household
atters
Deep Breathing.
Depp breathing is a great aid to beau
ty. To the woman overburdened with
flesh it is absolutely essential, as the
increased amount of oxygen greatly
augments Alie consumption of waste
material, it must be pure air, how
ever, to have the desired effect. Not
one person In ten breathes correctly,
nd not one woman in a hundred
breathes normally, the respiration
.varying with every change of mental
state or physical condition; grief, de
pression, fatigue, all have their influ
ences in lowering the amount of oxy-
gen that goes into the system, and it is
a rare thing for a woman to use her
lungs to the best possible advantage,
unless she has the definite and special
Instruction In breathing incident to
the vocal training of singers and elo
cutionists. New Haven Register.
Modern Otrll Expensive.
' "The girls miss a lot of fun by hav
ing such high and mighty notions now
adays," remarked the old New Yorker.
"It's simply out. of the question for a
young fellow getting from twenty to
thirty dollars a week to take a girl
to the theatre or opera often, when it
costs him a good part of his week 8
salary each time he does it If her
young man doesn't get orchestra seats
the girl of to-day thinks him mean;
If he doesn't bring her a bunch of vio
lets as big as her head he 'doesn't
know what's what;' if he makes her
ride home (a the trolley instead of
calling a cab 'her gown is ruined,' and
if he doesn't take her to supper in one
of the swell restaurants he isn't worth
knowing.
"Now, when I was young a girl was
eatisfied with balcony seats seventy
five cents or a dollar. After the thea
tre, as a matter of course, every one
climbed Into the omnibuses tnat were
backed up to the sidewalk In front of
all the theatres. Then, of course, here
was the Ice cream treat afterward no
one thought of ordering anything else
and there were no tips to waiter, either;
the man who waited on you was as
good as you were yourself; he would
have thrown your money In your face
If you had Insulted him with a fee.
"Well, we used to take our best girls
to the theatre two or three times a
week in those days, and modern young
women have only themselves to blame
for the infrequency of their theatre In
Imitations." New York Press.
Toqnes Still "En Reg!" In Paris.
Toques are not omitted from the se
lection or new models on show. I
bave seen some pretty ones with wide
Oat-topped crowns narrowing in ineir
base, and brims turned up and shelv
ing somewhat outwards. Covered plain
with velvet, they are sometimes ren
dered very ornate by having a wide
band of handsome galon sewn on the
facing of the brim. Others have full
beret crowns.
One of the former is covered with
moss green velvet with a broad galon
worked with sky-blue chenille on a
glace foundation of the two colors. An
Indent is cut in the right side of the
brim on each of which the galon is
curved round shell-forms. Between
this opening In the brim and the crown
nestles a bird the plumage of which is
dark, with little touches of white. It
Is entirely of a fanciful order and the
tail is of white goura.
Another toque ' with a full beret
crown is built up of a deep mordore
brown velvet and trimmed with wings
of a copper hue set outside the brim
at the back and on the left side. Both
these toques are raised at the back on a
narrow bandeau concealed by bows of
ribbon. ,
Less Importance is given to the
eachepeigne than-in the late summer
models, and I am Inclined to think that
the fashion of piling up the hair very
high on the top of the head will help
to bring about a further change in this
respect Millinery Trade Review.
Health Baneful to Girls.
"Much money too much money,"
said a New Yorker who has known
the town for fifty years, "is more
harmful to our young women than It
Is to our young men, though the Lord
knows, It is bane enough to our young
men. It Is a different sort of harm,
though, to the girls it unsexes them.
The effect is not quite so bad In the
lesser cities because they have less
money, and the atmosphere is clearer.
But in Kew York and the New York
girls well, when I think of the con
trast between some of the girls I know
here and their grandmothers I used
to know It makes me sick at heart for
the generations who are to be mothered
by these girls, If, Indeed, they ever be
come mothers.
"I am speaking now of the really
rich girls who have all the money to
spend that they want For example,
I know one girl of twenty-five who
looks as If she were forty, and she has
$25,000 a year income. Not a great
deal as Incomes go in New York, per
haps, but a good deal for one girl to
spend on herself. This girl goes the
pace of a man, except that she Is of
good moral character, as we under
stand that In a woman. She has her
horses and her dogs and her yacht
not a very large one, but large enough
and she has the manners of a man,
and very nearly the masculine voice.
"Does she 'gamble? Of course. I
flon't think I know a rich young wom
an who won't wager something or
other- Tits beginners, . and the very
sensitive, won't bet money, but they'll
bet what costs money. Tills girl was
unusually handsome wben sue was
sixteen, but she shows ouly traces of
it now.
"I know another with $12,000 a year
allowance from her mother who spends
it all on her own pleasure, and she has
become as coarse as a washerwoman
and talks like a teamster. I know any
quantity of girls who swear profanely,
I heard a rich society woman, old
enough to know better, curse at her
coaebman one night in front of the
Metropolitan Opera House. If the
coachman had used the language that
lady did, he would have been arrested
for disorderly conduct. I don't say
that the money made that woman vul
gar and profane, but I know that her
mother would have cut her tongue out
before she would have laid it to such
language.
"And the stories they tell. Good
Lord, I've sat at a supper table in one
of the finest houses in Fifth avenue
with millions of money around me and
heard young men and young women
tell stories and howl with delight over
them that would redden the cheeks
of a Carrara marble statue. I don't
say the money did it, but I do say that
I know many young women who don't
have money In excess, and they are
not that kind.
"The girl who has money must have
something to do, and as the ordinary
domestic occupations ace closed to her
she must go to social dlvertlsements to
keep her mind and body engaged. The
trend of society is to excess of some
sort no matter what is Aom it must
be done to the limit and, naturally the
girls fall into the customs of the people
of whom they form a part. It they
like horses they are not satisfied with
a pair to drive and possibly one to
ride, and have a man to look after
them, but -they want to own a drove
and get in among them themselves,
and talk horse and smell horse and act
horse. With dogs It is the same, and a
dog-girl will talk about the breeding
of the animals and their disorders and
their points In a way fit only for pro
fessional fanciers and veterinaries. If
they take up athletics the same policy
Is pursued, and the girls are not satis
fled unless they out-man the men in
all the courses of physical exercise and
training.
"Money gives our young women a
mannish independence that ordinary
girls do not have, and they have no do
mestic counterbalance. The result is
that many of our rich girls as a rule
are not the best material for wives
and mothers, and, as they cannot be
husbands and fathers, they occupy a
middle ground, which is unnatural and
undesirable. If I had daughters with
money to excess I should not rear them
in the New York atmosphere, nor
should they have unlimited means,
even if I had to put the money in the
hands of trustees and allow them only
a reasonable portion of their income.
There is nothing better in this world
than a good woman good in mind and
heart and body, and when she has the
means to spread her goodness among
those who are not so fortunate as she,
then she becomes the supremo earthly
good she is good, and the money is
good. But when she becomes dewom
nnized by her money, then the woman
Is bad, and the money is bad, and we
have in New York more dewomanizcrt
young women than anywhere on earth,
not excepting London. There they nre
worse than ours, but there are not so
many of them. Dewonianlzation, as
I express It, does not mean immorality;
but there are qualities in a woman
which make her much less attractive
as a real woman than a lack of virtue,
and a woman may be' vicious although
she be virtuous.
I don't say that our rich New York
young women nre vicious, but I do
say that the poet did not have one of
these I have been talking about in
mind when he wrote:
A Lady with a Lamp shall stand
la the great history of the land,
A noble type of good,
Heroic woman hood.
New York Press.
A combination automobile hood and
veil Is a thing of luxury. It is a chiffon
hood with a veil iu front, to be worn
over a small hat.
Gloves match the costume whenever
possible, but the difficulty of exactly
matching all shades has kept white
ai:d black gloves in fashion.
The daintiest of guimpes arc those
of handkerchief linen with Hedebo
embroidery. This is the latest Scandi
navian openwork embroidery.
For street wear nothing Is better
than tan gloves. One may take her
choice between one clasp or two in
short gloves, both being in good style.
Real Valenciennes is not prohibitive.
and lasts a lifetime. Point and duch
ess are expensive at first, but a little
goes a long way, and makes the plain
est gown eregaut.
Nothing is more acceptable for gifts
than lace or embroidery. The collar
and cuff sets in the little French shops
and iu special departments of the
stores art very tempting.
To Warm the Feet.
Better than hot bottle is a flannel
bag for your feet. Make it after the
style of an ordinary pillow case and
you will find It a great comfort, keep
ing your feet and legs very warm in
bed, says the Chicago News.
Air the Ctotliea,
After blankets, sofa pillows, draper.
!es of all descriptions, winter clothing,
and In fact all the articles of use and
wear tuot have been stored In cam
phor or moth-proofing substances dur
ing the siimmer nre first taken from
their coverings they should be be hung
In the oppn ulr mid sunshine for at
least two days. That precaution will
insure the destruction of any germs
that may have summered In tbeni.
Sponnlua; Cloth.
Cloth for women's wear should al
ways be shrunken before being made
up. This Is done to shrink it and to
make it proof against' ratnspots. To
shrink cloth spread it out on a long
table, but do not open the folds of the
material. Cover it with pieces of mus
lin made very wet with warm water;
then roll the cloth up, rolling the wet
muslin in with it. This will bring all
the cloth In contact with the wet mus
lin. Allow this to remain rolled up for
several hours, or a better way would
be to do this at night and leave rolled
up until morning, when it Is to be
opened out and pressed on both sides
of the fold until dry, remembering
that the right side of the cloth Is al
ways inside the fold. Ladles' Home
Journal.
Vie of the Flat Iron.
In making garments, and especially
dresses, the flat Iron must be used
from start to Mulsh. In no other way
can a satisfactory result be obtained
In making a cloth, or other nice gown.
Every Utile seam must be opened ami
pressed out If you are pressing a skirt
(and skirts need this attention not only
when new, but also during their entire
existence), place It right side down over
a skirt board, smoothing it very evenly
up on the board, and laying carefully
any pleats or tucks. When the pleats
have to be basled Into place, use very
tine thread, ns u coarse thread Is apt
to leave its mark In the pressing. Now
place a chair or sland under the skirt
board to support the rest of the skirt,
and tills will prevent It from dragging
the part to be pressed out of place. Let
the iron be a moderately heavy one,
and, after laying a clean wet cloth over
the part to be pressed, press (do not
iron) your garment; that is, do not rub
the Iron up and down and cross wise,
but, when changing it from place to
place, lift it. Move the iron frequently,
or It will leave the Impress of Its shape
upon the cloth. Slender Irons are re
quired when pressing waists. A seam
pressor may be made of a piece of
curtain pole, or broom stick. It should
be ten or twelve inches long, rolled
evenly In flannel and covered with mus
lin, and Is a great convenience for
pressing sleeves. Ladles' Home Jour
nal. Crumpets Mix Into a stiff batter one
egg, one-half teaspoonful each of salt
and sugar, one pint of milk, and one
and one-half pints of flour with which
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
have been sifted, n-.id bake on top of
range in greased mulliu rings on a hot,
greased griddle.
Graham Gems Sift together one cup
ful each of while and Graham flour,
one and one-half teaspoonful of baking
powder, one teaspoonful of salt, and
a quarter of a cupful of sugar. Then
add one egg nnd one cupful of sweet
milk. Rye or oatmeal may be sub
stituted for the Graham flour.
Chtcken Salad Sandwiches - Bake
chow paste In Jong slender shapes, like
eclairs, cut narrower and shorter; when
cold split apart on the ends and one
side and fill with chicken salad; put
the top back in place, after inserting
a celery plume at each end. Garnish
the serving dish with celery leaves and
pim-olas or olives.
Hoecake-Take a very stiff batter of
water and cornmeal. adding a pinch of
salt, urease a thick Iron griddle very
sparingly, and when hot put the batter
on in a large cake about an Inch thick.
Smooth and cook slowly. When cooked
on one side for about ten minutes
turn carefully and cook on the other
side. Serve whole, letting each one
break off a portion.
Fig Cake One and a half cups sugar.
one-quarter cup butter, one-half cup of
sweet milk, one and one-half cups flour,
one teaspoonrul baking powder, one
half cup corn starch, whites of three
eggs well beaten: bake In two lavers
nd fill with fig Ailing; chop one pound
of figs, add one-half cup sugar and one
cup water, stew until soft and smooth.
spread between the layers and frost
the top of the cake with white frost
ing. Spiced Rolls Dissolve a yeast cake
In one cupful of boiling water and
one-half cupful of niilk, and add flour
as for bread mixture. When quite
light, having set to, "rIse,H mix in four
eggs, two-thirds of a cup of sugar,
one-half cupful of melted butter, a tea
spoonful of salt and sufficient flour to
knead. When light roll into a tbln
sheet, brush with butter, dredge with
cinnamon, sugar and sprinkle with cur
rants. Roll up, cut into rounds anil
bake In a moderately bot oven foi
bout twenty minutes.
11I
New York City. Unquestionably the
Eton makes one of the favorite coats
of the winter, and here is one that in
cludes a vest and which is so designed
as to mean genuine warmth and com
fort as well as Jauntluess is style.
The model is made of broadcloth with
trimming of velvet and handsome
Sevan
Blouit Coat 4923.
buttons and is stitched with holding
Bilk, but it is adapted to all the sea
son's suitings, while, aguiu, combina
tions can be used if preferred. The
vest of one material and the coat of
another always are effective while the
revers can be faced for their entire
length Instead of being made with the
trimming portions, If better liked. The
sleeves are absolutely novel and ex
ceedingly smart, the (lure cuffs ren
dering them exceptionally becoming.
The Eton Is made with the fronts.
the back ami the vest. The back is full
length and the fronts are cut off above
the waist line ami the vest Is ex
tended slightly below at the front.
The fitting is accomplished by means
of shoulder and under-urm seams and
the closing Is made by buttoning the
vest over in double breasted style. The
neck Is finished with a flat collar and
the fronts with the 'prettily shaped
revers. The sleeves are made with
the full upper portions and plain deep
cuffs, that are finished with the roll
over ones of contrasting material.
The quantity of material required
Fancy Braids In Meadwear.
Chenille and other fancy braid will
certainly be used this winter, b".t more
for making toques than hats. Cheullie
tissue is also utilized to cover small
hats and toques and to make soft beret
crowns. A very pretty small hat has
one of these crowns built of crimson
chenille tissue and velvet brim to
match and for trimming some large
velvet anemones. In other models the
chenille tissue la used for the eutlrx
for the medium size Is' four yards
twenty-one, two yards forty-four or
one and five-eighth yards fifty-two
Inches wide.
Nino Gnreil Pleated Skirt.
The pleated skirt shows vnriatlons
so many that it would almost seem
that no limit to its possibilities Is to
be found. Illustrated Is one of the
newest and lutest that Is graceful
and attractive, both In the round and
the walking length, and which is ex
ceedingly well liked. The model is
made of chiffon broadcloth with trim
ming of silk bands, the pleats being
stitched flat with beldlng silk, but
almost all the materials of the season
are sufficiently light in weight to be
quite correct. Broadcloth Is always a
favorite but Venetian clolh and vari
ous oilier weaves of the material also
are much seen, while again the chiffon
velvets and moire velours and the long
list of silks are equally In vogue. The
trimming allows of much variation,
and while such bands of silk as these
are fashionable, there are almost num
berless bandings and braids which can
be purchased by the yard.
The skirt is made In nine gores and
Is laid In a combination of narrow box
pleats and backward turning single
pleats, two box pleats meeting at the
front while single pleats meet at the
back, where the closing is made in
visibly. The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is twelve yards
Design By Mat Mahtos
Gored Flatted Skirt 5178.
twenty-seven, seven yards forty-four
of fifty-two Inches wide when material
has figures or nap; ten and one-hnlf
yards twenty-seven, six and one-half
yards forty-four or five and one-quar-ter
yards fifty-two inches wide when
It has not, with twelve yards of trim
ming. shnpe interwoven with ribbons. Mil
linery Trade Review.
TOoman'e Achievements.
Every sens-on we are asked to do
something fresh with our figures, says
a writer in Lady's Pictorial. Either
we are m&de to elongate or compress
them, to wear our shoulders square or
sloping, to be slim or plump, to have
marked hips or to be of the configura
tion of the deal board. Yet we always
manage to look elegant
Listeners. .
Three little crickets. sleek nmUblnck, I
Whose fyi'H with mischief a-llstcned,
Climbed up tin one another's back
And at a keyhole listened.
The topmost one fried out, "Oho I
1 hear two people speaking !
I enn't unite see them yet. and so
I'll Just continue peeking."
Soon Dot and grandma he could see -Tea-party
they were pluying ;
And as he llHlened closely, he
Distinctly heard Dot saying:
"This pretty little tnhle here
Will do to spread the treat on;
And 1 will Ret a cricket, dear,
For you to put your feet on."
The cricket tumbled down with fright I
"Kim for your life, mv brother" ! .
Fly. Ily !" lie scudded out of sight ;
And so did both the others.
Carolyn Wells, la St. Nicholas.
The Gams of Push and Pull.
This Is a very simple game and one
that will afford good exerclBe for the
legs, waist, sides, back, arms In fact,
the entire body. Let two girls or boys
take bold of each other by the arms
and each endeavor to push the other.
A chalk line drawn on the floor a lit
tle distance behind each will make the
game more interesting. Each en
deavors to push the other over this
mark. When tired of this, says the
Washington Star, change it to a pul
ling contest, drawing the line between
you. Try to pull each other across
It You will find it splendid' fun and
it will bring color to your cheeks and
develop your whole body.
Valuable Information.
At a county fair a machine which
bore a sign reading "How to Make
Your Trousers Last," occupied a prom
inent position In the grounds and at
tracted much attention. A man who
stood gaping before it was told by the
exhibitor, a person with a long black
moustache, a minstrel stripe shirt and
ninety-four-carat diamond In a red
cravat, that for one cent deposited In
the slot machine would dispense lis
valuable sartorial advice. The man
dug the required coin from the depths
of a deep pocket and dropped it In the
slot. Instantly the machine deliver
ed a card on which was neatly print
ed: "Make your coat and waistcoat
first." Harper's Weekly.
Uncle Eph to His Son.
Yo' schoolln' lasted fo' year; yo'
work'll last till ye die.
Dat deeplomah is mighty pretty, but
hit ain't a free meal-ticket.
Big words doan't ketch no 'possums.
Ef eddicashun makes ye wear sto'
clothes, hit oughter make ye able to
pay fer 'em.
I doan't see no difference In de kind
ob exercise 'twlxt de hoe and de gowl
luf stick. '
What I cayn't undnhstnnd am dls:
ef de books do do boy so much good,
why do he drop 'em soon ez do skool
stops?
Hit doan't bodder me how much de
loafer knows. I only knows he's a
loafer.
I'd like to see ye try some ob dem
g'ometry lines wid er plow In de corn
field.
He Went to West Point.
Lieutenant Loyall Farragut, one of
the ofllcers of the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion and a son of the
naval hero Admiral Farragut, has the
double honor of having fought in the
army and navy both In the civil war,
and it is an interesting fact that he
won his commission In the army
through a challenge by his father
when the latter's fleet was In the Mis
sissippi and about to pass up to Port
Hudson. Jxnall, then a lad of about
12 years of nge, had been Importuning
his father that he might be sent to
West Point, when the old admiral re
plied: "I don't know how that would do;
I'm not so sure whether you could
stand fire."
"Oh, yes, father, I could do that,"
said the boy.
"Very well, my boy, I'll try you.
Come up with me here.
The old navy hero and his son went
up together Into the maintop, and
there they both remained till Port
Hudson was passed. The lad never
flinched while the shot and shell flew
thick and fast about him. Then the
father said:
"Very well, my boy, that will do;
you shall go to West Point"
And the boy was made a cadet and
rose to be a lieutenant, after which he
resigned.
The Horrible Examples.
Little Clara Cough-lt-off felt very
much abused,
And coughed to make her mama think
that she was badly used.
She found it rather hard at first, but
practice made it easy.
Till she could cough as good as though
she really was diseasy!
She coughed against her medicine and
said it made her sick;
She coughed because they wouldn't
give her back the spoon to lick.
She coughed until she had to cough
and went "Cu-huh, Cu-hoo!"
When any one suggested that she
tried to cough like you.
Little Tommy Try-to-cry had all the
world could buy
And everything besides, except a good
excuse to cry.
And so he cried at breakfast-time be
cause it came so soon,
He cried at luncheon also, because
supper came at noon.
He cried again at dinner-time be
cause it made him weep;
He cried because his bed was bad and
made him go to sleep.
He cried because he cried, and crying
made his eyes so dim;
He cried because he saw you cry and
thought you looked like him.
Little Polly Pout-about was always
finding fault;
She didn't like her milk because the
sea had too much salt.
She didn't like the Bun because it
wouldn't shine at night;
She didn't like the snow because It
made the ground so white.
She bated maple-sugar because lem
ons were so sweet;
She hated custard-pie because her
goldfish had no feet.
She didn't like bad little boys because
a hen has fur;
She doesn't like you either,, as you
sometimes look at her.
Edmund Vance Cooke.
' Where to Go.
. A correspondent sends to the Boston
Transcript a list from an did western
newspaper, suggesting where different
sorts of persons ought to go:
Singers to Alto, Ga.
Lawyers to Fee, Pa,
Bakers to Cakes, Pa.
Jewelers to Gem, Ind.
Babies to Brest, Mich.
Smokers to Weed, Cal,
The sleepy to Gap, Pa.
Printers to Agate, Col.
The idle to Rust Minn.
Cranks to Peculiar, Mo.
, Poets to Parnassus, Pa.
Deadheads to Gratis, O.
Florists to Rose Hill, 10.
Thieves to Sao City, Io.
Mendicants to Begg, La. '
Perfumers to Aroma, HI.
Small men to Bigger, Ind. :
Paupers to Charity, Kan.
Actors to Star City, Ark.
Plumbers to Faucett, Mo. ,
Old maids to Antiquity, O.
Tramps to Grubtown, Pa.
Bankers to Deposit, N. Y.
Wldower3 to Widows, Ala.
Apiarists to Beevllle, Tex.
Farmers to Corning, N. Y.
Brokers to Stockville, Nev.
Hunters to Deer Trail, Col.
Hucksters to Yelville, Ark.
Prizefighters to Box, Kan.
Lovers to Spoonville, Mich.
Debtors to Cash City, Ark.
Chiropodists to Cornie, Ark.
Carpenters to Sawtooth, Ind.
Politicians to Buncombe, Va.
Sewing girls to Scissors, Col.
. Cobblers to Shoe Heel, N. C.
Grocers to Coffeyville, Knn.
Sports to Race Track, Mont.
Dry goods men to Calico, Cal.
The "boys" to Midway, S. C.
"Crooks" to Dodge City, Kan.
Theosophlsts to Mystic, Conn.
Gardeners to Artichoke, Minn.
Swimmers to Neversink, N. Y.
Poulterers to Hatchvllle, Ga.
Puzzle fiends to Riddloville, Ga.
Physicians to Doctortown, Ga.
Whist players to Cavendish, Ind.
Society climbers to Tip Top, Va,
School teachers to Lamed, Kan.
Drummers to Modest Town, Va.
The hairless to Bald Knob, Ark.
Entomologists to Bug Hill, N. C.
Peregrlnators to Footville, Wis.
Pork men to to Ham's Prairie, Mo.
Druggists to Balsam Lake, Wis.
Busebail players to Ball Ground,
Ga.
Reigning beauties to Bellecentre, O.
Political orators to Stumptown, Pa,
Birds at Work.
Arriving by train at Gifu about 8
p. m., we chartered what our 'rtklsha
coolies called a number one boat,
which proved to be a comfortable
houseboat, for which the usual charge
Is 5 yen. In a few minutes the artis
tic Japs had made it quite festive
with matting, red and white drap
eries, and paper lanterns (Gifu Is
noted for its paper lanterns), and we
rowed up the stream to meet the six
fishing boats, thankful that here was
no moon to spoil sport. After ,wait
Ing for some time in the shadow of a
cliff, while the boatmen beguiled the
time by smoking their funny little
doll's pipes (klseru), we saw lights
In the far distance, and soon the
boats were abreast of us, and we
drifted, down the river with them
to watch this strange method of
catching fish, which has existed for
some 1200 years or longer. Each
cormorant (u-kai) wears at the base
of its neck a metal ring, left loose
enough to enable the bird to make its
supper off the small unsaleable fish
that it swallows, but too' tight to al
low the large fish to pass below. A
blazing torch is projected from the
forepart of the boat to attract the
fish, and then the master boatman
lowers his team of 12 trained birds in
to the water, holding each bird sep
arately by a Btring. The ungainly
birds immediately set to work con
nmore, darting hither and thither ex
citedly in search of prey, and on this
occasion they caught so many flsh,
that we feared some of them would
choke outrisght! But when the mas
ter boatman saw that one was gorged,
he skilfully shortened that particular
line of string, lifted the bird on board,
squeezed out the fish, and before we
realized what he had done, the bird
was again at work in the water. Cal
cutta Empress.