The National tribune., 1896-06-04

| June again. June again!
| Rills are in tune again:
Sweet we've the red of the rose for a boon again.
| Music and mirth again.
! Out of the earth again
Beauty. eternal and fawle.s, has birth again.
| June again! June again!
| Nestled birds Groom again;
| O. what lure In the light of the moon againi
Skies beam above again;
Soft COOS the dove again
Heart of my heart. let ia listen to love again,
Clinton ScolTurd in The Penny Magazine.
It would seom as though anyone who has
once heard the pi.iful tale of The herons the
birds that supply the aigrets for milliners, will
be loath to wear the trimming again and will
regret the day that it ever became fashionable.
1t is q story of deliberate hcartlessness that
shocks even unsentimental folks, though many
do butsay Dear me, what pity" and continue
to wear aigrets as of yore. The heron is a shy,
lonely bird, rarely flying in great hoeks. For
some time feather hunters could not make
much profit from his feathers However, it was
discovered that the birds congregate in i'm
mense hosts during the nesting season. Some
times they build 20 or so nests in one tree.
in the nests, the hcrons are faithful unto death
to their homes. The feather hunters watch tho
birds, discover their nesting locality, wait until
the young are Matched aud then begin their
killing. Ordinarily one shot would be enough
10 warn the whole flock away, but the men fire
away again and again throughout whole days,
and the birds will perhaps futter away from
tho nests for moment in great fright
and then will return to the young. Thou
sands of birds are slain, aud not one need
escape if the hunters but be diligent Tho
birds are stripped of their pretty breast feath-
ers. which are their wedding garments, worn
only during this season. Their bodies are
left to cover the ground Night comes, and
the next day the little birds in their nests above
chirp and call for help but there is none to
heed them. and they die of starvation. After
realizing how much cruelty is needed to pro.
the dainty feathers for my lady, it is q
wonder, with her tender heart, that she can
abide this trimming. The birds sorrow. though,
is too remote. It'isa pitiful tale, but soon for
gotten.
There are eight women Colonies in the
German army-the Empress herself; the
dowager Empress, widow of Frederick ILL.,;
the Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia tho
Queen Regent Sophia; Queen Victoria Queen
Wilhelmna of Holland, and the Duchess of
SAKE. Coburg. These women never go to war;
ceve the salaries.
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1t takes yard and a,quarter of wide ribbon
to make collar and bow big enough for some
girls.
Fans must be either very small or very large
nowadays.
Parasols must be gay with ruf1les laces, and
bright Innings.
1t is a season of purple hats.
IT.
1t is also the season again for freckles and I
tan. The couHtry maid who uses buttermilk |
for cure for these carcsses of the sun is prob
ably thousand times wiser than her city sis |
ter who pins her faith to the toilet combina-
tions of the drug store.
~
new and mild cure for dyspeptics is to I
adopt the practice of eating bread and butter
with the bread very thin and the butter very |
thick. Butter, runs the argument, is nourish-
ing and is easily digested. 1t is superior |
in these respects 10 cream. Now, butter by |
itself cannot be reisbed therefore, spread |
il thin with bread.
Girls nowadays have golf stockings to go a
bicycling in.
Though many protest, the shirt waist re- |
mains the most popular of all fashions, even |
overlapping the sailor hat. Some women limit |
the shirt waists TO morning wear, which is a |
very good plan. Shirt waists are not suitable |
for afternoon evening wear, and there is no
excuse for them when one can have such dainty, |
and likewise inexpensive, lawn, or silk or
gingham frocks.
very pretty bathing suit is made of blue
briliantine or alpaca, with a big white sailor !
collar, white belt, dark blue stockings and a |
white silk cap.
1t is not good form to wear a white leghorn |
hat all trimmed with feathers and chiffon, with |
shirt-wais costume.
We understand that among the fads for coat |
and skirt costumes is included that for using |
kitchen towelng or material similar in weave |
and pattern to that useful but homely stuff. |
For girl who wants q red-and white checked |
suit, that is what she wants. Mrs. Talleyrand |
said of spinach, but for most of us the resem-
blance would be fraught with too many pain
ful associations.
New comp lcstons in walls promised, |
such as black net vail lined with the thin pink
tulle, which is good for the ocuists.
Asparagus is good for salad. Cook il until it |
is tender, drain, let it cool, and serve with n |
dressing of oil aud vinegar. /
Very pretty thin silks, figured in Persian
patterns in soft colors--blue and tan, tan and |
green, pink and pale green-are very popu-
lar for fanciiul waists TO wear with dark skirts. |