Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1878, Page 12

12 THE CHICAGO' TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 6, 187—SIXTEEN PAGES. f THE SOCIAL WORLD. o A Choice Collection of New Year's Parties and Sur- . prises. A Goodly Array of Weddings in Con- templation-—The Doings of the Clubs. The New York Correspondent Discourses Affectionately on Stylish Toilettes. New Fashions in Hats, Hosiery, Fane, Teathers, and Every Conceiv- able Thing, CHICAGO. INFORMATION WANTED. To the Editor of The Tribune. Caicago, Jau. 4.—A gentleman had a lady friend eceiving on New-Year's Day with. five_other . adies, they being strangers 1o him. _As he did not have time to call on them that day, is it proper to rend by mail_six cards onc for cach, or send one card 10 his friend only?! It has been dieputed by seven or eight 88 to the propriety of gending more 1han one card, and as they could not agree, have concluded to ask TuE TRIBUNE 10 _solve the prob- Jem for them. By so doing you will greatly oblige READERS. Tt is proper for the gentleman to send his card only to the one lady with whom he was ze- quainted. - BLISS—KING. The marriage of Nr. Frank F. Bliss, Assist- ant Cashier of the Grundy County National Bank, Morris, IlL, and Miss Ada M. King took place at the residence of the bride’s uncle, Mr. Samuel Halderman, near Morris, last weelk, the Rev. J. A. Montgomery tving the nuptial knot. Her attendants were Miss Lottic Halderman, cousin of the bride, and Mr. Thomas Ferguson, of Jolict. The wedding was quite private, and. only witnessed by relatives of the bride and groom, and a few of their most intimate friends. from Chicago, Jolict, Ottawa, and Morris. The presenis were many and useful. MANSPIELD—SCRRIMER. Married Jan. 1 at the residence of the bride, No. 739 West Lake strect, by the Rev. C. Per- rine, Mr. Milo Mansficld and Miss Sadie Schrimer:. X PROSPECTIVE BLISS. Invitations are out for the weddinz of Mr. Benjamin H. Mayer and Miss Minnie Ctayburch, daughter of Martin Clayburgh, Esq., of this city. which is 1o tako place at half-past 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at Standard Hall. Dinuer will be scrved at halt-past 5, and a reception at 8 o'clock. ‘The marriage of Miss Ids Beulah, daughter ot Ira Tomblin, Esq., with Mr. James L. Clark, will occur Tuesday cvening at 6 o’clock at the residence of the bride’s parents, No. 57 Park avenue. Thursday evening, at half-past 5 o’clock, Miss Mary F. Hill, dsughter of Thomas Hill, Esa., will be united in marriage to Mr. Georze W. Brown. A reception will follow the ceremouy from 6 to 8, at the residence of the bride’s pa- rents, No. 1472 Wabask avenue. Tharsday cvening Miss Kate_Hutchinson, daughter of B, P. Hatchinson, Esq., will be united in marriage fo Mr. Noble B. Judah, at the residence of her parcnts, No. 16 Harrison strect, at 6 o'clock, A reception will follow from 7 to 10 o’clock. The marriage of Miss Carrie Greenebaum, daughter of J. M. Greenebaum, Esq., with fir. Joseph Berolzieim, wiil be celebrated this af.er- noon at 4 o'clock, at the Temple, K. A. M., cor- ner Indiana avenue and Twenty-sixth street.- A reception will follow the ceremony at Martine’s South 8ide Hall. ‘The marriage of Mr. Ferdinand Siezel and Miss Rosa Vogel will be celcbrated at Martine’s Hall, corner of Twenty-second street and In- diana avenue, at 5 o'clock Wednesday after- noon, Jan. 16. EPISCOPALIAN ENTERTAINMENT. The ladles of St. Paul’s Church. of Hyde Park, are famous for their entertainments. ‘When the ladies say a thing i#going to be a suc- cess they mean business, and it is a thing that i5 enjoyed and anpreciated by all who attend. The Church Guild bas been giving a series of eniertainments, the first of which was a Dickens 5, given at the residence of B. F. Ayer, . The second entertainment was eiven Thursday _eveping _at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Perkins, - and there was to have been given the play of A Pretty Piece of Business,” but, owing to the ‘sudden indisposition of one of the amateurs, it wasnot plaved, The place on the programme was bappily filled by charades, in which Mrs. ‘Waite, Mrs. Barter, Mrs. Ackerman, Miss Waite, Miss Fay Calhoun, and Mr. Waite 100K part. After the charades an orchestra of five pieces Struck up and gave music for dancinz. Among those present were the Rev. Mr. and Mra. C. S. Lester, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Ackerman, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ayer, Mr. and Mrs. J. Smale, Mr. - and Mrs. Sherman, Mr. and Mre. Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. Barter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, and Mrs. Waters, Mr. and Mr3. Larminie, } -and Mre. Chace, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, Mr. and Mre. Waite, Mr. and Mrs, Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. Higlev, Mr. ana Mrs. Hurlburt, Mrs. Her- rick, Mrs. McFherson, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. James - Morgan, Mrs. Seaverns, Mrs. Gwiun, Mre, Lew- is. Misses Lu Ackerman, Fida Lewis, Julia Smaic, Springer. Fay Calloun, Anna Ritehie, ‘Atkingon, Holmes Lafoucherie, Barker, Waite, GGecrze, Oakley, Kenleott, Lewis, Wright, Clara Allison, Clara~ Morgan, Perkins, Messrs, Cal- houn, Sberman, Herrick, Atk Barter, Dr. Kelly, Wright, and Fafrman. LY NEW YEAR'S PARTIES. Miss Annic L. Shipman, assisted by her friends, Mrs. W. L. Mead and Miss Carrie Dale, guve on New Year's pight, at the residence of her father, Col. S. V. Shipman,. 269 Warren zvenue. 2 most delightful party, at which the Jacics were attired in full evening dress. Many of them were noticeable for beauty and cle- rance. Dancing was, of course, the chief order of the evening, and was kept up till 2 late bour. Refreshments. embracing all the delicacies of the scason. were served by Eckardt, the music ‘was by Haud. There were present Mr. and Mrs. 1. & Dale, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Dickey. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. 3Mead, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Green nee Danicls, C. N. Holdez, Jr., Mrs. Towers, Miss Jes- sie McClure. Misses Griftin, Miss Bell Laman, of Pennsylvania, Miss Mionie Shipman, Miss Carr, Miss Anuie L. Shipman, Miss Kate Havden, of Michizan, Miss Carric Dale, Miss Edna Ball, Miss Buttler, of Michigan, Miss Ella Stenson, Messrs. Parker, Buutler. Powell, Patterson, Dr. Plattenberg, Capt. Brown, Vanzwoll, Woodford, Oakley, Dale, White, Foley, Bathrick, Bryden, and othiers. - ‘One of the most rleasant affairs of the week was the New-Year’s party given by the M. A. S. Club at the residence ot Mr. Abbott, §42 In- diana avenue. Among, those present were the DMisses Maude Meech, Gertie Walker, Cora and S0, Jennic Burdick, Luura and B. Marshall, Flor- . ence Hayward, Fanny Derby, Ann Elton, Em Foster, the Messrs, Ned Iobbins, Augustus White, Will Derby, Edward Keith, F. Joncs, C. Bronks, H. Comely, Frank Blanchard, F. Prior, <. Elliott, Bolte, C. Bassett, W. Whinpel, C. Hadeu, A. Buell, H. Mapsfield, C. Wilkins, Foster, and many others. New-Yeas’s night tne Misces Helen and Myr- -tle Heath entertained about a dozen of their Iriends, after the familiarities of calling were over, at their residence, No. 432 Fulton street. -Music, dancing, and social converse, with an elegant repast, contposed the programme. THE CONGRESS. The third of the scrics of parties of * The Congrress Club™ was given at the residence of Mr. Harry T. Wecks, No. 569 West Congress “strect, last Wednesday evening. There were quitc a number of gucsts preseat, not members of the Club, so that it was the *largest and pleasantest party of the series. Among those bresent werc the Hon. and Mrs. Carter Harris- on, Mr. and Nra. H. F. Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. George Standart, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hill, Mr. and Nirs. k. AL Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Clint But- terficld, Mr. and Mrs, F. H. Probasco, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Griswold. Mr. and Mrs. William Marcy, Mr. T. P. Sheldon and Miss Mand Shel- «don, Dr. William Hanley and Miss Ellen Han- ley, Miss Cora Bullard, Mrs. Hill, M Frank Fruch, Miss Helen Leach, Grace 3lorris, Missea Alice and Nellic Robinson, Nellie Soames, May Parker. Messrs. J. N. Love, . Roeschilaub, John G. Beasley, J. W. Scribper, G, Steas, 11. P Clarke, A. C. Knapp, and W Clark. IRISES. Onc of the most pleasing and complete sur- i ics ot the season was given in honor of lerriman at the residence of her parents, No. 820 West Monroe strect, Friday evening. The prozramme consisted of music, a2l and instrumnental, and danmcinz. An claborate supper was furaished by Edmondson Bros.? Music by Prof. Montello. Amons those Jrosént were Mr. aud Mrs. A, W. Merriman, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Cashman, Mrs. Avre of Boston, Mrs. Gilbert, Misses Emily Mcrriman, lignic Bailey, Cora and Aunie Ormsbee, Emma Higcbman, Lu Smith, Lou Foresman, Cora Drake, Lillie Cashman, Nora Cook, Flora Page, Emma_La Parle, Emma Bingley, Jessic Pringru, Jepnie Ormsbee, . May Cashman;- Messrs. Alden Merriman, Charles Merriman, Gordon K i - Gaenzler, Mr. and_ Mrs, Bailey, George E. Dennis, Frank L. Goodrich, Gearge E. Bassett, Charles Sweet, Mr. Bodine, Will Strcet, Charles North, Ed Morse, G. Archibald, Hall Brooks, W. and H. Dawson, J. Cook, E. D. Dillone, H. B. Coruell, C. P. Jen- niogs, and others. One of the most enjoyable surprise parties of the season oceurred on New-Year’s Eve, being the fiftcenth anniversary of Mr. aud Mrs. J. E. Pettibone. Their numerous fricnds presented them with 168 pieces of china, glass, and stonc ware. With music and refresbments the party spent the night, and left their house at 7 a. m. All ecojoyed themselves, and wished the host and hostess many happy Kew-Years. A _plessant little party congregated nt the residence of Mr. F. A. Wolfineer, No. 634 Fulton street, New-Year's Eve, and completely sur- prised that gentleman, who had been induced by his wife to absent himse:f from home during the early portion of the cvenivz. Returning, he found his house taken possession of by a laree number'of masked visitors, who handled him rather roughly. But he subsequently for- gave them, and a merry time was participated in by the host and his sclf-invited guests. The tenth anniversary of the marriage of Mr.and Mrs. G. B. Richardson, residing at Campbell Vark, was duly celebrated New Year’s night, the friends and neighbors of the couple micting and giving them a_genufne surprise. The presents were numerous, uuigue, and use- {ul. 'The marriare ceremony ias performed by the Rev. Mr. Newman, and although objections were raised on the ground that the groom al- ready had one wife they were withdrawn when he offered to secure costs of prosecution by ** putting up the tin.” Thursday cvening Mr. George W. Heber was surprised by a number of his friends at his resi- dence, No. 621 Fullerton avenue. Vocal aud in- strumental music furnished the entertainuient. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs, Schu- man, Mr. and Mrs. Schmiteall, Mr. and’ Mrs. Feyl, Mr. and Mrs. Breecher, Dr. and Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Engel, Mr. and Mrs. Rehm, Mr. and Mrs. Hugel, Misses Hille, Rablin, Camp, Relim, Upton, He- ber, Messrs. Hille, Tonke, Engel, Traw, Schu- man, end others. Miss Minnle Frisbie, residing at No. 73 North ‘Wood street, was made the pleasant victim of a surprisc last Thursday evening by a number of her young fricnds. The time was spent very plessastly in feasting, music, dancing, charades, ete. Mr. Thomas Cuxon was agrecably surprised by about twenty-five couples of his friends at his residence. No. 1175 State street, New-Year’s Eve, and a happy time followed. Miss Minnie Blair was agreeably surprised last Wednesday evening at her residence, No. 1638 South Dearborn street, by a number of her most iotimate friends, in honor of her 17th Dbirthday. Excellent musfc was furnished, and dancing was an important feature of the even- ing. SOCIAL AND CLUD NOTES. Last Thursday evening there was a brilliant assemblage of about 150 people of this city at Natatorjum Ilall, corner of Michigan avemue and Jackson street, in_response _to invitations issued by Dr. Janscn, Manager, for the purpose of inaugurating a social elass in light gymnastics and dancing for ladies and gentlemen, to meet every Thursday evening. Aftet several illus- trations in gymnastics, the floor was given over to dancing, which was kept up until nearly mid- night. Itisthe intention of the manager to make these assemblics select and enjoyable. ‘The Our Friends Club gave an elegant party at Bournique’s Academy Thursday evening, which was larzely attended. i Miss Addie Mead, of No. 110 Thirty-ninth street, ectertained a number of friends at her residence Thursday night. Mrs. Judge Skinner gave an elegant reception Thursday evening. § Mrs. Potter Pelmer gave an clegant dinner- party to cighteen of her society fricnds last Friday evening at 6 o’clock. The Oneida Pleasure Club gave a successful party New-Year's Eve. The Emerson Literary Society gave a grand ty last Friday unight at the residence of ir. 1. E. Page, No. 33¢ West Harrison street, hich was largely attended. ¥ A newly-organized club on the West Side, called “La Pleasair Petite,” had its first meet- ing last Friday night. The Club is composed of a large number of young people. The L. D. §. C. Club gave a literary and _mu- sical entertainment at “the residence of Miss Cravens, No. 33 Warren avenue, last Tuesday evening. ‘The second party of the_well-known Nonpa- reil Club was given New-Year’s Eve at Lincoln Hall, on North Clark street. About seventy- five couples were present, and on the whole the party was the finest ever given by the Non- pareil. The seyenth of the series of assemblies under the auspices of Le Flaisir Club was given Fri- dn% eyening with the usual success. he members of La Princesse Club were en- tertained by Mrs. C. H. Horine last Friday evening at” No. 4302 Indiana avenue, it being the sixth party of the organization. Recita- tions, readings, musie, etc., occupied the time. The Snowfiake Club was bandsomely enter- tained last Thursday evening at the residence of Capt. C. P. McKay, No. 231 Hermitage ave- nue. The fifth complimentars party of the Wash- ington Pleasure Club was given in_Greepe- baum’s Hall last Monday eveninz. The next party will take place Tuesday, the 15th. My. Charles N. Nourse and Mrs. Celia Small were married last Monday evening at the resi- denceof Dr. Coyne, 1013 West Madison street, leaving soon after for Milwaukee. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The next party of Our Favorites will take place Friday night. ‘The Youngz Men’s Hebrew Association will give 2 dramatic_entertainment and hop at Brand’s Hall, Jan 13. . The South Side La Favorite Club will zive the fourth party of the regular series next Friday evening, Jan. 11, at Lakesido Hall, corner li- diana avenue and Thirty-first street. The next party of the Vesta Club will be held Tuesday _evening, Jan. 8, at the residence of Mrs. F. K. Bowes, No. 23 Park ayenue. The fifth annual reception of the Chicago Telegravhers will be held in the parlors of the Gardner Bouse Friday cvening, Jan. 18. Tick- ets may be obtained through application to the executive committee, at the Western Union office. The Brica-Brac Club, of TLawndale, will meet at the residence of Mrs. Hail. Tuesday, Jan. 15, All members are expected to be pres- ent, and all who desire to joln can do so that evening. Queen Estier Chapter No. 41; 0. E. S., will give a social hop at their hall Nos. 62 and 64 North Clark street Monday evening. Members of sister chapters are cordially inviied. The Quecer Club will be entertained Wednes- day evening by Mr. and Mrs. A. Clement. at their residence, No.- 450 Fulton street, near Union Park place. The sixth series of the West Side Masonic Sociables, under the auspices of Cleveland Lodge, Washington Chapter, and Chicaro Com- mandery, will be inaugrurated at Martine’s Hall, Nos. 53 and 55 Ada street, Jan. 15. The other parties will be held Jan. 20 aud Feb. 19. The third soirce of the series, under the auspiges of the St. Bernard Commandery, No. 35, Knights Tewmplar, will be held Tuesday evening at the Asylum, in Corintbian Hall. A particularly enjoyable programme is promised. ‘The Rev: and Mrs. M. J. Savage will give a reception to thelr parishoners at No. 14 Win- chester street Thursday evening. Tne Garden City Pleasure Club will give an entertainment Friday evening. Mr. Thomas Barrctt will give a reception to- morrow evening at his residenee, No. 823 North LaSalle street. PERSONAL. Miss Jessie Conant and Miss Bennett, of Geneva, IIL, have been the guests of Miss elen Heath during the past week. Miss Carrie M. Suits, of Kansas City, is a guest of Mrs. W. Moyer, No. 434 West Adams street. Also, Miss Moyer, of Fort Plain, N, Y. Miss Anme Abercombie, of Thirty-ninth street, is entertaining her friend, Miss May Smith, of Grand Rapids, Mich. The Inmill'y of Mayor Heath received about 400 calls New Year’s Day. Messre. J. W. Butler and_Fred C. Tsler, of this city, are guests of Mr. John L. Moze, Lou- isville, K ) Gen. H. N. Eldridge, of the law firm of Eld- ridge & Turtelott, bas gone toEurope for afew wecks on business and pleasure. Miss Carriec Warren, of Philadelphia, is visit- ing her cousin, Miss .\I'nry Hill, of No. 1472 Wa- bash avenue, and will be in attendance’at the marriage of the lntter. Miss Ada Sweet, Pension Agent, is visiting in Jacksonrille, Fla. §3 Miss Mary Suzwett, who rectived such a flat- tering testimonial at the Beetoven reunion a week azo Saturday evening, jreturned to her home in Cleveland Thursday. | Miss Odell, of New York, is the ruest of Miss Addie Mead, Oakland. b Miss Fida Lewis, of Milwauke. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. W, K." Ackerman, id Kenwood. NEW YORK. AN ATTRACTIVE DRESS, Special Correspondence of The Tribune. New Yous, Jan. $.—The new year has not inaugurated apy startling new styles, but its opening day was the occasion of much and clezant display in the way of handsome toilettes. Last week I told youof some of the dresses that were to be worn on New Year’s Day, and very beautiful they looked. One pretty dress that was shown me after writing deserves men- tion for its pleasing and unique features, A long-trained skirt of heaviest, softest gros erain is a beautiful French gray in color. Tne bot- tom of the skirt Is cut indecp rounded seatlops, which are bound by a satin cord of the same shade. Under this is a pleatiog about eight inches deep, of coral pink satin. The plisse is 1aid fn the most minute side-folds, and beneath, it shows a narrow lace-edged ruflle which serves as o balayevse. The scalloped edges of the silk skirt are finished by a flounce of exquisite Irish point, through which the pink satin gleams with Dbeautiful effect, a narrow line of it showing un- covered beneath the lace. I should have said that the robe fs a Princess. The waist is open to the belt in a lung-pointed opening. both back and front. Narrow shirred puffs of vink satin fill in the back space, and the cdges of the opening are bordered by a ruflle of point lace. The opening in front is filled by lengtiwise frilis of lace, fastencd together by sprays of pink and white coral, The overdress consistsof a beautiful and broad lace flougee of rare point, draped across the front - and sides, and floating over the train at the back. This drapery is ornamented at intervals with exquisite sprays of pink and white coral. Ornaments of the same beautiful natyre are worn with this toilette, “swhicl was worn by one of our most popular society ladies who received her friends on New Year’s. Trim- mings on some dress-skirts are very elaborate; on others there is absolutely no garniture; and therd is still anotner approved style which gives simple but very tasteful trimmings. THE STREET COSTUMES are particularly pleasing, the colors selceted for this purpose are so rich and warm in tone, the materials so handsome and appropriate, undt ,"“é hat stylo_of making up so satisfactory, it” léaves nothing to desirc. A verye pretty toilette of sazefeen faille and cashmere is a most pleasing street dress. The skirt of faille hasa box-pleated flonnce, over which falls a deep flounce extremely scant, and cut fn deep, sharp points. These points are so arranced that one falls between cach two box-pleats, giving 3 very pretty and novel cffect. The cnd of each point is finished by a short green silk tassel. The overdress isa polo- naise, very long and closed down the frout as far as the knees. From here to the bottom of the garment the fronts are turned back 50 as to form revers. These are faced with faille, and finished by acord of the same. The back of the polomaise is laid in side-pleats, which are set on ander o large bow of faille just below the belt. "A long paletot, 3 little more than Thalf-fitting, is of green cashmere, 1s is the polonais¢, and is trimmed with bias folds of faille, deep cuffs, collar, and large, square pockets being also of nother more elegant visiting costume s of een silk, and bronze and olive brocade. ‘The skirt, of silk, is made after that most ap- proved style, very lung, with rounaed train, and trimmed with three narrow fine knife-pleatings, A two-inch fold of broeade silk, corded on both gides, forms a heading for this trimming. The overdress is of brocade, quite long and plain in front. It is bordered by a superb Yringe with a netted heading more than oue-fourth of a yard deep, in cach open space of which is suspended atassel. The bottom of the fringe consists of Landsome tassels mixed with shorter ones. The back of the overskirt is gracefully draped, and is aleo finished by fringe. Ihere is a French sacque of medium length, also of bro- cade. The centre back is made from the plain silk, set in Wwith a heavy cord. In front the sacque is fastened at the throat with a bow of olive bronze ribbon, made with two loug loops and ends. There is a turued-down collar of plair. silk, simply finished with a cord. From the neck down the sacque is open, the front be- ing turned back the whole length, and showing 2 lining of the plain silk. The slceves are plain cont-shape, bewmng open a short space up the outer seamn, aud having both corners, top and bottom, turned over and fastened with an orna- ment of crochet and tassels. Theselittle revers are faced with silk, and the opening made by them is filled in with a fan-pleatine of plain silk. The bonmet worn with this toilette is a pertect gem of clegance and good taste. It has a low, sloping crown with coronet tront. This latter is covered with bronze velvet, of which material the bonnet also is made. This coronet is ornamented with a handsome design wrought in bronze beads, Around the crown is a monture of rich bronzé leaves and berries. A bow of satin ribbon is at the back, and strings of the same tic beoeath the chin. TIUESE BRONZE, BROWN, AND GREEY, and olive, with bronze tints or shades to them, have obtained much favor. They are, indeed, very handsome, and another color, which is ex- tremely beautiful, is the rich shade kuown as mulberry color. In velvet and silk it is lovely, and the brocades, silk, satin, or velvet are magnificent, A superb visiting or reception dress made of material this color has excited my heartiest admiration. It is a modification of the Princess dress, and is made_of three fabrics, silk, bro- cade, and velvet, There is the lone trained skirt of silk made close and clinging. In the back it is all of onc piece. In front, from the belt to the foot of the skirt, the centre front is of velvet. The bottom of the skirt, all around save the front breadth of velvet, is ornamented with a gathered flounce of Lrocade, headed by a bias band of velvet cut in shallow scollops on both sides, and having triple cordings of silk. In front the waist shows a curiass basque, hav- ing a vest of brocade tinished at the bottom by a hanasome fringe of silk tassels and chenille balls. The basque is cut with square corners, and is of _silk, be- ing corded heavily with veivet. The vest is fastcued by handsome ormaments of chenille. 'To be worn with - this is a beautiful imoorted wrap, probably the. only one of the sort in America. Tt is of rich mulberry-colored velvet, and is in shape something likea circular. 1t is richly lined with beautiful fur, and at the neck is fastened by am exquisitc ornament, in frosted solid silver, the desion being clasped hands. From the bottom of the wrap to the top of the arms and just over them, the garment is cut straizht up. “Througzh these openings come the arms, shich are con- sequently uncovered when used or extended. ‘The bottom of the cloak is bordered by a suberl fringe of chenillc of the exact shade of the vel- vet.” Accompanying this hanidsome costume is a beautiful bonnet. Ithasasoft crown of muiberry- Tied satin, und a narrow brim of plush the same color. Folds of satin encircle the crown, and form a little fluted curtain at the back., A band and bow of satin are in front, and at the back, amid loops of satin ribbon, are several cream-colored roses. infront and 1 little to the side are three beautiful'ostrich feathers curling towards the back. ‘They arein color like the roses, and gloves of the same shade complete this exquisite costume. One of our most excel- Tent modistes is busily employed making up A TROUSSEAU for a youngr lady whois tobe married in the spring to the Envoy Extraordinary of a certain ‘European Court. Amongall the rich and varied garments those that most attracted me were some beautiful morning dresses _and robes de chambre. One very pleasing dress for morning wear, and so far removed from neglige that one may receive morning-callers in it, is of an ex- quisite shade of ruby-colored cloth. The back of the skirt is peculiar, being laid in perpendic- ular pleats which aradually spread in a fan-hke shape. The hackis without ornament, but in front, a squarc overdress is outlined by bands of embroidery, finished on the outer edge by simi- Iar ruflies.” ‘These bands are beautiful. - They are of finest white cashmere, and are richly em- browdered by hand. The rutlies are made to cor- respond, and are worked in scallops aloug the . There is a basgue almost tight-fitting, and in front and on the sides of usual length. At the back it is lengthened to half the depth of the skirt, and cut off square. A band und raflc of ombroldery finish the basque, aund the neck ana sieeves are appropriately trimmed. Another more elaborate toilette isof a beautiful pale blae fabric which might well be termed woolen satin, but the corrcct” name of which is unknown to me and also to the dress- maker. I may add it is made intoa long robe, the back being in Watteau style. The front {rom the threat down is open, or rather has that effect, having an inserted front. This latter isu »and charmingly arranged.being made in- to fine shirred pufls of a soft white silk or faille. 1t is starred all over with tiny bows of paie blue satin ribbon, which are very pretty. A pleating finishes the trained skirt, and bows of white sat- in ornament the Watteau pleat down its entirc length. Marmie 8. THE FASHIONS. HOSIERY EN SUITE. New York Herald. Embroidered hosiery, the colors matching the dress sand its trimmings, with handsome strapped shoes, and to the ensemble, and where rich jewelry cannot be afforded velvet bands for the throat and wrists, trimmed with gold, silver, or steel bead fringe, and clapsed with real eold or gems, are considered in better style than the old plain gold bands, chains, and bracelets. But the velvets are never worn alone; they are accompanied Dy the Oriental silver bangles, of which an immense variety have been intro- duced. g FASHIONABLE GLOVES. The best authorities on the glove question declare that a kid glove should be perfectly plain, but of such {a_quality 3s to simply mold the hand and that part of the arm which it covers. Nqt much real kid enters fnto the com- position of the gloves which are commonly sold at common prices. A real kidizlove placed beside one of these shows a marked difference. Less smooth and glossy upon the surface, it is in- finitely softer and more yielding in texture, and shapes itselt to the nand as if possessed of in- tellizence. The popular glove for evening wear is the side-cut patent Prevost kid, from four to twenty buttons. Tt is differcnt from all others, the buttons being scarcely perceptible when the arm is raised, while the peculiar and perfeet fit adds to the natural beauty and symmetry of the arm. The kid is five and soft, so that the hand and arm are apparently molded by it. A beautiful glove has been produced for strect wear. in all tne new shades, which s without ornament, but finished in overy part with a double row of stitching, Noveltics are shown in embroidered loves, ornamented in delicate spray and tendril patterns, in only two shades of the self color. These are fine and tasteful in appearance and may be very well worn in con- Junction with costumes made or enriched with cullhroldcry mude in two shades of the sanie color. . LACES. Exceedingiy rich and elegant are the collars, ties, aud outside cuffs in * Irish poinc ™ lace. This is considered thie lace both in this country and in Burope. 1t is called * diamond ' lace abroad, it being generally worn with velvet and diamords. Trimming Jace of this exquisite manufacture comes in all_widths, but it is con- sidered a scarce article. White Russian lace is a sort of heavy ruipure, and is aiso coming into favor. The prices range from $3 to 350 the set, that is the collarctte aud outside cufls, Point Raguse is o mew Iace recently intro- duced in this country. It is used by the nobil- ity of Enrone, and is magnificent and expeasive. One puttern, five inches in_width, is_$35 per yard. ‘Binck or white Enelish thread, point, and Duchess laces are woven into long mits, and are of exquisite deslgus, varying in prices from $10to $50 per pair. Noveltics in linen cufls and collars are shown, very lacze, and trimwmed with Smyrna lace und insertion. JEWELRY. The finest jewelry is no longer made up in single scts of dismonds, pearls, or turquoise, but in combinations of color—diamonas with turquoise and pearls, opals with rubies and dia- monds, dinmonds tith emeralds and_rubics, and sapphires with diamonds and gold. Lockets are stiil fashionable, being too betoming to be casily laid aside, but abroad their place is being taken by an orpament originully introauced by the Princess of Wales. and now a gencral favor- ite. It is a clasp attaching a band of velvet about the throat, and is 2 *rose ” of dia- monds so laid as to project somewhat above the flat gold setting. Bracelets of velvet eon suite are worn with the clasp for the throat, but the *‘roses " are smaller. This style of ornament is very becoming, as tbhe dark hue of the velvet and the brillisney of the diamonds add to the fairness of the complexion if lizht, and greatly improve a dark skin. The exquis- ite Itullan filigree silver jewelry i3 exceedingly popular. Styles executed by Genouss work- wmen are especiatly beautiful and very well adapted to light evening toilets worn by young ladies. The carving is so fine as to resemble rare lace work aud the desigus selected exhibit the exercise of the most refined taste. GEMS IN NECKLACES. As for the necklaces In silver, gilt, gold cofn, amber. and amethyst, thelr varicty and beauty are such that merely to look at without owning them fs a delight. In diamond nceklaces art secms to have exhausted itself, if that were pos- sible, but purses that diamonds would more than drain can yet purchase the fairy-wrought and wonderful silver nccklaces. In” jet orna- ments for the waist, 1 and arms, the de- signs surpass any yet scen in this city. A Jupanese neckluce of wonderfully carved amber is a2 novelty, and a costly one, and a locket of amber from a French house incloses o fly so wrought that every eve is deceived. FANS, BANGLES, ETC. Japanese and Chinese oddities are added to the deticiously-painted fans for evening and re- coption purposes. Very new is the * buttertly ? fan made of feathers, in assorted colors, with ruby, diamond, or ewerald eyes, and wings marvelously zrouped and blended in matched minute plumes. - This fan is Brazilian and very costly. Oriental bangles are decidedly the fashion for the moment, and from them cvery imaginable article in miniature may be suspended.” Ket- tles, masks, opera-zlasses, teapots, cups. gob- lets, skulls with ruby or diamond eyes, mice, Qolls, harlequins, Columbines, Cupids, clowns, and ‘pantaloons, in stripea enamel or silver, with colored stones incrustea; horses, dogs, cxgs, sclssors, keys, and shoes: all of these are worn in either silver or gold, with black enamel or red to relieve them, as, for example, the Eeyptian masks and the red goblets, apparently Tarl of liquid, A youns Tady with a large assort- ment of the 1bove mentioned articles suspended fromher wrists, and all in motion as she moves, is no unusual sizlit, even on the promenade. |, As ff to keep the bangies company all sorts of thinzs are_suspended from the waist. A novel card_case is of ivory, and has _a delicate chain, which attaches to the belt. This is Japanese, and, like all Jupanese fancy articles, a dream of beauty in execution, but so framile that the wealthiest purchaser reflects before buying. Japanese_shawls, embroidered with trees and figures, are introduced for carriage wraps,and are rich and elezant, but the groxcsrluc character of the designs makes them unsultable for the promenade. Japanese and Chinese roods are being largely introduced in this country, and ladies in pos: sion of the handsome crepe shawls of twenty years ao will soon have the pleasure of display- ing them once wore. SOCIETY TOPICS. A number of prominent weddings are soon to aceur. Find 2 man who has just seen his inamorata waltzing with another fellow, and in every case you will discover him to be an ardent admirer of Mrs. Gen. Sherman's theories. A curious fashion affected by Eastern gen- tlemen this winter, and brought from England, consists of the abscoce of eloves from evening toilets. A great deal of care is excreised in proper gloving in the morning for visiting, for the sirect, or driving wear. But thewhite hand of a gentieman is considered much more indica- tive of thorough breeding than a glove which soon soils, may be ill-fitting, and is Aable to dis- aster. Men and women of cosmopolitan travel as- sure us that in the almost infinite range of its zoods, the extent and beauty of its stock, the Tichness and elezance of its display, and in its singularly low prices, the great jewelry house of N. Matson & Co. is not celipsed by any sim- ilar estalishment in_any country. Besides re- taining its conceded pre-cmincnce in all the choicer grades of goods, this firm will hereafter have n special department of medinm-priced jewelry. These goods will have the usual Mat- son characteristic—they will be the most elezant things for the money obtainable in the West. A visit to Matson’s is an art luxury. The color of 2 young lady’s hair is regulated by the size of her father's pocket-book. " If the Tatter be plethorle, the wirl’s tresses are golden or auburn. 1f the old man’s wallct is lean, we hear the daughter spoken of as only *that red- headed gal.” You never saw a rich girl with red hair. . The grand reason why the world is so much better to-day than in tie conturies past is that howme is readered so much more attractive. Musie is the Jeading cause in this areat work of adding to home fascination. There were no Hallet, Davis & Co.’s pianos in old Rome and Atheng, and the citizens, instead_ of staying at Tiome, naturally wandered off to brutal amphi- theatre shows or to the sacking of cities. The Hallet, Davis & Co.’s pianos are known and ad- mired over all others in every enlightened land. W. W. Kimball is general Western agent for them, corner State and Adams strects. ‘The etiquette in regard to New Year's recep- tions has changed somewhat during the past quarter of a century. The itrecdom with which Iarre parties of unknown persons formerly went from house to house is now not tolerated.” Gen- tlemen rarely associate together in greater numbers than two or three, and vers many only call at _the houses of their personal friends, or upon ladies from whom they have received cards. It is estimated that the sales of Field, Leiter & Co., since the opening of their huge estab- lishment in the Exposition Building, have been Iarger than have ever been made by a retail-dry- woods house it the same space of timeauywhere inthe world. . The fact that they are now out of the locality of other retail business in Chica- o does nov affect their mammoth trade a whit. The truly dainty perfumes used by people of refiuement e nere are always found to be those of Dr. Price’s fabrication. These ethereal, grateful odors arc’ matchless in their delicate fragrance, and_are esteemed by the most dis ‘tinguished of judges to be the perfect perfumes. of the age. They are sold by Steele & Price, 110 Randolph street. Tiwo silly young couples, all between the ages of 16 and 19, were walking on the strects at \Woonsocket, R. L., the other day, when one of the party “stumped” the rest o get married, and married they were within o few minutes. ‘The parents of the children were disposed to maken fuss at first, but_ finally concluded to make the best of it. The fashion for elaborate menu cards has de- veloped astonishingly smce the rage for art has taken so strong o hold upon the popular mind, and genius itselt does not disdain to furnish de- vices for the ornamental baunerette. screens, and standards whicn ornament the dinner-table, or in a thousand fantastic forms play a pare in .the most fashionable dance of the period, tbe never-tiring German. Europe does not pretend to compete with us, cither in the style or luxury of these dainty devices. An assortment of masqnerade costumes, new and elegant, is to be found at Wadhams & Roundy’s, No. 192 Clark-st. X An Austrian sleigh, built in Vienns, and of the most novel construction, has proved quite an attraction at C. P. Kimball & Co.’s the-past few aays.” When brought into competition with the liznt, tasty Kimball cutters the marvelous improvements of the American sleigh over all others is plainly manifest. A sympathizing friend writes to Mr. Hough- ton about the Atlantic dinner as follows: . *I see the papers are very hard upon you for leav- ing out the ladies and introducing “wine at the grand Whittier banquet, but I think you are right. ‘Iremember in my younger days, at a ‘banquet given in my native “town. the case was reversed; the ladies were introduced and wine, left out, and it was universally. admitted that the ladies were vastly the more intoxicating, besides being a thousand-fold dearer.” ¢ A fashionable style for evening is to comb the front hair low over the forchead in waves. The endsof these waves are fastened back toa French twie with a cluster of flowers from under the twist at the back, which reaches to the waist.» X 5 The two grand receptions of the Chicazo season have been those of Potter Palmer and Perry H. Smith. The latter’s, held at his rezal residence New-Year’s night, was seemingly the acme of social brilliancy and success. Wil it be equaled in olosauce aain by any similar affair elsewhere this year? Most of the clezant toilets worn by our leading. society ladics ut tieir New-Year’s receptions, as weil as the largest proportion of the really superh costumes seen at Mr. Perry Smith's soiree, we find were made by Ghormley. ‘The love of woman is not the love of money, tnough if the woman who happens to be loved has u large bank account, the younr man who happens to have won her heart ought not neces- sarily to be despised. ‘Entrics for the coming exhibition of the Na- tional Poultry Association are r(-mnrk:ll)!?’ promising. The choicest breeds of England, Scotland, [reland, Canada, and the United States are to be represented, and lusty chanti- cleers from every clime, with their aitendant matrons and broods, are pledged to be present. The showing of rabbits, fancy birds, pet dogs, cte., will also be uncommonly attractive. Next Wednesday is the opening dav, and the Exp tion Building is the place. The exhibit will con- tinue through till the 18th inst. . 1t is very characteristic indeed of the enter- prise of Chicago’s most popular shoe dualers that they have recently secured the sole azcney here for Hapzood's celebrated Spauish Arched Instep shoes and slippers. She lived at Ottawa, Canada, and this is how she managed it: She thought it would be just as well to commence housekeeping right away and begin the new year with training uoa hus- baud in the way he'shonld go; but her father thought differently. So he invited all.her fricnds to the wedding at a certain church at a given tour. Ot coursc there was a biz crowd, including the angry father, who was preoared to forbid the bans with a shot-gun. Meanwhile the young lady and her adored William_went to another church and were quictly married, and as they left the sacred_editice she remarked that wlhere there was a Will there was a way. The following rules in regard to jewelrv are rigidly laid down by a certain writer on fashion: **In the wearing of jewelry,’” he says, * round- faced ludies should wear long ear-pendants, those with long faces short and beavier ones. Gold, coral, topaz, amethysts, sagphires, rubies, emeralds, and diamonds comprise suitable jew- elry for brunettes. For bionds, camcos, tor- quoises, pearls, and diamonds are most satis- fectory. - Of course diamonds are always and with all en regle. Elezant bric--brac, fn almost cndless variety and beauty, is obtainable at Mr. Waters' new Art Rooms, Gardner House. No costumes worn on New-Year’s Day were admired than those made by Mrs. Salis- Dury, No. 335 Wabash avenue (between Consress and Harrison strects), in this city. Her wonder- ful success in - fitting and artistic_handling of draperivs and trimming should be borne in mind by ladies abont to procure costumes for street or evening wear. A temperance orator recently made this state- ment: *“Iboughta supper for a man to-night who was worth $50.000 eight years ago. His wife was a Judge’s daughter. She is fn a pauper asylum for the fnsane to-day. Every dollar of the $50,000 went for rum.” Whereunon the New York Worid rroes to work and coolly calou- Iates that, inasmuch as there are 2,922 days fu cight years, and allowing 10 cents a glass for rum, the mat: must have got away with 171 drinks each day for cight years. ‘Though the holiday season is over, the de- maund for Brand’s unrivaled photozraphs, at 6 per dozen for cabinets and 23 for cards, con- tinues unabated. Such perfect work at such low prices is unexampled in the history of pho- tograph, and only an artist of Brand’s consum- mate ability and unequaled facilitics could possi- bly trlumph in such an enterprise. On some of the imported dresses for evening wear, oversKirts arc frequentiy seen composed entirely of a nevwork ob chenille, embroidered with gold or silver. —— DAY BY DAY. Thou askest what may my mission be, And what geeat work T am bound to do; Alns! T cannot unfold to thee The work of a day till that day be through. T know not at night what awaits at morn:: 1 know not at morn what the noon shall bring; Nor know, till the eve its fruit has borne, What tne twilight folds m its dusky wing. I purpose and plan, but cannot dispose; I would do glips throuzh my hands; Iam given a task that I never chose; And my strength is fettered by bars and bands. 1 purpose and plan, yet blindly go, Donbtful whither: to reach the end. 1 sturdily toil, yet well T know To tac will of events my will must bend. T would bulld me a tawer, with lordly walls, On the lofty rock that o’ertaps the lands; But, ere it is finished, my stracture falls, For the rock has crumbied to ehifting sands. Thave woven a web with the tol of vears; I have luid it by. forgecting che moth: And 1 thread my needle and sharpen niy shears; But lo! the worms have eaten the cloth. Shall T then do naught. shall T sit in sloth, Becanse has tumbled my lordly tower, ‘And becauso the worms have caten my cloth— Scorning the calls of the present hour? I, day by day, while keen desire Pauts for the work that is areat and grand. Some small, swect task by the household-fire Mutely appeals to my vrain and band, Shall T then complain? Shall T turn away, Closing my beart to the tender call, And leuve undone the work of to-day, Because it is humble, unscen, and small? Nag for, better than sonnding name, And better than riches, that rot and rust, And better than ghetening wreaths of fame, That wither, and crumole, and fail to dust, Are the blessinzs that come to me. one by oae, The peacefnl joys that enter my gate, 1f 1 do my duty from sun to sun, Be it lowly or high, be it emall or great. The sweet, glad smile in a loved one’s cye, “Che tender cadence of household-tones, Are better than crowns of the great and high; For to live on pride isgo feed on stones. LaxE Mrws, Wis, ELLEN P, ALLERTON. L —— UNFASTEN THOSE CHECK-REINS, To the Editor of The Tribune. CmicaGo. Jan. 5.—My heart aches for the great number of horses in Chicago tortured by tight check:- s. I entreat the Iadies to fnter- cede with their gentleman triends to make the said linc 60 loose that when the animal walks he will not tighten it at every step. 1 am sorry to see that, for some reason, colored men ure all, or nearly all, very cruel in this respect. 1t should cxeite the pity of any one to sce a horse tossing bis head, running out his tongue, and dropping his spfttle, because his head is puiled up 50 high that his neck aches. When you hitch your horse. please let down his check that he may bave his bead and neck frec. “ALLAN ALLERTON. — e —— Glass Vencers. Manufacturer and Buitder. A company was recently formed in New York for the purpose of manufacturing, as they term it, *glass vencers and decorations on glass,” consistine of plate rlass painted on the back, which 1s gtued to the wood or other material it covers or adorns. Specimens of their work are excetlent imitations of the various woods repre- sented—such as birch, ash, French walnut, gray maple, rosewood, mahomany, bird’s-eve maple, satin_wood, ete. For panelings, wall'and ceil- ing decorations, marguetry, imitations of the ditferent warbles, tiles, ete., the glass vencer is excellent, compiumng as it does cheapness and beauty. Mr. Budd, the ioventor, has had gz planoforte in use for the past two years, covered with glass veneer, during which period it has been removed three times without breakage or even & gératch, BOSTON. ¢ The Nabob ’;: Alphonse Dau-~ det’s Latest Work. A Remarkable Triumph of g French Art. Daudet, the French Charles Dickens, and Charles Reade. The Blot on the *Seutcheon of a French- man’s Mind. A Goddess Flung from Her Pedestal. From Our Own Correspondent. BosTox, Jan. 2.—The name of Alphonse Dau- det, the Author of “Sidonie™ and * Jack,” is rapidly becoming -of foremost importance amonest the names of the French authors of to- day in this country. For awhile Cherbuliez seemed to be the comine manj but his iater books did not carry out the promise of his ear- lier in strength and compactness, and, while the public mind was in its first disnppointment in regard to this, that Very remarkable novel. “Sidonie,” appearcd. [ mean lhere to use the word remarkable in a specific sense, and not ina. general. 1 mean to use it as applied to the art. of the book in its delincation of character, and the skill with which this delineation is wrought. out, with the development of and detail of the plot. It is like a piece of Mosaic,—every part exact and fitting into the other part with the ut~ most perfection. As a eritic once said of ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OF ENGLISI NOVELS,— Paul Ferroll,—**There is not an unoecessary sentence in it.”” 1t was not wonderful, then, that *Sidonie,” with such qualities, should make a scnsation; that it should be the book of the geason, and not only that, but 2 book which held a supremacy beyord later works of nodeniable merit. . In the same way, the last production by the same author, which is beforc me now in advance- sheets, with the odd and taking titie of *'The Nabob,” is equally remarkable, and will hold, if I am not greatly mistaken, a supremacy sur- passing that of “ Sidonic.” It will, at any rate, —it must,—surpass it In sensation, for itisa greater cffort, though it isnot so well sustained as the former novel. But it is greater in ita- conception and in its meaning. Whilo * Sido~ nie” was in the same Key, and treated of the inevitable intrigue of the marricd coquette, with the usual French novel, *“The Nabob ™ has the large and unusuat plot of the whole of human life,—of course, as seen throuch Parisian eves in the - City of Paris. But it Is seen with the cyes of genius, and, though it has the theatric posturing of the French pature, it is yet a_true and remarkaple study of human nature of any conntry in most essentials. The truest picture of any is that of the Nabob bimself. He is the grand central ob- ject, as he should be, and around bim _revolve the rest of the personages of the book, from THE LACKEY TO THE MINISTER OF STATE. Though this hero is introduced for the first time persenally in the second chapter, his at- mosphere, without any descriptive effort, per- vades the entire tirst chapter,—so that, when the actual presentation occurs, the reader fecls asif the Nabob had been waiting just outside for admission all this time. It is in his own, dining-room that we are first made acquainted* with the hero. Could anvthing bemore graphic, fore closely painted, than this? A BREAKPAST IN THE PLACE VENDOME, There were not more than twenty people that morninzin the Nabob's dining-room,—a dining- room fitted up in carved oak, that had the day be- fore come from the shop of some great uphoister- er, whoat the same time had supplied the furni- ture of the four cummunicuting salons. seen through an open door, the decorations of the ceil- ing, the objects of art. the lust even to tae silverware displayed on_the sideboards, even to the servants who walted onthe table. Itiastraly 2 home improvised immediately upon alighting from the traln. by an immensely rich parvenn in haste to enjoy himself. _Althourh there was not at the taole one sinzle woman's dress, not & scrap of bright material 1o light up the company, still its aspect was not monotonous, thanks to the incon- graity snd the oddity of the guests,—elements from Tl the grades of cocicty, ~specimens of humanity taken from all races in France, -in_Earope, 1n the whole universe, from the top to the bottom of the social Iadder. First the host—a sort of giant, tawny, sunburned, eaifron color, his head sunk between his ehoul- ders,—to whom his short nose, lost in the bloated- ness'of his face, hie frizzled hair massed like an Astracan cap over his low, stubborn forchead, his bushy eyebrows, with eyes’ like those of a ‘wild beust in ambneb, gave the look of a Kalmuck, of & frontier savage, living by war ana rapine, For- , the Jower part of the face, the thick and which were brightencd by 1 smile of i dlinces, elevated, suddenly changed and tempered by an exvression like thut of Saint Vincent de Pavl, that erim ugiiness, that physiog- nomy 50 original that it forzot to_ be vulgar. And et his low birth betrased {tself in another fash- ion, by the voice,—the voice of a Rhone boatman, hoarse and graff, whose Songhern accent wascoarse cather than harsh,—and two broad, short hands with hairy backs and square, nailless fingers, which, spread outon the whiteness of the table-cloth, spoke of their past with an annoyiog eloquence. No description of this description could con- vy this figure. We might exhaust our methods, aud present all our_comparisons, but without avail; we must inevitably quote from the origi- nal to give the true picture. And at this table gather the numan leeches, who arc drawn from their various hauv MONEY-SUCKERS, WIIO HAVE FALLEN UPON THIS MIDAS to extract his gold. His attitude toward them is what might be expeetad from the character that the above portrait portrays. The large, coarse nature, tempered and illumined by tiat spiritual eross of blood which showed itself in a smile that reealled Vincent de Paul, is ready to ept all thesc tollowers, if not precise- at their own at least ecxternal valu- ation, yet with an open-handed liberality whick enjoys so much the power of munifi~ cence that it does uot carc to cnticise too closely. And with unsparing fidelity— the fidelity which seens photographie—tbe carcer of this man of money, from his arrival in Paris laden with lits vast wealth to his tragic downfall. is marvelously painted. Otner writers, hoth English and French, have depicted THE CHARACTER OF THE RICH PARVENU, who, suddenly achieving enormous means and setting about to enjoy himself in the spending, finds himself surrounded by the vultures of society,—who, working upon his vanity, his ambitions, and his prodigal good-nature, finally destroy him. But no writer until now has suc- ceeded in painting the portrait with such re- markable effect as Daudet nas painted it in the character of the Nabob.® :There is » moment ‘when, at the outset of his Parisian carcer, at his own table (it is at the breakfast it the Place Vendome) this character {s powerfully brought out by one of the guests reading a newspaper~ article wherein the rich man is lauded for found- ing an Institution. tere is the skillful render- ing of this scene,~the close manipulation of character: “The deuce of it was that every one was forced to applaud, the master of the house not yet having had his nostrils satiated with incense, and looking | very seriously upon. nét only toe article, but the applause that it excited. i3 broad face beamed a8 the reading went on. Often. down yonder in the far-away, he had had o dream of being 8o hymned in the Parfsian newspapers, of being some- body in the midst of thia society, the irst of all, on which the entire world has its eyes fixed as if on o light-house. Now this dream had become real he fooked around at all those people eeated at his table, that sumptaous dessert, tha tapestrled @ning-room, certalnly a8 high as the charch of his villuge; he heard the dull nolse of Pars rolling and marching under his windows—with the private conviction that he was sbout to be- come a large wheel in that active and com- plicated machine. Then, in the comfort of the repast, between the lines of that trinmphant apology, by au effect of contrast, he saw his own exiatence pass before him, his ‘miserable child- hood, his adventnrons and not less dreary youth, —thedays without food, the nights without shelter. Then. nllatonce, tne Teading beinz finmshed, fn the midst of an outburst of joy, of one of those fits of Soutuern expansivencss which force men to think ‘alound, he cried, turnioz on his gacsts hia frank, thick-lipped smile: -+ Ah! my friends, my dear friends,1f yon knew how hopoy I am, how proud I feel t——* It was ecarcely slx weeks since be had landed. With the exception of one or Lwo of his Jfellow- countrymen he had barely known eince yesterany, and, from having lent them moncy, the men whom he called his friends,—o this sndden outbreak secmed rather extraordinary; bat Jansoulet, too desply moved to Kotice anything, continued: **After what I have just heard, when I sce my- self this great Paris, surrounded by all that It contains of illustrions names 2nd_distinguished 10inds, aod then I think of the naternal stail, —for 1 was born in astall. 35 father sold old nails at corner of a street in Bourg Saint Audeol. We scarcely had bread n the house for every éay and a stew for Sundays. Ask Cabassu; he kncw me at that time; he can tell i I lic. Oh, yes, I have had to do With misery.” He raised his head with atbrill of pride, inhaling the odor of truffles wherewith the close atmosphere was loaded,— “Yes, 1 have hadtodo with it, and the resl sort, and for a long time, too. & have been cold, I have been hungry; bm Nunges, Son knom. the nd That Hes ;fl dronken. that gnaws your stomach, that makes Jor hend whirl, that hinders you from secing, as f the inside of your eyes was ‘being ecooped ont with an oyster-Knife. ‘1 have passed days in bed for lack of a coat to go aat in, ucky when I had 8 bed; it was lacking sometimes. I have asked my bread from all kinds of trudes, and that bread hss cost me g0 much trouble, it was &0 black, so tough, that I still have the bitter. moldy taste of it in my mouth. And it was all like that till I was 30,— yes, my friends, 30, —and I am ot yet 50. 1 was sull o beegar, penniless, without a fature. full of anxiety for ml{ YDOP mother, who was now a wid- oW, who was dyingz of starvation over yonder in her stall, and to whom I conld give notning.™ And from this he goes on to relate how from this wretched stato he rose to his present con- dition of aftluence. He landed at Tunis with a half-Louis in his pocket, and returned with TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS. ¢ Al this is s0 admirable, so realistic, thoughtold in a burning style of repressed passion, that one is led to expect an equal power in the treat- mient of the other characters. And this expece tation is realized to o certain extent in most of the characters and their relations with each other. But, at best, they are shadows beside the great central figure of the Nabob. They are satisfactory shadows, however; they do not offend the sense of reality. But in the midst of these appears a beautiful creation,—a woman original and vivid in every outline; 4 woman of genius, who, though of erratic temper, is presented to us a8 a Foddess of purity and beauty, with the chill of the god- dess distinctly aceentuated. The picture isen- chanting. While we regard it, suddenly, for reasons of pique and enuai, and a disappoint- ment where there had been scarcely a desire, much less hope, only a half-formed impulse of attachment, this goddess flings herself from her pedestal, unthrones herself from all her state, without even the excuse of passion. 3 THERE 13 SOMETHING S0 MONSTROUS about this that it not only repels the reader, but destroys the realism of the book. The storyls not barped upon; it is not made revolting; ten lines of graceful epigram, and a plctuze of two per- £ons cantering along in the Bois de Boulogne, tell the tale- But its repellant aspect coimes .from its hidcous sugzestion of unnaturalness. It is _truc to no human naturc—not even French human_ npature. This {3 the one great flaw of the book. [t can befound fault with on varlous other grounds,—nota- bly, of being too crowded with figufes. Tt is a procession of personages,—a phantasma- goria,—and, with few exceptions, a spectacie of the most hideous weaknesses and passions, One feels on laying down the book, in spite of the attempts at relief in the Joyeuse (amily, and one or two others, that one has been look- ing down into a pit, where humanity unmasked are writhing in the toils ard flames of their own invocation.” Yet, notwithstanding this,—not- withstaading that we feel and kuow that we are lookingr a% a ope-sided picture,—at the black shield without a hint of the white,—weadmit thatit is_true and ancediul portrayal. Itis Charles Reade uncovering thc foalness of chi- caners. 1t Is Dickens strioplug the disguises {from the smooth-faced bypocrite; and, likethem, we see that it i3 done in the service of humanity, But the fault of this crowded canvas is not an artistic fanlt. It is legitimate art for an author to choose his own methods of presenta- tion. He has a riobt to subordinate all figures to onc. He has a right to crowd his canvas, and to touch here and there with a flying finger, All tnis may be entirely consistent with art. But when be throws in violent suggestions of something out of Nature,—Wwhen he attempts to create abnormalities of action,—then art, because Nature, has been violated. Aud thisis what Alphonse Daudet has done. All French fiction has for us THE BLOT OF USHEALTOY AND FPEVERISH PASSION upon it where the two sexes are brought into social relations. But this is generally ¢ to be true to the existing state of thi never profitable reading, and it does not give the peculiar reputation of the French writer,— that reputation for brilllaucy and artistic effeet. This 1s the result of his methods,—bis skill in Presentmon and portrayal, his compactness and. iterary cxecution. In this there is so much that is admirable, so much that is unapproacha- ble by other nationalities, that we have ot into a habit of pronouncing the French novela masterplece without discrimineting that in mat- ter it 1s often dctestable, even when by the purer authors. But * The Nabob ” does not offend deeply in this direction. THERT IS NO DIRT ABOUT IT. It is so evident that the higher truth is at the bottom of ail the dissection that we follow it with the admiration which mere art, when put to baser uses, cannot elicit. Yet the art of this book is beyond comparison. Its one great fiaw does not alfect the development of the principal character. And even this flaw comes, not from carclesstess, Dot from levity, but fromn the na- tional impossibility of drawing a complex char- acter temperately and simply. ‘The blot on the escutcheon of the Frenchman's mind which casts. a shadow so swiitly upon the woman has here left its mark. But, in spite of this and other defects, the book is a study worth far more than “tSidonie " and *‘Juck,” and will give the name of Alphonse Daudet a fame he had not before achieved. Let us not forget, also, that we owe not a lit- tle to that accomplished writer and translator, Lucy Hooper, who gives us Daudet’s_master- iece in such choice English. . To Estes & Eaumr, the enterprising youngz Boston pab- lishers, who first started their Cobweb Series with Daudet’s * Sidonie,” this latest of his books will set the seal upon their judgment of sclection. 18771878, ANOTHOER YEAR, Anucher year has come, 'To truat and pray; To labor for the Lord. That precions souls may turn to Him From error's way. Then, brothers, one andall, Stand firm and fast Far Jesus and 1is truth, For Ilim who gives a rich reward ‘When life is past. Cmicaco, Jun. 1, 1878. EDWARD A. BARSZS. OLD YEAR. 1 stop to think—it scems g0 etrange Another year hias pessed away; For O it ecems not long ago I hailed its first ylad rising day, Buthe must die, as all must die, And leave no mark or trace behind, Except a name—n useless thiny When Death you with his cords doth bind. Hos many hopes, how many fears, In this short space forcver gone; Fow many now are lying low On whom the New Year's day did dawn. ‘How many griefs, how many joys, Have moved the changefal human heart; While some will with the OId Year die, New griefs and joya with New Year start, L. A. Osponyz. OLD AND NEW. Alone I stood at the witching hour ‘When spirits walk the Earth; The deep-toned bell from the old charch-tower Rang in the New Year's birth. *¢ Good-bye, Old Year! ™ I cried aloud, ** Good-bye orne with a sigh; And lo! wrapped in his ghostly shroad, The Old Year passed me by. And. in the pale moows silvery light, T saw him bending low Beneath the weight of burthens great, ‘Surcharged with human wo. The vain regret, the broken vow, The sigh, the tear, were there— - The hollow moan, the bitter groan, The sad wail of 'despair. Iwiped a tear as the phantom Year Evanished ltke a dream, While borne upon the wings of morn The happy New Year came. Perer V. RaNCE. ———— A Large Stenmer, ZLondon Times, Dec. 18, ‘The largest vessel afloat, the Great Eastern excepted, is now lying in the Alfred Dock at Birkenhead. The Hooper, the property of tho Hooper Telegraph Company, of London, was built at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1573, is an iron steamer between 360 feet and 370 feet long, Is sixty feet across, and has a depth of hold of aboat forty feet. She was principally construci- ed for purposes of cable-laying, and betwcen the year in which she left the stocks and 1876 she successtully deposited cizht submarine tele- graph lines upon the sea-bottom, betiween Cuba and Santiago,"Santa Cruz and Porto Rico, Dem- erara and Para, and various other points. Built {from a model desizned to unite great spacious- ness with seazoing capacity, the Hooper is flat- bottomed, and has large iron storage cylinaers of great depth and width; while it is claimed for her that she exceeds the Great Eastern fn carrying capacity, and s able “‘to go down to the sea ” with a dead weight of carzo of some- thlngcfikc 12,000 tons. Since 1876 the Hooper has been orincipally engaged in the India trade. Her last voyaze was from New York, whence she ran to Liverpool in fifteen days with a careo of about. 7,800 tons, including 50,000 busbels of maize and 65,000 bushels of wheat, as well 88 large quantities_of cotton and flour. Oa her arrival in the Mersey it was found impossible. on account of her size, to dock the Hooper on the Liverpool side. She was therefore taken to Birkenhead, and will only entera Liverpool dock alter she has been considerably lightened oy unloading. ” T 2 : 3 IR QTR AT i Bon e