Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1875, Page 2

- HAPPY NEW YEAR. How the Chicagoans Amused Themselves Yesterday. Miss Flirtations, Her Joys and Her Sorrows. Manners and Customs of People Who Do Not Receives What the 'Bus Driver Saw on Ilis Travels, Justice Boyden's Reception at the Armory. What the Theatros Did for Popular- Edification, Meeting of the Anti-New-Year’s Re- ceiving Association. The Utter and Crushing Rout of Mr. Martin, The German Fashion of Spend- ing New Year's. Wiss Willard and the Temperance Association Keep Gpen House. Reeceptlons at the Hotels---Ladies Who Welcomed Cullers, Pigeon-Shooting at Dexter Park, The shaden of night were falling fast As through the Weet Divislou passed A youth, clad n apparel choice, Who muttered, in thickenng voica ¢ # ap? New Year 17 is hat wan dinged, Lfs white silk tie "Neatly his left car van all awry, Aud #till 28 e the door-bell ring Ho Licenpped from yerseiess finguo ¢ ¥ ap' New Yuar ! ake no more calls,” tho old man sald, 0 CRR-NOR'S ROL into your head, And chivken-aalad brings dysyepe- i3, quothi a up 1he next Hep * lap' New Year 17 40, ptax," the matlen cried, * take coff e, Chatsive, and ey to steeps it off 1™ A tear rtood in his plazi And etill hie murn Hap’ At9p, m., the honr when mest Tuliveineis are ot their (lamp) post, A # came througlh the frusty Startling the ofliver fcaning Lher # Hap' New Year!” A young man by bim and the round- bnian was found lying on \he ground, Clad I apparel stierched—once choice, Sull babiing b uyecrtain volee s s Hap' New Year ¥ There in the moonlight, misty, gray, Lifelcsiy—deatlly drunk be iiy, Tue roundszan ed b into quod : Dont miind,” sotd he, T T tnke a tod Hay Yeari? — THOSE WHO RECEIVE. THE FASHIONABLE WAT OF SPENDING THE DAY. 1t is dagbreak and tho firat day of tho New ; Mademoiselle awakes, strotches, yasve, © lear. arus over, realizes that fur eomo reason eho annot li fon rocellection, tho fack that it is tha New Year wovns upou her, Instead of a fow hours' recop~ son in which sho will find many rivals, thero dll be's whole day aud evening in which she 1ill Bo the soto lovely representativo of hersex. for sbo is lovuly, of courso, olas why has eo much me anxd money been wasted upon her juuruey broad aad her Worth dresses 7 Iler hair has een properly doctored, and is quite tho correct ne, An artista bas attended to ber eyebrows, 1shes, and finger-naily, aud Madsmo Cosmetique fono knows the sccret of her complexion. Is’ fie not to be envied, for, with ali that art can p,—and art can do 80 much,—she hag alzo se- scted ber companion with ¥o much care. Poor liss Briggs, not too youug, at Jesst older than he is, scrawny, sallow, snd with home-made lothes, In wociety of course, Her father wes .pionoer, and she is of a family as old as the Idest, but in no penso of the word a connection € the Vencerings, Notbing Lut common Deal, ‘hile ¥lie belongs to the old family of Tlosencod ‘encorings. Sl does not wait to bo callod to lea on ‘New-Year's moruing, but gets up st nee, and is ready at 8 o'clock for THE UAIRDRESSER, ho woars & wonderful crown of wreath upon er bead, or adds a wavy maea of ringlets that oat gracefully to her waist. Theu Madame josmetiquo arrives, and wkat sho does no toman will tell, you niay be sure, &0 hope for no \formation upon that poivt. Then the wonder- ol oress is assumed snd ethe is ready to scelve. Ready by 10 o'clock, becauso there are amo people who will etill persiss in going tobed rith the chickens and gettiog up with tho Iark. ‘hen bLow can any yonug man cet through with 00 calls unless bo begins carly ¢ LHOW DOLS #HE FEEL? ‘ariously dnriug the day. In the morniog in 8 \ate of kef-satisfuction, wondenng Low mouy alls ehie wili bave, and whethier he will come. Asa £he epked pluin Mies Leiges, ani g ad thas, thile sbe Juoks quite the Jady, sud cau bo utro- to any oue, none Of the dewivse 1o young men wnl ook ot her a econd time, Then eLo wonders whether her ear frieud Alicia will bave as culls us elio rill, Sbe says ** How do you do?" and Hapyy ear,” aud ** Have you made many culs i aud “Will you take sute refrerkment 7 uutil el is ick to death of the formula. Mot one iu ten of bose who call does sho care a einglo straw about, wut they each add ous to Ler list of callers. Bho rondera whether ke will call. 1f ho does, theu Ve will ask drim back in the eveuiug, aud that il decide tho matter as to whiciber heo cares for £r or Alicis, | HER GUEHTS HAVE ARRISED, — £ firet elnly or by twos with some epace Inter- eniug, during whicls tume ehe wirhes they tould come fanter, aud wore of them. Then bey cows in by fours unti! the room is quite rowded, and eho 18in s gey tlutter of exvite- sens. Blie does Dot even euvy [oor Misw Urisys, who 18 ebivng with reflected light, but 1ol hun & pumber of eatellites. It in all Tight plong as she alous is the ever-radiaut suu. tut he does put cutce, and it ErOws wesnsome. losidea ehe feels a htlu eick. Sbe Law aten eweets and drank elops sll day, nd the effect in uot good. At lant, however, Le nmes, but 80 provokiug, threo otbers with bim, nth & card in which sume indescribable bero- {:phw is enrrounded by the uames of all fuur, musi epeak to all, und 38 8 with a deal ot sauswement ehuat last gets a chauca 10 sk £m if bo can COME BACK IX THE EVENING, 0 i not guite sure, but » lock from thore melt- sz, besee ling eyew wius the day. Mo rays ‘Eu-" Faithleos ‘wretch!—Lo bas made the a6 prowist o » bal-duzen different youLg vhies. s be uod the Adonis of s ol ircie, aud bow cau be renit their entreation r Tus Lio bt uzde 8t icast six youuy tadeis app; 7 Iutortunately, each belicved bersel! the favored e, sud aner ail he douan't ko aud puo sny of bem. But Miss Flirtatious Lolioves that sbo ie & bu the favored oue, aud 80 goed on througa ‘bed untit 10 o'clock, then, with eud- | ' the day content with the platituden, and flattered by tho complinents, TOWARD EVENING s gota romewhint weaty, bmt in till kept up by tho liopo thist bo, and nona othier but tio, will como that evoning. Bho nearly laughs in poor Mr. Brown's faco, who calls, snd brinea his four brothors, The five havo wqueczed themaoives into oua carringe, squeczed b onc card, and each goe reo the other's acqnaintances. Mies Flirtations onlv knows one of thum, and ro aays, ** FHow do yott do, Mr. Brown? Tlo responds, and then introducen, not my Lrathera, o my brother John, James, Samn, or Walliany, but simply, ** My brother, Mira Flirtations,” Iy tha time slio has said “ How do vou do, Mr. Brown 2" for the fitth time, aud heging to wonder if thero aro any moro of that dreadful family, ehe is somowhat inclined to smilo. Sho is polite, hewever, aud. dora not, bt gets thom through the compliments and rel resh- m-:intn a quickly a8 way be, Evening comes, a 1T OROWS LATER. Sho hopes oncl ring s tus, but Lo dees not como asall, After all, the New Yeir ends in disappoiutment,—and toward 12, vhen tho Inet stiaggler has * wished manv happy 1eturne,” tho flowers havo faded, ar' tho table looks e only a table can look «n Now-Year's Day, elia §008 OfT to bed, Bick. wealy, uphapps, and re- rulves sho will vever rccervo calls ngnin. She Fapy nt pocr Miss Brigge, is orons to hor mether, i Kirsen her father in o ball fll-natured wav: aud, eilly little body as she is, with orly an infimtesimal ‘heart, but excessive vatiity, woull ery lierselt 1o ricep in the «nd were who niot. ro’ sick at her rtomach from too suuch enting of swect things, and so drendfully tired out with beivg polite to #o maay people ~ho carcs nothing for. dices in thrown down in a wad, tho hair-pins Uragged out, the roses crushed, lus Hog twitchod wf ind thrown down to Lo prcked np and ro- placed ngain boforo sho govd to bed, Sho . thinks ¢ho will nover receive calla agnin, but !when sho learns how many others her Adonis i 1 disappointed, then sliof ravivos, and, when Tie calls next aveung and explains, who hatioves, aftor all, that thero aro woiso institutions than Now-Year's Day, with its social visits, nnd hopes beforo tho nexi ono to receive s Mis. Adonis, dreams of wix bridesmaids aud a car-load of prescnts, point-lace and dinmonds, and a suito of rooms 1 the best hotel nfter hio returns from ber wolding-tour to Lurope, and #0 ends tho | New-Yeur's Day, and begius tho Now Year. ———— THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT RECEIVE, ! THE COMMONPLACE WAY OF STLNDING THE DAY. | Andnowto et outsido of the “glars snd { ghtter of fashionable life,” as the youug lady who is not invited to the party calls it, and to | luvestigate the Lomo of tho quieter donizon of Chicago who makes no calls, and whoso doors apen only to receivo tho early visit of the miik- man or to sdmit_tho lotter-carsior with soma be- ! lsted circular calling attontion to holiday goods. 1t i3 a teadition on thoao holidays which nre i freo from church-going, —holidays free from the least suspicion of Puritanism,—that everybody must get up an hour later than usual, Not that they want to get up any later. 'Thoy waken at {ho usual bour and toss restlessly in bed until the appointed time, They turn a pleasuro Intoa daty, and spoil it. It may be obsorved that wheu auything becomes a duty, it also becomes unpleasant. Upon getting up, the man of the house obers another tradition, and puts on a black suit,—hix ptors clothes. Consryuently s wifs, who has great respect for black clothos, which she con- widers cesontial to the maling of » wan, will not allow Lim to make tho fire, or go turough tho preliminaries of clesuing out tho stove. ‘I'his is bad for the tetnper, but it saves bis raiment. Dreakfast is o trying senson. “The uatural impulee is to bolt it down aud go to work—ho to the shop, eho to tho dishwashing. ‘There 18 an_ object in view—something nfter broasfant, Sundasa thero istho Church. New Year's Day thers is nothing,—nothing till dinner, n meal which has few charns immediately after brenklast, Bothefirstimpulseof theunregencrate man is to gulp & moreel, and the second sober thought bida bhim go slow. One must respecs tho duy, Having wasto sime, it is spont I asking the clildrau wild questions as to what thoy have Deen studying, sud in requiring thow ta spell Couttantinople. This is another tradition. Whon the child gets wrecked on this word, ihe father, satisfied that he has done bis duty as an edncator, ttops big questioning . Tireakfnst over, o buy# o uowspaper and looks for tho erimo. Frequently there i an unkind dinpensation about tis, 1iere, on a duy wheu s mob bas plenty of time, and can slowly digest tive or_six cold-blooded murders, sttended with horrible and revolting circumutances, tho paper 13 just as Bpt a8 Dot to beas Eweet and pesce- fni as o girl in search of s husbaod. When tho soul really yearna ofter 8 leaithy mental stimulus in the shape of a detailed ne- count of bow he amashed in his wife's heml with au ax, seattering the braius in great clote all over the wall, tho 1eader meets only s dissertution oo New-Yeur's Day and the waesail-bowl, Now, tho Chicagonn novor bad waseail-bowl, and would not drink such watery stuff if he had it. Even tho oppopents of capital punishment will ad- it this, snd compromige 1 tho kanging of oue man o every 31t of Lecembor. | Ao be eaws elowiy, 80 ho reads elowly, Ho | takes in eveu tho editoral, just " as a | person tuck at a railway station —may possibly, if quite gone, after baving yerused all the time-tables framod aud huug on . tho walir, read over a treatise on political econ- omy. Sitting by the Kitchen door,—not in it, for that will not du'on a holiday,—he reads to b wifo the bumorous extracts, if any thero be, and admires tho ability of the editor who, aftor getting up all the local and puttiug the advertuso- tneuts 11 shiape, can tind time to be funny, Bus tho paper comes toan cnd, and ha ro- matks to hin wifo that ke will go out and take & little freshi air. She understauds perfectly what thst meaus. It is not fresh pir Lo wants at all, but a glass of beer, She hates to trust that black stut outof her sighit, but, with many words of caution about uot bLeing gous loux, being home in time for diuuer, etc., sbo lots mn depart. Ho goes ko tho saloon, Lut since theco is & superstition tbat, whule it ia quite the tlung to get tipsy New-Year'a ve, It ia all rong New-Year's Day, o roturus homo as sober as be went, having done little but say * Happy New-Yoar” to a Lalf-dozeu ac- quaintaunces whom ko chanced to mees. For diuner aue muss biave rosst beef. This is imperative. Why, no one koows. But armst s tbe proper thing for Sundaya and those holi- days which do uot dewmand a turkev. When it is dispused of there comes another walk for & Uttls more mr, a ltle supper, an bhour spont 1n yawniog, and then a retreat to bed, with & fesliug of reliof that thio day is over, e e THE 'BUS-DRIVER. WHAT HE BAW NEW YEAN'S DAY. He was a 'bus driver, and middle-aged; though not Larsh of voice. rugged of face, aud, i the main, geatle of manner. 1o drove oneof the ** Union Line," and every time he saw any- body who looked like wanting & nde bo opened Ina huge mouth and trolled forth hia routo, ++3a-a-a-di-son, A-ber-do-e-o-en, Adams and Ogden aving-new,” with an amazing omphatiy on the coujunction, as though to duly impress upon the miuds of all within hearing the fact that after the tbree first named strects had been sccomplisbed thoro was still another piece of rosd left before the capacity of the passcuger's nickel was exbausted. As bo pessod I'nx Tuin- v~z Building one of its 1eporters mounted the box and took a écat beside bim, pulled the rug sud tarpaulin over his knecs, gove bim a nickel, and wished hima Happy New Y For a long time the driver was sileut and appar- cnly meditative, and two blocks were passed be- foro HF BROKE BILENCE, which he did at Jast fu a low, quiet voice, and in what secmed more like a scliloguy (han s re- £pouse to a reasonable benediction, 88 fullows : «Humph! What the —— have I got todo with a Happy New Year, I'd like to know, a sittin’ up bore on the box from 7 in the moruin’ till 10 at night ? If it wasu't now and then that some pas- genger wishes we the complerments o the seae o, or auks me to Lhave a cigar on account of the dny—well, thauk you, I don't wind if I do, but [ won't light it now, I'll wait till § got to tho barn ¢ 16 Juoks liko s good vue, though, and no misiake —~if it wasn't for that aud one or two other things, I wouldw't kuow it was New-Yeur's Lay suy more than that yere wooden statoo of Csp'n Juck in frout ot 2 cigar-ehop. “ Wuat's the oue or two things I refer to, is 17 I suppose you thivk that becos I'm s perche ¢4 up bers from befure vunnse Gll law st uight 1 deu's notice anythung but nickels aud passen- kers, but that's where you're out, I tell you. We ‘Luse-drivers—that 18, uy that bes Leco i the biz auy leogs of time, and bus any savvy sbout them—notices s guod many tlungs that people wouldp't thivk of. Well, the fiset tuing I ENEW IT WaS NEW-YEAL'S DAY, Ifeltit. Yourmay tliuk it strauge, but us old ‘o heantiful Worth | "bua-drivera can fool things t would take another man a power of thinkin' and caleulation hofora helearned them. Now you may not beliovo it, but beforo 1 start ona trip tcan feol to s dima how much T am gowng to make, Nover pa wrong, never did yet, and don't seo why T ever ehonhl, Now thin is a 6 v'elock trip, and 1 ought to make 22,50, and T won't make 50 contw, it waa Now-Year's Day first thing when I woko up in the momin’. T et tell van why ; but eas, hevon't you never been in the conntry whoro tho holises was all 8" il apait, and ono day an quict a8 another, but there'li como f day_when thero js nomething ronnd overywhers=it aint tho quictucss, heeanre, An waid, it's atway: quiot thero; eomething that eail, ver dny's Sunday.’ Havew't youz well 1 have, and that's thoe dilferenco botweon a 'bis- driver and a ordinary man. Thoy hasu't pot the oppostinitics to larn and study things liko otler men, and 8o they'vo got to feol ‘omy OF couren Lnotieed things pretty eoon after b pot statted that #hosed wo it was Now-Yeac's Day, Wiy, on the flrst trip west I took aboard A PARTY OF TWO, poart little girl of 8, and o old gentieman of 80, ot thapabouts, ot quite so old, perhiaps, but siat vorv far off, though. = . ‘Tho little gl was n leadin' the ol gontieman by the hand, aud wouldu't waib tor o ear, a3 o wanted—lo having ouo of the twenty-tive-thive tickets, you see, and wanting to savo A couplo of . and jose ten mimttes of Now Years y—that's just the way these commutation tickets worls, you Reo, maKing men mean eyen on New Yenr's Diy—but sho_fnsisted on takin “bus, and when they got abostd—such tatking | 1 guers that littlo girl Iiad got wouud up to. talkc for tho year laxt Now Year's Day, and her friends had turjotten 10 etart her going tl this won- g, "0 yuestious ¢ho ssked! Was gran'ma Weil? Would #ho Do giad to roo her? - Would Dpln really bu wmting up o early? Dl ho (bink ehe'd like tho prexonts 'vho had for ber . hor basket? ‘I'o think that a wholo year bad parsed einco she gaw her last,—and o on, the old geutheman smiling and ehuckling to himeelt all tho time, but never eaying o word, only takin’ tho littlo § givky hwr beewoen bis trembling lingors and | playin® with it, and thinkiu', maybe, for sil you and I know, eir, that it wan Just the enmo kind o' binur a8 the old lady used to wear that tho hit- tlo picl wavted to #oo 8o bad, Well, that party showed plain enough what doy 1t was, aud then camor of Halatod streot I took an thres fellows 8 liad been keepin® New Year's Eve, thoy said, TOTAL WRECKS, overy one of 'em, wr, and poin’ home to sloop Juetas the sun was riring in the sy, Noever know a New Year's mortn’ whon T didn't carry home & party of wreeks. ‘Therc's some poorls alwaya n trying to get ahoad, and will insist that Now Year's Iyay comes on the S1st of December, and ro gota drank accordingly. - *+\What elve did 1 seo to show it was New Year's Day? Lots. FELLERS VIRITIN' THEIR GALS all day long, sober an’ straight in tho mornin® as tho L'reatdent of tho Crusadors, bub geitin’ oa towards tho aftornoon rather unsteady, und 1n tho eyeuing some of them pretty wild, You neo itawm't nuceral. A fellor’s ot maybo forty gals tocall on, end _everv ona Hets 'em up for bin. 1o may be a fefler that can tako hus oight or ton i straight sod then atond a Deacon'’s meoti buy even such nsnonzer as this will have to givolont in the eud, 1t tho mixin’ that does the damnago. Fitet of all he takes n gluss of sherry, then ho takes o glwss of port, then’ suother glass of sherry, and | then he atrikes a boure where they aro | ol crueaders, aud bo has to swallow a kodu- | water tumblor of raspberry vinegat, o that tho nest place ho poes Lo has Lo take anip of Drandy in solf-dofonse. And #0 on, 5ou seo, tn- tit the unfortunato wman is & struggiing with a misture of port, sherry, coffee, lemonade, braudy, tes, whisky, catawbs, and other driuks ton numerous to mention, and. when be tries to get on to 8 moviug 'bus, e generally finds him- relf sprawling jnto tha middlo of the load. It's the mixin' that does the harm, expecially the Taspberry vinegar, which I think i ® tnost un- naternl drink and ona which ought not to bo al- lowed. “ Why of course tho viriti IMFROVIS OUR BUSINESS. It nint evers feller can afford a hnek thero bard timea. Itell you what is fun, though—to seea toller got off tho 'bus shvays about » biock from Lis gal's ouse, #0 as not tolet berknow Lia cume in such »_ungenteel vehicle, Thore was o feller this morning I henrd tell another feller ho want- edto call on a girl on Adaws stroot, between Asutand avenuo and Pauling, nud didu't Lo ride clear down to Jackson strect, on Ogden nvenue, | before Lo got off, aud then nalic back to the howre. Now that'smhat 1 sl pride, but Tsup- poso its humau nature, alwnys wanting to look ricker aud toniar thau one really is. 01 coutso I don't WHIP TIHE DOYS FROX BEILIND. What's the good? I know moxt of the'bus drivers does, but 1 noyer did, and dow’t intend to. Seo that httle feller banging on tothe back went? liow much dogsheweigh? bifey, or may be sixty pounds. ‘Chat don't hurt’ the Lorses, or tho 'bus or me, does it? Aund then you bet it I catch that boy a cut over the beck Yith my winp, what is the consequenco? Why, 18 sroes home and tells hus mother, aud you bet she'll take a Yan Buren carovery time sho comes to town, though it gives her an extra walk of three biocks at cach end of the rond. And nhen 1io grows up he'll buy commutation_enr tickets Eure as your's born, ~ No, air, ita s hig mistake licking tho boys, and I wonder there's so many drivers does it. “Wel known along the road? I should think I ought to be, Leon drivioz thess last tou vears, Well, that's truo, the other boys do ell ike mo, but I don't know why t i, L slways try to get ahead well with everybody. 1 hate to s0e peopls quarroling, I tell you I soea sight in the "bus to-day.” JTAT DID MY NEADT GOOD. * There was just one jasechger in the 'bus=I was getung near the bridge gomg east—when another passenger got aboard. As § Jooked down 1 see thexa two_glance at one anather but thoy didn't speak, and theu I felt thoro wns some trouble between them, Thoy was middio-aged men, serious-lookin' family kiud of men, aud every now aud then they would catch one snother's eyo, ond I thougbt that then tuey would both of them look kind of ashamed. Al 1ast 1 Lhears one of tnem say, ‘ Tom, old teller, [ wish you & happy Now Year." 1 looked through tha ickel-gato, and wea those two men shake bande, and the ome nsmed ‘Yom Bays be: * Thank'eo Bill, thank'es the same to you aud wany of them. sud then they began a talking, It was altmy fault,’ says Tom. *No,’ says Bill, ‘it was just my —— —— bad temper did it all.’ Then thoy talked on, nod I heard Lo, two yesrs ago, thoy quarreled about gome trillin' maiter, and bow their families bad got separatod, that had beon ureat frionds onco, and haw each one would liave liked to make up, only ho didu't wautto take the firss 8top, and so on. * Woll," says Bill, “wince I was the first to speak, you must come to our place to-night, whore wuare going to bave » little time, and_fetch your family along.' And Tom waid he would, and they both got out of the car together, Lill rewarkig something about & quart bottle, and s they got out opposite the alloy between Dearborn and Btate streets, I don't think the contents of that bottle was either { lemonade or raspberry vinogar, Do you? “Wetl, yes; L do geb ABKED TO_ DRINK pretty often on New-Ycar'a Day, but what can I do7 1 can's leave the box, canl? wo I tell you I generally try sod commute. Imost always take & cigar, butif » mau is auy ways decent ho can pee that I ean't indulgo when I'm ab work, and will provido the necepsary sugar, so that when the last trip is run and the horses stabled, I can thien begin my New-Year's Usy. “Koock down? Of course I do, a little, 1 count myeolf a8 good, ns 'bus drivers ruv, but the best of us WILL NICKEL OCCABIONALLY. Now, take to-day. Iiere's the rest of the world except us drivers enjoyin’ themsclyesa a makio' and recelvin’ cally, and getting full and havin' fun of ull kinds right under my nose, while I Luavo tu sit on top of 'bus all aay Joog and take them round for a mickel Yima. [ORG to ba wondered at that occasionally L mako a wistake, sud drop the nickel into In{_rockut in- stend of tue tin box ?_Yeu, sir, the life in hard, and the pay is poor, You see it's on us dnivers that the Company economizes. Thoy won't ecouomize ou horses, they must be geod ones sud well kept, or elso tley ean's do the work, "The wou't CONOIDIZ6 On the Luses, becatso it tho ‘buees wan menn peoplo wouldu't get into them. Bo the drivers hias to suffer, vou koo, llere you sre at Uougress xtrect. Well, yeremy cigar is sbous ous. Thank you." Aud dismountiug frot the top of the 'bus, the pewspsper-man walked slowly homewards mmus- ing upow the terrible monotouy which scetns to be iuseparuble from the opersticus of succeasful WousY-wakers, e TEMPERANCE, HOW MIS8 WILLARD BECEIVED, Nothing could bester illustrate the earnestness snd mocerity of the leaders in the temnperance cause 1o this city thau the fact that thoy yoster- day deuled themuelves tho plensuros incident to tho day, aud, withdrawiug froin their howme cupied s room in the Young Men's Christisn Association bullding, where they received, with weutiments of purest chiarity, tho saveral persons who baddeterowed to sinend thelr manner of Life. Well, 1 Flt | teous, kin in Chicago, ¢ manner in which 8 visitor wag recoivedy and Presved bor murpriso thiat a0 muny had ealled, spirig-unbibers, the propartion wie, Mies Wallacd snid, an eucouragity number, —&0 10ty a8 €ave Lupo that in the future much goad nill'be effected. stk a Lurcon ?“:l tlat, in Ler opwmiom, accounted for_tho ack Willard spoke uf the roquest publicly mado to yeupla receiv Tiguots, and wis shucked w learn that, in very miny iustaces, were frecly prescnted and (reely "I'ho torm of plodge taken by tho callers on Ming Willard was £ side of the ceutro; ix large sud elogans chaudeliors. To tha laft of the drawing-ruom are two smaller rooms, used What n contrasi botwaon tho courso thass ladios adopted and that genorally taken | Instond of wing, liquors, ami sweots,—health-destroying, wrind-killigg, naventing. —which woro presonted to eallers, theso Iadies, lasers of their ruce, of their country, inenlentors of mernhity, offered AN ADAMANT-POINTED GOLD PLYX, Juet dipped In indelible ink, & roll of paper with a signiticant heading on it, aml mnde n requent that the visitor should record hin name, Whilo sympathy must bo extended to those Iadios for their non-guccess, yot ho sould lndead bo silly | who srould utter othor than praieon for thelr en- il deavore, 2 ‘Fha Women's Tomperance Asaociation ov 11~ nofs, of which Mian Franges B, Willard s Preafe dent, thorouglily in earnest, and beloving that #omo good could ho efected, yesterday Inaugur- ated a nystorm which may i time become a cus- {om, which, when as penerally observed as tho modo of tho day, ehnll mark tho ANRIVAL OF THE MILLENNIDM, Mias Willard, and with Ler Mrs. Cook, and Miles. €. . Kimbull D, tmith, sud Kate Jackeou, openmd & temperanco at 10 o'elock yestorday morning, Young Men's Christisy Association rooms. Thoy Lol n recoption of n vory different eharncter than those belng held throughout the citv, Butif thoro way an ab- #enee of lh{ulrr. thore was 8 prosenco of as cour- Iy ladies oy graced niy drawingeroon lie word cordinlity” oxprostos the biirean in the whon ho complied with the roquost, aud_simed the uledge, who conld portray the juy which beamed ovor the countonances of (ho Indion ? A representative of Luy Inisuse paid o visit to the burean during tho afternoon. Bliss Willard and attendant Indies accorded hin AN HONEST WELOOSE. Misw Willstd, spenking of the work dono, ox- considoriug the number of extimated way amiall, Tho iutention to open not very Inrgoly nunonuced, that there was not a rush, Mire ng ealls not to offer epirituous WIIIRKY, DRANDY, AND WINE Yarlnkcn of. ‘Thia pledge {8 taken of that caming day, when ALL MEN'S WEAL 6ball e EACH MAN'S GARE, COPY OF TEMFERS DAE PIGNED BY ME |0 PLEDCG 1, the nndersigued, bvee will nof nranfacture, 1k i, use, or o any © 1! way enconrago ot ahy Ttoxieating | 1 Laquors an o bever 1 will wot peemnis |° oy bullding or otlier property under my cotie 3 trol 1o by used 1n tite Liqitor Tratib, nml tha will, by my effort awd {uthionce, tu'all ; \ayn, acck b0 promoty the cause Of Telnprrace, Jax. 1, 185 ¥itahers WiLLaun, Witness, 'o the many who did not call on Mi~s ¥ sympntliy must be extended, nud if they nre ro- P mixod their drinks, tho cousolation is offered to (hem that they bave Jeave to call on Miss Willard uny doy during the en t to-tsy, on they must ba if they liave — UNWILLING CALLERS, JUSTICE BOYDEXS RECERTION, Promivont among those yestetday who ob- wervad the time-honored custom of recoiving calls on Now Year's Day was Justico N. B. Doy- den. That gentieman has enstained his well- Jnown reputation for bospitality by daily, during the past year, entortaining thoso who were dis- poeed to call on him. Yeaterday His Tlonor signified his intention of Keeping up bis rocaptions during the yeor 1875, Just s during 1874, by throwing wido open tho doors of that clegant aud palatinl mansion which Lo leased from the city st its completion last spring for tho reception of callors, This Auporb structuro iy located st the corner of Pacific ov- enue and llarrison etreet, and was crected by the city at an enurmous expendituro of the peo- ple'a monoy, aud A ERIEF DESCRIPTION of it will not be out of place on this occasion. Tho bnilding s of brick, with atouo facings, fronting ou tho avenue and street, trauce from oach, titul iron fence resting on stoue foundations. It is complote in all its arrsugements, and especial attoution was paid by the architect in the pianning for tife nccommodalion of guosts and for their ontertoinmont on stated occasiona. With tha view thore aro large double doors on each Lo voatibule of the buiiding. streot entrance tho visitor largo ia regiaterad by an attentive attache, and thon is immedistoly banded over to tho kindly attention of auother, who, by & winding stairway, conducts the guest below to privato spartments whero robbers canuot break in sad steal, as tho rooms aro protected by iron bars placed perpondicular- iy in front of cach, and closed with a massive door of tho same moterial, boudoirs, instead of being covered with carpet- iug, which in time must become old and dm!ixy' the do- vith an en- It ig surrounded with o beau- cadiog up by sloue tops Into tuo From tho Harrigon passes juto o where or her name root, his The floors of thesa are covered with 8 poft and pliable coment, odor of which is very framrant and lighttul to its occupaut, partakiug to s grest oxtent _of the jporfums of exuact of tar, Here tua guests aro allowed s briof Bpace in which to recuporato thelr lost energics, when the atteudant arouses thom with geutlo tones, and imparts the information that, 88 soon a8 couventent, he will cscore them to the aute- room, prior to being FREYENTED TO TIE TIAT. Ample time iu sllowed tho visizocs to arrange thoir toilets, when thoy aro conducted up b vury rivate and couveniently arranged slairway eading to tho small room adjotuing tho gpacious drawing-room of the muiaon. Thin is an im- mense room, with high coilings, woll vontilated aod lighted. 'hrough the centro aie placed, equidistany from oach other, six lsrge and beautiful corinthian pillars, three on either botween those hang foa toto-a-tetes between tho guests and theiwr friends—principally of the legal profession— whom they may desiro to speuk mith confiden- tially, L'o’tho roar stands THZ TURONE, upon which mine host is wout to eit, on general- yecoption days, earrounded by I imwadiuta freuds, Messts, Jamieson and Cameron, of the Law Dopartioent, snd tho reporters of the press. Phureday Mr, Boyden notitled the superiutend- ent and maunagor of his hosts of setvauts— Capt. Buckley—that Le proposed to_Lecp open Bouse in s regalisanuer vu the follawing day, and to 8pare no pains or expenss in putting his palace in order for the roception; he desired not to compote with the aristocratic ocoupavts of tho mansious with marble fiontson_the avonues uud boulevards, but to excal. It was his intention to have thw eclipse_any furmer reception ever held in the City of Chicsgo, 1lo did not wish & gaudy ap- poarance, sud particularly anzious was he to svoid overythiug that migit ook like shoddywmn. With these instructions, Capt. Buckley issued s orders to his chict ald, Mr. O'Conuars, aud that faitbful and trusty ationdant, with the as- smtance of bis rolisble stowsrds, Bunmomin aud Hayes, prepared tho catablishmout in s mauner that nons bLut esperienced bands hke them- solvos could Liave posdibly acc omphistied, TIE GROUNLY wore olaborately docorated 3o a tasteful manner, Hero and_ there werts Dlaced barrols contauwing womo ehivico tropicat plant, what, the visitar was unsble to decide, a6 it was carefully covered with sslied, Un eachvido of thewmaesive gates, swung wide opes to adumit tho vebicles of Callers,—ox- pross wagons snd dsays,—was sxtistically peu- ciled, in charcoal, tho likouessos of Nafferty, Perteet, Fiucaus, Father Forhsn, aud otber woll-kuown gentiomen whiohiave ou former oeear aiony hiko that of yewtorday, siown with 1esplend- ent splondar at tiiese public receptions, UL DUAWIRG-KOUM, however, was the centro of the sttoution of Mr, Euydeu's aruy of sitoudauty. The tloor of this 1uom, instead of being carpeted liks thosa of tbe lewy pretputious sesideuts ou the avenuos lead- ivg soufls from the city, wan covered with saw- duet at Jeart 4 inches deep, the plain appesratice of which was rehoved by stumps of Lalf-burnt cigars piasced bero and thers, a4 it sving Loen throws 1u 8 careless wunuer upos the Heo fuw ol quidy of tobseco added their preseuce to that of the hslf-smoked sturmgs, Tho walls ap- puared to grost advautsge, s thoy wore fruscaed with piok sud goldon colosw of tobacco JANUARY 1875 [ Edl Jules, npplied judiciously by anch nrtlaty an Decelle, Xoom, Malonoy, and Londergan, arnintad by tho frlands ot mino host, Greoley Tdudon, Jt., Miteholl, Ntackpolo, nnd O'Leary. Tho elegant, Inrgs squaio windows, running from near tho ceilings to half-way downta tho Hour, wero gorgeois t thoir fostooun of cob webs cn- twined with the runniog, streaks of dict which have been acet thetoon for the past s miontha for thi The edling was es- pecially attractive, theio being dotted over amd alottt it pieces of rotten apples, rpit-bally, nud eplastie of woll chowod fiue-cut. Add to all thie tha fact that the qutaido blitds wora clored, the drawing-room darkoned, and tho gorgeous chan- delires lighted, reflectinga roft refulgent radian. ey of hight from their innumarablo burbers, std wo ean tunderstand that the seene was truly hill- imuly beantiful it fit for tho penal of aun artiy AP, MIVDEN'S AERVANTA swera attired 1w a livory of bluu conts with brass butte huttoned clove up to the chi; whito wlover on thewr handat Deli. Around thoir waivts, in whieh were piaced stout and hort | curt clibs,—tho arms of the House of Doyden, Au cneh puest arrived, o was escorled by one of theso liveried attendnants to tho room in tha roar of tho throne, prior to the opouing of tho fentivition, ~ At the carly hour of 8 o'clock fn tho smorning the august Hoyden ontoved tho briltinntiy-iilus mipated room from n privato rldo ontrance, followed by i cligson uttendauts, Col. Martin Seully and Maj. Jolin Tuulcon, Ascending tho clovaied platform at tho onef end of the tiraw- ing-room, bo reated himsell i an oy wrm-chair provilad, and constructod with n slugle view {o hin comfort; Col. Senlly took up his position on the left of tho urbane Lt digustiod Doxden, sud on hia left was tho gonial Maj. Tunisol, and on Lin Teft was stationed Decelle; ono of tha hverded gorvants whoso good tnato was oxbibited In adarnitg the walls with tobacco jitico. Ho elood in a trained and orect position, nt the door lead- iy into the rear room, tuwhich no small num- Dot of the caliera wera impatieutly awaitiug to Lo prosented to tho liberal host, who hl pro- vided all thiw display. Tvorything boing now in rondiness, Maj, Tuuison aunounced in dulcet toucs thatitho gentlemen callors, who ocenpiod seats immeditely in front of Mr, Togden, as favored and vld nequaintances, wonld Yirst pay their compliments of tho day. At this anuouncoment COYNSELON STACKPOLE broko the deathlko riillness that pervaded tho room by navanciug_gracetully with extended liand to gho host, sud “wished “him a happy New Yenr, and hoped to meot him évery morning 08 nsual during tho year which fad just dawned. Tiis was well ‘put on the ‘part of tho Counselor, as Mr. Doyden’s leaso cxpirch in o short time, and he Ia esceedingly anxfons to ronew it, and with that view has re- quented tho nemstanco of the Judges uof tho Court, whoso mflusneo is mighty in thin respect with Gov. Bovoridy Mr. Bovden rnnled his appreciation to the hopes of Stack- vuie, who fell baek 1 good order to give place to the portly frame of FATHER GREELEY, who, will coat-tuil to the kuees, hat in hand, and spectacles astrido his nose,—a prominent feature of that legal lamivary,—wrung tho hand of the hest, o was followed by that emuncnt barrister, O'Callitan, who, with’ hair roached, smooth-shnven faco, stiff ehitt-collar, game log, and cano in haud, appronched lis Honor witlt o bland smile, atd udded Lis compliments to thoso of his brother-attorneys, 1lo was followed by e, who, inhis well-known voice,—not nnusually weak at that,—informed Mr. Boyden that ho was pleavad ta great hua on this, tho first day of the sew Your, Mitchetl was followed by “At- toruey Feiker, who sivaled in his vugo form the Romun Gindiator ; luy brother, tho ~** Doctor,” far some unccountublo roason, was not preseut. wither men of equal prominence followed Mr. Lethor, untd ench onaghnd in turn been pio- sented o tho hout, 1t was noticed that Dan Lauekley aud Leddio were absent. T'his tact for W moment—but only o tmoment—cauked ® #hindow of regrot_to pass over tho fouturcs of thio good-natured Boyden. ‘Thia appearance of worrow, however, qiiekly vanished when tho dours from tho Pacitio avonue ontrance were swung wido open, aud the sorvant at the end of tho roon announced with clation voico the re- nowned eriminal lawygor, Mr. A B, TRUDT, e, Boyden’s face was radinat with amiles aa Mr, Lrudo mivaticed with oxtonded hnnd and clasped that of 1lis Hopor in bis, aud, with the romain- ing arm piaced affechionately around Loyden's noek, they buricd tho tomanawi, and wero iee- ouclod. “This sccue was extremely affecting, and was rejoiced 1 by all present, Itis well known in_rocioly goesip that, rineo tho high- toncd Rocial circle was ko violently distirbed hy tho aristocratic McDonsld-MeGarry Club, Mr, Boyden and Counsolor 'Fruds have not been on Aviendly torms, and kuowing oncs whisper in the sov cirelos that this 1ecoption was cordinlly Y pant of tho mausion in tho liopesthat Mr, Trude would aceept the opportunity thus offared, and shake bands over the bloody chasm, Trude wne likowiso desrous of heaiing the gaping wounds end closing tho brehch, aud, us n matler of course, scceptod tho chance. llercultcr they will moet na of old, After this recouciliation, Maj. Tuanison inform- ed Mr. Boydon that, contrary {o the customs of tho plobefans on Calumet and Prairio avenues,ho hnd eovoral Jady callets awaitlng his plensure, and thoy desired to be presvuted. ** AN right; 1am ready. Col. Seully, oall the pamo of tho flrst lady caller, and Dacelle briug her aut of tho bull-pen.” Col. Beully ran his index-flnger down tho Jist of callars tili it rosted upou the uame of . CAIME OARTER. “*Fotch out Carrie Cartor,” ealled tho irre- pressible Scully, Miss Ourrio was thon, in & gracelul manuer, presented by oo of the liv- oried servants, Shauley by name. Miss Carrie is a brunetto African, and was drossed in exquis- ite tuste, in & bluck aipacs, with long tram, neck cut full decalloto, waist plaited at tha back, and skirt trimtned with groversod trimamings of the samo oxpeuslve matorial, tHer _ravon black hair was tightly crimpod, dressod in _ potntoe - peolings, with _ lslf -blown buds of garlick entwined thorein, Her aruamonts consisted of & biaco of swollen oyes, one on oitor side of her African nose, and {mmediately under the eyebrows, On each gido of her cloa- sical bead sho wors two large cuts, given to har tho night boforo by Oliver Giraen, iu the Pacific Dlock, cornor of Pacitic avenue and Van Bureu atract. 8lo was receivod with great ploasure, and reqaested to call again noxt Monday, and to be cestain that she would, she had better doposit with Col. Beuily a pieca of wiitivg, signed with hor amtograph, sgreeing to give €00 if she not, I'hie noxt fair damaal Introduced was M8 DLANCIE ROSS, who is tho well-kuown 1uigning bello at the cor~ ner of Polk aud Clark strects for the paat two geasans. Sho, like Miew Carter, 4 & brunette; but of Caucasisn blood ; sho was richly attired in biack cotton velvet with an immense trainj drews out high In the neck, nnd sbort sleeves. The ekut was elaborately trimmed, and was canght at the waiot with a Uelt of tar-ropo talien frow tho propellor Buffalo. Hor bair huag in & maws of ringlats down her shapely nock, and under the fiashing gas-jets she looked suporbly raud, Dy roquest she left 10 with the host to 0 added to the fund in the hands of Danlel Q'liara, Euq. M8 NELLIE BEELY came noxt, and was crcorted by two of the liy- ericd gaute, Hho made the saw-dust fly from undor hor dainty Cinderolla-like slipper ed shio bounced along Letween her oscorty. Afiss Sooly 1#a charming blonde, sud was drossed 1o sky- bluo calico, out shoré in the skirt, tho better ta enable bier to dl-fn'y a handeomely shaped ancle over a pretty little foot. ‘Tlio drens was plaited in front and oruamonted with atains of tobacco- juice, Her hair, ay silken as tlax, and of tho color of suuff, was dressed in high puls, crimped with » fat-irou o tho hands of her room-mate. Sho woro no other oiusmonts save two black eyes which wore losned her for tho occa- slou by her fond sdmirer Thursdsy even- ing, Bhe after wishing Ar. Bovden o happy New Yoar, bemyg somewhat indisposad, was gallantly esvorted to oue of the ULoudoi downi-stairs, 1 oider to recuperate her Nugging Bpirits prior t0 & trip to the country-seat of e, Felton, where she will 1otire from society for the romaiuder of the winger, 3184 KATIE HAMMOND appoarod In full-dress, the same us worn by ber at tho Cau-Can Thureday vight. 8lo was by sll adds the mont beantiful lady thero soou. Misa Hammond s scarcely 18 yours of age, aud is of a Bpauisl type of beauty, with & wealth of glossy b}wk curly—all her own own—hauging o grace- ful hor alabuster ders. With dark, Justroud eyes, that ,sparkled with @ brilliency sccond ot wyeu to & bushel of Alsmeda’s urtesian well diumonds, susdod with loug, mlken lashod, and surmounted with beautiful, arched oyo- braws, she rivaled the beauty of Cabral's daugh- ter, iler dresa was of a gauzy fabrio, tuade ¥o by long sud cuntinusl uso, vut exceedingly shory iu frout, with loug trum, logped up wu” either slde by eprigs of umom{l. tuken from the pocketss of vuo af Caunda Lill's Grsugers. Bhe wore underucuth the dress, & plaid balmoral potticont of black sud white stripes ; & low alip~ por aver wtriped yarn hoso, aud romainder of wardroba o watch. ler ormameuts cun- pisted of two blwk noge sround = Ler dulicato srms, just over tho loug Luckskian untlet Ler ears wers pierosd, and orusinented with Alesks diamonds, Miss Ham~ riuglots uver shoul- mond i highly necomplished, and her farents, whowe prido khoe ik, have spareld no aspense 1 Ner musical eduention, Diting the morniug rhe pang thet beantful ballad, s sung by ane of Madame Itentz's femalo minatrels, ** Wandering in tho valley, whera tho litle duisfon grow.” In nddition to this accomplisbmont, Miks Katio 8 nated thronghont © Chevena * Tor hor abitity in Tond talktng. With ventordny'a recoption she tag will retive from sovinty for the nest vixty days. JADANE LA goMET was noxt Intiodiend ns n notablo ealler, Sho woro o complete sticet costumo of gray foanm, Ied throughout with the game materinl, ntd the dress mado with a polonwse, Uhe skitl wos rathor profuscly trimmed srith brieis dust sl sand; etdl, ng it was o walking skt that mado but httlo differenco, Madamo La Compt's ernt won plain, with ¥ neek with jeans rall, whiih completed the costumo. Hec Tt was of ‘o brin= dle color, With Amnehod brim Tul Enocktd-in erown; {Lwan onercled by o dirty redecolored ecart, tord in & druiken” knob at tho back, A clustor of garder fenthors eompleted the garnf- turo, A pwlo, faded dandelion and Lnot of beor-stained velvot formed the trea trim- ming, Hor ehoes woro slipshed nnd cowhides of nn anstoeratio shapo, with broad low heels, the provaliug fasnion, Iler har wan dressed in chatelaine braid outangled with shav- wieM and_chips from the planng-null, The eharmivg Madame La Compt will wear ber street contumo down st the riduwell until aficr tho Lental reason 1ot «p: fng. There wero many other elegant lady catlers nt the mansion of Mr, Dugden, Letter known by it titlo of tho Apmory; bt time and spaco forlid funther notico of them on this vecasion. Uit TrInuNE 16p0cteT, howover, who wan 6 €l0so Ois ketver of tho fashionsblo eallors dusing L day, s nono woro Ktylish Aud fnteresting than those of Justico Boydeén's, Among tho callors of the sternor sex tho roportor was purticulatly attract- od by I, 1, CnATa ho wore a spike-tailed conl of greasy eloth; atiiny pantaloons, bagging at (e kuoesy cavods i ftove-pipo, tthor the worus from tho woar and tear of o feartul drunk tho nipht before; shirt-bosom open in front, and stained with tos tico ; no eravaty faco very attractive— capecinliy #0 to the oy ag it had not sern o razor for u fortuight. Beveral cuts and bruisos ormamented tho unshavon tace, and ho wes ad- d fo go to tho country fora fow months, T'his advico ho Jid not 1eceive in a kivdiy mood § still, when tho servants iu livery approsched, Lo cousonted. CARAROS HENDIICKS, a German gentloman 45 yonis of age, graced the oceaslon by his presenco. o was cousidorably Lehind the style, aud, being under the influenco of too much cgg-nog: ho win llowed {0 go below. CHANLER WhRIGNT wna n nobby caller, Wrlght %8 a yotng man 20 yeurs of age, aud was drossed in tho heiglit of Tnshion ; scal-slin cap and gloves, spiko thiled oont, and hal{-Joore trowsers; whito neck-tics Dincl-cloth vest, and ou tha wholo was ueatly attired, Ho did ot enjoy hiy call, awing to tho fact that oue of tho hiveried people hens cons stantly tuforming bim that Thursday night ho so far forgot himself as to siwarh in o luce of old n:lm Lowenthal, at Applotou's salovr, on Stuto street. KEVEDAL LADS imitated tho older ecullern by gotting drunk betoro stacting out. Among thom weras noticed Jus McCarty, who revi in s csrd _with the namo of Jomed Jolnson, Ar. Doydon tuvited him to call agnin Tuesday, Aexandor Hammond, Wilide Bridgman, Davy tvan, and John Cunan, all lads under 17 yoara of ago, were on bnnd, and each oue mado a kmoll deporit with Tiis Honor as o tokon of regard for the Now Year, On the whole, this brilliant recoptlo: Doyden's on New-Vear's Dy, 187 recherche ulfair, and wilt bo remembered by tho onllers for many weeka to come, anu _cspecially will it bo romemberal by tho host hinwelf and bLis friand, Mz, Trude, The reporter of Tie Trinuse frecly accords alf praieo to Mr. Bogden for his munagement and taulniu dishiug up this brilliant cutertain- mont. 7 —— AMUSEMENTS, ATTRACTIONS AT THE THEATRES, Tha stage as o public instenctor bad its opror- tunity yeatorday, in tho enterininmonts nt tho dilferont theatres, Such a varioty of pleasant things 1o the way of Now Yonr's amusomonts conld not fail to give to tho patronsof tho theatro what ench preferred, Iora was opnor- tunity todeed for tho formation of good New Year rosolutions, with n vengeance. Edwin Booth wished two enormous audiences a happy Now Year a8 Richellcu, and aflersardsas Lescara in e APOSTATE." Take tho latter character as a subjoct for gen= eral rejoleing and enjoy tho manifold benefl- cence and besuty thercof, and what could con= tributa more fullyand happily to the good focling of a Now-Yesr's audicnco than the spec tacle of a flendish malignant Pascara stretching rivals on the rack, and making lovo totheir wives under circumstances of unususl atrocily ? Tho screams of tho victim weio an unususlly ‘happy sccompaniment to the compliments of the roagon, had be been sufliciently awaro of tho fact to scream fortigeimo and make himself pgreeable. Tho proepect of noar aud quite unpleasant doatl was in ox- coltent keoping with s day whieh celobrated the birth of o new year, and s decldedly pleasant ushering in of & senson of revelry and mirth. Tndeed, it would have beeu difficult to solect o much moro cheerful and appropriate play than Tho Apostate " for a holiday porformance.” Aund yet, diflieultas it wae, tho foat was nctu- allv accomplishod by Miss Clara Morris last oveniug, whov, by roquest of humerous art-lov- ing oud sensation-admiring patrons of the drama, sho dovotail thin holiday-night to the ox- qulsite represcutation of CAMILLE, at tho Academy of Music, Fruly thst was both edifying and ogreonblo. With torrouts of tears and much flagging of saturated pocket-handker- chiofs, an cuthusiastic audienco absolutely en~ oyed Camille. Avtually, porhaps they did not, . but it only in theory, still 1t wad a very astonish- iug thing. Young* men, fatiguod with the ardu- ous social dutios of the day, calling and eating, drinking and dlirtiog; maidons satis- fied uttorly with & wurfoit of good cheer such a8 maidens do most re, flattery namely, and genisl conversation, compliments aud light telk with bundreds of the other wsex, sought rocroation and amusemest in wit- ueselug_the sorrows of Camille, a woman of vory bad habits at the best, sud groat only in onduriny divappointment from a scnso of duty not easlly percoptible. Perbapa tho fate of Camille might, by the morally inclined, have boen interpreted aa an oxcellent warning against tho sins of levity and unblest love, for wo are told by tho tinted programma that tho porform- auco of “Camille” sumuariios into, & couple of hbours, *‘Ihe fale of =& eoguctio" In which aspest of the oasa, thoro was of courso much prolit and warning. But bhow many of the Euun;: ladics theu und thore presout wouid bave hiad the courage to admit oveu to themuolves that the fato of Camill was by soy poussiblo arrangemont of events awaiting thom ? Aud how many of their gallants would bave truated to thein the necossify for u wosrisume pursuit of tho character through her snducks and dlupflumlmnnl, aud_callod upon them o rogard with foer of a like dissolution the agonies of tho doath-bed sbeno? Imagine anybordy on holiday deliborately seeking out the F sy of »Camille” for recroation, relaxation, pleasiro, Kor to the most esthetfo tasto the amount of pleasuro detivablo from * Camulle™ can only come from tha excollouce of thn acting, Lo botter tho acting the wors doplorable and juy- less is tho ploy, Toars and disiross are impliod in * Camille,"” and tho selection of wuch a play for an Amorican New Year's Doy must bo reck~ oned among the curiosities of “tasto of which Chiioago furnishos froquent examples, The se- loction of the &nme way, Lowever, to be atrib- uted to the piblio rather than the manager or tho gifted and brilliant lady who maken of tho pioes somethiug uot rjnite doloctable, Tut if good resolutions were tho order of tho doy; If contnibutious to tho pavewent of tho dismal regions below wera to bo expocted,—for tho strest-comuunslonerd of Hades profit groatly in the matter of infernsl Nicolsou by New-Year's ledges of yoform,—tlien perliaps Managor Hoo- y nay claim the palm for baving provided the public with sconex ta moralize upon, 1f eujoy- ment was & thing forelgy to the Now Year and to festivals of all kinds, sud if subjeots for coutiu- usl resolving was the great necd, surely M LED ASTHAY " furnished something quite to the purpose, Thers i1 ovory opportuuity in she world 4o rosotvo upon Led Astray.” One rosolve to thosa wha sca it is to foroyer dlscourago aud discountenance tho Freuch drama. HMero wo have & wile with guito 2 tespectable Lunland, who might, if properly treated by warmib and wifcly aulicitude, be re- duced to & companionsbla degreo of interest iu his bome. Dut the wife, with » strong leaniug to idealism of the lirvokiyn etripe, which fnds spprecistion aud the mau in overy- body but her own husband, profers to allow nsture (u take its courns aud hurries on to gullt. For froedom from the sotual gommivsion of otime, Hesveu knows sho bas buy ths promptitude of the husbsud and tho Ingauulty ot & I a French plavwright o bo thankful for. Aed lieto in n meot awd fortile provocation for roali- tlonm not £ Lo lightly brokon, at one of which wa have darkly linted nbose, The ohers are tow apparent to teeid mentioning, Resiutions not to go hunting the world over fer ‘The Man nr0 #o natnzally- made, sl 80 naturally forpote ten, that any referenco o them outeido the Ipit ~ B9 impoettinent, And the equally neceseary resalve to leave othor fellows' wives sovetely alone, tnder pennlty of fighting, not a st in & divoreu-conit, it o agely-elnod and inplacabla hu<hand wich stage-pistol at Lwo pacas, 1t woull bo waporflu- ous tu call to mind. AT THE MUFEOM there wan n diversity of 1 las whon the year wa in ita infancy, tho enthunias. tic auditor was iutroduced to “Tie Forty Thleven,” a8 though, with o Common Qotncil and varlons Boards and DPolice Courts, there wore Aty necoseity for inflicting the bravadew and buliies of Oriental fietion upon the veryspot whero thoe Star of Empito ind derlded to sottle permanently, amd tako littlo stock in a big hoe tol or invert in honlevard real axtato, ** Waiting for tho Verdict,” for tho nfternoon, was not a eheerful affair, thouzh ** Puul Iry ™ and * His Last Legs,” with Dition, made, of couruo, o very much mote palniable programme. T MINNTREL ATAGE is not & popular Leacher. and, thereforo, the hol- iday programme was uch mora auitabie, ‘Thore thoy vurlesqued tha Dovit, nod paid no attention at all to tho rolomnity of thy duy, Aud, mores aver, thoy did_not point Wim anvthing like aa Binck an thiey do woina of thelr ronutitis lovers and wensi(iva maklens, They made fun To eommency of him atd bis vielims, and of aevery: body, whieh yerformanca had o devils mnyeenre awegmer ahout it, nud was in keeping with tho goucral rontiments of the rreat masa of peoplo. On {ho whole, {he tuinstrels aetually dirl more to give a rationul holidsy entortainmout than tho more preteutions #tuge, whero linman parstous and human gor- rows wore obtrivded “befora Iaughtng festival audiences, a8 much in jilaco as the skoloton at Lhe feast, or bridal tour on a funeral droiv, THI GRABAROPPER CONCERT. _ Giragshoppes eoncorte do not seom to bo favor- itey with tho musteal publio. Tle first conccrt of the eeason, it %will bo rememoored, wos des yoted tor iz tho ravagen of this voracions invect, ud_did vory littlo towarda fhat oxcelient picpone, ‘The one'given Inst evening ot Farwell it will do still Jess, wo fear, although the ro= it might have Leen anticipated, considering tho numerous engagemonts and dutfos whichs o cupy tha public on New-Year's night. Tho misforfune m point of attendance wem coupled with other misfortunea, such 18 tho nheenco of one or two performers, tho lalo a vals of others, atrl a general derangoment of thia programmo, which wis rather distracting to ouo Who attompted to follaw it by the card. Tho numbers of the programme wera fiart elogution- avy and patt musical, and wero in' tho maju very interestivg, I'wo of our homo roaders, Mra. Blayton nnd MreArmatrong, mado thelr appear- nnco, undannted by tho announcoment of Mrs, Siddons, aud did excellantly woll, espocially the formor, whoso reading of “The Croed of the DBells " was ono of tho best pioces of descriptiva worls over rond upon our stage. Mrs. Siddons, nlthough sufforing from o rovers unlisposition, read in admirable stylo Tenngson's * Lad; Clare,” and **'Who Jackdaww of Rheims,™ from' “Tho Ingoldsby Legendn. Ilor lit~ tlo protege, * Seraphael,” plaved Liezt's Third Tthapsodie in a styld » hiclmight give some hinta to older players. - Notwithstauding 1t8 immensa demands foir power nud teehnique, be proved hime solf equnl to the task, and gave tho mnumbor in a stylo' which will stamp him as o mosk warvelous pinyer i hio retains it when bo bes comes mnture. It ho is not_spoiled by forcing, n grent futuro awaits him, Tho singing by the homo talont presentet mothing specially now, excopt tho introduction of & now aud “rathor Schumannosquo song by Mr. Fred W. Ioot, “Nabbath Motning Chimes,” which was sung by Misn Ella White, As the concort was parely charitabls ono, it does not call for any further criticikm, This_cvening it will be ropested, and Jirs. Siddons will aleo read. The prico of ade misrion has been fixed ab only 25 centa, ——— THE ANTI-NEV—V:YEAR’S RECEIVING SO CIETY. PROCEFDINGS OF TA¥ FRELIMINANY MEETING, About noon yestorday the reporter sallied oul to go down town. He had but fow ealls to make, and those wero actusted by prudence, and not by omotlonal jmpulses. It is his custom’on Now-Yetir's Day to call upon tho wives of a few worthy tradospeoplo whom Lo favors with his patrooage. This is sbout all tho pay that thoso good people receive for supplies furnished, and it should not o grudged them, Theso calls givo theso-estimablo wives tono and charactor among thoir noighbors, for there aro houses whera it is a luxury to sport the card of a nowspaper-man, ag thora aro houses where tho visiting-card of Mre. Wholesale Merchant lies limp and fly- ‘Llown on the mantel-piece, 8 titlo-doed of social nobilitv. B o tho reporter, on his way down town, called in at tho saloon of MR, JONES, where it1s his cnatom, when clrcumstancos fr- yor, to follow tho interosting German pastime of absorbing Iager boer and helping the trade in borloy. Joncs was wrestling intoan innmensa overcoat, which ho was pulling np by tho eollar, while Mrs. J. was pulling tho iuncr coa: duwa by tho tail. After tho complox scrics of maneavros had come to an end, and Joues wag in porfoct harmony with his new surroundings, the roporter held pleasant conversation with Mra. J. touching the New-Year, and then askod Ler husband whether ho was starting off ona round of calla, +No," enid the mighty Jonos, *'1 AM GOING TO THE MEETING," * What moeting might that bo?” eald tho re- ortor. i It is," repliad Jones, ** & mooting of the Sa- loon-Keepora' Union for, tho purpose of protest= g agpinst tho intorferonco with our business caped by this recoiving New-Year's Liay, and potitioning the Council to put astop toit. 1t e can got no redresa there, wo will hava ta make up a patty on it, and olect a Council which will represent our'wishos., Wo lmoet av Orpheus Hall, Come along.” # 1y jt & German moeting, Jones ?7 1 No, not enlirely ; auy one who does » large business in solling lagor is wolcome. Come aud soo a croat social movement in its cradle,* Ho the roportor went cheorlly, aud as Jones and he moved down tho streot thoy stopped in many saloons, picklug up reinforcements by tha way, and drinking “ peaco aund good-will " /with inuumorablo saloon-keepars, - Thoro was A (09DLY OROWD alroady assomibled at tho hall nathed. after the tuncful harper of old. Tuoro was Zonischek whom Amorican printers gouerally call guines pig, for exnn of provunciation, aud the Bohwu- chows, heroes of tho personal-liberty Aght of 187, and Salomon, and Hchaeffor, and Ausench, sud’ Vollnor, . and Friond, and Walz, sad Adsian, sud Lebmau, and Docokh, and man moro whose names need not bo mentione: 1t was o moeting of battlo-gearred veterans, It waa tho reassombling of tho old original Abolie tionists. Not & man there but hiad beon fined for obeying the dictutes of his consclende and tho highier law, aud selling boor Bunday, A toms, perance man could no maro huve lived ia thal room than o sorpont in lioly water, It waa red- olent with memorics of distillers’ asaoclations, froo beor lergues, Buuday conceris, sto. "Tho meeting was called {o ordor st 1:30 o'lock by Mr, Fehn, of tho North Bide, who nominated BI)‘. Kollor ay Prosidont. ‘The motion was agroad to, and that gentleman took Liw seat, and obsorved that the object of the meoting would bo expluined by Mr, Zenfs schek, wheso name hoaded the call, 1L, ZKNISUMRK said they had beon called together to find soma way of stopping the custom of American women of " ireatmg® lzhtir frionda on Nem Yoar's Day, —a custom which ruined, not for a day only, but for a_wlolo weok, Lhe businoss of thoso who sold beer, Whenever n mau know that he could got for nothing all tho liguor ho wantod by elme ply goiug around from houso to house, he would 4015 anid would atiandon tho ealoous which had beeu accustomod to rely ou their patronage, Biill worso, st these louses thoy wero 1cd, as ho, Zenischok, had heard from young men who hail beon there, on foreign and unwholesoms daiutios, such a8 rich cake, lobuter-salad, cold turkoy, ‘eto., whereby thoy lost their rolish for the piain but toothuoms food ho aud his assoe ciutes woro 1n the Lubit of spresding for theme- tho dark bologua, the sengulnury pmldlnfi, the fragrant chooso, the potuto-sal the brown bread, cat in goometrical chiunky, and tho pieros ing wustard. ~Hosidos that, theso New Year's ~isitors, driuking much, sud mizing their drinks, as ho had ovory reasou to beliove, bocame great= ly dumoralized, and awoke on the morrow whh what tie Americans callod ¢ Loads on them,” to curo which they resorted not to cool and cheors Jogg buscr, but $0 cocktail, romsining froquently fur a wook with unsteung norves, drinklug noth- iuugg but epintuous lquors, 5 Ru &t proseut manuzed, New Year's Day—a pational sud oiviv boildsy ~wsa gan avlaly i e Gios Filth Foaed