Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1877, Page 11

e — HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY, DECEMBER '9, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE SOCIAL WORLD. Gradual Revival of Fashionable Foliies in Chicago. The Grand Receptions of the Week— Enterfainments by the Ciunbs. styles of Hair-Dressing---The Refined Yak and the Multiform. Feow Fashions in Hats—The Campaign About Beginning in Washington, giss Tanderbill's VWedding-Toilette~A Collection of Fashionable Kovelties, CIICAGO. THE ELITE TO THE FRONT. ¢ Theclitc of society appear to be coming to {he front this season, judging from the many recherche entertainments that have been and gre now ou the tapis. Thera bave already ‘been more social cutertainments, parties, recep- tions, cte., smong the wealthier members of gociety in Chicago than during the whole of last. winter. “And still there’s more to follow.” The past week witnessed, besides the usual routine ot club occurrences, at least three prillisnt receptions, given by prominent parties, and larcely attended by the clite of the city. The receptions referred o were thuse given by wre. 0. R Keith, of No. 593 Michigan grenae; Mr and Drs. John B. Mayo, of No.1% Calumet avenue; and by Mrs. Potter Palmer, in hier apartments at the Pahmer House. About 500 invitations were issued for cach of {hese entertainments, and cach was crowded. YROSPECTIVE BLISS. 1t is romored that Miss Gracie Pearce, daugh- ter of J. Itving Pearce, and Mr. Henry Blair, son of the President of the Merchants® Nation- 31 Baok, will be married in February. ‘The eagagement of Mr. Samuel Leopold, of {his city, to Miss Clara Lowman, of Cinciunati, is annonnced. A number of prominent West Side voung la- dies are positively eneazed. ‘Their mames witl be annoutced in due titne. INFORMATION WANTED. A “Reader * writes for information as fol- I 7o2pe Sociery Editor of The Trabune. il you please wform me through the columng of your STNDAY THILCNE of the 9th inst. whetber it 35 prover_to call a-young isay, by the name of Smith, 2, wacushe bas an older unmar- Tie 0 doing you will settle a dispute aad greatly oblige OSE of Youn REaDERs. ‘Where two or more yornuz ladics of the same Smith family are the cldest only should be addressed Miss Smith.” ‘Tue vounger sisters s e called by their Chris names, accowpanied, of course, by the title 7 as **Miss Jeunie,” “Miss Gertie,? Where a younger sister alone is present, i customary to introduce lher as ‘ Miss Smith® to strangers. . SOCIALL AND CLGB NOTES. The Cinders Club gave its opening party of the season last Friday eveniug, on the North Side. i A dinner-party wes given by Ars. Gen. Sackett to a number of her friends last Thurs- day s ver residenceaNo. 316 Michizac avenue. #Our Fricnds had g brilliant openiug party st Bournique’s Hall lasy Thursday night. The sccoud party of the Sans Pareil Club was Beld Tast Mondzy évening. E Mr. and Mrs Jewett gave a party at their residence, N 2 Dearborn avenue, last Thy eveuing. Miss Pleda Dickinson entertsined s number of her friends iast Monday evening, at No. 213 Ashlund avenue, in onor of ber fricad, Miss Moore. Oue of the pleasant occasions of the week was a soiree musicale given by Mrs. C. A. Phelps and ber pupils at her_residence, No. $14 Adaws street. glts. F. C. Wilkie and Mrs. Gilbert Kindly lent_their fine voices, and the sones by Mrs. 8. L. Coe, added much to the entertain- ment. The reading by the Rev. Georze H. Peeke, and the presentation of a beaatiful sil- Yer card-receiver frow. the pupils, were ple: ant features of tbe evening, = Mr. and Mre. Martin Howard, of No. 1002 West Monroe street, received a large number of their frignds Friday eveniog lus:, it being the welfth sioiversary of their wedding day. Their residence was wvicely adorued, and splendid music was in attendance for those d dante. Among_ those present were Sumuer Ellis,"Maj. Brockway, Mr. Gurney, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Alr. Hitchcock, Mr. and Mrs, Meyers, Mr. Cushive, Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins, Mr. Backley, Mr. and Mrs. Jeiferson. r. Collins,” Mr. aud s, Lagrafl, M Druper, Mr. and_Mrs. Gray, the M éfiis ?‘nmcro}x, Dr.dG.;AEhner, 3 vke; Rimberley, and others. “The thind pavty of the Ta Circle Club took lace at the residence of Mr. J. H. Medvoy ast Friday evening. The members were gen- erally in attendance, and dispersed at a late hour. A reception was given the Round-Table Club Wedvesday last at the residence of Mrs. Davis, XNo. 21 Aldine Square. K Aiss Starr guse the first of her serfes of “‘conversations ™ unon “ Art Literature™ at her residence, No. 200 Huron street, last Thursday aiternoou. There were a pumber of prominent ladies present. The Nendeissohn Ciub of Hyde Park, whicit lasbeena grand suceess in its organization, ave a concery iast Friday evening in the Pres- byterian Churcl, which was well attended, and the affair prononnced first-class b{ the " best: fusicizns present. Mr. George F. Root is Director of the Soclety. A pleasant cvent of the week was s party iven by Mr. N. D. Goldberg, of No. 166 %mntr»i‘umh street, In honor of his accom- plished danshter Rebeeca, ‘The third party of the Occldental Club was given Friday evening, Nov. 30, at Campbell Hall. The fourth of the series is announced for Friday cvening. The masquerade party will oceur Friday esening, Dec, 23, The twentieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Hargel was celebrated by 2 china-wedding, Thursday evening, at their residence, No. 306 North Etate street, aud proved 1o be a very enjovable oceasion. Sociul intercourse, music, and dancing occupled the attention of those present until a late hour. Last Thursday cvening Mrs. W. D. Babbitt ave a pound party, ut ber residence, No, 618 §rees S1dmroe streei, or the beueiit of the State Industrial Sehool for Girls. The coutributions were all of the most useful and practical kind. The memvers of the Suowflake Club held their fifth party Thursday evening at the resi- dence of Miss Mary Prott, No. 614 West Jack- son street. The attendance was guite large. The Forrestrille Club save its resrular party uesday evening, which was very well attended r About thirty couples were Dresent, who tioroughly enjoyed themselves. A new programme of cighleen numbers. was Druscoted,” the wusie for which was finely rendered by Louis LePetre’s orchestr ¥ 1iizht last about forty youns' people fed at the residence of the Misses Holmes, un Indiana avenue, and, aiter arrang- ingibe prelimivaries, proceded 10 the residence of Miss Jenny Leach, who resides on the same avenue, taking her completely by surprise, which was given in honor of Miss Cora Bullard, visiting Miss Leach, from Council Bluffs, fa. The membgs of the Jolly Club met o the 20th ult., at 1he house of Miss McKinlay, No. ™ Grang place. Music, daucing, and sames were the order of the evening. The bountiful Tepast furnistied by the hostess was daly appre- dated. = The Spowball Club, a private organizatio, et at the residence of Miss Hattie Coob last Friday eveninr. ! The W de Pleasant Club met a t the resi- dence of Mrs. Hyck, No, 635 West Adams street, last Tuesd: Averrp) dence of M, Y despite the storm. r. llcory Dawson, No. 35 Brown strect, last Monday evening, the occasion being 1he cclebratiun of the twenty-first birthday of hisbrother. William Fitzgerald'sorchustra was ;n attendance, and dancing was the principal en- joyment of the evening. Last Friday eveaine the * Readiog-Club” of the Union Catholic Library Association_enter- tained a large cathering of friends at its regular Friaay-cvening reception. The features of the i readings by Messrs. Green and v by Miss Alice Moran, vocal man and Mr. Lychard, s Solund. 4 unz People’s Society of *he Sixth Presovterian Church was held Friday svening at the residence of Miss Ella Bensier, Langiey avenue. near Thirty-ninth street. The se was crowded, about 100 persons being nt. Music was given by Miss Bensiey and v the G. T. 4. W. Quartet, and readwe by iss Terhune. A supper was served during the cvening. 1, an ess: Eclections Ly M ANNOUNCEMENTS. Compangy C of the First Regiment will givean intormal reception at the armory, . 112 to. 116 Lake street, Wednesday evening, Dec. 19, for which a limited number of invitations have been 1ssued. This company is one of the vere Dest in the organization, is composed of the best young men in the city, ‘and its receptions have always been popul: Company Bof the Sixth Battalion, I. N. G., will give thelr first formal reception” at their amory on_Indiana sveuue, between Twenty- Dinth-and Thirtieth streets, Friday evening, Dew. 21. The management of the affair is in the hands of a competent committee, who will spare 1O pains to make it an event fully maintaining the already cxeellent standing of {he Battalion. Pound's orchestra bas beeu engaged for the oo casion, while a favorite caterer wilk furnish the supper. The Jound-Table Club will meet nest MWednesday afternoon at half-past o'clock, af 1102 Forty-first strect, near Langley avenue. | Strangers are invited. The South Side Reception Club will give its next party Saturday evenipe, The Jadics of Christ Church will hold a fair in the parlors of the church, commencioz “(;ngs%n s‘,‘,cum,i:. ““Our Club™ will give its opening party at the residence of Judze Rogers, No. 230 Ashiand avenue, Friday evening, Company B, Sixth Battalion, I N. G., will give a reception at the armory, on Indiana avenue, near Twenty-niuth street, Friday even- ing, Dee. 21 The sixtcenth snnual Christmas ball will be given by Nora Lodge No. 1, R, H. K., at Brani's Hall, coraer of Clark and Eric streets, Dec. 27, The second party of Our Favorite will be giv- en at Martine's Hall, Friday evening. The Queer Club will hold its third party of the season Wednesday evening, at the residence Of Mrs. A. G. Butler, No. 769 West Monros strect. The Home Dramatic Club has in preparation for an carly production at the West End Operg- House the eharming cumcdi drama {n four acts by Wybert Recye ~entitled ‘“Parted.” The cast will include: Messrs, C. M. Wilson, C. C. Swafford, L. F. Lewis, Mrs. Harriet Wyle, Aiss Nellie Little, and others. The Migson Pleasure Club will give its see- ond serial party Wednesday eveniug, Dec. 12, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Cochrane, XNo. 40 Throop street. The fourth party of the third series of the Washington Pleasure Club will be held at Greencbaum’s Hall, Fifth avenue, between Rundolpl -and Washington streets, Tuesday night. Mrs. Dudley Wilkinson, of No. 163 Rash street, will give an eclegant party during the coming weel The L. D. 5. Literary and Social Club will five an entertainment at the residente of Mrs, B. Shourds, No. 200 Park avenue, Friday evening. An excellent programme bass been provided. The Social Quadrille Clubwill give its sccond Teception Thursday evening at Klare’s Hall, The Arrangement Commmittee has made prep- arations for a larce party, and Hand & Frei- bera’s orchestra will provide the music. The sixth complimentary partyof the Oneida Pleasure Club will be riven Tucsday evening at Shrum's Academy, corner of Washington and Green streets. 5 The Accueil Club will hold its opening. recep- tion Friday evening, Dec. 21, at Lincoln Hall. The Orieatal Cousistory will hold its sccond reception Thursday evening at the Asylum, No. %6 Mouroe strect. ~ A delightful party s antici- pated by the members of the Order. The Fairview Social Club will give the closing party of ils first series Tuesday evening. PERSONAL. Miss Mamic Owen, of Cincinnatl, is, visiting Iriends at No. 1577 Indiana avenue. Mrs. Boardman and Mrs. fl. C. Woodrow re- t(,)uur_nell last Thursday from an extended visit in i Miss Lillic Taylor, of St. Lonis, is spending the winter at the Matteson House in this city. Miss May E. Cook, 54 Lanaiey avenue, has re- turned from a visit to friends in Aurora. SOCIETY GOSSIP. If Long Joun hangs up his stocking Santa Claus will go crazy. The original Belshazzar, in the plenitude of his Babylonic power, uever saw the day when he bad so mavy attractive ladies grouped about him as were assembled at the “banquets® of hisroyal imitator fn this city last week. Chi- cago to-day hss a greater array of feminine grace end loveliness than could be shown in old Babslon, Cartbage, and Nineveh combined. Silver, ever vrecious and desirable, figures in deserved prominence in journalistic and Con- gressional records nowada, ‘Whether or not it shall become our standard carrency, no man may vet tell, but that it will ever remain the most beautiful and durable of tableware, pone will wish to dens. Giles, Bro. & Co., have many thousand ounces of silver, fashioved into shapes of exquisite grace and usefulness, suit- able for table service in every form. Can any present be imagined unifing more of the cssentials of veal value, besuty, and nse? “Luis firin also makes a brifliant, bolidav showing of euperb_jewelry and diamonds, elegant im- ported aad Homastl clocks, choice bronzes, and awell-nigh endless variety of watches, bric-a- brac, ete. They are offering their admirable goods at prices very much Uelow any ever be- Tore known, and we commend their superb ar- ray to all who are in quest of the most satisfac- tory of hohday souvenirs at the most reasonable of fipures. To visit their estaolishment is to be assured of more attractive bargains than has_herétofore been knowa in the history of holiday purchases in Chicago. Demidandaus are gettine popular. North Side livery men know it. Huber lately bought afine oval front of this style. Beunete & Co. this weck bouzht an elefant octazon front demi-landau. Both vebicles were selected from the magnificent stock displaved in Studebaker’s new renository, 151 and 153 Wabash avenue. The American impulse for art is strong and sincere, and must in time work out results that will command respect abroad as well as at home. We bave already in successful operation houses devoted to decorative art which are hardly surpassed iv Europe, where ideas, from whatever source derived, can be faithfully car- ried out; shere bare, commonplace, modern houses and apartments are trausformed iuto Pompeiian villas, into French salous, or old En- glish interiors. To mect a pressing want, 0'Brien, on Wabash avenue, las uaported & fine assortment of beau- tiful French * transfers ” fordecorating pottery and other articies. We see that Messrs. C. P, Kimball & Co. had the honor of selling Mr. Storey, of the Times, the elegant Jandau cxhibited by them at the late Inter-State Exposition. An entire novelty in feather fans fs shaped to form a butter(y, and made of feathers of varfed colors. The eyes are gems, diamonds. rubies, or emeralds. Itis a Brazilian idea, and of conrse very costly. She looked like the young lady who was seen on a street-car an hour before with two brick- colored flower-vases which ehe was taking home to decorate. She hurried futo the bublic mu- seum, drew forth pencil and psper, and was heard musing as she took notes: * Eagle has 1wo lezs—orie tail—two eves—one beak. Pict- ure of 4 hen can easily be enlarged to an eagle. No eyebrows on an eagle. Auitude—pensive.” She looked around for a minute and. then went on: A fox has four legs—one tail—two eyes —one nose—two ears—mouth rather large—cx- pression of face rather solemn and sorrowful— distinet eyebrows—sort of mutton-chop whisk- ers. General bearinz seems to be courteous and refined.” She had a small package of yel- 10iv ochre and a sash-tool brush with” her, and she has probably reached the top-shelf of art by this time, In the realm of Zift books there is such an in- finite range, suited to every taste and purse, that cach year secs them deeper seated in public favor as paragons of presents. Jansen, McClurg & Co."s establishynent these gala days s the home of all that Is attractive inchofce book-Jore, aud is thronged coutinually with appreciative buyers. The of the accan demand fine carriages also. This egives proof that their civilization bas attained the climax of good taste. While passiug through the city this week 8 gentlernan from ITonolulu ordered a fine *“T cart” from Studebaker’s, - The new thing in silk handkerchiefs for_gen- tlemen is the brocaded moss ground, in tiuts, Other novelties in ** furnisking goods " are the French robes de nuits,embroidered iu colors and opening on the sides, Theyjare very besutiful and vlegaot. E When a gentleman reccives as a holiday gitt a selection of gloves. scarfs, neck-wear, canes, uuderwear, orany of the many attractive things comprised undef the headinz of ‘furnishing 200 be is nsturally desirous that _they should be choice and elegant. Brown & Prior, corner Mouroe street and Wabash avenue, bave the ouly perfect line of these zoods in Chicazo. We bave seen some nes and very clegant de- signs in calling-cards from Dunwell & Ford, statiooers and eugravers, 52 Madison street, aud sugzest that wentlemen call upon them for their outfit for New Year's Day. The growth of the Jove of choice pottery and porcelain has been more marked fo Chicago than the advaacement of any other branch of art. There are few families of note here into which examples of ceramic beauty have not Jound their way, and who are not cager for more. The rare and fascivating importations of the Ovinztons havecaused this demand 1o in- crease in our midst, and to them the apprecia- tion of the West for these admirable home adornments is wholly due. 4 man abont town,” who is an “acknowl- «edged leader of fashion,u~na3 cjected frum his hotel the other night; whereupon Kruger re- packed that e had scldom scea a more stylish urn-out, Jewelry for zentlemen is very quict and sim- ple. Stones are set low, and a pin consists of & stagle pearl grasped by a claw or o delicate hand. A rrasshopper 18 another device, and o third is a whisk-broom of gold with enamel top. Studs consisting of single pearl, round, but not white, off color, in fact, are Jretorred to dlamonds, and also tosolid zold. The minutest forms of jewelry are pothing now if not artistie. The ricliest fabric is wasted and made repul- siveinappearance uniess it be stylishiy fashioncd. On the other hand, the plainest material will, in the hands of thecompetent desfaner of modes, be shaped intoa costume attractivs and satis factory, Ghormley has shown this country, as Worth has shown Europe, that the making of toilets is high art. We arc just entering upon a season of what promises to_be one of unusual social gayety, and many high-class entertain- ments are aliend. The lady whose costumes are fashioned by Ghormley will be certain that Whether she fsat a reception, wedding, club solree, opera, or elsewhere, she is attired with a grace and elegunce which cannot be surpassed, if, iudeed, it can be equaled, i Paris. In thelr department of special holiday hooks for chlldren, Messrs, Mitehel) & llatheway, 138 State strect, bave all the popular publica- tious from the American and English press. Thelr gift books are. remarkably attractive. A Brooklyn doctor said on the witness stand the other day, “Many of my lady patients are it love with me, but I cannot help that, for it is a common experience umong medical men.’ Wonder if Brooklyn women fall in love with that concelted Dactor’s collector when he cmn:;,nraund with the bill at the end of the month? The joint exhibition _of Messrs. C. P. Kim- ball & Co., and Field, Leiter & Co., of clesant sleizhs aud robes at Messrs. Kimball & Co's. warerooms, Wabash avenue, has proved very attractive and successful the past few days, it wiil be continued durmg the present week, and is well worth a visit. The style of seal sacques made by . H. Bromwell & Co., 161 State, is not cqualed by 20y house in the country. . The bome whichdoes not contain more or less ¢eramic ornamentation is rarc indeed among all classes of our residences. Beautiful porcelain, pottery, and glass ware is now fu steady demand among a)l lovers of the artistic and useful com- bined, and the fashion is destined to prove &s permanent as It s sepsibleand attractive. Bur. Jey & Tyrrell, ploneers in this line in Chicago, present a remarkably cholce and elegant, collec. tion of standard and novel wares at Nos. 83 aud 85 State street. i The artistic and effect{ve garnitures for cven- ing and party dresses, which havo attracted so much pleasant comment of late, prove to have come from the well-known house of Hagedon, Bayle & Co. Weobserved several at Mrs. Potter LPalmer’s receotion, which were obtained of the firm fn question. Among the myriad of choice and beautiful novelties at this place we note some superb opera hats, just imported, and rich and clegant decoratious and trimmines suitable for Jadics’ crening and soirce costumes. The house, also, presents a mamnificent, array of boli- day fancy work, such as designs for oitomans, screens, slipners, ete. The excelient Rozers’ patent uprizht pinnos are now sclling at factory prices at the Com- l pany’s Chicago establishment, No. 248 Wabash avenue. Thisis a rare chauce to buy a fine piano for your holiday gift. Sewing silks, best standard makes, for 25 cents per dozen. Florence Machine Company, 59 State street. . What’s the use of carrying such a burden on {anr milud three weeks longer? Why don’t you etch out that dressing-gown and give it to your busbaud now? It is pleasant to notc how completely the crayon photograph is _superseding _ the - stifl antique styles of portraiture, especially for the larger cla®s of Hkeuesses. The sun, unerring artist, catches faithfully every teature, while his buman collaborateur with bis magic crayon after- touches, develops the expression perfeetly and finishes the work with exquisite detail. Brand’s crayons, cabinets, and cards are the choicest ex- amples of photographic art produced in this country. The cabinets are now obtainubte at 86 and'cards at $3 a dozen. - Floral adornments enhance the attractiveness of social and holiday events more than any other one feature. Hovey & Co., No. 30 Madison strect, arc pecriess in the arrangement of bouquets, baskets, emblems, and flower deco- rations of every kind. The young Spanish Duchess Fernan Nunez is 0 be married shortly to the Duke of Huescar, after the old fashion of noble Spanish weddines. There is 2 dance until midnight ; then the bride, who has becn daacine in her wedding-dress, throws over her head a white lace mantifla, and descends to her private chapel, where the tere- mony is performed by the waiting pricsts, After that, we suppose, the noble Huescar glves the pricst an envelope containing §2. As the holidaye draw on apace, the determina- tion to give o creditable present, if possible, rows stronger in cvery heart. Many, no doubt, are contemplating the purchuse of 4 piauo for some ncar relative or dear fricnd. To such we say, i all sincerity. get ouly thy best. There need be, fortunately, no_trouble fn determining which make of piano comes up 1o every require- ment. The most distinguished of musicians, the best critics, the judaes at rreat cxpositions, and_thousands of buppy purchasers the world over have all united in_pronouncing the Hallet, Davis & Co.’s planos the porfect instrament of the age. W. W. Kimball has a choice assort- ment in new and elegant cases. No mutter how bandsomely furnished the housc may be, unless the carpets are of taste- ful desiem and good fabric, the effect is inhar- monious and unpleasant. liollister & Gorhatn, No. 221 State street, present the most elegant and attractive showing of carpets, rugs, cham- ber furnishings, curtains, ete., to be found in Chicago, They carry no “damaged® stock, but ail their choice goods at rates as low as arc ugually charged clsewhere for inferior articles. The Grand Duke Alexis is helping his nana to fignt the Turk, and the Washington Society girl whispers _tremulously, I do hope Alex, will be careful and not rush into danwer.’” The Far West needs good carriages too. Judge Carter, of Fort Bridger, Wy., ordered two fine vehicles of Studebaer’s this week. We saw something particularly elezant in the way of Parisian reeeption and opera hats fust in at Ballenberg & Met2’s, 147 State street. Last week Miss Ellie, ninth daughter of Senator Withers, of Virginia, in her 10th year was married to Mr. Putney, a wealthy Boston widower of 50 or more summers. The bride is nearly six fect tall, of remarkabie ‘beauty and intelligence, able”to talk politics, quote John Stuart Mill, and ride an untamed horse. The marriage of a deughter of Senator Withers has long been a regular annual oceurrence, but it cannot keep up much longer; there remain only two unmarried. There is 2 quamt old-English ballad in which occurs the sentiment that * the Lord does not despise a man because be wears a sbabby coat.” This may be true, but it is undoubtealy a fact that onc’s fellow-men are likely to think poorly of him. and that hie is pretts certain to think oorly of himself, unless be is creditaply clad. 0 attire bis patrons in handsome_garments, stylishly madc, of the best imported material, has cver been the aim of Chicago’s favoritq draper and tailor, R.J. Walshe. How admira- Dly Lie has succeeded is shown by the larze busi L his fine cstablishment in Mo Vicker’s Theatre Building. German Saving and National Bauk depositors, and all others, il receive at_\. W, Rimball's Dpinno warerooms, corner of State and Adaws strects, $16 worth of new musle by asking for Jules Berr's Latest Album of Music, contalting forty woms, vocal aud Instrumeatal, bound 1o cloth and gold, all for $1. Japanese wares arc in great demand, and con- sist_mainly of embroidered fans and screen ivory carved in lace patterns, lacquer woi cabinets at all prices, from $500 down to sandal-wood paper cutters, and squares for mounting as screens, of red silk, embroidered with zold and intermingled with' featber-work 50 35 to form some odd-looking bird. These days uscful articles are preferable to frivolities for gitts, therefore a stylish overcont or suit of fine texture, for husband, son, or brother, is most suitable. Reezular custom work obrainable at one-third less thaa clsewhere, ot B4 State street, Harvey’s. The lunch parlors recently opened by C. L. Woodman & Co. at No. 61 Washinaton street, opposite Gossage’s, have proved as popular with fadies, families, and others as we bad anticipats cre was a positive need for a place of this kind; something which should be elegant in jts appointments, retined iu its managenient, and tempting in its spread of good things; and the Woodman establishment meats the necessi- ty perfectly. Familiea desiring perfect bread, cake, ete., for private or party use can be sup. plicd here sdmirably. . Perfect diamonds and effestive diamond set- ting can only be obtained of those who make a distinct specialty ot them. They are unrivaled features of the busivess done by E. R. P. Shur- Jey, 55 Clark strecr. Washington merchants complain that thelr sales in faticy dress goods are noi so large as ‘before the Belknap ‘affur. Socicty received o shock from which it will take years to recover. For flowers and _holiday decorations go to H. G. Savage & Co., 77 State street. Order early. * Habit basques of velvet, shaped very much like a gentleman’s swallow-talied coat, with the masculine effect modified by a profusion of bows, pleatings, aud other trimmiogs, ace worn over princess tratted skirts, or skirts and tunics of hfllm 80 - N West & Co., 215 Wabash ayenue, have on ex- hibition and for sate **Schocl Days,” and other groups of statuary by Johu Hogers; also Parian and ceramic statuettes by celebrated English makers, specially suitable for orna- mental attractive Christmias presents. Christmas cards, to send as a‘merry erecting to riends vou cannot call upon, are becoming uite popular In this country. They have bees avorites in_ England Lot years, and their use is 2 pleasant and sensible holiday custom. Gentlemen wishing appropriate ties, scarfs, etc., for party wear should call upon K. C. Gare rabrant, 109 Clark street, in Methadist Church Block. "This_gentleman has a particularly elo- eant stock of geutlemen’s furnishing goods of 1 kinds. How would 1t now do to reproduce “Nebu- chadnezzar’s Feast”{ A tablesu of Loufs Wahl eating grass in company with Texas stecrs ought to draw. Chisholm and Daggy conld play the steers. 1f the Indorsement of Field, Leiter & Co., and the great majority of the banks of this city is of any value, then Mr. John W. Norris, Viec. President of the Dicbold Safe Company, certain- ly is entitled to the front rank, us a representa- tive of perfect security from fire ang burelars, Webata few days siuce noted the delivery of a Iarge fire-proof afe to Field, Leiter & Co,, for il storcat the Exposition Building, and now we sce this firm purchasing from Mr. Norris a mammoth burglar-proof safe, which has been placed in their vaults at the wholesale de- partioent. The Emerson binder, for Government weath- er reports, and for scrap-books, is the latest novelty. Jolw R. Barrett & Co., bookbinders, 150 State street. The Thursday Social Class (licht nnastic and daneing) at Natatorium lq:ul, mgn"w be considered a fact, and those who have interest ed themselves in its bebalf should send in their names this week, as_the invitations for the first mecting will be by special circular. Direct Dr. W. Jansen, Natatorium. ) The hotel sociables, glven at several of our prominent caravansarics, bave been among the most interesting features of social seasons in the past. Those in preparation for the present wiuter promise to be equally entertaining. New Yorkers are putting their boys into high bats because English boys wear high hats, NEW YORK. THE COIFFURE. Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. NEw Yorw, Dec. 6.—The latitude which is allowed in afl departments of fashion now. adays exists to the highest degrec fn the coiffure domain. Takea promenade of half an hour on some fashionable thoroughfare and notice the arrangement of each passer-by’s hair, and in all probability you will not sce three alike. A few evenings ago, being present, in 2 room containing more than thirty ladics, T carefully noted cach coiffure, and among all found but four similar oves. And et each was stylish and elegant in itsclf. In no detail of dress should one’s features and stature be more considered and consulted than fn the srrange. ment of one’s hair. Blondes are gouerally re- alizing that an clezant disorder is rather be- coming; while bruncttes are aware that smooth, severe, and classic styles best befit them. as T have sald, one’s individual taste and style shiould be the guide, but there are many pratt y and recetved models which may be copled to ad- vantage. Finger-puffs are now somuch admired aud worn that it s but just to assume that they arc alf the “rage.”” There are so many ways of arranging them, they are so light and comfort- uble, and, above all, are o generally becoming, that onc does not wonder they should be in such demand. A very pretty disposition of them shows three large, handsome pufts placed high upon the head, while from them extends a broad braid which terminates at the nape of the neck. The hair fn front is arranged in large, loose waves, and, after being tightly drawn back, is fastencd under the brald. Another ar- rangement shows four puffs placed well upon the head and to the left of the centre. On the right, covering an equal space, s a braid loosely made. These terminate, both puffs and braid, half-way down the back of the head, where a slide-clasp or bow may be erfectively added. Some Jadies arrange thelr coiffure by se- curig all the hmir at the back of the mecy and disposing it in a - large broad braid. This is then drawn over the head in such a manner 3s to cover the line of part- inz and reaches to within an inch or two of the forchiead. Here the front bair is crimped in Jovse waves, or s arrayed in many short curls. On either side of the braid, followine the same direction and meeting it diazonally, is a row of small finger-puils. The eflect is very pleasing, and has an_ sdditional charm of being some- thing quite new. Another stylish arrangement, and one that is to_be admired for its simplicity as well a5 its uppearance, has the hair at the back arratged in two Fremch twists turning toward each other, and pressing close together. “the froue hair, after bews prettily waved, is carried lightly back, and fastened just above the twists. If desirable, the cnds of the crimps may be arranged in’ o butterly bow, or they may be concealed under a knot of ribbon or some kind of ornament. This is a very becom- ing style, and adapted to more faces than i the Freneh twist single. * Elaborate colffures bave aften an addition of a few short curls. The very long ones are not at ail worn now, and the favorite length now varies from four to eight inches. Curls of the former length, now so much admired, cost about. $1%5 a 'pair; the Tongrer ones arc proportionately dearer. Ladies who possess red, asti-colared, or the finer shades of blonde will fid bair to match theirs dearer than arc the ordinary shades. GRAY HAIR is the most expensive of all, o switch measur- ing not three-quaricrs of a ‘yard costing. often SL20. To meet the demind for gray ana white hair.'a substitute has been pro- vided, avd so excellent is it that only an expert can detect the imitation. This banpy invention Is known as refiued yak. 1t is quite as fine, soft, and flexible” as el ‘hair. A luudsome switeh of refined yak of cqual length and appearance with the onc meationed” sbove can be procured at $60,—~just one-balf the former cost. Gm{v bair, unless completety turned, changes so {requently that it would be an Immensé cxpevee to purchase new switches, pufls, ete., each time its shade “earie:, Purchasing retined yak obviates this necessity. Hair in all varietics can bolndat rea. sonable brices, but Tadies who buy to any great extent are eurapured at the “multiform.” which one picce will do duty in a dozen ways, 1t may be disposed in lizht and airy fiuger- pufls, in curls and frizzes, or in_all of these combined, with, perhaps, somc additions. This indispensable article can be purchased at from $10 to §15,—the Ligher price being for choicer colors or shades. Ladies who wear a quantity of false hair would do well to replace an amount of curls, puffs, switcnes, frizzes, ctc., with the *‘multiform,” which is all thesc and more, and yet only one, ) There arc few rules for arranging the halr of young girls. - Every one's face and_ general ap- pearanco are the proper guides. . Some younz misses braid the hair {n one_plait, ana cateb u the end underneath, fastenfug it at the. necl nnder a bow of ribbon. Otlicrs wave the hair in front. draw it back and seeurc it low on the neck with & claso or knot of ribbon or velvt, The ¢nds, which are allowed to hang loose, are af their_extremity loosely made into two or three large, carcless curls. This is a very g!ens‘n:: and simple arranzement. Others draiy ack the hair smoothly and tightly, and fasten it high upon the head with a ribbon. The falling ends are thez left to hang straight, or are crimped. _ n general, however, young girls wear their hair in braids, one” or more, Sometimes a pretty coiffure is obtained by waving the hoir in {ront snd, drawing it back, braid it in one loose braid haif its length, allowing the rest to flow, either straight or eritnped. From the halr to THE AT is a natural transition. In milllnery there are 60 many beautiful things that one is fairly be- wildered. Satin and plush continue the first chojees in materials, and velvet, which for so long bas led the way, must now 'be content to follow. -~ Not yet. however, s velvet to be de- spised. T is still elegant, rich, and fashiopable; but thie novelty of plushies and the beautiful of. fects satin yet reigu pre-cminent. Feathers, of course, are considered the most desirable garni- ture. but even now, though well in winter, flow- ers and foliage are extensively used. The fa- vorite flowers are in satin or velvet, and roses rank first. We have the exquisite coral prok ons, the deeper mazenta, the rich dnmask rose, and the beautiful yelfow ones in all shades abound in urofusion. Berries and small fruits still continue in favor. Some very protty velvet strawberries with the leaves and the beautiful white bldssoms in satin are greatly admired. Jets or beads of some description ar fotnd ou hats of all kinds. Clair-de-lune beads, bronze, steel, gold, aud siiver beads all are pop- ular. Feathers are studded with them, flowers twinkle with these permanent drew-drops, aigrettes fairly quiver under their shower of glitterinz jets. The effect is very charming, nnd 1s tast winning fashionable favor. A feature of many hiats is’ the fringe which is frequently seen. An upright or coronet brim {s edged by a row of fet or clair-de-lune frinee, and many boanets have a row of fringe falling over the {ace-trimming. 1 must not neglect to mention +A, BEAGYIFUL XoVvELTY in bats as Hi;m shape aud garniture. This charming bat Is known as the ¢ Mary Ander- son,",and 0 pretty is it that | think it must have borrowed some of jts beauty from the lovely face of its sponsor: The ane I haye most admired is of white plush. The brim 15 rather broad, and at the left and o little portion of the front i3 upturned. The other art ol the front and the remafnder of the brim droops in a most graceful curse. The crown s soft, and may be at pleasure creased in the middle or carclessly and Irrcgulnrly indented. The brim is edged by a cord of White chenille and silver, andat the fefs, where it is wpturned. falls a fringe of both materials. ’Unsernenlll this fringe one catches o glimpse of o elustor of pink velvet geranium blossoms with darkgreen leaves. * The crown fs banded by folds of moss.green plush and a benu tifnl bow of novel arrangement aads farther ornamentation. - Mingled with the loops and most, gmcef\xllg disposed is a handsome twisted siiver cord. The general effect is most aturact- {ve, and so charming is the shape, and 5o co- qucmsh}{ becoming “the hat. that it is already 1 great domand, and from under it many briatit Joung faces beam admiringly at the far more eautiful oriwinal. The quantity of ilt and silver_ornamentation on bonnts and hats Is something wonderful. Not only are there buckdes, closps, fringes, quills. cte., but thers are gilt balls ‘and elusters ot folfaze which amaze one. Some of these balls are round and perfectly smooth; others are cut in facets and make a greater appearance. Some, that can searcely be correctly styled balls, are oblons o egg-shaped. I bave seen arght pretty group of sfiver ones like this mingled with others sim: ilarly shaped, and of that exquisite tint kunown as Hrobin’s ‘ezg.” Indeed, the caprices fn lr:mlhnm'y nlre intinite, '.;,nd oue may with impuni- 'y wear almost anything, and be happy in thy Belief that one is *in 2hagtnsmoa." i Marmiz S, WASHINGTON. THE COMING FASUIONABLE CAMPAIGN. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. WasuixNeroy, D, C., Dec. 5.—Society 1s doing its best to get into presentable shape for the cominx campaign. Everythioe indicates an un- usually brilliant winter. A few news-items in the way of weddings, receptions, nud other **grand crushes,” come to us like advance gusts of a coming storm. Of course the White House Is the centre of social attraction, and its little gatberings are events of more than ordinary importance. One of the most delighttul even- ings at tliis charming old mansion was on the oceasion of Miss Thursby’s impromptu concert in the Red Room on Wedncsday evening. Be- sides the President and Mrs. Hayes, there were present the Vice-President, Secrera- ry Schurz and his charming davehter, Govs. Denison and Cook, Senator Hill, Mrs. Sherman, Col. and Mrs. Casey, Mr. and Mrs. Rowers, and other prominent soclez‘{ and politi- cal people.* T did not bave the zood fortune to hear tuls lady sing, she having left before my arrival, but some of the correspondents evident. 1y did, avd much secing bas made them cn- thusiastic, as the following ffom one of the city papers will indicat, Hter lovely winning face, and_arch complaisance of manner, and agove all hier tuncfaf throst, sweot us the flute of Arcady, whose every note scems to vie with the Inst in perfection, and every word alides in at the car dizsolved in some melodious cadence, {Liquid notes evidently.] Every wote rings ot ike the vibration of u créstal vase, and the Inst und fainteatsyilable of the most. arduous passaze gets ity jnst and perfect value, fulliug from her fips s fiawless pearl of sonnd. ' She sings as the birds do, with eingle delisht in_ the Givine har. wmony produced. We predict that Misa Thursoy will ‘ieresistibly draw the hearts of her aadiences everywhere, as the white and wonderful maid fa the Wizard Merlin's story did, and the whole country will delight to do Rer hohor. ‘The criticism of “gush * is scarcely profitable ta cither performer or critic. And just here let e make a digression, and ASK FOR INFORMATION. Suppusc one wishes to say that an article is written by some party, and is unable_to state whether by gentleman or lady. It would scarcely do to say of the correspondent they wrote it, while to use_either the muscultne of femiuine Pronoun might bo focorrect,—what is to.be done fo such a case? Cannot some one con- structa term snitable for cithir, or compre- hending both? The status of such cxpression. ia about as difficult to fix as that of Dr. Mary Walker. By the way, quite an amusing rumor is golng about the city. It is said thar the Doctor, dis- satistied with ber local habitation, did one day setout tn scarch of a_boarding-place, and was scen by some interested friends pulling bell after bell, but no one was at home. Thera was cvidently some peeping through the blinds, and the boardinz-house keepers were a jittle reiue- tant to faco the redoubtablo Mary. At length, in desnair, she sat down upon ane of the seats in tbe pnrl: near by, raised her parasol to screen her face from public view, took ker cane in one hand and 2 bandkerchicf in the otber, ond cried *just like a little man” By and by she ““had her ery out,” and with 2 red nose and swollen eyes, but the same frm,- determined step, and the same nobby gwiteh to the little canc, she started againon the same errand. - 1 have made A DISCOVERY OF REMARKARLE DMPORTANCE, While dining the other day at oue of our fash- fonable restaurants, [ wasso fortunate as to discover the long-looked-for, much-speculated- about. ““missing link.” Many philosophers have desired this, and_bave died Without the sight. But no one necd miss the view of this marvel. If the inquiring mind thirsts for knowledse u on this subject, let it wander to any place where sustenance for decliping nature Is furnished, and he will pine for information no longer. ‘The conduct of men, and women, too, at table, and their maner of pressing through a crowd, is proof of the Darwinian theory strong enoush to set aside forcver the doubts of the most ob- durate anbeliever. Washingtonians are becoming greatly inter- ested fn ART AND ARTISTS. Weare on the eve of our loan cxhibitfon at the xooms of the Washington Art-Club. There arc Very many gems Whicl are promised to the Chib, and the collection will doubtless be in many, respects & remarkable one. There is some’ tolk of a department. of dJap- anese o, and also of pottery. Many ladies have taken great interest indecora- tive art, and some unusually fine specimens are to be found in the parlors of burcity. Quitea number of works of art are to be loaucd by rominent society and political people. The iy Gallery has long been ‘the objective point of lovers of fine work of this description. Considerable intereet has been centered at THE RIGGS TOUSE lately. The daughterof “The Vauderbilt " has been'n guest there, and visions of silken hose at $120 per pair, gussamer laces, and tiue linens have floated through the minds of our soclety belles; aud, as the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth the feminine heart after a slzht of all of these follics and vanltics. Strange, what a difference there should be, cte. Sometimes it is Mr. Julius Auzustus and his charming bride, and azain it s Glorixua Maria and her husband. The average man does not enjoy the reflected light of a wire's splen- dor. and_ rarely makes the best of his bargain by silently acepting the goords which the gods provide. "These willing victima remind one of the old verse— o So men arc by themselves employed To quit the freedom they enjoyed, They run their necks inio a noose; They'd break them after to break looso. FRANCE FARWELL. MISS VANDERBILT. E Harper's Basar. THA ELEGANT TROUSSEAT prepared for Miss Vanderbilt bas claimed so much public notice of late that we have taken special pains to lay the detalls of it before our readers, who mag be glad to profit by the use- ful suggestions afforded by so many tasteful toilettes. Several dressmakers have clatmed the credit of making it, and varfous journals have spoken of it 8s imported from Paris. The latter rumar arose from the fact that & descrip- tion of the materials woven in Lyons for the briae’s dress was given in the Bazar, and was copied by the Paris correspondent of the Lon- don Queen. Although the fabrics are neces- sarily Parisian, Mis3 Vanderbilt did not fmport her dresses, but preferred, with commendable patriotism, to bave them made by an American modiste, Mrs. Coouelly, whose fine styles are Irequently quoted in our columns, and through whose courtesy we werealfowed to inspect the trousseau. The wedding-dress was the hand- somest secn in New York since that of Nellie Grant, which was made by the same modiste. It cousisted of an empress train and corsage of the richest brocaded white satin, with an apron of plain satin nearly covered with lace, pearl passementerie, and bouquets of orange blos- ‘soms. The lace, said to be the finest of its kind ever brought to this country, was point ap- plique, bordered with round point, and orna- mented with medallions of point de Venice. ‘The front of the brocaded corsage was a round walst, with 3 wide belt formed of five satln folds fastened by a bouquet; the neck was high behlnd, with a standing collar, while the Pompa- dour square front was filled in with lace, on Which was laid pearl points embroidered on tulle. Below this were the clinging satin front breadths, on which three deep’ flounces, were laid diagonally, and headed by satin folds and the beaded trimming. Thes¢ founces Sezan bigh on the right side, descended to the first scam on the left side, where they each formed a point to hold a bouquet, and thence sloped up- ward, trimming elaborately the left side gore that fs ‘mors plainly seen than the right. side; which is next the grdom in walkinis, across the foot of the three plain satin breadths was 2 deep satin flounce shirred in clusters, with a bouquet in each space between the shirring, and ‘this flounce fell overa knife-pleating ot satin that edged the dress. The empress back, begrinning with five longseams at the shoulders, sloped smoothly low over the tournure, whence the rich broeade formed a court train, cut fn very deep leaf points, under which were five Tows of satin knife-pleating. The back was three yards long, yet the lowing breadths were not looped, but fell in easy graceful folds. A long decp panel was formed down the middle of the train with lace and pearl passewenterie. The sleeves were long duchesse shape, made chtirely of the transparent lace, with two rufifes” falling on the wrists, and held bya cluster of blossoms. The graceful train was supported by a fan mads of tivo gored breadths of erinoline from the waist to the end, shaped like the skirt, and covered with flounces of waslin and lace; this fan was sewed in beneath the train, and moves withit. A small bouquet was in the left corner of the square neck, tnd another high on the right side. The lace and pear] trimmings on this dress were so rich that but few flowers were used. and these, according to thic newest fancy, wercall in bouquets in- stead of lonz zarlands. The veil of lace, com- binjug Venice and round point, was fastened with orange flowers. i Among the richest'of the evening dresses of this outfit was a dress of sulphur-colored bro- cade combined with plain gros-grain, and trim- med with wide Valenciennes lace and tulle em- broidered with pearls; the train was ninety-five inches long; the slecves were of white chenille in open square meshes held by pearls. A hand- some costume with u jacket to match, for the street, wasof plum-colored brocade and velvet, trimmed with bands of &1tk and velvet; a large gold buckie fastened the belt of this corsase, and another held up the drapery in the back. A visiting and reception dress was of maroon velvet, trimmed with wide bands of cocks’ feathers of the same shade. A second rich costume ‘was of black brocaded silk and plain silk. One of the handsomest house- dresses was a black silk made in princesse shape, with trausparent slceves entirely of mor- dore “beads, alteriating with clair de lune; one side-gore was also covered with this beaded trimming, while the scarfl apron-fronts crossed each other and were fastened on one side of the trafn. A bouquet of dark-red damask roses, with buds of the yellow tea-roses, is worn at the belt of this dress. For morning dresseswas one purely white wrapper of India cashmere, trimmed Wwith marabout feathers and Mechlin Ince; second wrapper had a traln of pale-gray camel’s-hair, with front of pink silk, trimmed With Valenclenncs lace; around the train was a band of gray ostrich feathers holding nieatigs of pink and gray silk. S The dress in which the bride’s mother accom- panfed her dauzhter to the altar was peari-col- or, With an apron of gros-grain, a brocaded Pompadour basque, and long princesse back with flowing train. Three curved rows of duch- esse lace, in’ which were medallions of round point, entirely covered the npron breadths, and Wwere caught on the sides with bows of silk fin- ished with tassels of strung pearls. The square neck was trimmed with lace and pearls tastened by a cluster of pale pink roses. The train hangs in _folds without being cauchtupat a swgie point; it fs trimmed up each side with lace, and across the bottoin with pleated and gathered flounces; the stecves havelace insert- ed their whole length. The bride’s sister, Mrs. Shepherd, wore ciel blue brocaded silk with pos- tilior. basque, and flowine train with revers, while the plain blue silk front of the skirt was trimmed with & garniture of velvet embroidery, representing olive-shaded Jeaves and pink blos- soms that looked as if puinted on the silk; be- Iow this rare needle-vork was lace in rows held by pink rose-buds. Another sister, Mrs. Bloane, Wore cream-colored armure sitk, with the train cut in decp points on picatings of satin, while the sides and front were conccaled by panel trimmings of Valencinnes lace, headed by embroidery in which gold and pearls were introduced; the sleeves were entirely of Valen- ciennes face; down one side of the” dress were spravs of red and tea roses, while the train was beld on the opposite side with a jabet of eatin loops and lace. A more youthtul dress for a younger sister not_yet in’society was of white zauze embroidered with leaves, and. trimmed Wwith embroidered scalloped flounces and puffs of plain gauze. Inis dress had a deep round apron cver-skirt caught up hizh on the left with sthite roses and_ satin ribbun loop to show satin pleatings on the skirt; down the giher side were sprays of roses and buds. The pretty pos- tiliou basque had a satin belt in front fastencd on ong side by a how of ribbon with long ends. LONGINGS. 0 but to feel as T used to fect, Like a gleam of vivid truth, ‘The joy of the Christinas revelry, The song of birds, and the melody Which abides it the heact of youth! To breatbe the air of the budding woods, The scent of the mossv sod; Ta search neath the leaves for the first sweet flower, Come to hail, in the Springtime, the mighty power And the tender care of God. To see once more with childish eyes The buttereups on the green: To walk once more with childish feet The path where o’erhead the brauches meet, With a glimpse of biue sky between. To feel on my childhoad's rosy cheek ‘The rusb of the Autnmn-wind, While thonghts romantic, 1 could not spesls, 07 lofty motintains, ond Sca-coasts bleak, Comg thronging on my mina; While T watched in the clonds the battle's array, And the chafze of serried hosts, Till the Gznres gizuntic. In colors gay Of zold aud crunzon, faded away Into dim, impalpable ghosts. 1 felt not then 't wns & prophecy Of the years 1lived to sce, When the bullet's whirr and the clash of steel Wrought havoc such os war only can deul, Apd leftbut pbantoms and tears for the real, Warm presence that used to be, An Innocent child, to say once mora My prayers al my mother's kne To lift my face, ot her good-night kiss, o the Jight of & saintlier world than this— A world of beanty, and grace, 1 blies; It would open the doar to me: . A yorld whose portals were closed to me Yeurs upon years ago, On che craves Of thowe years rest like a pall The sero and withered leaves of Fall, And the drift of Winter's enow: Dead Jeaves of my pride and vamity, And foolish drcams of fame— With snows that have softly settled down, Instead of the laarel's glossy crown Fora proud and honored name. Gone for aye is that **realm of Novermore * With its towers and turrets fair; Of the sunlight’s glint on ¢pear and plume, Naught remaios bus the shadow of aying bloom On’a castle in the air. Litka EanLE, THE DRUNKARD'S REVERIE. Drun, drunk, drunk! O''tis a fearfal slght To sec me, beastly drunk with rum, reel homeward evary pight} But what cace 1If others elght My whisky-fa my od : T'1t worship and I'll drink it till 'm placed beneath the sod. Drank, drunk, drank! No fiend of Hell, T think, Wields half tne power o'er human souls as doth the deman Drink. *Tis a1d to know I've fallen 80 low; yet whisky T adore, And T'll worshipat its fithy sbrine ** till Jife's poor vlay is o%er.” . Once 1 did hope to make myname reapected among men, And fuiry Fancy'tn the air built lofty castles then, But Hope's bright sun set long ago; I'm now Drink's “wbject slave, T whom lcaven shoald deny her God, snd Earth deny a grave.” Ropnr TURNET. A Cslifornla Orator’s Affalr with a Ball- Dog. 4 San Francisco Necs-Letter. A eanguinars red bull-dog was one of the most marked features at the Bench Show, in the early part of the week. So abnormall savage was this creature that his food was .af- ways thrown to him from a convenient distance, and bis drink pusned within his reach by 1eans of 2 long pole. He was in a state of sullen fry from the moment he arrived at the Pavilivn, anit ‘made pumerous farious atter2pts to breakl bis powerful chain and attack the other dors and the spectatore. On Thursday afterncon, while Col. W. H. L. Barnes was standing about the middle of the hall, and explaining. doubtless, to )ir. Pond aud some other geotlemen, hia failure to orate as advertised on the wpening night, & termble outcry was heard in the direction of the bull-doz devartment. ‘The red dog referred to had, in some way, slipped his collar and instantiy seized a smail child, the daughter of Mr. Enos Rocklev, the lumber mer- chant, whom it was apoarently tearing to picces, ‘Thers was probably not one of: the: sroup-of gentlemen referred to lacking in physical cour- age, but the two things évery man shrinks from. +“tackling” unarmed are a rartlesnake and a ball-dog.” Howeser, Col. Barnes instantly rush- ed forward and seized the caning demon. by tne throst. Fonunal_cg', the beast’s tangs’ contain. ed wore of the child's dress than jts flesh, and by teoring the former, tHe other &antleman re~ leased the girl from her daugerous position, and, with only a bad looking flesh wound, The scenc that followed wWas horri- bly - exciting. The doubly -enraged :-duz if sourls upon - the Colonel, who held him with both hands by tue throat. * The animal weighed over fifty pounds, aud was unusually powerful, and after an ex- bausting strugelé tne Colonsl, who is fortu- nately an exceptionally stronz mav, found Lis only chauce was to hold the dog bodily up from the floor at arnv’s length. Al chis time 3 mes- senzer had been dispatched 10 obtain a pistol {rom a Mission-street saloon, there beiug none among the bystanders. At the eritical moment. this arrived, and, the muzzie beine inserted inta the ear of the foamiog. brute, his canine intels lect was distributed rather uapleasantly over theclathes of the spectators. .*How. do you feul, Colonelr” wag asked s the dog stopped kicking. “I feel,” said the distingnished law- yer, o5 he ield up his still cramped and livid Lands, 1 1cel like a little brandy.” Itisto b Loped he got it OUR EYESIGHT. How the Eycs of the Young Are Damaged at School and at Home. The Popular Science Monthly says: Resuming the consideration of near sizht, we proceed to suggest some of its principal causes, as follows: £ 1. Too carly use by school children of. books, slates, and writing paper, or cony-books, when blackboards and models would be better. Tyve and script letters and figures, and their primary combinations, at least, should never be taught trom books, but from large and perfectly form- ed models, printed on cards and bung on the wall. When the eye and the memory are sulliciently trained to easily recognize and pame each letter and figure at sieht, and when some knowledge has been gained of the power of letters and figures in combination, then the same forms in books will oe at once familiar as old sequaintances, snd may be studicd withous straiving the sight. To train the hand without straining the sight presents o greater practical dilliculty. - Iz the large schools, of course, all the children cannot go to the blackboard. . But a considerable prattice ju drawing laree liucs and simple obects on good-sized slates; In sort of free-hand style, should precede the formation of letters aud fxures, and when b are begun they should be made of wencrons siz A correct position meanwhile should be an im- penative requirement, a:d uutil it becomes dbitual and sy &ood work should be held to be of secondary importance. Hard siate poncils _- aod greasy slate surface should nob be per mitted; bothshould be subject to systematic inspection. ’ v 2. Ignorance or laxity on_the part of parents and primary teachers, in permitting faulty post tions of Licad, body, and_book during réadine, study, and writing; and in not seeking early to secure the intellizént co-operation of the pupil by simple and appropriate physiological ju- struction, 3. A orolonged object or at objects near the ege, thoug] proper distance, without restor frequent change of the visual focus, asin Jong and - absorberd novel readlog, intcuse study, or persisteut dilizence in ueedlework. 4. "The practice of reading or otherwise using the sight ‘4t too short ranme. This results in Hnfl from insufliclent lizht, or from its fanlty irection, so that the haund or vody throws a shadow on the paze; or so that the dircct rays fall upon the eve, causing undue contraction ot the punil, while the page is in the shadow. It results also from improperly graded dosks, from small and poor type, and inferior printing- ink, and from faulty color and qualityof print- ing’ papers also, from pale writing” ink—paic Wwhen used—~and from the substitution of tha Tead pencil for the pen, especially in the even- ing. 2 5. A prone or forward position of the head too fonz maintained, or frequently repeated, avd becoming a habit. This results from reads ine or studying wilh books in the lap, and from the use of desks not graded to the heiant of the pupil. Dr. Howereports papils varving vienteen - loches in heizht seated a5 the same *deeks. The distance of the eye from the pave shoald not be less rian twelve nor more than elrhteen inches. Havine the desks set too far from the seats also induces these fiulty vositions. The front olilh desks should overlap the scat ono or_two inche: I T and steady looking at an workipz fu, vors hfin, sloping iinear drawing on 3 work wpich Is especial- very first poiit is to gua a siooping_position.”™ desks, and indicates ‘ ¢, as a class of Iy objectionavle. G. Since a vitiated atmosphere is a froquent. feature of the school-room, it may not be amiss to acd herc that the effest of .bad " aip i.; indirectly to injure, if not to destroy, the sight. 7. Allowing o sun glare on the page while reading, aiso transitions from cloud shadow to suashine. 8. Readinz and studying in roilrosd cars is known to be a fruitful sotiree of injury. 9. Buc insufiicient lizht, perhaps more than any other cause, produces disease of the cye and_deranzement of the vision. This i3 not confined tothe schools. Sadly frequent as it is found tobe there, it is believed to be vet oftener fllustrated at hiome, doth by daytight and in the eveuing, in preparation for the school and otherwise. Artiticiul iltumination fs fauity at best: bat even in the most favored homes, the elder eroup is apt to monopolize the shaded drop-light or student-lamp, while the schoolboy with Ris texé-books {s found somewhere in the outer circle. B v —_— ALONE, The son] Thon bas given me pines, O God, For releasc from this weary thrall, 3 As have the souls of the sorrowing since theiz Tight Was dimmed by the Edea-fail. The night falls around me with tremalons mosn; The stacsare veiled; I'm alone—alone. The weird, wild note of some boding bird Startles the fearful myht, S As [t shrinks with a throbbing pulse of palag The moo, from a dixtant hight, Like a dreatd of hope, %o pale and wan— A fuir, fulse dream—comes tioutinyg an. Like one who stands in a sanzmine feld, Whete the dead in heapa luy piled, . Throuzh tae midnignt-nour, when the moon's pale light Is veiled by the tempest wild; : Nor can +tay nor go, but in hopefal dread. T¥aits retazn of 1ight to ook on her dead. Thus I felt that around me, atark and cold, 3 hopes in their white shronds vlept; Yet knew not ho drear wag the deadly calm O'er which my aad beart wept: And 1 trembled and wailed a3 truth's pare light Gave me a picture of wo s0d blizht. Tshrink from the bitter draught, dear Chriatl Thou hast pressed to my tremblinz lips; The ravless 2ioom of the present night Holds the coming day in eclipse, With fulling hearc, and sonbing uoan, And withering hopes, alone—xlone. 17each, O Christl the arns of faith To the bromiss Thon hast given,: That the weary heart aad thorn-pressed brow Shall find rest and peace fu Heaven, % Where is heard no alore the bitier mowy O'er hupe defe or *alage~sivae.™ Nov- B0, 16 Macusz A Corse. THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD. She flirts, she dances, she laughs alond; She follows the latest fashion; She likes a jostle, and crusn, sod crowd, And the matiuce {3 her pussion. She’s always talking abont her beanx— Tom, Dick, Harry, or Willie; Jack Ray 13 **dead In fove, " she knows, And Chrlie Lee's sa otlly. She wears her hat over one bright eye, ‘And ber Bair 1s puffed and carfy; She lies to he looked sty paseers-by, For ahe knowa she's a swect Jictle gir(e. But by aud by, fn the midst of [t ali, : In the midst of ihe D, atd Janiing, 1xd ‘tan, Somebody comes who fs bearded and tall, “And, ere she kmows it, ber heart is wop. © **Somebody's™ eyes have 8 Jook that brings A flash to her cheek that it ne'er bas known; . And his Jife makes her think of nobler things Than osly thinking of self alone. ) And =0 once more she begins her life, With 8 better purpose and aim ip view For pow she is **somebody's ".well-lov, Sensible, earnest, loving, and true. Young man, be sensible—don't be sage; " ° Choose one of these rirls to brizhten your howms ‘There'sa **Girl of the Perlod™ in every age” i And from her does our mode] grandmother come. Nov. 30, 1877, - MARELSwAN, © 44SHIL waters raz déep, Ot application human: But mine 12 # sharper- cutting *“sam 5 Deep waters still s woman. Marwoon, November, 1877.