The herald., 1896-01-26

The strange juxtaposition of mans
well-pointed-toed boot and lady's dilapi-
dated corset caused some amusing banter
from little party of bachelor wags yester-
day morning, as after taking their matu-
tinal dip, they observed them floating
amid the flotsam and jetsam on the beach.
A discussion arose as to the early history
of both these almost universal articles of
wear in civilized countries. The "bandit,"
mild spoken young clericus, closed the
debate by observing:
Shoes among the Jews were made of
linen, leather, rush and wood; those of
soldiers were often made of brass or iron.
They were tied with thongs of leather.
which passed under the soles of the feet.
To put off ones shoes was an act of vener-
alton; to bear them, or to unite their latch
cts was considered the meanest service.
Among the Greeks various kinds of
shoes were used. Sandals were
only worn by women of distinction.
The Lacaedemonians wore red shoes,w
generally reached to the middle of the leg.
The Romans used two kinds of shoes; the
calceus, which covered the whole foot
somewhat like our shoes, and was tied
above with latchets or strings, and the
solea, or slipper, which covered only the
sole of the foot, and was fastened with
leather thongs. The calceus was also worn
with the toga, when person went abroad;
slippers were put on during journey and
at feasts, but it was deemed effeminate to
appear in public with them. Black shoes
indicated ordinary rank; white ones were
worn by aristocratic unmarried girls, or
those recently welded. Purple shoes were
the pride of the coXcomb. The shoes OF
senators, patricians and their children had
crescent upon them which served
fAn h1n hos
calcei lunat. That old shoe
would have been fashionable in Rome
about A. D. 60, on account of its exagger-
ated pointedness. The earliest mention
can remember at the moment of corsets is
in Piers Ploughman's Talk, where they
are spoken of as "a pair of boddices to grid
a wench withal." Their origin is obscure,
but think that to France must be awarded
the blame of their invention and introduce
ton into use. Prior to the reign of Eliza
beth they were only worn to conceal some
deformity, and much care was taken to so
adjust the dress that their being worn
should not be apparent. During the early
part of the seventeenth century they were
universally worn by women OF all degrees
in the social scale, and the fops in the
days of tine prince regent did not disdain
their use: Hogarth's engravings, especially
the Rake's Progress, and the Idle Appren-
tice, show how general was their use by
both men and women.
The application to the skin of powders
containing lead or bismuth result in dis
tressing disturbance of the alimentary
tract, which taxes ones patience to the ut
most, said distinguished Philadelphia
physician, and the sex lie about the use of
dangerous cosmetics so charmingly and so
cunningly that they often succeed in pull
ing the wool over the eyes of an uneXperi-
enced practitioner. The patient usually
complains of loss Of appetite and early eX-
haustion after slight physical exercise, and
an ever present and most distressing
nausea. If dark streak is seen on the
gums, and small slate. .colored patches on
the inner surface of the cheeks and on the
tongue are also seen, the trouble is pro-
duced by cosmetics.
Edison will have to look to his laurels,
said A. J Nash. Chicago electrician, or
Nikola Tesla will wrest them from him.
Tesla is almost boy, not quite 80, yet
he is beyond all question, far in advance
of men of more established and wider cele-
brity. He is an admirable Crichton. speak
ing besides his native Slav, half a dozen
other languages f1uently, he is skillful,
practical mechanic, is able to solve, men,
tally, quite involved mathematical prob
lens, and now has devised machine for
the restoration of wasted tissue in the hui
man body, and perfect health. | should
not omit to say that Edison is warm per-
sonal friend of Tesla, and shows no dispo-
sition to belittle the amazing discoveries
which have made the graduate of Gratz to
stand in the foremost rank as an electri-
clan.
The demise in her prime. of Martha E.
Holden, whose contributions to the press
underline non de plume of "Amber," have
cheered many despondent woman, said a
guest OF the Nadeau, is much to be de-
plored. Her charming, lovable nature
shone all through her sutIerngs from
malignant cancer, and, like Hood, some of
her best and most beautiful work was
done while suffering most acutely. Twenty
years ago, belle of Southern California,
she married and removed to Chicago.
Poverty of very bitter sort soon became
familiar to her, but no trace of sorrow can
be detected in the letters, rich in allusion
and adorned with exquisite metaphor
which lit up the pages of the Chicago
Herald, and afterwards the Chicago Times
Herald. A collection of some of her best
writings in book form, A String of Amber
Beads, will keep her memory green.
It is a good idea, which is heartily in
dorsed, the plans adopted by the different
associations here. to visit Phoenix in a
special train of Pullmans, thus paying the
same compliment to the Phoenicians that
the San Francisco Half-Million club
paid Los Angeles during the last fiesta. 1t
is neighborly courtesy, and can rest as
sured that Phoenix and the Salt River val
ley will be in holiday attire to receive them
and show off to the best advantage. 1t is
certain that through this celebration,
future mutual advantage will result be-
tween the two cities.
As special feature and a very pleasant
one, an invitation has been extended and
iti understood it will be accepted by the
regiment quartered now at Fort Whipple,
Arizona. by which four companies will go
into camp just outside the city limits,
and remain there through the carnival.
These four companies of United States
infantry also bring with them their regi-
mental band, and will add special interest
TO the occasion.
+. II. Beebee of Honolulu said: truce
prevails for the moment between the three
parties into which Sandwich islands, poll
tics are divided. The planter element, and
the so-called missionaries who are the
wealthiest people in the islands, and have
great influence, are strongly in favor of
annexation to the United States, or indeed,
any protestant country, for financial rea-
sons. The revenues and expenditures of
the government are widely divergent. 1t
h practically bankrupt. If the existing
republic continue, it will involve the loos-
oning of preachers and planters purses by
unwilling hands. The native population
stubbornly adhere to Liiuokalani and
hereditary regal rule. The islands may be
said to be just now in a brooding condition; |;