Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1875, Page 3

THE' CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1875.—~SIXTEEN PAGES, THE SOCIAL WORLD. 4 Brief Review of an Un- eventful Week, iving Day and Its At- " tendant Increase of So- ciability. Numerous Minor Gatherings ~-How the Clubs Are Flourishing. fotable Lack of Grand Parties— sarprises and Basical En- terlainments, Amuscments in the Suburbs. MATRIMONIAL. REVIEW OF THZ WEZK. Thaskigiting cawe and went. and the cnly abservable inSnence which that holidsy had upon fociety metiars Was to increase the pumber of small partiee. and to hinder or postpove events of ~éster ymportance. Thus there were £o lees than § frepdred clob dances oo thoevening of Thanks- . while the number of select snd fumily rings that occu:red at the same time is be- wond compuiation. Ererybody ate duriog the p and danced throngh the night, bur {hers waa far leas formality than nsnal. People wbo were thawed out of their customary dignity by tha ivspiration of the dsv did not have time tofreeze up before evemug, coosequently the sversge amount of pieasure was conaiderably Ths week has not wiinessed suy extraordi- pary sociely evonta. Thero bave been severs: yeddings, but thess bave been conducted verv quietiy, and as for parties tbere has been an abscluss lack of notewor:hy occurrences of this ind _Chorch sociables nave also been waating. s far 28 the records extend, nowever, 1t il pefound pearly complete in the following re- sume, beginning with the marriages: DOBYNS—TATES, | * The plesint Town of Jacksonville, in thns fiate, s the scene of a notfble wedding Iast. Tusedsy eveniny, the partiés being Mr. Jobn B. Dotiyes, 4 eduein of Secrerary Bristow, and Misg smio M. TYates, dangbter of Atmsr Yates, iod oviece’ of the late Eichard Yates. 'Thé ceramoby took place at the residence of the bride's fatber, io tho presence of & number of jndmte friencs. Promptly at 6 o'clock the fropt patlor was thrown open, showing the ‘ridat party all arraved for the eeremony. Mr. Joserh Askew wag tho groomsman, and Afiss Mathers the bridesmald. The party stood be- exth s forel marrisge-tell, while the spacions bar-siudow behind them wes tastefully and pro- fusely decorstod with evergreona myrtle, and immortelles. The Iev. A. 8. McCoy, of the Methodist Church, pronduncad the usual for- mufs. A recentior was then beld, pariicipa’ed in by the promiveut people of the citysond frowm _ Among the presents given on the occasion Wera:. French clock. alabaster, Mr.an3 Mrs. Jotn Dobrna ; $200, M:. and Mrs. Abner Yates : besvy miver pie-koife, Mrs. Richard Yates ; aii- yer aod glass celery stand, Mr. and Mrs. Henrs Yates ; ailver toilet set, Willie Yates; handsoma set stone cameo jevelry, from the groom to the bnde; atlver coffes urn, Maror and Mrs. Wesley Mstbers; pold framo toilec set, Joserh Askew; yairof vases, Mr.and Mre. D. M. bimmops: sofs cushion, Mrs. O. A. DeLeuw; solid siver spoons, table, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dobyos; ealplues vase, Mrs. Whitlock; silver cream- er, Robert Russell; table linen. Charlie i table linen and papkins, Mr. C. Woods; bronze mantel orna- ments, Miss Nellie £pler ; bat for groom, “from thy silver bouquet vase, Miss, Emms Graves; et eilver knives, Mr. Goorge Ttledge ; naj stand. eilver. K. 8. Foremsn ; ¥o yoiumes, ** Wedding Joarnal™ sad ** A Accuaintance,” Miss Nellie Sanders; cat glaes aud cilver frame, William D. Mathers; pickle dishes, Mr. and M J. T. Holmee, 8r.: ice-cream ladle, Miss Lon Hitt; froicatand, silver and Sovres ching, W. W. Fore- zau; glver caster, George Lawsou ; cake sfand, ¥r.T.B. Woodmao ; cske stand, Misses Emma tod Mollie Simmons; card stand, Misses Nellie Mathers and Nettie denderson ; silver caster, N, and Xrs. J. D. Stacy, Jr. SPINE—IVIS. Thaokegiviog evening was appropristely hosen by & ionug courts for their marrispo ceremones. It was on that evening, aocording- Ir,that Mr. Alfred IL Spink, of Indisnapohs, ¥ wedded to Miss Emma C. Ives, daughter of Mr.E.J.Ires, of this city. The wedding oc- eured af the residence Gf the bride's father, Y. 208 Borrth Leavitt street, aod was attended by 8 large number of friends and relstives. The Bav. J.J. Irving. pastor of the Weate,n Avenue Baptist Church, petformed the ceremony. After recaving coogratulations and vartaking of the usnsl repast, the bride nod groom took their de- parture for theur fature homa in Icdianapohs. ‘NOTES. Wednesdsy evening, Mrs. M. E. Taslor and € Welworth, & banker of Vides. 1 wero wnited o _marringo 8+ the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Dr. Chcoey, No. 106 Warron avenae, g B¢ marriage ceremontes of Miss Theress ‘Weadell with M7, Asron Shubart wi'l take place X he residenca m bride's Pazents, No. 636 arvenus, y evening at 5 o'clock, ‘the Bav. Dr, Felsentha! officiating. wedding of Alpheus H. Benoett and Hat- wielle, at No. 6.0 Centre avenue, the rasi- de’s parents, took placs Thanis- Rev. Dr. Cushman ofiesating. Tuseday eveniog Nr. H. Loog and Miss Jon- sie Hummer were manied st the residence of T'; parents, No. 257 Korth Franklin e ceremony was performed by the Rer. Jobm Atkinson. Tho bride raceived many em & set of coral jewelry id silver frait-dish, sugar- i and spoons, from Mr. M. J. ; Bolid silver castor and butter-dish from Joho M. Loug, brother of the groom ; $ads 8oLd silver apoon-holderfrom Miss Mertha siater of the groom, —_—— CLUB NEWS. . BOUTH END GLEE-CLUD. k:hmw crganization gave = sceond party b Wedaeadsy eveniag st the residence of Mies els Do, Ko. 269 East Indiand street: Among the 1adies “and gentlemon present wers B Emg, Mm ‘Willard, Miss Organ, the Misees H“&mu Simpson, Miss Pratt, Mies Nelson, 1% Gudge, Miss Chotoba, Miss McDonald, the X Burns, Miss® Spencer, Miss Chaffce, and -3ud Mrw. F. . Paris, W. A. Barns, S. Nel- 300, A J. Vierling, F. Chafiee, J. Hamuwer, A. Bv:dgu. ¥. Runsell, J. Surver, Joseph Finley, J. il R. Vierlinz, A. Russell, R. Schrosder, ' Bchultz, ard many others. The company was entertatned by musical a0d hi ‘”“56_ Performances. A gong, » Old Black %" ¥aa rendered yy Mr. G. P. Hammer; the e Boydell pave several musical selections ; hi estra. 5. Nelson and L. Vierling took part drmatic dulogue, *The Rival Speakers.” tom” IVANIIOE CLUR. < The st eocial of ths Club was held Thursday ;:h: atthe residence of Mra..R. W. Bath- - . Xo. 609 West Yan Buren street, Thers 8 lurge attendance, including & pumber of Ervifed gusese, Fourteen selections were ren- h""flhl:k_rl’ngnd's orchertra. Refreshments 10 xhardt's served a8 an sgreeabls variaticn h‘h :gsrmm;_m ext party will occdr Dec. 8, at Mra. J. W. Baldau's, K3, 88 Contgo mrenas. " Wertingy (PEYING RROEPTION. ianne’s North-Bide Academy, at No, 272 hhum Avenue, was formally orened Tharsday %0 the jresence of abeut 150 invit Foy &.m PAILY was gotten up by Aartin o e Beco0kion Club, and .large attend- Tut prevented by the bad weather. THAXKNGIVING BALL. ‘hm._m.. %28 iLterested in & grand ball ’hhn'g‘; evening, gvex by the indies of the L"‘.‘m urcs. Aabout seventy-five couples Jrscot. - Dancing oas, cf course, tha h%-m, ol the evenng, Fitzgerald’a Orches- ; % bees summaned from Chicago. © MINOR MESTION, - Broe,, “proprietors of- the Bardick House, gave the first of & series of hops Isst Weodnesdag at the hotel. & Last Tuesday evening & dancing party was given by the proprietor of tne Clarendon House. The secona partr of the Minerva Club was beld Thanksgiving evening at Caledonia Parlors, No. 167 Washington street. ‘The Mignon Cinb beid s meeting last Thors- day eveoing at the res.dence of Mr. Thomaa Goodman, No. 400 Fukou street. The West End Club induized in & minstrel par- formance last Friday evening. The fourth party of tho Nameless Club was held in Sr. John's Hall last Weduesdsy evening. About eighty were present, and onjoyed them- B!k;lven indaccing to the music of Pound's Or- ches:ra, . Tne Nons Such Club gave a musical and dramatic entertminment _last Mouday eveping at the residence of Mr. R. Hamilton on West Wash- ington stroet. The Ells Pork Clab gave a second p Thaoksyiving eveuing at Carr’s South Side Academy, s large numver of people being pres- “eut. The next party will occur Dec, 9. The Siletto Clab was entertained last Tnesday evening by Mr. George Peckham at the resi- dence of k, No. 70 Park avenue. R Iresbmeuts wers gerved by Eckbardt, 4 The Pall Mall Club met Friday eveving at the res:dencs of Mr. C. Fo:lansbee. No. 1027 Wabash avenue. The first complimentary hop of the Maple Leaf Plessure Club wae given last Monday even- ing at Ktare's Hail. on North Clark street. ‘I'he Kenwood Clab neld thewr second party on |- Thankegivine might at Judge Van Higgiow residence. The next party will be given Thurs- ¢ay eveniog, Dec. ANNOUNCENENTS. The **Bon Am1” Cluo meets Mooday evediog, at tbe resigence of Alr. J. D. Hall. No. 6256 Weat ‘Waslington strest. ‘I'be Prairie Avenue Club will give their next party Thursday evecing, at the reaidencs of Miss Cbapmaa, No. 227 Thirtieth sireet. The La Favorito Adsembiies will give & party Friday evemung at Martine's South Side Hall, The secoud social of {he Oriental Conaustory, thirty-second degres, S.-. P.~. R.-. 8., will be fiven Thorsday eveciog.. Dac. 9, at (Heir Asy- lum, No. 72 Eass Monroe street, American Ex- press Building. The United Pioasure Cldb give a party next Friday eveniog at Grow's Opera Hsll. Wednesday evening there wil be another meeilng of ** Our Cluv” at the reeidence of the Hon. J. D. Ward, on Ashland avenue. Toe Barge Club will give their fitst drsmatic entertainment at Staudaid Hall Tucsday even- ing, Dec. 7. The comedy eutitled “Dora™ is now in preparation. Sl sy PARTIES AND RECEPTIONS. TILE POWERS BEOEPTION, Last Tuésdsy eveuing the mewmbers of St. John's Parish bad & yloacant gathering at the residencs of alr. C. H. Jordan, No. 603 Wast Jackson street, in order to Lud farewell to their iate Rector, the Rev. H. N. 'owers, who was abont to depood for his new fleld of labor at Brdgeport, Coun. The gatoeriug parteok more of the characier of & social reuuion than of & re- ception, thore being a very pleasing lack of for- mality. 5 Among the participants wers the Rov. C. B. Stont, the Rev. Francis Manstield, Mr. and Mra, George C. Koigat, Mr. acd Mre. J. A, Sleepar, Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Jordan. M. and Mrs. Job Carpeuter, blr. and Mrs. Madisoa Bzal, Mr. and 8. Geo:ge W. Newcomb, Dr. and Mrs. O M. Fiteh, Mr. nod Afra. Charles E. Loonard, Mr. and Mra. A. Pearson, Mr. and AMrs. Thomas M. Wignall, Mr. and Mrs. Lewie B. Carpenter, ilz. I el Kett, Mr. snd Mrs. ‘Richard Potts, Mr, and M:s. George A: Lilacoit, ifr. and A, Charies Sanford, Mr. and Mra, Charles H. Lane, Mr. and Mra. AT, A. Bartlett. Mr. and Mrs. fsaac H. Holden, Mr. and Mre. C. E. Crandall, Mr. snd 3re. Alfred liaoiels, Mr, and “Mre. Lewis Scofield, 3ir. and Xrs. Frank K. Bo vets, Mr. and Mra. W. A. Moore; Mesers. John H. Wiiliams, James A. Schanltze, Gbarles N. Bishop, Edsard Powers, Charles Goodmen, Charies Goouman, Jr., Edward Crane, H. 81. Huganio, Eawin May- perd, F. A. Done, Mra. H. N. Bishap. Mre. P. B. Wears, Mrs. Childa, Mis. 8. K. Haring, Mre. Alica Hariug, Mrs. Demiug, Mrs. Proscott, Mra.. Lape; Misses Hatue Leona:d, Jennie Crane, Lizzie Atkins, Imogene Beofield, Alice Good- mao, Carrie Evaus, and AMiss Wyncoop. . "Lhe evening was happily spent in social con- versation enlivened by music, Deforo the bour of departure an agreexble episode occarred, Mr. J. H. Sieeper, Superinteudeny ot 8¢. John's Sun- Gay-school, prasenting Mr. Powers with a gold watch and 200 in money as a parting testimo- nial fiom the Isdies of the congregation. SURPRISE PARTIES. .Mr. and Mre. Fred 5. Heed were agreeably sarprised last Tueeday eveniug at their new res- idence. No. 501 West Adams street, bv a large number of their friends. and's Orchestra had been uotified and farnished mus:c. Alies Laurs Tiffany was thp recipient of a sur- prise party at the resideace of her fatber, the Rev. Dr. Tiffauy, Sutarday eveniog. The friends aud acquaintances of Miss Hen- netia Avling, 290 Cburch street, gave that young lady an agieeablo surprse Wednesdsy evenng. Last Wednesday evening a surprise tas ten- dered to Mr. and Mrs. Canoon, at their residence on Flournoy street, pear Campbell avenue, by the Weat End Sceisal Club. Tuesday eveniog a surprise party was ten- dored to Mies Mamie Warreo at Rinsdale. Abont twenty couples were preasnt, and Fitzgerald was also there with his parlor orchestra. . The friends of Mr. D. Westervelt treated him to a surorise s Week ago last Saturday evening, at his residence, No. 452 South Park avenue, on his twentieth wedding anuiversaty. A feacure of the evening was the preaentation of & chins din- per service. THE NEBO. : The fTrat regu'ar meeting of the Nebo, a new literary orgamzation recently formed on the Boutb Bide, was held last Fridiy eveniog at tha residence of Dr. Converse, 913 Michigan avenue. Among thoss present were Mr. aud Alrs, D. El- well, Mr. aud Mrs. Kelsey Reed. Misses Russall, Couch, Wright, and Porter, snd Mesars, F. G. Logan, Charles Converss, and F. W. Farwell. ‘The society 18 officered as follows: Kelsey Reed, President ; Mrs. Hart Rawson, Vice-Preedent ; George H. Hovey. Secrotary; aod ilies Aoua Counverse, Treasurer. The next meeting will be with Miss Wright, No. 1174 Wabash avenue, Fridsy evening, Dec. 10. Itis ths intention 10 continue these meetines during the winter. BREVITIES. A select party was given by Mrs. L. J. McCor- mick Tuesday evening at her residence, No. 128 Rush sueet. . Thursdsy evening last Mrs. S. J. Hall gave a pleasant children's party at her 1esidence, No. 625 West Washington street. Thor:dsv evening 1lliss Addie Hitchoock gracefuliy entertained a select number of friends at the residends of ber father, the Rev. Dr. Luke Hitchcock., No. 1613 Indiana svenue. The occasion was in hoaor of Mr. Chscles Hitchcock, of Cincicoati. Centenary Library Association was entertain- ed last Tuexday evening at the rasidence of Mr. 8. P. Walker, No. 19 Centrs avenue. Afr. and Mrs. H. D. Jennings gave a receplion to » few invited friends Wedpesiay evemicg at the residence on Fulton street, in honor of the fifth anciversary of their marmage. ‘The Chicago Ladies’ Seminary. at No. 17 Sonth. Shetdon sireet, gave a reception last Thuraday eveniog, enhivened by music and recitation Tbe young people of the Third Unitarian Church.will give ooe of their enjoyable dramatic eatertainments at the church Wednesday even- ing, the plays being the three-act drams ** Lictle Brown Jug " aud the farce *‘Romance Under Difficaltios.” A uumber of the male fneoda of Mr. Charles Dennehy. City Assessor, met at bis residence, No. 67 Huaron Etreet, Inst Taesday evening, and’ proceeded to have a geod time. Mayor Colvia, Redmond Prindiville, Tom Brenan, Alds. Jonas, Corcoran, and Hildrath, and others were present. The Genial Dramatic Club gave an entertain- ment last Wednesdsy evening st Elgin, the piecos petformed being * Miriam's Crime " and ‘A Kiss in the Daik.” The Club intends to perform in several other of the' submrban towLeR atan early date. P Last Tuesday evening 3. and Mrs. Wood cele- brated theircrystal wedding st their new resi- dence, on the corner of Michigan avehue and Fortieth street. About 225 guests were present, and the evening was agreeably apent in daacing, varied by ao elegant re; ast served by Eckhardt. —_———— . SUBURBAN. OAR PARE. The Union Club gave their third party of the eeries Thursday evening, to a very large com- pany. The party was looked formard to with considersble pleasura by those interested, aud tbeeo antic:pations were by no means disap- pointed.” Despite the dismal and lowering atate of the weather, thy attendanice was large, ‘and the toilets’of the ladies maiked by taste and ele- gancs. The music furcisbed by Wedgewood's Orchestrs was very fine, many of the selections being new, and the arrangement of the dances was of such & character as to suit the taste of sll. The eojoysbleness of the evening was lflnrgaly dus. to tfia uoa%::m ol,&;hu [00r * IADARErs, ersrs, ] j6TS, i a0d &, D. Foutes, Amoog those #ho parace pated were Mr. and Mrs. J. Lyons, of Evanston, Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Garley, Mr. and Mrs. Blills, Mr. and Mrs. Ingrabam, Mr. and Mis, Rodgers, Mr., and Mrs. Pebbles, Mr. 2od Mrs. Kiog, Mr. and Mrs. Foster,. Mr. and Mrs, Esmay, Mr. and Afrs, Welch, Mr. and Mrs, Case, Mr. and Mrs. Hoards, Mr. and Mrs, O. Owens, Mr, and Mra. W. H. Owens, Mr. Brown, Miss Mary Case, Miss Faonie Case. Miss Reyuolds, Miss Lyons, Miss Towns, Miss Beott, Miss Gracie Rarne, Miss Nettie In- galis, Miss Brown, Miss Kittie Mills, Miss Balis- bary, Mies King, Miss Baker of Chicago, Mossrs. Hesld, Foster, Hard, Gurly, Conwell. Casa, James Revnold, Joho Reynold, Ingails, Hay- waid of Chicazo, Bliss, Hiles, Cook of Chicago, Blossom of Chicsgo. & The latest socizl news of interest in the Park is the announcement of the mairisgs of the Hoo, W. D. Carlile, son of ex-Seuator Carlile, of Vir- ginia, to Misa Mary Saviile Foster, dsughter of the Hon. @. F. Foster, of Oak Park. The cere- mony i8 to be solemnized at the First Methodist Episcopal Church Weduesday, Dec. 15, 8t 5 p. m. The happy brido wiil leave her home and take np her abods in * Old Virgisa." While the residents of the Park congratuiate Miss Fuster, they feel tat her bright simile and swest influ- ence will be preatly missed in all social circles. EVANSTON. The Social Club gave s very enjoyable musical entertainment Thursdsy evening, which was weil attended, The programme took a wide rangs, many of.tne ableat musictans 1 the village par- ticipatiog, and was cained out very successfuily. e Soath Evauston Literary sud Social Club algo had & masical entertainment last week. Its ball was filled to overflowing Tuesday evening by a0 audience drawn from the two villages sad C{:iugo, assewbled to enjoy the “O1d Folks' Coneert,” given under the Isadership of AMr. J. H. Kellam by twenty singers of Evanston. The programme was an excellent one, and was given to the evident satisfaction of thoso present. ‘The duet by Mre. Bardeall sud Mr. C. M, War- ren, however, eclipaad all following efforts, turowing them completely into the ehade, in fact, until Mr. Keeney introdaced kerosone into the hall. Thers was a social entertainment at the Woman's Collsge Thursday eveuing, under the auspices of. the Oasoli Society, which, :though Dot 88 oumerously attended 88 was anticipated, sttracted a goodlv number of students aud citi zens. The young 1adies of the Society are en- deavoring to_purchase a piano for their hail, and tho proceods of tao entsrtainment are to be de- voted to that object. 1 Mis. Ladlam. one of the most highly-es- toemed resideuts of the vitlage, enjoyed a genu- ine family reunion Thanksgiving. at winch tweatv-four of her immediate relatives wers ‘prosent. ) Mr. J. Seymour Currey and Mies Mary E. Corell were married by tte Rev. E. N, Packard. ‘Wednesday eveniog, at tho residence of the bnde's suster, Mrs. A, N. Youog, - ; Mr. John Dickinson and Misa Mary R. Joha- éon were united in muriage ‘Ihuraday after- noon, by the Bev. D. B. Cheney. The ttov. B. L. Swan, for several yeald pastor of Ltho Presbyterian Church at Oyster Bay. L. L., was married to ‘Miss Maria L. De Forest, last Monday, by the Rev. Arthur Mitchell, in the First Presbyterian Church, Cbicago. There was a full ‘attendance of ths Eelectio Club st the residesce of Mr. Georga E. Puriag- ton Monday evening. The readers wero BiTs. C. E. Browae and My P. F. 8, Staymaker. The Club meets at the residenca of Alr. R. 8. King to-mosrow eveniog. ‘I'no members of the Anglo-American Associa- tiin cofebrated Thanksgiving Day in due form, the entertainment comprising both a dinper and @ supner. : _Tho Sizma Chi Fraternity observed Thanks- Ri\'ling by o pleasant and profitable social re- uulon. —_——— . FASHIONS, TIE LATEST MODES. : ‘New Yk Times. Frappe velvet, brocaded eilk, and ratelasso sre tho materials most to be admired. Thers are in use woolan broches and matelasses which are well worthy of wention; the embossing stands out in rehef from the goods and uas & very rieh sppearance. Knickerbocker crossed by large squates 18 also a novelty. Thers ian largo as- sortment of cachemirea de I'fnde inall plai: colors, with cachemire designs in two shade those are all very tastefal. There may also be sdded to this style of wmaterial vizognes and drap dn Thibet i real India wool. There aro many siriped and checked fancy materials of which suits will ba made, combined with plain goods to correspond. Aa already foretold, the lampas, damasks, and brocades whioh wers intended to eoable one to dispense with trimmiog, sre as.much, if not more, heavily trimmed tbaa the plain matenals. The toilets aro etriped from head to foot with gatloon ; thess must be had at any price, and piaced everywhere. The slosves of many sicil- ienpes, cloth, and velvei confectioos are whoily covered with galloon. The chier question at present concerns the form of outer garments. The large capote and polonaise are the latest caprice; many of these will be made of coarse goods with long nap, orof frapps velvet, and other maerinls. A - besutiful shspe is kaown a8 the Pasha garment, which is of medium length in tnoback and very long in front, formiog an apron ; it has bandsome and ratier long, squara sleeves, which are In perfect harmony with the general cat. Itis beavily tnmmed with inser- tion and fine passsmenterie, studded wich jat, and bears lace to match. Thera ate two other garmrents in the same style, very short, and al- most straight in _the back ; in front they are cut intwo loug points, forming an apron. The srimming i8 galloon or fur. Then in contrast to tbeso 18 the short c18que, fitting 1 to the figurs, with l:sht_ slesves and squars cuffs. This is trimmed with bands of far, which are broader than those of last year. For carriage use, large circular cloaks lined and trimmed with fur are most in favor. The matarialy for day wear, such as silk and woolen goods, and all-silk goods, as slso velonra frappe, are invariably gray or tawny polonaises, intended to be worn over brown or black veivet sliicta, If, on the contrary, the polonaise forms part of ths complete suit—which is the most stylish fashion—thematerial is then 1n the sbade of the fiille akirt. Tas frappe velvet tunique exacts & faille skirt liberally trimmed with puff- ings snd plaitings. With'a tunigue of silk ma- u‘:lri;Lme okirt is of velonr trame in the same shade. < The colors now in vogue are all shades of blue, green, scabiouss, and monse-color, and brown 18 alw: worn. Among the “biack materisls for elegant cos~ tumes are satin, silk. volvet, foalard, sicilienne, sud, for ordinary dresses, cloth, cachemire, broche, matelasse, armare, alpaca, and many other fancy goods. With these, silk snd wool, and platu and_broche goods, are combined, just in colored dresses. A very handsome suit Called the baby-dress is made 1n thege combina~ tions of material. The shape is princess; the froot is of sicilienne, aod the back of woolenand ailk broche goods. The waigt ia cut decidedly long, and laces in the back. It has a verylong | basque. The Sicilieane abbesse train is hooked to the basque, and two_scarfs of broche goods sre gracelully arranged in plats turning up- ward. The first surrounds the skirt where the busque terminates, snd the second Is piased 8 little below. The ends of the ecarf se trimmed with frioge aod joined in the middle of the back 1n a eailor’s koot. The sleeves are of broche, finished at the wrists with plain corneia snd faile bows. Among the namerous different shaped pockets now iu use the newest are the fan pocket, which is straight or turned over, the aumoniera de- tached from the skirt, and the plain or domble shell-pociet. . The bonoets of the day are as eccentric as all. other articles of toilet:: Who can really adoure the new shape called Muscadin, with s large raised brim trimmed with bright colora? It can also be made aliogether black, and trimmed with & black tulle sosr?, bordered with lace, and & plume piaced high on the crown. The most peculiar combinations of colors are in nse ; for instance, on the brim of a green or plum-colored felt bonnet is a sky-olue ostrich feather. Plush and velvour epingle are agsin to be reviyed. Black end waite continue 1n_vogue. Scaxls of white eilk patte are still placed aronnd the "crowns of fels hats. The materials most em- plosed are brocaded silk, matolasse, and velvet. A new kind of very fine ivory-white llama Iace is very shony on black velvet. . The ribbons are ehot. with old, miver, and stee), and are very hearr, Velvet flowers, bronzed leavea, pecular feathers, fancifat birds (the use of which 18 sometimes sbused), and silver or gold orns- ments, are ll pressed into servica to trim the bonnets of the period. < Long veils are cgain to be thestyle. They are of plain or dotted taile, and fall as far sq the knces; they are called veils @ la Juive. When the veu ia’ raiged it 18 thrown over one side of the boonet. Malines co'nt Iace aud valenciennes are also nsed for trimmings; the averago depth in 21 10 3 inclies. ‘The lace is placed on the arrows of the bounet in shell-ehape and mingled with loops and ends of faills or veivet. \White luces, when vaed. to trim bonnets, ahou'd, if rossible, bs new, ag afiar baving been washed tla colvr 8ot good and they becoms sufi, v GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. The Ball-Dress : “Never the Same Lot Comes to AlL” 'How a Husband Was Won---Why She ‘Went Down Stairs---The Amer- ican Heroine. A Disconsolate Widow---Love’s Young Dream---Threa Times Married and Divorceds THE BALL-DRESS. Sheen of satin, and shimmer of silk, ‘And ruatling ribbons of rl:“‘”""" ‘Roses uploof fug gossamer lace, Fairy fige ea the cataract’s sprays ‘Boses holding the sun in their hearts, ‘Dewlest grasses and migmonette, Vines s-tromble, geranium leaves, “All'of them 0 for & coronet, The sanie glaa sunbeams oser s fall, ‘But never the same lot comes to owers o perfect, bees herdly wonld know mTh over s dxbp of honey could win; 1 wonder if Luman flowers are thus Lovely without, but no soul within ? Laces siid fowers, and & garzet-room; A girl whose youth is forever gone ; Witl siallfnl fngers she fashions with care. Prectieat ball-diess ucd.r the sun, The same gisd snubeams over us fall, Bu never the same lot comes to all 1In dxtntiest robe and slippers of ease, Reading the latest new novel out, Plepttulfuarefor incttal wo2 © " (Bho has the Yenderes no f e e e hoe dinsoasas 4 ‘Life, with s joy, bas but just begun; Beaut:ful Maud has beantiful dress, Prettiest vall-dress nnder the sun. “The sams #lad sunbeams over us fall, But nevar the same lot comes to all, (I haven't the money T can’t bs botherad with fhat—ob, nol) 1 ope that he will *offer bis hand,’ Axnovals s1y,—wil reaily propose. My dresa is certalnly sweclest of all. Lizette, L wish to ajter that roze.” The same glad synbeams over us fall, But never the stmo lot comes to ail, Mornicg came again after the ball,— Cams uB it conues in gladness or gloom, To lavguid dancers in stately hal, Or lonely watcher i garrei-room. *Tis but Fitle time since she was young, Iu siriest dances fosting away Fair s the fairest, she may have worn “Aa lovely o dresh 8 his to-day. “Thae scme glad sunbeams over us fall, But never the same lot comes o all. Lit!le she becds how the morning comes, Ta color of rose or pallid gray ; Life, wit its sewing, forever done; Déxth for all gorrow bringe'h allsy, . Honor and purity choosing, instesd Of tho stceet, whereby to earn her bread, Bterved to death for a pitiful sum, Once she was fair, but now she is desd The same glad sunbesms over us fall, * But never th same ot comas to all. ~Hurper's Bazar, THE AMERICAN HEROINE. In Macmilhan's Magazine Miss Agnes Aac- douell writes of ‘ The Amerizan IHeroine.” Among the agreeable ttings.eaid of tho heroines of our novels are the following: Tbhey are ex- quigitely and nocooscidusly truthfal. There is no effort about thelr houesty, 1t i as unaffectad as their phriscologs, with its ** gueeses " and sbbreviatiops. They are audacions, but they sre fall of tact. The little girl standiog on a doorstep vainly endeavoring to reach the bell-hapdle was no exceptional child. When an old gentleman—a minigter smong the Quakers—approsched and mounted the steps to her relief. shs turned, avd at once ac- Eknowledged bis kindness by saying, with eravity and perfect readiness, “* I am ooliged to thee, Friend Jones; I bave frequently heard thee preach with pleasure.” This was not impu- desce. The' youog Philudelphisn showed, wa think, not only a Bayard-like lack of fear, but a Bavard-like senee of acurtesy,in thus atiampting to enter into the feelinga of ber aged friend and praisiog bhis ~*mipistry.” Such a child ss this does not belong to the insensate condition of the enfant ferrble; sie is a civilized being among civilized betngs, and is en rapport with maokind. Aliss Aloott'a heroines are all of this kind— they are full of tact, resdmess. and amiable au- dacity. Their self-assertion is nos of the rebel- lions order, for their position is perfectly sc- Loowledged. They seem very kind to theiwr pa- rents, thonrh their relations with father and mother partake rather of goodfellowship than reverence. We hear of no dissensions ; fathers and their sons, mothers snd their daughters, pull very evenlv together, though ooe cannot deny that the daughters frequently row ** stroke " in the family boat. There ia a hearty and confl- detial feelig_botween Mre. March and ber dagghters. * Send meas much advica as yon like,” writes Miss Amv toher mamma ;" **and I will take it,’ ' she frankly adds, **if I can.” HOW A HUSBAND WAS WON. . ‘There were sighteen or twenty of us, mostly giris (asva a writerin the New Orleans Bulletin). The subject of the converaation was servants, + Al girls, s31d the matron, * you have verylittls idea of the trouble wa have with our servants, particalarly nowadays, when monay is scarce, and you are not always read;y to say *Here's your monev ; you must seek another place.’” This was 8aid in & sad voico, but the good old dame brightened up when -ebe added: *It re- minas me of times gons by, when money was pleoty and provisions were cheap. I had a German cook, & fins, buxom young lass, flond 28 8 summer-sunset, and robust a8 ao Amazon, Tt struck me oae day that the sidewalk iu front of the house needed scrubbiog, and, being short of help at the time, I ordered the cook to do the work. She refused peremptorily to comply, olaiming that it was beneath her digoity. The kitchen. rhe said, was her place; and Ireplied by banding_ber her month's wages, remarking coolly that I could quickly find somebody that woald. Bophie had soon changed her mind, and 80 hour afterwards the sidewalk was as clean a8 sny peat honsekeeper could wieh. Bat tbat is notall. The next day I was told thatI was wanted at the hall-door by a hard-working neigh- bor, & shop-keeper, and spparently weil to do. (This was before the War.) In a few words my Deighbor had explained, in broad Teutonio ac- cents, that he had seen my servant the day be- fore sorubbing the sidewalk, and he added ex- ultinely, *8be worked with such care and such vigor that I resolved from that moment that she should become my wife." In short, girls, in & few days we had s sensation weddiog in the veighborhood, and I had lost oue of the best servants in the world.” A DISCONSOLATE WIDOW. Not long since, & well-known resident of this city (says the Troy Press) died, leaving & widow twalve yours his junior, and still very attractive, the mother of ten liviog children, ranging from 17 years of age down to 2 years, the last being twing, The widow put on the most funereal of raiment, and received sll ber sympathizing friends with grosns. and lamentations. Lest eveniog & ladv -called, avd was received by the heart-broken widow with the ueusl grosos and cries. At Jeogth the friend ventured ou . little attempt au consolation by makiog the very truthful and origiusl remark that ** Death i3 ths common lot.” Bofore the weeping widow conld reply to this consolatory reflection, seven of tue ten children marched siogle file through the parlor into the dining room, the twine hx¥ngmg up the rear, with a squalling kitten under each arm. The widow beleld her traop pass by, and the sight appeared to open a new fountain of grief. Tarniog to her friend with a look of ntter de- jection and a fresh burst of sots, the widow, thougnttul even in distress, replied : ** Yes—yes ~—myfreud! we must all die some day; bot— who—who—wjll have me now with these ten children #" 5 _ WHY SHE WENT DOWN STAIRS. Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle : ** Gentlemen of the jury,” Le said, yesterday, ** it has been asked by opposing counsel why my client went down- atairs, That the blush of shame did not mantle the cheek of my learned faiend while patting such an inquiry argues a heart whose sensibili- ties are wholly deadoned. The astonishment which is depicted upon yoar conbtenances, geu- tlemen. is sufiicient to assure me that yon ap- preciate the position in which this injurad wife and delhicate woman wae placed. [The i w. & d. W, weigbed 170 st least, aud had & very red face | of uneven surface.] Why did sbe go down- stairs, gentlemen? The question has been ssked, aud I anawer.. Turn your gsze upon this Least ;. this monster 1n the somblance of » man; \bis Jezion i3 humaa form thia dovil who io- sults God's image! Let him speak! 10 be: etc., evinced signs_0f rising wrat mi‘-ka.lgi sworn testimony, Here is the question: *Why did Mrs. Bulgruddery go down-stairs * Answer —: Iél'lu:‘lfl ber.’ £ tho § +*Gentlemen of tho jurv, he h'isted her Great heavens ! he h'isted her! Hs, the hmlo.l once, perhaps, A man, raised s foot and applied it to the form of ber who, at the holy aitar, he had eworn to love and cherish. She, a blnshing bride, standing before the man of God, breath- ing timidly the vow which bound her foraver to Bulgiuddery. Then a habpy mother, holding to her breaat the pledges of love which Heaven had granted. And yet he h'istad her! Not only did he h'ist her, gentlemen of the fury, but itis in evidence that he took a fat-iron from her hang, end accompanied bis kick with 8 blow from that useful domestic atensil, And yet the learped gontleman bao the andacity to ask why Mra. Bul- grotdery went down.-yatrs.” At this paint the excited attornev gave a wild laugh, and was ordered to mt down, Balgind- dery was convicted. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. Says the Brooklyn Argus: They sat upon an inverted. wash-tub (directly under s wiadow) dreaming wild dreaws of love. With ber great elarry eyes upturned to his, she softly whis- pered, ** Will you always, always, love me, War- ren?” and Warren murmured back: “T1ll the sun wa cal Andthe stara e oty And " Then ha sprang to his feet In a wild e, and made frenzied efforts to got bis face through & coating of something that seemed to have fallen from the clonds. Cleaniog his syes ha shot one quick glance of hatred up to the window, mad bolt for the back gate, and disappeared from :h: startlod gitl's side. Old gontleman up-stairs, tarning £0 bis wife, remarks, + There. Halingy, 1 bet 8600 I've knocked that blamed bow! of hot starch ont of (be winder, and upsot the whols on’t.” “The desolate maiden has o lover now, but goes around with an unquiet glars in her downcast eyes. THREE TIMES MARRIED AND DIVORCED, In the Tombs Police Court on Saturday (savs the Now York Sun), Rachel Blnestone, & Polish Jowess, preferred a charge of abandonment acainst ber husband. Six years ago, Jafia AL Blueetoue married her. A year of bappiness was ended with s quarrel, and the wife got a writ of divarca trom the rabbi who had marcied them. ‘Tne busband wen: to England, and his wife soon ,lallovmd, They were again married by a rabbi. They Lived together for a time, and after a quar- rel the wife obtsined anotber aivorce, Tue bus- baud came back to New York, and the womsn arrived 2 faw weeks alterward. The counle met, paicbed up thelr quarrel, and were agaio mar- vied; bnt a short time afterward the husband applied for a divorce, and they were for the third time soparated. Six months after tlus, Bluestono roceived some money by the will of Lis mother, who had died in Europe. Oa learn- inz this fact the divorced wife dete)mined to sae Linestone for abandonment. Justice Flammer did uot entertan the charge. POWER OF IMAGINATION, g The other day a Detroiter (says the Free Press) took home & book containing several anecdotes showing the power of imagination, and, after readiug them to hia wife, he tenderly said: ** Now, Angehne, you msy some time imagine that you bear me kissing the servant girl in ths other room, sod you sec how base it would be to accuss me of Buch a thivg.” N *Johin Heury," she repliad, in & smooth voice, *it I ever imagina such & thing, you'll need & doctor within fifteen minutes, no matter what that book says ! * SELEISH SORROW. At recent funeral of 2 Danbury man (ssysthe News), one of the neighbors, & femals of a very sympatletic nature, was 8o deeply affected as to attract .the attention of those pregent. The Wile of the geceased, a tall, raw-boned woman, noticing the atteution paid to the neighbor, kindly approached her, and, in a hoarse whisper, indicative of the most iutense disgust, demanded, *Who is running this fuceral ? Yon or me 7" The sympathstic neighbor dried her tears. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Probably one of the most trying times in a man’s tife is when he introduces his second wife, 17 years old, to his dsughter, who is past 20. There was a young lads of Bicester; One day that har lovar had Xissed bas, Bhe gave such & A wifowill hardly ever - notice whether ber hasbaud bas had bis bair cat or not, but let him go home with a strangs hair-pin sticking 1o his overcoat, and she'llses it before he reaches the gate. *“Mamie,” said a mother to s little 6-vear old, it Twas alittle girl like you I would pick up all those chips.” ** Weil, mamma,” d the "‘“xl; one, “ain't you glad you are not s little girl?" A stranger kissed » La Crosse girl by mistake, snd was then licked by her two brothers for be- ing mistaken. He then deliberately kissed her for being who she was, and was licked for being impudent, Alively girl had ahateful lover, whose nama was Leuke. She got out of patience with him at last, a0d io her anger declared that Shak- epeare had not said balf &8s many thiugs as hé' ought to about Shy Lock. A maddened father is roshiog from the room wild for revenge. He crios: * My daughter, [ gOto avenge thee!” BShe clings to bis knees and cries: ‘Abl do oot kili them all] Leave me—leave me one |"—FParis paper. M. Lastoai Corean's discovery of inhabitants in the moon has led to closer investigations, re- sulting in the disclosnre of the fact that the women sit aronnd playiog on_barps, wh.ls the men do all tbe washing, iroving, and cooking. *Well, well, if the time has come wheo the *fast males’ must have a train of cara to them- solves, I am glad I am an old woman and haven't long to stay in this sinful world.” And Aunt Betsy wiped the end of ner nose with her best haadkerchief, Bertie (who has a difference witn his sister about a story) : ** You are wrong, Katie ; but I won't argue with yon, beca: papa says it's wrong £0 argue with & woman ; and I can't call ou a fool. bacause that would be below the dig- ity of a gentleman.” It doesn't do for s fastidions man to marry one of those too gushing creatures who are ut- terly untaioted by the conventionalities of so- ciety. A Cleveland man recently consulted a divorce-lawver bacavse his wife raa into & room full of compasy with a turkey-bone in her mouth. Lady toservaot : “Mary, I do not approve of vour entertaining_your sweetheart in the kitchen.” Mary: **Welt, ma'am, it's very kind o’ yon to mention 1t; bat be isfrom cthe country, you see, ma'am. and I'm sfraid he's too shy aod orkard in his manpers, ma’am, for you to hke him to come up-staira | ™ Our Dan remarked to his wife, last evening, e he left home for the office: **I'll be back by 10 o'clock if I don't meet with any serious pull- back.” It won’t be well for you to meet with any puil-backs, Daniel, serions or_smiling, if I know of it,” eaid his better balf, in tones which indicated that sbe meaot it.—HBoston Globe. A Saginaw lady sang oat to ber husband, as he. made his exit throuzh the doorway: “Go to “Bari's and get some No. 50 black tbread, three cord.” * K-ns-to-fer K-lum-bo,” muttered the bead of the family, as he started aftor the wood- inspactor to cord it np, **why didn't she order a car-ioad lot aud be done with him? Must be e’ha is going to have the sewing society this week. Yesterday morning. after an old lady had taken s 8eat io the tram going west, & young man came along aad inquired i he could bave part of the seat. ‘*Iguews yoa cap,” she replied, * but yon want to understand me first. Nochew- ing tobacco, no eweariog, and Do Boft-s0aving aronnd 80'a to get & chance to pick my pocket.” After thinking the matier over he took & seat on the wood-box.—Detroit Free Press. ‘Lord Houghton kept cne eye on the women when he was traveling in this cauntrfi. In re- pponse to the toast to his health at the dinoer given him at the Lotos Club, New York, he said, smong other bright thinga: * America was emineut for the beaary of her women. At this time of life he was no fair witness on that sub- ject but ke would offer the mare valusble testi- mony of his gon, a young man of some tslent and perception, of 17 years of age, who had gone bome with this expression on his lips snd this impression on his nest.” A enrious old volume, entitled * A Complete Colicction of the Lawsof Virginia at s Graod Assembly held at James City, 234 March, 1662’ is ownod by a gentleman in Troy. It was proo- ably prioted in Richmond about 16%0. Amobg other acta it_provides that **babbling women who **lander sud ecaudalize their neighbore, foc which their poor busbands a:a often invoived 10 chargesble sud vesstious suils, aad cast 1o giest damages,” ** be punisbed by duck- ing.” If the slander 18 80 enoroious as to merit s fine of more than 500 ds of tobacco, then the guilty womsn 18 _to be ducked for each 500 poum x’n case her husband refase ¢o dischargs I he tige. 3 i : EUROPEAN GOSSIP. How the Artist Ziem Entraps Ve- netian Beauties, A Sketch of Offembach’s Spectacular Opera, “Ls Voyaze dans la Lune.” Louls Philippe and the Painter-... in Venice. nem" THE ARTIST ZIEM, Arsene Houssaye, in & recent Paris letter to the New York Tribune, gossips as fallows sbout the painter Ziem: Two Parisiennes, frienda of Ius, Madame de C. and Mademoiselle de P., be- ing in Venice, were delighted to find Ziex, who knew evarything and talked egually well of Paris and Venice. But tbe nest day, at the hour when he was tohave met them at the Piazza of 8. Mark, while they were giving bresd-crumbs to the pigeons of the Republic,~for the pigeons bad pever changed their politics,—Ziém had dissppeated. Thoy almost waited for him: after which they weot to walk with- out too much care as to Where their litila feet were tending through tha: riddle of streets and stresms. They sooa found themselves on the bridge of che Rislto, atopping idly before the ehops, Tbey were struck by the luminous beauty, the white fat, the golden hair of s fair daughter of Murano, who had come to eoll ber doves at Venics; yes, a geonine mer- cbant of doves, fit to have been s merchant of Cupids 1n antiqaity. ‘The young peagsnt girl had in her basket four pairs of doves, for they were doves for two pur- poses—to fricassee or to set up housekeeping in nests, On the doorstep of a skop the two ladies recognized the Suwarrow boots of the oblivions Ziem. £ * There he is,” said one; * buthush! Heis beckozing to the dove-me:chant.” In fact, Ziem had already taken the basket, and was looking oow st the doves and now at the pretty merchant. After s moment’s chaffering be inviled her into the shop. Ho was so en- fgrossed with her that he had no eyes for his two {riends, who wera not ten feet from him. When he had gooe into the shop the two (adies came up. It was ons of those listle shopsof the Rialto where Jows, di:guised as Greeks and Turks, sell Orieutal stuffs and jeweiry of Venice gold. ' Looking in they saw that Ziem seemed perfectly at homo. He waa offering jewelry and small finecy to the-dove merchant us if every- thing there belonged to bim. “ In 1t posaible that thin artist is also a shop~ koeper ? " eaid Madame de C. * Le: us go inand cheapen sometbing.” **No, no,” 8sid her friend, *4we onght not to disturb this tete-a-tete.” Now, what was Ziem sayiog to the dove-mer- chant? He was proposioz 1o buy her doves at her owa prico if &he would give him s tow min- utes' sitting, 80 Lhat he migh: sketch bor face. She refased pumyly. He tlion offered her 20 franes. Bbe refused etill more haughtily. ++No." sbe said, ** yon might give me your whole shop, and I wouldn't theo.” Ziem bad beckoved to a yoaog man dressed as a Tark, who was lighting & oarghileh in the back shop. He whispered to bim, ‘*Keep this woman talking aboat her dovesas long as poasible. Of- fer hor thess silver ear-rings and this gold ring. 1f abe insists o0 being paid in cash make her wait while you get a note changed.” With these words Ziem went into the rear saop and smoked bis parghdeh while the young ‘ark disputed With the dove-merchant. In spite of herself sha was intluenced by the charm of the rioboos sud jewelry, and soon gave way. She feasted her eyes on the pretty things abont ber, never drezg1- ing bow pretty she was herself. ** How finell shoald. be,” she thought, *if I had sach fine things to wear.” Zem, in the back shop, wis quietly smoking his narghileh and rapidly aketening the lovely face of the dove-merchant. She saw and sus- pected nothiog. adame de C. and Mademoiselle de P. conld make nothing of this scene ; thoy walked to the eud of tho bridge. promising themselves togo back to the shop when the great affair of the doves should be finished. Attracted by some athar sight, they did not return for half an hoar. “Tsnot M. Ziem here?” they asked, going ia. Ziem opened the door of the back shop and sa- Iatea thoe two Iadies without laying dawn extber his pipe OF tua palette. “ See what a besutiful thing I have thers,” he said, with the faith of ag artst in the first fire of inspiration. ‘+:fhe dove-merchant!” * Yon have sean her 2" id Ziem, smprised. *-Yes, wo have admired her ae you did. Shels the true Venitienne of Gioryione’s time. You have put her all akva on the canvas." *Itis oply a sketch eo far; sha must a1 azai **Is this your studio, then " Ziem laughed. ‘“After 2IL" he smd, '‘why should I no: tell you my stratsgem? Do you not kaow that the girls of Venice will never poss? Whatever they mav do for fove, they re- fose to do it for art. Titisn, Giorcione, snd Veronesa therafore had to combine the two mo- tives, Their great art was to love handsome women. Rafaella, Violante, and Leonora were the models of all the pictures of thess great masters, Their Madonnas and their courtesans have, therefore, the same type. Io the Madon- Das the earthly love ia seen. and in the courtesan there is something of divine, When 1 come to Venice, I find the Adriatic, the palaces, the churches, and tbe sumshine of the Henaissance painters; but bow can I find Rafaella, Violants, Leonora?” He then told how be had conceived the idea of this trap for besauty. Whenever he came to Veuice be rented a shop on the Rialto; he spent a thonsand {rancs or 80 in more glaring finery than any oo sale in the adjoming shopa: o that all the young girls in Venice camo to show their faces there. 1o a forinight or so the shop was empty, with little or nothivg 1o the till. But from tha resty girls who bad posed for um without Enowing it, Ziem carried away eome dozeus of ‘sketches, which wond supply & nabob with pocket- ‘money. OFFENBACH IN THE MOON, The indefatigable 3. Offenbach’s second novelty of the season, ‘ Le Voyage dausla Lane,” has been mors completely succesastul than his first (says the Paris correspondent of the London Telegraph). Let me try t concen- trats the six hours' storyinto the fewest possible words ¢ = A Prinoe whose character is suggested by his pame—** Caprice"—repudiates his father’s offer of & crown, and cries for the moon ms(ead, as & place to go and visit, if not as » toy to possess, Microscope, his tutor, is commissioned to find the means, on pain of losing his bead in the event of non-success, and ho prepares for tho purpose a gigantio caonon, capable of camsing 88 far aa the earth’s satellite. The workshop, fitled with practicabls steam-hammers, is one of the best scenes,and almost a8 good is & view of the completed gun, which, beginving on the stage, 18 carried across mountsios and above villages, till 1ts month is logt in the far distaoco. King Vlan, with his son and the tator, descend intd the breach of the gun, sad a foud roport an- noonces &3 the curtain falls on Act I that the travelers ara on thewr way to the moon. In the second act we tind ourselves in the planet, whose ‘inhabitants sre alarmed by s black speck, which they have seen on the horizon for fonr days. This tarne ont to be the bombsbell, which we see strike—I wag going to ssy the earth, bat I mean the moon. T'ae travelers emerge from ita trap to find that tue moon 18 inbabited by creatures whose customs sre diametrically op- poste to their own, Love is looked apon s & disease, and the individual tamed with it is kept in seclusion for fear of infection. The chil- dren sre brought in, cargoes twice a year from s far-off detrict, Whera the ‘* poor poople davote themselves to this branch of industry. Doctors and lawyers are locked up lest qwl should scatter abroad disease and sow mischief, Lastly, the King 18 the slave of his people, and tne unfortunate man is chosen bvlct. The patirical dialogue, tbough good of its kind, 8 continued too long, aud we are not sorry to find 15 brought to = conciugion by one of thase gsudy commouplace ballets which are as much ia their place in ibe moon as 10 any known ot unkoown act of our globe, Tha third act is by far the gm of the four. The Kingof the Moon's dangbter having fallen in love with Prince Ca~ price, her {ather, according to lupar cuctom, ‘makes baste to sell her by auction before ths fact can ba kpown of Ler baving cangit an in- fectious diseass, To disarm guspicion Ca- prics disuises bimself a3 s mountebank, and sings a capital song, which is ceriain %o rival ig popularity tue very best of Offau- bach's productions. It was sung by Mile. Zal- ma Bouffar with sach splendid wpirit that she_ actaally had to repeat ono verse three times,— Do small compliment, seeing that by this time we had heatd the clumes st midaight. Caprice endeavors to decamp with the Princesa; but the pairare overtaken by the winter, which, in the moon,—ad it sometimes on earth,—comes oo guddenly in tne very midst of summer. The 1ncident gives nse to ooe of tho prettiast coa- 1 \ certed piecss of the work. ** La nsize, Is neige, nous gre'ottons,” the cat:bing theme of which ia im nedistely afterwarus used in the most effaci- 1va ballet.l have ever sesu. Somo of the daucers sra dreessd in a fantastio costume demgued by Gresin, and consisting of scarlet trunks sni purple 'veivet jackets, provided with capacous toucnures. They wear wings, and are sappused to represent summer birds aurprised by the and- den winter. Bat they keep their hands—or should { uay their paws ?—in tiny mufls, aod flif aboat the stage, looking balf like birds and balf like Iadies who Lave fost_their nether garments. It is oniy Frenchman who could have had such an idea, a d who could have realiqed it with so much grace. A snow man is built up, aod then he fai's in pieces, and from his ruios faliss shoser of damels, who look as thougn tbey ware clad in nothiog but enow-balfs, \When the sport is at its height the snow fa'ls iu thick flakes that lie deep upon the stage. and the cur- tain drops amidst entbusastic applsuse. In the Inst act thestrangers, who have been condemned to five vesrs of imprizonmeut in an extinct vol- the moon. Bat ths volcano is not extinct ; the 1ava rises, the rocks epiit, and tha travelers are burled up to the surface, whence ther bebold the easth shive—i. e., what we ehould calf moon- shine. Wae do not learn howthev reached home, bat, to judge from the gigantic map of the earth that above the horizoo unul it fills the large sage, they bad oot far toco. The * Journey to ths Moon™ mav perchance run as loog as tha **Journev Round the World,” which nas beon played every night for more than & year, and which is cercainly not to be withdrawn till four montbs hence, if then! THE KING AND THE PAINTER. Saya the Paria correspondent of ths Boston Post: Once, wheo I was quits young, I was by when a very Isughable—but this 1s a atory and I ehould begin it another way. ’Tis aboat oue of the great paintars of those old days ; the painter of interiors, Douton, friend sod comrade of Daguerre, who iavented the daguerreotype. M. Bonton was at work-one moroing on an immense canvas, Eamting *Tho Revolutionists im the Crypt at St. Denis,” when some one struck ab the door of hid atelier, and eutered:with- out knocking or aunnouncing himsalf. “Ah1™ gavs M., Bouton, with bis mouth foll of paint-brushes. And gianciog at the visitor, who looked saabbily dreased, and stood bowing and smuling, he calls out, ** Look about if you like; don's miad ma!" This the visitor did, poking the coruers with an old caue, and peering iota the piotures hung about through & bent pair of spectacies. Fina'ly, be came up ta Rue grest canvas, and stood, say * Hm-bm~ ba-a-a,” over the pawter's shoulder. M. Bouton suppressed a **eacre!” And woudering where he seen that inquisitive face before, cries : * Well, how is everybody st home ?" * 0, nicely, thauk yon.” *+So mach the better !” replies Bouton, with his eyes on his canvas. * Chudion well, thea?* 0, pertectly,” And here AL Bonton's danghter, coming in with her mouth filled with buttered-roil and a big piece in her hand for the painter, is_siruck speechlessin the midst of, ** Papa, bave abi—t 2" for thero is the King smiling down on ber fazher, ani nodding to har ojch bis finger at _his hpa, And I believe the youug lady had just wit enongh @ of those reverences we spoke 0f v, which she bad receutly le: of her dancing-master. and go out again, ihe visitor fel] to criticising the composition, and ra on for half aa nour; and all in sucha bold way tbat M. Bouton would bave ordered him off “the place, but be was too much inter- ested in the tint he was laying to the pictaro. Then, presently, it was done. 3. Bouton turned, and thers was tlhie Kiog, Louia Philippe, holdiny bi« brushes for bim. The painter grew very ra He took to oacking till e got close by lua work, and then, with o great laugh, says : “Sire, you are arist-Kiog eaouch to know that I should Lave lost my tint bad 1 stopped my work to display the atzlier to yotr Majesty.” “ Good,” repried the King, who was very fond of s painter of ivteriors, and had bemn to mm before, but always s ‘ His Majesty.” 1 like your recep:ion £0 well that I mean to have the picture.” And when it was done, the pictard was sent to the King at the Taileries. It has been chaoged about somewhat. and is now in the Palais Roval. And when M. Bouton went to_ pay 'his court t3 Hiuu Majesty at the palace, Louis Puilippe asked smilivg: "ng ia evorybody, Mobstenr Honton, al home?” And he evidently thought 1t a great joke for the pamter to have inquired after the good beéalth of the Prioces and the Queen Mazie Amelio 1o way. e_ VENETIAN BZGGARS. Charles Dudley Warner writes from Venice to the Hartford Courant: A begzar to beesteemesd presented himself to-day, when we were on the water. He skulled his boat alongside oars, and held out his greasy hat for centessimi. I know the mao very well, baving had the benefit of an occagional interview with bim all summer. He is an independent beggar. for be owns his boat aud slowly paddles about seekiog his living. 8o you see, he is not idle. I won't swear that bo does not occasionally drop a line overboard. but Inever saw him catch aoything; this is not his dependence—he is a fisher of men. You would be sure to like that man's stvle. It is exactly a8 if you sawa bezgar ept up his car- risge and sgolicit slms from it. 1 was at firat disinchned to give to s man able to kecp bis own boat ; but L'was wroog. Thus little punt is & sort of real estate, not on account of its dirt, bat because it is the man's only house. He has'mo other residenca. He sleeps thers, on some rags in the stern; he wakes up there and says his praver to St. Antonio or St. Mark when the sun. nming over the Lido, comes into bis eyes. 'There he eats, and begs, and, I bave no doubt, fasts on occasion. Yerbaps he will be buried 1o bis boat; .I would if I werehe. A beggar haunts the Church of St. Mark who wears kid gloves, and dresses like & gentieman who had lost his property. Perbaps he keeps his gloves oo because there is somathiug in bis fastidious pature which revolts at tbe feeling of dirty copper. He never says aoything, but simply bolds out bia hand, snd givea sou a ok of reproach if you twn away, of reproach mingled with pity at yoar neslect of an opportunity to establish relations with 2 gentleman. I couldu't think of giving' euch a man soldi; if I ever drop aowihing into hix gloved band ic will be gold. +You are oot, bow . ever, greatly pestered with beggara in Venico,— those encountered are usnally ofd women whoss hearty bepediction you can earn for 8 cent. The Vevetians, I believe, usnally give two ceutessimi (tive make a cent); the currency of the country en: 4 centessimi is 8 zecognizabla piece of money in s land where everyoody, rich and poor, smokes cent cigars, and a great deal better Cigars than you usaally ges 1 Americs for 8§ cenws. You 8as faw boggars Lere, but a great deal of pau- erism appears 1o tae reports. It was truo some Ema time 820, that of the 120,000 inhabitanta of Venice 40,000 were paupers, needing puolic aup- port. A Virginia Corn-Shucking. Washnoton Star. 5 An old-faghioned Virginia * corn-sbucking” was celebrated o Saturday at the farm of Capt. V. J. Garey, Maplo Grove, Alexandna County. The Captain haa settiel down from his military experiences iuto the quiet Life of s substantial Granger, and bas a handsome farm in excellent caltivation, with sll the requisite machicery. buildings, etc., for carrving oo husbsodry in ths most approved modern style. This has been s fine corn year in Virginia, aod there was a big pile of corn to be disposed of at Maple Grove, and the husking or *shuckiigz® was carried ont in the old aate-bellum style, as follows: 1he corn 28 drawa from the ficds had previoas] becn deposited 1n an immense oblong pile, o the long array of huskers was dis- posed at ope flank and aloug the side of the pile, in & way to woitk scross and sloug it at tne same time. The ears as shucked were thrown over tha file, sod the hasksto the rear. ‘The shuckers Were inspiritod in their work by tho sioging of quaibt ola plan- tation melodics, led by the coiorad captsin of the shackers, who wore & huge military clapean (of colored paper) to indicate lis sathority. Meantimes bevy of calored women wers engaged Dear by, at an opeu-air fire, in cooking beef, ham, patstoes, turnips, etc., tasapply s laog table kept constantly spread with substastial eatables for the workers. Whisky in quanuty sufficient to ‘¢ cheer but got inebriats ® was also dealt oat evefy bour or so. At dusk, acouple of meo wer sent out (accordiny to tbe sociunt custom) to blow borus throughont the neighbor- bond, to invite accessions to the snucaing party, and pretty soon numbers of colorel-meu em- ployed on ths fsrms acjacent ware scen ap- proaciung through the fiells, singiong the pecal- 1ar old-time plantation aira a8 they came. A hage fire had been builc near tha huskers s the darknees arproached. whicb it np sbhe scene with a weird Rembrand: effect. To this was added the pecubhiarity of the wild chant song in the refrain aud chorns by the toilers; and the effect was preseotly heigbtened by another striking feature whea s group of daucers, cou- tantly relieved from the hunsiing party, up the lively **Jubs™ in an open space before tne B e ottt s pom arder, Iaring & wl 1ol n 3 " to be sorted and novle pile of sd oarn Eoused by wum" cano, are let down in & basket into the bowols of yon to be charitable, A~