Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31

other day Tor S2l0, a queen Mary cabl-
net whose historic associations would
make II worth considerably more than
that TO some OF the representatives. of
the Livingstone family IN Amcrlcn. II
vas given by the lll-flted stuart queen
to her guardian, the 0fth Lord Living
stone In 1865 A grandson Of this mo-
bleman was bauishpd Tor refusing 90
take the oath OF allegiance to Charles
III and took up his residence In Hol'
land. II was bis grandson, Sir Robert
Livingstone, who emlgrlted 10 America
and founded the family whose members
have played such distinguished parts
in American history The cabinet ls
quaint little twO-doored affair COW
cred by bead and needle work wrought
by the four Marys yho were ladies'
in-waitlng 20 Mary Queen Of Scots.
soctETYS PET CRAZE
The craze among society women for
strange pets Ia growing opace, aud IL Is
one Of those Freaks of fashion which
npOlogsts for the eccentrlcities of the
smart set cannot attribute 20 the in-
iluenco OF the vulgar American WOO
mar.Snd her dollars II Is distinctive
ly q home prouucI Notwithstanding
the supposed hereditary aversion Of the
daughters OF Eve 10 MI members OF
the serpent uioe snakes are the fay-
orlte recipients OK the surplus affections
Of many fashionable women. Bril-
liantly dressed ladies may De seen
fondling them 10 the boxes at the Royal
Italian oDera Others may be observed
ciressing live lizards. The inseparable
companion OF one woman ls a devoted
python ~ feet iong Another Is 50 ate
tached TO a boa CONSTRUCTOR big enough
10 crush her TO death in a moment II SO
Inclined that Il accompanies her every
where on her travels Pet monkeys,
rats, mice guinea pigs and various
strange little quadrupeds from strange
lands accompany their iair owners TO
the Italian circus now performing In
London under the supposltiou that the
entertainments viii minister TO their
enjoyment A ladies' mouse club Is In
existence IN the West End and a pair
OF blue notified mice recently fetched
$3.50 Toy dogs probably mucn to their
own relief, are no longer the pets most
favored b. u.tra-fasniond5le women
or those VINO would be considered such.
Most Of them pre now reeghted TO the
care OF my l0dy's maid The popular
demand Is now for something outre
and novel, II doesn't matter much what
30 long as Il Is alive This is the sort
Of thing which learned historians and
students Of sociology tell us stands for
dccadence, Perhaps Il does, but saying
so won't stop it Those who toll not
neither do they spin must be amused
somehow and the least OF their con-
Germs Is what is going TO happen to
their posteTlty
WISE AND GIFTED WOMEN,
Queen Amelie, now with the King of
Portugal visiting their English males-
ties, Is one of those wise and gifted wo-
men wr,o uses uer~sxalte.a rack nad I
Influence TO put down the folies OF
fashion she once ast0uished the
ladies OF her court by giving
n practical exposure Of the evils
or tght-lacing. II took the
form OF the application Of the X-rays to
a living victim showing how the ribs
had been crushed In and the space
which generous nature allots to the vi
tai organs had been contracted by the
baneful custom The ladies' after that
adopted the Venus dc Milo as their
model
Strange to say the corset has recently
found defender among the medical
faculty for a physician writes I'm the
British Medical journal thar the rea-
son women suffer less than men from
appendicitis is undoubtedly due to their
use Of corsets the pressure thus exer-
clsed protecting the Troublesome organ
from disease. There is no likelihood
that this opinion VIII carry any weight.
Doctors always disagree. But mean
while II is interesting 10 note that APP
pendlcltis itself Is going out Of fashion.
MONASTERIES WERE LOOTED.
Although the accusation made by
Russian authorities that the British
Tibet expedition had looted the mon
asteries and Libraries Of the forbidden
land was streuuously denied by officials
OF the British government at the time,
proof that the charge was we'll founded