Show WHERE COLORS COME from A verity of sources cm one aloha american druggist the cochineal insects furnish a great many of the very fine colors among them are the gorgeous car mine the crimson scarlet carmine and purple lakes the cuttlefish gives the aelia it is the inky fluid which the fish discharges in order to render the water opaque when attacked indian yellow comes from the camel ivory chips produce the ivory black and bone black the exquisite prussian blue is made by lussing horses hoofs and other refuse animal matter with impure potassium carbonate this color was discovered accidentally various lakes are derived from roots barks and gums blue black comes from the charcoal of the vine stalk lamp black is soot from certain resinous aub stances turkey red is made from the grows in hin bostan the yellow sap of a tree of siam produces pru duces gamboge the native catch the sap in cocoanut coco anut shells raw sienna is the natural earth from the neighborhood of sienna italy raw umber is also an earth found near umbria and burned india ink is made from burned camphor the chinese are the only manufacturers of the ink nd they will not reveal the secret of its manufacture mauu facture mascit is made from the gum of the mastic tree which grows in the grecian archipelago bistre is the boot of wood ashes very little real ultramarine is found in the market it is obtained from the precious lapis lazuli and commands price chinese white is zinc scarlet is iodide of mercury and native vermilion is from the quicksilver ore called cinnabar of detroit free press meu and women of the stage almost without exception are addict ed to the most grotesque superstitions this weakness 13 sometimes infectious for example one of the saya geat hardest headed and most sardonic sai donic professional critics in new york has just published over hia own signature an appeal to J tf the union square theater to paint out certain features if his theaters decorations io order that he may turn the tide of ill luck against which the home is struggling sarah bernhardt has a girdle of which she weare whenever the costume will permit and when it she wears it underneath and even sleeps in it napoleon gave it to her and he had it Abdallh of bey terry has a mysterious mj little bottle sealed with ft leaden seal no one knonk what it contains but she carries it always in her pocket alary anderson hears a burng of pearls around her neck most of the 1 time and when the costume necessitates its removal she wraps it about her wrists fraulein brandt always provides herself with a crust of bread which she thrusts into her pocket just before going on the stage and thinks she sing a note it it there ame mme Gaval azzi keeps an ivory crucifix given by her mother hanging in her dressing room and just batore she goes on the stage she lights a caudle which she sets before it she carries it with her whan she goes home airs lang arys luck is a turquoise ring given her by the prince of wales and mrs potters fetich cornea from the same source his crest of three feathers iu diamonds which he presented to her the night of her debut |