THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 28 , 1886.-1'WELYE PAG-JBS. 11
CLARA BELLE'S ' GOSSIP ,
Studying the Lines on the Insida of
at Ten Dollars a Haiid.
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PALMISTRY A TRANSIENT FAD.
The Tcrpslcliorcntt Knslilons HufTnlo
.Matinee AHxvcll Crowd
Tlio Feminine Vanity oCn
Itcnittll'ul Complexion.
Nnw VOIIK , Nov. 2,1) . [ Correspondence
ot the HKK. ] Society lias tliis week been
tictivu cliiuily with its hunds and feet.
Heads and hearts may have boon used us
usual , and stomachs liavo no doubt been
called on to yield the customary puins
und delights of liijjh gastronomy , but the
linger and ton oxtromo.s of anatomy liavc
been excitedly interesting. Kd Heron
Allen , nn adroitly exploited Hrilon , lias
caught tlic hands of our Fifth avcnuo
girls.nnd they pay him f 10 each for dolnjr
it. lie is a palmist , who pretends to
study lines on the Insldos of hands and
thereby delineate the character of the
H\vncr. Society happens just now to
'have limn for an ephemeral bit of 11011-
pti-'oiiso , for the real season of gavety has
v hardly net in , and so palmistry'becomes
A TIIAX.SII.NT I'AD.
Heron-Allen's own palm lias first to
bo crossed by a coin of the magnitude of
ton dollar ! ) , or its equivalent in paper
money. Then ho takes the customer's
InuUl..ga/.es at it ina monomaniac sort
of a way , examines its lines through a
'VnfrigitifyitiK glass , draws its outlines on
'cardboard , and then diutales live hun
dred words or so to a shorthand secre
tary about the person's supposititious
oood ; qualities. .Several setinees at fash
ionable resiliences have been Kiyen at
$5(1 ( a piece. Heretofore the belle who
consulted fortune tellers has made an
nd venture of it put tint ; herself into a
Hemi-disguise of plain clothes , driving to
the place in a close carriage by a circuit-
ous'routo , and there buying for a dollar
the Ignorant mumblings of 'an ugly old
witch. To be served by a neat , polite ,
palavering fellow strikes her as a divert
ing novelty , and ho is getting rich very
fast , liesidcs having a good time cud
dling dainty , exclusive hands that would
recoil in resentment if his freedom were
fcocial instead of professional.
AS TO SOCIITY'.S ; KIKT : ,
they have not begun to dance for the
winter yet , but they arc under assiduous
tuition. Torpriclioroan fashions change
from season to season , and it is necessary
every November to learn how to waltz in
December , when the balls and receptions
commence. Some of the girls take a few
private lessons , uul most of them are
nblo. with a little practice b.y themselves ,
to accomplish the niodilications de
manded. Moreover , they watch closely
all the public perlonnanc.es that may give
hints as to new grace. Thus wo have had
"Vienna walt/.es , " a ballet in connection
with opera at the Metropolitan , and it
was easy to see that tlie fair spectators'
eager scrutiny of the stage wallxcrs was
' with a view to imitation ; and hundreds of
feet were mildly motioning , in the seclu
sion of long skirts , in imitation of ( lie
pedal gymnastics which tlie footlights
illuminated as object lessons. Then ,
again , we had a somewhat astounding
illustration of how not to do it. This
was given by the .itmlisnts wiio acted the
( ireek comedy before a modish audience
nt the Academy of Mucic. In llicir con-
Hcientious representations of the Greeks ,
they wore their own unembellislicd legs ,
without so much as powder or rouge to
cover them , and tlm display of unsyni-
metrical awkwardness was.dreadful. . . I
fancy that a series of instantaneous
photographs , after the manner of Lcland
Stanford's camera views of the trotting
liorfco at successive instants of a rapid
gait , would lie wonders of disenchant
ment as to the wait/ing bean.
It may be that fashionable girls are un
reasonably hard to please in the matter
of masculine grace. They forget that
the poor fellows do the best they can
under natural disadvantages. There
was plenty ot laughter in the sleeves of
the toilets at the .steeplechases last sum
mer and autumn , when the dandy ama
teur jockies humped themselves in the
Raddles ; ami yet. when society assembled
in a considerable quantity tlie other
night to see some uncivili/.ed poetry of
motion by Indians , the fun was still
renter. The ceremony of burying the
K iiteliet and smoking the pipe of peace
was performed by a band of
HUTKAl.O IIII.I..S IIIKKU INDIANS
for the entertainment of about a thousand
spectators. All Now Yoric was there ;
that is , the people who imagine they arc
the personages of New York , the re
mainder of the inhabitants being classi
fied as the populace. When they are at
Newport , there is positively nobody in
New York. Herry Wall , ox-king of the
dudes , came in with three of his subjects ,
nil wearing spick-and-span now hats
with very high crowns. Weary slims
from Murray hill stepped in on their way
home from the theatre and dropped
limply into chairs. 1'clham steeple-
tiliasers , Tuxedo club men , ( .elevations
from city clubs , ical and imitation Ikilisli
K'.veils of stolid aspect and other mem
bers of swelldom presented cards of in-
'vjtation. The showmen had artfully
piqued their curiosity by saying that the
scone would beentertnining even to this
blase community. The Pawnees and Clioy-
onncshad been at war for many years ,
mul before thej could camp together
they must limy the hatchet and smoku
the pipe of peace. The ceremony was
necessary to keep them from going on
the war path right hero in N w York and
Hfalpiugoach other. ' 1 hey might , any
how , get loose in the arena and produce
cases of premature baldness before light
ing up the pipe of pciiee. The lecturer ,
on tlie spot , declared that it was going
to bo u solemn ceremony , and ho ex
horted the elite of New i ork not to in-
dnlgo in unusual merriment. Some
lifty or more Indians in red blankets en-
'ti-rcd. They yowled like a pack of
coyotes. They were Pawnees mid Sioux
inviting the C'hoyenncs and Crows to
come oil'the warwath and take some
thing. Tlie Cheyenne * could be seen
< ON TIIK WAK r.vni
behind Home of the canvas primeval for-
rsts at tlie other cml of the garden. They
were furtive In their movements , and no
( liiiilit if a Pawnee had recklessly wan-
ihircd three hundred fuel from his wig
wam at tiie we t end of the circuit , and
' ? tfot jUijU in the labyrinth of painted prai-
'no a'nd fret sawed wood at the cast end ,
thpy would have lifted his hair , mmlo a
honliro of him , or tied out ) end of his
stomach to a poi ! > and driven him round
and round until he was all unwound in-
hidu The Cheyennes' , dbllnguislicd by
blue blankets , i-amo cautiously out and
yapped at the Pawnees. The pipe was
binoiied ami a property ban hot was im-
lirflsiyuly buried in sonui dirt that had
been brought b.y a tip-cart.Then the braves
Hhnckcd their blanket.- ! and had a dance ,
attired mainly In paint anil earrings.
Their style ot dimeing is varied. Some
went about like Jcrseymen hunting in
the grass for lost coppers , and others
whooped it up with all the aban
don of Fourth warders at a hoodlum
picnic. All yelped continuously. It was
very funnv , and it proved that the untu
tored Indian can't , any moru than the
Undo , walla as gracefully as the girl of
liijjh .tlvili/ation.
ants , .1. u , r. srn.t. suitrmsixa SOPIKTV ,
It U true that Mrs. James llrown Pot-
tpr has gone out of the country , and the
render may think that she sought to be
omitted from society columns , but she is
GO full of exploits that there U no use
trying to get along without her. She
has now giyeii society another shock by
appending her name loan advertisement
ot a complexion balm that is warranted
to make plain people pretty and pretty
people ravishinglv beautilul. The pro
prietor claims to have obtained the re
ceipt indirectly from the queen of Slipba.
Cleopatra , or some other prize beantv of
ancient times. She sells a thimble fufl of
ongiiont for $1. CO and folks arc surmising
why Mrs. Potter is willing lo publish her
self as a user of the stun" . It is declared
that she has no propriolorv interest In
the business , but society is dreadfully sur
prised and gossipy.
Tilt : rUMI.NIXK rOMIM.KXlON.
Many a woman would wall ; the full
length of ISroadway on her hands and
head if somebody were to toll her that
the feat would clear Inr complexion or
change the color of her hair. If therein
anybody who disbelieves this , lot him deus
us 1 have done lind out what a number
of people there are in Now York making
comtortabln living by pretending to
transform their credulous lomale custom
ers into things of beauty. Let him make
the rounds of these places and have
cnoutih paint nut on his face to set a
whole tribe of Apaches up in business
for a do/.eu yearsor his head drenched
and rubbed and drenched again until it
needs to be left in a fumigating appara
tus for the next six mouths ; or
his breast pnmmeled under the
pretense of making and emaciated form
"plump aud.ibcantifnl ; " or rtibbci * and
swathed , until he feels ready to bestowed
away In the pyramids , or catacombs , or
wherever it is they put embalmed people
but I am not going to toll anything
more of what happened to me during my
investigation , which was inspired solely
by curiosity as to the profession boaull-
liers. I have some respect for my se.v ,
and I do not propose to reveal all the un
speakable horrors they undergo in their
cllbrts to improve on nature. lint as 1
said before , if anybody doubts my state
ment let him do as 1 did , and b.y the time
he has gone through half I endured lie
will shout , "Come oil' " and bo ready to
give up the matter , if he hasn't already
given up the ghost. 1 don't pretend to
know how many of these operators there
are in Now York. 1 went to a doxpn or
so. and 1 didn't find nearly all of them.
IJlcss me , how they do talk , and what
wonders they can accomplish ! Kvory
time L came out from a place or bought a
box of grease , 1 wondered how it was
possible that there should be so many un
handsome women on the street when it
is so easy to bo beautiful. If you take
them at naif their words there isn't one
of 'cm who couldn't change an Egyptian
mummy into a regular Langtry houri
with one box of ointment ; and if an ordi
nary women will only persevere tliroutrh
two bottles of any of their balms -lordl
how her beauty is bound to blaxe , corus
cate and eclipse the sun , moon and stars !
L'ossibly it might. 1 can't deny it from
actual knowledge , for. as I never reached
the bottom of one bottle , it is still possible
to look at me through the unsmoked
glass.
Generally , they giro women credit for
possessing little shrewdness and so put
tip their preparations for various pur
poses in different bottles with appropri
ate labels. Hut I found one complexion
rcjuventitor which would do anything
required of it. Its marvelous powers
were equalled only by the phonomiual
cheek of tiie person who sold it. "Cupid's
Tears , " J think they called it ; and if you
nut it on your skin you would become
"fair and rosy as an infant. " And the
stuff wouldn't ' wash off lilt her , because as
soon as you put it on it would crawl
down under the skin , and hide in the
flesh somewhere , beyond the roach of
soap and water. It would remove freck
les and wrinkles.if you were bald it would
make your hair grow ; and it would turn
your hair any color you wished , from
black to golden. It would cure corns.
moles and warts , remove superfluous
hair , and in fact you had only to spread
it over any part of your anatomy that
you desired changed , and presto ! 'twould
1)0 done. . Actually , they arc carrying on
a heavy trade , a regular land-ollice busi
ness , anil * ! , - saw more women carrying
away bottle's of their stuti' than I eyer
fouiid in one such place before in my
life. I dare say it is nothing but distilled
water perfumed.
There is a cynical saying by some of
the sterner sox which insinuates that
every woman thinks she is beautiful. On
the contrary , there is no woman , how
ever beautiful , who does not have mo
ments of confidence with her mirror
when .she fears she is absolutely ugly.
Then she rises from the ashes of despair ,
goes out to consult the beatitilior , and
comes home with balms , pastes , face
masks and such , and the delicious con
sciousness that she doesn't look so badly
after all , and that she is going to look a
great deal better. Men have never given
women iiuich credit for courage , but do
you know a man brave enough to go
to bed looking like the ghost of a circus
clown ? I don't. Not one. And that is
exactly what a woman resembles with a
toilet mask on. I wouldn't wear one
unless alone in a house with the doors
bolted , the windows nailed down , and
the mirrors all taken out and buried.
Nine
I'ASIIIONAIIU : WOMHN
out of every ten are undoriroing martyr
dom half tlie time in houo ot making
themselves look a little bettor the other
half. 1 know one who has slept every
night for the last six months with her
hands tied to the head-board of her bed ,
inst as far up as her arms would reach.
What for ? lUoss you , she imagines it
makes her hands less Hushed. Every
oilier woman you meet on the streets of
New York limps on account ot tight
shoes , past or present. And there is a
secret my dressmaker told mo one day.
When the woman and she if numberless
who is very particular about the lit of
her sleeves tries on her dross she takes
oll'lier nndervcst and makes the expert
lit the sleeve to her bare arm , just as
tight as it can be done , and then , you see ,
when she puts it on it looks as if her arm
had been melted and poured in. The elleet
is stunning , but how do yon suppose it
fools ? I had a dress of that kind on oneo
just live minutes and the sensation is
something that would have enabled
Dante to add another book to the "In
ferno. " Oh ! wo are a sex of imirtyrs.and
L sometimes fear that we don't make
ourselves look so very pretty after all.
Cuui.v Bu.i.i ; .
tI'Yojj I'nrin oa Seneca
'I ho steadily increasing demand for the
edible frog bus for some time caused at
tention to bo directed to the possibility of
Hireling it by increased supply. Thie
idea lias at last taken tangible bhauo and
resulted in the formation of a company
ill Koehester , N. Y. , which has leased for
fifteen years at a nominal rent , a large
stretch of marshy ground lying on the
borders of Seneca lake , Tiie services ot
a gentleman well versed in natural his
tory. who has made the little vactriau a
special study , ha.s been engaged by the
company , which is prepared to carry out
its object on a liberal scale. The land
just taken up has long been a favorite re-
wort of the frog , but the coimmny propose
lo augment the largo natural supply by
artificial production , and for this purpose
houses will be at ouco erected for propa
gation , and those will bo further supple
mented by the building of factories for
and canning.
A Montreal doctor who had an account
with a job printer a-rrcod to take his pay
in work. After he had all the priming
done that he needed there still remained
a balance , and , as his wife was very sick.
lie decided to have some blank funeral
notices struck oil' with her name on them.
Ho locked them in his desk , his wife cot
well and found them , and now she talks
of getting a divorce.
"
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GENERAL BADEAC'S ' LETTER ,
Arthur's Funeral , a Greek Play , Patti's ' Re
turn , and Buffalo Bill's ' Opening.
A WEEK OF INTERESTING EVENTS.
llurylnu the Ilntcbct In the Wild West
A 31 itch Discussed Artist anil
Ills i'ioturc i'nttl in
fScmlrninlde.
NKW YOIIK , Nov. 2j. [ Correspondence
of the HKK. ] New York has relumed to
town. This city has boon full of events
and interests for a week , enough to fill a
thrco-volnmo novel of the olden style , era
a Sunday newspaper of to-day. Arthur's
funeral and a ( ireek play ; I'atli's relurn
and llio arrival of Hufl'alo IJills "Christ
before I'ilate , " in Twenty-second street ,
and 1'iiwiieo .Indians "burying the
hatchet" in Madison Square one hardly
knows which theme lo turn to lirsl.
In this crowded metropolis even the
luncral of a citi/.en who had reached ( ho
presidency was only ono of the passing
circumslances in llio great procession of
events ; another olToetof the kaleidoscope
as it turns. Il.casl a momentary shadow
which Ilitted by almost before it was
recognized. The courts adjourned , but
the shops and the theaters were not
closed. The Hags were hung at half-mast ,
and some of the public buildings were
draped in mourning ; but the obsequies
themselves were simple , and only Ihe
llirong in the street and the number of
notable men in the church made the ccr-
cmony.m any way different from what it
would have been six years before.
Among the ollicial mourners was ex-
Prcsidcnl Hayes , whoso action in remov
ing Arlhtir from llio collcctorshipof New
York was Ihe llrsl step in the chain of
circumstances that made llio expelled
oflieoholdor president.
HAYKS AND AUTlIUt
hardly a year ago sat in th same car
riage at the funeral of ( Jrant , and a little
before all three had followed ( tarlield lethe
the tomb. On Monday the solitary sur
vivor walked behind the pall ot his owi.
successor and subordinate.
The cabinet ofilccrs of the late head of
llio stale of course were present. On
Sunday I chanced lo call on Lincoln just
after 1 came from a visit to
UPW1N HUUTH ,
and Ihe coincidence of the names so
axvfnlly connected in men's memories re
called the striking illustration of the way
in which all our lives are langled and in
terwoven withouloiir will , liootli and I
were intimate friends twenty-live years
ago , and Robert Lincoln in liie late win
ter of 18W ( joined Grant's headquarters
as captain of volunteers. He left college
for the army , and on his way from Har
vard lo the front to assume his new
duties the youth passed through Now
York. It was late on Sunday night when
ho reached the station at Jersey City to.
take Ihe Philadelphia train. Kdwin
Hooth was also there , but had never met
young Lincoln. Ho noticed , however , a
man in front of him who stepped'on : i
car that proved to bo the wrong one.as the
stranger was gelling oil' , the train moved
on , and ho slipped and foil between the
cars and the platform. Another moment
and ho must have been crushed and
doubtless killed. No one else seemed to
notice his danger , and Booth , who held
his valise and ticket in his hand , dropped
his valise , put Ihe licket between his
leelh , and then rushed up and snatched
the stranger by Ihe collar , dragging him
out of the inlcrslico and put of peril.
The man turned to thank his preserver
and recognized the tragedian whom ho
had often seen on the stairc. "That was
a narrow escape , Mr. IJootli , " ho ex
claimed , as he uttered his gratitude ; but
even then the actor was ignorant that ho
had saved the son of the president.
VOfNV LINCOLN
went ou to City Point , and knowing my
intimacy willi Booth ho told mo that bis
'
life had'beeu saved by my friend , and I
wrote to JJoolli lo lei him know who he
had served. For llio great actor was
Staunchly loyal to the union ; Ihe only
vote he ever cast was for Abraham Lin
coln at his re-election three months be
fore.
In less than Ihrro months after the
father of him who was rescued fell by the
hands of the brother of his savior. Unt
life is full of these 'contrasts and contin
gencies.
One of the most salient contrasts 1 have
lately observed came under my notice on
Friday. 1 was at tiie opera house where
the women wore in their glory , for the
night was a gala ono. A ballot was an
nounced for llio lirsl limo , and 1 never
saw the boxes more crowded or the cos
tumes moro resplendent. Unt a friend
asked mo to go lo a show of Indians un
der Ihe auspices of
IJL'KFAI.0 HILL ANI > STKKI.K MACKAVE.
There was lo be a genuine rile of pacifi
cation celebrated between tribes that
were still hostile. Such a sight in the
heart of Now York was more novel than
llio bullet , and wo left the Metropolitan
for Madison Sijgare.
The arena in the great garden was sur
rounded by two or three thousand men ,
all invited to witness the pact. Members
of congress , the mayor-iilect , judges of
llio highest state and city courts , wcro
scattered in the boxes and galleries , be
sides literary , dramatic and sporting
celebrities by the scoro. N. ladies wore
admitted , for the ceremonies were to bo
peculiar'and nobody knew exactly what
inijlht occur.
The Pawnees and Sioux and Cheyonnes
whom liuflalo Hill had brought to per
form in Now York had never made peace ,
and before they could act together il was
indispensable to ratify a treaty in the In
dian stylo. Steele Maekago explained in
advance the circumstance. Ho assured
us of tlie reality of the situation , and thai
the Indians looked upon the event as
solemn in the extreme ; however gro
tesque tlie rites might seem to us he im
plored us to manifest only respect or
.sympathetic ; interest.
The tribes came into the theater from
four different directions with their war
paint , with blankets and feathers' and
shields and at rows und tomahawks. They
Baluted each oilier with extraordinary
cries , shrill and dissonant , and then
squalled on the ground in four corners of
llio immense arena. Then Kooky Hear ,
the great medicine man of llio Pawnees ,
opened Ihe ceremonies will ) H speech.
What ho said was translated to Mackayo ,
who repeated it to tlie audience. A chant
and a ilancu were followed by a proces
sion of all the Indians in a singular hop
ping movement , in some instances not
devoid of grace , which was accompanied
by discordant vocal music , more dilllciilt
to appreciate than the song of tlie Walk-
ure by tho.uninitiated.
Ne\t two squaws appeared in the un
couth throng , it was announced that no
Indian man ever humbled himself to dig ,
and therefore only women could make
the hole in which the hatchet was to be
buried. The squaws then squatted on
the ground and scratched with their
hands until a hole was formed in the
earth , into which the hatchet was thrust ,
and eon the symbol of war was out of
sight , covered with the soil of the arena.
At it disappeared the wild ciios went up
again on every side , and llio Pawnees
and Sioux were friends. Then the braves
smoked the pipe of peace in the presence
of the tribes , lighting each olhci's lire
and exchanging calumets ; u sort of com
munion service among savages ,
And now the Indians all threw off their
blankets and
TIIItKK IUJNIHlKliNAKnn IIKD JIEN' .
smeared with paint , their long hair
streaming down their bncks , feathers on
their heads , and nothing to cover them
but n strip about their loin , joined in the
wildest , itramrest daneo that has been
performed in New York since the Dutch
arrived in Manhattan 280 years ago. No
antic in the ballet was ever morocxtrava-
fiant. no figureanto more exposed. A
succession of extraordinary actions fol
lowed. One chief displayed his wounds ,
like Coriolanus , and went through the
representation of the battle in which ho
had been nearly killed ; crouching , steal
ing stealthily , striking , retiring hid
ing , rushing up again ; ' and
the man who had saved his
life was brought out and presented to us.
Ho lee repeated Ids part , and how ho
dragged his chief out of the clutches of
the enemy. We wcro invited lo applaud
f'is bravo man especially. The chiefs
themselves wcro as proud of their past
performance * and as earnest in portray
ing them a ? any player on llio modern
stage or after dinner orators ; they thrust
their scars before tis.nnd told their stories
as Homeric heroes may have done , and
were not deterred by any foolish modesty ,
phyMcal or moral , from earning all the
applause they felt ihey had deserved.
1 hen came
camoTMI : rr.ATiint tuscr. ,
greatest solemnity of all. At Ibis awful
crisis the entire audience of men who
until then had worn their lints were re
quested to uncover out of rospeet to the
ceremony , so sacred in savagn eyes. So
wo nil look oil' our hats and remained
profoundly silent. The feather is sluek
iulo llio ground and represents the
enemy. 'I he naked Indians ilaneo around
it , but Kocky Hill stands guard , and no
bravo is allowed to touch llio featl'or
unless ho has killed his man in battle.
The yells and leaps and gestures of the
crowd were now more frantic than over.
The Indians rushed around the feather ,
they brandished their weapons and Hung
up tiieir arms , they ran and hopped and
danced backward and forward around
and among each other ; they laughed
a'oud ' , their 03-03 Unshed , their faces
gleamed , their liair hung wildly ; their
bodies were streaming with sweat , and
the paint dripped from leas and backs
and arms. Kvery now and then ono
whoso presence had earned the right
dashed in among the throng and struck
the- feather amid liio shouts and gesticu
lations of his fellows. It was all very
barbarous , of course ; still , those who
had seen what is called civilized could
rceogni/.o many traits common in other
armies , and moro than once llio antics of
these savage soldiers , as they fought
llicir battles over again , recalled "the
grim delight in bloou.nnd the pride in
their own achievements that the veterans
of ( Jranl and Sherman and Stonewall
Jackson still sometimes fool.
After a while linllalo Hill himself came
on and the chief of Die Indians desired
formally lo shake his hand. Harangues
were exchanged ; the Indians put on
their blankets and the treaty of peace
was concluded.
All tliis was more striking to mo com
ing direct from the fashion and splendor
of the German opera. Yet I thought I
saw a curtain likeness in the observances
at both houses. The Indians were
painted , but so were many of the ladies
we had loft.
loft.Till
Till ; IlKAUTIES I1AUK1)
their arms and the savages their logs.
Both wore feathcss , for llio panache of
llio belles this winter is high as that of
the Pawnees ; but tlie. braves have the
longest hair 1 should say , and theirs is
all their own. At both places the eli-
quetto was rigid ; the medicine man is tlie
most important of the Pawnees , and at
llio opera il is high priests and pries-
losscs of fashion who parade. Then llio
shouting it is at least as loud of Sicdl
Kraiis and Niemann as ihal of any of the
Sioux ; the dancing in the ballet as in
decorous as that of the braves. One
point of difference 1 must own ; no la
dies are admitted to the show in Madi
son sqiir.ro , where men are exposed , but
if men wcro not present at Ihe Metropol
itan 1 fear there would bo no bare
arms. After all , savagn and civilized
are very miicli ' 'alike ' ; it the Choycnncs
had gone lo'tho Walkurq they woiifd have
wondered at ( ho noise in the orchestra
and the petticoats in the ballot as much
as wo who gazed on llicir unmanned
rites , whiloitho hcadrcsscs in the boxes
and llio ducollcllo gowns would have
surprised and Chocked Itqcky Hear , I
fancy , oven' more Ihan his followers did
llio audience in Madison Square.
It is very'hard ' for llio uncivilized lo
understaad tho'civilized. I was at a ball
in London given to the Shah of Persia
ten or twelve years ago. It was at the
Guildhall , iand the royal family at
tended , out , of compliment to
the oriental potentate. The Princesses
danced a quadrille immediately before
the dais wiorc the august but tawny
sovereign sat in his jewelled fey and
wonderful collar of _ diamonds. lie was
highly delighted with the spnctaclo , and
supposed it was all for his edilieatiou.
At llio close ho commanded a repetition
as ho would have done at homo witli the
ladies of liis harem. 1'or eastern grandees
never dance themselves ; they have people
ple to dance for them and before them ,
and the Persian supposed all these
princesses were at his beck. It was even
said lie ordered his attendants to dis-
POIISO purses among them ; but for this
part of tlie story I cannot vouch. I should
like very much lo know what Kooky
Hear and his friends would have said
among themselves , however , had they
been taken to a box at the opera , and
which they would have thought Ihe
audience and which the performers.
The other peculiar show of the week
has beun the picture of llio Hungarian
artist , Munkacsy ,
"riruisT HKi-'om : IMLATP/'S
as theatrical an exhibition as any at the
opera or in Madison Square. A former
church lias been turned into a .show
room , the auditorium darkened , and in
place of u stage the pieturo is exposed ,
v/itn stage lights and similar accessories.
Tickets wcro issued to 2,500 people for a
private view , dencriptivo pamphlets com
paring the aniit to Hallaello and Michel
Aiigiilo , very much to the disadvantage
of the Italians , were dlslributcd , and tlm
crowd of supposed distinguished people
rilled the theater or marched by the can
vas. Anything moro in the style of the
charlatan has seldom been Been here
connected with art ; though the artists of
the brush do hoinclimcs rival their brethren -
ren of the stage in their adoption of such
appliances.
'J ho picture itself cannot fairly bo Judged
amid these false lights and meretricious
environments ; and ono doubts at once
the tone and character of H work of art
Bet before him under such auspices. Still
there is merit in the production and of a
decided character ; iii < o grouping , good
drawing , dramatic treatment of single
lignres ; and as far a.- > one could judge , a
certain excellence of color and tone ; but
of course under the glare of the gasliglil ,
it is peculiarly impralloablo to pronounce
upon these latter qualities. Hut a-i might
bo supposed , a man who could allow any
picture , above all ono on such a theuiu ,
to be exhibited like a circus or a clown
is utterly uniiblo to embody the lofty
sentiment of llio gospel story. The fig
ures might represent characters in pro
fane history just us well as Ihoso they
stand for ; while the Christ is a failure ,
entirely without divinity or majcstv , or
oven the sublime humanity of the Kcce
Homo ,
The artist has boon heralded and adver
tised in the noisiest and vulgarost way ;
newspapers lauded him to the skies ; ho
found clubs to oiler Him entertainments ,
a distinction hardly accorded to the
grcatests artisls before ; the style of the
invitations was fuloomo in the extreme ,
and this demigod was placed in a talon ,
surrounded by lus own works , as if noth
ing else was sufiiclout to honor him.
Doubtless his paintings are worthy of
study , and some of them of admiration ;
but tins thrusting a man , or trying to
thrust him , into a place much higher than
ho deserves , lessens the legitimate cil'uct
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ho might otherwise attain. Munkacsy is
powerful in thought and dramatic in
treatment , but no liner in those , his chief
excellencies , than a score of others of
bis time who illicit bo named ; ho does
not etpial many living painters in grace
or correctness of drawing ; ami if he can
bo compared wilh them as a colorist lie
has not allowed the fact to be ascer
tained. In the grcatcsl of all nualities
elevated expression ho lias failed.
I liavo left mysclt no space to toll of the
Greek play at llio Academy of Music on
one night , and
I'ATTI IN gr.MIUAMIDi :
on another : both attractions , so widely
different , crowding the former temple of
song. Aristophanes was dug up lo amuse
an audience ii.OOO j'oars later Ihan llioso
before which ho lirsl performed ; and
Somiramide , the llicmc ot which was as
old , seemed also a resuscitation in music
after the Italian opera had been forgolleu
for nearly five years. 1'alli herself was a
revival , though her voice is as fresh al
most , as over , and her popularity seems
perennial. Then the
NlNKTBUSTIl CKNTI'KV CI.L'II
hold its lirst meeting for the season on
Tuesday , and Carter Harrison , of
Chicago , ami Andrew D. Knight , of Cor
nell , discussed municipal government be
fore 0'stliolic ladies and literary lions ;
hardly , one would think , the most coin-
potent judges of such a theme. Hut
whether it is savages or classic lore , or
civic institutions , or Christ before I'ilalo ,
New York assumes lo sit in judgment ou
them all. In this llio "nineteenth ecu-
ttiry" is characteristic of its homo.
ADAM lAi $ > r.Air.
I'rlocs Sixty Years AH < > .
National Weekly : An account book of
1R20 , or sixl.y vcars ago , shows some of
llio prices oi our ancestors , and pives us
food for thought iu comuaring them with
the prices of to-day. The location was
lioencsier , N. Y. , and Iho accounts were
of a general character. As ladies should
always come first , I will begin on their
goods : Calico , ! ! 1 cents per yard ; H'IUK-
hams , -10 cents ; flannels , TO cenls ; dress
silks were from $1 lo $ 'J ' per yard : ladies'
shoes , $1.50 per pair ; men's boots
from § 8 lo § . ' ! per pair ; ladies' ban-
nets wcro Ihcn seldom changed in
style of fashion , and prices ranged from
$1 to sS. Ellas Howe , the inventor of
sewing machines , was then unheard of ,
and tailors received for making coals
from 75 cents to * : i each. 1'anls and
vests \yere then gotten up in the then
prevailing style from-5 to ftO cents each.
The hero of these accounts was then a
bachelor ot some thirty years of age , and
several entries show where no cents per
dozen was the price paid for laundry
work.
Old folks will remember "dickies,11 a
sort of false shirt front , which r.ru in sev
eral places charged -10 cents each. Of
building material , bricks are quoted til
? ( i per iM. ; clear pine limihnr-al $10 per
M. ; nails , 12 cents per pound ; class , 8x10
liL'lil , 1C cents ; lme : per bushel. Ifi cents ;
hauling with team per day , i1.75. la
borers' wages were 00 to10 cents per
day. Stonemasons , bricklayers and car-
pentpr.s are in several places in the booic
credited with work at iJl.CO per day.
Hoard for workiiimncu ! > cents per meal ,
or $ l.7iT per week. Smoked hams wcro
7 cents per pound ; fresh beet , -1 cents ;
fresh pork , 3 } cents ; mutton by the quar
ter , 2'J cents , butter. 15 cents ; eggs , 1'JJ
cents per dox.cn ; potatoes , ! M cents per
bushel ; coU'ee , 20 cents ; tea , Young lly-
son , sft.-IO per pound ; nco , ( i cents ; sugar ,
7 cents ; molasses , -10 cents pur gallon ;
maple molasses and sugar wore quoted ut
about the same prices ; salt , 70 cent per
bushel ; "locofoco" matches , 25 cents jier
box , for about as many as are now sold
for II cents , and very few appeared to bo
sold , as Under and steel were relied ou
for tiro.Vliy the matches were called
"locofoco" ] have never undm > teed , but
prcMimn some of our old grand sires
could lull. Coal for fuel was not
then used , and four-foot cord
wood is in several places
charged for at ? ! per cord. Cooking
stoves wore then just coining in ii. o of
the "Horseblock'1 pattern , and cost i18
each. Corn was 05 cenls per bu.shol.
Flour fluctuated from $1 to $10 per bar
rel , but the average was nearer tlie for
mer price. Tobacco sold at-10 cents per
pound , and cigars appear lobo unknown ,
at Jeasl none are charged. Whisky not
our modern tanglefoot , but good was
: ! 5 cents per gallon. Santa Crux , Ja
maica , 1'orlo Hico and various
kinds of rum were from 50 cents
to f 1 per gallon1 "lllaokslrap1 a la-
yorito old-time beverage , commanded
$1 per gallon , and \\fts Ihe favorlts tipple
for "giiiieral training day , " as the day
for general muster tor flio state militia
was called , nud which m the < odays wnsa
roaring farce , Among the items of the
spring of 1827 is one as follows : "Itev.
William 1'atlerson , ( Jr. : 15y service at
wcddmir , $5 , " ard aboiil the same time
Mr. 1' . is charged "Ono hat , * r > , " from
which it is presumed thai these were the
ruiriig prices for these necessaries of life.
Money was of gold , silver anil paper , as
lo-day , but was very scarce , and "barter
or trade" was mostly used in traffic.
Only the larger cities and towns had
their own mwepaper ; ? . and the news was
htale. i'oslago on loiters was 12J , 18J. or
25 cenls per letter , according to the dis
tance o.UTied , and stamps were unknown
for nearly twenty years after. At the
option of the sender postage on loiters
could I bo prepaid or not , and right
hero one of the most highly esteemed old
ladies of this country one day received a
Jotter with " 25 cents duo" that was held
in the postolllce for her. Not having the
money , she hersulf killed and skinned a
on If , belling the hide to a tanner fur 25
cents to redeem the letter.
A J'retty Souyoulr for a Ilrido.
Hoston Transcript : A St. Louis clergy
man devised a pretty present for a bride
whoso marriage service ho read the other
day. Ho wrote out the words of the cert
oniony in a pretty little volume in which
the marriage certificate was bound , with
the autographs of the bridesmaids , the
best man , and the Ubhcrs.
Odlt'c , Mil l-'J H'nrunni.
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ANCIENT GREEK FASHIONS.
A Classical KnlurtnliuiiRiit in the
American Metrop
olis.
.Nuw Yoitx , Nov. 27. | Correspondence
of the IJiii : . ! The audience which as
sembled in the Academy of Music to sue
Ihe performance of a Greek comedy ,
"The Archariaus , " by students from
Philadelphia , is regarded as the hand
somest ever scon in Now York , because
its excessive fushionablcness was perme
ated uy intcnso intellectuality. Inspired
by a truly urehieological impulse , the
managers of the show had provided cos
tumes for the aelors that were exact imi-
talioiis of llio ancient Greek fashions.
The general cut of the Athenian jjjar-
inonts should bo pretty well known by
all who have had any intercourse with
art , and it cannot bo presumed
tha any of the audience at the
Academy of Music had failed lo
see and admire numerous statues and
paintings iiluslrativoof antiquity. Never
theless , when the two dozen young men
of the chorus and the sovor.il solo actors
scampered into view wearing arclueolog-
ical short upper garments and display
ing fully three-fourths of a pair of nrclue-
ologieal bare Icjs each , a distincl shock
passed over llie Ihentor. Its effects were
inimedialely noticeable in the half-
averted faces of the ladies , in their invol
untary betrayals of surprise , in their
brave attempts to look comfortable and
arclncologicnlly content. The auxiliary
chorus of hull a hundred men , a feat
ure unknown < o tlm original Creek
stage , and introduced here because of the
necessity of securing a big volume of
sound to compete with the orchestral in
struments , was arrayed in the conven
tional black suit and broad exjiaii.se of
shirt bosom. This group of men sat in
the front of llio house before Ihe per
formance began , and probably tended lo
reassure anv who might have feared for
the proprieties. It made the contrast all
the more marked when the young gen
tlemen composing Ihe acting chorus
threw off their "Hiiuatia1 and Iroliekcd
about in the most uclive and alarming
manner , their white legs llashiiiir and
gloaming in the light , and their brief
upper garments swaying and vibrating
I.1KI.V H.U.I.KT JA.\'KIl'S ( t-KIUTS.
It was some ti.mo before the feminine
portion of the audience could accustom
il.-elf to llio novel sighl. Hut al lasl
arclueological inlluenee seemed to prevail -
vail , and one by ono the ladies turned
one to another and whispered comments
and impressions of the performance , in
which , if appearances arc any guide ,
criticisms on tlio arclueological hap of
sonic of the callow limbs may have had
: i part. There is no ipie.stion that many
of the spcclalors , brought face thus un
expectedly with a real leg show , felt
genuine discomfort , but the behavior was
excellent under the trying eireuuiMancos
and tlu * collegiate devotion to arelue-
ological detail met a proper reward. It
was somewhat
i > iiTiiti.vr : : AT II.MIVAUD
five or &i\ years auo. Il was the lirst at
tempt to produce a Greek drama in tliis
country in the original language and Mylo.
A whole academic ; year and thousands of
dollars wore spent in the preparations
the highosl talent in llio country was
engaged in the m-vond departments to
make sure that all details should lie as
e.xacl and realistic as possible. One day
al a rehearsal in Sander's theatre the
question of coitimie.s came up for informal
mal discussion. A part of the garments
wcro on hand that day , and il was no-
tired by some of the young gentlemen ,
who hud perhaps learned their points
from playing "mipa" at tlie lioslou thea
ter , that then ) wore no lights , 1'rofessor
John Williams While , who stood hy ,
Minlod sweetly , bill made no reply , for in
his tirclni'ological simplicity it had never
occurred lo him that anybody would
'
expect lights in ( ireek drama , h'abt of all
( Jrcek speaking actors themselves.
"Is it possible that wn are not to huvo
tlghtsV" exclaimed Mr. George Kiddie ,
the Jcloculionisl who eventually marie a
Croat hit in the role of Oedipus. Mr.
Kiddle , live minutes before had been in
formed thai medal , coin , or statue had
ever been discovered on which a Greek
of the time of I'cricles were a moustache
without a full board , airj therefore his el-
cgant facial ornumeul must oomo oil' ,
lie had submitted to the sacrifice , but the
llioiighl of playingin bare logs overcame
him. In answer to lds < | iiestioii I'rol'e.-sor
While said ; "Of course not ! The Greeks
DID KOP WKAII TKillTS ,
did Ihoy. professor ? " addresjing William
\V. \ Goodwin , the head of the Greek de
partment.
The whito-haire.il scholar agreed with
his collciiguo , and thereupon a lively de
bate ensued Professor John K. I'uino ,
Iho composer , who with the other pro-
lessors named eonstilnlcd the coiinnitl'io
in charge of the enlorprifto , seemed in
clined to defend lights , bill asw \ hail al
ready brniacil thoarchn'ological hcaris of
his associates on the committee by in
sisting thai the music should be couliucd
to the narrow limits of ancient Greek
style , ho could not with good grace op
pose them with vigor in this matter. Tint
students , as a rule , rather welcomed the
idea of bare legs , and Mr. Kiddie made
no very strenuous objection , merely as
serting that it seemed "clearer" to piny
iu tights. The lost half dozen rehearsals
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passed oil' with great eelat and no mur
mur of dissent wilh resneet lo' the baroness
ness of the legs was heard. The piny
was pioturoiquo , tragic and historically
correct , lint , bear In mind , tlio Indies
present at tlio rehearsals wore in one way
and another , associated with the profes
sors , with scholars and students , ladles
who lived in an atmosphere of archaeology
elegy , who for mouths had hoard ( ireok.
seen ( .ireek , talked Greek and dreamed
Greek. \ \ hen the lirst public perform
ance was civpn the audience included a
good proportion of ladies who had
NIr.u : itKAD A I.IM : or mti'.K.ic
and who were unprepared for the In
tense realism ot bare legs. The result Wtis
a propriety storm behind the FCOIICH ,
not of the theatre , but of
several households , and before the'iioxt
performance was civen.a full set of tiglits
had noon ordered from a Boston customer.
They wore wonderful and fearful in their
mislitnesH , but they had to 1m worn. The
spirit of modern iiroprictv had wrestled
with classic freedom , and the result was
a clear fall to the credit of propriety.
Alter two or three performances tlio
tights got "swooped" about go that llio
actors and singers had each an approach
to a lit , but tlio play lost much of its
jiclnresucncssfor ( ] among llio lay lianrcs
in the scene , were several of the college
athletes who Booked mighty interesting
posing iu classical attitudes in the bright
glow of the theatre lights.
llr.N'itY ADAM.
A Slnnclor Nnilcd.
San I-raucisco Post : "I suppose you
quit politics when you were tarred and
feathered at Lincoln , Cochise county , for
falsifying the returns. "
The MOV. .loci glared for an instant ,
and said : " \Vlio told you th.it lie ? It .was
nothing of the kind. "
"U , Iheard it from a drummer , " said
the count , carelessly.
"Well , 1 guess I'll tell you about it , as
you have heard au incorrect version of
the affair , " said the Kev. AleWhaeker , his
brow clouded with tlioiiKht. "It was a
good many years a ro , and I'd almost for
gotten the matter till you spoke of il ; but
it all comes to my mind now. Yon see L
was chaplain of the lepslalur'j down
there , and a galoot from Lincoln county
( jot the boys to cut down my pay from
: > 0 to § 10 a day. He said that he thought
the Lord would answer the prayers of a
$10 man as well as a $ ! 20 onn , anyhow ;
and if lie didn't , ho guessed tlio legisla
ture could sland it Of course 1 was
bound to get even , and when I heard ho
was running for ollico again 1 went over
lo lake a hand.
' 'Ah ! " said the Kev. Joel , as ho reached
for llio count's cigar case. ' 'It was an
old trick , but a good one.lust as Iho
count began I stepped out into the street ;
and , as luck would have it , an eastern
drummer was passing. I pulled mygiin
and dropped him. Of course all the boys
rushed oi.t to get his boots oil' und before
they gel back I had the box all li.xed , and
my economical friend's name was not on
a single ballot. He made an awful howl
and sworn Dial ho had voted at least sev
enteen times himself. Some of the boys
thought 1 had gone a little lee far , t-'oil
borrowed a liorso from a hilching-posl
and lefl town. That's all there is in the
slor.y. I tell you the life of a minister of
the gospel in a frontier town is not a bud
of roses.
In Now York , on election day , an .Ash- .
bel P. l-'iteh was coming from the polling
place , after having easl his vole , Henry
( Jeorge , in a carnage , on a tour of ob
servation , approached. "Hello , Judge ;
I want to congratulate yon. J have just
voted for .you , ' said Mr. ( leorge. "Than ! :
you , Mr. ( Jeorgo , for your iionsidcrulio.il ,
but I can't return the compliment , " re
sponded Mr. Fitch ; "I didn't vote for
you. "
FOR NEURALGIA.
MABVBLS OF BELIEF.
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Mr. Jcrrv I * . Tlnuniii , Proihlrnt of tlio
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