Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-07
THE FLRETING SHOW.

Somc OF Hts Facts and Fancics.
Written Expressly for she JounsALAsD COURIER.
OUR GREEN.
New Haven green was never more lovely
than now, as 1t lies in the full brightness of
June sunlight; the elm arches seem grander
and more graceful than ever, and the grass
and the LEAKAGE have o refreshing depth of
color. The broad green spaces are dotted
with bright hued little figures that run and
roll, and shout, delighting In fresh air and
sunshine, and thrilled with the joy of life in
action. There was never pleassnter play
ground than this, the children think as they
frolic unmolssted, unconsciously doing their
best to make things lively and entertaining
for the sometimes envious passers by.
Mere beautiful still is our green at night
with the golden "nnoon of strswberries"
of light through the rustling bouahs Of the
elm arcade.
How clearly shines the glimpse Of heaven,
Beyond that verdant aisle
All overarched with lofty elms."
Bright circles from the electric lights lie
upon the grass, and across these fairy rings
Ait the interlacing shadows of waving
boughs; one passes from light to shade and
ont into the soft brightness again; there is q
sense Of mystery a. one "walks with the
tender and growing night" not the mystery
that daunts the spirit, but that soothes its
restlessness and inelines to tranquil and con-
tented thought.
There is one thing that the moon must
miss. It used to do its finest, most magical
decorative work, about certain old build
ing that once stood upon the green. silvering
it with whiteness, concealing Its shabbiness.
revealing all the beauty of Its fair proper
tions. Truly the moon, most constant of
lovers, though her constanoy is strangely
maligned and misunderstood, must miss her
old friend as much as do some New Haven
''fossils,n who when passing little knoll
der that the Imagination may reconstruct the
dear departed in grand and stately guise, not
as 1t used to be, but as 1t ought to have been.
It has been suggested that memorial
fountain, crowned by the statue of soldier,
should be placed upon this little elevation.
Let us have the fountain by all means, but
as We have already given the soldier the
highest placs we had to give, let the statue
be that Of John Broekett, the celony's sur
veyor, or that good, square man who laid out
the nine equal sections Of the town plot, and
let the fountain be q memorial of those far.
seeing town fathers who sequestered the CEN
tral square for market place, and of those
wise, public-spirited men, Hillhouse and
Austin, who improved and beautifed It. II
is to the sound sense and foresight of these
men that we owe this unsurpassed breathing
place, the city's heart through which its tides
of life may freely dow, and 1t is only just
that we should make public acknowledgment
of their kindly service. Let all appreciative
citizens unite to erect some visible token Of
their gratitude which shall be both beautiful
and substantial, and let this be done right
speedily.
The rosette, after years of absence, has
returned to Its place in popular favor, and Ii
to be much used in the trimming of hats
and dresses. 1t has not the pert expression
characteristic OF the bow, but is more sedatt
and substantial looking. Like many othel
absentees it mas adopted foreign name
| which, however, is no improvement upor
the English one. "Ohou" sounds as If ad
dressed to depredating hen, and Its unpoet
| 10 meaning is-a cabbage. To make q chou
take three-quarters Of yard OF ribbon twt
| slope them to taper narrower at each end
Gather the edges, draw them and wint
around In rows Of increasing size, sewing
firmly together and tackinR the last ens
underneath. These, If intended for mourn
ing dresses, may be made Of Grape, or of tn
| dress material. Other choux are made o
closely massed loops Of ribbon, showing tn
ends of the loops, and there Is also the ia
variety made with small loops arranged lik
the petals of flower with two or thre
forked ends added.
LACE DREssEs.
y The graceful and becoming lace dresse
continue TO hold the place in popular fave
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