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gerie, of the French embassy, and some
of the young men of Signor Mayors
staff. all of whom were with him at
the little vine-covered cottage on School
Street, which served as the Italian en-
bassy last summer and the home of the
French government the year before.
This summer the ambassadorand Signora
Mayor will pass as restfully as last
as they are most indefatigable enter
tainers during the winter season, and
when the warm weather comes are
much in need of rest and recreation.
One reason the Italian government had
for sending them to this country was
that they might take an active social
part in the life here and make the en-
bassy as popular as some others. Baron
Fava, with his wife and staff. spent
most of his time in New York, and was
not at all identified with the fashionable
life of the Capital. The Mayors came
to counteract the effect of this exclu-
siveness. Lavish and frequent entertain
ment has been the rule at the Italian
embassy this past year.
Going Home to England.
The British ambassador and Lady
Herbert, who, too. have given many de-
nghtful social functions at the rnlbas-
sy this past season, the last large af-
fair being a dance for Miss Alice Roose-
Welt, will spend their summer in En-
gland. they leave in June and Mr..
Raikes, the first secretary, who will
act as charge d'afaires, will move
the embassy to Newport, where it has
been during the summer months for
many years, as the young men Of the
embassy are always social favoritcs and
much sought after by the smart set
there as elsewhere.
The new first secretary of the Aus
trian embassy, Baron Giskar. with his
American wife, is expected to arrive in
May Until he comes the present sec
rotary, NJ Won Callenberg, and his
charming young wife. Madame Won Cal
1enberg, two of Washingtons prime
favorites, will remain here, leaving for
Europe the last of May. Where Baron
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Baron Covers, the Netherlands minis
ter. one of Washington's prime favor
ties, viii, as usual, go to Europe, while
Mr.. van Rotten, another popular bache-
Tor, will, as his secretary. represent he
legation, which he will establish at New
port.
Baron and Baroness Moncheur
The Belgian minister. Baron Mon
cheur, and his wife were among those
who went to St. Louis for the dedication
ceremonies of the exposition. The baron
ess there met her father, Powell
Clayton, our ambassador TO Mexico and
baroness is a bride of but a year and a
half. and has never been away from the
parental roof for long. so that she finds
visit home necessary every now and
then, and she has now gone for one Of
these visits with her family. while the
baron will keep bachelor hall here in
Washington at the legation till July,
when he will sail for Belgium, to be join
ed later by the baroness. The minister
three little girls by a former marriage
will spend the summer In this country
with their grandmother, Mrs Holman,
and will probably go to the north shore
to be near their uncle, Edward Pad
elford, and Mrs. Padelford, who have a
cottage at Beverly Farms
The Attorney General and Mrs
Knox are other Westinghouse who
will be at Beverly Farms this summer,
they having taken a cottage there to
be near their friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Clay Frick, of Pittsburg, whom
they visited last year, when they were
so pleased with the beauties of the
shore and the climate that they de-
termined to be there this year. SEN
ator Kean and his mother and sisters
have a house at Prides.
The family OF the late Senator Nc
MILAN has one of the most beautiful
places on the shore, "Eaglesmere," and
Mr. and Mrs. William Boardman, of
Washington, are others who have a fine
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Giskar will establish the embassy is
still unknown, but 1t is thought that he
will probably favor Manchester-by-th the
Sea. Count Won Hoyos, the popular
young attache, Is therefore the only rep
resentative of the Austrian embassy
now in this country who will also be
here in the summer. He is the son CT
a former Austrian minister, and was
born in Washington while his father
was at his post here. He is a good look
ing young man. with charming manners,
and though he has been here now but a
short time is already quite a favorite
in society and will OF course he an &C
QUESTION at the resorts.
At Manchester-by-th e-Sea.
The French ambassador and Madame
Jusserand. having but recently arrived
in this country. will remain here for the
summer. while NJ. de Margerie, the coun-
seIor of the embassy, who for two years
has been charge daffaires and the head
OF the embassy at Manchester by the
Scar. where he and Madame de Margerie
were great favorites, will be relieved
from duty. NJ. and Madame Jusserand
will likely take the cottage at Man
chester occupied two years ago as the
French embassy, and last year by the
Italian. 1t is centrally located on School
Street, half way between the Essex
Country Club and the beautiful beach
with it's singing sands.
NJ. and Madame Jusserand came to
Washington with the reputation of be-
ing famous entertainers. AS the en-
bassy has been undergoing extensive re-
pairs, they have yet have had no oppor-
tunity to verify this report. as they
were unable to give their official recep-
ton. or 'receYemento." automatically
called, to the ambassadors colleagues
until April %. They could not entertain
informally even until this point Of Of
fetal etiquette was first observed OF
course, when they go to Manchester, they
will Immediately be Honized by the
smart set there. and undoubtedly, they
will respond in a fashion corresponding
with the reputation their entertaining
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peals made through the mails or per-
sonally.
ExpeI iments have proved that II is
easy to propagate quail. wild turkey.
grouse and similar food birds. These
breed rapidly.
Propagation of Wild Creatures.
Fish Commissioner George NJ. Bowers
and his chiefs OF bureau have proved
beyond all doubt the advisability and
practicability OF Government propaga-
ton of wild creatures. Rivers once
empty of fish are now teeming with
them, as shown in the Potomac, this
spring, when more white perch and
similar fishes were caught as the result
of the Matching of spawn than in fifty
years. The same Is certain to be true Of
the propagation of birds and fowls.
AS yet, of course. no definite plans
have been arranged for stations. A
thorough understanding of the situation
exists in the department, however, and
If Congress grants the appropriation 1t
will not be long before the stations are
in operation. Should Congress act
promptly the III ot SiipAllCuJ VI III I'D Cdi4
be made in less than two years.
Species That Are Menaced.
To go into detail as to the various
species of birds which have entirely
disappeared, or which have become 30
scarce as to be practically extinct,
would require more space than has been
allowed to this article 1t is safe TO
say, however that the greatest loss to
the country was the practical extinc-
ton of the wild pigeon. This bird was
once in such great numbers in various
portions of the country that clouds of
them darkened the sky. Now, acc ording
to the experts in the Department of Az
riculture there are one or two neager
focks in Minnesota and and Wisconsin
Indiscriminate slaughter is given as
the reason for their extinction, and
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for lack of funds. Consequently none
could be spared for the propagation and
distribution of birds, thus making in
operative the much needed law.
NThe heads of the bureau. however.
have not made very strenuous efforts
TO secure an appropriation up to the
present time, because of the lack of
Uniform laws for the protection OF birds.
They wisely concluded that there was
no use in distributing birds in States
which would not protect them, and
which would allow the unprincfpIed
hunters-"sportsmen not applying to
this classic destroy those sent out
from the department before they had
time to spread
Slaughter of Food Birds.
Vast territories from Maine TO Mexico
on the East Coast and in the Middle
States of the country have been prac-
tically cleaned out entirely of food
birds. These forests, shrub brush lands.
and fields are lying fallow Many of
them could support a large number Of
the birds, and are useless for any other
purpose.
Vermont. New York. Massachusetts.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Maryland
Delaware. Virginia, and the other ad-
Joining States are in this condition.
There is some game left in Tennessee
and Kentucky. The same is true of
parts OF Indiana and Illinois Ohio is
pretty well cleaned out Game is plenti-
full in parts of Michigan, Minnesota. and
Wisconsin. and, by the way, the game
laws in these latter States are among
the most rigid in the country Small
game birds are rapidly disappearing in
the States west of the Mississippi be-
cause of lack of proper laws, except
in Colorado. where the laws are very
good.
In the Southwest the laws are nil. and
along the Gulf Coast something should
be done at once. because it is there the
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some remarkable stories are told of the
way in which they were killed off. Here
are some facts as given by Prof. A. K.
Fisher, ornithologist of the biological
survey of the Department of Agricul-
ture:
Up to and including 1880 the pigeons
were to be had in plenty. Then they
began to go fast OF course prior to
this they were being thinned out. but
in the latter year they seemed TO dis
appear all at once. In the seventies
they were in such numbers that the
railroads would run branch lines INFO
the breeding grounds and ship out train
loads of squads. This happened fire.
quently in the Middle States. The vast
numbers had decreased in the Eastern
States long before this. and the re-
naming birds had collected into q great
flock which migrated annually. At
times these fiocks would cover an area
Of from three to ten miles, roosting so
thickIy that they would break the limbs
of the trees. In Maine and Up that
way they found plenty of food in the
beech nuts In New York they We're
very fond of the chinquapin acorn Far
Their South they found the chestnut ard
the white oak acorn. In the other
States there was plenty OF mast.
Destruction of Wild Pigeons.
Then came one of the greatest TRACE
dies ever known in bird life. A series
of storms of wide area came on just as
the pigeons began their pilgrimage to
the South. It was at this time the
pigeon focks disappeared suddenly off
the face of the earth. Whatever be
came of them, as a fact, no one can tell
exactly.
The matter has been a mystery for
forty years. Millions of birds were
lost. One story is told which, if true,
would explain the mystery. About the
time the pigeons disappeared captains
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Count Cassinf, the Dean of
the Corps, VIII Sail for
Russia Tbs Month, ana
Sir MichaeI and Lady Her.
bert Expect to Tfsf Eng
Land-Baron and Baroness
bon Sternburg S(ot Going
o4broad Tbs Summer. =.

place at Manchester. Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Denegre, formerly OF Cincinnati.
now of Washington, own one OF the
finest specimens of Italian architecture
near West Manchester.
NJ. Charles Wauters. the popular coun-
selor of the Belgian legation, Will es-
tablish the legation at Newport, where
he has gone for several years, and
where he is ss much sought after as
here.
The Peruvian minister and Sonora
Calderon, with their two young daugh-
tiers and several sons, will spend the
warm months in America, though Senior
Calderon has not decided upon q Ioca-
ton.
Senior and Sonora Pezet, OF the lega-
ton, will spend the summer with their
young son in Peru
The Argentine minister and Sonora
Garcia Merou. with their little family
Of girls, will remain in America till Au-
gust. when Senior del Viso, the first sec
Rotary, will return from Buenos Ayres,
where he now is. Until his return, Senior
and Sonora Merou will take a cottage
lister, whose health is delicate, needs a
mild climate. They were at Gloucester.
Mass, last summer, and Senior Merou
has not yet recovered from the vigorous
air of that coast.
The Cuban minister and Sonora Que
sada VIII be others to spend the summer
in this country, and will doubtless lease
a cottage somewhere in the vicinity of
the Capital
The Spanish minister. Senior Ojeda. will
take apartments in New York. from
which city he viii take short trips around
the surrounding country and make visits
TO the homes of his nearby friends Later
he hopes to go TO Spain TO see his wife
and children, especially his daughter.
Luz Ojeda, to whom he is most devoted,
before returning to Washington in the
autumn. Senior Riano. the first secretary,
will establish the legation at Newport,
as last season.
Others who will spend the summer in
this country are the Swiss minister, ~
Du Martheray, and his secretary, Mr..
Stroehlin. who will probably go to Man
chester the Japanese minis
ter and Madame Takahira, the Chilean
minister and Sonora Walker Martinez,
and their young daughters; the new
Chinese minister. Sir Chentung LANG
Cheng. and family. and others of the
corps, who have not yet made up their
minds where to go for an outing.
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DISADVANTAGE OF THE SONG AND FOOD BIRDS OF AMERICA

CONSERVATIVE ornithologists of
Washington are making some
startling statements concerning
the future of bird life in the United
States. In a conference held the other
day it was stated positively that unless
protective laws are soon enacted some
of the most common and numerous, yet
most loved species will soon become ex-
tinct.
The discovery that robin red breast
and his family had been almost wiped
off the face of the earth by the soulless
pot hunters of the Gulf and other States,
started an Investigation which developed
many tragic facts concerning the de-
struction of various kinds of birds, and
caused TO be inaugurated movement 20
try and obtain protection for those
which are left
Congress May Act.
Circulars are being sent out now from
the Capital City with this end in view
When Congress meets it is said that the
matter will be brought TO its attention,
and on this line there is likely to be
another development which the friends
of game and food birds generally Will
hail with delight. This is to be an at
tempt 10 try and have Congress appro-
pirate enough money for he bureau Of
the Department of Agriculture which
has the matter in charge, 20 begin the
CRITICAL propagation of such birds. and
the distribution of them IN the localities
from which they have disappeared.
Though the act introduced by Repre-
sentative Lacey gave the department the
power TO do this, no money was appro-
priated for this purpose.
The Department of Agriculture has
practically expended every cent it OBJ
tains before the money appropriated for
its use becomes available. and some of
its most important work is handicapped
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material to be sewed was carried in a
vertical position. The cloth was fed the
length of the plate, and had to be re-
hung as often as the plate had traverscd
its full length on the machine. The
curved. eye-pointed needle used was
carried on the end of vibrating lever,
which also carried the upper thread.
THE shuttle, which passed the lower
thread between the needle and the up.
per thread. was driven IN its race be-
tween two strikers. carried on the end
of vibrating arms worked by cams 1t
is not known that any of Howe's ma
chimes were ever put upon the market.
In his application for renewal of patent
he only claims to have built three ma
chimes, and one of these was deposited
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Z Fen VIII Escape the
Washington Hot Season BY
Reffurning TO Their Homes
in Foreign Lands, But Many
Shore VIII Seek Relief
and relaxation at Popular
o4n1encan Resorts - An
Early Exodus .. =. =.

VERY warm and perfect day but
adds to the air Of desolation that
slowly but surely is making it
self felt in the aristocratic portion of
the Capital City. The mansions in the
Northwest portion of town are one by
one closing their shutters and putting
up the blank and cherries boards at
their hospitable portals. Washington s
smart set is fitting to cooler climes.
Even the homes which are not yet
closed are preparing for that event, and
furniture Is shrouded in linen covers
and the pictures on the walls are COW
cred with papers, while trunks are be-
ing taken from the storerooms, to be
packed for Europe and American re-
sorts.
The Russian and Austrian embassies
are noticeable among those homes
which are wearing a lonesome air. for
the Russian ambassador and his young
daughter and the Austrian ambassador
and his wife will be the first of the
Diplomatic Corps to leave for the sum
mer months. which they will spend
abroad. Indeed, the Austrian ambassa-
dor and Baroness Won Hengelmuller ex-
pected by this time to be on the high
seas, but ''the best laid plans of mice
and men gang aft aglee;" even so with
those of ambassadresses.
Detained by an Accident.
Instead of lying in her steamer chair,
watching the waves on board an ocean
liner, the baroness is lying On the couch
in her boudoir, nursing sprained
ankle. They were to have sailed Satur-
day, May 2 but week before the bar
oness fell upon the highly polished floor
of her drawing room, turning her ankle
under her. The doctor set the injured
member in a plaster cast, and with the
aid of that and crutches the ambassa-
dor and the baroness thought that the
voyage could still be made. The strain
and pain incident to moving, however.
proved too severe and their departure
was delayed for some weeks
Count Cassini's Departure.
The Russian ambassador and the Young
countess. accompanied by Madame
Schelle and NJ. Rogestvensky. will there
fore. be the first to leave They expect
TO sail during the week unless detained
by orders from ST. Petersburg. The am
bassador,-a peer among diplomats, and a
most delightful man to meet socially.
has been so very popular this season
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Of vessels coming in from Europe
brought stories of their ships passing
over miles upon miles of the ocean
which was covered with the bodies of
dead pigeons. They said the feathered
corpses were so numerous that no at
tempt could be made to count them If
this were true it would seem that the
birds were caught in the storms and
were swept out TO sea. There they
must have been overwhelmed in adj
verse currents of wind, and becoming
exhausted, fell into the water and were
drowned.
In Minnesota and Wisconsin a few
survivors are left, and these States have
passed laws which make the killing of
them serious offense. Consequently
they are beginning TO increase. and
there are hopes that the wild pigeon
will be with US again.
At the present time Prof. Fisher is
particularly anxious as to the future
of the woodcock. This bird seems to be
going the way OF the pigeon. In locali-
ties where once there were thousands,
not one can now be found.
The Beautiful Wood Duck.
Next to the woodcock the wood duck
seems to be marked for destruction, due
primarily to his habits, and the savory
dish he makes when cooked in any style.
He is the most beautiful of Ill the mem
bers of the large and diversified duck
family, and, on account of its beauty and
lack of shyness, is one of the best known
species in the country.
1t is not seclusive, often making its
abode near towns, or perhaps in the
vicinity OF farmhouses, where it may he
found feeding or associating with lara
yard ducks.
It takes kindly to domestication, and is
easily tanned and induced &c breed in
captivity. It's favorite haunts are small
lakes, weedy ponds. or shady streams in
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his own, which was a great improve
ment, in many ways, over previous ma
chimes. This was the first machine
which had the rigid overhanging arm to
guide the vertical needle, in combina-
ton with a shuttle, and what was called
a wheel feed.
The sewing machines manufactured
prior TO the Singer. and many of them
long after, used the vibrating arm for
imparting motion to the needle. This
result was accomplished either by
means of the vibratory arm actuating
a needle bar carrying a straight needle.
or by means of the vibratory arm and
curved needle
1T is obvious that sewing machines
constructed on either of these princi-
pies could not be enlarged or decreased
in size without destroying their eject
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LLIT was little over fifty years ago
that Elias Howe, Jr-, patented
his first sewing machine, which
event marks the actual beginning OF the
Industry in the United States, says s.
y. D. North. chief statistician for manu-
features of the Census Bureau. in re-
cent edition of the census bulletin on
manufactures. Previous efforts for
stitching cloth and other materials had
either resulted in failure or met with but
temporary success.
"At this time the sewing machine was
still in the experimental stage" contin-
ues Mr.. North, land it was not until sew
eral years later that its manufacture be-
came an established industry. After that
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iveness; on the one hand the lengthen-
ing of the arm would naturally increase
both the power required to operate It
and its liability 10 spring. and thus af-
feet the proper action OF the needle;
on the other hand. decreasing the size
of the arm would necessarily increase
the curve of the needle. and contract the
space for turning and handling the work.
Singers arrangement of the rigid ever
hanging arm made ii practicable TO en-
large the machine TO any desired ex-
tent. and added great solidity and
strength to the machine. thus making it
available either for doing he heaviest
kinds OF work, or for sewing the light
est fabrics. The general style Of The
original Singer machine has been uni
versaIly copied. and serves as a mod 81
for most of the machines now manu-
featured"
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as a model in the United States Patent
Office.
Not meeting with any success in Sc
curing capital in this country with
which to forward his plans. Mr.. Howe
was compelled to dispose of his patent,
and with the proceeds went to England,
where his rights to a patent had been
sold to a corset manufacturer for about
81 900.
Mr.. Howe engaged to work for this
manufacturer at small salary, while
perfecting the machine. and adapting il
to the manufacture of corsets Failing
in this. he returned to the United States
in extreme poverty. and upon his arrival
at Boston, found that sewing machines
infringing on his patents had been man
ufactured. He succeeded ia securing
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Il half interest that had been conveyed
to his father. before his departure for
England and commenced suits in the
Boston and New York courts to enforce
his rights. In the long and bitterly
contested legal controversy which en-
sued, Mr.. Howe succeeded in establish
ing his claims, after which manufactur-
urs using his patents were compelled
by the inventor to pay the exorbitant
bounty OF $25 for each machine manu-
featured.
Singers Invention.
I'm September, 1850, Isaac NJ. Singer,
mechanic, of New York, who had be
come interested in sewing machine ex-
periments, and was familiar with one
of the machines then on the market.
constructed a machine from a design OF
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its growth was rapid. and owing to the
untiring energy and the ability OF the in
ventors who applied themselves to the
work of perfecting the sewing machine,
it has attained in a few years very i'm
portant place among the Industries Of
the country. and has come to be regarded
as almost a household necessity.
Howe's Invention.
'Howe's invention combined the eye
pointed needle with the shuttle for
forming the stitch and the intermittent
feed for carrying the material forward
as each stitch was formed. The device
for thus feeding the cloth consisted OF
a thin strip of metal provided with a
row of pins on one edge. upon which the