The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-02
From the New York Sun.

nv ONSlGNMENTS Of cotillon favors
w are being sown broadcast just
- now at the instance of the vari-
GUS guilds and girls clubs The yards of
gay ribbon and liberty silk, fancy gew-
gaws and glass and china ornaments that
have served their turn with the original
party-goers are made to shine in other
circles
Very popular young women have their
winters accumulation of favors and
souvenirs spoken for months ahead by
district workers and collectors for chart
table purposes. The kindergarten classes
at the juvenile asylums count 1t festal
day when the boxes of favors come for
distribution. Some of the favors go to
brighten old ladies' homes and invalids'
quarters.
methodlcal young church woman
keeps her friends we'll reminded of the
favors and souvenirs she wants for her
working-g girls clubs and children's So
cietes. Out of the accumulatlons be-
slowed, she makes three separate allot-
ments
The long, broad scarfs and lace-trimmed
CONNECTIONS that are untarnished, she
hands over to the class In millinery.
which works of evenings under a paid
teacher practicing on hats and neckwear.
The less fresh and desirable pieces go to
make doll frocks for the younger sisters
of the little mothers. The gilded golf
sticks and miniature statues of dogs,
horses, birds and the like she keeps for
her boy proteges, the youngsters who
meet in her sitting room on certain after
moons each month to be entertained and
get notions of civility and indoor pleas
ures.
The Sisters of Mercy who operate
clothing bureau for their poorer neighbors
get liberal share of the seasons festal
souvenirs and bestow them on the stead
lest and most deserving customers. The
church deaconesses and the women ply
sicians at the free clinics also get con-
signments Of the sort for distribution,
and the factory girls and mission Sun
day-school pupils profit thereby.
A clever old lady at the Home for In
curables has contrived a pretty portiere
out of the fancy tally cards used at whist
saved them for her, and tackled ON a
groundwork of dark maroon lining stuff
The little hand-painted and gllded devices
make brave show. Hearts, feurs- de-lis,
crescents, roses, forget-me-nots, and val
entine symbols cullsd from a half hun
bred different sources are represented in
this drapery.
AT the lodging houses of friendless girls
and for those other girls whose wages do
not make them independent of help, the
party souvenirs that come in at this time
of year are appropriated to uses that the
donators might never have dreamed pos
sibe. Sashes, hatbands, even petticoat
! founces, are contrived very ingeniously
out of them.
/ Some Of New Yorks cotllon favors and
dinner and theatre souvenirs get away
down south to the jewellers in the noun
tain districts. Some figure as prizes at
exhibition time, or else are given private
ly as rewards for good behavior. Friends
of schools that are maintained by pri-
vate donations are always on the look
out for things that will please the young
folks and keep their attention.
The ribbons that are pew markers and
page favors at fine weddings will, maybe,
go to deck the hat OF some brown-cheeked
mountain lass who has pleased the facul-
ty by special progress in study or by the
giving up of tobacco or other uncouth
habits. These mountain girls seldom see
store, and If they do, seldom have any
money to spend in one. Raised in a state
of unvarnished nature, the sight of dam
ty ribbons and bright-surfaced orna-
ments is a treat, the extent of which no
city-b girl can understand.
negro school on a remote sea island
also gets annual consignments of New
York's festal fiummeries. The woman
who founded and maintains the school
has a good backing of friends to remem-
Der her interests.
Many of the favors are converted into
banners and badges for use by the adult
societies which are associated with this
school, The lengths Of silk are used for
decorations for the balls on public days
and the smaller articles are given to the
cabin jewellers. to be used as they see fit.
Some of these knick-knacks are put to
dsnnratA graves in accordance with that