Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-11
Aftermath,

Aftermath.
Never came October with such flaming dyes
The returning runaways from the country say
that the autumn foliage In this latitude burns
with colors that are extraordinarily bright.
frosts, or some mood and chemistry beyond our
finding out, the pomp and bl izonry OF the
American fall are unmistakable and bewilde:-
ing.
The naples have hammered the land with
beauty; the home ward trains fly through daz-
cling colOnnades Of color, wherever the SUM-
achs grow the fields are crimson with the blood
of summer, and the Virginia creeper, the trail
Ing arbutus, the blackberry vines aud the ivy
pour their cascades OF gold and gore from every
ledge and trunk and stream down the moun
tain sides like r1vulets Of fire. The hundred
sunsets Of June, July and August are repro
duced in the arbOracouS hueS. Even the
grasses are mellower. and the llchened rocks
are enameled with a new prodlgaliGy of chrome
and russell and cadmium, and where the late
rains have saved the clover and the cut lawns
the deep lush greens only serve to throw out
ser effect.
Nature has indeed adopted the Spanish school
this year, ard sWooning like an overdressei
bids the beholder revel In the eachan5menJ OF
her luxurious and Wauton display
From all this lavish garniture of fields Fash
Ion is hurry1ng headioug to the draD CITY. AT
the time when the skies are bluer, and tae
earth sweeter aud bToWnec. and the crySGal.
line air more aromatic and fruity; wne M
S rur and IN he tGuon lies ripe and
late harvest glorieS do not hold then. The CT
caua has a reprOa1hful tone 10 It's tale OF the
season ended. The ewing beclanged brakes
wear frosty arrow in the early mornings"
The faraway scream of the southwark tending
geese; the Whirr OF the partridge, tht Phantom
mists,
In meadows where the downy seeds are ayins
are not for fashionable folk.
SO now the sLortSn Al and the artist can
climb the mountains and follow the leaf tdan
streams without disturbing picknicker5 or hay-
ing their meditatiOnS Interrupted by the
strains of the ''Sweet By-and-Bye" or "The
Babies on Our Block issuing from the daintieSC
cloiSterS OF the autumn woOdS.-[ Nep YORK Star.
OUTDOOR LIFE IN GRRMANv.-German fond
ness for out-of door life Is well known. 1t
nature, pure and simple, he does ROT so nue.,
affect. as nature adorned with restaurant The
most beautiful landscape serves as a point for u
publ;c4garden, where with pipe and glass he can
mediate on the beauties ; OF nature; Often his
knitting, the children play about and acqua!nt-
ances come up to chat. He orders brown Dre I'd,
cheese or sausage, and beer call around, and
an afternoon 80 spent is his weekly hold ay.
With the lower class Sunday Is the most o2u-
lar picnic day, but II you can afford the time In
the week it is considered more elegant. Baotes
seem to live In the open air, aud their multitude
and plump nerveleSS serenity are at once notice
able to a stranger. Mothers and nurses take
them out for long afternoon In the public
Long walks, too, are favOrlte amusement
and with good roads, restaurants at convenient
points along the way, and often q beautiful
landscape aJ the end, they are not without
charms even to a weak backed American For
the three months was in Dresden we regularly
every Wednesday-the catldren's holiday
made such an excursion; and my memory Is
full Of charming rural views so presented to me-
trips on the EIbe to the summer house OF the
King OF Saxony, restaurant being on Que side
OF the royal garden; to Melssen aud its poree-
lain mandatory; walks through pine
woods overlooking the river; and always the
odd little restaurants which gave us, besides
the beer, glasses of rich milk, plates of fruit
to aid the pleasant fashion. Steamers ply ID
and down the Elbe; street cars take one where
steamers fail; and day after day steamers and
cars are crowded with families taking hold W
1t is perpetual picnic without the fuss and form
picnic at home entails. And however fru yal
the German may be, he has always few pence
needed for these excurstons.-eGood Comp nv
How TO DRY FLowsRs WITH SAND.-There
are many Of our brilliant foWer5-such as dan
carnations, gladiolus which may be preserved
so as to retain their color for years. White
flowers will not answer for this purpose, nor
Take deep dishes or those Of sufficient depth TO
allow the flowers to be covered an inch deep
with sand. Get the common white sand, such
bottom Of the dish with a layer half an inch
deep, then lay In the flowers, their stems
downward, holding them firmly in place
while you sprinkle more sand over them.
until all places between the petals are filled,
ana the flowers buried out of sight, A
broad dish will accommodate quite large num-
Der. Allow SUFFICIENT sand between. Set the dish
IN q dry, warm place, where they will dry
gradually, and at the end OF the week pour Off
the sand and examine them II there Is any
moisture in the sand 1t must be dried before
using again, or fresh sand may be poured over
them, the same as before. Some flowers will
require weeks to dry, while others will become
sufficiently dry to put away In a week or ten
days. By this simple process flowers, reras
&C., are preserved in their proper shape, az
than to press them in books When arranged
In groups or mounted on cards or in little straw
baskets they may be- placed In frames under
glass.-[Nep England Farmer.
WHY THEY BATHED IN srocK1NGs.-A seaside
echo: AT the bathing hour number Of young
men,, seated on benches, are watching the
female bathers who pass down the su'f. All at
once two sisters issue from their bath room,
clad In the usual bathing costumes; but instaad
Of having their legs bare as Is the rule With the
French women at the seaside these young
young gentlemen In question. "Why these
stockings" "Modesty, no Doubt "No: prob.
ably because their legs are badly snapped"
wrong again; they're afraid of crabs' At last.
after thousand guesseS, each one wilder and
more improbable than the last. one of the
woman who acts as servant to the two sisters,
who is standing In front OF one of the bath
houses. 'Tell me, my good woman, why d
those ladies battle in stockings" son! I'll tell
you, sir; It's the first time this year that the
ladies have been in the water, and consequently,
you understand, their feet are dirty"
TRAVELLING SToNEs.-Many OF readers have
doubtless heard Of the famous travelling stones
Of Australia. Similar curiosities have recently
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