New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-03

Geo how an outsider tell which is smart VI
'frumps fringe s,o,
well II Is just that. that makes me uneie'O~'
she concluded, trumphantly. II not Iucio'Y'
..Sauce Bechamei' is appreciated by most 5'ui
NETS but there few who kno" me o'.S'' - ~
delicious thing II may therefore Hteie9' ''''
reader 10 hear that many years ago there hNeu III
France very aristocratic and worthy COUPE NV
Narouis and Marauise de Bechamei, nee 'aIeh'He
de Rochemont who existed merely for the pe"s''e
OF concocting novel and dainty d'shes WHY" ~
delighted in eating. They cooked ana ate 'CN -
,or ATTY wears In perfect accord ana perfect hea''
ha, no said 10 have passed their lives at the taoe
and when they were not at table together theE were
generally in the kitchen. They mad famous 80
a; their golden wedding. For many years inc Ma
ou,s had been saving for this occasion oo'ue y.
r-iceless Constance wine from the Cape OF "oo'
, Hone and every guest TO have drop OF IT,
Inst as the bottle about to be opened 'he MAJ
ouise sank 10 the floor dead The oot''e vi 80"
stance was put away unopened Inc deNo'eu ''ai
ouis was inconsolable. Before long he apparently
fell hopeless.y III, and when Informed th"t n's e"'
r.as re,r called for the bottle OF Constance vine
Family the old man said: When meet my De-
loved Valentine the other side she VIII say
What is that perfume. my dear. which detect upon
thy lips and l Will answer: II Is the 'o"9'dIVe
,,re nv beloved that We had saved for our golden
Wedding" Bechamel drank OF the wine anu II"
back on The pillow. All supposed that ne was ue"N
but he was merely asleep.
N dfterwarQ ne cdIsU AIS HePHe" "''N
him fetch a box from the drawer Of secretary IL
was A plea wonderful Perigord pie-dress=d Win
trufies Of Scarla The Marquis ate OF II .reeiy anu
fell back once on his pillow ha'h' '''7
the doctor Il hear the death-ratte IN MS 'hrod''
Il will soon be over" But the rattle was a shore'
The Marquis asleep. And though ne was '"e"
seventy-hve years old, he lived fifteen years onse'
and Invented several more famous dishes 1his'
then is the Marquis de Bechamel who achieved ths
distinction OF having a sauce named AFTER him.
sauce which survives TO this day.
The late vagaries Of the weather put one in mind
Of a whimsical story. An elderly gentleman, VINO
had a horror OF the north wind. never went out OF
doors 50 long II lasted He had weathercock
erected In his garden in order to tell him which
vay the wind blew. In due course the north wind
set in and he at once shut himself up. Every morn
ing he looked out at the weathercock. bu change
had occurred. This state OF things went on for a
month At length he began 10 suspec: that some
thing was wrong, and ealing his man-servant, the
two resolved TO examine the weathercock. Judge
~ their surprise when they found It firmly nxed
pointing to the north The fact easily explained
a discharged housemad had done IT to revenge her
self for her dismissal Unfortunately the same
trick has not been necessary during the last few
weeks The weathercock OF to-day speaks too often
truly. for the north wind is still as rampant as
ever.
Again the shop girls have seized upon the latest
fashion in hairdressng and again mi.ady hest
tates In consequence. and is going rather 10 inc
other extreme in simplicity Many OF the smart
est women wearing the hair parted and
brushed smoothly back from the face, leaving the
more elaborate style OF couture, with the hair
huHed out and carefully waved at the sides. TO
the crowd. who are the first 10 adopt new
fashion that involves no outlay
There hardly exists a repusive or apparent
ly useless animal than the rat and yet In Paris
which might be called the one city OF the world
where what is elsewhere known as waste IL profit
ably put TO one other OF the varied require
men,s OF cvllization-these ugly rodents play their
part In the Industrial arts. In the French mcropo-
lis there exists pound surrounded by walls into
which all dead carcasses thrown. large colony
OF rats has been introduced from the catacombs
and are most useful in clearing the flesh from the
bones leaving the clean-polshed skeletons fitted for
the makers of phosphorus At the base Of the wall
numerous shallow holes scooped out Just sufB-
emily deep TO contain the bodies Of the rats but
LOT their tails Every third month a great battue
'aAes place. during which tho little animals In
'nele terror run into the holes. Persons go round
ana catching the extended tails pitch the rats into
oasS ana they are killed at leisure. Then begins
'' manufacture The fur is valuable and nnds a
n,y'looking fur lining to her coat which, II the
u'h were known 10 nothing but cleverly prepared
a'sn'h When deprived OF Its hair the skin also
ss excellent gloves. The thigh bones were
"''iy valued toothpicks for clubs. but are