Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1881, Page 10

190 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, ‘MARCH 27, 1881—TWENTY PAGES. OUR SOCIETY. A Dull Week Among the Lovers of Amuse- ment. But Few Weddings and Little Promise of Many ‘More. The Club Seasons Drawing fo a Close —Birthday Parties, Etc. Receptions and Other Events—Gossip for the Ladies—Personal W Notes. MATRIMONTAL EVENTS. Last Tuesday evening at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Levy, No. 3123 Wabash avenue, the marriage of A. Hochbaum, of Conway, Ark., and Miss Louisa Levy, took place. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr, Adlerat5 o’clock. The bride received many handsome presents, and a great wany friends witnessed the ceremony. A very pleasant time was had by all. ‘The happy couple left Thursday even- ipe for St. Louis, where they remaina few days before leaving for their home in Con- way, Ark. Jr. Nathan C. Green, of the firm of Green & Nixon, and Miss Elizabeth A. Soule, were united in the- bonds of Loly matrimony by the” Rev. J. D. Wilson, Reator of St. John's Reformed Episcopal Church, at the residence . of ex-Ald. T. C. Clark, No. 8738 Cottage Grove avenue, Thursday evening. Both parties are well known in South Side society, and were the recipients of valuable gifts. After a sumptuous supper extended to them by the hostess, theriook the1u o’clock train for Jowa, where they will visit relatives for sev- eral weeks. “The marriaze of Miss Cecelin Wangers- heim, of Little Rock, Ark., and Mr. Friedman, of this ecity, occurred Tuesday evening at Martine’s Ada Street Hall. The young couple will reside at No. 452 Fulton strect. ; — PROSPECTIVE BLISS. The marriage of Mr. Albert A. Aaland Aliss Esther Frankenstein will take place April 3 at Baum’s Pavilion, the Rev. Dr. Norden officiating. The marriage of Miss Annie Alston, daugh- ter of Johu Alston, Esq., to Mr. John Moor- head, Jr., of Pittsburg, will be celebrated Thursday evening, April 7, at 7 o’clock, at the residence of the bride’s parents, No. 449 North La Salle street. . AMONG THE CLUBS. A very pleasant entertainment was given to the members of the Loreley Club Tuesday evening at the residence of Mr. J. H.Gutches, No. 39 West Jackson street. A fine pro- gram was provided by the Comumittee ap- pointed for that purpose, consisting of mu- sical selections ana readings, which were given with much taste. Among those tak- ing part were Miss Louise Luechtmeyer, Miss L. Abbott, Miss Agnes Hill, Miss E. Fish, Miss Sue B. Mayer, Mr. W. H. West, &nd Mr. W. S. Riggs. The Parlor Reading Club met Wednesday night at the residence of Mrs. Bush, No. 237 North La Salle street. The attcTidance was large and the exercises very entertaining. The most interesting numbers on the pro- gram wera: “Essay on Lovers,” by Miss Child; “Originsl Poem,” by Ars. Carter; recitations, by Messrs. Scully, Walker, and Miss Shockley. The music was furnished by Miss Beebe, Mrs. Bailey, and Mr. Sheri- dan.. i " The Eclectic Society held their regular bi- monthly meeting last Monday evening at the Leavitt Street Congregational Church. A very interesting program was enacted, in- cluding select reading by the young West Side elocutionist, Mrs. Libbie Lyke Cregler, vocal music by Miss Kersey, and other choice selections. 2 A very pleasant social was held by the Talisman Social Club Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr.and Mrs. B. A. Eck- hart, No. 499 West Monroe street. It was very largely attended, and proved to be one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season. About forty couples were present. The seventh recegtion of the Talisinan Club, that was to have been held at Martine’s Hall April 15, has been postponed until Thursday evepng, April 21 g ‘The reception given by the Friendly Social Club at Lakeside Hall Thursday evening was the crowning event of the season. About sixty couple participated. Dancing was kept up until the small hours to music fur- nished by Nevins’ band. ‘The . L. D. S. Club met Tuesday evening with Miss Hattie Chandler, No. 674 West Adams street, The followingz fira ram_was rendered: Piano solo x& Mr. . W, Griffin; Instrumentat duet by the Misses Idaand Minnie Van Bergan; **The Smging Lesson,” from the opera of “Little Duke,” by the Misses Grace Goodspeed, Minnie King, Helen Kingsley, Louie_Morrow, Hattie .Chandler, Minnie and Ida Van Bergan, and Ida Briggs; reading, Miss Pride; recitation, Miss Grace Goodspeed; a farce, entitled **Box and Cox,” by E. Percy King, D. A. King, and Miss Louie Morrow. After a pleasant evening the Club adjourned for two weeks to meet at. No. 2123¢ Aberdeen street. The reception and banquet given underthe auspices of the Drill Corps of Apollo Com- juandery Wednesday evening at the Palmer House was one of the most successfulas well ns one of the most brilliant social enter- tainments of the season. ‘The anniversary party of the Ellis Society occurred Friday night at Martine’s West Side Academy. ‘The *Entre Nous” Club gave a reception Friday night at the Palmer House that added greatly to the alrendy excellent reputation of that organization.” The beautiful ball- Toom was completely filled with ladies and gentlemen. 3 . 'The annual charity ball and banquet of St. Andrew’s Socicty will be held at the Tre- ont House Thursday evening, April 21, and will be a brilliant affair. ‘The first social reunion and banquet of the Stationers’ Board of Trade will be held at the Tremont House Wednesday evening, The next party of the ‘Ashland Club will occur Thursday evening, April 7, at Prof. Lournique’s West Side Academy. The Scoteh Company of the Sixth Infant- Ty held its second reception Friday evening atthe Armory, corner of Wubash avenue and Van Buren street. A dancing program of twenty numbers was carried out bya large gathering. Supper was served at the Matte- son House. The Floor Committee were: Licut. John T. Raffen, Sergt. A. M. Irving, Sergt. C. Salisbury, Lieut.” A. B. McLean, Sergt. James Duncan, and Capt. William Cannon. York Chapter, R.A. M., No, 148, gave its last reception and ball of the winter series at their hall, corner West Madison and Robey streets, Thursday evening. . SOCIAL NOTES. Mr. 8. G. Pratt’s professional rehearsal of his “Prodigal Son Symphouy” (appro- priately occuring during Lent) at Central Music-Hall next Saturday noon will be peculiarly interestingand novel. The clergy, dramatic and musical professions, and artists will be invited to attend, and these, with the aristocratic patrous of art, will comprise a socially representative audience 7 seldom seen. There will be no reserved _ seats,—the boxes being held only for the clergy and dramatic profession. The re- bearsal must begin at12 o’clock prumptly, and all"are requested to be seated at that hour. Contrary to his original intention, Zir. Pratt has placed a limited number of. tickets on sale at the music-stores and at the door of the hall for the accommodation of those nat securing iuvitations. A number of young people were pleasantly entertained Tuesday evening by Mrs. Della Harrington and the Misses Hyland. Miss Ella Hyland favored the company with a fine piano solo. Miss Fannie Ellair rendered “The Blue Alsatian’ Mountains” in a pleas- ant style. Miss Jessie Patton gave several recitations, and as usual delighted her listen- ers, Mr. Fred Abbott performed some fine selections on the guitar. And last, but not least enjoyable, was Mr. Louis Blakely’s “Tar’s Farewell.” Among those present were the Mrs. Faunie Ellair of Aurora, Mar- tha and Jessie Patton, Lizzie Carter® Ella and Bertie Coman, Jessie Becket, Maude Price, Messrs. C. Hammond, G. W. Ilall, G. Corser, W. S. Harvey, Ed and Scott-Carter, Frank Apderson, Louis Blakely, and Fred Abbott. Thursday evening Master Freddie Watt was surprised by a party of friends at the residence of his pavents, No. 55 Union Park place, it being his 18th birtbday. Dancing and games werg ‘the order_of the cvm\_ln{;. Among those present were Myra and Kittie Goodwin, Luey Oliver, Birdie Andrews, Ada w:m,i Ella Mills, .Norma and_Donnie Long, Faunie and Lulu Rogers, Maggio Wyse, Bonnie Sheily, Carrie Davis, May Courtney, Flora McCorinick, Annie and Nettie Watt, Ida and May Hellman. Willie Gray, Joe Schoenthaler, Julius Wymau, Archie Watt, Willie Andrews, Johnnie- Oliver, Willie Condaly, Henry and Bert Wiyse, Charlie Ranstead, George Hellman, Johnnie Watt, Eddie Davis, Iiobbie Schoenthaler, Louio and Lenuie Fisk, and Willie Watt, The friends of Robert Lindblom tendered him a banquet at ** Sunny Side” previous to his departure for Europe. Song and music added a charm to ‘the pleasures of the ocea- sion. & Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCagg, of Englewood, entertained o number of friends very pleas- antly Wednesday evening at their residence on La Salle street. Miss Fannle Moorhouse, of Michigan ave- nue, entertained a comguny of young people Friday afternoon, it being the occasion of the fifth anniversary of her birthday, An entertainment wus irm:n Thursday m'culnf at the Oakland ouse by Mr. and M saac_Groves, the occasion being the th birthday of their son. The evening passed pleasantly, the entertainment being varied with -fine vocal and instrumen music by Miss May Thaxter, recitations by Aaster Troy Kinney, Isaac Groves, and Miss Genevieve Crawford. There were present about forty persons, and _through the kind- ness of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis the dining- rooms were cleared and dancmglz occupled the remainder of the evening. . Refreshments were served at 10 o'clock, after which a vote of thanks were tendered to Miss May Thaxter, JMr. and Mrs. Groves, and Mr. and Mrs, Den- nis. The party brokeup at 11o’clock, all expressing themselves delighted with -the entertainment. & The third and last of a scries of parlor re- citals given by Mrs. G. Osborne Leétchworth, late of New York, was held at No. 1911 Wa- bash avenue, March 22 The parlors were filled with an audience of refinement and culture. Mrs. Lerchworth’s manuer soon won the applause of her audience. Thelady has been aceredited by the Eastern press with talents that rank her with the leading elocu- tionists. Mrs. Letchworth intends making Chicago her home. - Tuesday evening from 4 to 7 o’clock Prof. Martine’s South Side Academy was the scene of a beautiful juvenile “German,”—in fact the children had full sway, and it was distingt- ively a children’s day. About 200 little fofks and as many grown persons were present. Thursday evening last Mr. and Alrs. Bours nique gave their annual “German.’ The affair was a complete success. About forty couples participated. The toilets of the Ia- dies were, as usual on_these occasions, ele- gantand recherché. Supper was served at 11 o’clock, and was done ample justice to by those present. g Thursday evening the residence of Gen. John Corson Smith, No. 250 West Van Buren sireet, was the scene of a very delightful en- tertainment, the occasion being the celebra- tion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of the General and his wite. Mrs. Charles W. Parker, of No. 97 Centre avenue, gave a very_elegant lunch-party Thursday in honor of Miss Florence Hamil- ton, of Louisville, , Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Worth wera the recipients of p very happily-conducted surprise party. fie party ineluded Mr. and Alrs. Worth, Mr.-and Mrs. Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Chance, Mr. and Mrs, H. S. Tobey, AMr. and Mrs. G.B. Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. Almer Wells, Mr. and Mrs, C. C. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Swmith, Mr. and Mrs, W, F. Harvélle, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Taylor, Mrs. Cavenor, Alrs. Perry, Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Mackey, Mfiss oore, Miss Cornell, Miss May Arnold, Messrs, Schnake, Rubridge, Shany, Lines, Bennett R. Smith, Jackson, Hale, Morrell, Ingham A. Phillips. = Miss Maude Major gave a very delightful party Tuesday evening at her residence, No. 2043 Vernon avenue. on the occasion of her twelfth birthday. There were some thirty- five of her little friends present, all of whom enjoyed themselves highly in games, ete., and did ample justice to_an elegant - repast. The little hostess was the recipient of many handsome birthday gifts. 3 Among the society events occurring last week was the party given by Trumpeter Richard Vorpahl, of Company A, First Cav- alry, the same being the twenty-first anni- versary of hisbirthday. Amoug those pres- ent were Serats. F. E. Locke, R. Jones, Cor- oral Pearl Wentworth, Trumpeter Archie Watt, and AMessrs. H. G. Adulr,' G. H. C;\pfi. J. A Huil, J. S.and D. W. Wilson, 4. H. Henshaw, F. 8. Shambeck, E. E, Smitn and wife, Misses Lizzie C. Capps, Mattie Cum- mings, L. F. Standfast, of Chicago; and J. T, Langlois and wife, T. H. Allen and wite, ML Jones and wite, J. M. Roberts and wife, and Misses Celia and Nettie Vorpahl, of La range. ' One of the most enjoyable events of the week was the social entertainment of the Whittier Club_ Friday eveniyg at _the resi- dence of the Misses Strotz, No. 633 North La Salle street. Prof. Walter C. Lyman gave several of his incomparable readings. Miss Jessie Warner, one of the Professor’s pupils, also assisted the evening’s entertainment with two or three very fine selections. After the serving of refreshments, games and dan- cing were indulged in until the party broke up. Queen Esther Chapter, No. 41, O. E. S., will give a calico party Wednesday evening, March 30, at the Grand Ariny Hall, 167 Wash- ington street. Music by Prof. Carr. Alr, E. J. Wilson, weil known in the West Side musical circles, will give a concert at the Western Avénue Baptist Church next Thursday evening. He will be sassisted by the following ladies and gentlemen: Mrs, T. D. Colley, Mrs. Walter l{odge, Mrs. 1. M. Drown, the Misses Luella Le Pitre, Aggie Hill, Jennie Johnson, Mrs. Frink, and the Messrs, Homer F. Stone, W. H. West, Walter %al‘lze, H. C. Murch, Frank Pierce, Arthur o 00. - s PERSONAL. : Robert Lindblow, of the Board of Trade, leaves the coming week with his family fo¥ New York, whence he sails on the steamer Scythia for England and the Continent, to remain a year. Miss Robbins, of Allegheny City, Pa., is visiting her sister, Mrs. George F. Morgan, at No. 4225 Langley avenue, yde Park. Mrs. H. O. Stone left Wednesday for the East. She will spend two weeks in New Haven, where her son is attending college. Capt. Thomas Parker, of Oconomowoc, passed through Chicago Wednesday en route to Pittsburg. MMiss Bates, of Kalamazoo, is visiting Mrs. Louis Webster, of Dearborn avenue. Miss Lydia F. Hinman, of Elba, Wis,, is in town for a few weeks visiting friends on the North Side. Mr. and Mrs. Will Armour left Thursday for Luroym called thither by the serious ill- ness of Mr. Georze Armour, who has been abroad for sone months. c:‘l]\llers.“ ;ldt]:VhE;ker ).\:ru15 s:;i{fid rrzx)x" Eurufe, hither by repo: of Alrs. Edwin Buo(nh. U R e, Mr. and Mrs. C. 1L Strong, née Churchill, whose marriage was solemnized at Burling- ton, In., last week, will be *at home?” to their friends Thursday, April 21.and 23, at No. 533 West Monroe street. o Miss Mollie Mitchell, of Cnlumet avenue, Is yisitmz in Washineton, D. C. i AMiss Fanny B. Miller, of Fremont, 0., is the guestof Miss Mary T. Otis, of ,No. 1730 Prfi[ 6 fienge.G Miss Lou J. Graveraet will ¥ mer with _her cousin, Mrs. Hselfr‘;'dl?eksl‘;g— well, at Waukesha, Wis. Alr. E. St. John, General Passenger Agent %admenn%m;ng? l{o‘c]}l: Island & Pacific Rail- 3 am] W] E;:I\_nswfi. Rfl}' spena the summer at iss Mary Rouse wil in%l’eo{{h Mfifmuy i: will return to her home Che Rev. R, A. Holland, Rector i Episcopal Church, returned from ?lfls'ls‘{)llrl‘t‘g em trip last week, and will occupy bis pulpit this morning. m‘E’ c%.y l(r)‘;gxu‘n. ?(f St. Elnu], Minn,, was in wee A’Fl‘ A-g'l’;"' _H . on his way home from ‘The Misses Hattie and Flora G i vouny ladies of Buffalo, starkedre}(l)?rilg‘l;lg riduy, after a4 most_enjovable visit with their sister, Mrs. L. W. Fleishem, of thjs E\:?;ne'xr‘h:n j'%gr:g l:gxes are f;‘ilvaclous n ve made ring their stay here. ety fiEnds du Alr. and Mrs. J. G. Aldridge née Kent re- turned yesterday after a month’s absence South. ! SPRING MODES. New York Tribune. The early importations of bonnets show thrée distinet styles. Small, exceedingly dressy bonnets, the medium-sized poke for summer, and a small cornet front rather pointed in the centre. ' Some Normandy crowus add to thelvariety, andjthere are bon-, nets of Surah silk and foulard delicately shirred. Later there will be seen some pict- uresque large hats of the{Gainsborough style. Straw lace predominates, in rich, golden straw colors, ecru and palest cream tints, The bonnets are simply the beds from which the floers spring in the utmostextravagance of luxuriance. Never has the marvelous handicraft of French artisans been more plainly visible than in these exquisite gar- lands true to nature. Long cluster gaglands of superb roses swaylng from slender stems are shaded from the intenseJacqueminot red gradually into paler shades and sizes, until, descending from tke top of the bonnet, ap- proachiny the strings, the roses graduateinto the opening bud, thence into the green bud just disclosing the deligate growth into ma- turity, finally into the tiny Dblossom that holds the germ of palest green, and ending in clusters of . leaves, which fall over the strings. Another garland is composed altogether of gray-ash berries pendant in thickest clusters from long brown_ siender stems agalnst a back- ground, which is tq lie flat on the bonnet, of eeru, Liny feather spruys, and a glint of steel. These charming garlands are produced also in the wallflower of brown orange blooms, falling into feathered grass and oaten bells; almonds blushing with roseate bloom; Par- ma violets, half hidden in their green leaves and shading from intense purple into palest lilac; the velyet-robed yellow and russetpoly- anthus; nodding lilies “and tufted spirea; red impish columbines, peeping saucily from thick foliage and dropping in atangled mass; a burning, bed. of vivid-hued geranium: graduating into the tiniest buds: starry-eyes white marguerites; doubled crumpled- leafed popples and sflkqu hollyhocks of pale pink, fading into white -as the garland lengthens into soft, green, wooll{ buds; pracetul eclusters of sweetbriar, hiding in dusky leaves and falling to the waist in my- riads of tiny pink buds; brown woody twigs, gorse, and Deather mingle with the long trails of the arbutus, There are, besides, cluster- ing apple-blossoms, orange-blossoms in wax- en purity; chaplets of leaves, tinted like the aurora, streaked with delicate pink and fringed_with faint blue; and anemones, whose deep scarlet is softened by the cool neutral ting of hellotrope sprays; the mtulti- tude of roses of every varicty predominate— pink crushed roses dropping, apart from over-ripeness; superb damask roses; large white roses with snowy potines like moon- light; . the_beautiful Gloire de Dijon; the x\filresclml Neil; in such perfection that they seem as if they bore their fruitage *“born to bloom and drop.” Other garlands of shaded foliage fall into petals of satinand spun lass. These are mostly, excepting. the arger flowers, made in the shapg of the Al- sucian bow, a faceted gold clasp, steel and gold buckle, or gold plague with the head of o sphynx forming the centre. Another fashion of trimming a tiny bonnet is amoniure of crumpled scarlet popyies, showing four shades, made in a bow and tie up with striped grass. Large shaded pom- pons are made of feathers or of feathers and tlowers mixed together. Among the trim- mings are delicate gauzes, which bave plush- effects produced by silken threads looped in rows on the surface. These plush stripes are seen also in the ribbons and silks for trim- n*in . 'The ribbons are all shaded in exquisit b3 dark colors; the satin Merveilleux In baya- dere stripes is one of the most fashionable trimmings. ¢ * J For the decorations, spiders are in the as- cendant, from the painfully natural huge tarantula, in fold . with " mother-of-pearl back, and hairy legs; the large oxidized sil- ver field spider, with many legs. to the house | and garden spider, with dark pearl back and silver legs, of verity enough to cause a shud- der. Lobsters abound, of gold and green mother-ofxpearl; huge beetles, dragon-tlies, crabs, flieS, hornets, all apparently hasten- inz on many legs and with outspread wings, are magnificent {n gold, silver, enamel, ‘and pearl. Pins, disks, rods, have Egyptian dec- oration. - There ure besides large filigree gold serpents. colled, with red eyes; beautl- ful little tinted shells, half open, diselosing a. pearl; great solemn oxidized silver owls; enormous turtles with iridescent pearl backs; exquisit bright butterflies and bows of silver and steel net. Steel promisesto be an im- portant feature in trimmings of all sorts. Some of the pretty little black straw bon- nets have edvmtso Yellow lace straw all around. A blackchipIs lined with new gold straw gimp, and_the back has o plaited cape of straw. A Malines braid capote has a straw gimp crown that plaited Malines cape. Wide ribbons are used on large bounets; the small capotes and fanchons only have wide strings. Beautiful . outre satin folds are placed across the crown, finished with a deli- cate lace edge. Steel fmvmg been revived for trimming purposes in laces embroidered with beads and tinsel, there is an anticipated revival of the silver-gzray tints such as have been worn in old-fashioned pm}gees of that delicate color. The newest wide-brimmed hats have flexible brims, that droop becom- anli; over the face. 'rhe_l)mnds are shown in the bright pretty Neapolitan, Tuscan, Milan, Cobourg; the mixed rough braidsof dark red, black, and olive; gray, brown, and blue; old gold, -cardinal, and brown. S¥me of the new tribbons forsake the shaded tints, and- [: ut on the new domino or checkerboard }?cks of red and black, russet, gold, and olive. Feathers are not by any means abandoned. There are large round hats of exceedingly picturesque beauty, enveloped in gracefully |- nodding plumes, that droop over from the crown to the brim. These feather tips are mostly shaded to correspond with the rib- bons and tlowers. The Ariadneisa style of polonaise very fraceiul in the arrangewent of the drapery. t is tight-fitting, and the back pieces fall in two overlapping points behind. "The frout. and sides are cut off the depth of a cuirass basque; the front of the basque is completed by a wired Mediei collar, and the frontof the skirt has a plaited scarf drapery. -The Rosamond is a very graceful basque, tight- fitting, having a large sailor collar which ter- minates in long ends in rront crossing insur- plice stylg; the back has extensions on the lower part laid in plaits to add more full- ness. A superb toilet may be made for the new Alexandra for a re- ception, dinner, or visiting occasion. It is a ° closely-fitting shape, with a postillion basque at the back. The lower part of the front is trimmed with fine shir- rings and four rows of narrow plaitings: two plaited scarfs are draged across the front, giving a pointed effect "to the corsage, and, erossing from left to right, are fastened in a point under a roset bow. ‘The draperies are fémuufull carried in horizontal plaits to- ward the back, where they are half concealed by a very bouffont drapery, arranged full over a deli-train_edged with narrow pleat- inzs. The Marquise sleeves are trimmed be- |- low the elbow with lace, whien is also placed in a jabot around the heart-shaped corsage. This charming dress can be made of one ma- terial or in a combination. The Pilgrimnage costume is another exceedingly graceful po- lonaise for the strcet. ‘The short skirt escapes the ground all around, and the polonaise is arranged in_ a -Wat- teau plait behind, and cut in front the depth of a deep cuirass basque witha plaited sash drapery added to the bottom to give the required length. A small shoulder cape is laced half way up the back with a cordelier; similar cordeliers fasten the throatand fall negligently around the waist. The skirt is trimmed with quilles of contrasting materi- als and plaitings niternnted. The cape is lined with a contrasting color, The costume Evadne, for a young girl, is very pretty and coquetish. The waist is cut heart-shaped both at the back and front, and trimmed in a point to the waist of the polonaise, which is caught up in frontso as to form full plaits falling in curtain drapery fashion below the hips to be again caught up in three clusters, thence falling in loose folds_to the bottom of the skirt, which is laid in frontin a succes- sion of plaits and edged with a flounce and Jjabot., A handsome paletot-visite takes on the pelisse shape, cut with loose fronts and slightly curved back; the large loose sleeves have broad cuffs trhmned with cordeliers, A graceful Capuchin hood ornaments, the lfiack. and the front isclosed with. bronae- OUIES. e . . ‘The new feature of the parasols consist of the quaint shape which may be called oc- tagon in appearance, although the sides or gores are unequal in size, and the ribs are white. Sowe of these are covered with rich black brocaded satin, trimmed with black Spanish real lace flounce, and lined with crimson silk. An glegaut crimson satin par- asol of the usual®shape is covered witha succession of - cream-colored Spanish lace ruffles and corresponding lace flounce; the lining is whitae silk, and a red silk ¢ordelier ornaments the handle. A black satin para- sol is similarly trimmed with black Spanish lace, and s lined with red. A plain cream- colored satin is lined with delicate biue, and trimmed with an ecru flounee of Spanish lace. Some of the new styles of black or red satin have a brilliant Roman border, the usual: lace flounce and linings of peach blossom, old gold or white siik; others are embroldered in an elaborate garland of flowers, with garnet and jet or amber and jet ‘c:uls. Some black satin parasols have fine French beaded lace ‘flouncing, and rings at- tachegd with gold satin balls. Others have brocatied borders of gold and erimson. The fablics are also of heavy brocade satin, glit- tering with threads of gold or of silver. ‘The styles are ‘very elaborate, and made of the costliest materials.” ‘Thelinings are of sunset colors,—delicate cream, new and old gold, all -shades<of crimson, bright olive tints, opaleseent ghades, pearl pale Dblue, water grcen, and other becowing colors both for londe and brunet, - Large-sized parasols for coaching and seaside are covered with plain plum, purple, and “bottle green. satin-lined with gold ‘color or peach blossom and the last shade of straw called gas-jet. The damier designs of red and black checker- board silk are extensively used for linings. These checks are seen also'in three contrast- ing colors. Extremely pretty seasjde parasols are covered with momie ¢loth having floral strips ‘around them; othersare of Madras ingham. - Some of the latest importations have a creani-colored, fine cambric ground covered with delicate brown branches and folinge and flyinr birds; one gore is plain and decorated with a .brown opalette, the usual dabs of paint, and a little water scene, or pond, ém lx’vhlltéh llhesfl&nh ggrllna \\'u;e)r grasses, sedgy bank, a gay. kingtisher with a fish in its bill. Tlfi? is reproduced in other dainty scenes on a similar paletie on other parasols. The handles of the least ex- Fensxveynmsols are made_of such strange izht woods as Fragola, Pyrencese, thistle, Tam o’ Shanter as| I h, African bamboo, paln- fibre, and ebony. “I'hey have gold and silver heads in imitation of amboo, carved horn, oxidyzed silver pug heads, eagles, and imita- tion of gold-hamwered work 1 ebony, and s}nlepherd's crooks tipped with gold and silver, SOCIETY TOPICS. Itis sald that the Parisians have intro duced square umbrellas, but they’re just as bad as the other kind,—never there when it rams. ‘The Henis broiler, the best in the world, Saratogavotato-cookers, Jewel carpet-sweep- ers, and full assortment of house-furnishing goods, ranges, and stoves, at Seavey & Co.’s, 49 State street. A young American in Paris writes home to his father: ** All the theatres and many of the churches are now open every Sunday in this city.” E An “esthetic feast awaits the ladies. Mr. W. H. Hagedon has just returned from New York, and displays "in tempne array the newest French - styles in millinery. The choicest flowerd, silks, laces, ete., are among the attractions. 42 and 44 Madison street. Painted parasols arestill among the dainty nccessories of elegant wardrobes; but. being 10 longerin the lists of novelties, the demand will scarcely ba as great for them as it was last summer. All the spring styles in dress and mantle patterns_can be seen at Wyant’s pattern- tooms. Patterns cut to measure and guar- anteed to fit by'S. T. Taylor’s systen. 158 State street, A ladies’ luncheon may be said to be the resent luxurious daughter of the old-fash- oned quilting-party. Order wedding invitations from the society stationers, Dunwell & Ford, 50 Madison street, and get the latest. % ‘We are told *“the evening wore on,” but we are not told what the evening wore on t({mt gccnsion. Was it the close of a spring ay Ladies, remember that to-morrow occurs the inaugural opening of the new store of Morgenthau DBuos. & Co. See their adver- tisement on the first page of this paper. A young man whife attempting to fix amis- Elacell switch on .a young lady’s head in a allroom, stepped on herdress and * wrecked the train.” She told bim to ** conductor to a seat, and be more careful in future.” Put your house in order for Easter-day, making your furniture purchases of Wirts & Scholle, 222 wabash avenue. 1t is inferred that there will be a con- tinuance of the, revival of picturesque old styles in dress, ag the Princess of Wales 1s having several tollettes constructed after the pictures in the Louvre of the Henrl Quatre verlod. 5 The assortment of Easter cards at Smith’s, 123 Dearborh street, excels any that we have seen in beauty, variety, and profusion. A good-natured traveler fell asleep in a train, and was carried far beyond hisdestina- tion. * Pretty good joke this is, isn’t it ?” said he to a fellow-passenger. “Yes; but a little far-fetched,” was the rejoinder. B. Palmer Mackey, Palmer House Tailor- ing Store, is exhibiting a line of foreign and domestic fabries not excelled in style or varlety by any tailoring establishment.” Pop- ular prices. s ‘The wraps that have come out are mostly of the mantle order, and because of their cape-like tendency and shortness of length, sowe of them may be regarded as mantelets. The early spring styles in hats and bounets from Paris, London, and New York are now displayed at 147 Staie street, since Mr. Jules Ballenberg’s return the past week. Mrs, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is known in Boston as a worker of wonderful embrold- ery. She has just sold a bit of her own de- sign for §500. The *Bernhardt” wave, like the great tragedienne from whom it is named, is a model of gracefulness, Designed and sold at Burnham'’s Central Music-Hall Hair Store. There are numberless exquisit things in Easter designs now on sale in_the city book- stores. These pretty tritles will be nearly as fashionable as Christmas cards a few wonths ago. ‘The Iadies’ boots made by Keller are un- equaled inelegance of form and beauty of finish. . Orders forspring work should beleft early. Monroestreet, Palmer House. One ot the handsoraest mantles, in a large lot imported from Paris, i3’ alinost as deep as the figure, with o semi»deep cape, and shows a combination of black satin brocade of blos- som design. Latest novelties in cut steel, let, and amber shell combs just recetved at Fetherly’s, 189 \V-.\bn.gx‘ avenue. Cap nets, largest size, only cen A lad who had borrowed 2 dictionary to read returned it after he got through with the remark that* it was werry nice reading, but it someho changed the subject werry often.” Itwas hissister who thought the first ice-creamn she tasted was ‘“a leetle touched with frost.” Y High standard in workmanship, artistically cut garments, the ‘‘motto” of Devore & Sons; 66, 68, and 70 Adams street, the largest strictly tirst-class tailoring house in Chicago. Spanish lace is_to be almost piled upon grenadine dresses this summer. Panels half a yard wide, covered with cascades of lace, tlounces with double borders ofit, and doublo frills at the throat and sleeves are only the beginning. = . . - Lace braids and patterns at wholesale and retail. _Mrs, Trowbridge, Central Musie- Hall. Mrs. Kiss Fieroe s also there. Nup’s vailing and other semi-diaphanous fabrics have come out in Bayadére stripes of bourette designs and Algerian colors; cam- el’s-hair cloths of stout body have appeared in lengthwise parti-colored stripes, The ** Mother Hubbard” cloak and new shirred dolman patterns at Ame. Morse’s, 125 State street. The umbrelia in the English, or the sun- shade, becomes the parapliule in the French; and by converse, .the parasol in the English becomes the ombrelle, the turnsole, or sun- shade, in the French: i b . Beads of every variety. Cut steel beads at 25 cents per bunch at Ernest Mix, 125 State. In the Capital of Burmah "gold. or gilded umbrellas, which in the provinces may be carried by anybody, are reserved for Princes of tha blood alone. Superior hair goods at low prices at Mrs. S. L.’Stevens’, 158 State street. o - Wreaths of flowers in three shades. with a knot of flowers at one sideare the garnitures which the French milliners have sent; over for the sumwmer bonnets. i For latest styles please visit Mme. Maer’s Pattern Emporium, 68 East Madison street, Room 12 ¢ At H. B, Bryant’s Chicago Business College anumber of bookkeepers, stenographers, ad typewriters are ready for employment. . Another great annoyance at Washington, says'a lady correspondent, is the imperti- nence of invited guests bringing with them people who are not_invited often to lunch, when no provision has been made for extra conipany. - ] Mrs. L. L. Rapp, 170 State, has been in New York some weeks. Will return Wednesday. Wheu Elizabeth, the Austrian Empress, is' not hunting she practices in the gymnasium or goes to the stables. She is always school- ing her horses. The Garden City Grain Exchange has opened a branch for ladies exclusively, at 71 und 73 Randolph street, Rooms 3 and 4, “The mantean de convenance isof the light camel’s hair cloaking which has come out in mixed (glrays and écru, and 2 great variety of checked and plaited patterns. Miss Sara Reidy’s ladies’ hairdressing par- lors are at No. 31 Monroe streat. Mrs, Hayes is said to have been grentl{ im- roved in personal appearance, aud to have mbibed more liberal ideas _of dress by her four years’ residence in the White House. The Fig has been known for ages as a 2‘1."‘"3“‘ laxative, . Ask your druggistfor the icus Carica, or condensed Figs. Washington ladles complain that they have really too much visiting to do, and a Social Congress is proposed to find a remedy. Isaac W. Bangs & Co., sole agents for the Richmond Ranges, inform their patrons that tney are now located at 47 State street. Nothing gives such perfect satisfaction as & ““New llome ” sewing machine. The President and Mrs. Garfield are al- ready entertaining 2 greal deal in a quiet wayj they rarely sit down to table without some informally invited guest. Artistic in design yet plebeian in cost—the frames made by Lovejoy, 88 State. We’ve answered who Heinig, the tailor, is —he makes * daisy *’ suits at 209 Dearbor. The Advance said the other day that there were mauy women writing wretched trash for the newspapers who could earn a good income by sending pies and home-made pickles into the market, whereupon some- ody rejoins’in the Woman’s Journal that a woman who could write wretched trash and not know it *isn’t up to pies and pickles,” : = APPRENTICES. Effect of Trades-Unlion Rules on the Appreuticeship Question. “Io the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. . CHICAGO, March 28.—Your suggestions in Jast Saturday’s and Sunday's TRIBUNE on trades- unfons, I think, are most timely. This is tho most vicious form of protection ever songht by any set of class monopolists. It might not in- aptly be styled * protection gone mad,” forthe man must certainly be deranged who could ad- vocate such a system of protecting forvign la- bor agalost home talent and home industry. Have we, indeed, come to this? It has beensald that “it is the genius of America when it sees o great wrong to rectify it.” This is the next greatevil calling most urgently for a remedy. On every consideration of the quesuon itisap- ‘parent that the preseat practice ought to be ro- formed. First, on the sound economio principle that there should be no antagonism between capital and labor, but rather the most perfect accord. These questions should be left to reg- ulate themselves according to the unlversal law of supply and demand. The employer should be as free to purchase labor In the cheap- est market as the laborer to sell in the dearest. The man who is not willing' to work for a cer- tain wage bas u perfect, right to say so; but he has no right to interfere with and restrict the liberty of another man whose family muy be suffering, and suy that he shall not. 1tisun- mecessary. A workman’s sense of bonor affords all the protection that is noeded. No mechuanic with uny pride about him will undermine another,” though, be endure actual suffering. This reform woutd give us a better class of me- chaaics in brain, hand, and heart. The educa- tion that young men receivein this country, added to the influences of home, and the energy, perseverance, and self-reliance engendered by free institutions like ours, lift them above their foreign competitors in intellizence. All these intluénces, combined with the dexterity and celerity which are_ the peculiar characteristics of this age and Nadon, buve rendered them absolutely better and quicker manual laborers. 1f proof of this were needed I would refer tothe fact that, whereas fifty yards of lathing used to be considered a good day’s work, Amerlcan skill bas made 150 quite 23 common. And it isa known fact that foreign mechanics cannot com- pare with the few Americans wu have, for *spaed " especlally. There needs no ureument to prove that the more intelligent tho man the moro skillful the mechanic. This bas long ago been couceded. The dull plodder who accomplishes everything by main strength and stupidness is heavily han- dicapped In the race with the reasoning, think- ing, studlous mechanic. Beside, we have & very lurge vagabond cluss in this country who are never seen with a decent coat ou or a cent of money_twenty-four hours after they got their pay. They will never be guilty of puying,_thelr board, If they could * beat” the landlady. Thoy would: not even eat if thagscould live without. Some of them do try to subsist largely .on drink. They either bavenofamily or have deserted them. They are loud-mouthed clam- orers for short hours and big wages. They are | the reserve corps of the groat army of tramps, and are the veriest * soldiers ™ in the Republic. They are always ready for a “strike,” for they haye nothing to lose. ” After drawing big pay on .Saturday night they will not scora on Sunday to beg from the very class thoy ostracised a nickel to buf a night’s lodging. Nor will' they scruple to tell you bow they got drunk and dissiputed their money, for they slander the whole class of mechanics with the presumption that they all do the same. They are a nomadic tribe. They bave no abiding place, and console themselves with tho thought of three months’ board during the winter in the Bridewell. This s no fancy sketch, but drawn from life, and can be verifled by any one who will take the trouble to walk up Clurk street any Sabbath evening in the summer senson. ' Under the reform suggested by THE TRIBUNE, this cluss must, in the very nature of things, largely give plnce to sober, active, intelligent, and thritty young meu, who, thus _assured some visible means of support (315 to $2) per week), will marry early, buy homesteads, and become taxpayers and consumers of groceries, dry goods, furniture, etc., thus giving to those * airy nothings” (who float about by the fifties and hundreds in answer to every advertisement for an office boy at & per week) “alocal habitation and o name " of which the country will be proud. The ‘‘vagabond tribe” will be super- seded by a resident population with an {anterest in the community. And the concomitant re- sults will be the multiplication of bappy homes, the weaning of the Hlower ot our American youth from vice, and the developmeat of the * Dick Swivellers™ of our country into sturdy, honest, and indepcndent wmechanics. Let us open all the trades to American youth and en- courage the immigration principally of ngri- cultural laborers, the supply of whown cannot exceed the demand for s gocd many years to come. 3 Another feature of somo «f the protective unions, notably the ** Plasteress’ Unjon ™ s, that if a nexro mechanic comes to ““tree’” Chicago, with its bonsted love of fair play, in the midst of a Presidential campaign, while politicluns are ringing the changes about “liberty,” and “equallity,” and * eternal vigilance,” etc., ad in- finitum, be {s invarinbly met with the response “You can’'t work here unless you belong to the *clety.” Can that be called u free country where tho ‘masters are_the slaves of thoir men? The promptings of his gencrous heart are worth nothing to you. He may be the blackest kind of a Republican: he dare not give you a job. Bls men would * all strike.” Can it be possible that 860 “free and enlightened Americans” need thls(l)romcnun aguinst one or two negroes? He is led to believe he can_join, and encouraged to apply, and, no matter how intelligent, skillful, and geatlemanly,—no matter who vouches for him, be s contumaciously rejected by the be- sotted Idfots who have neither the decency nor diplomacy to disgulse the fuact that {tison ac- count of color. ** It won't do to mix the races.” No decent man would want to mix with them any longer than was absolutely necessary to ‘pay his §3 for the privilege of being ** let ulone,” to be free to work for any man who chose to employ him. By theiraction tbey compel nim to losc one-halt’of his time or more, and, unless he hus tho good fortune to get jntoa “scab shop,” or the ability to follow Mr. Webster's ad- vice nnd apply **up-stairs,” he must perforce gravitate to o hotel table. ~ Still, this s the very class who reproach him forso doing, who say the negro s lazy, idle, and worthlesss yet they are not_willing t0’ give him o *white man's chance,” whicli every man in this country ought to buve, My last pofat is this: The union falls 10 nccomplish the object for which it claims to exist,—that of reguinting wages. Last fall, whilo some men were commanding §.50 per die, other were working at varying fizures, frop that dowu to;§2. So that tho only real pur- posc it serves i3 to discournge the negroes who served the long apprenticeshio of 250 years, and the youth who by birth are entitled to the best that the country can;afford. Even the hod-car- riers have unions throughout the country. Where will this end if allowed togo on? CHANIC. Why American Boys Do Not Learn Trades—Manual Lubor Not ¢ Respect- ablé. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. 5 CHICAGO, March 26.—I read with pleasure in your ssues of March 19 and 20 the editorials on “The Inability of American Boys to Learn & Trade.” The first of these editorials, the writer suys, was ipspired by a **cartoon which appeared in the current number ot Harper’'s TWeekly."” But there is a scene in that cartoon that was not referred to in your editorials. On one side are three boys applying to & - carpenter working at his bench for a chance to learn the trade, and ho says the * Unlon will not atlowit.”” On the other side are those three boys, grown 1o men, toafing in o saloon. On the same side, away In the background, isa lawyer's office, in the win- dow of which hangs a card ** Wanted,a boy; 2 aweek,” in front of which is alarge crowd or boya avparently waiting for the office to open. In your editorial you come to the conclusion thut the renson why our boysdo not learn trades Is because of the tyrannical position taken by trades-unions, and while this may be trueto some extent in some special cases, yet I think it can be-accounted for in another way. That there i8 something radically wrong in this ques- tion of apprentices, I fully betieve. But placlng the blame where it does not wholly or mainly belong will not abate the evil. ‘Under our State laws an apprentice can only be pound until he is 16 years old, and his em- ployer has to teach him, or cause him tobe taught, reading, writing, and aritbmetic. At the expiration of his 16th year he has togive him two suits of clothes and $20 in money. Un- der this law a boy i3 trco at this age to choose for himself who he shall labor for, und no con- tract that he can make will hold him after he attains that aze. Thus it will be scen that the position held by most of our manufacturers and boss mechaniés of all kinds that apprentice ‘Iabor does not pay ou uccount of shorc service and lack of authority over them s true, for boys remain in school until they are 14, and at 16 they are free to go and come When they choose. About two years ago 1 was talking witha newsboy about 18 years of age. I nsked him when tie was going to stop selling papers and blacking boots. He snid he wanted tolearna “trade. Iasked him what ne would prefer, and he sald 2 machinist. He suid he had made in- quiry atseveral places, but without success. Ibecame somewbhat interested, and said I would see what I could do. Iwenttoa number of places, but no one wanted an npgren!lce. So 1 tried o humber of other trades, but without success. Tho reasons given were varlous, and to each I made special inquiry if trades-unions in uny way intluenced them, but every one of them assured me that at the present time there wasnone of them that had any intluence what- ever to coutrol, dictate, or sugrest how they ghould run their business or who they should employ. One renson which was given by all T inquired of was, that apprentice lubor did not pay; that boys that did not need wages to support them did not otten want to Lo engaged in manual Iabor, for the idea that was so_generally preva- lent ten years ago that physical labor is a degra- dadon still remains, aithough io o much milder form, and so we see that the professions are full to_overtiowing, and an advertisement for “Wanted, o boy; $2 a week® will draw a crowd to scramble for the place. Invariably boys wanting to learn trades have to sypport them- selves, and the time for which they desire to learn is too short to be remunerative to the em- loyer. One employer said that the last boy he Kuu used to come when he pleased nd go when hoe chose, and, naturally enough, he got tired and soured forever on boys. Ope of the most subtie reasons why there Is such a goneral dislike to the care of appreutices is to be found in tho restlesness of people en- gaged in business; thelr llability at’any hour to chunge their occupation or engage in some speciul line of their own business. The num- ber of persons engaged in trades in this city that bave been in existence without change of name, ‘proprietor, or occupation tong enouxh to give a boy un apprenticeship of the usual length of time served by boys in Great Britain are very few. and could be counted on the fingers of the hands, and 1 think with some to spare. The divisions of laborin our new system is very unfavorable to the learning of trades. Take, for instance, the subject of tho curtoon referred to, thut of carpeater. Under tho new order of things [donot koow of asiugle shop inthe city where a boy could learn the trude thoroughly. To learn that trade he would have towork in & sashand door mill in its vartous departmeats, in a stair-builder’s shop, in a car- penter shop, and in a bullding; and then ordi- |. narily his mechanical education will be vastly inferfor to the *‘jmported”™ earpenter; and, if this centralization and concentration continues, asItcertainly will, it will notbea great while before the State will bave to establish mechan- {cal schools tor the education of its youth. Apother disturbing cause fu relation toap- rentices Is the system of *‘piece work.” Any Eusluess workIng under piece work regulations necessarily excludes atl unskiiled labor; nor is there any method by which it can obtain a foot- hold and fnprove and finally graduate us skilled Iluzbor. The line is as definitly drawn a8 between the hodecarrier and the brickmason. Under this system the only chance a boy has i3 to work at the same bench with his tuther, and recelve hisd mechinjcal education fn that way: 'To ma it seems ag if the main cause why so few boys learn trades is in the estimate of me- chanical labor by society in general. There seems tobe n kind of sooisl ostracism under which he is placed,—something like the “‘hired girl.” About four years ago I was working in a house making some small repairs. One of the 1ndles boarding there was a teucher in the High School. After coaxing mo to- do severul swall Jobs for her gratuitously, she engaged in con- versation while I resumed my work. Finally she said: *1 wonder you donot choose some more, respectable occupation than a common carpen- ter?” Lsald, very quietly, ** Did you ever-think that Jesus Christ was a carpenter?” She seemed surprised at my answer, biushed a great deal, and was painfully silent for some time, but it did seem a3 if it was quite a revelation to her. Our boys need to be educated to uappreciate mechanical labor and the real value of a trade, also the true manliness of physical labor in con- trast with that effeminate usurpation of woman's peculinr domain behind the dry-goods counter, Ibelieve it is more from lack of de- sire than of opportunity that we have no boys learning trades, for, dusing the seven years I have been running a busioess, I have bad only one application looking to that end, and that was 2 boy about 17 years old, and he said he_could not work for less than - $ or $6 a week. - But, if it is on account of trndes-unions that our boys do not learn trudes, I hope Tae 'TRIGUNE will continue to agitate the question until every shop and factory is as free to boys as to men, ane every trades-union broken to pieces. . F. TREGAY, No. 101 Park avenue, Chicago. Assertion that American Boys Prefer Gambling to Learning Trades. To the Editor of Ths Chicaco Tribuné. CHICAGO, March 28.—Your persistent asser- tion that tradcs-unions prevent American boys learning trades is without foundaton in fact, and I challenge you toname any organization in existence in Illinois that has the power to pre- veat any boy from learnlng any of the follow- ing trades; Bricklayer, barber, brass-finisher, carpenter, coach-painter, carrlage-trimmer, eo- giocer, furniture-maker, harnessmaker, kat- ter, joiner, horseshoer, molder, machinist, painter, tinner, tailor, blacksmith, boiler- maker, butcher, steam-fitter, plumber, plaster- er, and a host of others. In fuct, thereisnota Union in the United States which can prevent boys from going to and learning sny trade thoy 1may choose, and your ‘assertlon to the contrary is absurdly untrue. The fuct of the matter is, that American boys are not such fools as to spend a long appreutice- ship to learn a trade, when by saving a few hun- dred dollars they can become respectable Board of Trade men, get elected County Commission- ers, or practice some other torm of gambling; that Is, play for money instead of work: ig for it. And, if need be, in the long run they can pick up o few tools at the nearest second-hand store, choose their trade. and go to work at It. Check elll carry them throngh far better than compe- tency. Ihave lived in this country Jong enough to gee first-class mechanics, who studied harder at their trade than the average American ever did at Greek and Latin, working for a doliar and a quarter per day. Now, there is very little dif- terencebetween a dollac and u quarter day and tho poor-house! and the difference i3 slightly in favor of the county institution: and the Amer- ican or any other boy who wants to appreatice himself toa trade t0 make a liviog by it must bea deal greener than anything American that I have comeacross yet. C. H. COBBON, No. 12 North Lincoln street. —————— THE HOME JOURNAL AND REFORMED SPELLING. New Yorx Home Journal, March 23, An esteemed correspondent asks us if the Home Journal readers are plesed with the new speling it uses. e can anser they ap- prov of it most emfatlcally. The word plesed is scarcely relevant to the case. It wasnever a question of plesure, but simply one of ben- efit to the peple, humanity, and right science. And there was never any dout that the read- ers of the Home Journal had the intellectual ability and cultivation to prefer the unityand simplicity of science to the disorder of unre- son; nor that they possesed the moral ele- vation and character to make a slight sacri- fice of their personal comfort when the object was|to secure a great and enduring increse to the welfare and happines of their fello-men. To thro aside old familiar forms and accept strange ones in their places is not ameans of plesure. Transitions are uncom- fortablebya generallaw of theuniverse. ‘They woud_never be endured were it not for the fact that thru themn lies the sole path to the greaz prizes of life. To leve the most cum- rus and contradictory systems to which we hav becom habituated, and take in its place a new one no matter how siluple to which we have not becom wonted, partakes inevitably of the nature of Inbor. Strait_as is the un- worn path, it requires attention to keep it. For certain of us, “creatures of habit,” it is easlor to go on with the old rutine thru anomalies” and contradictions innumerable than to turn to the better way. Altho we ourselves ar past the steep ascent we ar not Pnst caring for those who ar to com after ug 1t the path, and who wil hiav to encounter al the difticulties we havovercom. If we can malke the steep places level; if we can light- en the burden of eveg Jerner; if we can spare every child of the English-speaking poples two years out of four re- quired to master though, tough, bough, and the thousand slmilar, contradictions which make up the presentchaos o ourorthografy, it is but a simple act of humanity to do it. And we shoud scorn to let a little personal aisagreablenes or inconvenience stand In the way of our acownplishing such a task—a duty which tuches the happines and welfare of miilions and millions in the long future. But while we cal this & duty we woud notbe understood as admiting that it is withouta degre of plesure and profit even for boys of the older clases. There is the satisfaction of the reason, the delit of the scientific facul- ties In truth and perfection. Thisis no slight | LOVEJOY, return. Itis even an ad proverb remaina unehnlgguaffiwjv{'h‘i Thy }oo late to mend. The patient my L Jever ong wonted to his potions yb““fi counterfited wine, so that come duled, and he can the wholesome flavors of the p; the grape; vet You woud nop Buc ittt curage hit o persist in his unnatye 8 You woud snf Iet tim stop his popral Q05 him begin taking tne pure juce of oo It even if it at first tastes atanflé.he som nausea, forin a little whilp n!m’hh for naturnl flavors will by devele sl with a helthy palate he wil gajn : ool enjoying the true juces far beyon, ez gree of delight the'old fals conzgotigalts give him. So with this matter o:m“’li rafy.. Our sight and sens hav been Tbog. by the use of such unnatura] thi DHAthA8-L0K, 10T-gue, engy iB 1y when we are caled upon tafl them in their pure and simp}; tisie, tung, enuf, we chale.n,; oy as aliens and find them unsatist; and perhaps repelent. 1t i3 fop uum“” reason ihat druged tastes fing the ments, the pure wine, the pure air. Bl insipid and distasteful. %he eyem long been accustomed to exerecey, monstrosities cannot at once Appreelat simple outlines of symetry ang te The mind that has long dweltp;3 among the rubish heaps of chap, y" and unreason, cannot at once mfi'fi“ Fle beauty of order which is heay, 1 aw. Regeneration can be Teached e dst succesive steps. The_begining ig hm" by tho wors and foloinir the better: gy ; '""’a’ step is equally simple; and the Jygt hs“‘"‘ {fipemlor!; of( t.llm same, The “mk#lh‘s: e reach of al, and no one 1 tog his step thither. Wl s A FREE PARODY ON POE'S gy Read at the Pot-Luck Club Dinner Marg, Hear the clatter o iy s ’Efl;‘er fi"'L f the forke. at & world of melody in their ‘merry, e - click! v How they flash, % H‘L:Ahw !htla flnsh. 0w they click, click, While the Jets that ovfx‘éfifim the table seem to twinkle With a sympathotic blink, * o mumm\v ith 1 very knowing wink, morsels are see: o O tho forkc, 213 800y coruscating wit ever Hash 10 s ke, s ficar :gu muslcal beat of tho forks| lear the resonant popping of Hear the golden ring of oe tajks “l% Reeping time, time, time, In a sort of merry rhyme, o the forks, farks, forks, forks, Forks, forks, forks, To the clicking and tho clanging of the forks Hear the laughter of thy Faity-beltear o oo bales What 8 world of bapplncss tnelr memimentcony” pels! Through the balmy air of uly o piect Lo, ey lauich u their aeui‘x?}, me, the eachanting, pturony %ell LEE: 28 es, ‘The rollicking, mischievous bell o (S e of eufony voluminoy low It Swelys, . nously welat How it dwells On our delighted ear! How it tells Of lasses that are guy, Of mirth having sway, Of jests that repay! . How it tells Of the rapture that impels, %g w,;r llllnm{) to] the belles; @ belles, belles, belles, bel Belles, bellics, beites— S ‘The melodious and tho bewildering belleg! Hear the clamor of the beaur— Huogry beaux! L o5 ir bankeringy show} [ T BEEES Efi‘efié’fi %, What a tale of appetite th See with what gusto they eat, Henr with what relish they great The wit of the invincible belles, The mirth of the fascinntiog belles| The benux, the passionate besur, How with rapture they glaw As their hearts leap n&nar, higher, B - £ With u desperate desire And resolute endeavor Now, now, or never, ‘To sit by the side of the fair-faced belies, To win the fuvor of invincible belles] Too much delighted to speak, 4 ‘They can only shriek, shrick, shriek, In & clamorous appeal to the mercy of the. In & mad expostulation with the gay and giss some bellcs. etz But the ear fully knows £ By the twanging und clanging of the forks, . By the sinking und the swelling of the talks, How the danger ebbs and flows.”. - '~ And still how the laughterswells * From the belles, the enchanting! Keeplng.time, time, time, . - 1n a sort of morry rhyme To the gay cachination of the beaur, ‘'he beaux, beaux, beaus, | The eager and overjoyed beaur. —Oliver B. Bunce. , e E— THE OLD FARM-HOUSE. [soxa.] For The Chicago Tribune. . Therec;s a weather-worn house, that bas gone o ecay, 3 =8 iy On the brow of a beautiful hill, far away, . - Where the hollyhocks bloomed by the westber- worn door, g : Where the warm sanshine gleamed on the oid oakeu floor: - % Sweet home of my childhood, Bright home of my onildbood, Dear home of my childhood, T'll see thee no more. There are waodll‘mds and glens, with thelr mossy- green rucks, Where g huated the partridge and chased the re ox. ) ‘Where the birds svl;ecr.ly sing, where the mount- ain-streams tlow, g ‘Where the evergreen pines and thetallemlocks BrOow: 3 Sweet land of my childhood; + . Bright land of my cbildh i Dear land of my childnood, Iloved long ago. *Neath the brond-spreading elms We 00ce tock our repose, Inthe meadows and fields where the ‘buttercap Epast the red squlrrels 8¢ In the pnslu;’e ‘we watched r play, When we went for the cows at tho close of tb8 thel. ny: Sweet scenes of my childbood, Bright scenes of my childhood, Denr scenes of mv childhood, Now far, far awsy. i All the gny oung companions bave gooe {rom my gaze, That dl \§ved 100g ago, In my bright boyhood ays. Through the bleak, wintry wildwood themount- aio-streams flow, Dut the friends of my childhood sleep uoder 4 snow: Sweet friends of my childhood, - Bright frieods of my childbood, - Dear friends of my childnood, i 1loved long ago. Ercest J. MILLARD AVENUE STATION, CHICAGO. MILLINERY. CHOICE - MILLINERY! On MONDAY, March 28, W¢ will open zo cases of French . linery, a direct importation, C“‘nm prising all the leading styles I Round Hats and Bonnets t0 5%' any Lady, Miss, or Child. ELE-, GANT SHADED ROSES from 15c apiece upwards. The s'mesl is entirely new and the choic! ever shown in this market. W.H.HAGEDOK, 42 and 44 Madison-st.__, ANTIQUES. . . .. ANTIQUES Consisting of Quaint Mahogany, and Card Tables, Sideboards, md‘shu'fib Stands, Commodes, Chairs, ety and Tongs, Andirons, Sng:cr;.! 'B‘“’ Caz 013 dlesticks, Trays,- etc. Prints, E'ngravxn' , and Books, and & hogany Desk, of secret drawers, a8 fered at attractive prices by J. s BAST, 270 and 272 North Glark-st: FRAJMES, PICTURES. &6 . FI’ am § PIGTURES . T COST! . During tha_contuslod 5] Sty £°* Dous forges 1! 38 State-sts N.B—Dealess will tud Bargalas inJob Maise Ma- .