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Leopard Hunting Alone in Bechuanaland
By PERCY SELOUS
Wherever guns are made and sold and game is hunted for the sake of the sport of it the name of Selous is familiar. The
stories of his achievements circle the globe and tens of thousands of lesser hunters feel hon-ored to have hunted with him on occa
sion or to have crossed his track or followed his trail. A confirmed nomad, a soldier of the chase by irresistible predilection, he
has spent his life hunting, trapping and traveling, sometimes in the Canadian woods, sometimes in the forests of the Andes,
sometimes in the passes of the Central Asian mountains, sometimes in the northern ice, sometimes in the African jungle, and
the story of his hunting experiences is a romance of fact and adventure. .1 member of this famous family of hunters is ac
companying Theodore Roosevelt into the jungles of East Africa.
OME years ago I
found myself
stranded in Rech
uanaland. where I
had followed a
force of irregular
cavalry, raised by
Col. Methuen, for
operating. should
the exigency arise,
against the Trans
vaal Boors, whose
filibustering raids
across the bonier were getting worse anil
worse.
To cut my st??rv short, howevjer, and
B' t down to a fast series of single-hand
ed leopard kills. after following the dra
goons up as far as Mafeklng to no pur
pose, I returned to Kimberley and the
Orange river. f conceived the idea of
constructing a raft and thus transporting
my fen- necessary effects, camping on the
banks as inclination led me, or as I fan
cied the locality favored sport. I had had
too much experience among filiating logs
while lumbering in America 11 >t to fe 1
at home at this kind of work, and all
in all. though 1 did not travel far. I spent
one of the most exciting trips I ever had.
All along either side of this tint! rivet
in a wide belt of "wait-a-bit" thorns and
bush timber, on which lovely ureen bee
tles played in great profusion, I caught
numbers, every one of which brought me
In "til in Cape Town, for jewelry purposes
T had seen beetles et up in a similar
fashion in Rio tie Janeiro and so had
an eye to possible business: as also, we
used to get alligators' teeth down in Ala
bama and Florida, but tlie-e creatures
have got so scarce now that It hardly
pays to Ivunt them.
*
* *
Having got everything fixed on my raft,
and as the river hereabouts was familiar
to me. 1 had no difficulty in making a
landing, as I had proposed some twenty
miles further down, passing the ford t >
Hope Town on my way. Among other
things I had with me a hammock and
a poncho which I had used out in the
Banda Orientale, both of which, besid <s
being of the greatest use. went into very
nmall compass. After taking a cup of
coffee without milk and a snack or two of
spring-bok. I literally turned in. with
my carbine beside me and my dog curl
ed Tip at my feet, to be lulled to sleep
by sounds as familiar as those heard on
a summer day at home.
As the sun rose It speedily dissipated
the river mist, and a little way out on
the veldt and beyond the timber it was
as sultry as ever. I could spy some
small specks away to the southward, and
a-s a fresh bit of venison would be an
agreeable change I started after what I
knew would furnish me therewith, if 1
could manage to circumvent them. This
was not particularly difficult, for I could
keep myself covered by one ant-hill or
another, and I got my buck all right,
sending the rest bounding away with tre
mendous jumps.
The ominous darkening of the horizon
had not escaped my notice, but almost be
fore I was aware of it the hot sand came
stinging like so much small shot against
my face. In such cases the only thing to
be done Is to throw yourself flat on your
chest, and hold your breath till the hot
blast has blown over. The sandstorm
did not last many minutes, but the thun
derstorm Immediately burst in such a way
as it only does in South Africa, and I
speak from experience both of this as well
as other parts of the world. It was over
almost as soon as it came, and for a
short space ^he sandy veldt looked like a
sheet of water, which, however, was
sucked up in no time, the sun bursting
forth in all its splendor and drying me.
drenched as 1 was. before I could get my
buck back to camp.
*
- * *
After skinning my buck and making the
hind portions into ham. and getting a
meal of fresh meat. I set out along the
bank of the river to see If I could hit
upon any leopard spoor. 1 had not gone
far before I ?me to the remnants of a
porcupine. Leopards appear to have a
great partiality for the flesh of these ani
mals. and as they are common enough
along the Orange river it doubtless ac
counts for the presence of their perse
cutors. I hunted for the rest of the day
without finding any more signs', although
1 felt satisfied that there were sonif
leopards In the neighborhood, so I could
only postpone my search until the m<r
row. In the morning I got afloat once
*iore. and dropped about four miles down
to the place I had turned ba? k from the
day before. This did not occupy long,
and I was soon fast again in a kind of
backwater, with my traps once more on
dry land. I was eager to follow up the
leopard, which I was confident had gone
down, not up, the river; Indeed. I had
hardiV proceeded a quarter of a mile be
fore I found pug marks, and quite fresh
ones. too. where he had gone down to
drink. This time the heavy rains had
not washed all trace of spoor and scent
away, and my dog was able to pick it up
easily. Seeing that my carbine was all
right and everything In Its place to my
hand, I followed "Snap" with some diffi
culty. for I did not want him to come to
an untimely end, which might not be lm
AND OVER WE BOTH WENT IN A HEAP.
probable if I was unable to keep him
back somewhere within bounds.
*
* *
The spoor led along the bank for some
distance close :o the river, at which the
leopard had occasionally halted, either
to drink or to watch for a stray fish,
for these latter they will scoop out with
the dexterity of a racoon, as I myself
once saw. In fact* they will eat almost
anything that moves?young birds, and
for the matter of that old ones, too, when
they can surj rise them. A oat which
has run wild at home is a fair example
of wh^.t the leopard is on a very much
larger scale.
The dog now came to a point at the foot
of a tree, and after some search, for the
foliage was very luxuriant. 1 could dis
tinguish the leopard lying full length
along a branch, his head between his
paws, his eyes being just discernible and
that was all. I could'not get a good shot
at him. the angle was too acute to fire
with safety at bis head, and unless t got
directly under him 1 could not see him
at all, while the limb he was stretched
out upon practically protected him at all
\*1tal points. Now and again he would
just crane over a little and then draw
back before I could get a proper sight,
making all the time- a snarling, purring
noise. i;nder the circumstances it would
have be ii risky to have attempted a shot,
so I way compelled to wait until he gave
me some sort of a chance. To have had
him come tumbling down wound-d was
not a bit to my fancy. In the meantime I
looked about to see if there were another
tree nearby which I could climb, and I
actually did ascend one. but had to give
up the idea, for I could not get a sight of
him at all, so I returned to the ground.
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* *
Once or iwi''e t raised my weapon only
to lower it. feeling it was safer to wait.
On a sudden he raised his heaii. as if
some sound at a distance had arrested his
attention.' for lie gazed right away into
space. This was my opportunity?not a
very line one certainly, for there was
quite a network of small branches inter
vening?but I got a pretty fair sight and
lei him have it. Down lie came almost
before I could jump to one side, with a
thump that would have stunned him. one
would imagipe. even if the bullet had not
smashed his jaw and gone out through
tiie top of his head, bursting an eye in its
course. He was as dead as a door nail,
and a beautifully marked full-grown
young male, his teeth being perfect. As T
was only about a mile from camp. I got
his skin off at once, and taking the skull
went back and dressed the skin there and
then, before it should get covered with
flyblows.
I lost no time, however, in getting:
back to the spot where I had killed
him, for It struck me there might be
something more than I knew about in
his having had his' attention diverted
from myself and the dog. So I cast
about once more, still going along the
river, letting Snap, who was well up
to the work, do the hunting, while
now anil a^ain 1 added a brilliant beetle
to my collecting box. Passing two or
three gullies without making anything
further out, I began to think that it must
have neen the whistle of an antelope
that had attracted the leopard's notice.
He showed, however, the same intertnef-'S
of gaze as I remembered in a jaguar I
once killed under somewhat similar cir
cumstances, and whose dying roar
brought ? a second one on my track in
Jess than no time, giving me a stiffish
scuffle.
*
* ?
It is in cases such as these that ths
science of woodcraft comes in handy,
careful notice of surrounding signs and
actions usually enabling one to come to
a correct conclusion. 1 had been keeping
fairly close to the river bank, for I held
to my theory that there was another
leopard not far from where I shot the
last; so I turned about, after a couple of
iiiiles, and worked back along the mar
gin of the bust), near the veldt, carefully
heating any likely looking spots. Half
way or so back was a dense mass of
thorns with a lot of rock and boulders,
looking a very likely place to hold such
game. L went to the veldt side to recon
noitre. and there Immediately found fresh
pug marks, not only of one. but of three
le< pards; evidently those of an old one
and her cubs. This at once accounted f< r
the demeanor of the one I had got, and
as a leopard with young, or for tiie mat
ter of that any animal almost In such
circumstances, requires extra care in
tackling. I called the dog to heel, while
1 cogitated a bit what course to pursue.
Kxamining the tracks I put the cubs
down as Half grown. I also made a de
tour of the clump of bush and satisfied
myself that the game was i^t home. Re
turning to the spot where I had first
marked them I followed them in slowly.
"Snap" heing taken up with a piece of
string. He soon commenced to get very
excited, artd 1 could myself smell trie
taint which always hangs around the lair
of the carnivora, be they birds or beasts.
The spoor was easy enough to keep, as
the path had been used many times, and
the leopard, dragging her prey along,
had beaten it down. I had my carbine
ready for a rapid shot, for 1 felt sure we
were coming close to, and had hard work
to keep (lie dog from breatting away.
Luckily the wind was in my favor, and
all at once I came right in -sight of the
leopards, the ohl one and two cubs, al
most as large as she was. basking in the
sun in an open space in the glade.
I don't think she saw me. as from
where I stood 1 was completely hidden
in dense foliage, hut she stared hard in
my direction. half rising to her feet, the
tip of her tail twitching from side to
side. or. more correctly speaking, heat ins?
the ground. It was as pretty a sight as
I had ever seen, these beautiful cats. but
T had not time for such thoughts. One
of the cubs attempted to play with the
bobbing tail, and this seemed to irritate
lic-r. for she turned and gave the offending
youngster a tap with tier paw that sent
hlni sprawling. toi doing =o gave me
a fine broadside ann I fired, dropping her
at once, though she scrambled to her fore
feet in an instant. 1 could see that her
hind parts were paralyzed; she was shot
through the spine, and as she turned to
frnaw the wound I quickly ?ot another
cartridge in and hit her through the neck.
Hut this time the two cubs had recov
ered from their surprise, and as the old
leopard appeared to he done for I gave
one of them a bullet in the chest, the
other turning tail and scampering off into
the bush with "Snap" (who had got
loose) at his heels, while 1 stepped into
the open and let the one 1 had wounded
have iinothet hall, catching him in the
orifice of tl<e ear and killing him instant
ly. As 1 approached them the old one
roll i over, and I was about to fire at
her a?~ain. when 1 noticed that her eye
was already glazed, and it would only
be wasting ammunition. After a ha?ty
Klanc-* of admriation I left ihein as they
lay and hurried after the yelping terrier,
who from the sound appeared to have
come to a halt, though 1 could hear no
snarling. Before, however, 1 could cat'-h
up the leopard must have made another
start.
*
* *
The scrub was thick just here, and the
everlasting "wait-a-bit" thorns retarded
my progress considerably, besides pun
ishing me not a little. Still I pushed
on into the open veldt just in time to
see the two making across for the timber
on the other side of the bend in the
river. I was beginning to feel a bit
winded, and was not sorry when further
angry yelps and growling showed that
the rub had again been brought to bay.
Getting up as quickly as possible, I
found that the dog had been having a
rough time of it. He was scored badly
down the side, and instead of being a.
white terrier was a ghastly red one,
though for the time being it did not
appear to Inconvenience him much. He
was vigorously harking and jumping
around a lot of louse boulders, among
which the leopard had evidently taken
refuge. I could not. however, induce
him to go in, and although 1 have had
several good terriers for this kind 'if
shooting none of them cared to go to
ground alter such game. I began lo
fear I should have to give him up. but
sot together a lot of the driest herbage
i could find, anil making a couple of
squibs by extracting the powder from two
cartridges, T went to work to try to make
him bolt, as his cover was not very large.
Cutting as long a stick as I could find.
I took a page out of my pocket dlarv
and rolled the squibs in it, binding tliein
to the thin end of the stick, which I
bandaged thickly around with dry grass
and leave? for a yard or more, and then
pushed it in where the leopard had en
tered and ignited it well all around, also
heaping more dry stuff about the opening
so as to make as natch smother as pos
sible.
*
* *
The smoke soon began to escape from
the crev'ces, though the leopard did not
appear to take any notice of it, but as
soon as the fuses began to tizz and sput
ter it was more than lie could stand, and
out he dashed, almost upsetting me In his
rush. I had, however, picked up my cat
bine and fired at him, just as he was dis
appearing into the cover. 1 distinctly
heard the pat of the bullet, and was about
to follow when I saw that tUe poor dog
demanded my attention, so picked him
up. The scratches were ugly ones,
and I decided if 1 did not attend
to them at once I might lose him. I
therefore carried him back to camp and
washed, stitched and dressed his wound**.
1 returned afterward to try and follow
the leopard, but could not find any further
trace of him except blood marks. I there
fore went and skinned the other two and
made up my mind to leave the cub 1 had
wounded until the morrow. 1 tracked him
up next day and found hin? dead, about a
quarter of a mile Irom where 1 had tired
at him. my lucky shot having gone
through his heart.
This reminds me of an escapade I had
with one of these creatures #?_>me time pre
viously further south. As is so frequently
thewase, 1 had been much disturbed dur
ing tlie night by prowling animals, which
1 found out were_ leopards. I was ex
asperated by the loss of my best dog, and
made up my mind, if possible, to get a
tine skin and avenge his death at one and
the same time. So, making a hurried
breakfast and leaving my two Kaffir boys
in charge of the skerm, I set out with the
only dog 1 now had left. The spoor, which
was plain enough in the sand, led right
away toward the river, which on either
c.e 's bordered for a quarter of a mile
or sii with "wait-a-bit" thorns and under
brush. After go'ng a mile or more my
dog showed special eagerness and pulled
up at a tree, the hark of which was all
scored by the claws of leopards and was
evidently used by them continually for
stretching their talon.**.
*
* *
A lot of porcupine quills also lay around. ?
showing that the leopard had recently
made a meal, of which I was glad, for I
thought I should be more likely to find
him lazy and lying up. and hence easier
to manage. A little further on 1 came to
a kloof, or ravine, which I hail to descend
and .a.^cend.
Before I reached the top the dog began
barking and I hurried on. as well as T
could, over the loose stones, for 1 did not
want to lose my only remaining do?. He.
however, came yelping back, just as 1
rained the top of the bank, and at the
same time I caught sight of the leopard,
which was making across the open for a
patch of thorns a couple of hundred yards
distant. I was somewhat out of breath
from scrambling over the uneven ground,
but. taking as careful aim as I could. I
fired. I knew I had hit him all riKht, even
if he had not stopped and bitten at the
wound, but the shot was too far back as
well as too low. At the sam?? instant he
caught sight of me. while 1. not relishiyg
his looks, hastily pushed in another car
tridge. I had not my trusty "Winches
ter" then, or the leopard would not have
served me as he did. The weapon I was
usinf was a converted Enfield carbine,
which, though a splendid shooter, only
took one shell and required capping. I
could not get the cap on before he was
upon me, and over we both went in a
heap?I undermost. He got my left arm
between his teeth, and I could feel his
fangs crunching, hut 1 seized my long
hunting knife and managed to get it tin
der his chin and gave a 'rantic gash.
which almost cut his head off.
*
* *
In the meantime my dog had regained
his composure. Since he had seen two
of his comrades flattened out by leopards
he had often turned tail, hut he was very
useful in tracking them. I had rolled the
skin up and was just about starting back
for camp when the dog again attracted
my attention, acting as though he had
picked up a fresh scent, and. although
1 felt pretty aick, still I could not resist
the temptation, and followed him. tir.-: ?>
all hanging tip the skin on a thorn t??;>? 1
The dog held on, and I followed as ??>]
as I could for perhaps another milt>.
tunately along the wooded ground ti.?
best part of the time, so that 1 was shad
ed to some extent from the burning sun
beams which under ordinary circum
stances would have caused n?c no In-on
venience, but now almost prostrated n>*?
I doubtless had lost considerable mo
blood than I imagined, but the - ;hle
renewed barking of the dog put few
I'fe into me and I hurried on. The
leopard had hurried on to some ro'-k;
ground, where lie had evidently located
himself, as he would not probably b-ave
his stronghold for any do?. I sat down
and rested awhile. 1 also examined Pie
breech of my carbine and arranged thing*
a.s well as I could, so that no repetition
of the last "contretemps'' should occur.
v
* *
The dog was working at a crevice In
the rocks in which 1 bad calculated the
leopard was ensconced, and I cautiously
approached to investigate. I could, how
ever, neither hear nor see anything at
tirst. but after a while, as my eyesight
got accustomed to the gloom, 1 made out
two balls of fire. They might have been
one yard, they might have been fifty
yards away, I could not tell?that did not
signify?and taking steady aim between
them I let go. The report was so deafen
ing that I could not have heard any other
sound had there been one, but the "eyes"
had gone out when the smoke cleared
away and all was still. After waiting
a while. I cut a limb or two as straight
as I could find, and splicing them into
one long one, pushed the pole np into the
recesses of the aperture, and withdrawing
it. after twisting it around against some
soft substance, found, sure enough, leo
pard's fur on the end. I now felt no
hesitation about going In, though this wa*
more easily said than done. 1 could
with difficulty sfjueze myself through the
narrow opening, and to do so caused me
excruciating pain. Once through, how
ever. ! had more room, and soon reached
my quarry, which 1 got at last into the
daylight, not it little glad to be out of the
business so well. I then had to skin
her?a female, and doubtless mate to
the one I had killed in the morning. Then
returning to where I had left the othfr
skin i made tracks for the wagon
My permission of Longmans. Green & <'??.. New
York.
(Copyright, 1!HK?. tiy BenJ. B. Haiuptou.)
AMONG AFRICAN SAVAGES.
Cl'rtiors advent ures befall explorers
in southern Liberia, as one of them
writes: "When we entered this
country in we fired a 'star' shell to
try to communicate with the column
marching from Oka. This was seen
by the natives for miles around, ami
its effect was extraordinary. The Ahia
ras. Onichas and their warlike friends,
who had spent years building the most
marvelous trenches ami stockades to
guard every possible approach to their
country, told us afterward that they had
meant to ?;ive us a very warm time, but
that the star shell was too much for
them. Any one who could do this must
be supernatural, and they lied into the
bush and kept up a guerrilla warfare
for months, never daring to show them
selves.
"In January. 1906, when a small col
umn was operating in the Ohonhon coun
try. northwest of Bande it had a lot of
trouble with a town called Omo Oga
Xgolori. the reason given being tlia: when
the Long Juju of Arochuku was destroyed
in 1!HK? it was brought to this place as
being out of reach of the government,
and the Aro priests tried to re-establish
it here and carry on their former cus
toms. At any rate, it was reported to be
a most powerful Juju. and meant certain
death to any one who entered its hiding
place. We made a visit to it.
"All around were sticks stuck in the
ground supporting s-kulls. e?i;s and lion?*,
while blood was splashed over the \\ h Is:
on the right of the entrance was a ia!-?;e
basin of water about eightee-; incite*
deep, hewn out of the rock, in which
water trickled through from the roof,
and in which a few fish glided about.
"While examining this one of the offi
cers m-'.de some remark, setting up a
series of echoes, which resound? I from
the walls of the cave. It certainly was
most queer, anil was altogther too much
for the few soldiers and others who o it
of curiosity had followed us In., for lliey
dropped their carbiues and fled out."
By of I.ouguiany. ?iroeu 4r Co., New
lurk.
<?'?>|ijrigbt, 1S*K?. by R.
A SOLDIER'S Hl(i UAMK HlVri\li.
Ily l,|eut. (ieu. Haden-i'owell, In tin
next in thla aerie* of ISaat Afrienu
hunting; atorle*. Gen. Badra-Ponrll'*
fame km a Muldier, hunter and writer I*
known throughout the olvlllmed world.
ThlN nbaorblnirly lutmttlax article
tell* of hi* experience In facias lloua
with a small caliber military rifle.
A I.OXBLV TREK AFTER. (iEMSBK'K
A.MJ LIO\K.
By Percy Selou*. Seloua la known na
the moat Indefatigable of African haut
rr*. In this article he relate* hi* thrll
llnic adventure* while trekking the
graceful aemnkuck, aad hla further en
counter while after the king of beam.
LAVISH EXPENDITURE OF MONEY IN ENTERTAINING DOES NOT INSURE ENJOYMENT
Happy l? the house that shelters a friend! It
might well t?e built 1 ke a festal bower i?r areii
to entertain blm a single day.?Emierson.
All good conversation. manners anil action come
from a spontanlety wh'.eh forgets usages and
makes the moment great.? Emerson.
A house kept to the end of prudence Is la
borloua without Joy: a house kept to the end of
display la Impossible to all but a few women and
their wcewi ia dearly bought.?Emerson.
A little early yet for wedding bells
and the shaking of the sheepskin tree,
hut mothers of sons or daughters ready
to graduate either from school or single
blessedness are already planning for the
entertainments suitable'to such occasions.
And just here let me put in a plea for
simplicity, which would make of hospital
ity a joy, not something to be dreaded
as leaving an aftermath of uftpaid bills
and frazzled nerves.
It Is not the most lavish expenditures
of either strength or money in entertain
ing that bring the greatest enjoyment. 1
like to think of John Burroughs enter
taining even the President of the United
States at Slab Sides with nothing more
difficult of preparation than a good steak,
baked potatoes, a salad and berries for
dessert.
I love to think of Thoreau entertaining
his friends at Walden in DU "best room."
"my withdrawing room," jus he calls it.
always ready for company, on whose
carpet the sun rarely fell, the pine trees
behind tny house. Thither in summer
days, when distinguished guests came, 1
took them and a priceless domestic swept
the floor and dusted the furniture and
kept the things in order.
If your friends are simply coming for
the sake of the loaves and fishes, the fine
furnishings and sumptuous repasts, let
th?m go elsewhere, if they come to see
us ourselves, let us give tnem ourselves
pins the best the house affords, hut that
without ostentation or extravagance. Let
each one be guided by her own circum
stances, her health and her family en
vironment. It is the hearty welcome that
counts, not the 'amount in dollars and
cents that goes into the entertainment.
Of course there are always new little
wrinkles in table decorations, and here
let me t??ll you of a college luncheon given
recently at the Hotel .Majestic. While
the entire service could not be achieved
in the ordinary home there may be hints
tiiat will tit into the wedding breakfast
scheme or a class party. The decorations
were in the college colors, purple and
gold, the flowers chosen being pansies and
daffodils. In the center of the tables were
tall glass vases of the long -stemmed daf
fodils. while about their base was scat
tered pansiest their velvety petals show
ing charmingly against the white cloth.
At each cover stood a little bon bon box
covered with purple crepe paper deco
rated with a spray of artificial viole s and
leaves tied with a gold cord. These held
white mints. The relishes on tile table
were salted almonds and radishes. The
rest of tlie menu included grape fruit for
the first course, consomme prinianierre.
lobster a la Newljurg served In little indi
vidual brown cassolettes, cutlets of veal
dressed with |>eas and carrots, roasted
pigeons served on thick slices of toast,
rotnaine salad, ices, violet and white,
molded in flower shapes: assorted cakes
and black coff- e. I'nder the ices and
under the squatty little dishes that held
the lobster were dainty heart-shaped
doilies of purple fancy paper.
Fruit for the First Course.
Nearly all course breakfasts, luncheons
or dinners now begin with fruit. This
may consist of any choice specimens of
fi nit served on individual dishes rather
than massed together. Grape fruit is al
ways popular cut in halves, the core arid
the dividing membrane removed and the
pulp cut free from the skin so as to be
easily lifted out with a spoon. Mara
schino, or at this season a fresh cherry,
may be placed in the cavity left by the
? ore: at other times a block of loaf sugar
Is inserted. Large fine navel oranges are
cut in halves and served in the same
way, the pulp being removed with an
orange spoon. At this season, too, a
thick slice of the orange may be sur
rounded with fine unhulled strawberries,
a little mound of powdered sugar sur
mounting the slice of orange. Strawber
ries, raspberries and blackberries are each
and all appropriate and delicious for the
first course, looking specially inviting
when served on a fresh grape leaf instead
of a doily.
Red and wnite currants on the stem
are beautiful, while a thick slice of
canned Hawaiian pineapple, its core re
moved and the center filled with hulled
berries, is attractive and appetizing.
If peaches are served whole the down
should be removed with a soft brush.
Very large soft ones may be cut in two
and eaten out of the skin with a spoon.
A doily should always be served with
peaches, as there is no fruit stain so dif
ficult to remove. It will yield to renewed
applications of javelle water or chloride
of lime.
Cherries on the stem are particularly
decorative and delicious, particularly this
year, when the cherry garniture on hats
makes one hungry to look at them.
Veal Birds for Luncheon.
While real birds?quail, squab or reed
birds?are particularly approved, game is
not always obtainable, and in such case
veal birds make an excellent substitute.
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Sunday Menu.
Fink
BREAKFAST,
Ktranbrrrlm.
Ceres 1.
tnken. Boiled Kkkm.
Sour Milk Bineult.
Coffee.
? OiWER.
Sorrel Soup.
ItndiMheM. Vuihik Onioan.
Breant of I.amb with Tomato Sauee.
Mint Jelly.
ANparaKUN.
Bonialne Salad.
Pineapple Tapioca Pudding.
Blaek Coffee.
SUPPER.
f.obnter Salad.
I.ettuee SaadwiclieM.
Cbeene Ballx. Ollvew.
Individual Strawberry Short
oaken.
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To make them, cut slices from the loin
very thin, take out the bone, remove the
skin and extra fat and pound until a'>out
one-quarter of an inch thick. Trim int ?
pieces two and a half by four inches and
spread with a forcemeat made ijy chop
ping veal trimmings fine, adding a square
inch of fat salt pork for earh h rd. When
thoroughly chopped add half as much fine
cracker crumbs as you have meat, and
season highly with celery salt, onion,
iemon juice, salt and paprika. Moisten
with a beaten egg and a little hot water,
and spread the mixture on the meat
slice-; nearly to the edge. Roll tightly
and skewer or tie the "birds" into siiape.
Dredge with sait, pepper and a little flo.jr,
and fry in olive oil or butter to a go-den
brown. Be careful not to get too dark.
When all are cooked, put in a saucepan,
half cover with cream and simmer ten
minutes. Pour the cream over the birds
and serve on croustades of bread or on
slices of fried hominy.
Veal Loaf.
This is always a savory dish for pic
nics or lawn teas. Mince three pounds
raw lean veal and a quarter pound of
nice fat salt pork. Season with half an
onion grated fine, half a teaspoonful
powdered thyme, a scant quarter tea
spoonful each powdered marjoram and
summer savory, a heaping teaspoonful
salt and a half teaspoonful pepper. When
the meat is minced and seasoned, mix in
about two-thirds cup cracker crumbs, a
half cup veal gravy or stock, and a beaten
egg. Form into a compact loaf, rah in
!>eaten egg. then in sifted cracker crumbs
set on a rack In the baking pan. and as it
begins to brown throw over it a half cup
fui boiling water. Roast and baste every
fifteen minntes. It will take about two
and a half hours for the roasting, and th?*
water in the under pan may have to be
renewed. Serve cold in thin slices.
Mayonnaise Dressing.
As salads p'ay the title role at all en
tertainments and should be used daily
even on the home table, it is pernaps
well to repeat the directions for the suc
cessful making of mayonnaise. Have
everything cold to start with, the bowl
in which it is to b^ made, the fork and
egg beater, the oil, vinegar and eggs.
Mix in the bowl a half teaspoonful mus
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tard. a teaspoonful salt, a teaspoonful
powdered sugar and a salt spoonful pap
rika or a few grains of cayenne. Aud
the yolks of two egg.? and stir until thor
oughly blended. Next add a half teaspoon
ful vinegar or lemon juice. Now l>egin
adding o'ive oil. at first very slow y, then
increasing the amount until you have
used a cupful in all. Reat with a fork
or egg beater. As you go along add.
after the dressing begins to be g'ossy and
thick, more lemon juice or white wine or
tarragon vinegar until you have used
about two tablespoonfuls of the acid In
all. There is reaily no hard and fast rule
about the mayonnaise, some preferring
more acid and others less. If you happen
to get in too much oil at a time do not
try to stir it all In last but mix gradually
until the wnole mass is of uniform con
sistency. A litt'e wiiipped cream added at
the last makes a superfine mayonnaise
where it is to be used at once. A green
mayonnaise may be obtained by coloring
the plain mayonnaise with a little pars
ley rubbed to a paste with f r drops of
alcohol.
Some New Salads.
A novel salad course served recently
consisted of cream cheese moistened with
cream and beaten to a froth. Tills was
heaped, mound-fashion. In a glass disii
and preserved g-ooseberries were turned
over it. It was served with English bis
cuit. Another pretty saiad was made
from fresh apricots pitted and ti'.led with
cream cheese. These were arranged on
lettuce hearts and dressed with mayon
naise. A tomato salad much approved
by frequenters of the Breslin, is made of
peeled and chilled tomatoes cut In two
crosswise, arranged on lettuce leaves and
garnished with a sauce made as follows:
Mix three tablespoonfuls grated horse
radish, one tablespoonful vinegar or lem
on juice, a quarter of a teaspoonful salt
and a dash of paprika. Add four tahle
spoonfuis heavy cream, beaten stiff For
salmon salad (lake salmon, moisten with
mayonnaise or boiled salad dressing and
arrange in lettuce nests. Garnish with
the yolk of a hard boiled egg put through
a ricer and the white cut in strips.
Shrimp salad may be made from canned
or fresh shrimps. If theVanned shrimp*
are used, cover with cold water, let stand
live minutes, then drain and pat dry on
a cloth. Pick into two or three pieces,
reserving. however, as many whole
shrimps as there are people to serve l?f
snr?* and disrard the intestinal vein when
picking them up. Mix tiie shrimp w;t'i
mayonnaise, arrange in little nests. ;ar
nish with the whole shrimps and pimeu
toes or capers and serve at once.
Macaroons in Dainty Guiss.
Macaroons, stalf or fresh. may l>e util
ized in a variety of easily made ami prt*'
ty desserts. For instance, roll stale maca
roons, then sift to a h?ap of fine on; nL.-.
Have ready as many meringue shells as
you have guests to serve. These may be
made at home or l>e purchased at anv
confectioner's. Color a pint of whipped
ereajn with a teaspoonful or two of rasp
berry sirup, beat into the mixture th??
sifted crumbs from a dozen macaroons
and two tablespoonfuls powdered sugar,
till the shf-iis and serve very cold.
A variation is to put first a teaspoonful
of currant or raspberry jelly into ea-h
shell, then fill to the brim with a mac-t
loon mixture mane in this way: Beat the
yolks of three eggs with a half cupful
granulated sugar. Add the juice of an
orange and eight macaroons crumbled
apd sifted, fold in the stiffly whipped
Whites and bake in a moderate oven untU
set.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD