Alumnae Recorder . r, or the old Marquis modes. In his illustrations ofplays and stories, the scenes and characters of which date back two hun-dred years or so, Mr. E. A. Abbey has a favorable field from which todraw his quaint and graceful costumes. All the worlds a stage onwhich the actors in each particular drama try to outdo what has been onthe boards before. We of to-day are having our turn as participants inthe universal dress display. It will be for future generations to say howmuch or how little of the truly artistic it has been our good fortune tocomprehend. There is some encouragemen
Alumnae Recorder . r, or the old Marquis modes. In his illustrations ofplays and stories, the scenes and characters of which date back two hun-dred years or so, Mr. E. A. Abbey has a favorable field from which todraw his quaint and graceful costumes. All the worlds a stage onwhich the actors in each particular drama try to outdo what has been onthe boards before. We of to-day are having our turn as participants inthe universal dress display. It will be for future generations to say howmuch or how little of the truly artistic it has been our good fortune tocomprehend. There is some encouragement in the reflection that thecomplaint of a satirist of the middle ages, that ua ship is sooner rigged outby far than a gentlewoman made ready, will bear refutation at the presenttime and is fallacious—at least in a great degree. Ella Smith. NATURE. Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,Reeling, through endless summer days, From inns of molten blue. —Emily Dickinson. ALUMNAE RECORDER. 29 Micat inter Don Pierrot de Navarre. I am neither a Brahmin nor an old maid, yet my great fondness foranimals in general, and cats in particular, decides me to allow mysisters to believe me either, so long as they will read of my pets andbecome more interested in the feline family—which I assure them willrepay any amount of affectionate care. The Angora and Persian cats are said by some authorities to be thesame, though Harrison Wier, who has made a life study of the differ-ent species, claims many distinctive characteristics, such as, that the tailof the Persian cat is longer, the head larger and the ears more pointed,though they have the same tufts of long hair in the apex of the ear. Thefringe of hair on the toes is longer and heavier; though the mane, or ruff,around the neck, is longer, it is not so heavy. The all-black are the most sought after, and should have large yelloweyes. I have owned three such kittens, but they have all died beforethey were three months old. The
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