Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-26
THE FLEETING SHOW

Asl ANOTHER USE FOR BAMBOO. Pretty holders for flowers are made of bamboo. Gut the stalk across just below the joints, leaving all the solid part together. The space between the joints is hollow and will contain water. Fasten three pieces to- gether in the form of tripod by means of a wire which may be concealed by ribbon bow; there are then three slender cups in which small flowers and delicate vines or grasses may be gracefully arranged. Little eaaels may also be made which will hold @ small picture, natural flowers being placed in the uprights.
 The bamboo itself may be gilded, bronzed or stained, and if further decoration is de- sired, grassy designs may be traced upon it by erasing the applied material with sharp pointed knife.
 OVERHEARD ON ELM STREET.
 ''so yer b'rer Jim's gettin' better. you saya"
 "Yes, he's doin' mighty we'll now"
 "Peared like he got to die one time."
 "Yes, it did 80, but I s'pose he can't die till his time oomes."
 "You're right, he can't. Can't nobody die till their time comes-onless somethin' else gets imp
 A LITTLE LIST"
 The variety of tints in dress goods and ribbons this season seems about endless, and American manufacturers vie with those of foreign countries in producing variations of color, one maker of domestic silks carrying a color card of two hundred shades. It is not uninteresting to read @ list of these shade names; one can but see how easily they range themselves in orders or groups, and how the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms are ransacked for suitable names; moreover, how quickly the beauty of some of these words fades away when the strong light of Q literal translation is thrown upJ them. A gown of "visille, paill" is dt2 <. bed as charming, and doubtless is so, but had the writer commended one of "old straw" our thoughts might have flown to the barn yard. knot of "toreador" on g young girls hat; how brilliant it is; how be- cominRl but to speak of 1t in plain English as "bull fighter" red would suggest struggle, cruelty aud bloodshed. So much is there in Q name!
 Yet many of these names carry but little idea of shade unless one can translate them, and it is helpful oftentimes to know just what is meant, for instance, that glaieul, CO., quelicot cerise, and bresfl, are reds, of the glakiola, the poppy, the cherry, and of Bra- zil wood; that aubergine is egg plant purple,
  ter brown, and that ble dor is the golden color of corn. Charmille is elm green; ab- sinthe and noisette the green of wormwood and of hazel; paon is the blueish peacock green, while matelot is sailor blue. To classify these tints according to the source from which they derive their names might be somewhat interesting, and merely to show what might be done, and without using words that require translation, this little list is offered. From the vegetable kingdom an incomplete horticultural dis play: Azalsa, artichoke, buttercup, cedar, dahlia, gluten, heliotrope, lavender, lilac, leaf, lentil, moss, melon, myrtle, magnolia, mahogany, mignonette, nut. oak, sandal, stem, tomato. tobacco, violet, wood and yuc- small msnagerie: The elephant, fawn, cha mois, seal, pigeon, dove, lizard and serpent; while few specimens from the mineral kingdom are these: Amethyst, emerald, pearl, garnet, ruby, turquoise, gold, silver, steel and slate
 called complimentary or commemorative. In 1895, when General La Fayette visited this country the second time, there was a craze for shade of reddish brown called by his name and supposed to be of the color of his hair. Bismarck brown, once popular, has now retired from service, and we have Skobeloff and Edisou blues. new shade of purple is called Congo. probably as a passing tribute to the king of explorers. What might be called geographic names are not uncommon: Niagara, Danube, Dresden, Delft, vichy. are all blues; Monaco is new shade of pink; pale green tint was named from the Nile, while the Eiffel tower stands sponsor for a fashionable shade of red.
 A dictionary of colors, with derivations, historical illusions and anecdotes connected I~,lk1 &havn ;Ohk ha ohl and this suggestion Is freely offered to any one who chooses to avail himself of it and compile such work.
 l woMEN's WORK FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Among other things for which Boston is | noted are is many noble, we'll organized charities, and it is remarkable fact that | nearly every one of these originated with some sympathetic, philanthropic woman. | Few of these women have been wealthy, but almost without exception of limited means, abocnding only in love and good works. The first public charity established by the women of Boston was the Female asylum founded in 1900, it's originator being Mrs and among the distinguished people connect. ed with 1t in its early days was Mrs. Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams l This asylum receives destitute children be. tween the ages of three and ten years an6 provides for them until they are placed ir suitable homes.
 The Children's Friend society owes its ex istence to Miss Mary Webb; 1t was incorpo rated in 1884, and after years of struggle Ii free from debt and very prosperous. Th' home accommodates seventy-fve inmates ranging from babies to girls of eighteen This society has also established home fol boys at Dedham.
 The Childrens mission is largely supported by children of the Unitarian Sunday schools It began in the hospitable home of Josepl and Elizabeth Barry; has been in operation forty years and has sheltered hundreds O
 children. It has no Cred tape" regulations If littte child is destitute and suffering thu
 doors of the Children's mission are at onc
 opened to receive it.
 The New England Helping Hand society
 few years ago founded homo for need,
 working girls. They have @ cheerful, wei
 conducted house on Charles street; tn
 rooms are attractively furnished, there is
 good library and evening classes are forne
 for studies desired by the inmates. As man
 working women applied here for teraporar
 shelter when in feeble health an invali
 homo was purchased at Hanson, Mass. ,wher
 many weary bread-winner found rest an
 recuperation. This house, closed throug , the winter for lack of funds, is soon to be r
 opened, as the need for such haven of rel
 Is pressing.
 In 1929 the Female Refure was ft,unde