The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-29
Latest Of Fashion Hints
SLAIN BY NINE. VANITY.

ornamentation of women's hats is, &C
cording to naturalists of repute, threat
ening the extinction Of some of the most
beautiful birds that inhabit the earth.
Foremst among these, says the London
Mail, may be placed the various species
of egrets or white herons, whose beaut-
tut plumes are sold to London ladies as
"ospreys'' or "aigrettes." Mr.. w. III.
Hudson, the eminent ornitholegist, de-
clares that no words can convey any idea
of the whiteness of this bird.
THE egret," he says, lis seen at Its
best standing motionless on some dark,
dead branch, or on the margin Of the
water against the deep green's and
browns of aquatic foliage, the neck
curved to the form of an S, the golden
dag beak inclined downward at
slight angle and the plumage showing
white as a drift OF lately fallen snow,
with the clear sunshine glinting on it
a bird statuettecarved by some divinely
inspired artist out of q white crystalline
stone, found in no earthly quarry 1t is
only in the breading season that the
feathers so much sought after appear.
The egrets form communities at this
period, and the most favorable time to
slaughter them is when the young ones
are fedged, but not able to fly. Their
solicitude for their offspring makes the
parent bird oblivious of their own dan
ger, and they fail easy victims to whole
sale massacre. The egret is practically
extinct in Florida, while in the SUBJ
to-
where it existed IN great numbers few
years ago, it is now most difficult to OBJ
tain.
The species most in vogue for feminine
adornment exists in the Papuan Islands.
and New Guinea, and here the hunters
find it difficult to obtain such perfect
specimens as they frequently secured, be-
cause thebirds are so ruthlessly destroy
ed that they do not live long enough to
reach the full height of their beauty,
several years being required for the de-
velopment of the male birds plumage
Some idea of theh extent to which the
destruction of these birds is going on
may be gathered from the fact that at a
recent sale in London $500 of them were
put up to auction. Among other threat
ened species are the Tyre bird, and in
| South and Central America the cock of
| the rock and the quetzol. bird with an
| immense bronze green tail. In North
America the Carolina paroquet. theh
ivory billed woodpecker. and others are
| verging on extinction, and in the British
| Islands about IA species have become ex-
| tinct during the last so years.
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sAsHEs OF MANY COLoRs.
Roman striped sashes with deep knot
ted sewing silk fringe on the ende are
revived again in all the gorgeous colors,
and the latest necktie IS of Roman rib
bon, tied in four-in-hand knot with
tiny firing trimmed ends.
THE NEWEST IN JEWELRY.
| Some of the new letter clips. writes FL
sic Bee in the jewelers. Circular. are
mounted with a memorandum pad and
pencil of a calendar, as may be prefer
red.
| The fashion for combs of various shapes
and sizes is in full force being now en-
ployed in the up-to-date couture.
| The Hexagon pattern in decanters ap-
pears to please. either in cut or plain
rock crystal, with the monogram engrav-
! ed on the stopple.
There are compact and completely 1T
| ted folding dressing cases for men, with
| brushes and all the etecetras, decorated
in silver or silver gilt
There are some novel designs in photo
graph and calendar frames. carried out
in green, heliotrope and other colored
feathers. frightened by gold tooling.
The conversion of diamond earrings
| into bracelets has set the fashion of
bracelets with overlapping ends, which
bring the two stones diagonally across
the top.
A fad Just now among the younger con-
tingent is for making presents of unset
stones. which, later on. when the recip-
lent is in possession of a sufficient num-
Der. are formed into what is known as a
chain or a bracelet of sentiment.
Dearest" bracelets are an English fas-
mon. tnese ornaments are FORMED OF
fLe colo curb chain surmounted with sew
er gold hearts. In the center OF each is
stone. tic initials letter OF which goes to
make the word Dearest"
The goods advertised in this newspaper
are for sale by home merchants You can
get the right thing By pressing your de-
| mand, gently but firmly.
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