Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1877, Page 10

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1877—SIXTEEN 'PAGES. ‘were surprised at their residence, No. 414 War- Ten avenue, by about forty of -their friends. Little Datsy Holladay celebrated her fifth ' natal day last Thursday evening at the Gardner House. "An eleborate “supper was discussed in the ordinary at 7 o’clock. Presents and flowers ‘were in abundance. The fifth mectiog of the * Bashi-Bazouks? ¥as held a the residence of Miss Fannie Roy Thursday evening. ANNOUNCEMEN: The next party of Our Fricnds will take place at Bournigue's Academy Thursday evening. The next party af the Sans Parell bas been postponed tv Monday .evening, Jan. 7, at Bour- nique’s, : 'be Round-Table Club will meet nest Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Willett, No. 4215 Langler aveuue. None but members of the Club mvited. The Ridotto Club, of Hinsdale, !s busy pre- ‘Daring an entertainment for New-Year’s eve. The next party of the Snowflakes will take Dlace Jan. 8 at the residence of Capt. P. Me- Xay, No. 251 Hermitaze avenue. he fifth anoual reception of the Chicago Telearaphers is to take place at_the Gardrer House Friday. Jau. 18. Tickets $3, for salc'at 1he Western Union Telegraph office and by the Committee. The Chicago Division, No. 1, Railway Con- ductors’ Brotherhood., will give its fitst annual ball at McCormick’s Hall to-morrow evening. A grrand affair is promised. The thirteenth anuual ball of the Chicago Caledonian Club will be held on Burns’ anni- versary, the %5th of January.” The oflicers are making every effert to make the ball a most en- joyable affair. osmopolitan Lodgze. No. 6, K.of P., will give its seventh annual sociable and reunion at the Matteson House Thursday evening, Jan. 10, PERSONAL. Dr. Jesse Wasson, of LaporteCity, Ia.. editor of Zhe Progressof that place; is in the city, tne guest of his sister, Mrs.” G. H. Audrews, 1301 Bowen avenue. Miss Neilic lsmon, of Jackson, Mich., is * visiting “Miss Jennle Hollister, 7+4 Michigau avenue. Mr. and Mrs. ML Lester Coffeen, nee Martin, returned Thursday, and bave apartments at the Garaner House. friends of Miss Genevieve Sisson vith regret that she is lying seriously il at her father’s residence, 1234 Indiunaaveaue, Miss Laura E. Brown goes to Kenosha for New-Yeurs, and also to attend the wedding of - Aliss Buin, Jan. 3. B a Ada C. Badeer has returned from Ken- v, and will receive ber friends on New- car’s Day. Miss L. A. Ormsby, of Pewaukee, Wis., is Tisiting her sister, Mrs. F. A. Heath, at No. 69 North Sheldon street. Ars. A. D. Lamb has returned home, after an ahseace of ‘two mouchs, much lmproved in caltl SOCIETY GOSSIP. On Dec. 24 ten dandelion blossoms were plucked ou Boston Common. Blind Tom, thongh his name is Thomas Greene Bethune, never parts it in the midéle. Soliere is one black man who is uot a servile iwitator of the whity It would be very easy, for Thomas to call himself “T. Greene Beth< une,” and even to prefix the trade-mark of, eenius, *Prof.,” but he refrains. May his au- dicages always be larze, Fine jewelry unites so smany desideratums,— combining dainty beauty, sofidl intrinsic worth, and the power of enbancing the personal at- tractiveness of the wearer toan uneaualed de- gree,—that it must ever rewmain the first choice of gift-scekers. Despite the stringency of the times, our foremost jewelry firm has had larger sales this month than during any preceding hol- day season. The year 1575 is destined to witness even more than ordinary prosperity in the affairs of Chica £0’s great jewelrv house. Preparations for maintaining and increasing their comprebensive aud inimitable showing of rare diamonds, jerw- elry, sitver and plated ware, Watches, clocks, Dronzes, ete., have been fully completed by N. Matson & Co.,and the firm crosses the threshold of another year so far in the van of competition that rivalry is utterlyunachievable.. Tae people of the West have Jong been pleasantly familiar with the fact that fmplicit reliance can alwars be placea upon the word of the firm and its at- tuches regarding the quality of all goods offered by them. " It is, of course, understood vy every~ body that the amptitude of Messrs. Matson & Co.’s resources cnable them to sell everything much Jower than the same grade of goods can possibly be obtained for ¢lsewhere. There must be some truth in the rumor that Benjamin F. Butler is soon to be married. Ile bas hardly snid a word during the present ses- sion of Congress. He is evidentiy preparing for 1be time when ke will have to sit quietly by and Ict some oge else do the tall “ Westward the star,” cte.; a trite quotation, but a truc ove. In many lines of fine manunfac- tare the cities of the Atlantic' scaboard, which lave so loug held precedence, are losing their trade.and yleldine to the cnerzy, ability, and skill of our Western manufacturers. Milwau- kee isa nataral mart fer Chicazo trade., It oo- casions us no surprise, therefore, to learn that Studebaker Bros. had shipped a fine coupe there this week. ~ But the orders for close-car- riages booked by the same firm within a fow days past from " Cleveland and Cincinnati are not only a flattering testimonial 10 the elegance of the production of this celebrated house, buta tribute as well to Western success. The late Mrs. Jane W—-— was e jually re- markable for kindness of heart and :?uscutc of mind.” Oue day she was accosted by o beggar, whose stout and bealthy appearance startled her {nto a momenturv doubt of the needfulness of cliarity iu this fnstance. _“ Why,” cxclaimed the zood oid Jady, youJook well 2bic to wark.” “ Yes,” replied the” supplicant, “but. I have been deaf and dumb these seven years.” * Poor man, what a leavy aflliction!” exclaimed Mrs, W-—, at the samie time rriving Lim relief with a liberal hand. Legin the year well. Arrange for your an- nual subscription at the m-cugjy reduced rates at Cobb's Library, and vou will be ussured of an infinite range'of the best of reading for the whole of 1573. The other day there were thirty-one American tourists in Paris who hadn’t money cnougn to get out of town. There are twelve female Postmasters in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, andthe postal- cards that are reccived in that section come to the consignee thumb-marked aud dog’s-cared Mtkea boy’s tirst reader at the end of the term. Thke most powerful factors I humanizing this latterdav world, aud bringing enlightenment nd good will right into every family, have been the better grades of pianos and orguns. ‘There ls 00 way to make home perennially attractive £qual Lo that of enthronfug music therein: and a Diano or organ is the very embodiment of musie. We say a good instrument, not o poor one, and by ihat We meena piauo of un- questioned perfection, such 2s a Haliet, Dav: & Co.’s upright; or a cabi iess power and &weetness, such a5 15 ma the Smith American Organ Com, peerless instruments can be foun only at W. W. Kimbalr's, A disgusted New Yorker wri at the. nin kinds fs simply amazing. Whether the yritings of coriain persons on art, so-called, ‘have produced this state of things, or whether the infection has been carried hither by return- ing tourists, the result s the same. A number gftraders (not nmecessarils those having any Kknowledge of art) have been swift. to discoves the eeneral of this particulnr sort of mania. and auctioneers are fair] ly reveling in_the accumula- Uou of trash manufactared and fmporced - to meet the demand. Factories on the other sidg of the Atlantic, and also on this, are Kept run- Sing o SUDpIY our market with spurious stuff, and 1t doce not matter how ugly or how mnga Sebt of artistic merit the productions are, if the only dok 91d and battered. Some of ‘the ered and bouphtis entirely valueless, fi‘,fl Cren hideous; the persons catering 10, the “The rase present time for worthless groods of eor. enerally Knowing nothi e approaching artr is to have the services of g trai P raing firm of artiste, like the Osingtons - 2pLilible bers of this house have T ife-long b O this o 2d 3 Jifelong ex- art, aud are familiar with jts every detail. The goods acme of cultivated cle; Sare e e . beauty. Mr. 1l saxl for Europe on the 5th of January, and will be zlad to at- tend personally to thie execution of o 2 cerumics nd ocber objets o ar. ek for L is all very well ata larwe part, ollized to fall over five or sir y];unzy ptcaop?: dirtiug on the stairs, and to flush couplesof cooing.doves from each nook and corner, bt Wwhen some callow fledaling in white tle and ciawhamumner coat i< found futtering around o twitterin bundle of tarletos, fiufly bair. ang artiticial flowers in the smoking-room, Just after supper, while two or three boxes of “Havauas etand unbroken upon the table,—thea the mid. dle-aged man fecls that ageravation can reach apoint when homicide would be justifiable. Clarence Cook highly commends the Oricotal Teakwood Furniture. ~ Fine specimens, with other rare bric-a-brac, are at Mr. Waters' new Art-Rooms, Gardner House. Among tlie goods suitable for evening toilets, is -2ain 10 high favor. it forms the overskirt worn over a colored silk skirt, on plisses ol the barege which is usually white. The edge of the drapery is trimmed with fringe or quillings of lace, or with pipings of the silk which forms the skirt. ‘The appreciation of really artistic home adorn- ments aud furnishing is a cause which is march- ing Lravely on. American residences are fast gaining a cosmopolitan reputation as the most clerantly and correetly furnished in the world. C. L. Woodman's cakes have been conspicu- ous and temptinx features of all elegant New- Year's spreads for many years past in Chicaso. They will figure in pleasant promiacnce on the reception-banquet tables of our most distin- guished society Jadies next Tuesday. 'The firm of C. L. Woodman & Co. is now at No. 61 Washington strect, opposite Gossare’s, and a particularly large and appetizing showinz of New-Year'scakes andother pastry fs to be found there. The capacious and beautiful lunch-par- lors in connection with this fine bakery are the favorite resorts of families and of ladics iu their down-town shopping tours. Itis-the cloicest restaurant Chicago has ever possessed. Perfect breeding and perfect perfumes are inseparable. The soctety lady, the man of the world, aud peeple of refinement everywhere use only the choicestof distillations, and they judge oftén of the position and characters of those with whom they are brought In contact by the nature of the verfumes used by the latter. " The frazrant essence of everv delightful flower known to nature breathes throuzn” the prepara- tions of Dr. Price; sold by Steele & Price, per- Sumers, 110 Randolph street. : The social season is ou again, and the phflo- ‘pana Hes in wait for the unwary young man. A wicked New York reporter tells of a man in inat city who has cieht daughters, all adepts in the business, to whom he presented a barrel of almonds for this nefarious purpose, and nuw his home glows like a fancy 2o0ds store with plated wure fauey soaps, albums. gloves, French can- dies, and other temporal blessings. To make the best sewing machines the world hiad ever scen; toscll them at houorable tig- ures, and to both keep out of and fizht azainst monopoly-rings made up of faucy-priced manu- facturers, were the distinetive resolutions of Ar. W. G. Wilson when he eotered the com: netitive arena. How rigidly e has adhered to his determidation, under all circumstances, is attested by the tact that e has broken the back of the monopoly, and that bis lucomparable machines are sold in_the largest quantities of any manufactured in Europe or Amcrica. The irst of the year is an obvious time for purchas- ing a sewing machive. whether taken on a cash yment or to be paid for by instullments. A visit to the Wilson Company’s sumptuous main office, corner of State and Mudison streets, and a eritical examination of their bandsome, ea: running, versatile, aud wholly unequaled fuven- tions is recomuended by us ‘to every intending spur-haser of a sewing machine, There is a great outery in England about the adulteration of silks. Notoulyare sitk manu- Tacturers chargzed with having invented and car- ried to great perfection a method of mixing celatinous und weight-giving substances with the dye, but the presence of jute is often more than suspected. Manufacturers and dealers do not deny, in their letters to the newspapers, these imputations, but endeavor to shitt the blame from shoulder to shouider.” It is very often so diflicult to tell an adulterated silk that even experts are foiled. A Brooklyn bride’s back hair fell down, and fell off, dnring the ceremony in chureh the other: evening. There was an instant panse, but nabodv was brave cuough to stoop down and pick ub the mass of blonde stufl and hair- pins. The bride left the chureh leaning hearily on her husbaud'sarm. Her face was very red, and a sprout of hair (possibly cleven hairs in all) stuck out at the back of ber head, tied with 2 bit of shoestring. Hurkivs, the well-known hoot and shoe malier, at No. 92 Dearburn streci. Is getting up clezant custom-work for ladics and geutlemen, at reduced prices. le style of hair-dressing fs vory Tie 10ws of pufls once wori outside the front of the bonuet are now no longer in vogue. The larzest aud best assortment of hlank- books in all desirable sizes, rulings, and bind- ings, for mercantile or private use, and the most complete live of commercial stationary, may be found at the cxtensi stationery and printing cstablishment of Cauteron, Ambere & Cu., 84 Lake street. A very large business, and ccononiy 10 the manaremant, enables them to sell goods at Jower prices than auy other similar house in the city. The Toronto Leader, someliow, docsn’t seem to uppreciate this country. Says that organ of an effete system: *“For snobbery pure and simple, comumend us to_republicans’of the type 10 be found across the lines. Though profess- ing to despise monarchy and all its” traditions, they dearly love a Lord, and will do the Jick- spittle in bis presenca after a fashion that pts 10 ghame the ve F* which are narrow t tuft-hunier at home. Fa inz the possession of a native aristocracy, their od fis Moncy, and before the posscssor of a million or two of doltars they will bow down and do worship of the most humiliating sort.” The most exquisite and admired of Christmas floral decorations and ifts everywhere_we find 10 have come from Ilovey’s, No. 50 Madison street. The same firm will be specially pre- pared to fill New Year's orders. Lizht evening dresses are very beautiful when trimmed with wreaths of flowers aud foliage made from nioss. ‘These wreaths are in m colors, such as pink and blue; sreerand mauve, Tlow and brown, cream and silver white, cte. he most clemant costumes ever scen in 20 have beep produced by Madome Emma Soulé for severd: of our di ished ladies, who will display them New Year's day. The brownest wedding we have heard of took place in Tuscalowsa a few days awo. The zroom and bride were M?. David L. Brown and Miss Minnic Brown. and the ceremony was performed by thie Rev. Joln Brown. und. the reception was given by Mr. Hemry Brown. Miss Minnio Browa has brown eyes and was attired in brown trousseaw, while Mr. David Brown was likewise dressed in a brown suit. Mr. Jobm Wright will be prepared up to the last moment to_ Nl orders for elegant New- Year's spreads. His cateriug is of the choicest order, and thorough eatisfaction to hostesses and eallers is certain to be evoked by summon.. iug his services _ The husbands of Aleppo underzo a trying ordeal before they win their brides. Capt. Burnaby, author of A Ride to Khiva,” while in Asia recently, bad the ceremony described to him by a young Bey from Aleppo. “A wirl las, say, three Joyers,” said the Bey. ~She takes three bits of live charcoal from out of the five; aiving each of her luvers a picee. she tells them to place ft in the palms of their hands. The fire burns through the skin, the tepdons are laid bare. ' Somettmes the amorous gentle- wen will resist till the flesh has been burned to the bone. Here one or two of them cenerally succumb to the torture; the man who resists the fongest wins the lady.” * Did you ever try it#? “No,” suid the Ley, laughi T ean get a wife without any trouble; so I do not care about burning my” fingers, *We burn our. fiuzers quite soon criough after marriage, a3 Waolcott & Ca., corner of Wabash avenue and Adams street, will keep their art store open every evening and on New Year's Day. Sere than a year of unexamoled prosperit; has proved to Chicago how perfectly founden were the claims of superiority originally put forth by the Hershey School of Musival Art, 83 Madison street. The most substantial 'of mu- sical acquirements are certainties here, - Fans. which form an indisnensable article of dress, and which are now made to tone with the evening costumes or ball dre asawith Jess aressy toilets, are of all kinds, from the rich white-satin fan for bridal occas ons, with its covering of Alencon or old point, to the dark. colored pocket-fan, with Russia-leather sti The newest for evenings are mostly white, wih futraductions ot color’ in_ the shape of very small flower blossoms, such s forget me-ot, lily-of-the-valley, ete. The times arc 50 hard that one rarely sces more than 500 or 600 ladies shopping in one fashion store at a time, remarks o Pennsylvania editor. New-Tear's-calling eards and 7S at Skeen & Stuart's, Madison street. Will be open until 12 o'clock New-Year's Day DBrand, foremost and favorite of photograph- ers, will have his elegant studios open for busi- ;{ockc;t diary for Ness until 3 o’dock p. m. of New Year's Day. The reductlon in rates, whereby tirst-class cabi- et pictures are now outzinablest $6adozenand cards at §3 was jnaugurated Ly Drand. Thut the eame rates now prevail in some emaller coneerns is attributable solely to liis enterprise. The:\' can ouly feebly imitate his art and energy. With silver buckles and clasps, come silver or oxidized pins tor scarfs and also lrger ones for the back hair. These are generally flatwith the pattern in relief, with storks and other birds of Japanese design, the fan being azain an Important feature in these desiwus. Amonz the vewly-imported street wraps fs one of great beauty in half-fittine sacque shape, Quite lonz, and made of lisht eray, soft, thick :?‘?glflji:r,htnxfium%%‘xflfi bll&tk velvet; collar mbroidere ant il color of the fabric. > withiellleofithe Messrs. Aug. Fiedier & Co., whose artistic furniture desizns are of the highest order, have removed lhuvxr office from Van Burcn street, and gre now at No. 270 Wabash avenue. For ‘per- fect furniture call upon them. A young couple ran away and were married. 0 aflter the bride became reventant, and, returning to lier father, on Lier knces asked hiy Torgiveness, “Where 'is your husbandt” in- | auired be. “Why, do you really wish to see him?" “Yes,” e replicd, I wish to thauk him for taking you ofl my hands.” ‘The desire to have home furnished in con- summate harmony and taste grows steadily, and our people are fast learning how necessary itis to have furniturc specially desiened aud made to conform to the peenligrities of the apartment {n which it is to be placed. 3 An American millionaire, Mr. Mackey, having opengd the dancing season in - one of the most beautiful mansions in Paris with a reception that took the proportious of a court vall, the fact makes the morulist who sends Jetters across the Channel rather uncomfortable. One of them is surprised to see with what a rage the French now throw themselves iuto the vortex of Awer- ican socicty. The usual swarm of visitors to the Exposition Building this week have been interested in knowinz the cause of the immense quantity of carpenter work roing on in that portion of the structure not devoted to dry goods. {t proves 0 have been the erection of innumerable coops and other outfits for the forthcoming exhibit of the Natjonal Pouliry Association, whicht is to commence Jav. Y agd continue through to the 18th. It will be the largest and most interest- « exhibit of fine pouliry, pet dogs, ete., ever seen in the West. There is now avare opportunity to obtain millinery of all kinds, dress warnitures, ete., at lower price than heretofore bave been known in Chicago. The favorite lirm, Hagedon, Boyle & Co., Nos. 141 and M43 Wabash avenue, have marked their large aud stylish stock down very low to make room for their soriny importations. These reductions in vrices sre attracting & host of appreaiative buyers. « Time, labor, and ammoyance are saved by usmg the self-Lhreading shuztle, found only in ican sewing-machine. For efli- simplicity, lizhtness, durabiifty, and excellence, this machine s unexcelled: and salesrooms, 244 Wabash avenue. We noticed in particular an unusual tine col- lection of shell and ivory combs, tace goods, faus, ete., for ladies; also some very unique scarf-pins and ties for gentlemen, at French's, 131 State street, Palmer House. ‘There has receutly been established on Broome strect, New York, a place Where, on ‘the pay- ment of a moderate sum, dress-coats can be Biired by the day or night on very easy terms. The provrietor has laid 1 a stock of 100 dre: coats, some sccond-hand and others mislits, from Jeading Broadway tailors, and _advertised additivn to his regular tailoring busi- L lie was prepared to it out all comers in ppings of the moft approved kind on st_notive. His enterprise has vroved suceessful, and e enjoys a farge patronage. Orlder your New-Year's flowers early, of H. G. Savage & Co., No. 77 State strect. “ suppose you miss your husband v ch.? he remarked to the charming relict ©3isshim¢ O course I do: he was very use- in attending to the fire; winding up the clocis, and turning out the gus.” M Ward & Co.. 208 State street, are practical costumers, aud bave so siudied the subject as to make it an art. Parties who are 1 into diszuise the present season should bear this in mind. Partics aesiting unique New cards gotten up at the. short notice should call on F. C. De Lang, 148 Madison street. A Cinciunati dyer said he éould dve Mrs. Pat- terson’s purpie dress 1 plum color, but *he dyed it green, and_had to pay $13 and 'costs of trial for being so far out of plum. Moonlizht is cheaper than kerosene light, but you can’t take it into a parlor, and set it on the centre-table, and turn it down; so it will never be brought to any practical use. ROUND DANCING. LETTER PROM A FRIEND. 4o the Editor of The Trijune. Ciricago, Dee. 29.—1t is only when questions of yreat social importance come up for discus- sion that I venture to impuse my simple thoughts on the poor. persecuted public’ 1 am a young man, fond of society, and so far favor- ced by fortune as to have the entree to what the worlid is pleased to cail good soclety. Natarally enough [ dance, for who that goes into socicty nowadays does not? 1 canuot s: that I am passionately fond of it, and I fre quentty have telt that a promenade through some of the side rooms, or a pleasant “tete-n- tete™ fu some quict corner, would be much more to my taste, and certainiy far more bene- ficial to my tired bady. than five or ten minutes’ jostling about in a crowded room, with the sur- rounding atmosphere at a temperature ahmost up to boiling point. In my early days T danced innocently, and simply for the pfeasure ot dancini, and T enjoyed if, but why I am unable to tell. This was before I ever knew of that wrong something in the dance, 50 much talked of. or wis consejous that the young man—for in those davs the boys sometimes daunced togzether —or young lady aud I were making *fiends ™ of ourselves, I pray God that, il in this great creation there is such a thing as a “flend,” it may uever have a worse thought or unholier impulse than we, in our innocence, had during those happy aays of boy and girl hood. We danced, I presume, as we played together, be- cause having assembled for that pnrpose, and havi ned to know and like one another, it was sullicient that we werc together and liap- Py, Without inquiring into the cause. Who that is pure in mind and’ thought secks out a base motive us the incentive fo the pur- suit of everv pleasure ‘in life? Who that has scen the brilliantly-lizhted mansion, and Las znt the strains of rich music. minaled with the hum of merry voices and the shufl v feet, as it scems “floating out on the ar’s calling- » who that has Kuown repose on - the gen- tie swell of - the moonlit-ocean; who when he feels the quick throb of his Leart, at the touch of his loved-one’s hand, or tiie sound of lher voice,—~sweet music to his car,—would be 5o low, so base, so de- araded. as to say that the great huppiness wihich fitled his whiole soul was the outsrowth of a physical pussion? But, alas! there came one day, whispering in my car, ademon ealied *Mischief,” and it eaid, *Why do vou do this wroug? Why do you hold tuis fair creaturc thus in your embrace? motions, ‘meaningless and 1, in my.inuocence, answered, I knov 1 never thouzht.” Then this creature of wickedness, this med- dler, this maker of mischicf, told me that that 1 never before knew: made me think that which Tuever before had thought, and blamed me then for knowing and thinkine it me the knowledze of tiic existence ot that fecling which' otherwise I might hardly have been conscious of possessing, and_then magni. fied it before the world a tousand times. From that dayon I was a chaneed man, 1 dreaded todancé for fear 1 mizht, take on the appearance of 4 **fiend.” I dreaded to ask any one to dance with e, Tearing 1 misht produce in her that tearful wxpression, those wicked thoughts, so eraphically deseribed fn *Tie Dance of Death” But society would dance, and so I was oblized to, and each time that 1 stood up witha young Indy I thought of wht the demon Mischiel had told mé, and wondered if her thouzhts in any way resembled. mine: wondered, too, why my thoughts would wander off tosubjects other than the one It hatt sus- wested; wondered why 1 did not feel as it b said I would, and if’ this poor creatuire, this angelat my side, could descend tosuch low epjor. ments, and when I left her, 1 looled away, fear ing 1 might behold in her sweet face that awful paleness, that * livid ficndishness,” which 1 was told would be there, and, with uverted I went out into the dim hall, that T might collget nyself for X was tired and warm, and troubled i ain, T would stand and wateh others hirled away in the mazy waltz, exanre b the keencst interest, to it 5 of those dreaded expres. sions, ut they were never there, and, Hot, . Ingg them in others, I doubtedwitether they were ininy face. Growing bolder, 1 ventured at Jnet to 100k futo the face” of ber with whom 1 wag dancing, when ol nanght was there but puricy and swect unconscionsness. Then 1went away, cursing fn my heart this demon Mischief, and 1n the seciusion of my own _chamber 1 ifered up thanks to my Maker that I had been froud from this nartow-mindedness, this_ blind prejudice. and Lmade 1 sacred vow that Fwould pluck ths rank, recking weed from my Leart, and plant therein purer, hotler thoushits, - But the seed had taken deep root and would not be thus easily plucked out, and Irom time to time the same ol monster would snw men seeds of wischiel, aud with fresh drauehts of water put new life into the old and drooping lants, 5o that Ly would start. afresh, spread orth their branches, and strike their defilime raots decper down into 1nv already overburden: ed, nauseated soul. Are we not i0)d that per: severance reaps ifs reward? And have we not heard from our crwles up the old song, * If at first you don't{succeed, try, try again™? Re- membering these, they gave me cournge, and strengthened me in my resolutions, and 1lookea forwurd to the not distant time when, complete master of myself, I could 1ift up my voice and shout victory! victory! victory! Sucha thme has come, and whatis still greater cause for rejolcing, with ‘it comes the conviction that Iam but omg of an overwhelming majority of round danoers d witnesses 1o the nossibility of such a majority who ubite their voices to- gether 'in one ‘grand chorus of - protestation aguust such vile calumny and low fnvectives os are heaved upon us. 1 am thinking, in this connection, of a story toid me years ago of a . man who, on visiting u largze iron-mill, stopped before the great stean hammer and watched it, as with ahmost light- ning rapidity it rose and fell, now thundering down with the weizht of tons, now striking the bright steel with a touch soft aud gentle as that of a cat’s paw. Suddenly he was setzed with a wild desire to thrust his handunder the mizhty hammer. He did it. The ponderous weight rose and fell, and rose again, und he drew. forth his ‘hand a shapeless mass of biceding flesh. Would any one veiture to say that every person who mirnt stand be- fore that hammer wonld have the same thoughts, be moved by the suine impuises us the one just described? ~ Are there those living foolish cuough to suppose that ev human being would be so faseinated by the rising and fallinz of a trip-hammer as to risk his hand, his life, in the grauification of it? Are there not some who would close their ears to the dealening noise, and turn away their cyes, that they miznt not be couscious of its disagreeable presence! Why, then, is it more reasonable to suppose tbat the thousands of people who o to partics and dances are necessarily guilty of the same coarse thoughts, the same sensual anpetites, the same indelicate actions, as these human animals are, who, they tell us, do actually roam at large among ust But what jady, young or old, is so unretined, as to allow of any suchTrozecdings ashave been sugaested, or if such there be, which of them is brazen-faced enough to acknowledee it to the workl! Wikat mau is there who would care to risk his social reputation by venturing with any Jady friend on such dangerous ground; or what younggentieman is there—if wemay so misapply the word--who would be audacious cnough to ofler so great an indignity to a well-beluved, pure-minded young lady in respectable society? Many, you will say I have no doubt, but T teil you it {5 easfer far to make an assertion than to prove it; it Is far easier 10-smut one name than it is to wash that bi off which you or others may hiave put on it. Then I beseceh you, 1 betr of you, desist from this everlasting reh al of-the imagined inde- cencies of round dancing. ITit long continucs, it will becote so familiar a subject to our ears that we will not even blush at its mention, and arcuments pro and con will ow as «libly from the tongue as doour morning and evening prayers. I have taken the liberty of chanzing the quo- tation, which is so frequently applied to this subject, 5o that it reads as follows: v Vice is a monster of <0 hideous mien As 1o be hated needs but (o be seen; But, talked of 1o often, familiar with the sound, We first endure, then pily, then come round. Why not include in s attack on round dancing all the otber amusements¢ What can be worse for a young lady and gentleman than to attend the opera or theatre, there to witness the carrying out of a plot too immoral to be seen under an cumstances: to let their sensual imaginations—you imply they are sensual—far “outstrip the actors on the s and then, as has been suawested, ride home carriaze together? Would they find it nece sary to draw the curtains, thimk yon? Whynot s well rant avout the playing of cards, backgammon, or ehess? Wihat Jdiabolical -4 actions could not be earried on uuder cover of a cardtable or backeammon- board by those younz lulies who would: descend to anything like ‘“fiendish » actions in the ball-room ¢ After atl, what is there in.this wide, wide world which the dewraded canuot. make more dearading, or the pure more ¢levatii Let us rather begin at hiome, by educating the minds of our children up to the standard of virtue and purity, where higher aud wobler thoughts fill the mind and diréct the body, and then we shall not only be able to meet this suppused evil, but we may grapple successfully with real ones, far more £ s in their tendencies. Then we shall be able to point with pride to our sons and daus 5 who witl give us no cause for fear, or pangs of remorse and shame. Resp y yours, Statox Sa NEW YORK. CHRISTMAS. Spreinl Correspondence of The Tribune. NEW Your, Dec. 23.—Christimas, so long and delightfully antieipated and cordially welcomed, is now but &' memory, but withal a very sweet one. Itis especially pleasant to the pretty children who assisted at a erand party on Christinns Eve, and about whose toilettes a word may be interesting and useful. The hostess, d dimpled little fairy of 5, and whose birthday -it was, 3 u most perifect blonde. An elder sister, who assisted in the arduous datics of receiving theguests, is a stately demoiselle of 11, and a pronounced brunette. The former was attired in a Princess robe of the alest, most- exquisite shade of green sillk. A narrow pleative of the same edzed the front of the skirt, and was bordered by a seant frill of richest Valenciennes. The back Dad the lower vortion of the skirt pleated on just below the waist. The top of these pleats had a ruflle of the braad Valenciennes, and down the edge of each pleat ran the same. The bottom of the skirt was cut in sharp points, beneath which showed a ruflle of lace. Down the centre of the back aud ou cach side ran a row of handsome insertion, edged on both sides with lace. Sewead in with the shoulder and under-arm seams are the small rounded fronts of a little jacket. These are made entirely of .rows of iusertion, and ave finishéd at the round edges by a ruflle of Valencicones. A drapery formed of the same is disposed across the front, and is bor- dered by a fringe of pale pink and white hya- cinths. Clusters 'of the same fragrant fowers, were placed on the breast and in the’ bair, and the whole costume was so fresh, dainty, and unique, that the charming . little wearer was veritably as “pretty as a picture. The lite darkeyed sister was quite as sweetly dressed. An under robe of crimson silk or satin was made low-necked and short- sleeved. Over it was worn a skirt and bodice ot finest Indian m s tly pretty, being what is known as a y ¥ waist; that is, one which is gathered into a belv at the v E baud the shoulders, usist of very full puils, tinisted with a vand which is borderca on each side by a rutlle of handsome lace. ‘The baed around the shoulders is simi- I trimmed, and between the two ruflles is pussed a vine of smilux. AL fotervals among the smilax are clusters’ of erimson rosc- buds without foliage. The uvottom of the white muslin skirt s cut in Jarre round “scellops, and these are bordered y ruflles of luce. A broad L of crimson and white brocade is draped about the dress, and fastened by drooping sprays of smilax. mingled with erimson roscbuds. A vine of smilax, cach-leaf of which is perfect, Is clasped close urotind the throat as a neclac and similar bands are about the arms mid belween wrist and elbow. In my opinion, & pretey child is prettiest when simply dressed, but, if one must, cover the little beings with i richlprofusion, vertaioly no toilettes can - be handsomer or more attractive than these two. ANOTHER LITTLE MISS, Who carries the.weight of seven years with be- coming dignity, was prettily attired in a white Swiss, covered with tiny fuflles, cach one of which was scalloped and embroidered in_ blue, A little low-neck and short-sleeved waist of biue satin fitted the little fizure to nerfue fon, and was finisied around the bottom by a beautiful fring € forget-me-nots and lilics of the valiey. Oie little damsel was respicodent In a toilette of rose k silk, the skirt trinimed with three nmarrow fine side-pleatings. The overdress, rounded in front, in the back Was cut from the waist down in twolong points These pointsand the front of the overdress bordered by a pink silk fringe mixed castonal strands of white pearls. T constantly-inc: v for dressin little chitdren as these in stk and i scems Lo me worthy of regret,—there ar 50 many more suitable Tabrics that might ho sclected. But itis my duty to cliron the » prevailing fashions.” not to ventilate my own ideas, which 1 doubt not mre old-tashioned. ct 1s here. Out of ser little men and twenty-four of the th; tive demoi- ¢ attired in rustling sil One little iel (Idon’t hetieve she'd be offended at not being styled **young Iady ) was b tifully in the fin India cashmere, e robe, made Princess shape, had theneck cut a la Pompadour. Double ruches of white llusion bordered the opening, and in front was arosctie of narrow white satin ribbon. Nestled among i loubs was a bunch of pale pnk rosebuds with their glossy I Hie trout of the dress has coming from the shioulder-seams straight revers of white satin which seem turned back toward the sides, The foot of the skirt is tinished by an fuch and a half side-pleating, also of white satin. Droad sashes of the sanie are tied in & Jarge bow behind, and in the centre of this bow is a Gunch of pink rotcs. A necklace and tiny car-rings of pale rose coral are the only ornaments worn by this little maid. One bud- ding beauty wore a dress of reai corn-colored silk sbrouded in black lace flounces, unloubte Iy Mamma’s. Gold ornuments held the drapery in position, and from the bodicc, which wop 4 cuirass basaue, depended a narrow gold fringe, haif concealed under a fall of lace. Bunches of gold berries and leaves orpamented the rather elaborate coiffure, and from the bely iung a chatelaine of gold bolding'a handsome fan with gold and " cbony sticks. Altogether it Wwas sueh a toilette as might have suited Lo per- fectivn this little oue's eldest sister. who. if re- port errs not (and does it_ever?) remembers her twenty-fifth birthday. But why repeat such sstander? Ina word, my little lady’s dress was very haudsome, but far too old and elaborate for her. Favorite dresses for little eirlsare slips in Princess shape of bright-hued silk, to be worn under robes of sheer-muslin, or of Valencicones insertion. One striking littie dress just being made for a children’s party soon to _oceur, i3 of soft peach-blossom silk. It, of course, i3 o Princess in form, and it {5 braided literally all over. The braiding s i very fine round white place of the usual flat braid.: The is very pleasing. The neck iscut heart- shaped, the” sleeves reach to a little below the elbow, and are widely open. They are lined vith white satin, and are edwed by small white tassels. It isarather elaborate "dress for so young a wearer, but—it is_the fashion! For school and howe wear, childrea's clothes are Leautifnlly suitable, but’ they are not* in such food taste for evenivg use. T have just seen a MOST PECULIAR DRESS, ordered for—but I must not tell for whom, for you all know hLer. It isa pink silk Princess, iwmensely long at one end and correspondingly short at the other. By the way, did you ever notice how a dress with a_ very long trdin is apt to be curtailed at the neck? 'This dress has the traln made of manv very narrow ruflies over- Iying each other. ‘The front of the sKirt Is per- is of lemon-colored "brocade. - It is bordered vy a floral fringe fully nalf a yard deep, con- sisting of tulips and their foliage. Flounces of rich Flemish point form a heading to this fringe. The dress is closed in the back by cords, and the shoulders are framed in 2 flounce of the-beau- tiful lace which foris a sort of berthe. In the back and front this lace is caught up by clusters of tuhps, The sleeves are made en- tirely of Jace, are straight, and hang very full, but are to be confined just above the elbow by bands of filagree¢ gold.” This seems n favorite fancy just now, for I bave seen several from our leading modistes made in this style. Our city will be very gay this winter, and the dress- malkers are in a corresvonding state of delizht. All the Iadies wio have been favored with an invitation are¢ in much pleasurable excitement on aecount of a %rfl'ml ball to be given on the 2d of January. 1t is to be 2 most brilliant affuir, and the tollettes being prepared for it are maurnificent. During the late visit, of the President and Mrs. [fayes an impromptu receprion was given them by aformer resident of Cinclnnati now living liere, The invitations were seut out only the day before, but the sequel showed that you 't New Yorkers by surprise. Every- *budy us resplendent as if a fortnight had been given tor preparation. Many of the beau- tiful toilettes mude a first appearance that cvening, and Mrs. Hayes has reason to be grati- tiedd at the beauty aud elemance that gave ber so dinl a welcd . She hersell mamtained her ion for elezant stmplicity and aversion to play. Ste was handsomely attired in 2 white” silk with handsome ~ drapery of rily-nibbed silic ornamented with a and beautifut ful simplivity, and, with the exception of a rich wold lucket or medallion, she wore no orn: ments. The other toilettes were rich and hand- some, and the reception was o pronounced suc- , despite tne regret of many that the Presi- deut was perforee absent, MarTie S. s . THE DANGER OF SILVER MONEY, To the Editor of The Tribune. NEew Yonrk, Dec. 26.—Permit wie to say that you and others at the West who advocate the “ilver bill” are making a very great mistake. What Chicago and the West uceds is cheup capi- tal to build up manufactories and develop its resources. With this cheap capital you can compete successfully with the East, and, being nearer the raw material, and also uearer to the great grain and provision producingregior, with coal in unlimited quantity in close proximity, there is no reason why Cliicago should not man- ufacture not ouly for the West,, but the East also. But the solid men are suspicious, and will not invest their capital or send their sons where they think au unsound sentiment ou - finaucial matters prevails; they are afraid of that com- munity where there is a disposition to pay ina cheap currency, or any lowerine of the standard of mercautile honor, The rich men ot the Eastern and Middle States, and of Europe, who furnish this cheap capital, are, almost Lo a mun, in favor of that kind of money which is the most stable and -uniform’ among the conmercial nations. These are faets” which no reasoning to the contrary can_alter. The differenve between chieap capital and dear I—that which comes of distrust—is a re- spectable profit, espe in these times. In- flation is not capital,—~it drives away real capi- it is a temporary expedient, a momentary intoxication, the inevitable consequence of which is injurious and destructive. You have inffation in Illinos, .as have other Western States, times when what was called money was_abundant; it did no good; on the contrary, wild speculatiou followed, resulting most disastrously; and this is the unvarying se- que! to all attempts at inflation. Failure has attended them, Docs it ueed a second trial to convince Illinois of the fallacy of the inflation- tsts’ logici Where are the solid men of Chicago of twen- ty vears azo? Nearly all, alas! carried away by inflation, were tempted 'into speculation and ruined. Had our country kept to a specie basis it would have been otherwise with them. Were it not for the unsound opinions that prevail on financial questions and the recklessuess thereby cngendered, there is no reason why, - with suel a rich, productive counirv as is tributary to Chicago, capital should not be cheaper there than “at the East. You, Messrs. Editors, and otiers who sympathize with you. have, I doubt uot, as [ have, only the t interests of the country in view, but you are mistaken. I repeat, the great want of the \West is cleap_capital aud real capital, and the course yon adopt will not bring it, but drive it aws You need to attract, not repel. The Silver bill will benefit the owners of the silver munes, and those alonc; the reaction must and will come sooner or later, for we shall be less able to float silver than we. have been paper against the practices of the commercinl world, Your candor and liberality in openi ur columus to those opposed to your views en- courage me to address you in_prospect of what I deem a most important crisis, imperiling the welfare of the city as well as the whole West. As my interests are targely identified with your aty and thd Northwest, T shall sufer with others in. anything that biights its prosperity. This interest, allow me to state, is from an carly day, having shipped {rom New Orleans the first sugar that went thence through the canal to Ciifeazro, stnce which I bave been more or less connected with the city. Your obedient servant, Z. SmiLes ELy, gt IN MEMORIAM. Beloved friend, these Christmas-times, When sounds of mirth tloat through the afr, When bright tizhts stream from happs homes, And ali in eladness seem to share, T &it with folded hands apart, And wonder why thou art nat hiere— Thou who didst sliare our ev'ry thought, Our ev'ry happiness, lost year, Just when the Spring smiled on the Earth, W baem fhamid butds peope from the mold, Wiien Winter's chill aud storms were over, “Thy hieart grew stili—thy hands grew coid. We wept—nlas! it mattered not: We prayed—ah, well! the Lord knew best, o 3. thie grief, the tears, the gloom; ¥or thee, & hotne amony the blest. I never dreamed that thou wonldst die— “Thy tender tasks scemed just hex And now, alas! must other hands ° ‘Complete the work thou leftat nndone. Ab. me! “twil lack thy ventle skall, ient industry and thought} tiircads are all left out— Of sumbre hues the web is weought. Thy resting-place, belosed friend. Fhrouzh Sununer-days looked green and falr;. y rass ¥prang 1o cover t ¢ halm; las! the days are cold, Bereftof frazrance and of blooin— Tyonder dost thon 1niss the Howers E That throwgh the Summer kissed thy tomb? It cannot e, Thy saiutly heart Cau feel no loss —can kiow no pain. hat 15 for us: we'll Know naus Till we shall see thy face aga The face we last saw throush our teara— Such bitter teara—t i How aich of liaht went ot from ua When it was hid away for ayel s ™ el us Time swill heal the wonnd Thy going made. "Twili not be xo: For (ice our hiearts will always grieviw For thee our tears will always oy, Life ncer can e the same ain Without thy emile to isht the way ; Without thee "twill be euilleas nipht-- When thou wert here, 'twas endless day. Hely b uy, dear Saint, rcet s e'en we I’t‘gul out to "sd“, - Our eyes are dim=i c The 1ears comesa: and yot s by’ And Kisy the-hand that stilled thy heart; Some duy "twill'feath and take us, tog. - Where friéud from friend will never part. 0 walk slong tked with thee; rrow path— 3 Farmu Wavrros. T After the pole-cat had forwarded hi: - }x; fi:r::, it wasdiscovered that he hn:l ofif‘}'fi'fi& “BOSTON. The Powwow Against Mark Twain's Dinner-Speech-~The"General Conelusion. The Women Contributors and the Temperance Protest. . . W The Olemmor-Strakosch Talk—0lara Lou- ise's Advice Three Years Ago, tectly plain. ‘Thc drapery, which s abundant, | The Ending of the Great Fair-11,000 Letters Written by One Person in Three Weeks. From Our Own Correspondent. BosToN, Dec. 27.—The criticisms upon the Whittier Dianer have grown into mightier pro- portions than I anticipated in my last, where I recorded my mild protest after the information I recefved that Mark Twain’s extraordinary speech was not out of order. Everywhere; upon all sides, there has arisen a ery of disgust and reprobation. *““The trouble of it is,” sald an editor, in my ‘thearing, “Twain did -such a good thing at the New England Dinner in that weather speech, and he zot so much praise forit, that he thought. he must get up something stiil brighter for this Whittier Dinner; and thelresult is what W seey H 11 T s t word more about the ereat Fair, to an end at fast, and, thoush the not realized, §35,000 is a pretty by sum, ang the proprictors find o fault. . Thers is an item concerning the Fair post-otlice which i3 very in- teresting. There were over P verson who in 1310 wrote 2,000 Bunker Hill Monument ]3. haz come 340,000 4vere 11.000 LETTERS CONTRIROTED to this post-oflice, all of them of a ric nature, fult of Versatility h and rac *| went about, especially certain conviction that celved was writte by some one who kney about tnem, and snap. Peoppy young people, ith t the letter they had rp And not only that, but evervbody was more than commonly satistied with the missive he or she had received,—¢So briznt, 355 spicy, You know.” i :Vbli Hale, that one to her brother, This oue was attributed t¢ and 5o on, here is the upshot of the matter. Ung 0 570t all these 11,000 letters,—the sy letters for tne post-oftice,—letgers which were famous at that time. Thede for the 01d South Falr were all new and written withy: the space of three weeks. This big story, but ic is vouched for as truth, 923 3 yery 0 euds the story of the Old South Fair, N. P, REAL-ESTATE. +Large Amount of Capital Tavested in Bafg. ing Last YearLSix and a Halt Miles of Stores and Houses In Eleven Mouths.. Great Dullness in tho Loan Market—Speer. men Sales of City and Suburban Property, The activity of building has been an exception 0 the depression in all matters connectea with £ o cal estate in the year now endine. The cheag- ness of materials has stimulated the ercetion of tores and dwellings, and in every diviston of be city a Jared number of new structires —this Vulgar nonsense. The fact is, bave been put up. The full record for MARK TWAIN [1AS DEEN MADE 700 NCc op | the year is mot yet attalnable, but for Mark Twain, and he slops over and we get @ COmparison miy be made " betwosn alittle of the Ohio or Mississipni bilge-water,” | the eleven months of 1877 and the same time of “[ should say a good deal,” was the answer. | 1 “ That New Engluud Dinner speech of his about | ¢! the weather was very funby; so was that Galazy Memoranda some years ago, where Bill Nye interviews President Grant; but this—well, the absurdity of the thing, when one reads it, strikes one in a very ludicrous manner. At the same time, one wants to kick the fellow who is making us laugh in such a counection. But to me the funniest thing is in the way this s all reacting on Howells. Howells, you knov, thinks Twaia is immense; took him up from the first, rushed bim into the Atlantic, floated him in Atlantic society. Howells, you know, who is rigorously refined, whose propriety TARES COLD AT RNODA LROUGHTON’S TRUTH UNADORNED, is suddenly obliged to sit and swallow all this bilze-water from bis favorite coutributor,—n | the presence of such fiue compiuy, too; has to see the man he has indorsed degrade himself to the rank of a buffoon, tough for Howells.”? f “Not a bit. . Howells takes things easy. Catch him feeling respousible for any. contrib- utor who chooses to make a fool of himself!” ~ | b “Well, the Whittier Diuner made a greater— or a different—sensation than' was anticipsted torit. Here’s the bowl against Mark Twain, and the outery about the cool jgnoring of the women contributors, and the accusation that it was an advertising dodge.” “What; the leaving out the women?” “ Nos the dinner itself.” “ Well, that last accusation isn’t anybodv’s business, that [ know of. If the publishers of the Atlantic choose ta da g fine thing, and can’t very well be jgnorant_of the fact that ftisa *g0od thiug ' in 2 business way, 1_don’t_sce as toat detracts from the fineness of it. There’s altozether too much of this carping criticism at men’s motives. Thereisn’t a fine deed nowa- days that doesn’t get DIRT FLUNG UPON IT. ‘When Sothe 1comes on from New York and performs that _plendid feat of enterprise and artistic triumph for Edwin Adams, these carp- ers have to start up and cry out, “‘Oh! This is an advertising dodge; Sothern knows what he is about.’ Ithink he did, better ‘than these carpers. ** But abont this leaving ont _the women con- tributors: it does look rather *impolite, I must say, on the part of Mr. Hourhton. But then, vou knowwe men are such stupid creature: They setdom strike out in new ways, but ve stolidly follow in theold conventional tra They were wiving a diner to-onc of their own sex, and it was the conventional thing to 1nvite only men. 1 don’t suppose it entered their dult heads to vary the proxramme. I have no doubt, it it had, they would have ueen delighted to bid the sisters of the craft. Now that we are told ol it by the justly-indignant fair ones, it is very tl i facts which speaks volumes for the substantis! W by w th of the city was 1,318 in 1877, and 1,498 in 1876: the frontage was 33,502 feet in 13 feet in 1876; the cost of buildings ment of solarge anaresof thecity’s surface, and change. through the year, and at the present time sym- pathizes witl eveu renes sion obtaining superinenmoent mud from a slight part of its burden before it swallows up the borrower be- vond hope of recovery. There must vival in some other departments before the land iuterest expericnees a resurrection, DA court, 120x163%¢ feet; also the west 3¢ 576. Tnthe first eleven months of the year, he number of buildines erected in all divisions . and 40,756 and of vew mprovements for which permits were issued was $6,313,800 in 1877, and 37,906,400 in 1875, The stores and houses built in the past eleven months of this year would form an unbroken straight line, without streets, of abont six and 2 half miles. The frontaze added to the city last year was larger, and was in its turn exceeded Ly he figures of the year before. The improve- he investment in it of so much capital, are growth of the city. Real estate s of valme for use, and the figures we have given show that here isa grent and constant increase fn the amount of real estate in the city that is being brought into occupancy. The frotage of last. It must have been | year1s equivalent to the addition of ¢ blocks, ull on four sides, to the occupied surface of Chicago. This is equal to the square inclosed between Randolph street, Jackson street, Wa- ash avenue, and LaSulle street. LOANS. In the real-estate loan market there is no The market hgs been sinking all I the state of the land, which is too veak to bear auything, whether in the shape of ieds, loans, or investments. Loans are scarce, are not sought for, the impres- i that it is better to relieve the be a re- ‘Thbe agurezate smount of business doue the ast week was some 350,000 less than for the 2. Payments were ogceed- eek ending D ingly good, requiricg, however, considirable dunning on'the port of agents to justily ibis satisfactory statement. The following were the fmportant loans of . he past week: Superior street, southeast corner of Cass - street, 100x30 feet, 314,000, three years at § per cent. Brown street, 115 feet north of Trwelfth street, east front, 25x100 feet; also &2 feet froutuwe on Tiwelfth street, northeast corner street; also lot on Buoker street, 122 feet east of Halsted street, north iront, 41x119 feer, to secure £6,500, four years at § per cent. of Brown Robert Jarvis, of St. Louis, has given a trast- dred to Matthews covering 4734 feet, east front, on Ciark street, between Washington and Madi- s0n streets, to sectire a note of 355,000, years at S per cent, payable at the Boatman's Savinas Bank, St. Louis. three Wabash avenue, soutbwest corner of Peck of the easy to see the dullness and stupidity.” sonthwest & of Block 10, Sneflield’s Addition. *Well, it scems to have beena particularly | $26,000, five yers at 7 per cent. unlucky dioner in many ways; COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK ENDINO FOR HERE COMES THE WINE ROW TO FINISIK nEC, 29, s THE LIST. R — S e 1877, 187, TRl Temperance womens pro. | Armetl— — L | yes—t - ~ | Csiderat'n| No.| C'siderat'n. test. They dew -at Mr. Houghton, and called i i il | | him to account for baving wine at adiuner given | Trust-decds| 63's 220,100(| 963 293,912 in nom:rl of a gunker lfutolnller.” i Mortgages. ., 19| 15,365} 18] 69, ‘< Well, that's alittle way they have. They e e e i flew at the hosts of the Hares Banguet in e Aggregate..) §YS 205,471 1145 303,307 same way, don’t you remember? and we had all = oill 11] the domestic virtues of Mrs. Hayes trotted out, | Releases .. 99l ctenneneeorl] 1| with the usual accomoaniments of a plaia biaeK | COMPARATIVE STATENENT FROM DEC. 170 DEC. 96, silk and uncrimped bair to belp the argument,— i 1577 1876, to clinch the question. So the masculives on | Zustruments —_— ! e ——— the ereat dinner. With the exception of the No. | Csiderat'n|| No. | C'siderat'n. printed protest from Mrs. Barrett, the Secretary = = = I 2 of the Massachusctts Womews Christian ‘Tem- | Trust-deeds| 380'52,196,703'( 406 212,938 _ perance Unlon, and one o Lo litle protests or | Mortgages.. L6101 104] 310.413 « hits at the of walluntry towards the femi- i = 350'35 421 a0nll oo’ 2 35 nine contributors. [ have $een little. Bug in | AgSresste.| 48932,441,322] 600'3 2,482,351 private 1 bave heard much, and the general | pereases. .| 260l... St fecling scems to be that poor Mr. toughton, with the best intentions in the world, has some- how made 4 tmess of it.” Another topic of conversation, which devel- ons much spicy fun, is THE CLEMMER-STRAKOSCH CORRESPONDENCE. Clara Louise is a treat favorice in Boston, thouzn there is no lack of criticism, ana a variety of opinion, tn rezard to the lady’s vari. | P ous quslities. One party will declare her cold, —that she is always and cverywhere, on s wel as off the stage, Clara Louise Ketlogy, and pever the herofue she represents. Another party will indignantly deny this wnpeachment, and stick to it roundly that Miss Kelloge is the perfect artiste in every way, as well as er- e fect lady. On the cars, the other day, I had & funny Clittle conversation with a wentleman upon this very subjeet, wherc all the faults of the singer—the pros and thecons on both sides —Wwere brought forward. What did 1 think of Mary Clemmer’s criti cism? Wasn't it, to say the ‘least, a mistake ¢ |- WHY COULDN'T WOMEN LET EACH oTuer ALONE ? ‘What had Clara Louise done to Mary Clem- mer -that she must pitch into bLer like that? Why shouldn’t Miss Kellogg dress for her char~ Aacters even in the concert ¥ Why shouldn’t she uncoyer her beautiful arms and neck and sing her soug of *Beware us the sont should be sun, | D cven {f she were verging upon 40, when she does it acceptably, and wheu she presents a lovely u;q;earunucr If 40 is as lovely as 20, what thew? hen the criticisms from™ other quarters of Clara Louise as an artiste were brought up, and this fervent admirer and partisan of the charme- fng %im.'cr wound up with the following, Vell, It were true that she is only Clara [ Side, SL200; two lots in Brown's Additiou to Loulse in all the parts she undertakes, I've no | LaGrunge, $200. fault to find’ with the fact, for Clars Louise is SATURDAY'S TRANSFEKS. good enough for me any time.”" The following instruments were tiled for rec- Which for hearty wholesale admiration and aeceptunce certaiuly should be enourh for any- oly. Apropos of this matter of coldness, ete., sev- eral yearsagu, there appeared in oue of the Boston pupers an accouut of an futerview whicl | Dashicl av, 141 3-10 1t 1 o L P two youne girls_nad with Miss Kelloggr. "They l‘:lgi‘l§l_xlfL L) t;y:axl.& 1t, dated Dee. 23. 7 were younir” aspirauts for « prima donna’s hon. AL ey D man e G W Siopanone other thiuss, this was what Miss | vixjie et i 00 T o Kelloge suid 1o these youns women : 4X110 1, daicd Dec. donant 1,000 o young, giel I her Eraining must makea | Grovelund Fari a8, $35 1 8 o covenant with ber eyes, aud not Joy K upon a Thirty-first st, w f, man. Fam now U2 years of aze, and hiave ever | _ Dec. 56, gy . 3,500 get had time for Lewux. "I shall'sing for nt least | Van Guren si, 5577 6 of Loaviit st 50% 5 15 s 3 i qulx\r years, " s 4G ft, \rllhsi:'ulldm:«, duluxl]l[nn:n 1+. 4,388 O wo after this appeared, in the same | SUPCTIgr L 521-10 fte of Kinssburyst, Solanitis there catie out an artiele which madea | i ei5100 Mt dated Do @b o | 1,000 2ood deal of fun, headwd, of i e Rl e of Busunlonaty, |, TWHATIS TUE MATTER WITH CLAKA LOUISED" oin 2ty 245 i it ay, - g,l.'vq:gle;ldvtlhu hnal‘ ll.un: given from Miss 1t, with other property, 2! e, au en went ol b 27 (N - straln: s e oran Clarke b Laa o ong We know now why it {s that we have 2 1054 fLsof Adamsst, ef, 2 we bave listened to Miss Kellogy, snd ne to concert pitch, a8'1t were, in onr feelis, been able quite (o forget, when we should gotten altogether when ' Jurguerite was 2 fn Fuusl's aru, Wat it was our own little Atherizan airl who was makiug such a pretty Mapguersss With a yellow wig over her durk tresses, Seech or vighl years B0, when Mazzilinl awas© f Fauet 1o this Marqguerite,—that tiery Mazzyying » always went into his part with such zesl, —we remember wonderinz how it was that Clara Lonjee could comport hierself quite 50 serenely with such 5 Fanst. We know all abont it now.” After eight th 3 quence. Transfers take ed witi this nume, but when looked futo they all actions next to nothing. There is no prospect of any improvement until spring. ent sold to Charles Clement, 119x107 feet, norchwest corner of Western avenue and Mone TLE Str between Oakley aveuue und Leavitt street, for o sold to St. Paul’s Reformed Episcopal Church for §25,000. buildings, northeast cornerof Marshfeld and Congres: with building, northeast corner of Indina and Cass strees, 3 land uvenue ana Dirersey street sold for feet, sold for $4,000. son street, east frout, 20x124 3-10 feet, with i provements, sold for $5,000. at Ravenswood sold for $1,400; two lots at Western Springs, $600; twelve lots at River- ord Saturday, Dec. 20: Saratozn st, suburban transfers, miles of the Court- Hous: South of city limits, sale: eration, $: eration, $269,231. SALES OF THE WEEK. Practically, there are no sales of any copse- tace which are tickets vd no eriterion Of prices, and, like Mr. Pick ick’s *“warmiug-pan,” ure a mere cover for hidden firc " or sceret designs. Awents re- ort cverything quiet; no démaund, and trans- We note the following sales: Jomes C. Clem- also, 99x139 feet on Mouoroe street, The Third Presbyterian Church property was Georay Farnsworth sold 58x100 feet, with s streets, for $15,000. Wing sold to Lsunc Hartman, 20x75 feet, Levi , for 37,500, Three acres at the vortheast corner of Ash- 600 Lot on Mic igan avenue, near southeast cor- e of Fifty-third street, west front, 75x160 254 feet north of Harri- Lot on Irving-plac Suburban property has been quiet. Two lots CITY PROPERTT. . 8 W cor of Thirty-third st, cutire block (Julia F, Darling to Stmeon, Nash), dated Dee. 23, . 11,200 SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK AND YEAR. The lollowing is the total amoun® of city sod within a radius of seven led for record during 2: Ci he week and year ending ales, 443 consideration, 21 limits, sales 4; Zousigleration, 9: consideration, West of city limits, sales 13 consid- 3,000, Total ‘sales, 58, Total’ consid- 1 12,193, 81X MONTHS ENDING DEC. 29, : years the cat pops out of the baw e j ) Zorenant ik hop pyesness 10 %00k af Aty Aot cit 55 s 8.%"7‘7”.';’2 1 3 2ing up ut him with ail i o' reality blind s a bat to that devouring elance thg | €8¢ Of city lim IS it i was bent upon her. Tt was done donbilers s ihs Total § 9,301,708 o g 2nd o the same princile that we mect | orous moniha vadin £ - reet 2] e 5 throuyh bim bat never at i, - " 100K $raisht | Tgp i AR Bat. to turn away from all this, Tet me saza ‘Total entire year . $21.124,50%