm on Sixth avenue. 1t
is the storeroom of one Of the best known
bird importers in this city, and hundreds of
birds are chirping and talking to each other
to their hearts content, hundreds of birds
OF all sizes and colors, and from all parts Of
the known globe. The little fnches, with
their red beaks and brown eyes standing out
OF their heads and shining like beads, sit
comically arranged in one long uninter-
rupted row so close together that it would
have been difficult to tell where one bird
left off and another began. They look
frightened and not anxious to welcome Wis
itors. The graceful love birds in their pretty
greenish plumage did not interrupt their
hirtations to look at anybody, while parrots
of all sizes and colors turned from right to
left to examine the newcomer and to keep
track of everything going on in the store.
The unaffected canary chirped his beautiful
tune to the end whether anybody listened or
not, as q true artist to whom his own graft
6cation is the choicest applause.
"What are your best customers?" asked
visitor of the dealer.
Ladies, of course. They all want pets.
The lady who owns mansion on Fifth ave-
nue. and is willing to pay any price if
bird strikes her fancy, and the girl who
works for her living and has to save the
purchase money from her scanty salary"
What is the price paid for different
kinds of birds?"
''You can buy bird for almost any price.
A pair of fnches-you know the male only
sings and has any value-the female is
given into the bargain, ranges from So to
$40, and love birds are hardly worth 30
much. The imported canary, the only one
that is really a singer, brings from S5 to
$50. A yellow bird of almost the same ap-
pearance as the real canary, is often sold for
much lower figure, but he is native Of
this country and does not sing at ALL
A VALUABLE PARROT.
What are your highest priced birds?"
"At present parrots lead in price and
fashion. They usually sell slngly and
range from So to $500, but lady will paw
almost any price if she finds a bird whose
conversational ability is unusually devel-
oped. There are parrots in this city that
talk in three different languages, and the
chronicles of their sometimes misdirected
mplishments are endless. The most
wonderful bird know of was the parrot of
a teacher of languages who became inter-
prefer in Castle Garden. The man, who
spoke four languages perfectly, was obliged
to study at least dozen more, necessary to
put the conventional questions to the immi-
grants. He prepared himself for his duties,
practicing Danish, Swedish, Norwegian,
Hungarian, Arabic, Armenian
and a number more of those Languages
which are out of the usual run, beside their
various dialects. He walked up and down
in his room, talking aloud and asking the
usual questions: "Where were you born ?"
"How old are you ?" "Have you any rela-
tions or friends in this country ?'' "Where
are you going? Have you the money for
travelling 2" etc.
"He was closely watched by his parrot,
who proved an apt and willing pupil, for
he learned to repeat all these phrases and
talked in all tongues current in Castle
Garden. He soon became locally famous
and counted his admirers by the score. One
day lady made his acquaintance and tried
to buy him. She was charmed. with his
huency and offered s., 900, but the owner
valued him too highly to part with him.
The lady was rich and had set her heart on
this particular bird. The next day her
husband called and raised the price $500,
but the owner was still obdurate. Three
weeks later he Unexpectedly needed some
ready money and called on the husband to
accept his offer. At his Office he learned to
his dismay and chagrin that the generous
lady had been buried week. A fortnight
later the parrot mysteriously sickened and
died. 1t was year before the linguist
could pass parrot store without shedding a
tear of regret tell you s., 800 is good
deal of money to lock up in perishable
parrot. E"
CLARA BELLE.