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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
QUEER ANIMALS.
MantelPs Notornis and the South Amer
lean Ground SIoth Living Realities.

MantelPs Notornis and the South Amer
lean Ground SIoth Living Realities.
Every one who is solicitous for the
preservation and protection Of vanish
ing bird fauna will hear with interest
of the resdiscovery, near Invercargill,
of ManteIps notornis, the large, fight
less gallinule of New Zealand. Little
more than fifty years have elapsed
since the first bones of the creature
We're sent to England, says the London
Standard, and determined by Prof.
owen TO belong to a bird of the rail
FAMILY of which we have in Britain
seven examples; four of theni-the land
rail- the water rail, the coot and the
moorhen-being generally familiar,
while the other three are more or less
frequent visitors to our islands. AS the
imperfect skull on which Owen based
his opinion was clearly fossil, it was
believed that the bird was extinct; but
within two years couple of skins were
sent to England by Walter Mantel, son
OF the eminent palaentologist, and in
1901 the father had the satisfaction of
bringing before the Geological Society
the results of his sons finds, which are
now to be seen in the bird gallery of the
Natural History Museum.
FROM these specimens visitors NAV
see what the notornis was like; while
in addition to illustrations in Sir Wal
ter Bullen's Birds Of New Zealand !"
which appeals to ornithologists. there
nave been published figures of the
plrds in books intended for the general
pubic. Unfortunately, the bones of
these two examples We're not preserved
so that NATHAN oil
out skeleton, though there is one, the
skull of which is imperfect, and an
other in Dunedin Museum The redis-
coVery OF the bird may perhaps i've
rise to hopes, scarcely likely To he reat-
lzed, OF the retention of this form fo,.
some time longer in the New Zealand
avlfauna. From the nature of the casa
IL seems hardly possible to adopt rneas =
ures OF protection for the few strap-
glers that may yet survive though fba
legislators and scientific men at the
antlpooes should be able to take such
measures as viii insure the utiliza tion
to the fun Of all material that NAV
come to hand. ''''y
From South America cornes stii,
stranger news-the confirmation nf M
long-rumored discovery of a living re,,-
resentative of the gigantic groundsslotb
some years ago collector nar,a1
Ramon Lista reported to DR.. Ameghino
OF Buenos Ayres, that he had seen and
shot at mysterious animal in the in
terror OF Santa Cruz In the southern
portion of the Argentine territory. 40
cording to his description the animal in
SIZE and shape resembled a pankoIin--,
the scaly ant-eater OF the did worId
put was without scales and covered
with reddish hair, He was conGdent
that he had hit the creature, which
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27

| Whether to have ones stays done to
order or buy them ready made?
| Every woman has to make decision
along this line sooner or later. The ne
| cessity for a clear mind on the subject
is almost poignant at this time, when
anything less than the appearance of a
perfect figure is against social order.
If the average woman could afford the
price Of a few custom done corsets a
year, and if corsetmakers always Were
sure to do the right thing in the way
Of fitting, there would be no question
! that any woman with pretensions to
taste should have her stays made for
her individually, even at the sacrifice
| of one or two gowns or hats from a
| seasons allowance.
But corsetieres, who write Madame be-
fore their names, coldly charge you
something like SIS for one pair I did
see a corset once which was made by a
| madame for 81. 1t was of an ugly
drab color, though it may have been
proportional correctly.
Corsetmakers are not, however GER
tain to produce stays which make the
most of ones figure. Indeed they ere
likely not to do so, if one herself is I'M
familiar with her own lines.
l know that fashion writers for years
have dwelt upon the need that every
woman has to wear custom-cut corsets,
but how are you to find precisely the
| person that can fit you Worth your
while, considering the expense?
More and more it seems apparent to
| me that one must understand her pc
| culiarities, and what needs to be done
to preserve or offset them. Fortified
with this knowledge, she may buy
ready-made stays, if her figure is of
| machine's-which are of supposedly
| ideal-measurements Or she can
| search until she comes upon a madame
who knows how to corset her admira-
bly,
1t may be objected that part OF
what one pays for a high-priced stay
| is for the advice and experience of the
| corsetiere. True. But how are you
| to distinguish between what experience
| in another is worth paying for, and
what is not? Only by your own judg-
| ment. And correct judgment of cor
| sets as well as anything else is the out
| come of much intelligent observation.
Women are too likely to take it for
| granted that because they know good
| deal about music or painting or books
they can pick out a corset in any fifteen
minutes snatched from a shopping trip.
Many persons consider themselves suf-
| ficiently distinguished in their dress
garbed in anything not shopmade. The
| truth is that badly made custom arti-
| cleS are worse than machine done gar
ments, whether it is stays or gowns.
| Recently saw an illustration of this
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
HOME MADE NOTICES.

A young married couple who recently
went to housekeeping on Clybourn ave-
nue. had just enough money ITO buy the
necessary furniture They had not suf-
ficient cash to invest in notices and pic
lures, The young wife is handy with
brush, but has considerable yet to learn
in books. She made an effort to supply
the deficiency in notices for the wall by
working at odd times on plain cardboard
with water colors Here are some of the
notices, that now adorn the Clybcurn
avenue home. N N3F
God" I7E eigSf 5sg 9
What is home without fool and his
People who live in glass houses flock
together"
Birds Of q feather gather no moss"
. Honesty Is the thief Of time"
He who fights and runs away gets tho
worm. Chicago Inter-Ocean
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
RICH WOMEN HUNTED.
The Annoyances That an Heiress
Must Submit To.

WuSI OupIhll "
The position of an heiress is a very
trying one at any time. 1t is not so
bad for a pretty girl who is not loaded
with too much constituencies or for a
plain girl who is blinded by excessive
vanity 1t is worst of all for a plain
girl who knows that she is plain and
is oppressed by the fear that every man
who is decently civil to her is pursuing
her with the hope of marrying her for
her money says the New York Adver-
tiser.
An heiress very soon learns that she
is regarded as flair game" by almost
every man with whom she is brought in
contact, and many of her wouldbe
capturers, in their anxiety to secure
the prey as soon as possible, do not
trouble to give her the ordinary law
to treat her to the ordinary delays and
decencies of courtship-before coming
to proposal of marriage.
One heiress tells a story of a certain
man who was invited to a luncheon
party expressly to meet her, as she af-
terward found out. He was intro
duced to her before lunch and sat next
to her during the meal, when he made
a far from favorable impression on her
owing to the vapid and cynical nature
OF his conversation. After lunch he
contrived to pin her into a corner, on
pretence of showing her some photo
graphs, and without more delay asked
her to marry him. She was so outraged
by what she regarded as an insult ia
her that she did not answer, turned
away and has since resolutely refused
his acquaintance, He was asked by an
intimate friend why he hurried matters
so, and he replied
Well, you see, was going to meet
MISS X"-naming another heiress-"at
dinner in the evening, and 1 wanted To
know whether Miss Y. would have me
or not, in order to know how to behave
to Miss X"
In another case certain man was in
love with girl whom he thought had
money. AS 1t happened, she had but lit
tie, and he had less, so she told him
they could not marry
But there is my friend, Miss L., the
heiress Why don't you make UP to
her?'
She thereupon introduced him to the
heiress, and in very short time he told
the latter that she was the only girl he
ever loved. The heiress laughed.
Either you must be very forgetful
or very tickle" she said "a week ago
you were forever after my friend.
danced with her all night, were always
with her and had no eyes for any one
else. If you have forgotten her already,
you can have no heart at all, and IL you
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27

identifying of lingerie, if one can get
so far beyond the first principle-ht;
Knockers are as narrow as posslpIe,
and short. In some instances they are
hardly more than row on row OF lace,
with beading to join the lengths But
this recklessness again is for the mon
dame, though the close, brief style may
be INDUCED in by any woman VINO does
her own sewing or who can flnd that
jewel-the maker of fine white Things
after a suggestion. Umbrella knockers
are out of fashion.
Even small yokes are under the ban,
on knickers and petticoats, too. The
smallest possible gathering of the body
of the garment is considered too bulky
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27

usual lingerie given to the poor. In the
case of rich women, this not infrequent-
ly is done, though women of more
means than imagination We're likely to
sell even their undergarments to the old
clothes woman for few miserable dol
lars.
There is time now, before one must
decide finally upon her fall clothes, to
select at least several new pieces Of
lingerie to be worn on special occasions,
If one yet has old-style garments which
she must wear out. Nothing new is to
be said of the undervest. 1t may be re-
peated that the vest is Of Isle thread,
when knitted silk cannot be afforded.
OF finest spun silk when that may be.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27

fact just in point. A young woman
| given to studying books from morning
to night, yet having a care that her
rather plump figure should be corseted
Ito advantage, was employing mad
anne at SIS the pair to do her stays. At
length friend who knew something
about stays plucked up courage to tell
the bookish girl that her SIS corsets
| probably were the worst posi-
| BILE for her plump person. The
bookish girl protested that she
thought she paid enough, and
| the friend replied that it made no diff
ference. Madames as well as shopkeep-
/ ers may thrive upon the ignorance or
| 1ndlHerence of patrons And that was
not rude thing to reply, because the
! Importance of the subject called for
/ vigorous interference.
The result was that the bookish girl
land her friend went to a dry goods
shop the next day, and, with the aid of
] an attendant, they criticised and tried
on half dozen corsets in varying
styles. A pair for So finally was Sc
lected. 1t gave much better appear
ance to the plump bookish girl than did
the madames at $15
! Madames as well as other people who
are not continuously studious get be-
/ hind the times. The bookish girls chief
Ireliance upon her custom made stays
had been the fact that madame had
made the girls mothers corsets for 15
years.
I guess that there is no short cut to
effective dressing; none at all for the
woman of moderate means, except
knowledge which she has made her
own She may be helped by sugges-
tons. In the matter of stays l have
some hints to give. Their application
IS for the readers own head.
LINGERIE MUST FIT.
Hints of loosened draperies come over
! the sea from the centre of fashion. But
they are vague, and the probability is
that for long time to come. fashion
, VIII call for the most perfect and grace
1ul outline of the feminine self which
] taste permits. 1t was our artists who
! discovered that the human form should
| De drawn in every picture before the
| drapery is arranged over it. Fashion
has required positively for more than a.
year that woman's lingerie shall fit her
| accurately. From the knitted or spun
SILK underVest to the limp petticoat. the
| garments shall be made with two OBJ
| Jects: First, precise outline; second. the
| identifying effect.
| Women of means have had extraor-
| binary vantage in this mode over their
| fellows. A woman of modest income
| might entertain the best ideas in the
| world about what her lingerie should
be, and yet remain unable to carry them
| out. Really, to dress properly under
| ones princess dress, or gown trimmed
| in princess effect, every article should
De made with reference to it, and ones
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27

And trimmed with a scant frill of mar
row lace all around the low neck, just
above the drawing string.
OF corset covers there is something
imperative. Unless a woman is thin
and few are-at the belt line, she should
not wear a cover to a stay which comes
below the waist All the new French
corset covers round away from the belt
line in bolero fashion in front, and JUST
meet it at the back. A width of lace
edges the cover, which is from white
silk. nainsook or lingerie lawn. Baby
ribbons draw up the garment at the top.
And more lace edging is put on in some
fiat pattern.
This cut has not appeared in The less
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27

whose ideas on the dress subject are
pretty sound go with her to the fitting
room Of big shop and try on corsets
until you are suited If you are out
Of the reach of the best in person, pore
over the illustrated catalogue which
you get from your favorite store, Best
OF all OF course, is the high-priced stay
made by the corsetiere who understands
ones needs with skill and intuition. But
they do not have signs on every cor
ner 1e-@ a4
Anyway, get your stays and petit
coats done before you have to make de-
cisions about hats and gowns And
see that the front steel is straight.
Margery Daw.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
THIS Is THE TIME TO DECIDE ABOUT STAYS

ticoats above the frills. So hara
to keep a set of lawn petticosts
wearing trim that more than ona
man has forsaken lawn altogetbsr w
taken up with silk; with her Ivy
gowns she likes petticoats Of Whit
dia silk or white pongee. the ioa-
rather newly and deservedly in fayo,
The white silk wash skirt as anv A..
err is cut to shape and buttoned viz
out a binding at the belt. II has tb..
full twelve-inch flounces at the hottaa
all gathered into the same heaSir,
so that when the wearer holds IN H.
skirts to protect them she seems tnT
The outer frill, again, is trimmed T,t
three four-inch ruffies. And the g,T
ment launders beautifully.
For common wear, fitted skirt 4,
light weight tinted silk (some broca8s,
are good), even satin, is desirable. RIM
have a good pattern before you star
in! Know precisely that the garmsr,
will suit you, though you have to Ma,
inexpensive material.
To return to the main thing, afteTap
the stay; please look at the draRirg,
as we talk of them. The English msS
corsets of a long, slim variety, which h
is difficult to believe is in the inlsg.
which came originally from the hand
of the same creator who built M
French woman. 1t never has been d.
termined, I believe, whether the Enc
fish corset or the English figure cam
first. And any discussion of the mat
ter takes up time which might b
| given to reasons for redeeming both.
is practically impossible to dress in
corset of the extreme English tyT
without lacing the waist IN for inch
! up and down. The English stay is
| thing Of torture and plainness, and
a rule, is to be avoided.
The French woman has no objeetio
to nipping in her belt lined But s
abhors as ugly and uncomfortable Al
| compression above the belt. The moo
of a French corset which we have D
tured, Is good for many American f
ures. Unlike our cousins we incl
to plump hips, and the gored hip Of !
French stay gives the freedom deAls
There is difference of opinion e.
among good corsetieres about
length of hip desirable for stays w
with the princesse mermaid toilet. So
say that the corset should be long. o
the hips others declare that a Il
stay gives an s'unbPeakable't appe
ance to woman, while she is requir
in d princess gown, then or never to
the embodiment of grace 5 a
Make experiments, find out for yo
self. If you have a woman fri
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
SMELLING a RAILWAY.

Do you know that railway track has
an odor? The fact was learned from a
blind man who was walking with a friend
amid strange surroundings in Westches-
ter county last week
rs a train coming?" he asked.
why do you ask2' his friend inquired
for, though there was a railway track a
few hundred feet ahead of them, there
was not the slightest sound to indicate its
presence
II smell the rails" he answered
He did smell them, and, though his
friends nose was not nearly so sensitive.
he could. with his head within an inch OF
the rails. detect an odor like that from
slightly heated iron filings. - New York
Herald.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
LIKES cowLEss RTITTrr.

The fact Is that science has rot the
peter of the cow Butter is nothing more
than the food eaten by the COW sub
jeeted to certain internal processes and
PrecIpltateu INTO the milk, from which It
IL extracted in the form of fat In q
margarine factory the Same result Is eff
tected, and the fat of cows and oxen Is
into butter without the inter
", oS, ~, OF the COW The component parts
same with the exception of the former
,i,, containing the volatile. tasteless and
uuhutrluous butterine.--Lordon Truth
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
ANGELo's FIRST LOVE.
A Passion Victoria Colonaa Could Not
Reciprocate.

However sorrowful may have been
the loves Of poets, there is no sadder
love story on record than that Of Mi
chelangelo, no love-life fuller of de-
spaiS, although his great rugged soul,
genius would seem to lift him far above
the storm Of human passion and the
weakness of heart-needs.
Love came to him but once, and that
late In life, for he was 81 years old
when he made the acquaintance OF
Victoria Colonna. She was a woman OF
high and loyal character. Of noble birth
and crowned with the laurels of poesy
She had married, at AZ, Francois d'Av-
alos, Marquis de Pescara, young and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20

Quarrel with Burke. Between the time
Of that quarrel and the death Of Burke
there was no time for Chaplin u enter
into a conspiracy with a second person
for numbering the man he had thus sud
denly grown 10 feel enmity for. With
ont an accomplice it would have been
next TO impossible for him to have muir
dered Burke. left things as they We're
afterward found and been back at his
boarding place at the time Mrs Mead
ows saw him enter.
Having thus rejected the idea Of
Chanin being the criminal, | began 70
consider bv what other means Burke
might have met his death. Wee the
suspicious Of foul play, after ALL war
ra1taGleg Might not the death Of Burke
have resulted from an accident2 The
more | considered this the more reason
able il seemed. Burke money and 9th
er valuables were not missing. This
seemed to prove conclusively that If he
had been murdered the motive was not
robbery. The idea that his death was
attributable TO an accident having once
entered my mind, was unable to dis
lodge il.
At this point Professor Gilman cough
ed little Gryly, but 10 one appeared
to notice him. and TIE detective con
tinuei Being possessed Of this idea,
it remained for me TO discover through
what kind Of accident his death OF
CURED. think have made the discov-
cry, and, gentlemen. when have fin
ished | believe you will agree with me
that my theory is correct.
Again the professor coughed dry
little cough, and this time the detective
looked at him curiously. But Professor
Gilman was gazing out Of the window
with a fsraway look, and his interest
in the detectives story seemed TO wan
der
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20
, p.c,,,ar EnxIi.b Custom.

The most part Of the English usagos
somaaf us copy. apd the DSst OF us can
get Nsed ta. but there Is IA feature Of
formal dining there which Is different.
7 refer TO the failurv to introduce all
the company To one aDothos. There are
no general intrDdrGtions at an English
dinner or even at the house party In the
country. Ifall the guests are acquainted
there f. no need 10 introduce them. but
II they are strangers they must remain
40 or trust 90 chance or personal mag
nctisIn for making acquaintanceships.
Every man il introduced at dinner
party 10 the lady he il to escort To tho
table There ID stops IL is custom
which has some close relation TO the ex-
periencc Of an ancient race through
many centuries | leave the reader To
analyze it.-Julian Ralph in Harper =
Magazine
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20
search 20 hsygg .,rg been truitiss. Ne trace

search 60 have been trnitkss Ne trace
II the nleteoTtss had been fOuna-that
y, no said 50 Vel Ua I Say. / went
forth Yith hliu In fancy, aBd, il r true.
we dIADot find the Iugteurits bEt We
did find Iin my fancy, please stfil rsar
in mind) a splinsssd piece of rock. a
fragment that the mete0rite had broken
from the solid rock few MINUTES b.
fore. Arnold picked it up, At fre think
ing IL might be an aerolite, bat = hasty
examination showed him that IL was
not This should be some 20 minutes
after the meteorita fell and about 30
minutes after Burke left the hotel
Fifty minutes would be about the time
required for Burke after going back and
searching for the keys u reach the east
pier. Arnold heard the approach Of the
boat and knew who was In IL In his
hands he held the instrument that we
have practically proved made the wound
on Burkc's head -
Here Arnold Interrupted. saying
Professor Gilman, you have no right
TO say that. The imaginings of your
mind cannot be used as evidence against
me What yOu have surmised you can
not prove to be facts
The prof ossor did not heed the inter
ruution. hu. said: Here was juxta-
position 0f mon and instruments highly
suggestive and worthy. ] believed. If
further study. Pursuing my investiga-
ti0ns On this line. my first object was
to discover if Arnold had any motive
for killing Burke He wanted Burke =
position az the observatory. bat that Of
itself seemed "a wholly inadequate mo-
tive for numbering him. Almost by ac-
Cident | discovered that there was an
other and much more powerful motive
for his wishing Burke ont Of the way.
The p-Ooi ~ this motive l can produce
if necessary, but out Of regard for Ar
nold's family. for Arnold himself and
another person whose name / will not
mention DO not wish 20 do so II il l.
not necctsary. Arnold knows what !
refer -. and he would be the last e.
wish ne t. expose To the public what
must be exposed IL his motive is ex-
planned. | repeat. however. in the pres
ence Of the murderer that can produce
the evidence, and if in the interests OF
justice it j. necessary | shall do so. II
rests with Arnold whether the exposure
shall be made or not
At this point Arnold broke into q
cOnyulsive sob do not expose me.
Professor Gilman, | beg OF you Ii will
not - nee ssary. confess the crime.
When searching for the meteorite that
night. / picked up the piece Of rock. as
Professor Gilman has surmised. When
Burke eame mp the path, | was con
cealcd by a portion Of the rocky wall.
From my concealment / sprang upoI
him, impelied by some mad demon, and
struck his head with the rock. He top
pied over. and without cry fell int
the water. / threw the rock in aftel
him. believing IL would never be seer
again. But man may not murder hi
fellow being and scape discovery
Sheriff. l am your prisoner. F."
Later the detective asked Professo
| Gilman If he would not tell him wha
| Arnold's motive wa=s The pPofessO
| shook his head. You must not as
me, " he eaid Then, smiling half sadly
he added, But your experincR mus
tell you that in nearly every TRACED.
there's a woman in the case.