Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-09-20
THE FLEETING SHOW.
Some of It's Facts and Fancies.
Written for the JOURNAL AND COURIER

Some of ITS Facts and Fancies.
Written for the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
1.-THE RAIN Is OVER AND GONE"
The week of rain is past, a week of
gloomy skies and dripping elms; of mist,
must and mould; of electrical disturbances
and nervous perturbations; of outer dark
ness and inward detection; of open flood
gates and rare glints of sunshine, and once
more we 60 on our way rejoicing, without
our alleged waterproof defenses; We slip
no more on the sodden leaves; we revel in
sunlight and drink in large draughts of
ozone, and life is not all moist, unpleas-
ant thing.
There is tradition in this college town
that these September storms were insti-
tuted for the sole purpose of dampening
the ardor and depressing the spirits of
those young and gentle creatures, the
freshmen, inclining them to homesickness
and tears, hence they We're distinguish
from other stormy seasons by the name,
''the freshman rains" but if this be true,
why is not the rainy week moved along q
little to fit the later date of the fall tsrma
| Is mature, the dear old nurse" hereafter
| to give them a warmer welcome and a sun
bright smile! Let us hope SO, for it bears
| hard enough on them when they meet for
the first time in chapel and the president,
after congratulating the class upon its
numbers, begins the reading of the third
Pslam: "Lord; how are they increased that
trouble mef'
| FINE FEATHERS.
1t is predicted that the hats and bon
nets of the coming season are to be feather
laden, and happily the favorite feathers
are to be the graceful and universally be
coming ostrich plumes. 1t should be 9
sufficient reason with every thinking wo
man for choosing these that they are pro
vided naturally by the bird for her adorn
ment, and that they convey in theil
graceful curves no suggestion of suffering
and death. The needless sacrifice of sc
many little lives is a matter concerning
which some tender-hearted people hav'
strong feelings, and the Audubon societ,
has done good work in leading people II
think of, investigate, and finally condemn
this wholesale slaughter of the innocents
, 1t is certainly painful to see a flock o
birds, and it is said that from six to twelv
will be worn this season, perched upon
hat in attitudes unnatural and agonizing
, their rigid claws extended and their glas
9 eyes staring stonily. As for the hummin
birds, who that has watched those winge
Jewels lowering over the honeysuckles ca
: bear to wear OF see others wear them, beau
v tiful as they are, if she knows that to pre-
!, serve their glowing metallic hues, tn
skins must be stripped from the ittl
quivering living bodies?
It And the jubilant love-songs, thos
J, "hoods of rapture" silenced-the starvin
:, fedgelings in the nest to which the motht
comes no more-the lonely, grieving litt
s mate-are not these worth considering
is Less painful to look upon, in one sens
" but still offensive to the naturalist ar
bird lover, are the manufactured birds,
conglomeration of wings, tails, breast
and beaks, dyed to match the new al
j. fashionable tints in ribbons, and formil
a a remarkable combination which can
~ classified only under the head of era
K patchwork.
I'd Let usrejoice therefore, that Fashion, t