The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-10
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| crease 1t gradually.
| Women and women's interests are Indeed be-
coming ubiquitous They were largely n evil
dcncc at the Poultry Show, this past week, in the
Madison Square Ga den, thata few days before
| housed the Cycle show as it has The famous
| Horse Show and ali the others through the
category of Cat. and Dog" down 10 the cake
walk" ana its like. This Poultry show is said
| by those who ought to know, to have been the
| most important ever held in this country, there
| having been over seven thousand entries of ex-
| hibits. English experts crossed the water to
| write it up for English farm journals, the ma
! iority of the owners of country places being
| expert breeders OF fowls, and enthusiastics
| on the subject. One English critic greatly adj
| mired the fine pencilling on som of the
| of The feathery coats exhibited and remarked
| that it could nave been procured only by years
of careful breeding. 81 believe" he said, look
| ing ut the prize cage of Plymouth Rocks, that
! if were to draw the sort of feather wanted,
| showing the exact pencillrg and bars, an
| American breeder could go to work and in ten
| years produce fowls with these very patterns
| in feathers Miss Jerome, of Fabius, n. ",
] had very fine exhibit of white, black and
| rose combed Minorcus. $50 large is the de-
| mand for tine eggs of these bids" she said,
| shat get $40 setting for them, and am not
| able TO supply all that sre desired" The din
| of growing cacklng and sqawking in the place,
| added to the ia king and ordinations OF sew
| eral thousand spectators was, of course, deaf
| ening The most interesting time to visit the
| show was in the early morning. There were
| few sight-seers then, and the fanSiers attended
to the toilets Of their charges. These we ell
| carefully rubbed down TO make their coats
smooth and glossy. The cocks have their
| combs rubbed with sporgey wet in prepare
| ton that makes them glistcn. Perhaps the
| most interesting part OF the routine was the
| training Of the pct pigeons. The pouters were
| made to swell out their breasts, stand upright
| and throw their shoulders back ill they almost
| fell over backwards, the fanciers talking to
\ them in their peculiar SOUNDS and directing
| every movement. The show closed Saturday
night much to the regret of representatives, OF
| the various poultry organizations, such US the
National Hantum ASsOc!ut GA, The Plymouth
! Rock association, The Eastern Carrier Pigeon
Club, ami Il dozen others or whose existence
was ignorant until last week. ana whose names
1 have now forgotten.
Tic Annual Charity Ball WAS one of last
weeks great events. 1t was in aid of the Muir
sery ard Chiiu's Hospital and was held in the
Waldorf Astoria Lately society which has not
patronized the charity balls as il did twenty
years ago, nut this ears was Il marked success.
Vice President aud Mrs. Hobart were among
those present, and New York society was well
represented.
Two uen, much, if not most talked of il st
now, are Joseph Choate and Chauncey Depcw,
| both long prominent in every phase Of New
York lite. Tue Union eagne Club gave a
dinner last week in honor OF the iatter's SenH-
| torship, and hes planned another rs farewell
| for the Am bassacCr. The American Society in
London also is arrar ging for Il banquet to wei
come him there. Who is t VIII says when
Americans want to particularly honHr man,
they feed him."
DIR. Van Dyke, one of the ablest Presbyterian
Divip Of this city, has been called lately to
the chair Ct English literature in the Johns
Hopkins Univerity. lie is III Baltimore now
and is seriously considering he call, though his
church here will spare no effort to induce him
TO stay.
At dinner ro Gently given in honor of Gen.
Miles q punch was served in which two tiny
iIags, American and british, were stuck in lie
ice Ut each side. 4 prominent English guest of
| the evening i'll reply ing TO a toast to the two
countries, looked "a the punch and said thai
there seemed 10 be soma GOODNESS existing be-
tween them. The wittcisln was well received,
! out DR.. Van Dyke, who followed tie English
nan, pointed to TIE punch and retorted that
no matter what coidness there might seen TO
be, the countries were united By the same spirit.
DR.. John Watson, Ian McClaren." sails for
America on the Sth to make an extended lee
turc tour and New Workers who learned to
love him on his former visit are preparing to
give him cordial welcome.
Rudyard Kpling and his family arrived here
| last week on the White Star Liner "Msjessic."
iIpling is the despair of lion-hunters as well as
| reporters. He refuses to talk, makes himself
| dis nearly invisible rs possible aud declines al
most all Invitations.
Verr mu ch the same plays are running this
week at the theatres. Janes a. Henry, of
shore Acres fame, is now playing il Rev.
Griffith Davenport" and ''ShenanGoan" is re-
vived.
Capitalists here are much interested in the
| big financial scheme now On foot in Baltimore
| to consolidate several national banks aud
trust companies, and discussion of Alexander
| Brown * SouS plan for financing the United
Railways and Electric Light plants is still rife.
| The death OF Mrs Charles Broadway fouss
last week WAS incurred here hy large circle
OF friends She was buried, at her request. i'll
! her home, Winchester. Va. Mr.. Rouss mas been
| his interest in men ana affairs, Or his hold on
| the business world in which lie is so important
| factor.