Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
AUTUMN LEAF PARTIES.
Some Little Pointers for Them--The Ladies'
Who Go With the Knights Templar--
Society News.

| Society News.
| Parties are organizing everywhere now for
| trips to the woods for autumn leaves. What 1
don't know about autumn leaves written by a
| person with skillful pen, would make a very
interesting article. Whether or not what do
know, will be worth reading is a question ad-
| mitting of serious doubt. However the woods
are full of them, and they are just as pretty as
they were last year. The fashions never change
In autumn leaves. The same colors are to be
seen now that have been raved about by poets
and novelists for centuries back. One thing
about them is that you can "thuse" and
'thuse-n yet never become Me-thuse-ah-la, for
where will you find such variety of colors. such
perfect blending of shades and such originality?
In Western Pennsylvania the maple leads
the trees in the brightness Of its coloring, over
lOO shades Of red and the same of yellow
coming from one tree Next in order comes
the oak with its deeper. richer shades of red
and yellow. In Colorado at this time of the
year, away up in the mountains, the aspen is
dressed in bright yellow, presenting decided
contrast to the dark brown of the cedar and
pinon pine. So vivid is its cooring that it is
plainly discernible for distance of 30 or 40
miles,
The uses to which these beautiful produc-
tions OF nature are put are varied. 1 have seen
plain rooms, by little ingenuity, combin ed
with quantities of leaves, transformed into
perfect bowers with no expense whatever:
DoOho cNcTyWHcEoy you Will una pressed
full of them. The florists use them OCCASION
ally, although they are not as popular with
these merchants as other forms of decorations
1t will be remembered at the Knox-M -Montricolie
marriage. which occurred in Trinity
Church in this city about
year ago. whole trees were used in
the decorations of the church. A newspaper
man. one of the kind who imagined what he
didn't know. conceived the idea that it would
be romantic to have Miss Knox married under
trees from her chlldhood's home. Accordingly
he wrote it up in fine style, and Miss Knox her
self to this day believes the trees were cut from
the old Knox farm in Knoxville, when in re-
allty they were just plain, common, ordinary
everyday trees from hills-democratic as could
be.
Seated in the artistic little office of Mr.. Ham,
llton, the Superintendent of Parks. yesterday.
endeavOred to learn the reason for the change
OF color among leaves-scientifically you un-
derstand am not quite sure can explain it
eiating fully great big banana picked from a
bunch in the greenhouse, and as it was
the first real banana I ever devoured,
OF course my attention was divided. the
panama receiving the larger share of it. am
afraid. But scientifically remember the sun
rays consists OF every color, and when they fall
upon poor little inoffensive leaf it absorbs
almost all OF them, rebelling, however at some;
and. as If in punishment torits rebelliousness
tne color 1t assumes is the one it would not abb
sorb
II hope you caught on to the idea" That is
what my informer said to me. and protested
mad, Tor didn't like to appear stupid.
america, In this, as in everything-but counts
Ie1cels England. great quantities Of autumn
leaves being shipped to England every year.
THoRNE BRANCH.