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New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

! launched quickly rne after another IN
I manner n cast the nets across the path oi
the approaching school The boats en-
rlovad arc a combination of the best
features Of the dory and the skiff II takes
very skilful handling to launch them.
loaded with their seines through a lively
surf and again nice Judgment is required
in bringing them safely hack 10 the beach.
\ moments mistaken hesitation either In
running the boats into the water or IN
poising them properly on an inrushinG swell
may spell delay. II not disaster. The work
takes keen eye firm hand and the
stoadcst Of nerves II IS full OF excite
mont. and has it's ample measure OF dan
ger. For these reasons local fishermen
arc employed. who are thoroughly familiar
with tho pecularitios Of each section Of the
coast upon which they operate. The active
season is from November 20 April, during
which time the porpose is Fattcst and best
worth taking,
When the watcher at a spy camp. M or
down the coast beyond the boat station.
discovers nearing school Of pornOses
close inshorc-they cannot be taken with
the scines when more than two hundred
yards out from the beach-he signals the
fact ,o the waiting surfmon At once there
is a stir. ;he swapping Of yarns and the
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ties Mr. Nyc established stations alonS
the Atlantic coast all tho way from New
Jersey TO the shores Of Florida, but the
most productive station ~ that one on the
coast Of North Carolina In the neiGhbor-
hood Of the treacherous waters of Cape
Hatteras. At each Of the stations there is
spy camp" at which a watcher is on
duty throughout the hours Of light Of
each day during the working season. lie
climbs pole with cross pieces for foot
ing. and from that. vantage point he can
see far enough beyond the breakers to
observe the approach OF a school of por-
poises playing off shore These graceful
creatures follow the coastline two or three
hundred yards seward from the beach,
either pursuing the smaller fry. upon
which they feed. or amusing themselves
deliberatel as they draw near upon their
froIicsOme course Their antics tell
something Of their strength and the per
feet ease of all their movements
Leaping from the water high into the
air, their hurtling forms sweep through
beautiful curves that carry them again
below the waves with scarcely more than
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

catch them occasionally in the course OF
their days work
The annual demand for porpoises prob
ably ranges somewhere near three thou
sand. and 1t would be quite impossible TO
secure so many If reliance were placed
upon either the Down East Indian or the
casual catch OF a mackcrel schooner. There
was a time when this answered, but that
was before nearly everybody owned
watch Of some sort and clocks OF good
design and excellent performance became
a common household need Then the man
ufacturers increased their output OF time
pieces and a proper measure OF the de-
sired lubricant had 10 be forthcoming.
Porpoise jaw oil has TO undergo in meas
ure a sort OF self-refining process, which
takes many long months and cannot be
FASTENED. and something had to be done
TO obtain a regular supply of the raw oil
in sufficient advance Of the ClOckmakers'
demands.
The freshness of the fat or the raw oil
has much TO do with the character and
the keeping qualities Of the final output
This could not be assured when the taking
of the porpoise was mere incident and
for the keeping of which no proper pro-
vision had been made. AS often as not,
either the fat or the oil In its crude form
was rancid when it reached the rehners.
That was utterly unsuited to the growing
demands and the state Of the watchmak-
er's art Apart from this. 1t put premium
upon fraud, and left the fisherman and the
dealer in the raw product too tempting a
chance to slip into the jaw oil measure
Of a cheaper and less desirable yield from
other parts of the fish,
This, broadly, was the state Of affairs,
when a long established house of refners
OF fish oil in the quaint old whaling city
of New Bedford determined to make itself
independent of existing conditions and TO
pursue an entirely new course in catching
porpolses-at least new here in America.
over on the shores of the Black Sea, the
porpolse oil industry of Trebizond has been
In existence for many years. The Turks
either shoot the porpoises from rowboats
In the open sea, when the quarry play at
the surface, or they take them In long
dragnets as a school approaches the shore
20 feed upon certain small fish abounding
in that neighborhood during the winter
time. Whether or not William +. Nye. OF
New Bedford. the father of the present
enterprise there. knew of the Turkish prac-
tice Of catching porpoises with seines. TO
him. at least, credit is due for introducing
this method on our Atlantic Coast. II
insured the landing of the FISH unintured,
something much 10 be desired. while II put
the work upon systematic basis and
promised reasonably regular supply OF
tat for the reansrs IL. y
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GETTING READY TO CUT IN.

, s-~jr'irC ~storr tho men struggltr z
. vsliantlv through the surf well up n their
waists Just at the right moment. when
the boats arc rroperly poised. the crews
/ scramble aboard in unison and Jump 70
their oars with vim. Perhaps a goody
measure &C water has tumbled into the
little yoreele while boring through the
breakers. and this is quickly bsiled out by
ono Of tho crew. while the others bend n
their oars
Tho seincs arc then tumbled overheard
end The quarter mile sections united until
they spread their entangling meshes
athwart the course Of the oncoming. I'm .
conscious prey Care must be taken not tn
alarm tho porpoises, lest they dart beneath
the surface ard speed scaward. hopelessly
beyond the reach OF the fishermen. This
sometimes happens. and the surfmen then
have only their trouble for their pains. The
manner in which the seine fleet is ma
rouvred depends upon the state OF the sea
as well aS the course and the speed OF each
school II tho porposos are pursuing their
way In lcisurely playful manner the task
is one thing. while the fishermen must act
with haste and more cunning precision II
the game Is approaching in chase OF their
own elusive food d-ish Of a smaller fry
so far. so good. But the boatmen's work
is still harder and more trying when the
frightened FISH find themselves surrounded
and struggle TO break through the encirc-
ling meshes. Then the surfmen must
strive 10 beach the far ends of their seine
and to draw the porposes toward shallow
watc. and the shore. No time must be
lost. yet care must he taken that the boats
he not overturned or some one hurt or lost
in the excitement of this maneuvrs. II is
a matter OF surprise that no lives have yet
been sacrificed in this quest, but escape
has been by a slim margin more than once.
At best-i. O.. when cmpty-a mile OF heavy
seine Of this description is hard enough 10
pull through the water slowly, but the
needful toll grows rapidly with every incre-
mcnt of speed, and the burden is indeed a
heavy one with the weight Of many por-
poises ighting desperately to be free.
The number taken at any time varies,
hut as many as 100 have actually been
landed at a single haul. AS the average
size of these porpoises is about seven feet
and the weight about 200 pounds each, one
can ga ather some idea of the task involved
IN getting them on 10 the beach. As the
seine IS drawn into the surf the porpoises
become stranded in the shallow water,
smashing about violently i'm their struggles.
Now comes the most dangerous part OF
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.HERE is probably no living creature,
at least OF the sea. more playful than
i the porpose. Nothing seems to de-
,-bt these miniature ~ ~'ambers Of the whale
,orn,,y more than 10 gather under the
toaroing bows OF a moving ship and there
20 ranlboI by the hour as If those pranks
we're the prime purpose Of their existence.
i. would be hard for the average person to
realize that these apparent spendthrifts OF
,ir,e are Of the utmost moment to us busy
hodies who divide our days into definite
intervals for work. and often with much
rsrticularity as to minutes and even sec
ords. Strange as it may seem, however.
Dame Nature. as If in mood of humorous
irony. has made us modern human beings.
with all of our hustle, dependent in
striking degree upon these frivolous mann
mails OF the sea.
Ever since the clock as We understand 1t
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can't cook your rabbit till you catch him.
and our story has most to do with the plIr-
suit Of the pOrpoise preliminary TO the ex-
traction of its valuable jaw oil.
For many years porpoise fishing was
mainly an incident in the gathering Of
other sea life Whalers caught them as the
sportivc creatures played under the bows
of their ships, and they took them in order
TO provide fresh food for the crcws-the
flesh Of the porpoisc tasting not unlike
that of the pig. The head and jaw oil
was extracted as a side issue. This way
of obtaining porpoise jaw oil was not
reliable source Of supply. and the raw
stun was often kept for several years i'm
the stufTy hold of the whaler until it be-
came rancid, Sometimes the Indians on
the eastern coast of Maine go deliberately
after the porpoise killing them by har-
pooning, while the mackerel fishermen
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feet 10 twelve feet long and range from
three hundred pounds to more than double
that in weight No ordinary fishing net
would hold these lively creatures when
speeding along at full tilt or when fright
ened into desperate efforts to escape. A
special equipment had to he. designed to
meet these conditions. and this meant the
boats as well as the seines The men. too,
even though recruited from the coastal
fishermen. had to he trained for the nove!
undertaking, and success came only after
some disappointments and good measure
Of experimenting and outlay.
When satisfied with his working faCili-
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Using Nets Mile Long Enap That Game Dog Porpoe
Valuable
New Sumen Always Waiting of the
Put Forth and Do with Sea Animals

qUivering bodies of shimmering quicksil-
YER Again. one sees them fitting through
the thinning crest of big green wave
irdescent streaks across that emerald
background The next moment they are
gone like a flash. only 10 break once more
through the surface where least expected
and. catching the sunbeams from another
angle. appearing like great, tapering glob-
ules of molten gold still dripping their
precious particles.
But there IS a prosaic side to all Of this
phvsical beauty as the men have found
who have tried TO check the rude mo-
rnentum Of the onward rush OF the por-
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the whole operation. because the fishermen
must wade in and hook the excited Great
ures in order to drag them high and dry
upon the sand. A stroke from one of those
swshing tails Is like the blow Of swing
ing sledge, end may either sweep a man
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inch mesh The total length of the com
bined seine at each station is one full mile,
and four boats, each with quarter OF
that burden, form q working unit. boats
crew consists of four expert surfmen-no
others would do under the circumstances
and these craft are kept along the beach
at convenient points. 80. that they can be
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-28

Opera bags. handsome work bags
and small ribbon bags that are so
welcome with each returning Christ
mas are more beautiful than ever this
year. For the art OF weaving ribbons,
which amounts TO as much as paint.
ing when II comes 20 picturing flowers
seems 20 have reached perfection
Woven and printed Dre.den ribbons
and the richest brocades are used for
the various kinds OF bags The heavy
brocades are used for bags to be car
ried on the street. the lowered and
gayly striped printed ribbons are chos-
en for work bags and the small toilet
or vanity bags for carrying powder
and powder pun. a small hand mirror.
little square OF channels and all the
other little requirements which wom-
en- End Il necessary 70 have within
easy reach all the time.
The colors chosen for hand bags are
soft and rich and the flowers shown
In raised velvet against q satin back.
ground Eggplant and deep royal
purple shading into black IN the back.
ground. blossom into rich American
Beauty roses In their natural colorings
with dark green shadowy foliage mex.
ing into the ground Little rosettes
finished with pendant ribbon flowers
or little bows are used as finish
Such a bag is shown in Fgs. 1 and 2.
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CHRISTMAS BALL A NOVELTY
VIII Prove Something New and Enter
tanning for the Children on
Christmas Morning.

This IL n novel receptacle holding
twenty OF more small gifts for the en-
tertainment OF children on Christmas
morning. When the children are seat
ed on the floor. this ball Is set In mo-
ton by n grown-up. the child TO
whom II is rolled takes out gift.
and sends the ball spinning to anoth-
or. and SO on until the gifts are ex-
hausted The framework Is made as
follows: Buy two pairs OF ten-ineh
wooden embroldery-h hoops. and put
them inside each other until you
have the skeleton OF a globe with
eight curved rks.
Where the hoops intersect. top
and bottom. fasten securely with RAT
TIA. The circles ars now vertical. and
cross circle II needed 20 stay them.
this Ia TO be made OF coarse rattan
Tor reed). aud must be fastened 10
the balslng part OF each rib; DO not
ioln the rattan ends together. m an
opening must be LEFT between two OF
the ribs 10 allo~ tho chlldrsn "a
reach IN for the gllis II you should
cat the flnd Of an oFsnso into elshi
sections. irom bud cad 70 sisn cad.
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For Fig. a lighter brocade is used.
with woventn instead Of raised flow
ers. Hut the design is gorgeous with
gold thread woven into the design
The bag is trile smaller and the
corners Of II are rounded. Narrow
satin ribbon in the prevailing color
OF the bag finishes the sides with
loops and furnishes the means OF car
rying the bag
Fig. is work bag made OF gay
Dresden ribbon with dark stripes
sewed to plain satin ribbon in the
same color as the background OF the
Dresden. This bag is provided with
cardboard bottom covered with the
ribbon and finished with hangers OF
narrow satin ribbon and two rosettes
OF II. These Dresden and plain satin
ribbons are inexpensive but beautiful
Fig. is a very handsome bag in
lowered ribbon in which black and
gold are the predomlnating colors with
touches OF scarlet. IL Is made on a
circular bottom like Fig 3, but the
lengthwise OF the ribbon run around
the bag. II is hemmed at the top
without a standing ruifie and rosettes
Of narrow black satin ribbon are set
about II. four OF them altogether At
the sides flower pendants made Of the
narrow ribbon hang from full rosettes.
JULIA BoTToMlEY.
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Flat rosettes and velvet roses. and
iife-like roses OF ribbon. more wonder
FULLY well made than ever. are the fad
OF the hour. With small. compact
nosegays made OF ribbon or millinery
flowers. they divide honors In milady's
favor. For furnishing separate giEdles
fiat ribbon rosetles are used. Tho
corsage rose Is fastened iust above
the waist line and II IL a superb touch
10 the dinner or evoalng toilet. Tho
exquisite little noseEays bloom On all
sorts OF dress and arc llked for the
taIlormade coat with lls dainty linlan
OF white plalsinEs al the collar and
sleeves, Two American beauty roses
are shown hoFs nads Of salla slbboa.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-11-28

When Christmas gifts bear with
them kindly thoughts or careful work
ON the part OF their donor and recog.
milton OF good taste in those to whom
them are given. the recipients are
sure TO be pleased And. whether the
purse be fat or lean. good manage
ment and cleverness make II possible
to embody these IDEAS in all gifts.
Those which are the handiwork OF the
giver are whose which make the
strongest appeal TO our hearts and
bring home the sweet. gracious spirit
Of Christmas
What taxes us most each year Is
the matter of deciding on what to
give After this has been settled upon
and our list made out, the rest Is easy
and the work a pleasure There are
innumerable pretty things for women
ana girls. All OF them love articles
made TO decorate their homes, and
those made for their personal adorn-
ment: so the choice Is not so hard. Il
does require some thing to find out
gifts for men. But we won't go far
wrong II we stick to things which add
TO their comfort And they like. too.
those things which add 10 the attrac-
tiveness of their rooms
About the prettlest and easiest gift
20 make Is the bewitching breakfast
cap. Everybody. that is anybody. has
a little frivolous and dainty cap for
moroing wear these days. They are
a delight to the eye and anybody may
own one Some people call them
bouco'r caps and. furthermore. there
are caps made OF nicer materials
which are worn in the evening and
are called opera caps. They are all
simply made II isn't a bad idea to
decide on a gift Of this kind and make
then up for all ones girl or women
frietds. Each one may have some
little individual touch to make IL DIFF
ferett from the others. BY planning
10 make several caps at one sitting
there is a saving in material and
time
These caps are very inexpensive.
They are made Of plain or dotted net.
all-oSer lace. thin silk. null. batiste.
embroidery and chiffon and edged
with narrow plaitings OF net or lace.
A square OF the fabric used makes the
crown. that is a piece of goods 1s
inches wide and OF the same length
is all that Is required for the crown.
The corners are trimmed away max
ing the pieces somewhat circular. A
marrow binding is sewed about the
edge OF this piece and an elastic cord
run in. II Is long enough to reach
about the head with a little stretch
ing. A single or a double fall OF
plated net or lace Is sewed about the
edge. one row being slightly wider
than the others aud falling a half
inch below IT, A single rufile is often
edged with narrow ribbon.
The cap shown in Fig. / has
crown OF sheer eyeiet embroidery with
n double ruffle falling about the face.
The upper ruffle is edged with a mar
row valenciennes insertion. These
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you would have the shape of the sec
tons for the inner covering of the
framework; cut from stout cotton
eight Of these pieces. allowing amply
for seams. Sew four pieces together.
and fit to half the framework. letting
teams come between ribs. not on
them: now sew the fifth piece to
the Joined four. sew the sixth piece
to the Joined Eve. and 20 on until
framework is covered. DO not entire
ly close the last seam. sewing II only
one-third way up from bottom and
onehalf way down from top, leaving
an open third. Make the outer cover
ing the same way. using white Christ.
mas cloth having stamped on II ne
ures OF Santa Claus. holly. bells. OF
Just plain red cloth.--Wofcan's Home
Companion.
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BY JULIA 5oTToMLEY.

plated ruifles may be bought. and
range from twenty-five TO fifty cents
yard already to sew on.
band OF soft messaline ribbons in
light blue. extends about the cap with
a small fat rosette az each side. This
is made by gathering a quarter Of
yard Of ribbon along one edge. A lit
tie bunch OF pink rosebuds il percbed
under the rosette. Just where the ruff
ne Joins the crown. u requires one
and half yards Of ribbon for this lit
tie cap. such as may be bought for
fifteen or twenty cents "A yard Three
quarters OF a yard of plating is III
tie more than is needed but is the al
lowance for one ruffle. One and a
third yards win easily make two ruff
fies.
Fig. 2 shows a less expensive cap
made OF a coarse dotted net IL In
made in the same way and edged with
a ruffle OF net having a finish Of mar
row Val. lace. Under this ruffle plait-
ing is sewed. finished with a hem
stitched hem. Pink and blue satin rib
bon one inch wide Is made into little
bows and mounted at each side Such
little cap costs only fifty cents
A lovely cap OF spangled chiffon is
pictured in Fig. and this cap is also
very cheap In price The chiffon IL
light blue with little crystal dots over
the surface. A plain. thin net crown
lines the chiffon. to protect IT, They
are bound with a thin. narrow satin
ribbon in pale blue. through which
the elastic cord IL run. The ruffle IN
made OF the same chiffon edged with
n border of the ribbon. A little bunch
OF pink moss roses and leaves liz
sewed 10 the left side. This cap is
made in pink or light green or laven-
der or In all white. IL requires al
most no time TO make and is one OF
the prettlest OF all II one has time TO
make the plated ruffles. the expense
is lessened. But even buying II ready
made II only requires three yards to
make the single edging for four caps
An average OF seventy-flve cents each
will cover the cost. when several caps
are planned to be made ut one time.
Evening caps are more expensive
one IL shown In Fig. made of silver
lace. The ruffle is satin ribbon, In
blue. covered with the silver and
there is a hand made wreath OF lit
tie ribbon rose buds made OF narrow
pink satin ribbon set about the top OF
the ruffle. Pretty fiowhred ribbons
and those of rich brocade make beau
tiful opera caps. Nearly always tiny
made flowers. or small millinery flow
ers like the forgetme-not. are used in
them. Rich laces are draped
in full puffs for crowns and lace edg-
ings fall about the face and over the
neck in caps that are worn with eve
ming dress. But. however grand. the
opera cap is not quite so sweet as the
little breakfast cap nor nearly so use
full For breakfast is a daily happen
ing. and anything that makes the
young day cheerful is Christmas
gift worth having.
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Each petal Is carefully curled and
tucked at the edses to look like a
cleaning natural rosa The ribbon Ia
In two and sometimes three shades
and millinery foliage OF the most nat
urallooklng variety Ia used with the
roses Finally. not 10 dlsappoInt any
one. the flowers are scented vita altar
OF roses.
There Ia nothing that could be bet.
ter for a Chrlsimaa slis than tho cor
sage rose or tho little nosegay. In
the latter the stems are wound with
tinfoll matching tho flowers IN color
and tied with . bow Of bahy velvet
rbboa OF the same color.
JULIA norroMLES