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me a world OF amusement. Their lively pFattle
is as dtverting as the chattering of the red tailed
parrot, nor can the green headed monkey OF
Ttmandi equal them in whims and playfulness.'
He recorded with establishment the number and
uselessness of the things they did. the toys they
trified with-as humping vehemently on a kind
of musical instrument producing a confused.
hldeOuS and tndehnable uprOar" Still more he
wondered at the way they triclSed their hair out
with bits of horn and shell cut into all kinds OF
shapes. and hung their bodies with ornaments
more than CirCassiOn slave when brought out
for sale. Most OF all was he amazed at the
trouble 10 which they went to keep down their
hesh Al first he supposed that the dear
creatures talked themselves thin. and when he
found that the thinness was the result OF de-
hberate starvation his surprise knew no bounds
History repeats itself, Still do Fashionable
women inclined To be too plump resort 20 heroic
measures To correct the tendency a New York
physician who had ideals in his youth but some
now lost his grasp of them and is now dear
Dr. So-and-SO" to a number of society women
declared recently in burst OF confidence 20 a
friend that he might as we'll be a beauty doctor
and done with il. Il dreamed OF being Of service
to afflicted humanity" he said land here I'm
devoting my skill to keeping rich dOwagers from
becoming fats''
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Marie, 10 dear little Ivan ready for his driver"
mot quite, madame. 1 didn't know whether
snadauae wished him 20 wear his khaki uniform
or one OF his sweaters
sFFls red sweater, Marie. Or no; his little
overalls to-day, think; he Is so cunning IN
,hose And put the pearl necklet / bought
him yesterday
So ivan ss CARRIED by the deft French maid,
end presently. erect the front seat or the car
,ssee with nay lady "a her exquisite gown slLting
,onnns,te. an trreproachable foOtman perched be-
hind an equally irreproachable coacnman driV-
,np the prancing dock-tailed horses. Ivan takes
80 os- Be tetrsys no vulgar interest in the
.igg,ts they pess: his manner has all the I'M
,,a,siySty OF the real elect. For Ivan is not
p,v mar is he q dog. Ivan is, in fact, toy
hear, a fuzzy, ,onted toy bear
To tho German toymaker who invented these
,.vv ngavfhings for children had been told, when
Re out them on the market, that grown women
would be making a fad OF them, toting them
ground, he probably would have remarked Zach.
14snarnelf NeinY" Yet that is just what some
q. New YorE's wealthy women are doing.
sspo The fashionable women really buy these
bears Cor themselves?" repeated salesman IN
the toy bazaar OF a Broadway shop. when the
ousry was put 20 him. Indeed they do. Mrs
- who is well known in Newport I believe
Ihe mentioned wealthy member OK tne su1i!tleF
colony thersI, bought several OF them before
she left here for the seaside and whole ward
robe ot the uniforms and things that come
for them 20 wear. She always has a bear with
her In her carriage or automobile rich
woman who lives in Hudson
came ia tho other day and got a brown one for
her little girl and white one for herself Oh.
a great many buy them for themselves. Yes,
and they bus 5egelry for tho bears. too, real
5ere,gy. Absurd|' He smiled deprecatingly.
"on, don't know. Fashionable women, you
kuow''-
he seemed to feel THAI that lest unfinished
sentence explained lot OF things.
But Is Il imagination to think that ss the
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nonular English dean who boosted that during
his tenure OF office he had opened and examined
every tomb in his cathedral; and the Primate
was outspoken in his indignation when he fouha
that during his absence the dean of his own
cathedral at Canterbury had broken open the
tomb Of a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury
and had removed a mitre of cloth OF gold. a
ring and a chalice. which are now preserved ne
hind glass in a recess in the northern am
hufatory of the Basilica In fact. Dr. Benson
always refused to look at them, declaring that
his doing so would constitute sort of tacit
recognition on his part of what had been done
AS he put il: ITO his sons and brothers IN
most sacred part Of the church the archbishop
commended himself forever, and had laid with
him the loveliest symbols his earthly work.
They, breaking all honor, reverence and grace,
plumber hiS."
Even nlonarchs themselves do not always set
an example of respect for the remains Of the
persons of their own caste, of their predecessors
on the throne. Thus King George ". of un-
savory memory. caused the coffin of Charles
to be opened in his presence. in st. Georges
Chapel Windsor, in 1913, and gazed with
curiosity on the remains Of the one English
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(whO was hugging toy bear). She has a
Wheatfeld on her shoulders this minute, and in
the course OF the summer she has nearly worn
out. so TO speak. whole cattle ranch. Yes her
husband raises grain and cattle in the West.
Where is he now? Why, out there. saving wood.
It's necessary. But she works hard. too in her
way keeping that charming toy. herself. in per-
feet order. She went to New York last week,
and on her return heard her giving another
woman an account of her day there.
My dear, she said to the other woman =
never had such busy day In my life. | had
so many important things 70 do. reached New
York at 10 o'clock. and driven directly to the
manicures. where l spent an hour. and from
there 10 Madame ks who gave my face a
treatment Il am afraid of wrinEIes) and
directly after luncheon ! shopped-I wanted a
cinnamon bear: l had several white ones but
none 10 match this costume. Then / barely had
time to go to my physician, who is keeping me
under a strict regimen to keep down my flesh.
and TO So-end-S Sos, TO have my hair shampoOed
and waved. before IL time to rush for the
train. am completely tired out to-day"
And who is that sleepy girl with her?" asked
the spinster's companion.
shes an evening girl, that's why she looks so
sleepy Dances all night ana sleeps all day She
got up trifie too early to-day. guess. Does
she play tennis? No, how could she. with that
compressed waist? She's just a beautiful eve
ming bloom, but distorted out OF shape by tight
cOrsets and high heeled shoes"
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SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

But although the fashion OF wearing gems
real or otherwise. and shell combs and all Kinds
OF ornaments certainly retains It's hold upon the
women OF to-day. though they wear stuffed dead
ANIMALS more than ever. and dead birds In spite
OF the Audubon Society. though ridiculous rsas
like this toting around imitation bears meant
Tor babies TO play with can appeal 20 them as a
refuse from boredom, dispassionate observers in
cline to the opinion that fashions for women are
not as absurd as they have been I'm times past
Ot course the student OF a hundred years hence
n,ay thlhh otherwise. But nothing women wear
GPpeats 10 modern eyes quite as ugly and CUM
S S as, Tor example. The "hennin,' a head
Gtsss worn IN France In the early part OF the
htteehtn century, and which resemhle6 a spli,
sMatrlhlelons reaching 20 a great height above Tire
taotehead' end with GFapeFies futtering from the
topmost points ~ e''"
american women Wear feathers IN THAR hair
Today put not 10 such an extent as ala ~.
hnshsh women In 1895, who then AZ /. saJ5
crowned their trceses with waving tufts Of feath.
era Which were four umes as hiSh a the wear
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monarch who had met his death the scaffold
at the hands OF the eXecutioner. After the cof-
fin had been closed up again 1t was found that
the lower portion Of one OF the vertebre (the
fourth cervicle), which had been severed by the
executioner's axe, had become separated, and
had fallen 20 the ground. King George, or the
Prince Regent to give him the title by which
he then known. decided that it was not
worth while 10 reopen the caslSet in order to
replace the piece OF bone, and presented it as
curiosity 10 his physician. Sir Henry Halford,
who was present. Sir Henry had It enclosed in
a case Of lignum vitae, lined with gold with
Latin inscription, and wont to show it as a
curiosity to HIS friends and visitors. Not long
ago an old lady "a niece. I believe of Sir Henry,
finding herself near death, and unwilling that
this fragment OF the royal martyr should fnd
It's way into the auction room, and possibly into
some foreign museum. wrote 70 ask it's accept
ance by Edward VII. The latter on receiving
IL caused it to be placed in small casket, and TO
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TOYS FOR ADULTS.

1UIs FUN ADULTS.
FIayHle with cnildren's toys is not commonly
considered a pursuit for adults except when
they DO 1t to amuse children. People take 70 q
sometimes when they have trouble for which
aliepists have a Greek name. In VANITY Fair E,
when Lady Steyne went TO visit her son. Lord
Gaunt' whom it had been found necessary to
confne at st. Johns Wood, she found the
brilliant dandy diplomatist," says Thackerav
dragging about a chiId's toy, or nursing the
keepers baby's doll" However, woman has
privileges, and one OF them is to indulge her
taste for Juggling around with her queer and
bizarre objects. Generally. though. she has car
ried them fastened upon her person as Orna-
ments.
81 presume" said Bernard Shaw not long ago
IN a lament inspired by his view OF the platform
at an entertainment having been shut off by a
stuffed mink on womans hat, 1T presume that
If 1 appeared at the door OF theatre with a
dead cat on my hat. and snake around my
shoulders, would be requested TO leave"
This is not St Peul's age but even in St
Pauls age the world held plenty of women who
were avid Of novelties and lavished time a,,d
wealth on whatever appealed to their faded
senses as such. The world has always held
them. II was in France IN the eighteenth CEN
fury that women took TO wearing chiIdren's TOYS
In their hair Marie Antoinette set the fashion
OF carrying upon the head a miniature corvette
which, masts and rigging all complete, rode atom
a vOluminous mass OF hair rippled 10 represent
the waves OF the sen. At another period
French women had their heads decked with little
dolls dressed as shepherds and shepherdesses
and little lambs set picturesquely upon the
declivities of species OF mountain, composed
OF hair and gauge, with which the head ;vas
loaded. II Bernard Shaw had lived In thssa
days he might we'll have complained. for when
the hairdreSser had finished the toy bazaar afore-
said II sometime. measured four feet upward
from the Wearer's chin.
Judged by the writers who have recorded their
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cARUso's vENTRILoouIAL r7Iex

CarJso. the great tenor. IS a ventrilouulss a,
well. and in New York. before he ssiIss -.
horns. he told at little farewell dinner a 4,1-,
OF hi. ventriloquial skill
II was one OF a house party at q. r1iTionai-a'g
great. new castle overlooking the Hudson IA
said ''Tea had been served in the garden. ana
after tea i sang. Then consented % esvav
little vsntriloquisu. and the fifty Or sixty cs.-.
Stew very still
Behind me rose superb tree Looking IN
into the thick foliage. I shouted in a Iona ana
angry voice:
"'Hellol What are you doing up thersr
''To my aulazement thin, young voice re-
Piled:
Ell amt doin' no harm. mister. Tn inst
a-watchin' the big bugs
''The guests glanced at one another. sui.in,
apprsciatively. Pulling myself together. usa:
on:
Did any one give you permission TO Climb
UP into that trssy''
Yes. SIR. The second groom. sir. Hes ny
cousin
Well said I. so far there's no harm du1s
But be careful not TO fall. and don't Ist any ons
see YOU
All right. mister said the humble voice.
II turned 70 my audience. and smiled azi
bowed triUmphantly They broke into thuu9s--
Gus applause. They said that they had never
listened 70 ventrilOQulsm so superb And rhsy
were quite right, too"
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darkness. as the trembling intruders hold their
torches alOft, belong to the land Of myth His
tory furnished by eyewitnesses proves that
Charlemagne was buried the day he died.
without being embalmed. and that his body was
not seated on throne. but laid in a grave be-
fore the altar, where Emperor Frederick Bar
barossa found a few Wondering bones in 1862
the skull, however, being In good condition
Neither the crown nor the sword nor the orb
was there. Indeed. it Is doubtful whether they
were ever buried with the corpse. Everything
indicates that they were stored in the treasury
Of the Church of the Virgin. The Danes sacked
Aix-la-Chapelle in $50. and &c is recorded that
the priests Of the Church OF the Virgin sue
ceeded in carrying off their sacred treasures 20
Stable. These treasures included the regalia
which is now preserved in the Imperial Treas
ury at Vienna II may be added that investiga-
ton has shown that the alcove in the chancel
and vault in which Charlemagne was said 10
have been found seated on his throne has never
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the closing years of his life, his denentia taking
the form, among other things Of an invincible
objection to trousers. In petticoats he lived and
in petticoats. according to his express entreaty
and command. he laid in his tomb, where
he awaits the Day Of Judgment.
1t is not in any spirit OF reverence, but merely
as a source of revenue. that the lower jaw of
King Louis XI is preserved In the church at
Clery, place on the left bank of the river
Loire some ten miles west of Orleans. That
remarkable monarch, whom Sir Walter Scott so
graphically portrayed in his novel, Quentin
Outward caused the church TO be built as
resting place for his remains, and he was duly
inferred there. His tomb was. however, broken
open at the time of the Revolution, in 1898, and
his leaden coffin, and that of HIS queen were
melted down into bullets the bones being
thrown ANONYMOUSLY into corner of the vault
No special care Of them was taken, until few
years ago, when the lower jaw of the King
constituting wellnigh all that was loft, was
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oughly at the Abbey Of Fontevrault, near Saul
muir. in the valley Of the Loire. where several
of the Plantagenet kings and queens OF Eng
land. including Henry III and Queen Eleanor.
the Crusader King Richard Coeur-de-Lion; the
consort OF King John, and others. were
tombed. Every vestige of the remains was
scattered to the four winds by the peasantry.
and nothing was left but the stone tombs The
church. or rather abbey, dating from the first
crusade. not only sacked. but likewise
wrecked by The rioters. and what is left of the
ruins is used a prison. 1t has been felt that
under the circumstances the sarcophagi would
have better care in England, and although they
empty it has been proposed that they should
be transferred TO Westminster Abbey. But il is
doubtful whether the project will ever be
carried out, since there is a reluctance on
the part of the people in France to part with
the relics, and an equal Discrimination among
many people in England to disturb them
With regard 10 the cutlery which has been
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be laid reverently on the coffin of King Charles
Another of these examinations of royal tombs.
undertaken during the reign of the late King OF
Holland, revealed the extraordinary fact that in
the vault of the so-called New Church. at Delft.
which for hundreds of years has served as the
mausoleum for the members Of the House of
Orange there are preserved the remains of
large dog. II was a pet of William the Silent.
and had ON two separate occasions saved its
royal masters life by warning him of the APP
proach of the Spanish assassin who eventually
murdered him i'm 1884. II succumbed to the
wounds sustained in endeavoring TO defend the
prince. and It was thercupon decided 10 recognize
the devotion of the animal by entombing 1t
along with the Stakeholder. In this same maui
soleum lies oneof the'princes, Alexander by name,
half-brother of the present Queen Wihelmina.
embalmed and entombed and wearing an
orange silk quilted petticoat. He was crippled
from his birth. and was completely crazy during
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ers head In short. all through the rourtsen,a.
ufteenth. sixteenth and seventeenth cenlts'ss
adOrn their heads with all kinds OF weird slr-e.-
ures IN the name OF beauty. But az times as ~
yne early seventeenth century, they were seSs.'
bic enough 10 do as the Romans did In regard -
rinss-in the summer they nut aside their hsa1-
ser wigs and switches, wearing others TIA, "r.a
less cuJIDrous. But stUpendOuS were -
az periods OF the seventeenth and sisies-.ls..
centuries that IL IS q matter OF wOnder the Sso.
men OF those times ever got any knoNlee s. y.
the stage. or knew one actor from another NtSsss
20 the theatre must have meant for tncii a.
exclusive view OF some WOman's back nan.
As Tor the chemical blonde Of to-day, she ass
ner prototype all thrOush the Middle 49, -
those days few critics OF feminine LOOKS ~" -
allow that dark haired woman had any ea'.n
70 be called a beauty. and the consequent 80 :.
dyes end bleschSs for the hair may be max -
AS for the use Of grease on the hair, tle -,
TUNED unsuentS which women or TO-DAY 49,
SiOnally use are mild and slight. indeed, e' i,
French women OF the later part Of the siStseh."
century plastered their tresses. The use OF es,
meRts on the hair seems 20 have been sIateaa,
growing less. The Captain nom IFtpQn, w4o-e
letters are published in 'saIns gunGlI" noted ga
the American women Of that day used ON
% certain extent. some Of them. but ne taoesa.
The class OF females who did Il must nave go -
lately caught end retained traits es ZIG"
savage propensities.'
While most OF the fads and fashions 81 ts-a1ay
are merely a raising OF the ghosts % elt so-asss
original as &c Is the most incOmDEehGuslele an
srotesque of any that have rased cor g ~
whilel. there 6 one tad that women never a. s.a
before in all the centuries Oe which We 1s -,
record It's the fad Of having the a2Nslu,,
taken out. Nowadays. when Tich We w.. =,
hasn't anything else % do" cynical olseft -.
things remarked one day. "She goes ana ~ =,
appendix removed It's a fact-IVe been 60 -
by physici0ns-thst sheer ennui has led 20. : 80
women 20 that operation. And really 49, 49,,
something 60 be said i'm favor or this tsN- 's1,
fats consist OF a WOmanS hurdeuins hels.'. ..
something useless. such as false hair seS .'g n,
tewelFY. or an aFmfUl Of Imitation nct,s .,t
having her appendix removed she TICS ~,
Of something that IS useless and onSolees- S.7.,
she Is kept by the enforced retirett.esas- ss,5
doing anything more foolish for VAl.ss ~
she gives employment 20 nurse Wtis ~ 70
needs II II IS much better tAaA toHus
beAra''
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Royal Tombs in Existence That Can Be Considered
Really Secure from Proclamation, Says Ex~Aftache

placed in glass case. from which, however IL
is extracted several times week. to be SHOWN
to visitors. who are permitted 20 handle IT, IN
return for fees that largely add TO the IN
come TO the church. 1t has one molar still I'M
bedded in the socket. and the verger never fahs
to make his little joke. 70 the effect that IL was
probably ia dent quill garde contre le DUO
de Bourgogne," who was his particular foe
No one knows what has become OF the heart OF
Napoleon /. It was put aside az the post NOR
TEN examination of his body at St Helena anu
could not afterward be found. 1t is suggested
that the rats. which abounded at Lonswooo'
may have devoured it while the physicians were
otherwise engaged. 1t is more probable that
It was quietly appropriated by one OF those tax
ing part in the autopsy, with the object OF pre-
serving 1t as a curiosity. Who knows but what
it may have found its way into some private
collection IN the United States?
The revolutionary mob did its work moro thor
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Toy Bruin. of Course-Son,e of the More Remarkable
Fashion Freaks of Other Days-What Next?

impressions, a certain type of woman has re-
manned the same ins ali ages and there is a
monotony in her vagaries, too The Roman
poet Juvenal left description of a rich patri-
clan woman at her toilet Finally" he says
the slave builds UP on her head a many-storied
ealIce there are locks of curly hair
cushions that swell the proportions of the
structure little side curls that fringe the fore
head ana the ears" did they call the cushions
ratsO These mysteries of the toilet. this
constitute the chief occupation of the Roman
cato the Elder pronounced plague upon the
roman women OF his time for their chatterng
their love OF dress. their ungovernable spirit
In salmagundi" that hOtchpotch of letters and
reneetions which Washington Irving and his
brother William and J. X Paulding nut forth
anonymously just ninety years ago. some
thing very like Cato's structures on Roman
women is said about American women only i'm
a prettler and more playful way. Ninety-nine
years ago-the American OF to-day thinks OF
that time as the era OF SIMPLICITY!
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IN IRVING's DAY AND NOW.

"A sober citizens wife," said one of the sal
magundi" letters which William Wizard" was
supposed 70 write from summer resort, will
sometimes starve her family whole season 20
enable her 70 make the Springs campaign in
style. The lady OF a Southern planter will lay
out the whole annual produce OF a rice planta-
ton. carry a hogshead OF tobacco on her
head, and trail bale OF sea cotton at her heels:
while a lady Of Boston or Salem Will wrap her
self up IN the net proceeds Of cargo of whale
oil. and tie on her hat with a Ountal OF cod
fish" II this had been meant literally, IL
wouldn't have been much more bizarre than the
descriptions OF some of the things the women
wore. "A life OF laborious dissipation" said
civilian Wizard" "Of sleepless nights and
days spent In that DOING nsensibility which
ever succeeds them"
Ninety-iine years after that was written to-
VII, this summer, an observant spinster. who by
the way had never read Salmagundi," was walk
ing with friend In an exclusive New Jersey
resort See that woman she said gIAnclns
at beautifully dressed matrou In an automobile