The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-27

had spent the summer in studying up on
Diana, with the intention of emulat!ng
the deeds of tIat lovely goddess as soon
as the autumn weather and the game laws
of the state would perrnit.
Ordinary folks not caught in the whirl-
pool of swelldom thought it was piling on
the agony when the young buds and
blooms OF society had to ride bicycles
play golf, drive fouI- In hands, swim like
mermaids and do other unusual things.
out now it is decreed that the woman of
fashion must also be a good shot and
capable of standing the fatigue of II
mornings tramp III the fields in ques. of
game.
The popular ioea Of a woman shooting
off gun or pistol, with both eyes shut
tight in frenzy of fright as she pulls
the trigger and trusting blindly to
heaven to direct tho shot, has been ex-
ploded. a For the New York girl whose
papa or husband has country place on
Long Island, in New Jersey, or at any of
the fashionable suburbs, can shoot a 18th =
out fear and shoot we'll, too. What is
more, they know all about the different
makes of guns and can tank learnedly
about the advantages of twelve bore
over ten bore; just how much powder a
shell shorld be charged with; how to
bring down a straight driver or left quar-
terer and the bsst style of dog to hunt
WITH
Neither do they weep over the mangled
remains OF the birds which their hunting
proclivities have deprived of life, but on
the contrary, they count up the dead
birds eagerly, and If they are fortunate
enough to land big bag during the day
boast of it pleasantly in the evening. AL
ready they can tell thrilling stories of the
exciting events of the field. aud even
the old hunters who nave had long wears
of experience at concocting fairy tales of
their prowess, listen in amazement at
the extravagant achievements of their
newest rivals. The cunning girl is GER
tainly an insteresting creature and has
qulte cast in the shade the maid who can
wheel twenty miles an b our
Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll has by far
the best record as huntress. She takes
but languid interest in the mild work
OF bowling over cartridges, quail and
pheasants, for she has experienced the
excitement Of chasing the big game of
Africa. When she was Miss Marion Lang
don, three years ago. che was credited
with being the premier athletic girl OF
swelldom. Then she married Royal
Phelps Carroll and part of the honey
noon was spent in the wilds of the dark
continent, where Mrs. Carroll shot tiger
or two from the back of an elephant
In the summer Of 1898, when Mr.. Car
roll took his yacht Navahoe into English
waters and sailed the series o. mem ora.
BILE races against the Prince of Wales,
Mrs. Carroll made the trip across the
ocean in the sloop, and was never faxed
VIXEN the small craft was almost buried
under the giant seas of the Atlantic.
Mrs. Carroll is at the head of the hunt
ing set which makes it's headquarters at
Tuxedo during the autumn months. She
shoots equally we'll with the revolver,
life and shotgun. and IN impromptu
matches has made some fancy scores.
She does not claim to be able TO pierce a
silver dollar every time at distance of
100 yards but sue can shoot uncomfort-
ably close to 1t.
There are few sports which young Mrs.