Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-22

or more intricstely meshed veil, is trying
| to the eye, dot coming in direct range of
the eye is dangerous. A few scattered
| dots, especially of chenille, are quite as
becoming as multitude of them, and it is
| then possible so to arrange the veil, that
none of them shall interfere with the
vision.
Plain net is rarely becoming. What is
the charm of the little dot of chenille 1t
clearly apparent that it is becoming. But
let not the wearer keep one dot in view.
Let her remember that oculists claim that
their profession Ia enriched by every spot
ted veil, at the rate of five dollars per spot.
Even double meshad wells have been known
to cause darting pains in the eye and head,
attributed to neuralgia, but brought
about by eye strain. Beware then, the
insidious fanciful mesh and the too fire.
quent dot or flower! Wear a rose bud or
a crescent on the tip of your nose if you
must, or dots upon forehead, cheeks and
chin, but let your eyes look out from as
clear and free a space as possible. Five
dollars spot makes a veil too frightfully
tirely too toften. Let the oculist's purse
suffer, but spare your eyes.
GOSSIP.
Elbows, that is to say, women's elbows,
are to be worn well back Of the waist this
spring. The head Is to be held high, and
the chest well thrown out. This will give
erectness to the figure and dignity to
the carrisge. People with acute elbows
are besought to remember that they
should be held close to the sides
Tall women are to rejoice in their height
and to make the most of it as they walk
abroad, remembering that there is plenty
of room for them between earth and
heaven.
A Michigan woman has invented pro-
cess for canning fruit, vegetables and
meats, and after various trouble with q
company that undertook the business of
keeping all the profits, she has recovered
the use of all her inventions, formed a
stock company, and is now managing her
factory at South Haven, Mich. She not
only invented the method. but her jars,
vacuum chests and all other apparatus.
Miss Jones claims that by her method ex-
ceeding purity and delicacy of favor are Sc
cured, and substances very difficult to mau-
age successfully by the old process, and i'm
possible without an amount of heat very
deteriorating to their nutritive properties,
aro PfeserVeo IL poriectlon Witnout
trouble. She also proposes to can un-
cooked foods and have them entirely pure
and wholesome. Her personal profits from
the business have been pledged for the
benefit of women, especially for the needy
and suffering.
The "late nplsasantness-winte wealth
er holding its own, while anxiously expect
ed spring, like David Copperfeld's little
sister Betsy, seems to be mot forthcom-
ing"
Mary Newbury Adams says that the
emblematic plant for the Woman's Build
ing at the worlds fair should be grain, not
in art be represented with truth to the
facts of her life in the history of civiliza-
tion. A brilliant. gaudy golden rod, with
coarse leaves, no use In industry, without
odor or useful seed, with no permanent
value, does not represent woman in oivili-
zation, but corn does"
This Is another blow aimed at the gold
en-rcd admirers who would exalt it to be
the National Flower simply because 1t is
snowy, hardy, and genuine 'ssquatter
sovereign" It has attributes that are
distinctly American, yet 1t is also an in
habitsnt OF Europe, 30 we cannot claim it
as ours alone. It Is certainly no more
symbolic of woman and her work than of
the nation. 1t will do very we'll for
class, the gay and brilliant and self assert
i've, but not for womankind generally.
Edna Dean Proctor in her spirited poem,
ASSERTS that
tsThe great Republics emblem
Is the bounteous, golden corn!''
And now Mrs. Adams bids us remember
that it was grains that women first Guilt
vated, not coarse, useless weeds. They
ground them, too, prepared them for food,
and made baskets of bark and woven
rushes in which to keep or carry them.
Study the temples of Postum, Egypt,
India, Mexico, Peru; study the pioneer
women three hundred years ago on Allan
tics shores, or the Pueblo womsn in Ari-
zona and California; forget not the
pioneer women on the prairies in
the great river valleys of the west
fifty years ago. Collect the past,
fuse it with knowledge, 80 to select a sym
Dol that will light the future study of wo-
mankind. This Woman's Building, by
symbols in art, by the knowledge and
ture. as Michael Angeles and Raphaels
Bile and worthy of consideration. The ma.
tion, and the women thereof, should &C
cept as their symbol only that which is
useful, dignifed and of historic value
And then corn lends itself well, both In
form and color, to the requirements of dec
orative art. AS for the men of this ma
ton, they have always the tobacco plant,
the manufacturing plant, the electric plant
and various others, 30 that they seem to
to be sbundsntly provided for and need
not be troubled with suggestions or dis
cussions. HILARY.