Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-09-20

dictatorial dame, has spronounced in favor of
the ostrich feather. 1t is pretty, tits becom-
ing, it adapts itself to all kinds of hats
and heads, it is cheap or dear as one
pleases, to buy it encourages the ostrich
farmer, it excites no distressing thought,
it is every thing that feather should be-
In wreaths of nodding tips, in Prince of
panaches or long sweeping curves
the ostrich plumes may be worn,
and since to be feather-hatted does not
mean to be feather-headed, let all civilized
and enlightened women wear these if they
wear feathers at all, leaving the stuffed
birds, real or unreal, in the milliners' show
cases as relics of an outgrown barbarism.
INSECTS IN ART.
Bugs have their uses; they are scaven-
gers, ood-letters, examples of industry
and objects of scientific interest, and now
they are invited to enter the high domain
of art as working material.
The Persian entomologist, whose collec-
ton of insects attracted much attention at
the Paris exposition, is now preparing a
landscape, the subject being water mill a
river and a mountain, which will be COM
posed entirely of insects. Four hundred
and fifty thousand night-fying insects will
form the foreground, the remainder of the
picture to be made up of 5000 insects,
comprising over 800 species.
To assist this gentleman a collection of
representative American insects might be
made up and forwarded, as an artist who
can arrange such material in picturesque
forms deserves all possible encouragement.
How gladly we'd send them all flying.
The buffalo bug, the croton bug,
And all the aphaniptera,
The hornets, hoppers, moths and wasps,
The swarming tribe of diptera,
Might t'leave their country for their coun-
try's good" and count themselves fortunate
to render up their little lives in the service
of art.
MODEL LANDLORD.
A generous and thoughtful landlord is
NJ. Dehud of Paris. His house, according
to writer in the Courier des Etats Unis,
contains thirty-three families and one hun
dred children. To NJ Dehud's mind it il
but matter of simple justice that Others
| should have help whenever an opportunity
| offers to give it; therefore, when his coun
try relatives send him presents of eggs
butter and vegetables he promptly divides
with his tenants, if they can pay their rem
he receives it, if they cannot they remain
|
to gain ones living, and if send them of
where will their misery take themz' ask
the sympathetic landlord. Twice during
| the winter he gives them an allowance o
| coal and whenever a little new conner ap
pears in one of the families the mother re
ceives gift of chicken to be made int
bouillon, the sum of ten francs and a sup
ply of coal. The money is given to tn
mother, lest the father Sin his happines
might make off with it to the nearest win
shop"
Of course the rooms are seldom vacant
From one old man, who lives upon on
franc day, he has never required an
| rent and he intends to allow him to remail
for the rest of his natural life on the sam
terms.
That any surprise should be expresse
at such unbusiness like methods, or an
praise awarded to his benevolence, seem
much to astonish this simple and kindl
soul His creed, ifformulated, might read il
this way:
believe that everyone has right
shelter, warmth and food.
1 believe that if they cannot provid
these for themselves it is my duty to hel
them. Surely, whether he calls himself
Christian or no, this mans life is guide
by Christ-like principles; and though r.
1
fort of those about him, there awaits hi
the recompense of the divine "Inasmuch
VINE LEAF MATS.
Embroidered linen table mats in lie,
shapes have already been described in tn
column. The same general idea may
carried out in mats for vases, made
, olive green felt. For these, large gral
1 or ampelopsis leaves furnish excellei
models Select leaf of graceful shat
and somewhat irregular outline and CT
from it stiff paper pattern, DRAWN
upon it the mid-vein and large, well d
| fined, veinlets. Lay this pattern upo
| the felt and trace the outline by it, dra
5 the veins in free-hand, using red penci
By means of sewing machine, using a fiji
unthreaded needle and short stitch, Il
: pattern may be perforated and transferr,
I to the felt by means of the dry stampiI
process. The silk for working should
Q that known as ''twisted embroidery" al
: may be of two shades of olive or yellow.
I Work the veins first in outline or twis
ed chain stitch with the lighter shade, tn,
v with the dark shade buttonhole stitch Il
r edge, cutting away the felt after the wo
i. has been pressed.
e To give the mat more body line it wi
a silk or silesia, which should be bast
y firmly and buttonhole stitched in with t
felt, or better STILL fasten the complet
e leaf upon another piece of felt with We
i strong paste, cutting away the lining VIII
= both are thoroughly dried. A beetle
5 butterfly of velvet or felt may be appliqu
IS to the leaf or embroidered upon it in Ke
IS sington stitch with appropriate colors.
HILARY.