The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-18

have one to match every suit in shade
Such as these would as soon be seen
wearing cane that was tout Of color
as last seasons collar or back mum.
Der hat.
Even the vegetable kingdom has
been drawn upon to satisfy the craving
OF the gay young man about town in
his desire for the unique. The Isle Of
Guernsey grows a peculiar cabbage,
the stalks of which make a neat and
novel cane. Of course the dealers do
not call them cabbage stalks, but put a
smart handle and a fancy name on
them and they are a great 60. They
do the same blythe mullen stalk, of
which thousands have been sold during
the past season. These are a home
product, as the best specimens come
from New Jersey. They make very de-
sirable canes for dudes and young
sports, being light as feather, vet
strong, and with very pretty sticks;
but it would cause no little consterna-
ton to their owners if they, for mo-
ment, thought them to be the stalks of
thedespised plant of velvety leaf. They
are sold as 'Cleopatras," "Bernhardts,n
ETC., etc., but only to the trade as null.
lein sticks.
Among the lighter canes is the Nal.
acca, probably so called because it does
not como from Malaoca, but from a
small place ON the opposite side of Su.
matra. In its natural state it is MS rich
In color as a four-year-old meerschaum
pipe which has been smoked by an ex.
pert The Malacca is the favorite for
a dress cane The most valued ara
those cut the full length between the
joints at which the leaves sprout. As
these are scarce the price is corre-
spondiagly high. Next to the Mnlacca
comes the black ebony for tasteful
ornamentatiou with gold and silver. A
very fair imitation Of ebony has been
made from rubber The rubber soon
turns green, but the fact that it close
Iy resembles ebony when new has af-
fected the sale of the genuine article.
For presentations it is now quite the
proper thing to have ebony or Malacca
canes made to order and surmounted by
silver or gold bust in miniature of
the person to whom the gift is made.
English crab, as it is known among |
the "Johnnies," is increasing in popu- |
larity and this season some striking de- !
signs are shown. 1t Is nothing more /
nor less than wounded oak In Eng. |
land the gathering of woods for canes !
has been reduced TO science. The |
cane Syatherer no longer works at hap
hazard. In a certain sense he does not /
work for to-day but plans for future
crops he goes about looking for suita-
bic sprouts and saplings TO tram and
mark for next years crop, and incl
centally gathers those prepared the
previous year. When he finds young
oak that promises to make a good
stick, he sits down and patiently gashes
and marks 1t at regular intervals along
It's length, taxing care to make each
cash OF sufficient depth as 10 mark the
BY the following year the
bark has healed leaving an oval scar
that shows plainly on the wood
when peeled Such is the wounded oak,
better known as English crab. The
T2shes can be made to produce some
striking and unique designs Some cane
hunters carry little prielling wheels
That inlet puneture at regular inter
rails has Is varied by the use OF a scroll
wheel and dies that leave the irnpriut
u an initial letter. stars. crescents.
NenuS-like figures. etc
This season handles made from nat.
lrai WOOD are moro popular than ever
before. The most desira bic of these
Ire made from Pimento and orra.
nented with snake-like turninrs al
LSer The fiuenso IS really the roo,
I a species OF coffee plant. and is inn
orted N punches, in rough form lust
5 the root is pulled from the yro1,d
ne process OF preparation is some !
hat interesting. First the sticks arc
'r'ed lnio qualities. those harin, the
host snarls and twists being con-
11sred the most valuable Vow thsv
re trimmed with a fine circular saw
Manufactured especially Tor the Dur.
use, IS Il requires a very fine ,eu,,.r
withstand the tough knots. To saw
'1!1inS Of the 6ne grit AID Snar stones II