Paradise of Woman

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7853, 15 July 1911, Page 13

Paradise of Woman

CRANFORD is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses, above a certain rent, are women. If a 1 married couple come to settle in the town, somehow tue gentleman disappears; .... ho Is accounted for by being with his regiment, his ship, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighboring commercial town of Drumble, distant only 20 miles on a railroad. In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they >»ro iut at Cranford. What could they do if they wore there? . . For keeping .bo trim gardens full of choice flowers without a weed to speck 1 them; for frightening away little boys who look wistfully at tho said flowers through the railings; for rushing out at the geese . that occasionally' venture into the gardens if the gales are loft open; for deciding ail questions of literature and politics without troubling themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's r.hairs in the parish; for keeping Jbeir neat maid servants in admirable older; for kindness (somewhat dictatorial) to tho poor, and real tender good .duces 1o each other whenever they are in distress, tho ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient. ‘A man/ as one of them observed to mo once, ‘is so in the way in tho house/ " Mrs Gaskeli in “Cranford." FUR-BEARING SHEFP As a possible source of fur supply the United Slates Bureau of Animal Industry is disposed to think favourably of a plan for introducing into the country the Bokhara sheep, which furnishes ail of the so-called astrakhan, or Persian liimb. Tho name “’astrakhan" is taken front that of the Russian town, a port of the Caspian sea, which holds a sort of monopoly in the trade in such furs.. But the region in which the sheep are raised is tho neighbourhood of tho Bokharan village of Karakul, which has been famous for the industry for many centuries. These sheep are known as Karakul, or Bokhara sheep. They arc a variety of the fat-tailed race, which is supposed to have originated in Syria. Of medium size, their fleece is very thick and coarse, and grayish-brown in colour. But tho lambs have silky and glossy wool, arranged in little ringlets, closely set and tightly curled. It is they that supply the much valued furs. 'Tis a -French definition of friendship, rien quo s'entendre, good understanding. The highest compact wo can make with ‘ our fellow is, “Let there bo truth be- j tween us two forever more."—Emerson.