Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-05
THE FLEETING SHOW.
Some OF ITS Facts and Fancies.
Written Expressly for the JouRNALAsD COURIER
MEEKLY SUGGESTED.

THE FLEkTING SHOW.
Some OF Its Facts and Fancies.
Written Expressly for the JOURNAL AND CouRIERl
MERKLY SUGGESTED.
Since there must be every year q night
when our streets are thronged with an eager
and excited mob uttering strange cries, or
rending the quivering air with diseordant
brayings of the tin horn, while common crak-
ers add their sharp detonations to the hub
bub, rockets whizz skyward, lurid fires
dazzle and blind the hurrying crowd, and
every gamin shrieks In transport of delight
since this must be, end since these demon
strations are so soon followed by milder dis
turbances of O similar nature on the ever
glorious Birthday of Freedom, would IL not
be better for all concerned to have all this
celebrating done at once and have 1t over
witha Why should not the boat race be
rowed and the ball game be played on the
third of July, and why should not the proud
City of Elms commemorate Yale's inevitable
victory over Harvard, and the Independence
nation iubilee7 The whole populace
should on the Fourth, give themselves
up to mirth and jollity, cannons,
pistols and bombs should keep up q continue
ous fusillade, and all day long the bells
should ring out their clamorous delight.
At night, upon the Green, densely packed
mass of human beings should gaze with dilat-
ed eyes at the brilliant pyrotechnic display,
greeting with jog full" Rsh'si" the "set pieces"
representing the gallant Yale crew in an azure
shell, distsncing their red competitors, on
river of blue ere, and being received at the
end of the course in the arms Of George
Washington, while the goddess of liberty
waves the Star Spsngled Banner. A blue
Stagg with flaming antlers, also, shall over
kbrau h fo nrtu onta0nnfat
American eagle in rapture flaps his scintillant
| wings, anl E,,,,haU Taio AID Israel Putnam
crown she victors with ivy and bay, and van
ish In a shower of golden rain, to grand
salvo of everything explosive, while bonfire
flames leap high as the city hall tower. This
would be an impressive spectacle, and a
valuable object lesson to the youth of our
city.
Why should not this be thus-and after
ward, for the space of year, sweet peace,
and rest, and stiffness.
COSTLY FLOWERS.
| A New York jeweler about three years ago
began initiating orchids in enameled jew-
slry, making a superb ornament that can
hardly be distinguished from the natural
flower These cost from $40 TO $3.50 each.
When enriched with diamonds they are much
| more expensive For his model the artist
jsweler procures perfect blossom of rare
and beautiful variety, and copy OF 1t fs
made at once in pure silver, which, being
easily worked, requires the labor of skilled
silversmith for day; at the same time an
artist is sketching the Aower upon paper,
| carefully reproducing the form and ooloring
OF the entire blossom, and afterward of the
separate parts. The goldsmith then copiel
tho silver flower In gold, and 1t is ready for
enameling, o most difficult process, for no,
nnIn of tha mn
be accurately reproduced, but ia
delicate texture also, and un'
less this is accomplished the jewel is con.
sidered q failure. Some tints have been ex'
perimented with for months before satisfac
tory results were obtained, as after the
annealing process the enamel Is of come
what different shade. After the enamelinl
is done 1t must be fused and hardened in |
hot oven; then follows q cleaning and pol
ishing process, and the unrivaled jewel fowel
ie finished. If il Is desired that the orchit
shall softly glisten as though wet with dew
the diamond setter must add his work to tina
| of the other artizans.
Forty or fifty varieties of orchids hsv
|, been initiated and q hundred or more jewel
| made, the greater part of which are yet un
| sold. The superb ornament Is fitly worl
only with superb dress, and no flowers o
|. showy Jewels should be allowed to mar ii
magnificent effect.
!, BLIND HELPER OF THE BLIND.
Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of the Bisho
of Chichester, born at Oxford in 1926, loa
her sight at an early age after an attack Q
scarlet fever. Surrounded from childhoo
with the kindest, most sympathetic care, he
sf1lction alleviated in every possible way
her thoughts turned with compassion to
ward the unfortunate poor to whom blind
. ness meant uselessness and destitution, an
. to Frightening their unhappy lot she d.
voted all her energies.
The society formed through her efforts fo
l promoting the welfare of the blind has bee
: for q long time one of the most useful
London. 1t provides them with industrii
training, according to their individual capac
D ities, and prooures steady market for th
articles they are able to produce. In som
{ cases this assistance IL supplemented b
small grants, and pensions are secured 10
those who are unable to work, but the sir
? of the society is to substitute self-supportin
: industry for alms-giving. Miss Gilbert bs
a lisved fully In the value of occupation, an
;, its power Of bringing content out of restless
ness and sorrow. When one OF her friend
r hoped that she was "not working herself I
Q DEATH" she replied with happy laugh
4 "working myself to deathi am workin
myself to lifei" and 1t was from the death III
life of enforced and unhappy idleness thi
she determined to rescue, as far as possible
the slightest poor.
THE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT ON RryINaTo
STREET.
college settlement" as they srs calle'
;. having been established in London, Glasgo
: and Edinburgh, number of graduates frol
Smith, Wellesley and Vassar colleges ha,
inatituted similar work on Riyingto
> street, New York, o locality said to be mo-
: deneely populated than any in London. Or
half Of all arrests for gambling and one tent
!, of arrests for crime are made from this di
q trict, where their is one church to te
= thousand people, and one saloon to each OF
y hundred, the population of the electio
s' precinct being about fifty Thousand. La
October seven young ladies, college graduate
rented an old tenement house, into whit
they moved, after it had been thoroughly 7
h paired and attractively furnished, In ord
" that they might be living among these d
: graded and miserable people, illustrated
a series of object lessons, what q home shou
10 be. Four of the seven ladies are to remain
r this work for year, the others are SUPPLE
i, every two months from among collie
= women. One of them is physician who
an Office in the basement, where are also ty
b bath rooms where ~ bsths are provided