Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1880, Page 2

MORE AnOoUT “THE THE NOR¢t HERE THORWALDSEN LIVED AND DIED—BIS MAUSOLEUM AND GKAVE—THE PRUULIARITY OF THE COPENHAGEN SUMMER GARD"NS—WHY THE CITY HAS BREN CALLED “TH ATHENS OF THE NORTH,” AND HOW TO GET TO THIS NORTHERN ATHESS AND PARIS COMBINED. Wasuineton City, Nov. 30, 1559. FAitor Evening Star:—t\ find in last Saturday's Sram an interesting, and In the main correct, description of the “ Paris of the Norta.” other- wise Copenhagen, the capital and aig tne of the kingaom of Denmark. Will you me, as a native of that gay and beautiful city, to correct an error or two which has crept into the account of your correspondent, and culated to mislead. oyae areas Danish sculptor, Thorwaldsen (Whom the Encyclopedias, as weil as your cor- Tespondent, call Thorwaldsen, although, as & matter of fact, he never wrote his name with @ uw, Which iga letter unknown to the Danish alphabet), did not die “a little over a hundred years ago.” There is some uncertainty as to the exact date of his birth, and when casually questioned on that subject, he would reply, with a certain /rusve felicity that was pecu- PARIS OF bis own: “Weil, I don’t really Know; but I do ko at I first arrived at Rome on March Sth. dating his birth, as it were, from the commencement or bis career as au artist. It ts supposed, however, that he was born In November or December iviv; asad a3 the con- temporary of Canova and Gibson he achieved greater distinction than elther. ie died on the evening of March 2%, 1544, wlille attending the first performance of Halm’s tragedy," Griselats. ” at the Koyal Theater in Copenhagen, to which he, in common With all great artists and authors in’ Denmark (a8 Oehlenseblaeger, Iagemana, | Jens Bagger, Anderson and others) had free entree to the ‘dest seats. He never re.ided at the Museum, which now bears his name, but at the palece of Charlattenbarg, where the body lay In state after his death. ‘The Museum, which wes butit from ¥ ary subscriptions by the people, and Is avery iarge ard hand- some edifice. now contains, besi.es bls works, | all bis furniture and paraphernelia exactly as | he left therm; among other things the uutintshed clay mocei of a bust of Horace Verset, of whom | he beep an pee nee — a —e i state With an arithmetic proposition, part o! whlch bas been wiped out by the artist himself; | also a biackboard with an unfinished sketch. | These articles were removed from his rooms at | Charlattenbarg, and arranged precisely as they | had en there. His grave is under two large rove bushes, ‘one white aud one rel ‘the Danisn national colors), in the open yard in the center of the Museum; his works within its walls are | js MODUMENt. | = think it is Bayard Taylor who has called | Copenhagen the “Athens of the North.” Besides | the statues and tppumerable other works of art in Thorwaldsen’s Museum, its open squares and romenades are profusely decorated with sim!- jar works of art; but, with few exceptions, the Danes prefer to erect statues commemorating their countrymen who had been great in science, letters and the arts; and so we find statues, fn bronze and marbic, of Tyco Brahe, H. C. Orsted, Holberg, H. C. i waldsen and ‘many others; but comparatively few to kings and generals.’ Would that not be a wise precept to follow in our beloved Wash- i Copenhagen “summer gardens” are some- thing very different from what ia generally un dersteod by that term in this country, and still more different from the “‘Mabilie” of Paris. But when your correspondent truly states that they | are offen visited by the royal family one will readily percetve the scope and nature of the dif- ference. I have frequently seen the Prince and Princess of Wales tn “Tivoli” waixing about its | handsome gardens and avenues precisely as | other people do, when on a visit to her father, the king, at Copenhagen; but I have never seen the Princess Alexandra at “Mabille.” And yet a t deal of beer is drank at “Tivolt.” ‘openhagen Is easily reached from London by way of Hamburg and Labeck. or the preferable route: Hamburg—Klel—Korscer, and no Amer- | ican will regret the visit. Most educated Danes | speak French and German, and many speak | English, though less fluently, so that an Amer- ican will not it difficu t to get along. so far as language is concerned. Go there, by all means; but donot ruin the city, as you have Geneva, Zirich and Interlaken! Be a trifle less flush at the hotels, and you will save money | and get along better! Be liberal, but not foo liberal; just—well, I won't say any more! OUTS. (From the Manassas Gazette, | Gineral Mahone. Air, * Widow Malo: BY F FAOTs, Did you hear of the Gineral Mahone? He's known. He thought he could play it alone, ‘Ohone! Beneath his small foot, All the votes he could put, Then hand them out to the Unknown, Ohone! Teo clever, this Billy Mabe Did ye» ive He thought he was reaching the prize, ‘Ur skies. rof our friend, Johnay Wise? He went up with a slip, "Twixt the cup and th And the votes went, to his i} “surprise, “Other- Wise, : By Gronce! they were not for John Wise. ‘There's a moral co1 ined in my & Ohone' Which is, Reckon not on the Unknown, My own. It, in spite of your boast, sy be ‘* without your host,” And ye"ll hud yourself standing alow iieet one! Ye'll be standing like Gineral Mahone, Alone. English Opinions of Hanian. [London Daily News | Hanilan ts a ectentific oarsman; his use of the slide and his leg and back work are ideal exam les of mechantcal laws applied in practice. Trickett 18 a much larger man and his natural reach is far more considerable. Hanlan’s strength, aided by the employment of modera mechanical advantages, has secured to him an easy victory, and this we think Is a fortunate regult for the art of rowing. That perfection of style must win isa lesson we all learn with difficulty, because height, natural reach and weight are so much more im} ing in the eyes Of @ natural man. Since Polydeuces gave the giant so terrible a Lgrp a feelingly de- serlbed by Theoeritus tn the language of the Greek ring, style has always been the winner When acecmpanied by coolness and pluck. Hanlan’s triumphs adds another to the victories Of style, and cannot but encourage in England @ sedulous attention to the principles of sliding andthe proper use of the legs and back. Our young seuilers must protic by the lesson, -yas es! eta dower” (London Standard | The winner yesterday dispizyed better style than has been seen on the Thames among pro- fessionals for a long time. He has a long reach forward, clips hold of the water well behind bis rowlock, and Instead of finisting his stroke | in the cramped position now so common among | professionais—and many amateurs too—he rows bis stroke through to the finish, sending his shoulders well back at the finish. His sculls leave the water fairly, smartly and cleanly, but there is room for improvement in that respect. Hils sliding (and to the use instead of the abuse Of that invention he owes much of pe is ody ts Welldone, a he never slides till his past the perpendicular. As a result boat ravels steadily without any “bumping” and he 1s able to husband his powers with success, {London Times.} ‘The winner, who Is certainly the most accom- Plished sculler of the present day, uses the slide to perfection, and his long, slow strokes Sends bis boat along at a tremendous pace, and, more than all, she holds her way between each stroke and seems never to stop. Her occupant {3 evidently possessed of far Fee Trickett, on the other hand, sculls ke the majority of the Australians, ustag his arms to the neglect of his body and rowing ery short, not reaching out as far nor flaishing Lis stroke as well as the Canadian. sq ¢-{Pall Mall Gazette.) Hanlan’s form is as near perfection as any- thing that has ever been seen in a sculling boat. He employs a silde of about nineteen inches and uses It just at the right moment. Every muscle in his body ts brought Into play, with- Out one ounce of strength being wasted; and ——— he is the most remarkable Seuller the World has yet seen, not even excepting the heroes of the past—Kelly, Renforth and Cham- (St. James's Gazette.) ; his body, therefore, has ney to prop it against the strain of the su to the ‘ast, and the stroke is thereby Towed fully home. He slides an unusual length, Dut it is not in that alone that the secret of ‘his Merit Mes, but in bis use of the slide at the P T Ume and In bis also abstaining from a ‘Ketl's errors of short reach-forward and of fataris. His style ts not any more perfect as postion ot siding scats Scuiling than the Soa 2.08 Belly Chainbers in their best © of the old late Ms Cassamajors eens 2, OF than the good professor of hereas es there really is but one proteennn ¥ puts inte | rote the easiest style or modern and appliances, z DECEMBER.—The executive esof the Lehigh and Schuylkill Coat Exchatse met at Friday and dectded to make no change in prices during De- cember. President Gowan, of the Philadel hia ard Re Rat it ts understood, will go io Europe at an early ——————— At Fairmount, HL, Carrie Haine, in a fit of des} caused by unrequited love, threw requiica Cost pondency herself in front instantly kiea, ~ * PAsseDeer train and was | of them by invitation, | at Washington? LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. ‘The Public Scheels. EAitor Stvr:—There are two thtags which tn- experienced persons always think they can do admirably—edit a newspaper and educa‘e the young. Give me an hour and I will find in Washington twenty men who will undertake to edit THe STaz, and thirty who have, as they think, the most excellent plans for revolution. izing our public school system. One would | Grop all text books; another, nearly all the | stu or twoa day and let the pupils coms when they | feel like it; a fourth would have each child | taught according to its bent ina class by Itself; a filth would turn the schools into worsshops: asixth would have the rich tn one set of schools and the poor in another; a seventh would have every teacher a pe of theology and every School a church; and soon, tothe endof all the crotchety notions on the subject of educa- ton. It is worthy of note, that no two of | these reformers agree. | ‘Take, for example, your three correspondents | in last Saturday's number. “Ex-Scholar” makes two criticisms in trifling matters of detail; “Stacy” is a faint echo of Olivia; and J. R. J. thinks the only improvement needed Is to | take religious instruction out of the hands of parents abd the church and confide ‘t to the | more money than under the present pla3. The | teachers of publte schools! Let us examine these comnvntcations fore in detail. Ex-Scholar thinks that the principal motive for teaching several of the most import- | ant branches “is the effect produced by them on the Closing day.” As a matter of fact, the examinations on the branches named are nearly all in writing and are not attended by more than a few persons. I was present, last fall, at the most interesting one; and there were only seven other strangers there, several If the declamation ex- erelses are referred to, the branches named make no figure on such cecaslons. Tne tupu- tation of motive by Ex-Scholar 1s absurd and is evidently uncharitabie. Agaip.he charges that “for nearly two months before the closing day, copies, drawing maps, &c., are required trom the scholars, necessita- ting late hours and work, endangering eyesi. ht and general health,” &c. He refers to one teacher who “made ft her boast that she had girls who worked tilila.m, to finish their designs.” The conduct of this teacher was not only wrong, but in violation of the rules. If ex-scholar will prefer charges, she can be dismissed. The printed regulations require that “map drawing shall not be assigned for ye at home.” (See school rep., 1375-79, page 71.) ‘That teacher !s anexception to her class as great as Is ““ex-Scholar” to the graduates of the public schools. Indeed, I cannot think he 1s a graduate; he must have made his exit at some | gee below the top; a uate would not slap Is alma mater in the face with petty spite. conn is evidently the friend and imttator of Olly! and, judging from the gushing style, she belongsto the same sex. Sue spe: of “the old man stone! by these little fiends.” Now, we have Olivia's word for it that the old Man was “kicked.” Which was it? If thts {nci- dent grows much more, it will become a mur- der. As neither of these ladles professes to have seen this deplorable affair, let us hope that it Was a rumor cnly, without fouudation in fact. I bave bed for yearsa foe knowledge of the conduct of the pupils of the public scqpols and have never heard of any similar instance. “Sti ™ charges the school system with Boe to murdering the bodies and minds and souls of children,” and asserts, by indirection, that educating a child ina public School naturally causes it to fall into coma or die “raving of algebra.” She says that Boston found the common schools were driving the children ‘to oe mania, death or an atteau- ated and useless lite,” and has taken anew de- irture. With due res] Tsubmit that Bos- fon found no such thing. It 1s true that some’ irresponsible persons sought notoriety by pub- Ushing reckless newspaper articles on the sub- Jeet; Dut no sucu thing was found. The dis- cussion there turned practically on the sub- stitution of oral instruction for text books; and the experiment was tried, proveda failure and has been abandoned, its author sailing for Europe to escape the odlum of his failure. Does “Stacy” wish us to make the same experiment A serious word on the important subject of health of children may not be amiss. It 1s ab- surd I most cases to impute to the school the bad health of children. Many of them are thinly clad, some have no overcoats for cold, or rub- bers for showy weather, a few no warm under- clothing; some are put to sleep in ill-ventilated rooms, or exposed to the emanations of sewer gas; mapy are fed on hot biscuit, pies and pastry; Many come to school without lunch,and are kept without food for from seven to eight hours; many, especially are ordered ‘Straight home from school and have no exercise either tn the open air or in a gymnasium; many are Lot kept judiciously bathed, but are either Parbotled or plunged into cold water, to the Great injury of the nervous system; some are allowed to remain for houvs with wet clothiag on, to sit up late at night and to contract irregular habits of the most injurious character; and others, are oblig: d, on Sunday, to be with- in doors, except when they are at Sun: School and church, and to be still allday. Tne umber of oe competent to take care of children ts lamentabiy few. The logical thing for “Stacy” to do is Lo advocate the abolluon of the rights of parents, not the destruction of the schools, 'Pue only proper government many ehildren get is at school; and the negligence, ignorance and folly of parents are more prolific causes of bad healta In children than the } Schools. Consider the facts. There are never more than from 185 to 19! school days in ihe year. Deduct the long and the Cnhristmas holl- days and the occasional cnes, with Saturdays and Sundays, and half the year is gone. There Was holiday when the brewers went in proces- sion to the fatr, with their big hogsheads; and the children had four days out of school begin- nibg with Thanksgiving. The holidays are getting to be of frequent occurrence. The hours spent in school are: ist grade, hours; 2d grade, 4 hours; 9th grade, 5 hors; the others 6 hours. There is a short intermis- sion at 103; and an hour at noon. ‘The iirst two grades have no lessons to get at home; the others, up to the grammar school, range from one hour to one hour and a half home study. In the first seven grades about halt the time in school is free from recitation and can be used for study. If the child will use {tin that way he need study very littie at home. If parents see to it that proper exercise ts taken out of school hours, the health will not be injured by the school studies. All who attended the public school concert last week, at Lincoln Hall, will testity to the healthy appearance of the young people. Most of them have been pupils several years. On this pre emgen! idie declamation wiil not do. Let us have statistics. I concede that the | hired schcol rooms are not proper places for | children: but the trustees are doing their best | to gel appropriations for bullding well-venti- lated houses. | I have hardly the courage to ask you for j room to notice J. R. J. His panacea for the evils of the public schools ts “religious | instruction.” He will not find many to jota him in this view. For my part, I prefer to in- | struct my children in ee pap matters at home, and have them instructed at a chureh and Sau- day school of my own choosing. I don’t know | the religious views Of the teachers and! don’t ask anything of them, in those | matters, except not to interfere with my rights. I claim to be priest in my own family. “Let te teacher stick to his own busin: The public | schools are paid for from the public funds; and | they should be limited to matters on which all | citizens can unite. Let us have one more insi- tution fn which there Is fair play and justice for all; in which men show they aré religious | enough to respect the rights of ali,even the | Weakest. There is no more reason why the | teacher of a publte school should teach religion | than why a juage or the presideai of the stock exchange should deliver asermon on opening their respective institutions for business. The | real reason of such fanaticism is a wish to drive | Certain classes of pupils from the schools, But itis useless to argue with fanatics. The quo- tation from Gen. Garfield expresses the sent- ments of the best friends of our public school pepe ‘The evile he points out are the ones junned in Washington. ‘To sum up: The public school education ts de- nounced by men who think schools should fill the place of an apprenticeship system; by aris- tocrats, who believe in a carefill separation of rich nh from poor ones; by itchers after the notoriety of paradox, like Richard Grant White; by church and state men; by fanatics determined to use governmental power to force other men to their belief; by sectarians who | Secluded, still considered a chil prefer their ism to the welfare of the country; and by sundry crazy theorists and crotchety re- formers. But it ts favored by men of wide knowledge rience In instruction; by states- men who beileve that the republic can best be maintained by toning down differences be- tween interests and preventing the formation | girl presented from some o! of castes on the money or seetarian line, as far mults can be reached Db’ Deingiag Buildings. Editor Stay :—1 noticed an article ta your | ad of yesterday in to fire-proof bulld- ings. You ask the qi “ After all, is there or can there be such a thing as a perfectly fire- Proof building?” I would answer yes, and re- quest you to of the Patent where there has not beza used wood or combustible material enough to | Characteristics of this do a day’s cooking for an ordinary family, ex- oe sash and ee oe ih gal. ler mentioning res at the Smithsonian, Patent Office and Capitol, you | Nothing to do with it. She identifies to most and cannot | nation, it be sale re ris to. Gules ae Costco is | taking the a Hee of fan grees ol inspect said reconstructed work. you will flad what I think will you in the or ‘this sul a reconstructed eee ing for of- ding are now fitting up the 9th street fice 1oonma ay putting up board partitions and cases, aud Milling them with tons of papers; and I suppose If they have another burn-out tl aa the architect and builders will have to stan: the biame. Very respectfully, cL. ‘heap Hacks. Ev‘ior Star:—] am glad to see the suggestion A third would limit the hours to one | of a line of one-horse cabs In your paper. It fs | the one > want of our cliy, and I have been surprise that it has not been’ started long ere t The only parties lUkely to oppose such a movement are the hackmen; but ff they will sto] and consider the matter for a moment, f thin! they will see that it will be decidedly for their Interest. As it is now, it fs safe to say that they are not employed one-quarter of the time,— Probably not more than one-eighth; and yet the | expense of keeping two horses, harness and hack go on all the time. Now, by changing to the one-horse cab, they will reduce the amount of capital invested, and also their current ex- penses, materially; and then, if they will adopt reasonable rates, they will double or quadruple their business, so that in the end they will make test plan probably wouid be to organize a com- paby, in which the pre-ent hack-owners could all take stock in proportion to their means: and to ald them ib converting their present tuvestment into that of the new company, ar- Tapgements could be made by which a committee should receive and set a value on what they | have in the way of horses, hacks, harnes3, &c., to turn in and credit each man accordingly,— the company retaining such of their outtit as will answer for the new arrangement, and sell- {ng the balance. By such an arrangement Uhere would be very little change required, ex- cept, in carriages, and those now engaged in the business wouid still retain it. It cannot be long before such a change will take place, and it the backmen oppose it the resuit wil! be that the business will pass into the hands of a new company or set of men, and the hackmen, like Otbello, will find their occupation oe It they exercise ordinary business intelligence. they will themselves move in the matter, ani thus retain the business. If they will not, then 1 will be one to join in organizing a company that will bring about this much-needed reform. There ts no one thing in our city that has pro- duced more ill feeling against the national capital than the present and past hack service. it is behind the times, unnecessarily cumber- some and expensive, and we owe it to ourselves, and to the good name of our city, that it should be remedied without delay. A Crrizes. NEW YORK FASHIONS, A Dramatic Artist’s Taste in Dress and How She Wears Her Clothes— Characteristic and Fur and Their Wearers—After- noon Heceptions—Evening Toi- lettes. From Ow- Own Correspondent.) New Yorx, December 3° 18S, Women who have seen Mdlle. Bernhardt must have been struck with this fact in regard to her ,,much-taiked-of costumes, that the principal “feature of her clothes is the ease and grace with which she wears them. Doubtless she does think a good deal of them and about them. French women are economica! In a way Amer- ican women would never dream of copying, and though the cost of the Bernhardt wardrobe has been Greatly exaggerated, yet still the outlay must have been large and the result is to be made the most of. No apparent thought or consciousness of Gress obtrudes itself upon her representation of a character or mars its performance. It 1s part of it, of herself, but secondary—entirely so— to the part she is playing, the personage she is pe irae as it ought to be. Nor is there peta 3 lolent or ol ve about her toi- lettes, They are rich, but almost uniformly harmonious and refined, often quiet, never vui- garized by crude or striking contrasts. To un- educated eyes her dreasing is a disappointment; “not half as handsome because not haif as showy as that of some” of our second and third-rate actresses. But to others the glimpse of refined art in her clothes and way of wearin, them 1s a lesson, and the enjoyment obtained from seeing it only secondary to that to be ob- talned from her acting. IVORY TOILETTES. There ts no such thing in fashion nowadays as dead white. All white fabrics used for dresses are ivory tinted, and much softer and more becoming than the plaster of whitewash which the ccstumes of opaque white, whether silk or cotton, represented. There 1s nothing that can be invented more lovely, more destr-. able in the way of dress than an ivory toilette of rich satin or brocade, with lace and embrold- ered trimmings. Nothing can possibly go be- yond it. ‘The question ts only one of difference in cost of material or style of making and con- sequent enhancement or lowering of the gen- | eral tone and effect. All satin or all brocade 1s more elegant and more refined than a combina- {ion of the two fabrics if it be rich and real, pure in tint and silk all the way through. Of course the costot an ivory tollette differs considerably. There are the evening and small party dresses for young girls of thin wool, Uimmed with Breton lace and tvory satin rib- bon. ‘There are plain princess dresses of {yory surah or tyory dumasse with only the finest of real Jace, and tulle at the neck and wrists; and there are dresses which cost fabulous sums— that add to the cost of satin or brocade at from $10 to $20 per yara, masses of silk and pearl Land embrotdery and dozens of yards of real Languedoc or even Duchesse lace. Gue of the lovellest of Sara Bernhardt’s dresses Is a negligée of Ivory satin with an en- Mire front composed of narrow pleatings of lace and shells of satin. Long loops of satin ribbon const{tute the garniture. The general effect cf softness and grace is Indescribable, but a great dealof it was due to the fact that it seemed not only made for her, but to be a part of ber. The best efforts in the way of dress of American women are too often spoiled by the impression which the gown or garment gives of having been made for some other woman, and that the wearer knows it. This 1s particularly the case since the advent of ready-made dresses for women. White tollettes are evidently ‘a- Yorites of the divine Sara, She wears then always for negligée, and the costumes for every character tn which she has been seen here {n- clude some that are all white. The ball room Gress in Camille Is perhaps the richest. It is white satin embroidered with camelias In raised stitch, the velning and outlining executed in seed pearls. It is enriched with other ornamen- tation until tt reaches real magnificence. Tyo of her dresses in Frou-Frou are white and one solid dull red velvet, combined with red satin. Miss Clara Morris has never made any point or any parade of the cost of her dress, yet in many respects she is the best (because the most ; accurate and characteristic in her dressing) of any actress on the American stage. Cost has 103 herself With her part, makes herself for the time being the woman she represents, and endeavors to dress as that woman would dress as well a3 act as that Woman would act. Whether the dress costs one dollar or one thousand fs all the same CHARACTERISTIC TOILETTES. The bridal dress for “Jane Eyre” was once a matter for consideration with Miss Morris, It Was Suggestsd that asshe was a poor girland a country girl unused to the habits and ways of polite society, she would most Raturally wear a plain colored silk, gray or brown, with lace to relleve its gravity." But Miss Morris decided on a thick, plain, white satin, with demi-trained Skirt and basque destitute’ of trimming, made high and close with long sleeves, and only a stuall bit of real lace added to the fine tulle Pleating at the neck. “For,” she Sald, “she ts ROt So poor she cannot afford a dress, and she is xolng to marry a rich man, to whom,in her way, she Will want to do credit. She is, beside, buturally refined and her taste will revolt at & color and at anything less than the best; but it Will be without ornament, both becausa she Cannot afford it and because it would not be in accordance with her previous Position.” The dress was co exquisitely neat and simple that the wife of an ex-goveraor begged to be allowed to copy it exactiy for her daughter's wedding dress." At the time “Alixe” was first brought out, Dolly Varden overskirts, ruffles and busi les were the rage and the dress ‘Intended for Alixe to wear on her first appearance before the New York public was after the usual Pattern. The artist, however, young and comparatively tnex- perlenced as she -was, had her own ideas to Tegard to the proper costume for a French girl, ¢ ld, who has never seen “society” but belongs by’ h care bestowed on her trating’ tone eee fined circles. She left out rufies, bustle and overskirt, and dressed in a simple dress of white wool, with round boddice and satin sash. There was a general outery at the absurdly quaint and old-fashioned ay ace Which the green rooms, Dut others though ‘tau i aspine an ing] lon; and the point 1s that it was true, an haa dress of Alixe in the play of kart of the front is a shining consisting mass, the reconstructed portion | Of Uer above tier of gold : a ‘The general idea is (oaymbotse Ree Reena Sem!-savage crea’ the gorgeous color, which al halt wn ane wige her taste for bar- ART INSTEAD OF Fag a Without in the least drawing "upon the imagi- is Such athingas fre proof buildings It | dress‘of man ean w aoe there = then our architects, an¢ builders must | ticularly observable in the quaint f the be either less competent or fa thetr | little innovations, the origi ideas found in other ‘tries. Certainly | aby assemblage of well dreased persons. Such ” Now, Mr. Editor, ure from Tule would have been the above request, and | termed eccentric and frowned down years ago, ‘Toilettes — Vetvet | Libegingen begs also made manifest quite a3 much by what is not as by what is worn. How geod the sense of relief at getting ridof the agony which has been piled on under the name of “drapery.” How pleasant to return to the lopg plain with a knowledge that the | absence instead of the presence of fiounces and | Overskirt confers distinction! How refreshing the sense of freedom, the ability to choose the style of one’s grandmother's gown, if that is the one we prefer, instead of a conventional Gesign, from which it will not doto deperi a hbatr's breadth! Naturally these evidences of a radicalmove- ment among women do not lie very near the | Surface, and are less observable among the | Tich than among the professional women aad artists. The very fashionable follow the lead | Of French dressmakers, and carefully avold a | Jautude which hasa flavor of Bohemtanism. But it ts obeervable that ideas which originate with the artist class in England have been | eagerly coupe up by reigning authorities in France and come to us with the imprint of | Worth and Prigat, particularly Worth, who {sa man of as and ideas, 1ZeS a thing, whether new or old in iis own line,when ‘he sees {t, and is not at all the siave of notions and prejudices, Imagine a lady in an amber satin dress, | having a band of the plush, the deep basque a fripge of chenille, with a band of plush adove; the sleeves formed of alternate puifs of satin and bands of plush! Imagine this tall, stately woman with brown hair plain y waved back from a pale serious face, talking at a commoa place evening entertainment with a little in a Josephine dress of white satin with stral beddice and full puffed sleeves. Yet this Wo really seen in an ordinarily fashionable assem - plage, and no one thought anything of tt. The contrast in the style aud character dresses could rot have been greater had the centuries rolled between them. But itis not cften that such sharp contrasts fre Jorced upon the attention; usually dress Is cr@nary enough: the presence of a new thought, an tea in tne mind of the wearer, in relation to it, is only betrayed by the abseuce of the superiiuous and the presence of some lite innovation, some original touch, which attracts attention because it emphasizes per- heps a characteristic of the wearer. WINTER STYLES. The special features of this season's styles are warmth and comfort. If people who can dress at all are not warm it must be their own fault. Short woolen dresses for the street, long fcather cloth or seal skin ulsters, and beaver bonnets, knocked in and ted down with garnet ribbon under the chin. The garnet, however, {5 for grey or ecru beaver; if the beaver is black the ribbons should be black also. Materials are warm. Colors are warm and dark. Fur 1s present everywhere and fs used upon every- thing: dresses, jackets, bonnets, gloves and shoes, New cloths are furry on the under side, and the hats and bonnets that are not beaver, are elther feathers or fur or trimmed with fur. The “velvet” season seems to have changed {nto a “fur season and the fur dealers would have reason to rejoice if the slid fars were in ihe ascendant. “But alas sealskin ulsters at $250 and $300 each are luxuries reserved for the few, and the fur is mostly worn fn shreds and patches—even mutfs being made by dress- makers, and having only a band of fur trim- ming, or a Uning of turto an outside, matching tbe costume. The short dress for the street is a blessing so generally appreciated and so absolute a neces- Sity for the new class of business and protfes- sional woman that it will not be likely to loose its hold or lapse into obscurity, as it has been in the habit of doing. There are enough now of self-supporting women In active pursults to sustain whatever they find most suitable, and convenient, at least so far as the length of skirt fs concerned, and the comfortable walking dress will therefore be retatned during the present generation, it is noteworthy that many new Ideas, con- Sigered decided innovations at first, and for weich a short life—whether or not’a merry € | ove—was prophested have steadily held their Own and become a part of the existing order,sus- ceptible, of course, of change and modifications in their details, but intact as elemental condi- tons, The walking hat, for example, was born, or rather born again, about twenty-five years ago, @ round, straight brimmed, decidediy Tustic-looking country cousin in the way of head-gear, and the laughing stock of its more fashionable relative, the coal scuttle bonnet. It Was a reaction in all probability from the “three stories and mansard roof,” and though it was ridicuied, it found adherents which it bas never lost. The low crown and straight brim ae and disappeared: but the hat Temnained and remains still; has figured va- Tously as the Hungarian, the Pollsh, the Rus- slan, and the Tyrolean, and more recently as the Gainsborough, the Rembrandt, the Rubens, the Van Dyke, and the Duchess of Devonshire; urul now there are hats and caps of every imaginable form, but all a mere outgrowth and enlargement of tne original laea. “Che basque ig another cage in point. What a hideous thing | the early basque was? Broad, ill-rittiny , De- cause cut low upon the shoulder and ‘Broad upon the back, jt was a most awkward and | Ungainly substliute tor the neat, tldy, belt- Waist. But there was a useful and conventent idea In It; also, an opportunity for moniding the | form to more shapeiiness than was possible with the belied in waist, ana this soon began to be percelved. The basque gained ground, and for years the test of a dressmaker was her ability to fit a basque. But the numerous fallures made some ladies resort to the tailors, who improved the outlines by making them more like those of a coat— whence came the term ‘tailor-made basques”— and the basque became a fixture. What more perfect form can be imagined, for a high bod- dice, than the well fitting cutrass basque? PLUSH COSTUMES, Among the very newest street costumes are combinations of silk plush and wool ina solid uniform color. The skirt is of wool, trimmed with plush, the deep jacket of plush lined with silk; or farmer's satin, and the cap and muff which accompany the costume of plush also Mined with farmer's satin, and trimmed with cords but not tassels. The substitute for those on the cap is pompons; upon the muff the cords are festooned and the ends concealed by bowsot satin ribbon. The sides of these dainty little muffs are ruflied with the plush which is lined with the satin so that the edge shows this inner side of a brighter and more a fabric. ‘These complete costumes of plush ant vicugua Cloth, or ribbed cashmere are well adapted for afternoon og ere and general vising purposes. There is no basque under the plush jacket, so they are not too warm, and are made comfortable for the street in the coldest weather by the addition of a wrap or round clock. ‘The same complete design can be carried out in velvet and wool with an advantage on the side cf service and gurabliity, for plush does not Wear Very well If put to frequent use, and will go out Of fashion while velvet Is always good wear. Richer reception and visiting costumes are composed of velvet and satin, with fur for trim- ming, the cap having a band of the fur, and the imufl a band through the center instead of on ihe sides, when itis finished with ruifies, but some lacies prefer the plain ruff of solid satin, with narrow fur bands upon the ends and lining of fur; and these are undoubtedly the taost per- manent and suitable for those who have attained matronly age and digaity. AFTFRNOON RECEPTIONS, The afternoon reception was a happy thought Which probably grew out of the English five o'clock tea, which we have never been able to acclimate, because our dinner hour (six o'clock) entrenches upon it too closely. But the after- noon reception inning at four and ending at seven is just ciently formed to serve as a means of paying of debts and just sufficiently informal to make it easy and not at alla thing to be dreaded for hostess or guests, It is a form of social entertainment which has all the eciat Of an evening party with none of its restraints, and requires no more preparation, if 1t happened to convenient not to make apy, than a formal call. are un- necessary, and long white kid gloves are out of place with a walking dress. All that is really necessary 1s tulle or lace about the throat, a pretty bonnet or picturesque hat, and fresh of undressed kid in a delicate shade of ecru, stone or ash gray, acco) to the taste or color of the dresg, which, tt 1s presumed, will be arne color, or ‘bronze, or myrtle, or brown, if not white or black. Black, tt is understood, always predominates at informal a and it is repo fl light- €ned, after the old style, by a white or light hat or bonnet, and the lace and flowers and the gloves; Dut, as before remarked, of late, this is Varied’ by the adoption of a hat which 13 black, also, but gives di ction to the costume by its plcturesque shape, while the harmontes and the ‘ternal fitpess of things that in such cases the sumbre character shall be preserved by black lace, black gloves and only illumined by a vivid bit of color in the shape of a bunch oLred roges or yellow cen ‘she more “swell” (to use the slang of the dey) a reception 1s, the eo ee. delicate colors will be used; but at all receptions there are always some ladies, young or ne’ mar- led, who wear white, and the simpler it ts in form, the less fussy’ and elaborate, the more suitable for an afternoon n to adopt more the common custom in Paris to have the Lee ion rooms on a more than ordinarily ig Occasion ornamented by the florist with palms and ferns or plants,in pots, which remain until the hours for receiving are over, and are then taken away. For a small addi- {icnal sum, a box of cut flowers 1s added, and these are distributed in glasses and small Denes £0 Ss £0 Bive an alr ol general festivity or brightness ‘Sweetness at small cost. = ‘The greater freedom pertultted to and en; loyea by women in general, through the indepen and self-reliance of & Tew, admits ‘of many ene years ago ears Of these is the -“tatinee (auch. Matinee per- trimmed with old gold plush, the trained skirt | of the two | at the theaters and the opera were Py oe mere opportunities for subur- ban its to see a play Or hear some music; lately they have elevated to thi rank of mH Saye! and “matines” parties organized with and without gentlemen. Per- haps it 1s because the attraction of clubs. po'l- tics and business renders men less and les3 available as escorts, that ladies have been com- led to resort to other mi ofseeing what |Is to be seen and fulniling social functions. | Whatever the cause, the fact remains. Ladies | having a friena visiting them invite others to meet Ler at lunch and attend the matinee per- | formance tn company at such a place and upon , Such a date. Sometimes the lunch ts given at , home; more frequently ft takes place at Del- inonico’s, where the ‘self-elected hostess pays the bill and provides the tickets for the pariy to which she acts as escort and chaperone, There are very good reasons why the iestan- | | Tantis chosen. A formal lunch at home is a very elaborate affair, and absoris the energies: of a modest establishment, It is impossible to | hurry it or the guests, or heve tt terminate | within the limits of time, while the cost ts really dies—than at the restauranc. To the ladies i Participating it ts an all-day affatr, aud 1s con. | | Sidered delightful, for those who have traveled | and brought Home foreign habits make thei midday breakfast of the twelve or one | lunch, and only reach home ta time family dinver after the performance | ciuded. Of course there are ways of m. | Matinee lunch more or less expensive. Sore | ladies supply artistic menu cards and tndtyid- | Wal Douguets even at a restaurant, and in ad- ition, if not thelr own, a hired carriage or car- | Hages. Others dispense with these extra: allow thelr friends to be driven home in their own carriages, which may be waiting, or avail eee of the ever ready hacks, st C and stages, A short dress fs almost untyersal on these casions, uniess in the rare instances wher? a has been provided fr the party acd all ‘arnage” people, who woifid as soon tulak f traveling on a telegraph wire as walking or taking the street cars, THE FUR LINED WRar. | | ‘The round cloak of bi: silk, med with fur, | has bad a day which seems just about drawing toaciose. Doubtless it wiil be retained fer a Ume. and it will certainly be worn by ladies | who have invested from fitty to one hundre dollars In one, but ft will cease to be popul. because it is expensive, troublesome, and unie possessed of solialy good qualities easily defacea and spoiled. Excellence in silk and fur is cost ly, and the popular idea fs to get things cheap. Forty, fifty, sixty dollars for a circular cloak, | even if it 1s lined with fur, does not seem cheap to the popular female mind, and ts readily pur- Suaded into what It wants to believe, that a forty or fifty dollar cloak ts just as good as any other. In fact the sum paid is large out of a small income, and it ought not to be paid by pn with which the money that their hus- ands earn 1s §| the fur comes off upon thelr street dresses, the ecges become rubbed and worn, and the money spent over again in time, thought and trouble given to its preservation trom motus and other animals, A soft, warm, and rauch more suitable wra) 4s made of feather cloth, with a soft, turry, yerstble side, and if elegance of appearance in this garment is stil! demanded, a pattern had better be obtained, a good «uality of black satin de Lyon purchased, ‘and a lining of the new “beaver” or *sealskin” plush, put more recent, more fashionabie, more elexant, more, expensive than good far, EVENING DRESS singular and remarkable contrasts. The most magnificent tollettes wiil be worn in the same place, at the same Ume, and among the same set as others that are plain even to affectation. Indeed, if plain, 1t must be to an extreme, or it would be merely common-place—and ugliness, aby thing ts better than that. It will occur therefore that the same lady will wear a toilet on ore occasion that will attract all eyes to Its richness, and upon another oceasion on¢ entirely destitute of trimming or ornament except per- aie an antique, or one vivid bit of color. here 1s uo occasion, however important, when a long perfectly P Satin, or brocade exactly moulding a fine form, 4s not more supremely elegant than any amount of trimming or accessories, and If the wearer worthy of theme of admiring comment, Very elegant and noteworthy evev" sg toilets | are made with boddice and train of white or delicately Unted brocade over what seems to be a petticoat of beaded and embroidered lace or gauze. Theskirtopens upon gauze panels at the sides, or upon one side, and upon the lower part of the front, which shows narrow pleatings of the gauze supplemented by rows of beaded fringe. The train is edged witha thick ruch- ing of the gauze, and the boddice perhaps trimmed by it on surplice folds, The sleeves are composed of lengthwise puflings of gauze oe brocade shaped to the armor of the gauze alone, For small ‘‘ at homes” young ladies still wear the brocade jacket or basque, and white silk and gauze-trimmed skirts. Doubtless there 13 a Ineasure of eccnomy in this, for it enables some Whcse allowances are limited to utilize last pulilber’s skirts or summer dress skirts whose Walsts have become soiled or unfit for use. It 13 a dress that can be worn also to the opera or aftemoon receptions, and requires no though for a pretty Jabot of lace furnishes all taut required _in the way of accessory and is always | ready. Beaded trimmings are not so much in demand as last winter, probably because they became 80 Common that unless a bovel idea or extraor- clnary beauty of effect could be obtained the result did not pay for the cost. There are still beaded “sensations,” but they are not obtained by the use of the usual fringes and passe- menteries, except among persons to whom even the oo of the shops possess the charm of novelty. An imported evening dress which made a veritable senzation is of black satin, very thick ard very rich, and sewn all over closely with Uny beads of eg gold. Of course the dress is what is called a whole dress, that 1s, in one ee Ree it fitted the wearer, who Is a remark- ably beautiful woman, of a very queenly type, to perfection. Since this appearea others have been made which had sleeves beaded in the | same way and Is part of the front of the skirt ortablier. One of these was an amber satin with amber beads; the other an ivory satin with | seed ris The ivory satin was further en- riched with Duchesse lace, embroidered with seed pearls, and the amber satin with a fraise of gold lace, THE WHOLE DRxSS, ‘There is little doubt that the whole dress will be the dress of the future for women—at least for the majority, There fs an increasing revolt Sgainst the discomfort, the folly of cutting up the principal article of clothing into so many pieces—or ee the hips with so many useless fo:ds, and exhausting time and strength in putting on and off, arranging and adjusting what ought to require a moment. Of course the whole dress will not be adopted all at once nor universally, but the tendency 18 toward such a dress in ine trained gown for the evening, the short “Jersey” for the street, and the whole undergarments which ladies’ who bave tried them feel that they cannot relin- quish without going backward in taking up again the separate ‘vest’ and drawers whose double folds and gathers are wholly opposed to smoothness of outline and artistic beauty and elegance of form; and women are to be con- gratulated that enough of freedom has at last been obtained to make it possible for those wno desire to lose the burden of clothes to do so without attracting unpleasant attention or tu- curring the charge of eccentricity. JENNY JUNE. A GLOOMY PROPHECY BY A VETERAN OF 1512,— ‘The veterans of the war of 1812 the cele- bration of Evacuation Day at sunrise. Adjutant J. Gould Warner, the adopted son of the vete- Tans, hoisted the flag over the old fort in Central Park, and David Van Arsdale performed the seme office at the Battery. Only six of the veterans were present at roll-call. These were Gen. Abram Dally, a 85 years; David Van Arsdale, 85; Thomas kK, 57; Samuel Ryck- man, Ss; Gardiner Lillieridge, 82, and William J. Surre, 82 ‘They attended service atSt. Paul’s church, occupying the old double pew known as Washington’s. After service they went to the Overton House, and, as guests of the pro- rietor, Wm. Overton, had a Thanksgiving inner. Gen. entertained the company with patriotic songs, and Mr. Lillibridge gave gome recitations. Gen. Dally sald thet so many of the Veterans had died since last Evacuation the; mou ‘soon be f01 wi to me,” sajd he, “that the day will soon be forgotten, and when that time comes I predict the beginning of the end of this republic.”—N F. Sun, 26th. FORMER GaMBLER’s Povery.—Jonathan Greene, once the most notorious and suc- 4 expos of ices! tricks, is ex] ir Known as an expose! ngs ae aged and poverty- From (ot to 2 he won money right and lett, not only from amateurs, but heavi from pro fessional players. On one occasion he Page 5 party, of ae days. He was wonderfully skill cards, and invented several of swindlinj faro dealers. At len; devices cope cad by le gu 5 reater—if wine is excluded, es it usually is by | ars | wemen who are responsible for the care and | nut. They realize this when | whieh is | more healthful, and probably less, certainly not | exhibits as I have before intimated, some very | er dress the result is usualiy the | RELIGIOUS NOTES. —Philadelphia has a Mormon church of 49 members that has been existing since 1560. If Would not be safe for them to practice there Ubeir cistinctive tenet of polygamy. — air. Moody's revival meetings in San Fran- cisco are managed with unwonted precision | and carnesiness. Mr, Sankey 15 there to cop- | duct tbe musie, and nearly ail the Protestant glersy are dolng something to help the evangel- | ist 8. —Says Robert Collyer: “I had no idea how | tbelr own priests, and end by caring fo | | benther.” —The removal of Rev. B. P. Adams 01 Dunkirk, | from the mialstry for heresy, has pro- ucce 1a division ta bis church, four trusiees | and a majority of the congregation siding with ibe pastor. ‘Phe use of the church edifice ts in- volved, and the courts will have to settle the matter, — The Rev. Phillips Brooks thinks that tt is | more important to live tn such close commn- | Jon with God as to receive constant suppiles of | grece than it is to seek some autuoritative and Ona) statement of christian truth. He says Lot those who are 80 anxtous to make creeds | Wauta reservolr when they may have a river. | —At the last meeting of the London Congre- | ational Union, Kev. Joseph Cook had a most y reception, aod adires Methods of Meeting Mo | sisted (hat there wa3 no mode sia Which might not be oncessions. He spoke of * ait chaff and halt ‘chafing. | —The sage of Concord, Mr. at ds just as tt 15 help of moi- hose who | hioks that i by the use 3, aithoush Uf, as he has the He cannot believe t a irag of slow and easy, flabby anil lary, good- | natured and ineffective management’ tn churches. Commenting on Bishop Janes’ ex- pression: “puts @ pint of lightning Into a dail | er,” it charges that there is al board that needs a gallon of lig or something else, to brace up iis management of church affairs. — Bishop Coxe favors the restoration of the Athanasian Creed to the Eptseopal Prayer- Book, to be used without the anathematiziag clauses, which he regards as simply enacting Clauses, ‘There were such clauses in the origi: nal promulgation of the Nicene Creed. The Ath apasian Creed ts printed in the last number of ‘ue Bishop's official organ, with tue recommen- dation that it should be taught during Advent. — It ts reported that the Rev. Dr. W! “2 H. Ryder, of St Paul's Universalist church, Chieago, is to receive a cail to the pastorate of | morencies, Mathieus. The Counts of | Hes, flowers, or ¢ MeU.odist protests against theconstant | ¢ | ! | the Rev, Dr. E. Hi. Chapin’s church, in York city.” Dr. Chapin has been Unable to | preach for nearly a year, on account of an | Rifection of the nervous system resuiling from overtaxing his energies during the greater | Part or the forty-two yearsthat he has been preaching, lecturing and writing. | | | | | —A letter from Cardinal Manning was re- cently read in the various Koman Catholic eburches of London, asking that the names and addresses of parents whose sous are at- terding non-Koman Catholic schools should be | sent to him through their respective clergy on | oF before a certain date. 28 to tind out | what support may be expected for a proposed | central school in London which will meet the | higeer educational wants of the Ruman Catho- lic middle ciass. | _—The half-dozen or so varieties of British | Methodistsheld a conference recently in Lon- | don to arrange for the proposed Methodist ecu- | menical congress. It was resolved that this gathering should be held about the first week in September, 1551, and that all-day meetings be held in various Engiish centers, to be at- tended by deputations from the coi which Isto be heldin London. On the day preceding the opening there will be a social sathering. and the American. members will be siven a farewell reception at Liverpool. - —A clergyman who has been discoursing about boys has devoted considerable attention to the Cost of these somewhat necessary indl- viduals, and he estimates the expense of bring- ing a good boy. with all the advantages of city lire, to the ege of fifteen, at about $5,000. These iigures are about doubled by the time the boy Is of age, If he goes to college. A bad boy, ar- rived at the age mentioned, costs fully as much, even if he has not been to eollege, and the com- putation, as the reverend gentleman suggests, does Lot include the value of the mother’s tears and the father’s gray hairs. Most men who | Bave brought = boys will agree that the esti- mate 1s not too high. | —The hobbling, year-to-year way in which too many churches persist in dealing with their pastor, denying to both him and them- selves all comfortable sense of assured con- {inuance, is Mlustrated by a case before us. ‘The a Of a strony church in a neighboring city has just deciined this sort of yearly re- election.” He told the trustees two years ago that if the yearly election system was carried out he should retire after one more vote. That vote was had a year ago, and the result 13 as above, He has endured this yearly overhaul- ing with {ts continual settling and unsetttlog, With its mischievous consequences for six Years, which, he concludes, ts long enough — Chicago Advance, —Three more ritualistic martyns are lan- | guishing in jail at London for a too pear approxi- | mation to Komish ceremonial in worship after | repeated warnings from the dean of the court. | | ofarches. The issue is precisely the same as | iu the Mackonochte and other cases, the one party declaring they prefer imprisonment to | “‘juége-made law,” the other what isto | happen if every one is to interpret the law for himself. Meanwhile the ae mg church union, exasperated at the pi ig, boldly throws off all reserve, and openly recommends all the | ritualistic clergy to consult their scruples no eon but to adopt vestments, or any other forbidden ptece of ritual at once, if their con- | gregations desire it, and a fresh outbreak of | ieee may now be expected allalong tne ine. —The anti-Jewish agitation in Germany, which. we believe. has reached its last stage, and wiil soon wholly cease to judge from em- phatic denunciations tn the Prussian Diet, will not have proved so mischievous in its effects if it unite more strongly Jew to Jew, and make Conformist and Nonconformist feel that there isa Judaism above and beyond the accidentals and developments Of Minbag, upon which all Jews can stand without compromise of prin- ciple. Let the broader Judaism prevail, and not the local phase aud interpretation,—con- stant harping on which, to the neglect of the prophetical spirit, is driving young Israel into defiant Nibilism. But the broader Judaism 1s not necestarlly Judaism despolled of everthing Jewlsh.—Jeish Messenger. ‘THE FUTURE OF THE SovTH.—The encourage iment of manufactures, the developement of our mineral wealth, the extension of our edu- caUlonal privileges and the improvement of our methods of cultivating the soll, these are the matters that will engage the serious attention of our people. We do not wish to be under- stood, in making these remarks, as favoring apolicy of commercial non-intercourse with other portions of the country. This would not eply be absurd but impossible. We cannot get along without many things the North produces and sends us, and in addition to this fact com- mercial intercourse promotes those friendly relations which every good citizen should wish to see exist between all of the country For we are not only Southerners, but above all Americans. What we do wish to see, how- ever, is that the South shall be less dependent on other portions of the country than she has retofore been, that she shril rouse herself to still greater exertions than she hasever made before, and realize her own ¢: ities and her own powers. This we think will do, in so doing, the mouths of her detractors and calumniators.—Mobile (Ala.) Register, A Cask OF INTEREST TO SURGEONS.—The case of John Neimyr, the boy, 14 years old, who was injured Fi On a nail, promi- ses to turn out one of the remarkable ii ‘the history of ‘. which oozed out soon as the metal was withdrawn. there has been an intermittent by means and counter-irritapts, to open and prevent inflamma- mn. Ye the boy was several times and Which he seemed to crave.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Nov. 22. Too Lats To Stor THE WEDDING.—A benign- ai Keep the wound Men and con; looking old gentleman, whom most people would call Over 60. with a rosebud ia his but- ton-hole, leading a blus! young lady appar- ently just out of her teens, in a new silk dress, made a profound bow before clerk of courts Laughton, the other day, in city building, and both ex; a it desire to be one. ‘he oid gentleman was over 70 years of and the girl under 17 and under Mr. Laughton cal told them were 15 min- Sout and beanty, who caused the trouble.— Lewiston (Me.) Journal, French Fashions in Names. (Figaro. } ‘There ig a fashion in names which ehaages Uke all other fashions. , under the Monarchy, the same christian name descended from father to son, and the habit was rarety departed from. Certain families had a prefer- ence for names, as Louis and ( narles for the House of France. The eldest sons of the Orleans family were Philippes; of the — ‘on louse were Raymonds; the Counts le Foix, Gas- tons. The el Of the Noailies were named Relyon; of the Rohans, Louts; of the Tour @ Auvergne, Henri; of the Albert de Luyuos, Honore; of the ‘hel Armand, after the great Cardinal Under the first Republic, male children received Greek and oman pames; the girls the names of heathen divint- We have known many venerable ladies bora at the commence- ment Of the century, and who bore names which contrasted cog & with their white locks; Flore, Exie, Bebe, ie, Aurore, ‘ypria, Arthemlse, and even Terpsichore. Komantic names next came in fashion and bad great success, and eirls were called Is9 tr \sabeau, Isaure, Ginevra, Malvina, Ines, Yo- lande, Mathilde, Hedwige etc, ‘That was the period when French literary taste, after stray- ing imo the mists of Scotland’ with Mac Phersonis *Osstan,"Wwent careering wide on the Pegasus of the romantic school. To poets relists, many New names are due, Gi Was sponsor for Indiana, Merimee Colomba, Victor livgo for Cosseite, Lamartine tor decelyp. and Dumas the younger for Jean r 4 ain measure for Lyonatte, name was given by the igny to her eldest daughter ago. ‘The present fashion 1s Ss’ names, and the children of aristocratte parents are calied, the Andre, Jacques, Eastache, Marcel, erre, "Francois, or Antoine; the laudine, Colette, Jeanne, Yvonne, Arlette. Hetietté, Jacqueline, Goong: the nev pLious ch- goers have endeavored 10 Safely dispose of their hats, eis no one that, has not proved to be fallacious The e: treme danger of plac a wu is universally hat sweeps up the tsle carries ised Mass Of defenseless hata, which are deposited tn the shape of a terminal moraine in the front of the pew which ts her final coal, 1 course the hats which have been subjected to this process are reduced by attrition to a rounded form and are covered with seratches, remtodi marks of glactal action on granite bowlders. However interesting they may be to the geologist are Of no iurther valine be bent into a shape that will allow their owners to Wear them home. In the days when expansive crinolines were in fashion, the fate of the hat deposited in the aisle was still more appalling. When a well-dressed lady passe by in its vicinity tt disappeared totally from human sight. ‘There are cases on re ene fashionable woman bas thus diseppearauce of thirteen separate ha’s during her pas trom the church door to the pew in the nelgiborhood of the pulpit. What was the final fate of those hats was never ascer- tained. They simply vanished and jeft no tréce behind. As to putting one’s hat on the toor underneath nO min Who follows ess Course Can expect anything but «usaster, It there ts a small boy in the pew he will Infaliibly discover that hat and kick it to the further end of the pew within the first thirty minutes of the service. If there ts a lady in the pew a surgical operation will be required torcmove her boot from the interior of the hat, while in any event the hat ts certain to absord every particle of dust within a radius of eigut feet and to fasten Itself to the floor with the ald of forgotten Sunday-school gum-dtops. Neither under Uhe seat, on Uhe seat, nor in Ube alsie can the worried hat find rest, and the plan of estab lishing a hat pound in the vestibule where hats can be ticketed and kept during service, would simply result in converting a church Into a bi exchange where the sinners would secure the good hats and the saints would be o pelled to content themselves with wornout aod worthless ones. Fatal = VsuocirepE = ACCIDEN'’.——Coroner Simms, of Brooklyn, held an inquest yes' aiternoon in the case ot Edward F. Powell, a colored boy, nine years of age. who died oa Sunday last from the effects of an injury re- celved some time ago by falling from a veloci- pede. Mr. Harrison Powell, the father of the unfortunate lad, last July purchased for his son a small velocipede. The lad used it for teveral weeks, but suddenly commenced fall ing tn health. Physicians were summoned, bat to ho purpose. The child's condition gradually becume worse, About four weeks ago & marked change occurred in his condition, and it was then discovered that he was suffering from aa abscess in the bowels. Dr. Briggs Garsida, of Adelphi street, the attending physician, wiille cenversing with bis little patient learned the manner in which the abscess had been formed. ‘The child said that some weeks previous} while riding on bis velocipede, 1t upset, an the handle struck him in the abdomen.” ‘Th2 Poor boy continued to grow worse until Sunday last, when be died at his residence, No. vit Battle staeet. The remains were red in the Evergreens Cemetery.—N. 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