New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-28

- r,c ptpD,s STATUS IN TRADE, HIS GOOD
uo,,,~s AND THE TALE OF A CHICAGO
osrp,cH WHICH COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Me- t1irst Alexander. Of New-Zeaiand suesvs
ro,eI Industry OF ostrich farming as cailil,e
Ky - ,ror,en might well and prohtaoly ehsaee'
- do,,h,,ns whether the industry couiu 10
.,.,h1,sbed and carried on IN England win ~
-,rch OF profit 20 the farmer she oei'0 -
,ornen might advantageously pursue 'iie
ton In America .-,oN Farming she
- ha small and the profits, she says, are
81" 4,~,oes are rising and the demand AO'
- O. l,kely TO remain keen for lohs "ii0 -
come. ..,o- rsssrding the
Mrs Alexander whose suggestion iee %
os.eblishroent OF the ostrich farms iol "0'e
.,,.,0 na.tering attsntion, 10 wioe A"aNe
Isoe''-Ns ha. contributed 70 many leading Aus
,a.ta, .ournals and was the hrst woman eiecteN
- ~. Australian institute OF Journahsts' SHe
Ga exceedingly progressive ana was 'he to1
>, ,ba nrst wonans club estaO !" 90. :, a,
~ Austral Salon, mentioned by MIX -
-, T,uu q Co" She Is member OF the C0u"
~ OF the Women's institute ana ai'0 -
1uoroen's Industrial Council OF LONDON
SPEAKING OF THE TRADE.
,,.u.,.oo.r,s-" speaking Of the trade In
my -.ha~s oonArrns Mrs. Alexander's asser-
.bs nrice o, ostrich feathers IS ris'ns
~ che movement being engineered II Ao"uo''
-btcb is the chief mart OF these lee''.e'' -
z,,es interesting data regarding me .-,oa
ieading source Of supply II says Is 80 rha
.h b,r5s are bred scientihcalN' i"o
~Aefe 'Ne ~ M the Quill. and not plucked' as
- ,,s+ono AZ an earlier day. twenty years
va -, oil the feathers that came INTO t"o
-, vyare from the wild birds IN bsyP' -
e., g. stated that not more than per cent "a nv
teatbers which come to us are from WHO oS1'- :.
rto ostrich farms in the United States 'he ms
he
them in California are stih II '"e - taD ~
go though the industry was started zen %
-. ,..ore aro The American birds are not any
-, fsctors in the market. nor are the Iea'ie's
mich are raised on ranches In the Argei'.Ae an
otner parts Of South America Inc pest -.
and those most in request are the 'OAe -
,,,g fea thers OF the male bro. lhVse arc -
go, "a 20 RS a pound. and there are ABOUT eisHty
80 The wing feathers Of the feIndie
~ sivavs gray and are therefore WOl u. 70
'"'The short black feathers from tne 80 "a Wbrn
t,rd .elI IN only N5 pound IN our ma -
wild pros 49, ~ The hest quality high
OF catching the ostriches and OF getting the piu7S
~ maxi in good condition"
~ M deslrution of an ostrich farm near Cairo
,t,-ar IN me August 'Woman's Home companion,
r. is stated that the ostrich has the most curious
agate colored eyes-colorless cold yet IntTigtn u
ewes But they are the eyes Of bro WlIhout ~, d
conscience An ostrich looks as II he would really
en- iov villanv as If he could commit crime aIler
crime from pure love OF IT, and never Know 4 ia
birds and they have their good points The father
is domestic I'm spite OF looking as II ne bel0hscu
"a All the clubs and much 10 my delight saw
one sitting on the eggs while the mother WaIkS "a
oit and look the air Ostriches and Arabs 90
womens work with admirable disregard OF
Mrs Grundy. Ostriches have an irreslst loie way
o. waving their lovely plumy wings and one od
fellow twenty-five years old actually initiates ne
D-rvishes The keeper saws 10 him Dance, anu,
although ne is about ten feet tall. he sits down
with mis- scay legs spread out on each side OF MN
and shutting his eyes he throws his long ugly
red neck from side 10 side. making a curious
gruntng noise. and waving his wings In bIiowy
lines ike q skirt dancer.
While ostriches are not credited with ire
mcndous amount Of brains. the recent attempt OF
q Chicago bird 10 commit suicide in the PLACID
waters OF Lake Michigan shows that constancy
is one OF its virtues. and that considerable
amount Of gray matter must have been ex-
pended in this in deciding how best TO make
an end Of "life's ftful fever
The poor birds husband died some four months
ago. while the two were In transit 70 the Zoo and
since then. according 10 Animal Keeper De Nry,
the bereaved widow had developed melanchoa.
EnectinC her escape from the park at sunrise one
day last week. she ended the chase that bafted her
pursuers and the life which had no further
charms for her by taking a flying leap from the
high bridge across the lagoon and into the deep
waters where so many other suicides have found
surcease Of sorrow.