New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

OF MODERN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
II THE KITCHEN.
The scene was well calculated for storytelling
Outside cold. clear. rcl November sunset was
co,orng the western Sky and cleaning '"'ouE"
The russell trees. Inside blazing WOOD hrc
beside which the little te3tabe Was placed ana
around Il was n group o. women just In from golf
Speaking Of omeis.' said one OF the numpe' =
charming and popular authOress i had curious
experience in England last year. had peeh
asked TO join a party OF delightful people consist
Ing of some literary and hisirionc celebrities on
an excursion down the Thames. 10 dine and sleep
nj the Inn. an invitation all the more readily
accepted as the house Was faVorhe resort o.
mine ard the landlord and his wife always took
especial pains % make me comfortable. 80
started of with most pleaslrable annclpahohS.
which however npped IN the bud in the
very beginning In the sail down the river ! was
attracted by the sad face o. pretty young
actress who. upon ny inQuiring - she were not
well asked tinidly if size might tel me her
troubles. 'Ycu YOU are stranger salu the
moor child. and Il comes easier 20 speak 10 YOU on
that account. and you have such kind face that
] felt as yon that YOU would listen
and perhaps advise me. Besides continued the
\ half-distracicd creature. I shall go mad II can
not tell some one. And theroupon followed the old
sad story O. affections blightod ana trust betrayed,
none tho less tragic for being so oft repeated
Depressed by the girls evident misery felt out
O. spirits and touch with the gay party and retired
early II was a lovely moonlight night and az
was my custom. ! left my window slightly open
Suddenly in the night I awokc with q start. bat
believed was dreaming, for there pcrched on the
foot 81 the bed. looking most clfish and uncanny
in The moonlight. was huge black raven
could hardly believe my senses. and ii took me
minute to realize that il was no Poe-bcfotten
vision bat an actual. living bird Like his famous
predecessor. on being disturbed by sudden inoN,.
Inenl he betook himself with many a frt and
flac f1,,4sS -falll
fun swath O. the moon. ami where | could see
him picking curiousy At my rings and pins which
/ had left the pincushon. Whereupon rea.-
izing that he was probably tame raven that had
come through the window and recalling the
stories OF the rilferng propeast.es OF such birds.
] rose and went to tho defence Of my property.
The imp-for he looked like wicked little spirit
in the weird light--showed fight. and advanced 10
guard his booty with Outstretched wings and open
beaX.
the door and called to dr. Goidschmidt. mine
host whose room knew TO he At the end Of the
RRs e. spSear SG, nSa qFess9 opened the '' "
Try and be calm. Ms. L. ne said; ii is a
most dreadful and unfortunate occurrence, but 1t
Bu, he is in there: I exclaimed. and he has
attacked me- | do not dare to so back
said he iandIoyd to his vie VINO also anpcaTed
upon the scene; try anG sOothe her Then. Iealiz-
, ps eo.pNtbiro SrcaSf,i ToS occIrroS Don IN
qurf found that the poor young actress. who
enT 70 her unhap,v @x.ionce and ina, it was the
shot from tie pistol which had probably awakened
me 50 suddenly; that Ist raven pe i go 10
window about the same time was only one OF
those strange coincidence which Srpersutlous
persons might consider significant When after
my first surprise at the tragic event and horror
was over and returned u my room acco Impaired
by my landlady. found that my unwelcome visitor
had departed, and IL was only when saw him the
nee ern a s hS Tcornred from the
Apr ehension that he had brought nae q message
md without apparent reason confded In M the
day before"
LIIIPUTIAN VANITY FAIR.
It's amusing albeit. at the same time somewhat
saddenng. 10 note the germs Of our worldly weak
nessos showing themselves ia children anus
ing TO hear their frank avowal Of what w in
stinctive,y conceal even from ourselves. and at
the same time depressing think tina; al
tsrrcd with the same brush and that even 50
called innocent childho,a is NOT free iroi!n the
III is sich fun at school" s.ys = snail miss Of
Smart and have secrets. and it makes the Other
girls jealous. l do love 10 make thcn feci nm
comfortable; mamma saws arr awfuily naughty
&c, feel that way. but she is jus; - bad heo3use
Set was BIZ enough and that II would ncv'r do
TO visit tse rs enc 70 "iS nov peS %C nave taken
81 can mako girls dreadfuliy uncomfortable"
Ing round eyes OF mpid blue and coud OF
golden hair - Just look them Up and down rom
wrong about them. and It's such sport! Even the
kincergartcn is perlncatCd with 20 worldly at
3nOsDi.re. There j. the child Of tho Wulfi-.nil!-
tonaiye who IS tho pcttCd darling Of all ne" de-
srafle soi who holds Itself SOM what alo0f from
the others tie embryo -ycophonts ana fattcrcrs;
g. fact a I,liputian Nantv Fair. whose existence
We daplore while We laugh al lis likeness TO our
own"
HOUSEHOLD AESTHETICS.
The ultra-:csthetc craze has happily gone Jy. bat
while we laugh al the exaggeration OF that brief
perlod when lank women in greenery gallery gowns
worshipped the sunhower and cndeaNo:cd 10 lire
I'D 10" old ma iolica must IN justice confess That
the lasting results Of the movement were most Dcn-
ehclal and that the house beautiful mas thereby be-
come a possibility TO all II the J,iof OF The
apostles of the beau ideal that me roinnOncsi AZ
ticle might POSSESS cOmeilness which IN artistic
eve would perceive ana make available in arrange
nient: a theory which however, in tn" aesthetic
period had fits Disadvantages rs the matier-Of-fact
imam found when he missed his Wh.skbrOOm and
discovered that his wife had grouped II in an ar
yond the reach OF art" the ambition Of the ar
tistic housekeeper OF that period. Like chan from
the wheat, however the pseudo 6s;heticlsm has
disappeared. and there remains only in
creased appreciation OF what is really good In color
and form. and whether the OBJECT is OF priceless
value costs only few pSnnies makes differ
ence In it's artistic value
One OF the latest AND perhaps the prettest fads
OF the present disciple of home culture Is pcf-
uresque kitchen. Only painters Of st!il life realize
the beauty that exists in Tin pans brown earthcn-
ware jugs and the odd bottles and Jars that come