New-York tribune., 1903-08-15
Field.

curious instance of the power of music comes
from the Western ranches, where the cowboys have
learned they sing cattle to sleep Al
bedding time" rider will ride TO the front OF d
herd stop it, and then he will ride rapidly around
and around it till the cattle are herded close to-
gether. He usually sings or whistles while ne Is
doing this and presently one of the herd Iles q6M'
iii in ten minutes herd Of ye hundred may be
all down The cowboy now rides ] si9wy "a al 9nd
Whstlins or singing as he likes. But should the
herd get up become excited in the night ne Ilues
around rapidly and sings until they are quiet
For those who motor or bicycle or take cross
country excursions chocolate and crackers make
a good standby TO slip in the pocket. One can
never tell just when one will reach 4 gafg side OF For Te
fbfTst 6ueneRers lime and lemon drops are good.
Raisns said to form sustaining food
movable house TO be propelIed by electricity,
is in the opinion of Albert Bigelow Paine the ideal
summer home Of the future. In ''The Worlds
Work. he says: That the house trolley. a clean
and comfortable little home of several rooms with
its own motor, will become fact have not the
least doubt. Safer than steam yacht less de-
pendent than a houseboat; cheaper, cleaner and
far more pleasant than private car that is hauled
by steam and d9Pps6 p6u9e 99 Poey guded here and
there at the will Of the occupant VII vii oe tne - ICE.
dwelling of recreation. the ne plus ultra OF summer
time Trolley lines are cast IN pIea.5at iit bd;ceS
along sunny hghways INV 3ra ana Viii % carry rails
for a temporary spur. and drop anchor by hill or
reached he viii select pleasant surroundings to
make his sojourn
A cat living in East Weymouth, Mass. has an
elevator for her private use, and comporIs her-
self therein with all the gravity and unconcern OF
an old business Her owners live III a top
apartment and some member Of the family had TO
go up and down stairs time the kitten wanted
to go out or in This became monotonous so the
head of the house bethought him of a way out of
the difficulty He put the animal IN a pas basNe[ [5a 16
do Dbia a
mode of progression, and has now learned to ring
for the elevator boy when SEE wants 10 so IN ns 4U
until She is drawn up or let down. She has been
ezens shf eaSe Seeye R l5 that f her ed Win
electric buttOns-'up once, down t"lce '-she "oulu
master the combination
.Stagnant indoor heat is more oppressive than
outdoor heat writes DR. F. L. Oswald in "The
Home Science Magazine" Indoor warmth. in
tensifed by stove fires. often approach the hor-
rors of the Calcutta Black Hole. or the swelter
den of Dante's Inferno; and to that combination
Of discomforts civilized doom their sisters and
mothers In midsummer the sunstroke wards of
New England hospitals crowded with male pa
tents who often have worked only ON the shady
side OF the streets. and with a still larger number
prudence of any kind. They have been overcome
fternoon heat of iii ventilated kitchens and wash
rooms, dining rooms and nurseries, by Yluated AR
% 1ePeIatUIts & a. was IMPAIRED by the exigencies Of
pTemonitorE symptoms the effects Of hard after
dinner work in warm weather.
In reviewing all the glories of the present Ger
msn Emperor's ancestry at the Hohenzolern Mu-
scum. in Berlin the American visitor is both
pleased and startled TO find photograph OF p AIce
RooseVelt 1t is among the souvenirs OF FIlnce
Henry'S American tour.
The giant rug which the Shah recently sent to
Queen WilheImina hangs in the Museum Land en-
Volkerkunde at Rotterdam IL Is Deauliiul coni-
bnation of gray and pink, and measures sIXty-slX
metres The card of presentation Is written IN
Turkish and French and bears the date 4y5-, ac-
cordine to the year of the Miraculous Birth
Two young girls at Geneva have opened an es-
tabIisbment for the sale Of Switzcrland's famous
chocolate Another young Swiss has inherited
small hotel, and, though she is unusually pretty
and in the tWenties, she carries IL on Win Sucl
abiiitv that she has large American as well as
European patronage.
Tea is served every afternoon at an American
woman editors office in Paris, and pleasant CO.
terie Of people who think and work gathers thefe
social butterflies" too. drop in, but they are OF
the kind who have interests outside the Social
round