Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1875, Page 10

‘0 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1875.--SIXTE EN PAGES. STUDIES FROM LIFE, DiGienlty ef Obtaining Models in with Chicage. A Janitor Who Strikes for Higher Women Cannot Be Ob- Reasons Why i Serious Effect on the Art-School. Chicago art has been déveloping rather slowly during the few yoars that bave clapeed since the great devastation. It has not kept pace with the other charscteristics of our city, and so, far as painting aud sculpture are concerned it must be admitted that we rank: comparatively Jow-whea placed beside such places 23 Boston, New York, apd Philadefpbia. Ovo great reason for this ‘backwarfiness is- the workaday character of our metropolis. The great mass of the people have really no time to cultivate art, know nothing about it, sud caro less, A glimpso at Lipeoin Fark in the summer months is more-real joy to them than all the Jandseapes and sunset effects painted by master bands. In fact, the-only-branch of art that may be said to have reached s prosperous condition here is that of 3 +f +) @ PoRTRArT-ParntiNa. There are several excellent limners of the hu- man countenance inour midst, and, doubtiece, in fators year the artists of higher type will have no reason to complain of lack of public ap- preciation. We havo also some very excallent landscape-artiste, but in the way of ; ¢ OHARACTER-PICTURES | and Deroic seancs.we are decidedly in the back- ground. Sculpture hasnct advanced very far in Chicago, and, like painting, is simply in its “ swaddling-clothes.” It is true that there is a life-school for the purpose of educating young aspirants, established in-the Academy of Desiga, * under the. direction -of. a yery. meritorious painter, Prof. J. Roy Robertson, who bas Jong been favcrably known to the public in the higher walks of his profession. * Ono great difficulty in the way of the lize- school isthe almost: ~ IMPOSSIBILITY OF PROCGRING LIVING MODELS, especially females, Neon are uot so chary of ex- posing their ~anstomy, and, during -several months, tho janitorof the Academy has consented to expnso hus lithe and weil-knit form for tho benetit of genilemes who <‘bring mind down to matter.” ‘This person ‘has-been “;ut through” every possible formof beroie-attitnde. Bo bas hugged his chains as the prisoner of Chillon; died, like Epimanondas st Mantinea; écfied the Lightatng, as Ajax; and expired on the floor of. Colosseum, lixe a gladiator of oid. But even janitors are mercenary, and, all of a sudden, this particular man +. STRUCK FOR HIGHER WAGES. Ho was not going to “ pose,” and expose, him- welf buforo the gaze even of artists for au hour at 8 time ell for tho small wum of $1 per sixty minutes. We wanted bis pay doub!ed, and,.un- fortrmately, the funds of the Academy zre not in thst riotous mood which might support an ) exuberant: generosity. Consequently, the. jan- itor was told that he might ehroud his mauly + form inmoderm anberoic babiliments, and that “the -Professois would seek some other ‘hu- mao” who would answer all the purposes of infant- art. Judging by- past experience, however, the ctuances of obtaining a first-class model 2re by no mcans good. Men are, after all, usturaliy modest, and hate to be beld up betore strange eyes like savage beasts ‘ omexhibition in.o cirens-menagene, Another tling, good forms aro BY NO MEANS COMMON among the cinss cf-meu who might consent to appear nude for the oauelit of art and the replen- isurment of their exhausied exchequets, Besides, * posing,” as it ia termed, is very fatiguing. It streins the muscles, and produces weariness with zore celerity than -any other kind of. exer- cise, To a sensitive man the ordeal is more than dwrusting, sepocialiy if the ‘subject " happens - to..be of an artistic turn of mind. Men whe have the slightcat possible chance of mik- ing a living in any other way, cannot be induced to ‘peel off,” even for the purpose of advancing the cause of art. * FEMALE MODELS. - Now, when it is so very difficult to secure a good.malc model, how much more so must it be tuivduce any womay, baving the least possible geueitivences, to ‘Isy aside the fig-leaves and stand: revealed, in tne primeval garb of her Mother Eve, before the gaze of men. In Cni- cago. espemalls, tha Professors have been baflled in the endeavor to secures female model. Thoy bad one, about six months ago, a very tine figure, but, 28 soon sa she had acquired sufficient funds to leave the city, she Geserted te Academy, and fled to parta un- known. Stuce that time no woman bas answer- ed the advertisements of Prof. Robertson. "HE AOCOUATS FOR THIS RELUCTANCE to appearnude on the part of Chicago women in several ways. is not vory emple—only a dollar an hour. Sec- ond, because women who woyld be likely to fol- Jow such a calling may not 1ead English at all. [-Phird. becanso American women, a8 a rule, have @ great horror of appearing indelicate—even the worst of them. Fifth, because the women of Chi- eago.havo uot been trained to the philosophy of ‘the thing. Sixth, because a good many women do not properly understand what serving a6 8 model means. Thus, balf a dozen , Obstacles, each one serious, beset the Professors in their attempt to make Chicago 2 life-school of art. In France, Italy, Germany, ond Great Britain they nave no difficulty whatever in find- iug women who are willing to be obliging, for a sonsideration, in this fashion. Some of them are, to be sure, of loose character, but thore are very many exceptions to this rule. Besides, the mistter ip better understood in the old countrics. Pauline Bonzparte, Napoleon's favorite sister, who Was reported *‘lovelier than the Queen of Love,”. once -served as 2 model for Cano} aud, as the story goes, when asked py'u friend if she felt no distress at beng placed iu euch a position, artlessly replied. * None at all—thore was 2 fire in the. room!” Pantine, however,.bad the philogopby of art ia her mind, and minded Canova no moro then if be had been a statue,—a feeling that was said to be reciprocal on tho part of tho great ecalptor. that tney look upon a femslo“model aos they would nyon a piece of marble. The iadics are " treated with the atmost respect, and cre allowed to rest if the continuation of the poss ” should prove foo severe. Tho very moment they get down from ths tform, they are «rapped in Jarge mantles and remain covered uutil they are again required to guide the eye of genius in the formation of some new and baautifal creation. Frof. Robertson save that Chicago wantons might be progured, but thero is a manifest ro- dnctance #0 have anytaing todo with them. Be- sides, ‘with tho charaxteristio -greediness of the professed in, they refase to work for 80 SMALL A TEMUNERATION a5$1an hour, though a much larger smount Hicht induce some of them to take the stand, for, certainly, they are not re- strained by ‘any feeling of womanly shame. In New York thero are numerous female models, becanse it would bo impossible to get along with- ont them, and the Jife-school there can afford * larger prices. Women who do not desire to re- veal themealves are allowed to weary mask, 80 that, at least, their blushes may be hid. It is easy onough to get ladies who sre willing to havo models taken from their feces, bat allowing their forms tobe dealt with in the same manner is quite a different affair. - Wi Befcl m Modest Youth in a Car. From the &t. Louis Democrat. vin exceedingly modest young man, dressed in a new suit of broadcloth, entered an Olive strect ar. hiushingly took s seat by the side of s nurse with s babyan her erms. The mother of the ‘baba, a young woman of vivacious dis- osition, and with vieual orbs somewhat merred Tyetrabiamus, ‘had & seat on the opposite eide of ume car, where she could gaze fondly upon ” ber offspring; and mark the play of its cherub vountenanes. . The _‘quicik-a-biddy”. was exhiterated by the gentle rociing of tne bobtail, end icoked a2 his mother and crowed and thrust its fists into.its mouth. -- The-young mother re- spouded by a tender glance at the .‘:sugar- plam ;” bat t6 the bashfal young man it seemed that her eyes were fixed directly upon him, and he ‘blushed let, and wiped his face with bis handkerchief. “Is it fond of ‘its new cosy?” exclaimed the tender parent, unconscious of the presence of all. axcapt. her child. Her faco was aglow with intense affection, and her eyo lighted up with the: fire of love and de votion; but, alas! they were looking in the wrong direction, and besmed upon the modest young man, ag he thought, with too much free- dom. He wriggled in his seat and tried to turn away, but another lady wag at bis left, and he vould not ayoid the gaze of the admiring woman opposite. “Tt will be a httle man by and by, and havea nicoy mustache when it gets older, and it will goto see the- girls and tirt with them; won't sou, dsrling?" And the eyes blezed and burned, and seemed to devour the face ofthe young man with increasing appe- iite. “Does it want a stick of candy? Well, its muzzer'll get it some when she gets out at the corner; 80, don’t cry, my‘little: darling.” Tho young man was now in a high perspirstion, and, being unable to etand it Bay longer, seized the strap, fand giving the -bell a dozen vigorous jerks, rushed fractically from the car. He-told the first acquaintance that he met that a beauti- ful girl had made love to bim iu the car, and that she was so ‘far gone” that’ she declared her passion ia a street-car, ~ CBARLES SPRAGUE. A Paver Read Before the Clarendon Literary Chub, Chicago, at its Begue lar Mecting, Monday Evening, Feb. I, 1875, by Artemmas Carter, The journals. of the last weck have given to the reading world the sad intelligonce of the deati of Charles Sprague, the trusted and able financier, the honored citizen, the genial gentle- man, the gifted poet. Charlee Spgague was o Boston bey, and in Boston ho has #pent hislong and usefal life. He was born in 1791. His father was Samuel Sprague, one of the famous ‘ Boston TYea-Party.” He received his education, so far as schoolg are cou- cerned, in the common schools of his native city. Ho received a rare supply of firo from on high. That bright peculiar “Candle of the Lord” which we call genius lent to him s far brightor flamo than is com- <Mitted to most men. At the age of 13 years. he began to caro bis breed by service in a grocery. Early in life. too, to his credit be it said, he found that servico and its surroundings distaste- ful. He carried slong in life with him recollec- tions of that grocery. ‘Twenty years later, he delivered bis eloquent oration on Iatemper- ance, abounding in passages often quoted since. Who shall say how much of the apt power of that oration camo of that carly experienco,— that observation of the disagreeablo and the ro- volting in the grocery? ‘We next bear of bim in tho State Bank. Here he had found the school adapted tothe business- gide of his nature, and which, unfolded ond trained his financial talents. Mis salary as Toller in the Bank gave bim adequate support, whilo it deft him many hours of each twenty-four to ap- ply to readiog. It was the use ho made of these hours all the way along in his young-man-ly life that gave him his better education. Jt was not 20 much the common sehools for six or eight years when ha was a boy, es the studious habits, directed and guided by his ‘ine literary taste, that gave to Charles Sprague his literary education. These habits it was which so goon prepared him, not only to associate with Sparks and Quincy, Everett and Prescott, put to First, because the remuneration , shine among them, and, inthe line of his special ability, to smpass them all. ‘ All this time, the finer qualities of sturdy, manly character were ripening in the midst of tho performance of bis duties as an officer of the Bank. . Up to this time, his position in business had not been conspicuous. Still, his: rapid and accurate ability, his spotless integnty, his urbanity, bis “firmness, were already manifest; and, when the Globo Bank (now the Globe Nations] Dank) organized, and its Directors looked about them for s Cashier, thoy took Charles Sprague. He was called to this position in 1825, when he was 34 years old. Ho filled the post, with its Yast work, its heavy responsibility, for forty years! At the age of ‘74, in the year 1805, he resigned bis position in the Bank, and retired from active business; and the Directors of the Bank selected hissou, Charles James Sprague, to succeed him, and that sen holds tho position to-day. Daring all thet forty years, no shadow of suspicion of ius downright integrity touched Charles Sprague. No defalcations appeared. No investigations became necessary. No whitewashing committee waa called for, and for the sufficiont reason that no committec could paint 8 character eo fair.ns Charles Spregue’s, Wo have heard of a negro s0 black ‘that charcoal would not make a white mark op him. Charles Sprague’ honors and in- fegrits, among all the bonds and money-bags of bis situation, shoné go bright and fair that the utmost effort of a whitewashing committes would not mate a black mark on him ! For twelve years, in about the middle of his term of service as Cushier of the Globe Bank, I was a resident of Boston, and kuew Charles Sprague. This was tho period of his finest manly power, You may begin to say within yourself that there is very little in all this that interests you or entitles him to fame, beyond a narrow circle immediately about him, ‘To this I reply, such: talent and such integrity are not so common as to be void of interest anywhere ian the wide world. Bat it is not particularly for thts that I have brought him to your notice. Rather this 1s my point, that, notwithstanding the riaturatof his work, and the engrossing character of it, he still found time to study his favorite authors, to cultivate his own literary powers, and to use those rare talents God had given him, from time to time all elong in his busy life, and always with eminent success, Z On the sth of July, 1925, in the great City of Boston, Charles Sprague delivered tho city ora- tion ; aad that oration takes high rank for rhstor- ical finish aud literary taste, as well as tor fer- vent patriotism. Four years later, ho waa se- lected as the poet oni the occasion of the aunnal celebration of the Phi-Beta-Kappa Society, in Cambridge ; and his poem produced for that oc- casion bas stoud almost if not wholly unrivaled among the gems of yjoetry that occasion bas from year to year ealled forth. This poom, ‘ Curi- osity,” was delivered in 1629, Itattractedattention and won applanse even in England. Our En- glish cousins, in their admiration of this poam, and in their appreciation of the rare poetic ability it displayed, callea its anthor “The Americaa Pope.’ Ip 1821 ho won the prize for the best prolo; at the opening of tho Park Theatre. in. New York. He won similar honora at Philadelphia, in 1822; at Boston, in 1823; at Philadelphia and Salem, in 1828; and at Portsmouth, in 1830, His poem on Art drew from John Quincy Adams the remark that ‘In forty lines was comprised an encyclopedia of description.” He composed, impromptu, an inscription for an arch: under which was to pass the praceeaica which wel- comed and escorted La Payette in Bostov, in 1824. Tnat inscription, if { rightly remember, was: 3 “We bow not the head, we bend no! the knoe: But our hearzs, La Fayette, we eurrender to thes. When Mayor Quincy pointed this ont to tha Fronch patriot, and he read it, teara came to his eyes. I might name “The Winged Worshinere,” “Thankegiting,” “The Brothers,” the Suake- peare Ode, and many others of his poeticcomposi- tions; but it is unpeccesary and would be tedious. Tus every effort seemed to win the prize, if prize were offered.. In-tooking over ths list of his poems, it may 8 you, as it. did me, that too much prominefice. was.given to theatres. But we aro to notice not the subject merely, bunt how ho treatsit, when.we jndgetho man. It ig Charles Sprague who, in writing abont. some theatre whose character and aims displeased him, exclaimed: ‘Who would grace yon desecrated dome, ‘When he can read his Shakspeare o'er at home? It was near the close of his Phi-Beta poem that, realizing, in s poet's sensitive way, tho singulsr situation of himself—s bank-officer— discoursing in yerse totho highest culture ‘and ripest scholarehip that cluster about Harvard University on such occasions. he spoke of him- self as *'to the world’s coarser service sold,” and said that, for one sbort hour, ho had lived among such infinences and thonghte as occupied their years. Ho had played on the beach of that Bea on which they were voyaging all their lives, had Iaitered at the base of the mountain th 80 many of them, were climbing to its summit. Isnould not havo: undertaken a notice of the pene aud character of Charles Sprague, except iat I thought I could give you, in my notice, some of bis lines to enrich my paper and justify my praise. I failed to find my copy of his writ- ings, and have been unable to buy another. It 36 8 little unfortunate for me, but much moro s0-for you,-ihat I have been. driven -back upon my own..resources and recollec- tions for all of my material. Tae re- saltis before you. Bly sketch,. brief and in- completo as it is, yet shows bow possible it is for genins and talent, in our: American life, to builditself up and do its besutifal work, start- ing from the most unpromising begingings. Many 8 young man may find encouragement and inspiration -in the sjlendid succesces of this Boston boy, educated in the common school, the grocers, the bank, and pre-eminently in his own ‘rivace iy . bs Crsnzupow Lovrz, Feb, 1, 1875. METROPOLITAN MODES. Topping. in Satin for Calico Asyinms— “Gowns Answerjng for Spirit- : ual Needs. Corifirmation Impossible Without a Train ---Bonnets and Hats Fore- shadowed. Positive Shades in Colors to Be Adopt- ed---Galore of Spring Flowers. * From Our Own Correspondent. New Yorn. Feb. 4.—Only six days are left vs to dapce our way into gracé and absolution for our eleven montns of siuning. Little enough time for our souls, but abundance for our soles, which already ache with much light tripping for charity's sweet gake. Thore aro those who wish, by the time the season is over, that they’had be- stowed their’ alma without their toes, 80 weary do’ they grow of fashionable coquettings with benevolence. But these are no truc benefactors of their race. They have no appreciation of tho gentimont connected with hopping in satins and velvets for tho: bonefit of Asslums and Homes in calico. But, whether the unappreciative few liko it or not, the appreciative many aro footing it furi- ously in tuese last days; and, when tho reports aro in, you will be surprised to seo how many dollars have been waltzed into the various treasuries. LEST AS A BESISON. To the doyoted dames and danitels who have Jabored faithfully in the vineyard hung with choicest—hot-nouse—grapes, Lent comes as a benison on their toils. It pives them 3 chance to’ rest, reflect, and devise their spring-wardrobes, and for no reason “16 it Dettercspprociated than for the last. In- deed, the outsider, judging only from what ho sees and hears, might readily ‘believe this to bethe sole object of Lent; And really, when you think of it, forty days, exclugive of Sundays and feast-days, is not too long a period to plan five or six months! apparel m,—that is, if you have much of it, I know people that wouldn't need forty days. One of the chief poiuts of consideration dar- ing Lent, aud frequently before, is CONFIRMATION-DRESSES. It is usual here, on Easter-Sunday, for many maidons to be taken into the bosom of the Church, , For this solemn vent, it is necessary, of course, that they should be suitably arrayed ; and much thought is given to the serious sub- ject. Already several gowns of this character have been composed, and theso will serve as 8 model for others. Foriustance, ONE OF WHITE SILK | ig as rich as any: likely to be 1uade,—being of a dead gros-grain. (I notice that all confirmation- Gyessce ore of materials with httlo or no lustre.) It is demi-train, the front and sides boing drawn as tigbtly back as they can conveniently be. The train is surrounded by one deep, box- laited flounce, which ends either side of tho ront breadth, At thetop of the flounce are three standing, finger-wide, ruffles,—the upper and lower being of white lisse, and the middlo one of the silk. These form a heading to the flounce, though between them, and it igs fall double ftuching of lisse and ail. The front breadth of tho skirt is plaited from top to toe. In the middle is oue very broad box-plait, and, turing cach way toward the seam, are alternate plaits of silk aud lisso, The narrow rufiles and ruche that head the flonuce turn at tho seam, and follow it to the waist,—thus outlining the tablier. The waist is a plaited, round basque,—the plaits really being altornate folds of lisse andsilk. Sleeves are coat-shape, trimmed with the alternate folds of ligse and silk, The ehort veil worn on the back of the head is of lisse (and, between ourselves, itis extraordinarily becoming), the edge of which is left without hemming. No jewels are worn, of course ; jewols are of the earth earthy ; pat a white rosebud and bit of green are fastened at tho throat. If it were not for the name of the thing, this dress would serve as well fora wedding as any other occasion. Indeed, a confirmation always does ‘seem a good deal like a masquerpde in bridal raiment.” : F ANOTHER EASTER-ROBE is of white cashmere. The skirt of this scarcely trails, Its wearer has hardly attained the trail- ing age. This is trimmed with narrow plaited ruffles, alternately of cashmere and foulard. ‘There are six of these, and they continue round the skirt, reaching to tne knee. A single gar- ment completes this costume ; but strictly it is neither polopaise nor basque. It has s cemi- polonaize front, basque back, ‘sashes of cash- mere iined with foulard, and sleayes of foulard trimmed with cashmere.. The bottom of the garment is simply hemmed, and there is no garniture at allon the upper dress, excel facings of foulard, which shaw here and ere. : Confirmations and confirmation-gowns do not always conduce to peace of mind. Witneds the following véritable but SAD STORY: : It bappened last yesr. A maiden, who had never worn long dresses, was to have been confirmed last Easter. Sho was to be rarely attired; her robe was to bo made with a train,—her first, ‘This, of course, added to the importance of the occasion; aud, ‘at odd times all through Lent, sho practiced, in her elder sister's dresses, on tho graceful management of the train, Tho Saturday before Easter arrived at last, and with it her robe, It was of the finest quality of India muslin, It was trimmed with many nar- row ruffles, beautifully embroidered on tho edge. An old-fashioned mantle of embroidered muslin was gracefully looped on the skirt, in lieu. of an overskirt. . Tae waist was fan-shaped, with bretelles formed of ovarrow insertion with wrought ruffles on each edge.’ A plastron in ‘front matched the bretelles. ‘The sleeves were puffed lengthwise, with. uarrow insertion be- tween the puffs, and wrought frills about. the hands. An heirloom in the shape of an embroi- dered muslin veil was added. Nothing could have beon more girlish, more perfect, taan this whole suit. Alas! there was one defect,—an insurmounta- ble one iu the oyea of its owner. Through mie- take, ormisunderstanding, the modiste bad cut the skirt iho usual misses’ longth, as sho had been in the habit of doing before. The unregenerate might suppose it still possi- ble to be confirmed in the dress, though it was short. Noto. The damsol had decided to be confirmed in a trained gown on Eaater Sunday, and no consideration could change her. purpose. It wasgiecessarily too late to have another gown made ; 50 she refused to attend the ceremonial, ‘and has been left, to the infinite peril of ber soul, ina state of outer darkness this whole yoar through. Itis her intention, howover, to ally herself to the Church on the 28th of next March, ina trained gown about which there shall ba no mistake, SPRING PROGNOBIICS, Can you believe it time to be thinking about spring clothes? Well, whether you cau or not, it is a painful fact'that importers are withdraw- ing cago after caso from the Custom-House, and, to the chosen few, the contents. of thoso cases have been exhibited. Whatare they? Imprim- is, bonnets and hats. They, you know, are always the forerunners of any seasonablo change. What are they like? Very much like what they have been,—only more so. Quaer to s degree. Becoming, I should think, to nobody. Big, too, ag all warm westher head-gear shonid. be. Crowns are high, rounding, and nungraceful ; brims excessively floppy (floxible,- the milliners call them), to be turned up in avery conceivable way,'as they have been during the past season. +Happily it is no truer that one lot of hate makes the fashion than that one swallow makes asammer. So there is yet much to hope for, especially as the carliest specimens aro generaliy the most grotesque. The majority of tho hats thus far. shown are in chip, white, gray,. dark- brown, light-brown, ecru, and black. ‘That chip will be the favorite straw, can scercaiy be doubted, particularly since fashion has made it almost obligatory on oue to have a chip of some sort. Isis, however, So far above the average pocket-book in price, and is so little serviceable. that many other straws must be popular of necessity. Of .these, Leghorn will ably rank next to chip;. then anatable,. and others of that ilk. One improvement was made in chips Jast year, which will bo repeated this: white chips. were. frequertiy warmed into becomingness by a rich, creamy tone. Very few comple ions are of a nature to look well in the chalk-white chips, while yery many are suited by the cream-white.. Thb palo browns fit a certain. quality of skin-to perfection, and these wil] be largely worn with. suits... This xeminds me that brown tobe the color for spring street-costumes, Tt varies, naturally, from almost buff to almost black, while the fa- vorite shades will probably be tho3e -having-a coffee-with-a-good-cal-of-milk-in-it tinge. COMING COLORS. One thing seems reasonably assured as regards colors: the mixed shades, the green-grays, gray- browns, yellow-pinks, binue-greens, and green~ blues of the past three or four years have had their day, and will shortly pass away.. Such new shades as have come aro positive in their way. ‘You would never suspect one of them of being anything but its legitimate self. And they are very pretty, too, tliese now bnght hues, They seom go fresh and spring-like.- They are bright without being hard also; which is no! only yery desirable, but very rare. ~ : APEEP AT THE FLOWERS, also, is just like stepping into some Italian mea- dow in Aprilaod May. Such. handfuls, lapfuis, armfuls, of wild fiowers and “tama” flowers ; such Jeavas, and buds, and blossoms! If you want to ba deceived into believing them real, you need hardly shut your eyes to do it. But for them you must wait till next time.. I want -to think sbout them a little mmyeall, '‘URBELOW. HUMOR, A tea-set—the Chinese. A Pacific foe-malo—Irwin. Materialized spirits—Frozen whisky. A mountainous event—Andes election. Avcockney naturally confounds Masons with hod fellows. An officer has no right to arrest a sailor for crime, It 15 illegal to commit a salt. A Civcinnati‘pork-aealer proposes to furnish the world with his ought-to-buy-bography. * Since tho hard times struck Nevada, thoy have raised the price of killing Chinamen to 97. Z Here's a new idea of the Christmas stocking, The boy says be set it, but didn's catch any- thing.” * 5 Why is the end of a fish’s tail like the Princo Imporial of France? Because itis tho last of the bony-parts. 2 = “She dyed for me,” ssid & young husband when he beheld her dark locks gradually return- ing to their origival red. Why is Neptune like the man who searched forthe philosopher's stouo? Because he was a sea-king what nover existed. A puuster being requested to give a specimen of hisart, asked for a subject. ‘Tho King.” “Tho King is not s subject,” he replied. “ Bo is such acowird that he wouldn't dare to strike an average,” was the summing up of a yery mitd-mannered mau by an acquaintance. A voung man charged with being lazy was ask- ed if bo took it from his father, **I think not,” was his reply. © Father's got all the laziness he vever had.” A traveler called<forjmint sauce at a hotel the other day, aud the waiter waid that they had none, adding: ‘Our cook makes all the mince into pies, not sauce. Areal hard’ case—~(tho rough’s last wrong)— Liverpool Rufian—* 'Ere’s ago! aman 'apged for kickin’ bis wife to death ! 1 shall ‘ave to take my boots off! "—Punch. A watering-place correspondent writes that “ Very few bathers bathe at the West End ;” whernpon Mra. Partington says she “had an idea they bathed all ovor.” + Anclephant is 1,277,380 times larger than a floo, bat yet there are women who growl at pay- ing two shillivgs to visit a menagerie, and will turn a feather bed over half s day to hunt a flea. Chorus of hungry children—“ Ain’t there no breskfast for breakfast, mamma?” Mamma— “Certainly not. You're to dino with your uncle Richard to-day, end I can’t haveyou go there un- prepared.” A teetotalor asked Pat, the other day, if ever be saw a teototaler drank. “ Och!” replied Paddy, with a great earnostness, “I’ve ecen many aman drank, but I couldn’t tell whether he was a teetotaler or not.” “Now, George, you must divide the cake hon- orably with your brother Charles.” “ What is honorable, mother?” ‘It means that you must givo him the largest piece.” “Then, mother, I'd rather Charley sbould divide it." It looks bad to see a dog preceding his master down the street, and calmly turu down the stairs tothe first..ealoon he approaches, It shows thers is something wrong, something lacking, deplorable tendency on the part of the dog. ‘There is a story of a defunct dry goods ‘clerk, who, after the funeral services were over and tho undertaker bad put the last screw in the lid of the coffin, preparatory to interment, was heard to say, in faint moffied tones, *‘Anything else?” ‘That was an irreverent yoyth who, to bis aged parent desiring toretire fromthe retail trade and take 9 Government position, said: ‘* You in the Post-Office! Nice old party’ you'd be jn the Post-Office. What would you doin tho Post- Office except stand in the doorway with your mouth open for folks to wet postage-stamps on your tongue?” > A gentleman who waited forty-flre minutes in a Boston eating-honse one day last week for a steak, in paying the bill remarked to tio pro- prietor : “I think-I shall want another steak one week from to-day.” “Allright,” said the pro- proprietor, “‘ you can order it then.” ‘But 1 pester, to leave the order now go that I shail not vo-to wait,” said the customer, ashe turaed to go. F t * A grocer stepped ont of his door yesterday just as a boy had filled bis ‘kets with apples froma barrel, and he shouted: ‘ Hera! you have been stealing sapples—polica! police!” “Don’t holler ont that way!” replied the boy, as be put the apples back; ‘Dill bet moe that my pocket wouldn't bold three old sockers, and I was just trying tosee. I'm open to such bets every day in the weok! "—Detroit Free Press. Acattle-thief was arrested in Detroit a fow days’ ago, and the Sheriff, on’ searching bim, found pasted inside of his hat the: following maxims, cat from s newspaper: ‘* Remember that truth is a jowel ; do not covet ; respect old age; be content with what you have; hive 80 that men will tuke your character for an exam- ple.” In consideration of tho excellent prirci- jes governing the man's life, the Court allowed im to retain his printed slip during his year’s sojourn in the Penitentiary. ‘We have received the following communica- tion, which is exactly suited to our columns: ‘Mux, Eprroz ; 1 am s new hand at writing, but if the following is of any use to you, please accept fit. and say it is from the pen of Jolin J. Davis, of Oakland, a gentleman well known as one of the profoundeat thinkers and most brilant literatera west of the Rocky Mountains, Say also, that for deep resirch and keen suggestiveness it stands peerless as a satire. ‘The other part of Mr. Davis’ article wo are re- luctantly compelled to decline.—Exchange, A well-dressed man called ats Lebanon (N. 4H.) grocery a few days ago, and asked fora ho- tel. ‘The proprietor pointed him to hotel over the way, whither the stranger went, but pres- ently came atay with a disappointed look. After visiting two-or three other placés, he came back and asked if there was not some place in town whero he could “ get something.” * No,” said the storekecper, ‘ they don’t allow it sold in this town, There are men constantl¥ on tbe watch ready to prosecute every man who sells.” Such 8 look of astonishment as the atranzer gave, the grocer could not understand. Finally he asked, “Ain't there a place where I can get some ci- der?- Even that will do better than - nothing.” + No,” said our grocer, ** we don’t allow even ci- der to be sold. here.” Our unknown friend raised his bands in holy horror and exclaimed, “ Good God! I thought New Hampshire went Democratic this year !"—Christian Union. , ALL MINE OWN. There js for me a beanteous f3ce, ‘And I live for my love, and I love alway— There is for mo a form of grace, ‘And her love # is sweet, and if bides for aya, Ob, brighuls bloometh that face so fair, And I live for my love,'and I love alway— Oh, fresh is the hue of her cheeks go rare, And her love it is aweet, and it bides for aye, Ob, brighf‘is the glance of her tender eye, And I-live for my love, and Llove alway— For its light has been caught from heaven on high, ‘And her love it is sweet, and {t bidea for ayo, Oh, dear are the lips thst I fondly kiss, And 1 liye for my love, and I love alway— * To view them is giadnes6, to press them is bliss, And her love itis sweet, and it bides for aye. Oh, tender the elasp of her arma 0 white, And I live for my love, and I love atway— As she clings to my im her young delight, And her love tt is eweet, and it bides for aye, Ob, hght is the fall of her fairy fect, ‘And 1 live for my love, 21d love alway— As eager she cometh my steps to meet, And her love it is sweet, and it bides for sye, ‘Yes, her heart is as pure ag the mountain“snow, ‘And T live for my love, and Tlove alway— ‘The truast and dearest this earth can know, ‘And her love it {s aweet, and it bides for aye, Oh, she is the crown of my earthly life, ‘And I live for my love, and I love altay— ‘And I call her my darling, my joy, my wife, + dnd her love if is ewast, and it hides for aye, Gwaacg, Suhel te ~ MARDI-GRAS. Carnival in Various Countries. The England---Collop-Monday and Pan- cake-Tuesday. Sundry Old-Time Customs. - The Carnival season, now drawing to a close, is said by ancient calendars to begin with Twelfth Night, on tho Gth of January, and end with the beginning of Lent. More properly, as under- stood now, it includes the week preceding Asb- Wednesday only. Tho observance of this pre- Juenten season has been very general in Conti- nental Europe from a time which probably dates back quite to the foundation of the early Chris- tian Chureh, and also, though #ith much less extravagance, in England. In Europe the license of the Middle Ages still exists, with but elight checks ; but in England the season is only mark- ed by te occasional observance, here and there among the peasautry, of certain old-time customs —customs that have their bitth in a long-forgot- ten era, when the sports und ceremonies of holy- days wero a part of the very life of the common people, but which, in this atilitarian and skepti- calage, have little of interest and less of meaning \to any save the zealous antiquarion. In this practical, matter-of-fact, Puritan coun- ‘1 ‘THE FEAST OF CARNIVAL; ag well as the fast of Lent, were alike classed with the superstitions of medimval zealots, and alike ignored. Even after, in the cities, fashion- ablo society ordered n degree of deference to the Church’s season of fasting and prayer by ab- staining from balls andsuppersin Lent. Thepub- lic observance of the previous Carnival was never made until lately, and then only in the cities of the Southern States, where a preponderance of inhabitants of the Latin races probably exist. ‘The demonstrations at Memphis and ‘New Or- Jeans last year-wete described by eye-witnesses as very gorgeous, and as rivaling in’ extrava- gance the Carnival of Rome itself. This year less extansive preparations are said to be making for similsr festivities, because the political situa- tion at-New Orleans has been such as to cast a chill over the merriment of the season, THE WORD CARNIVAL is from the Latin carnsvale—farewell to flesh; 80 nathed, of course, because: at this time prepara- tion is made for the approaching fast of Lent, daring whose duration the regulations of the Romisb Church forbid the eating of meat. These alao forbid the indulgence in any sport or gay- eties in Lent. Hence the ides that the best preparation for this season of enforced self~de~ nial is to give rein to unbridied appetite and de- sire to the last moment previous arises from the vatural impulse of the uncultured mau, whose actions and impulses, we notice, bear a remark- able gesemblance to those of a child, The order of exercises a Isid down in the Church’s Car- nival are very different. In accordance mth these, the Jeauits and brethren of other sacred Orders shut themselves within the monasteries for the ten Carnival days, where a series of de- votional exercises are performed to prepare their souls for THE APPROACHING FasT. To these exercises, any devout Christian may be admitted. In the Coliseum sacred music 1s per- formed every afternoon, followed by a sermon and devotional exercises. Candor compels one tostate, however, that these exercises are but Poorly attended saye by the curious strangers in the city, and not only are there very few devout Christians who desire to take refoge from tho world and/itsfollios_in the monasteries at this time, but the Holy Fathers themselves are also strangely drawn aside by these follies. It is from the " CARNIVAL SPORTS AT BOME, where the season has always been observed with | more enthusiasm than anywhere else, that the word has come to bo synonymous with all kinds of riotous . feasting and sports. Here, a whole week is given up to gaypty, during which time all ordinary buxineus is quite suspended. The shops, save those that dealin confetti, or sugar-plums, are all closed. Al! the inhabitants of tho city are in the streets,—which are so crowded that it is almost impossible for . carriages to nfke any progress through the surging waves of human beings,—and in the balconies of the houses. The majority wear masks, generally of @ most grotesque appearance, and the principal part of the sport consists in 'pelting each other aud strangers with sugar-plumg, or with little pellets made of chalk and flour,—these last aro the true confetti, These are hurled in showers trom the balconies upon the waving sea of hu- man heads beneath, and returned with no less eagerness and zeal; and the air is 80 full of these Jittle white missiles as to.remind one of a Now England enow-storm. No storm of hail on record can compate with it. i ‘ANOTHER NOTICEABLE FEATURE of the Boman Carnival is the races, In these the horses are without riders, but they have spurs, sheets of tin, and driboli or rattles of various kinds hung about theri to urge them onward. Across the haunches the rattles aro hung, whilo from the sides of tho leathern half-saddie laid over the horse depend leaden balls set with points, which strike imto the flosh of the poor beast with overy motion. given them as ho rushes madly on. Tho starting-point is from the end of: the Piazza del: Populo, where in an inclosed spaco aro stands erectod for royal and noble spectators, beneath which are the horses, caparisoned for the race, and held back bya rope drawn taut scross before them. From this place down to the Capito, stretches tho Corso, now paved with a moving! mosaic of hufnan heada. But, when all is ready, armed guards march two deep down through the crowd, clearing ah before them, and pushing tho mass of people close back against the wall on either hand, leaving a channel of about 12 feet in average width the whole length of the course. ‘When this ia-doue, a signal -is given, tho rope falls, aud nino horses rush, plunging and kicking, down the. narrow. lane before them. Trained horges often perform their parts very well in theso races, dashing forward directly to the goal, thereby winning large sums of money for their owners; but Iéas experienced and sagacious animals will rush wildly toward one side or tho other of the narrow Jane, whence thoy aro driven back into the course by the wild gestures and-shonts of the excited populace. Of-course, there is-often serious loss of life and limb dar- ing these races, but for that slight cause thore is little probability that a custom so dear to.the hearts of the gay and reckless Romans will ever be abolished. THE CLOSING REVEL of the Carnival is the procession of the mocolelti. This occurrs on the evening of Tuesday before Lent. The snocolelti are emall tapers. An im- mense procession, filling the streets from side to side, forms shortly after duek on this evening, aud moves slowly “down the Corso, each member of the crowd bearing one of these lighted tapers. ‘The sport consista in each trying to put out an- other's light. This he. attempts to do witha puff of breath, or a waving handkerchief or towel, and as each person has tevo things to do, to-preserve his own taper lighted and also give all hia possible endeavors to, the extinguishing of another, the sport is yory likely to grow fast and furious. The scene in the street. as viewed from the balconies, is simply indescribable. Here, und there, and everywhere, in the great sea of human. heads, twinkle the tapers, and it al- Most seems that all the stars of heaven havo fallen into it. For hours the strcets aro alive with this glow, and the gay shouts and laughter of-the riotous muititfde. Suddenly the toll of a bell gives notice that the Carnival isover, and in an instant, more quickly than you can speak, the lights are all put out, and the crowd disperses in darkaeas. SDOLAR AMUSEMENTS celebrate the Carnival in Madrid and Lisbon. In Paris bnt three-dsys are given: up to Caruival sports, which generally cousist in masq td processions during ‘the day, bals de masque and dancing in the evening. Tho. Jardins de Mabile and de Cassino, when the can-can is thén -per- formed with unpsual uaction, are frequented at this time - with larger and more ‘enthusiastic crowds than are wont to haunt. those: peculiar places. Tao aports end pn Tuesday with the pro- cession of the Bguf Gras, or fat ox, in which a prize bovine, decorated with ribbons and flowers, heads gay proceasion ofmasquers. ‘The Freuch esll this day Mardi Gras, or fat Thesday. This pame has been adopted. also by those cities in our Southern States that observe the day. We now come to the consideration of customs that have marked this time in England,—customs. now occasionally-- observed in remote districts of the west -and north countries, but which oncd were universal’ “A curious differ- ence is to be noted between theseand the na- tional customs of the contiuental countries, THE ANGLO-SAXON does “not take naturally to play. "Mirth can hardly becalleda part of bis nature, at feast not that light-hearted mirth which is so striking characteriatic of his.Gallic neighbor. Under hia gloomy skies, he has come to regard life as a serious thing, and hfs amusementa partake of “the sombre character of all of his other thouzhta and actions: ‘The holiday sports of the English peasant heve none of the-airy grace and light- neas often noticeable in those upon the Conti- nent; his enjoyments are of o lower grade, and partake more of the puraly sensual character ; the eating and drinking part he understands bet- ter than any other, and clings to it most tena~ ciously, and since thi is the most important part of the holiday observance, he is inclined to go to excess here, toeat greedily when he eats, to cet beastly drank when he drinks, In England, the Carnival bas never been observed under that name, bat the two daya preceding Lent have always been holidays in the calendars both of the commox people and of the Church. These have been generally known by the name of ‘ BHROVE-TIDE, since they were sot apart by the unreformed Chorch as proper days for the shriving,—i. e., confessing, snd obtainiog pardon for siua,—of the people, to prepare themselves for the fast of Lent. Whether because open confession is good yor the aoul, or not, it is certain that these Bhriving days came to be accounted as special dass of rojoicing, marked, like the feasts of Bacchus in beathen Rome,—back to which, in- deed the observance of the pre-Lenten season iq dated by some antiqysrians,—with observances which were curious mixtures of dovotion and debauchery. ‘Welcome, merry Shrove-tide!” says Shakepeare. .. Other poets and writers make frequent reference to it in the same way. ~The Monday of this week was known as COLLOP MONDAY, because on that day'a formal leave was taken of fleeh by eating of jerked meat called collops. On ‘Tuesday the termof abstinenca .was began. by -the general eating of pancykes. or this reason the day is.often known aa PANCAKE TUESDAY. Io the early morning, or in some districts at noon, 8 great bell was rung, which was knownas Pancake. Bell, In some villages in Yorkshire this bell ia atill rang. The especial Sizuiicance of the paucake on this day has never been ex- plained, but the custom has been followed from ‘time immemorial with religions ardor, and a well- authenticated case ia given ofs divine in York, who, having attempted, during the time of the Commonwealth, to abolish the fondly-cherished pancake from Shrove Tuesday, regarding it aa a relic of Vopery, nearly paid for his would-be iconoclasm with his life. Anyone who should attempt to-day to sbolish the Shrove-tide Pan- cake from the English public schools would prob~ ably meet a more serious fate than this zealous preacher, for the pangake is considered as neces-~ a part of Shrove Tuesday there as the plum- pudding is of Christmas. For a genuine, simon- pure conservative, commend us to a school-boy, to whom the ‘thas heen” of the past is always the ‘‘must be” ofall future time, whether the question be one of the position of marbles for a game, pancakes on # holyday, the conatruction ofa Latin sentence, or the legitimate time of succession toa throne. Among ths ® : SHROVE-TIDE SPORTS of the past to which the schoolboys still cling, may be mentioned that of “barring out” the schoolmaster, still successfully practiced in the schools of Scotland, and the playing of football, to which latter game the most of the day is giyed up in many English schools. Tne advance in good sense and morality on. the part of teach- ers has succeeded 1n driying from the schools, though at the cost of much difficalty, the barbar- ous practices of cock-fighting and “ throwing at cocks.” Those customs, though laid under the ban of disapproval by the majority, are yet not unknown among certain portions of the lower classes. The first of these sports has always been more or less in vogue in Sonthern Enrope, since the time when, as tradition asserts, it was intro- duced into the games of Athens by the great ‘Themistoclea; but the latter practice, “throwing at cocks,” isa distinctively English inatitution, Less than 100 years ago it was very generally practiced: Three hundred years ago it was most nobie sport, joined in by polished gentle- med, titled lords, and aven the acions of royalty iteelf, In it, the unfortunate bird was tied to a stake and pelted with missiles until killed. The ‘one who gave the fatal stroke won the dead bird. With such zest was the sport entered into by the crowds that gathored about, that it was. danger- ous to pass by the scene of one of these games, As an amusement, this can be regarded as fit only for savages, and we cannot bat wonder when reading about it,if anyone ever really looked upon such insaue and foolish perform- ances as in any way preparing the participant for devotion! Erasmus, visiting England during the reign of Henry VIII., was much amazed at this barbarous custom, and, in a quaint way, connects it with the custom of “devouring pan- cakes on that day of which mention has previous- ly been made. “The English,” he says, “esta Kind of cako on Shrove Tuesday, and immediate- ly go mad, and kill their poor cocks.”: [Quoddam placentae genus, quo comesto, protinus insaniunt, et gallos trucjdant.] ‘THE ORIGIN OF THE CUSTOX ig quite mysterious. °Certaia writers bave con- sidered it to nave some strange and inexplicable reference to the cock whose crowing reminded Peter of bis treachery to his Lord. Another, still more fancifally, connecte it with the tra- ditional English hatred of the Frenoh, who, be- couse the ancient name of their country, Gallus, and the Latin word for cock identi- cal, have always been connected by British writ- ers with that bird. But the more probable ori- gin of the cuetom is found in #well-authenti- cated story of the time of the Danish possession in England. Ono Shrove-Tuesday morning, 80 says the chrouicler,.the Saxons of a certain town had plotted to murder the occupy- ing Danea before daybreak in. their beds. ‘he plotwwas frustrated by the crowing of a cack, which awakened the sleeping guards, aud made the attack t8o hazardohs igre attempted. The anniversary of the day was marked in that town, when the Saxons were still in the power of the hated Danes, by the torturing and killing of many cocks, since to.one of these: birds they. owed their continuance in slavery, -and thus the custom became ‘general. It-was followed, as we have ssid, for many hundred years, and only within a period in the memory of mea yet living bas tho advance in civilization and Christianity made the practice generally forbidden. Shrove ‘Tuesday has been 4 SPECIAL HOLIDAY for apprentices and working people in England, from time immemorial. Sy theeo many quaint ‘sports were inaugurated, and fantastic customs too numerous to mention. On this day, also, in ancient London: al) houses of avil repute were closed, and kept closed by law during the season of Lent, and all- profligate women were kept in close confiaement during that time. Processions headed dy the officers of the law with these creatures in their custody, and followed by a hooting, yelling crowd, in time became so of- fensive to the. more zespectable portion of tho city that the law ceased'to be enforced in this manner,and gradually became a dead letter. Oo- casional S = WEATHER SUPERSTITIONS have, of course, grouped themselves about this day. For instance,.thunder upon Shrove Tues- day is said to foretell high winds, but a season of plenty also. If the wind blows hard upon that day, or tho night preceding, it betokens a sreat mortality during thecoming soagon among jJearned men and fishea, Whether the occult link which here connects men of mind. and the inhabitants of the briny deep has.any besring upon the fish-diet so strongly recommended to those whose trains are in need of a tonic, we cannot say! It is further said that whatever is planted upon Shrove Tuesaday will always be gteen, to which the proviso may be added, if it comes up. Farther, that whatever-the weather on this A such will be the weather.on every day ia the Lent following, In Chicago, where all the changes of the thermometer may be rung several times within the limits of twenty- four hours, this latter phenomenon might be a Boge bilty: and yet leave. room for an infinite variety. 2 be A TRIBUTE, God sent an angel from the akies, ‘Who looked forth from a woman's eyes; An angel’s heart within her breast ‘Made it the haven of my rest ; But angel-voices called her home; ‘And left me here op earth alone, Ob, ‘mother dear} with eyes of lova "That look upon me from above Keep thou thy watch my stepa beside, Tuat all may way, whew lave, © Sag ved uu wugel’s Ifa velow, And now an angel's joy dott know.” Cncaco, Detwanr — Wonien Lobbyists at Washington. K From the Capital, Itis now generally acceptea and understood that no decent woman can frequent these lob- bies and-call out members of Congress without tamt.. ‘The lobby in:the rear of the Speaker's chair should be devoted to the use of members, instead of being now, with the Speaker's room, overrun with lobbyiste, male and female. From the ‘room originally devoted: to the use of the Speaker, that functionary has been driven to one more remote, and now the spartment origi- nally intended for. the presiding officer says found at all hours during the session crowded with painted women and corrupt men, pressing ‘Various schemes on Congressmeri, GOTHAM. Cold Weathér---Theatrical Attractions ---The Khedive’s Diamonds, Mr. Bergh Looking Out’for the Horses---Items of Gossip, Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, * New Yor, Feb. 2.—Those of us who exulted over our'mifd winter, with no ice or snowup to the New Year, have been obliged to change our tone. The month of January; just passed, has left a record of unusual severity,—the cold being intenst, and poor people dying in our hospitals of exposure and starvation. Every day basita heartrending history; and,,slmost nightly, men, maddened by drink, conjoined with despair, fling themselves carelessly into death by suicide, and women, out of employment and hopeless; throw themselves from the ferry-boats, under the congealing ice-floes, into the sullen waters of the rivera. Yet, as the extremes cf life al- ways meet, there has not been so euccesefal a month for amusements in many a season. - ALL THE THEATEES r are putting on new and costly reprosentations ; and several of them are closed for s few days before the ‘grand opening,” to rehearse the splendors of the new.scenic and spectacular dramas. The beautiful Mra-Rousby, in “'Twizt Axe and Crown,” drawa immense houses at the Lyceum; the “Shaugraup,” at Wallack’s, and “Two Orpbgns,” at the Union Square,-still have undiminished popularity; the new. play, “Women of the Day,” is fast building up the waning prosperity of the Fifth Avenue Theatra; and the -new opera-bonffe,. '* Girofle-Girofla,” which set all Paris wild with its brilliancy and music, is announced for the Park Theatre on the 4th. Then Booth’s is closed for week, to open with imported actors and actresses; and Mr. Charles Calvert, manager of.the Princesa’ Theatre, in Manchester, has come over to per- sonally superintend the arrangements of the grand play of “Henry V.” at, that theatre. Among the other scenic effects, 9 real chime of belis is to ring in the return of the King after the'battle of Agincourt. The admittance fee to the Hipprodrome hss again been cut down to meet public opinion, and 35 cents wil] now admit one to all parts of the arena, whether to wit- ness .the grand trotting carnival or the Knights of old in tournaments. Apd yet, with all these amusements, and s multiplicity of balls, the solemn Lental f-ag02 begins in a few days, when the fashions- bio world is supposed to give up its worldlinesa tor a few weeks at least. ‘ THE KMEDIVE’S DIAMONDS. There has been a consten: throng of ladies, and of gentlemen as woll, crowding into the room at the Custom-House where the Khe- dive’s present of diamonds for Mrs. Fitch, nee Sherman, was on exhibition. On Monday they wera taken to Tiffans’s to be shown, ag,80 many wealthy and fashionable ladies “kent up'eards to the Custom-House officials, imploring just one feminine peep. Carriages stand in lines before Tiffany’a substantial edifice, and all New York has been, or i§ going, if fine enough, in dress, to .see the diamonds. It is Proposed ta writa another novel with the title, ** Will, Ske Do With It?” since the necklace is so heavy, with ita rows of solitairas, 28 to weigh 5 pounds, and is only fit- ted for some great royal receptiou, and not at all suitable fora simple evening-party or ball If tho $300,000 necklaco is hidden away in Ars. Fitch’s home in St, Louis, how. perplexed and distressed will be the family-dreams of burglars and robbers; if they are Jocked in some bank- safe, or deposited in some trust-company’s vauits, the fear of robbery, and bank-explosion, and fire, still remains, As.I overneard one dressy scion of Madison Avenue-dom remark, “Why don’t she return them, as Lieut. Fitch is 30 poor, and get the Khedive to give her their value in money, and then invest it. in a house and lot?” -If'this speech was not tinged witb feminine envy, Iam not a judge. y+ OUR HUMANE SOCIETY, under Mr. Bergh, has all its forces employed from early morning until night. The snow falls 80 softly, yet so continuously, that all the street cleanin; ree are not able to remove it, and it lies in-slimy, blackened slush, and retards trayel, blocks up street-car lines, and impedes progress. ‘The street-car companies shovel sand and salt on the tracks, and are arrested for the offense; “clipped " horses bave thoir owners brought up to receive a reprimand; and the. dainty Jebus who daily sit, wich tur-lined overcoats, andanug- ly wrappod in Iap-robes, bebind their shivering teams, while the fair occupants of the carriages go within Stewart’s marble entrences to shop and to dawdle away the long hours, -have been compelled to come down from tieir tucked- up and comfortable seats, and cover up, and care for the health of, their handsome horses. - Load- ed teama have been almost hourly halted, and half oftheir load put off; and the overtaxed and straining horses kayo been. assisted, with something besides blows, and kicks, and curses. Vendors have had poor, half-atarved horses taken from their wagons; and a keen and watch- ful supervision of afl the quadraped creation has been experienced since the heavy falls of snow now Jaid in-great, bulky. masses, and mado travel not only unpleasant, put dangerous. Qu! if our poor, tenement-housed, half-starved children couid have half the care and-kindlineas thatthe brute creation enjoy underthe humaneef- forts of Bir. Bergh, what a revolution in morals, and what an..improvement. would thera. be. When. child feels that his home has pothing of comfort in it, that be must expect only. i and curses, aud is taught to steal, and lie, an: swear, and drink, it ia very easy to folloq his vagabond life from the teachings of chil until theheavy prison-doors abut in upon bis mis spent manhood. THE TIVION-BEECHER TRIAL develops little new. Each side promises astound- ing revelations, and, in short, a very bomb- shell, to-burst suddenly in the camp of the enemy; and itis expected that discomfort and dismay will ensue in. consequence ; but, 20 far, there has been no such revelation, and the trial will drag on into April or May, probably. Balls, parties, and -kettledrums crowd each other. . ‘he marriage of the eldest aon of Lester Wallack has been the great event of the week. There is s.new sensation rumored, in a suit for bresch-of-promise against a prom- inent’ light comedian. ‘Miss. Alice Dunning, of the Lingard troupe, bas become one of the members of the Fitth Avenue com- pay, and Mra, Grundy wonders at it, Her ver- satile talent will fit in well with the beantifal sfaces and stupendous dressing of thia very sty!- ish company. Tho Boulevard has become one vast sleighing road, and every one is wut to 808 and enjoy the trotting. Bevan: a HOPE, To-day is just as dark as yesterday; Each circling hour a shadow awings: Did’st thou not say ‘twould brighter be, O bird that in the tempest sings? * Nay, spare the morrow’s brilliant tale: Of late thy morrows fool me 80 ‘That Tthink oft ‘twere full aa well : If thon would’st plume thy wings aud go! . And yet would not thy melody be missed ? Do not my spirit-eses behold ‘Thee a8 a rare, sweet bird, whose breast. Is feathered with immortal gold? ‘- ‘Then stay, and sing with all thy voice; Bat learn the hireling chorist’s art Of drowning in sweet wares of noise ‘That prophecy thou hast by heart I ‘Thou can’st butaing: thou art not wiees ~ not the marrow’s doubtfa} rose; ‘Nor seek to gild with thy sweet voico ‘The solemn things that Heaven knows! 60, Boxex H, Ca How He Saved a Choking Child. « A correspondent, writing from Reno, Nev. {0 the: Sacramento Union,- telis how he esved the life of a child. . He writes: ‘I was ergaged it hauling wood from 9 timber ranch to Austi: Reese River, Nev. There was a house over thy summit from the above place, where resided-ts0 families belonging to the wood-choppers, anu on arriving in sight of the honge x woman cams: ot, and beckoned me to make haste, that aomething was wrong. Ididso, and just in time, for tue other woman came out holding » child in-ber Be {oUt ao tho chil had bees outing rine-aal e me the ep eating pine-nul and. had got # shell in its throat, had choked. sod was dying. I’ immedistely got a piece of board about 4 feet long and placed it across the foor-sill, She sat tho child on oneend and I tipped the other, making = gdden jar, which caused the ahell to pass downward, and gava the ene. immediate araliet. No person can ges OW, OVer joys mother was for saving. only child. t know of sevoral cases in which this Process has proved successful.” a