Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 6, 1874, Page 10

i i i i - Foott e WS SRR P RN P = A% a A o WOCMAN. Woman’s Work vs. Man’s Worke-- Tho Iadustrial Advancement of Womau. One of Life’s Phases—Woman's Deductions —Dress-Reform, Reform in Domestic Service---Work of the ¢ Ladies’ Directory” of New York. The Elopement of a Kansas-City Girl--- Various Feminine Items. Man’s Work-— Woman’s YYork vse ot The Indastrinl Advancenient Woman. Zo the Editor of The Chicago Trivune: I have noticed for many weeks the diccussion of the woman gnestion in tho columns of your paper, and have rosd with much interost the ar- guments brought forth, proand con, and hero beg leave to dip in my oer, to Lelp the agitation of tho waters of public opinion, until they sweep in g great wave over tho old customs and the petty projudices of the day. *Ono of the first pointa bronght forth, and one that always malses its eppearance in every con- tost sgaiut the industrisl edvencemont of wormon, is this, viz.: Thatthey lack the strength, tho hardihiood, the necessary nervons and pbys- ical force to domen's work. It gecms to me that this 1S ALBEADY DISPROVED, s it not an absolute fact that tho laboring class of women work barder and more hours than men ? Let us seo about it. Commence with the kitch- en-girl. Compare her lebor with that of the bostler or man-of-all-work. The former isup in the morning quite =8 ex:ly as the latter, ususlly before, and her washing, ironing, every- day work, and week's cleaning, besides all the other extras, keep her on her feal many a time every minnta of the day, sed long into the night, week in and weck out; while mach of his work is mere pastimo, taking the head of the honsehold to his pizce of business, and the long family-drives do not rcquire a constaut and se- vere use of the muscles, and serve as recreation and amusement rather than exhaustive labor ; besides, he finds many an hour to idle sway, aud his day’s work is cnded long before poor Bridg- o'a is done. Sccondly, take the “hewers of wood and drawers water”; comparo the day-laborar with the women of that class. Al least out of his long dny’s work, from 7 until G, he gots an hour at noon for dinner and rest,~not long, it is_true, but loug enough for a slight relaxation of the xauscles, and to gain now vigor for the remain- ing five hours’ work ; and no ono will deny that even thitty minutes’ reat sfter dinner grestly re- froshes and recuperates the whole physical sys- tem. But HOW 1S IT WITH THE WASIWOMAN ? If ghe goes out by duy’s work, she has her own %o do, before and after. If ehe takes washing et homo, it is standing over tubs and flat-irons fivoor mix days ont of the weels, to which the mid-dsy hour brings no cessation of sactual active nee of tho muscles. The husband’s and children's fragal dinner must be prepared, sud often taken to the former by herself, if his work is far away,—sbe hardly finding time to swallow the morwel left for ber, At G oclock the hod- carrier, the scwer-builder, the street-paver, has fnished his woris, aud he lights his pipe for o quiet rest and bit of solace at his own home, or strolls off to a ealoon for a little recreation ; but the washwoman often finds the day thatends at midoight too sbort for hor day’s work. Go o step higher in the social scale: take the mechanic and his wife, If ho commences work at7, she mast bo up at least one hour carlier that Le may bavo his breakfasc in time; end, if she has a family,—which most mechanics’ wives do Liave,—she finds little timo to drone through the day; end thero's mending or making that 18 done many a night long after tho husband and father bas forgotten bis cares in a sound, healthy sleep, invigorating and strengthening alike tho nervons and bodily forcea. Very often, too, doing the doublo duty of falfilling her “ epecial fanctions,” 2ni corrying on the wife's work in caring for her bouschold ; robbed of her roet ot night by ere of ebiidreu; busbing them geatly, sdministoriog to them with noiseless tread, lest the husband and fatber be disturbed; with balf thoreqnired amount of sleep, with mind and body 8o greatly overtaxed, docs this weaker creatura often give up? Does that physical inability manifost it- soli? On tho contrary, - 1T HOLDS OTT JARVELOUSLY. Sunday, £00,—tho ono dzy u_soven which re- {aboriog men o day of relaxation and slly is to rect,—is not that to their wives. To bo sure, thir duties may be mede a little Joes; bus there i3 tho mniverzal nocessity of preparing some- thing for the family to eat, the washing, and dressing, and caro of the children, that brioga it nearly on o par with the other dsys of the week and tho year. Safely wo may eay, then, that the working hours of the average woman are from G in the morning until 10 at night, without the intermis- elon of one hour at nooa ; that is, sixteen hours What man conld endare that yeur after yoar? Two-thids—yes, nine- tentha—of them would, 10 & few years' time,suc- of bard manual labor. cumb to the * overwork.” Another well-worn srgument, that hus ap- poared in_the controversy, is, that a woman's lace is at home, or words to that effcct, guiding Bor houschoid, and siriving with ber might to mako thet bome o paradise for her family. Granted that & woman's mission is to guide, and the husband’s t0 provide ; but thers are ecores of women in the world thathavo “lost their ehind tho hoads of children,” and there aro mahy moro husbands thet are poor providers (hore let mo rush off— womsu-f2abion—to kay for all Womankind, that nd_quite enough of that universal worm and that everlasting elc-robin that Mr. place by the Lousehold-hearth, by wo have bi Blackwell dragged up again_last weok) ; and unfortunately, the Iaws of God nor man’do essure to & woman ber husband's life. snd nerve, who ¥as born to provide, who wos tended by thie Creator for & suppart for_cliag wivea—fails, gives oul ; by eceident or diseaso i Then to tho mother— thia weak woman, ihis guide, instructor, para- taken out of the world. dise-maker—{falls tho EXTBA DUTY OF PEOVIDER; a2d, in ninety-nine cases cut of 5 lundred, she dock it teo, zad elows a wonderful fitucss for the placo, cousidering that ** God naver designed Ber™ for it, and tho narrow field of labor opon to No ono will deay that a mother loft with a amily of children will manngo_to keep the band together and a roof over their bends, much long- ber. er thao a father will, left with the ssme. If it was customary for women to ncquire.n trade or a profcssion, could they not assist their husbands ten-fold, sud do much more towards making their homea pleasant and at- tractive tban women now can? If the father's wages manogo to give & Livelihood, tho united earnings of the two would gerve to bring in many comforte. And bow mnch easior and plensanter for her to be ablo to contributo ber little daily or weekly fund than to be obliged to £0 to her Lusband for every peony she noods, etudying snd planning, week after we to rmake her husband's salary clothe and feed them Her earnings, a4 loast, would provide n food, sirong servent-girl for her Louso, and eave quite o surplng beside. If sho bad a few extra charges for Bridget. o i‘ttle watch over her bougs beforo and after her day's work, it wounld be no more than sbe has to do now. Aud itisa wongderful instzfinl.ion to and lightens lsbor at the frnits of it come to yon in tho shapo of the currency of the day. We are getting to ba very material, wo women; wo are mot eatisfied any more with myths, and sophisms, and rewarda in the unceriain futuro of the Judgmem.nn{; we aro getting greBod; all, much, the fact for gold and greenbac] Ono of Lite’s Phascs, icage Tribune: Sm: I have just boen looking into one of life's phsses in which thers is no poetry; i which no imagination. can find romanc which one would esy thero is no sunshine; an sbsolutely matter-of-fact existence. A woman's curiosity? Yes—no. A desire—I hope a lsud- able desite—{for information drove me out on an exploring expedition, and, when I came homs, 1 sat down 2t my desk and took wp my pen with alove for the dear old friend that I nover felt Deforo. ~“For a long hmf 1 bave boardedat 2 down-town &asiansant, and, in going to and from meals, al- not It is by no‘means an_ uncommon thing thef man—this being with tho emperior strength, and musclo, 'Wways pagsed the door of tha laundry; snd, 88 I passed, the zir, hot as¢he breath from a farnecs, and heavy with steam and & sickening odor of scopinees, came up end met moj; and, looking down, my heart always gave s great throb and my brain A TCOVGHT OF PITY to thie women in those underground rooms, who bend over the waehing-machine or the ironing- ‘board day after day, sndalmostnightafterniglit, since their work oftea confines them until the hours of which a monarch cried: B How many thousand of my poorest subjects ara at this hour aslecp ! This morning I went down into the hea! and vapor, and watched thero for helf an bhour, Talk avout Tarkish Laths! Why, they aro nothing and nowhers. To me it was simply foarful. A lady came forward Lo meot me (she tcas a lady overy inch, though she took ker hauds irom a etarch-bowl), and answored my questions with evident ploasare at the intorest I folt, Wages are Jow, ranging from 814 to £25 per month ; but board, lodging, and lsundry-work are inclnded; g0, baving no expenea to meet, this is all profit, and the women 2ro able to dress better and lay up more than many who have ‘what we call batter situations and nicer worl. I-went there witn a bitter feeling against their employer, who had colored mon to serva his guests and do the light .work in the -estab- lishment; and a sense of injustico, al- most a8 if I bad in come way been wronged myself, But the cheorful, contented faces of the girls ; their assurance that the work was not 8o very hard, nor the heat oppressive, now they were nued to it; thoir Iight-hearted jests, their freedom from care, and thier lilang for their work, convinced me that thero was - KO WRONG DONE TIEM, no Xninntlw or oppreasion meditated ; and I eriled s I remembered how often I baa pitied them with & pity that was almost pain in itsin- ensity. Th:y lain fact in the case is, wo wasto a vast smount of gratuitous sentiment over these things, and & vast amount over people who aro better off all the timo than wo are oursclves; for which they would not thank us wero they awaroof it 3 Wo pity the girl who washes our dishes, and tho one who does genoral housework, and tho goamatress who slaves with her needle, and tho one who takes care of tbe children, and the wom- a0 who goos out housecleaning, and the ouo who renovates soiled linen, very much alter the mapner in which I pitied thése laundry-girls. One of them in particalar—a protty girl, who always stood by the door foldiug mnapkins with deft fingers that were whiter than my own— had interested mo alwaye, and I had an idea that " sho must be very unbappy there,—wished I wes & man, or a knight of tho days of Arthur, g0 [ could do something chivalrous, or even Don Quixote, whon my mission would bo to rescue distressod damsels, or that ono of Ler rich un- cles in tho Antipodes would die and leavo her a few mullions; but she guietly took the romance 2and sentiment out of my calculations by eaying, in the most matter-of-fact manner, that $HE LIKED HER WOBE;— bad rather do it than anything olse. 1 don’t know what you would bave done, but I made up my mind on the instant that miesion- ary work wasn't in my line of businoes ; that I had no special talent for convincing people that thoy were worsc-treatod by fate than any ono elso, that they hed mistalkon their calling, and bad botter shut np shop and go ont in seazch of their ephore ; and to tho admiration Ibad felf for that little girl's pretty face I added at onca respect for her good zense. Thereis nostep of fame's ladder that must not be fllled, 2nd thoy who atend on the lowest round stand there as well, and far morc safoly, than those who aro bisher'np. W0 have &uch & lotof falze, mllyidcas about the relation of things snd peo{»lu; such funny notions about whal is re- spectable ; such contemptible fancies abont gen- tility, that I wonder everybody doesn't have to ba their own servant in this ‘our ferce democ- racy.” No wonder apoet anuounceditas ‘s thiog for lsughter, flcers, and jeers.” It is on the prmciple that we teach onr boys that thor wero born to be Presidents, when, after all, it wonld bo vastly botter to bo toaching them sometning honest and practical. We only want a new President once in four or eight yoars; but wo want millions of sturdy yeo- men, ho put their hands to the plow, and break new fields in every dopertment of art, scienco, commerce,~28 well as 1n_agricnlture, whero boundless acres roll in luxury in far-off western and northern territoriea that as yot the fool of civilization bas nover prossod. WE WAST WIVES FOB THESE NEN,— brave, seneible, honest, steady, industrions, lov- ing women,—who oan take up life’s labors with cheerfal hearts,—not forever sighing mourp- fully, to the neglect of present duties, and the general discomfort of every ono around thom, of “what might baye boen.” Maud Mallers aro protty in clover-fields and poems; but I think them about s companionable as Niobes, and don't wonder that their husbands are sometimes found *lying around loose,” and that their chil- dren grow up to do likewise. 1t is not that 1 want womon to bo ‘‘ household drudges,” or that I advise them all to bo laun- dresses, but tbat I want them to respect every reepectable calling, to_discriminate between tho true and the false, to learn how soon tho tinsel that glitters bebind the footlights will tarnish, and that hearts ache under silken robes as thoy rarely do uuder a simple print. Oh, what life’s lessons cost ns! What wo suffer bofare we learn to be *content withal™! IHow wo writhe in the hand that, strugglo wo ever 5o fiercaly, holds us in the ranks that Exporience arills.” Tho greatest fault, the most glaring weakness, in our composition, is WANT OF 6ELF-RLSPECT,— want of that graud, innae pride that makes whatever we do_honorable ; that makes one a man though he hold 3 spsde, 2od & voman most ‘womanly, lady-like, and lovable, while sho die- charges the hocsehold tasks npon which tho comfort of family and fricnds deponds. Thero is 0o Loine 6o sweetly homeliko £s that in which tue wifo is mistress and houselcovor, familiar with the petty details of domestic life that your strong-minded reformers pronounce irksome and degrading. Idon'tknow what good their carping lins ever done the humen raco, while tho misebicf, tho discontent, tho misory and ruin, that car bo traced directly to thom, aro e iaplaced thy thy ool olr misplaced sympathy—sympathy o through tho tolorsncs. thal, wSArGE Ji—hns ncted like sunshiae when falling upon blossom and fruit,—it porfects them, but “ turns vivegar more sour.” ‘We talk about raising tho masses, but Low do we try todoit? Wae talk about elovating them, and what da wo mosa? Wemake thom unbappy in lowly S.zba. eaviaus of the undesirable, teach them to despise the good and.the usoful, to de- pend upon their surronadings for thoir manhood and womanhood, upon their occapation for their. rospectability,. upon their birth for their pobility. iko tho ambition tiat darcs all things, . but which yct puts 8 trus estimate upon tho valuo of ech. Iad I children to rear, I would tesch thom, with evory breath they drew from their first conscious mo- ment, tho spirit_that i3 tbe grandest proof of wort},—that noblost type of pride over seen in man or woman: * 700 PROUD TO CARE FROM WHENCE I cAyz.” Every pulgation of the heart should repeat it, evory actin life shonld proclaim it, snd, whea ono builds his structure upon this founda- tion, and risos to eminence upon it, he need have wuo fear for himeelf or others for him; for the united storms of ages, tho thundora of all the forces insho world, civil,_social, or political power, cannot move him. 'Ho can will whatover bo wifl favo, and bave whatever ho may ask, znd nothing will bo refused, and no good thitg withbeld from bim. He will bo the truo American sristocrat ; and the spirit is tho smo._in man or woman, etcengthening, rofining, purifyiog, making sa. crad tho emallost and’ meanest duty in Lifs,— matlng life iteclf & sacrod heritage which thoy s R0t aquander or abuso. ~ GaBNET B. FREEMAN, Woman’s Dednctions. To the Bditor of The Chicage Tribune: Bm: To infer from the article in question that all of woman's work is involved, is to construct 2 hroad mantle from a too narrow material, *‘Those io whom God has given children” in- cludes othera than the grand type 8o graphical- Iy described fn tho Proverbs. A woman may be a trae wife—true as opposed to perfidy, fickle- nees, or falschood—without digging in the flolda, The diggiog docs not affect tue quality of haing truo. Ad:wmln may be a true mother, —irus a8 regards faithfaloess to her R g outside of home may scarcely know of her ex- {:Le::e,—&nd, 80 mdm:;i reaching out her ands to the poor and needy,” her doo ‘blinds are so closely closed % soreang SHE DOES NOT KNOW TIEIR WANTS. As wives and mothers they have not failed; their lives aro 00 often o ncedicss sacrifico § and, possessing only & portion of the many qualities constitntiog womanhood, we canmot call thom untrae, ‘While the bounty of England's crown and sub- jocts provides for their.orphaus, and Chicago carefully houses, trains for usofulness, and #keopa the wolf at bay” from orphans at home, 80 .{ar so Bat, were England's children erving for bread, we would inly commend tha individaal roferred to in asking aid for the distant sufferers, znd Chicago would only draw further i Lior libera! pi Til-contrived merriages over bring sorrow to all concorned; mnd, whilo tho world oxiets, aud ther ero marriagsabla people in it, such eon- tracts will o filled : and wouid it not be well for us to mark out footkolds over thie rongher por- tions of tha way, pircing guido-marks leading to a better ono, for the beneils of thoss to como,— thns measurably THINXING THT BANES? A woman may deaden all that remaina of good in tho eonl of her unfortunato neighbor, 1f that neighbor bo a woman, without an apparent dis- play of_solf-righteousness. * The domestic machinery has not been running emootbly, and a_perceivablo outside influence s beon cxerted.” Unfortunately this influence, 22 a rule, has beon used to tho disadvautage of deluded, dofeuseless woman. What we want is, not to interfere with the domestic world,—let that **go on forever,"—but to turn the influence IN BEUALY OF WOMAN, for is it not & fact thiat & woman's crimes are far greater, a3 regarded by her own sex, than are thoso of aman? And i not being in favor of a canse the opposite of repugnance to the same couse? And how, let mo ask, can influcnce ex- ertedin au opposite direction mean toward home, when the infiuencs has not been from home, but a separate dondition ? That woman's asking about tho Iot is all well enough, for it is decidedly an advantago to have a lot, if the same is not too much incumbered by mortgeges, in which case the man is worth as wuch without the lot s he is with it. NELuIE N, Dress-Beform. {4 private lelter communicated (o The Chicago T+id- une.J DEeAR Crana: So appreciative and enthusiastio o correspondent upon the subject of Woman's Drogs-Reform doseives tho promptost of replies. You eay you wish for yoursclf and a circle of friends o follor acconnt of the garments invent~ eQ some yeara ago, but bronght into notice lately by the movemont mede by the ladics of the New Eogland Womsa's Club in that diroction. A gketch of this proposed plan of reform waa pub- lishod m Butlerick's Metropolitan Magazine in August, 1869, and, with a little variation. in the Boston Woman's Journal s vear later. Itisuot unressonablo to sapposo that Mrs, Flynt's eorts may have been suggested by those articles, which submitted the gubject to thomghtful women with the bope of ealling out & better plan. Iaving read a description of the Boston garmonts. you incline more favorably to these, ontlined as they wero to you in a formor Ietter, and ** think the entiro snit would ploaso meny who would not like hers;" adding: “There must bo a varioty of siyles, and out of thom all, in the dim fature, there may bo some- thing 1ound to exactly answer tho purposo.” It is proposed, for warmthi, touse (ono or more, according to the climate, or vitality of the wesrer) TNIOX SUITS OF KNITTED MATERIAL, such as havo been in the murket ten years; i in eome localitics, thoy cannot be found, ordi- Dary vests, cat off at the waist-fine and joined to drawere. A row of buttons placed upon thaf seam will support stockiug-eusponders, linen drawers, or flunnel skirt, ay desired. Tho tecond garmunt is & combination of chemise, Labit-gkirt, and underskirt. It hasa yoke and collar-band, to which the collar or ruff is attached, or thoy may bo buttoned on as men'a are; neadle-vwerk ur picats down tho front of tho poiuted yoke, to sccommodate the neck or point~ od dress-waists; long shirt or coat slcoves, wilh cuffe, or wristbands on which to faston cuffs or rufiles; and a loosz, full body, long enougli to be ordamented at tho bottom 11ke na underskirt. This garment we will call A CHRMITOPE, or & chemisotte, ora habit-shirt, if we give to tho two latter names a larger signification than they heyo formerly held. The third garment is s combination of corsat, suspenders, and balmoral skirt. We call it a body-coat. The upper part is s loose-fitting, sloeveloss basque. 1t is from £ {0 6 inches lerger than the messure round the body =2t that pot whers o belt is worn, 2ud sbould oxtend over tho hips aud below the waist-line 5 or G inches. Upon its lower edgo should be sewed tho full- ness of tho balmoral skirt. The ornament of tho upper pact should correspond or harmonizo with tho lonnces. This garment may bo made pointed in the neck, with revers, or it may be vuttoned from throet to flonnce, and should have a3 emple arm-holos s thoso of a gentle- man’s vest, and be as siors upon the shouiders. I beliove, with Mra. Dio Lewis, that the weight ghonld bo suspended from tho point of support used by men. It secms to me that any unnec- essary lifting of tho weight of tho clothies, when the arms are raised, 18 0 wuch waste of strength. A man’s dress dods nob requirs it, and we may ag well avail ourselvos of suy use- fal hints wo can get from bLis experionce. Merino vests and drawers, buttoning togothor, would be just as well as wnion suits, of conrae. To mako the new costumo simple, aa well ag healthful and comfortable, it is desirable that thero should be but fow gntments, and oach ono 23 warm o8 possiblo for winter, of aa cool a8 pos- sible for summer. TO BECAPITULATE : Wa bave first, kuitted snits, bearing stockings, linen dravers, or flanuel ekirt; second, chemi- upo or chemisetto; third, body-coat; and, A1y, tho onter dress, in two piccos, orin threo, nemely : kirt and polonaise, or skirt, overskirt, and sack, % would seem that nine-tenths of the women of onr land might be well served with this dress. Lot us seo how 1t may be adapted to different tastes and circumstaaces. In very warm used Lo support sto gs ond drawers; then the chemisetto; then tho body-cost of pique, or white morcen, frimmed with satin pipings; then tho outer drozs. Anothor way: Tho chemijupe may bo joined to drawera at tho waist-line, malng s garment called fo Boston & chemiloon ; noxt the body- coat; theeo, withont the outor dross, would make s very presentable indoor dross for hiot wosthor, For colder weather, one, t0, ot threa suits of Imitted garments; ‘then chemijupe; thon a body-cont made of ' hcavy cloth or wadded silk ; 2ud, lastly, on_outer dross of heavior woolen or silk maforial than we ordinarily wear. To bo very modest and_cconomical, we would suggest ong of thoso quilted eatin skirts from Blewart's, t0 bo had for 340, with the baeque pat made of eatin tomatcl, or of the now mattelasse silk. Indeed, ono_mhay be as modest in expenditnrs upoa the new plan asupon tha old; for instance, s volvet body-coat, lLined with'quilted mlk, would bo_entiroly comfortablo. A dozen chemi- jupes, trimmed ot meck and wrists with point Iace, wouid givo at ouco that delicato garnitare in which novolists loo to dress their heroines, With ©n eas thet hitherto we havo mob cven lmxau to imitate, A littlo oxperienco will cnablo us to adopt differcat texturos to diforent degrees of tewn- peraturo, WITHOI.TE MULTIPLYING ARTICLES OF DRESS. If & lody s skillfal in solecting ono or more col- ors, end i i 8 d Lierself ablo to exchangs s lighter po- o or sack for & Loavier ons of tho eamo color, without an aunoying cccumaletion of sontags, jackots, breakfast-shnwls, scarfs, eto. Then, if wo conld havo again the fur-lincd, hooded satin cloaks of our grandmothors, for keon nir and enowy woatber, as we have hosded water-proofa for rain! Aud then, 1f %o conld Btick to them until they were reasonably worm out! The possibilitics of adaptation, conven- fenco, comfort, beanty, elegancs, grow upon my imagiation, {ill I 820 & vision of = graco, (, 2 g2 o = a2 2 & g £ B £ 3 usefulncos, ' sud gond health that would bo rofreshing to - dress-ridden souls. Wo must ultimately como to n shorior drees than tho ona now ueed a3 walkiug enit, Bat, considering the force of couservatirm, and other elementa of feminine character, perhaps it is not best to oxpect too much at onco, This proposed reform is o long siep in the rigut diros- tion. My hopo in its favorzhla reception and edoption is founded upon th fact that it intar- feres s littlo s o henlthinl drocs can with tho prevailing fashion of to-day, for looso-fronted polonnises and balf-fittins A=cla a1o common. “Then tho popular elcoveloss jacket enablos ons to substitute 8 half-fitling basque of suothor color for an unaveilable tight waist, in the ab- senco of material like tho drers, At all events, we submit the plan to your {ricads, and to a1l our conntrywomen, with tho carnest hopo that they may mzko of it 8 mezns of health, comfort, and increased usefuiness, Yours traly, Faxxy 3L STeEELE, MunqurTTE, Mich, Reform tn Domestic Scrvice--TWork o2 . the Ladies’ Directory. . ‘From the New York tivening Post, In yiew of the constant difiizulty in this coun- try of procuring good servants, & number of la- dieg in this city, bolding prowinent positieas in society, resolved moro than & year ago to ostab- Tish ¢u asscviation for tho purposo of romedsing tho ovit; wud with the turthor ‘dosign of beneflt- ing tho'class emplayed. Tho result of this do- terminalion was the Ladies’ Directory, which wag “orgamzed .with Mrs. Edward Kear- ny ns Flesidont, M. C. Home- yard s Treesurer, and Mr. Willlam Bris bane a3 Secretary. The Co-operative. Com- mittee includes ~ Mrs. Theodoro Irving, Mrs. 3. A" Staart, Mre, E. O. Fioros, By B, weather, some of the patented articles might be |. ;and " whom he hrought {0 tha ARy, who was weiting | ‘Williamess, Mrs, Frederick Prims, and Mrs. Tewis J. Delafleld, of this city; 1 4 Priwe and 3Irs. Webster Woodman, Ri: Mrs. Hugh N. Camp and 3Mra. James Lees, Fordham ; Mrs. George Betts and 3lrs. Talbob Olyphant, Evglewood, N. J. ; Mrs, P. F, Dilling- er and Mrs, Conter, zabeth, J.3 Mrs. C. B. Brewstor, Tiyo: Alrs. Witliara Whittemoro, Staten Island ; Mrs, Willia . Leavitt, Flashing ; 3irs. W. 8. Verplnack, Fighkill; and 3rs. 8. Gilelrist, Jersoy Qity. "The Directory was opened on tho 1et of 2ay, 1873, ot No. 1502 Broadway, the corner of Torty- fifth atroet. Tho ofiices_include s committes- room, & work-room, a Indics' receplion-room, and tho efployment offic, Women who &pply for situstions aro required to give the Becrotary their name, nddress, nationality, aud religion, with the names and addresscs of former employ- ers. If written rocommendations are brought, they ure roceived and csamired. This smount of informatiou having been obtzined. circulars ao sent to each of ths persons by whom tho applicant 18 known o havo been employed, with blanks to bo filled in aud roturned, 5o as to show tho time of sorvico, acd the wages paid, tho nature of tho work and tho charicter of the goryant 8o far ag known. As 2 postazo stamp is inclosod, tho desirod answers cre Tsually ro- turned, although a tady somctimes replies that “ho girl was employed by her scveral yoars ago, =nd mast have laterreferences,” not understand- ing that tho Dirootory wisheS a comnlcta tory 3' the cpplicant so fer o3 it can bo pro- cure The Iadies who subacribs to the Diractory pay an annual fee of §5, which cntitlea them to pro- cure sorvants in any capacity. The applcants pay a feo of 25 cents, which cntitles them to a sezt in the employment-ofiice for ono weck, and to n renowal of the privilege in case no suitable offer is made to them within that time. Those 25 cont fecs ure used for a reliof-fund, which is employed in assisting nocdy girls out of work until gituations can be obtained. Tho investigation of character is 80 strict that only the best clags of servents can sccurs the recomniondation of tho Dircctory. Of somo 5,000 for whom sitoations have been procurad sines the work was beguu, but about forty have proved nusatisfactory, and fow bave changod their places. 'The qualities dcomed. eseential in those cugaged aro, ueniness, punctualily, hons esty, civility, sobricty, aud fidelity. If a scrvant in any way bronks any of her engagerueuts, sho is not further-assisted to a place. Those who como for employment_are required to be neatly drossed, whilo finery is o decided objection, and 1also halr and Jowelry are positively prohibited. Thego sumptuary regulations caused considerae ble difficulty at first, but sinco the Directory bag becomo better known they are submitted to with less oppotition, and goma of the Bervants oven buy the calico dregses and white aprons which are furnished by the institution ata emall ad- ‘vance on the cost of material. The applications for servants aro recsived not only from persons in this city and neighborkood, but'by Ictter from almost all parts of the coun- try, orders ing boen flled even for places as distant as Wisconsin, The use of thoe Directory for two months can bo obtained for but the preferonce is givon to annual subscribers when thers is mora than ome application for the #ame kind of 2 servant. Those given emplor- ment exs chiofly Irish, but thoy alss include Ger- mang, Bvedes, aud women of varions oiher natiopalities. = Even a number of American E.fla have been induced by it fo engagein ousework. o eddition to Gervants, ths Di- rectory euppliss governeases, housekecpers, saleaviomon, dressmalers, louadresses, exc. In casos of neod, when situntions ars mot roads, scamstresses,’ Louse-cloaners, otc., aro given temporary employment, end for this purposs fivo sowing machines aro kept in the worerosm. If orders are not given for the sowing done, it is paid for by tho officars of the Directory, and tho work disposed of a3 o0st convenient. Sean- Blresses aro alsosent out to private houses by the day, and others aro ront for temporary assislance to'the Treining School for Women in Tenthstreet, It is also designed to eatadlish a lodging-house for poor women out of crployment, and o lauu- dry and cooking achosl L b stacled whea thero is a prospect that thoy will be sslf-sup- porting, The Directory enconrages the pirla in faithful- ness to their omploysrs and to thsir own iuter- cats, taking an interest in the welfare of all who show themsolves worthy. Tlhieso efforts bave been gencrally rewarded by Lonesty and good conduot, Mrs. Kearny saving that 1nmany in- stouces girls who lbave been assisted when in need bad como back to repay tho money when thoy bad obtained owm- ployment. no illastration of tho caro of the Direclory for the sorvaut as well s the mistreos, she mentioned a cass in which wowman was sont by an unfecling omplover to a police-station, and then to Lellevuo Hospital, where sho soon_diod, & cseo of spoplexy having Leen mistaken for intoxication. Heving investi- tcd tho matter, Mra. Learny doliyod tho arial, and by an advertisement discovered tha womau's relatives, who were thua ensbled to givo hera decent funeral, whito her fieco ro- ceived a_considerable sum which ele had loft as tho result of her savings. In regard to intoxication, which for. some mystorious reason ia a gpecial foiling of other- wise desirublo ccoks, 3Mra. Ecarny eaid thata nomber of this clzss had been induced by the Directory to take tha temperaoce pledza bofore their pricats, end had then been procured eit~ uations. The pledges eo obtainod Liave not been brokon in a single instance. In all cases the omployer is furnished with all the information in regard to a servant which the Directory has been able to obtain, ThLe institu- tion i8 not yet entirely sclf-supporting, bat asits work extends the income is expected fo exceed tho necessary ospenses, and enable more to bo dono for objacts purely beuevolent. A Eansas Girl Eiopes with Ler L.over, and Eides 200 Milcs in a Lumber Wagon—She Declines Eitherto Marry Kler Lover or ficturn Elome to Kler Carcuts, From: the Lawrenze (Ran.) Journal, ‘Wednesday aftornoon a stranger came to Mar- -shal Walkor and informed bim that his danghtor had ron away from him and ho thought sh6 was somewlere in this city. Col. Wallicr asked the man to give him on account of the matter, aud from Lin statement it was learned thai tho stranger’s name was A, . Godfrey, and that bis homo was in Donmark, Lincoln County, in this tato. The missing danghtor's namo was Elizs, o girl scarcely 16 years of age. Lo saxd she bad 1un away with a man named H. C. Bailoy, who lived on o farm adjoining Godfrey's, aud who Led been paying cousiderablo attextion to his daughe tor for three years. Mr. Godfrey wenion to stato that bo liad missed his daughior ou tho 23d of June last, and siuce that time in sctch- ing forbier ho had been nlLover thenorthwostern portion of tho State, aud into Nebrasks, travel- ing, 1t i8 thought, over 600 milea in » wagon. e Dad Snally cone to Lawrence, hoaring that Bailey had & brother-in-law lising in that city, Fur- nished with the vamo of tho rolativo, tho ar- ehal woot in search of the girl, butno trace of her conid bo found, and tho father refuctantly concluded to abaudon the chase and_rotura to bis homo. _Ho romained hara over night to rest himsaif and bis worn-ont Lorzes, and ratended to “starlin the aficrnoonof yesterday. About noon tho policy, who had been foraishod vi ecription of tbo pair, 8aw Lailoy and ing into town in a co wagon. was notitied of tho discovery, and, witi L sbal, intercepted the team. ~ The two o wore told £o clight, oad taken Lo tho ca whars thoy wero locked up whil termined what to do. At this stago of afairs the w the young couplo. Liwss Eliza wes matter very coolly. Sio is o nice Loting ou appearing litte lady, and appears old ouough and smars enough £o decido all _queztions con- curning hesself,” Mr. Lailey bl a_reuident of this place, I Mies Cammings, from Wwho obirinod o divores, or the of bim, Jailg the following statoment of tho roason uid wodo of Lis fight with the gitl : Her father is a widower of sme elie hag a rister sbout ona yoar fiersoli, and thess Lo only the wori ob. tho farm-work, Golfrey abu tho most shocking T ing them aud forcing kind of labor. o provi family, aad most of tuo bas Bad for two yearo 1 chaxed by Bailog o ab tho old mun welild souch 31 and it n. i pas bounds. o gir] fually wads could stand such Trewbaent no sgreed between b Jeava her fathes tion of a fricnd who Jived adout 3 Hera she waa woon Fagoversd by boc Bailoy took hier o £hY fowic of & friea. Delano, who livod inMclherson Co stzyed hiero sbont, theoe Yeaiy, 2nd, L her fathar's comiyiz; &5 appointmont, ra wegon for Lawroud pivg o «xy thoir sr thsifer: concluded to take his danghtef Wioma and ordered tho ralea3a Gf the priscao er, leaving the father in tho stabi drove to- 2. for ‘th daughior, to roccive back his Eliza and tako her again to tho home sho had loft. Tbis Baifoy, who foliow- od on foot the bugey coutumu&'tho gir), did not intond shonld bo done, and had no interferenca been mado s tussle wonld hayo ensued bstweon tho apgry lover atd distracted father. As the girl approrched tho fathor told her to jump into tho wegon and go home with him, Bho refused to do eo. The father begged and entreated. No use, sho would not go, but was determined to remain with Bailey. By this time quits s crowd had essembled, and the father, tho daughter, and the lover, rapaired to the rear of tho sfable, where the threats of one and the entraatios of the other}finelly won the old man's conicnt to ths marriago. Judgo Norzon was sent for and came upon the sceno. ‘s parky nssembled in tho stable-ofiico, whilo the enger crowd fillod tho doorway and windows to witneas what noxt would transpiro. 8pote the father: *Judge, this is my daughter. 1 wish to givo my consent to Ler marriage to this man.” Then said the Judge: * ir. Bailey, do you wish to marry this woman?" “I do,” said Bailoy. “And you, young womax, would ou bave {hia man far yone husband 7 said tho udgo. Tho young lady looked up and roplied : “Woll, Judge, I guess not just now.” Here was a nice mess. Tho fathor was thun- dorstruck, the zealous groom was amazod, ths Marshal laughed, the boys tittercd, the crowd grinned, and the Judge looked » look as black ag ncoal-hod, and, hesiteting a moment, placed his bt on'his nhead, withdrow, and forcod his way through the motloy crowd which hovered around tho place to tho sidewalk. Then he torned on that crowd and, to use his own ex- prossion, ho ** curried them fora busgrs set of seusation-scoking coyotes.” And then the Judge weut tosupper. During thia time & tripartite contract had Deen outered into by the principal actors in this drama. The fathor was Lo abandon his persceu- tion of the girl and return home, The girl was. to go to tho houso of o friend and roman until £ho decided Lo marry the young. man or to go to work, but sho was not fo come to Ler father until'she was married. Tho father then drew hor fo oro side sod bade her an nffectionate good-bye, and the both wept, tho daughter appearing to al- ready ropent her conduct, snd tho father ith hia girl approached the Marahol and said : * Bailoy states that I have abused Eliza. I wish her to toll you about that.” Then Eliza spoke up : * My father Las been o good father to mo, and nover whipped mo or struck mo but throo times in my lifo, and that w28 a long time ago." And then tho fathor stcpped into his wagon and drove sorrowfally homeward, and the young couple walked down Massachusotta streot towards their friend’s house. And here for tho present our romance tops. Misccllaneous Feminine Items. A fizhing smack—Kissing a girl when sho is pouting. —Tha Dauffremont divorce case was plesded oleven timas, in Paris, before it was gainod, a8 recently announced, by the Princess. —* Susan, how in ths world did you ever marry that brate?” +*Ob, I don't know, Jane ; T used to pick lint oft his coat collar, and ho fell in lovo with me. . —A young widow in New Orleans bein aftor Ler husband's heslth, answered wil quiet smile, ** Ha's dead, I thank you."” —Tho Govornor of Alabims hss boen re- quested by & constitucnt to find & missing wife, asked a8oft, who is comprehensively described as ** a medium- |- sized womsn in & calica dress.” —A wealthy young English widow, whoso ‘passion i small fect, offers to marry the man ;\ghn i over s oot tall 2nd can wear her ehos— 0. 33. —A marricd pair wero recently divorcod by do- cree of the Suprome Judicial Court of tho State of Mninc on the ground of cruclty. The trus reason was that he loved fiowers, books, poctry, pots, and all the beanties of maturo, while sho confined her thoughts solely to **biled victuala™ aud tho interests of tho cluldren. “—Sho eaw htm on hia bright blus ateed, A-Quzting down the road, And pit-a-rat, and pit-a-al, Hor litfle heartlet goed, + ahs sobberod to herself, “Though ewift his paces bo, Ho cannot kite zo fast but what My hoarb keops up with he.” —An eight-hour m:zm, on going homs tho other evening for Lis suppor, found his wife it~ ting in hier bost clotiies on the front stoop, read- ing'a volumo of travels. * How's this?" he cx- claimed. “Whers's my supper?” “I don't Enow," roplicd bis wife. *‘I bogon to get yoar breskfast at G o'clock this morning, and my eight hours ended at 2 p, m."” —A corrcspondent of the Woonsocket (R. 1) Palriot writes from a Bwiss town: “I Swas much amused in looking over tha visitors' book st tho inn to find that under tho hoading ‘Occupation,’ two Gormen girls had written, ¢ Lookiug for a husband,’ and astanza of poetry, tho driftof which corro- eponded with the cry which the ancient Ameri- con Miss Peck tells aout in ono of her storice— *ow long, O Lord! how long! '™ —*Oh, 1o, dear Charles,” said_tho widow to her cousin, on their return from tho funcral ob- soquies of the lamented, * nothink—no, nothink can e'cr zssuago my grief. Dat, for my friends’ enko, I mustlivoon ; and if you couldorder halfa dozen of those nicesoft-shell crabs, and a porter- hiouse beef-stoak (rare), from aronnd tho corner, I will try to be unsoliish, for love's eako.” —A man was abont town yesterday inquirin; for an oflicer, Whon askod what he wanted wif 8 officer, ke £aid: ‘“Well, I came home this morning nad found that thero is another man living with my wife.” He was asked how long ho had been away from home, and ho said: A littlo over six years.” He was told that n_good many chanzos might occur in six years, * Yea, I koow,” said he, “but you sce I don't altogethor lio things ae thoy are, and I want to got the man nrrosted and sce how mattors stand.”— Virginia City Enterprise. & —A Iato number of tho London Timescontains tho following advertisemcnt, which shows thot eomo English women ate attempting s flank 1movemont on servant-girldom : * A lady, having professional occapation ard a very smail family, inteads to keep no servants, but wishes to on- gago a young lady who would bo willing to_es- sist, 3'ono of tho family, in all tho houschold worlt and daily duties, under reasonable arrango- ments for leisura and rocreation. A governcss attends to tho two children. A charmoman comes once a week."” —As a very protty girl asked a young mon on tho Maine Railroad this morningif the vacant goat by his e1do was engayed, after saying, **No, miss,” he, highly appreciating_hor beauty, uo- conacionsly said, “ Aro you?” She so pleasantly and promptly replied, * No, sir,” that tho agroe- ablo conversation which followed for 10 miles leads him to hopo_for a botter scqusintauca bo- fore his acason ticket oxpires. —'The death of Prof. Blot recalls a story of “rcal thrift ¥ on the partof a Boston domestic. Aledy, at her own expense, eent her cook to tho Professor's claes, and was delighted with her progross. At the'end of the conrse £ho was sur- prised to learn that that fanctionary was engaged in losking for pastures now. * \Vhy, Bridget, ¥ou aze ot going to leave me; if you bad not intended to remain with us, T shonid not hava #ent vou to learn cooking.” _“And indade, mum, you don’t oxpect me to cook in the new way on tho old wages.” —)r. and Mrs. Bartoris have been epending 80ma timo at Baden Baden. 'The romantic beau= tios of the place aprear to Lavo deoply affected their poetie and sensitiva natures. Upon ono of tho wooded heights thas overiook tho econa _stands the rain of sn ancicat castlo, and thither £t tho sunsel-hoar thoy wera wont to repair, Laod clasped o band, snd terry titl the stars 1o ot 2ad the lights bezun to twinile in the alley bolow. Dat ately they'vo stopped it, as h2m ezl 52k o bad cold in bhis ad that ho cau's #noczo row uuless Nellio first 1ub3 tho bridgo of his 1080 With §00E6-groase.— Brookyn Arjus. —1Ihoro i3 s femily of thirteen childzon in Goorgia, and tieso are their. namea : 3fary Ana Elizabath Kabun, elia Aun Miranda Juue Rabun. Apa Savanaah Babnn, h Ann Moilissio Vandusan Iznthice Rabun. zustifa Ann Franees Reeus Wabun, - Ly L WWilla Aaa Alice Rabua, Loxa An; Amazon Rabua, rastns Reban, ‘Auu Tileher Rabun. W Brinson Franklin scn Gwain Ested Rsbun. Ths mamo chazged 60 o5 to read 3 L iy TO A WiLD FLOWER [} Y CABIN-WINDOV/. Futr Sower, though thou dost not porsess L tulip's ander drass, agen: K Tivh perfime, Nor anner.ric’s lovelier blooin 3 T:t dear to each admiring eyo Aro the nnobt 3 : -l Audt lovaly tendrilfy Bt Leziyn ! 3 30 falr y peials rara of parest anawr, = Talnibory-t Sumsa band could form tizes £o. Fresh from the grezt Creator’s hand, Biwext tower, I now can unders:zad. How He, wiso made and cares for thes, Can care for. Yen DFRLLOY, THE GHURCH YEAR TLe Oysicr, Fee-fream, Picnic, and Fair Seasons, Indirect Taxation for Church Purposes. A Despairing Young Ilan. The church-going citizen of Chicago and elsa- where ia the best-taxed membor of his com- manity. in ooe tter religtous and secular governments ars cliko,—both neod money to run them. Unhoppily filtly Iucre enters into every foeling, exalted or humble, of tho average hu- man heart. Patriotism, Lowevor noble, love, bowever fervid, piety, however pure, all make o retrograde movement—if they do not absolutoly run away—before the stern front of the enemy. The dircot and indirect taxes paid to the General, State, County, and City Governments ars ns nothing compared to tho dircct and indirect tribute paid by the maks church-goer in the way of purchasing ticksts, and otherwise expending ‘money, for church-festivals, vicnics, excursions, oyater-suppers, aud concerts. These are AN ENDLESS EOUXD, One sucoeeds tho other even a8 heir-apparent succeeds the dofunct monarch, so that thersis sbeolutely no iuterregnum. Tho ladies srs, of: course, the tax-gatherers, and most oppressive oncs thoy are. The hard-fisted citizen who ‘would feel no scruple in ** standing oft” the City or County-Collector for a month or 80, 8¢es no avenue of escape from immediate psyment when his orthodox ledy friends come down upon him with a bundlo of tickets for some pious eater- prise. It is a constant shower, and the industry of the fair persccutors is anly equaled by thair ingenuity in discovering new moezns wherewith to bring reluctant dollars from pockets .worn threadbaro by hands that know no rest from giving to the camse. Man cannot conquer fate ; neither can he say “No” to the ladies who fight and beg beneath the awful shadow of the charch. Well may the pious and prudent male citizen tremble when he beholds a spiritual potticoat darkening the door- way of his offico. Ler black dross—sho always wears black—means ““No quarter,” snd the un- happy man surrenders without the ekelston of & resistanco. THE CAURCH YEAR. Thompson made **Tho Seasons " immortal in poesy ; tho lndics of the church make them ‘memorsble by around of entertainments porfect- 1y bewildering to contomplato. They como in Tegular order, liko the resorves of o Gtorming- party sopporting the forlorn hope. Spriog-time and early summer inangurste “THE ICE-CBTAM AND STRAWDEREY FESTIVAL. These gather around them, like bees zround 3 noney-pot, tho youth and sge of both sxxes. Ouly ono séx is, howover, permitted the proud privilege of spending money. The rohgious man, on tho night of festival, finds himself ac- quainted with more ladics than ho over droamed of knowing befora. The plous fair ones care vory littlo, indoed, about strawderries and ico- cream, which ara 0o novoltics ta thom; the ob- ject is to muke the males support the church in 2n indirect ond moro pleasicg form. Father, husband, brother, cousin, lover, all aro laid under contribution in this mauner, and, as the festival gencrolly lasts a weck, the drain upon the financial- resources —especially mpon those of young men who do not_exra a princely salary—is quito alarming. Adonis generally comeaontof the ordeal fegling lika a_baukrupt, and calculating how much love and dovotion are an ouncs. Oa tho old gentlemen, wko have plonty of mouey, and wio need not grudge spending it fora worthy purpoee, tho izxation falls with compara- tive lightneer, o that they deservo not the sym- pathy of tho Leathen in onr midst. They may console themsclyes with the cheerful aphorism’: #* Whoso givot to the poor lendeth to the Lord.” ‘When the thermometor begins to mark 90 da- Ercca. the days of the festival are on the wane. 'hen Tako broezes snd tho umbrageons protec. tion of the rural tresaro dear to tho heart of ‘man, and this longing is taken advantage of by the tireless feraales whose labors kesp the church coffers well filled. _ PICNICS AND EXCUESIONS. aro organized, and tickets are circulated by the thonsand. Of course they aro priced sbove tho value cf tho eatertainmeut, but what daoes that matter? Does not tho end justify tho means ? Whet tho scculer world might o tempted to call extortion, the religious world looks upon with an indulzent eye. The cxcursion business is run through the hot summer months with more or less protit,—gencrally more,—and tho mals charch-momber begins to hope that this will be about tho last of his_religious expo- riences in tho financial line. Vain hopo! New surpriscs awat him,—new modea of indi- rectly increasing the revenmes of the church. The warmer days aro ended ; antumnal zephyrs aro breathing low aud cool. < THE GREAT ANELICAY OYSTER is springiug to tho front, and the roligious mouth opens to ongelf tho bivalve, and to makoa fresh baul on'the spare change of tho men. The church ** oyster-supper ™ is starte and tho bivalve, in ell stages of rawness an cookery, is presented to the citizen for wastica- tion and deglatition. Ho leaves the sceno of festivity with n ecnse of deep gratitude, for, thinoks he, * Thisis the last of this business, for this year at Jeust.” Anotherdelusion, mockery, and snare. IMis troublod have not fairly com- menced. Hitherto bis trials have been contined to feasting and picnicking; ho has noideaof what his ears must suffer ywhea tho leaves have fallen, and the tirst scow-siakes begin to descond. Winter is tho & n set apart by the church ladies for thai peculiar entertainment known aa “ THZ FACRED CONCLET." It is an smatour affair from first to last. The Rolectione, generally speaking, are above tho capacities of the <ingers, and tho divine melodies of the grest mastera oro froquently renderod in the most heartloss manucr. This process ia ro- peoated several nigits during tho geason, and finally becomes a tremendous boro, from which the citizon is orly roleesed by the pericdieal ro- turn of 5 __ THE CHOURCH FAIR, which divides with the concest the colder por- tion of tho year. Who does not know ths fair, with ite array of pen-wipera, and slippors, aad other wondorful things in leather, silk, and wool ; tho post-oflics -hero ono pays extra post- ngs for lottors which aro not 2lways intsrosting ; tiie Jacob'a Well, To which ono'sad Icsson iz parts a ghost of 3 shadow of apng of o sub- acid flavor, nnd tho cako in which one tales chances ; tho watch or cano which is voted for for the most prominent member of the church ; the ewing-meching which is rafled off : and the stand where tho baked beans with too much mo- lasses, and brown bre: i which in too soggy, lio in wait for their victims. He who knowa mot theso things is to be avoided. s lifois liko that of onc who lives whero mosquitoes are na- Yuown and fizas bits not. Eat the fair dics at last, and is_succceded by tho ic>-crenm featival, which, in turn, s foilowad by the picuie and excarsio 13 *ths Louso that Jack " ner yet the providznt squirrel, nor yet the buatliog sk, por the imperiony spider, i tho most tirclesa of all created tiivgs,~it is tholady membar of tho clhurch. She is the champion of industry and tho foantain of iuventivencss. Hor zeal never elackons ; her brainnever tirea : hor Fity is nosor awakened for the eitizen whom her relizious charity makes a melancholy man. What matiers it to her 1f Ler secmlar male fricudy wear lonz faces et h Her misaion is to build up hor church, —to gnstain its charities, to kewp 1t from bankruptey, to organize new mirzions, and to sapport them. 5B is the sam> in all churches,—Mothodist, Baptist, Presbrterian, Episcopal, Roman Cathe oli¢, Unitarizy, and Cniverealist, Her sway is Foicat in thom ell. She i L gatiorer, and the zmiable eolicetor, who vanuot be squolehed, and be listened ta. 8o, gentlemen 0o more_grumblisg, bat_buy like men and Christians. = Tor, in pits of 2ll th2 appeals from the pulpit, all the persanzive olojaencs of the bag or tho ilis woman who smpports the charshes. or her, pews would go narented, clergymen unpaid, and music cuprovided for. And set thoro ia a growing feelinz among men, notably youay oned, that thero shoull be a change, and that sonld devote themselves to for fair or festival, and coming ? theae feelmgs aro kot forth succinctly in the fol- lowing letter from A DYSPEPTIC YOUNC MAN. Tothe Riitoy of The Chirars Trbuie SiE: 1 miw In your paper yesterdsy a notice that a certain ciurch, which sball be nameless, was getting up an oyster festival. When I resd it tha paj dropped from my Rerveleas hand—it was the left one—xnd I sank back fa my seat on strses 102, Madison sirost iao. Tha yourg rarl o, keap company with balongs ta thachaZyt0m T zealous fnall good works, - Timow that ol dd & ested in this oysier scheme, und whan®as joLllie: T shall bo requesied to buya tickos to g g it take B lere, aud orgo Razssll with opnters, Now, Liko Timothy, tke Bibls genleman my zntly reforrol to by thosa who are Toma o st v Liavo s mealctomach, Tho oysier docs. a ith mo in any form, ~ Afier T pastake. of hug 154 come dyspeptiz, take gloomy views wmfi arinX bitters, S love bids mo eat, aag bids me 1o aisdinent,” Towinsny girl mrolal posias o lose o wil oes myneire, Yoyt & 072 e which of the two i R 0 il bo the gy ave statiatics to show that last year great phyaical suffering, fulty S160. yah o Whezover I go to cliurch, 1 cxn identify those, Toicd: in thopreachr's now chekr oa the platform. 1YY 10t seem tome o bo part of the fitniss of tilngy L8 1 soald havo a pain in my stomac 50 that the wet ‘may have a mew clair, 1Dave exton Dumerous sancems of § figurs in the carpet of the church, In fach, scattored all ovor that adlfice. Wherarer 1 loog {23 soumo memeato of my sulerivgs, Now i i inteaies this wluter 1o convert n portion of Ty favings fage Bow organ; but I obfect. Thers is » iy oty thing, 3d & stomacl like an organ mg 1 have not,—more’s tho pit S pe gy, jometimes you seo tn church announey contribution will be taken Bp.” It 13 » guod i 32 fhat church gots tie crowd, Now, sippesing e young lady wers to announce that her bosnetynt ot o expocted to lako fer to church oyster rapgees et all the beaux, All the ok gxfiu paratus, ‘and thery o8 many of them, wonl ey vo ap flock to her. The el tho other girls would follow suii, of courae s Fryd enniuin would begin, or something vory ke g, Now, Lelp this {doa along 1f you &0 ; peruusds thy 1718 40 leavo this business to their mothara, o will carn the eternal gratitedaof | — s o TN Ci104G0, Sept. 5, 1574, And now what young lady will usher new era and proclaim that she does nam.;‘; E:‘, b beaux solely for their gastronomis prowes g ' festival and supper ? : —_——— THE YEAR OF THE ROSE. From the depths of the groen garden Where the Sumiver in darkness domdm- Till Autumn plack from his hand An Hour-glezs that hoids not & sand,— From the maze that a fower-belt incloses To the stones and £ea-grass on the sirand, How red was the reizn of tho roscs Orer the rose-crowned The year.of thorosalsbriof; - From tho first blsde blown to the sheat, From tha thin grecn leaf o the goid, 1t has timo to bo swest and grow old, To triumph and leave not a laaf For wiiness in Winter’s sight How lovers once in the light Wo:ld mix their breath with its breath, And {ts spirit was quenched not of nighty A5 lova is subducd 5ot of death. In the rod-roso land nct a mila Of the meadows from stile to stils, Of the valleys from stream to sirears, But tho sir was » loug sweet drosm, Axnd the earth waa 3 sweet wide iils Red-mouthed of a goddess, returned s From tha sea which had borne ker and burned, % “That with one swift smilo of her mouth Looked full on the North 2 it yearned, o And tho North w3s moro than the South, . For ths North, when Winter was loog, In his heart had made him a song, And clothed ft with wings of desirs, Axd eiod it with ehoon as of fire, To carry the tale of his wrong To thle southwest wind by the ses, ‘That who might bear it but he To the ears of the goddess unknowz, That woits fill her tims ehall bo To take the world for a throne In tho earth beneath, and abare 1n th heaven where her namo s lova, ke warms with light from her 058 The seacons of lifa »s they Tiso; And her cyes azo a5 oyes of 1 dose, ‘But tho wings that light ber and bear A5 an eagie’s, and all her hair A3 fire by the wind's breath curlod ; And her passage is song througli tho ais, And her presence is spring throagh the watld 8o turned sho northward and came, Axnd the white-thorn land was afme “With tno fires that were shed from ber feet, That the North, by her love made sweat, Stiould be called by s rose-red name; d & murmur was heard as of doves, - ‘And a music beginning of loves In the light that the roses made, Such Light as tha music lovea, Tho musfc of man with muld, Bat the days drop ona upan on 230 n cxill sofs wind s begun In thie heart of the rose-red maze : That weeps for tho rose-leaf daya ] And the reign of the Tose undona : ‘That raled so long In the Light, ; And by spirit, and not by sighi, - Through the darkness thrilled with ‘stil ruled in the viewleea night, As love might ruls over death. o é The time of lovers is bricf; From the fair firat joy fo thegrief Tisat tella when 1ovs s grown old, From the warm wild kiss to tho cold," 2 From the red to the white rosa leaf, = - f They have but s22s0n to scem As rosc-leaves lost on & stream That part not and poes not apart, As a spiris from dream to 3 @ 433 8orTow £rom heart o Beart, = From the bloom and the gloom that incloses Thie desth-bed of Love where he dozes, Till a relic be left not of sand To ths bour-glass he holds in his hand, From tha changs in tho gray garden-closes To tne last siray grass of the otrand, A rain and ruin of rozes Over tha red-rose Lind. —digernen Charles Stcinkiurne €4 the Fortnighlly Bi i, —_— Tho Couriers of the €zar. Tho Russian Couriers, or poay expresemen, ot ‘mail-carriers, a8 yon may choose to call them, travel neithor on foot nor on horseback. Y& will find that in this matter, a3 in almost vy cnstom and habit of oyary people, mature come pels man to aiter his arrangoments {0 saithe conditions. In Tartary thoy have fino h groat wide deserts, and_splendid rosds, natarally, tho courlors thero sro" mounied England, whoro the roads aro bsd, ruaing through bogs and marshes, the ol couriers nen footmen ; in Russia, where gnow lies oa tbs ound nearly the wholo year, uleighs sre tsd y tho couriers. Tho “ Couriers of tho Cas; 83 the mail-carriers ara called, travel with grest & rapidity. Frosh horwes and drivers ate resdy s srations overy 20 miles apart; but the cousem themselves sloep in the sieighs, aud travel frad ono end of & mail routo to tho other. Sy messengers of the Czar on public business, mwl by theso. same routes, and with greator mapid ity than the matl-carners. Daci i ‘War there occurred an incident itfustrating % severity of this servico. Tho Rassian Geaen Prince Montchikoff, who defended Sebas had occasion, during tho siego of tnat city, @ % eend an important message to the Czarst & Potersburg; and ordored & faithful cfficer lobt Lis messcngos, giving Lim directions not tobs) or delay unul"ho stood before the Czar, sif § above all, not to loao sight of tho precious me- sage which be boro. AWy went tho oficeria $ sleigh balonging to the Czar's conriors. At end of cach %0 miles ho found fresh hopet owaiting Lim; these wera quickly harne @ his sloigh, in plsce of the weary saimsls, s tho gorvants and stablo-mon would cry cut: “Your Excellency, tho horsea 2ro resdy. : then!" the oilicer would syt driver ; and off he would go sgain at the mo. peca of ! the hosses werc capsbit- iz in this way for scvoral days and nigh% eufferiug with cold, and pursued by wolves B the forests, tho officer, weary with watching B dispatches dzy and night, at length reached the palacs of tho Czar, and was immediately ush=: cd into Lis presence. o had uo zooner the Emparor the lettar of tho Genoral than B8 and fell fast s oanse which, B v3 been panished with & staut death. $hea ho hal finishad rosdiag 2 disgat-h, tha Czar wishod to ask tho oficer & ucstion, but found ne could not swaxen bis 'ho atieadauts calied to him, touctied sad him, all .in vain; cnd at last ope ¢ clared the poor fellow was desd. TB Czar was mucix grievel theroat, and weat tho ofticer and oxamined his pulso, put bis & down to hia side, an declared ho could bas & } heert thumping. llo was only aslecp. Bt i soon found that the cxhaisted officor could X bo romsed by tho usaal moas A!lnngl-hmi Czar, tooping down, cried in hisears: & “ Your Excollency, the horscs ars ready- At tho sonnd of theso words, which ba heerd overy 20 miles of his journay, aad the ooll ones which he bad listenad to for days, the 82 ¢al officer sprang to his feot 2ad cried : “ Away then!” Instesd of drivers and horses, he found % Czar befors him, lsnghing heartily at bis sion and dismay. You inay he sure his o! a?: was forgotton ; instead of being punisb slceping when his work was doae, t or rowardsd for his _faithfalness,—From *T# Pony Ezgress,” in St. Nicholas Jor Seplemler: - The Kaedives The sczond son - of tho Ehedive is eXpecsl shortly at Berlic, for the purposo of joiniog regiment znd mastering tbe Prussisn mid system. Thio Rhodive is said to bavo dismisy, ik most of hus Fronch oficers, sod_expret intention of giving the prefereaco to Germss! and German jnutitations. A pumber & Egyptizos Lavo been sent by hi Baeraities, and others aro axpected at Beid with he view of studyiog Ghe sdminisbadT sylom. i) A TR PR n WA EBE N q FRUEBEZm b anTen e D B P T Y ) =