THE OMAliA DAILY BEE : SITNDA * JANUARY & , 1S8& TWELVE PAGES , 11 119XEER CHURCH DAYS , Bomo Bomlnleconcos of Omaha's First Episcopal Pastor. INCIDENTS OF THE FRONTIER. An I' Cluitlr | 11 > r " ' ' Sur- Old Ki'ttlcr's Period 1'ronuliitiK the < ( Niel | Under [ \\'i\trn \ \ \ ( fi the XuiuM1tiff. / . ] A smooth shaven and Iwnovolent-faied old gentleman with snow-while hair and slightly sleeping form sat , the other evening in Ihe parlor of the Kb- bill hou o at WiiHhlngton. His diess of clerical black pi oclaltned his profe - HOII ! , The naino on the register , "Hov , G.V. . WalhonSxveedesboroiigli , N. . ) . , " recalled lo a Nobiaskan piusunl , lhatof thoeniliest nettled paitor of Trinity chinch In Omaha , and investigation verified the suggestion. In an ani mated conversation ol ox or an hour in length , Mr. Watf-on wont over his ex porionceH of Iho early dnjs in Omaha , nnd his conversation is repioduicd in verj'\ feeble foi in , for the benefit of many ol the older readers of the Dili : , who tomember , with warm feelings of affection , the first Episcopal pastor In jour city , and the pioneorof Lpiscop.iey in jour stale. "I shall never forget Omaha , " said Mr. Watson. "Many of the tendeiest rocol lection sot in early ministry clwttor mound the citjThlitj' jears have passed siiu-o I llrst mndo it my homo , mingled with its people , and was a part ot the fiontier life. The old names come back to me noxv with a thrill ot pleasino. Iho old scenes are indelibly stamped on my memory. It is gr.itoful to recall them after the lapse of veara and to hear of those whom once I loved and of whom I inn still fond. " . "Nebraska , when I was first iiim- inoned to make it a residence , was n vorj'small plneo in ov 01 j thing but lei- ritory. I'uilj in the w tutor of IS"I ! was pleaching in a small town in east ern iovx'ii. xxhen I locoived a letter fiom. Hishop Leestiongly uiging mo to take charge of a recently organ i/ud chinch in Omaha. 'You must resign jour charge tit once , ' wiolo the bishop , 'and go ( underscoring the go ) . You are young , unmarried and Inn e no but dens. ' I had been Uishop LCO'H assistant in Now York stntu and wsus deeply attached to him. Without hesitation I nccupled the siiarge. It was .lanuarj' and in the middle of a very seveio winter when I started on the journey from loxxa Citj' . The snow xxns waist deep and tlio ther- momt'liT I0 ! ° bu6xvoio. ! . An mien sleigh on runners was the convejanee and the f.iio $ li < ) gold piece , which 1 parted with leluctantly. Two buffalo iolUH } vunii out bjhaidsorvice and with holes in them large enough to run ones nrnv through wcio our main ptotcetion fri/M'thu / coltj. The p.issenroiH sit on their trunks and shivoied i\r ! oxeiciso. Two nights out wu lost the load and finally found a cabin xxith a single mom and bud. both well occupied "bj1 bolutud travelers. Wo slept on the floor and fought for the privilege. The next wo sighted the Missouri and eio-sod it lo Omalia on ico. "Omaha in 1.S-Y7 was a elnir.icteris.tie- tilly westcin town. Farnam street was sealccly defined by tlio foxv sti.iggling stores and houses xxhich inn fiom thu liver to the foot of the steep lull. Bo- 3ond that was the prairie. Tlieio weio saloons in plenty , HOV oral hotels and hoim * cabins which passed for private ivL'idenijuri , but vxhih ( would lo jlay l > robiibly not ho envied by the poo'rcst of jour mechanics. I romumbor well the loom of Senator Ililchcoek , then n joung and unmarried manvxith ils bare walls and seuHtj furniluio. I have often onjojed its hospitable floors xxith its warm bullalo icbe bed. Mr. Woolwoilh , u hriglil , keen and interesting jonng man , xxtis not housed in a palatial resi dence. Comfortable- it was , I iccall a dinner when the table xvas hotbotxveen the doors of two rooms in older to ac commodate the guests. "Thoio vxoio no church buildings and the beginnings of few church orgnni/u- tioiiH. Bishop Komper had organi/ed an Kdiscopal chinch which was home less and without u pastor. 'Among its \ostry , as I recall it , was C. W. Hamil- Ion , A. J. Popploton , .J. M. Woolwoilh , T. H. Cnmiiig and John M'Coniho. It was hard vxoik to find n place for vvoi- Bhip. The jogishituro then in tension , occupied Pioneer lwlPl.entod ( vxhoio Goodman tioxv has his drug store ) and ' the Claim cldh'nnd othc-r benevolent so cieties shared its conveniences. My first sermon was preached thoto. Dur ing its delivery a man walked up to the Improvised pulpit and handed me u note. It read : Preacher hurry up. Wo want lo tiy a inan. Signed. Ci.iiMCi.ua. "I cut whorl several heads of my dis course and gave up tlm room. .Subse quently we woru often hard wiidied for u meeting room.Vo giavilaled be- txx-eon Pioneer block and various lofts over stores. I vividly readied carrjing benches und settees w ilh Tom Pnrkci lethe the room over his furniture stoto in ptepurnlion for Sunday services. Later , Jcsso-Lowe otToied a free leuso of his lot on the corner of l-'ainam and Ninth street if wo would build. Thu chinch WHS built , now a saloon I um told , aftot hard work. Mr. Lovvu gonerouslj' painted it , put u fence mound the lol gumunteed to keep iu repair for tor years. "Many of my old narUlnoner.s am f fiends j-ct remain with jou. The oh : ve'stry , with Ihe oxceplion of Govornoi Cumlng and .lohn McConiho. aie , I be lie vo , still there. In addition 1 iccal Major Paddoek with his lovoljjount : wlfo , Senator Paddock whom I innrrici in the little church on Ninth and Far nam , O. 1) . Uichardson , A. J. Ilanscom ' William N. Hyers , H. C. .Tordan , A. U Wyman , William Wj man. J. M. Chuk < and his two daughters , and Mr. A'ai Nostiand. TJioj'were a strong set o men , xvoro your early settlers , promi neut then and prominent now. ' 'An amusing incident which I cat never forget occured in the eluucli 01 Farnam street. We weio to have i Christmas exhibition , acd as part of tin programme , I vva.s set down to exuniin the children in thuir catechism. Tin first question is not adillleultono. 'Wha is your namej" and I looked over th llttlo group to select the smallest ono t unswor the- easiest of the catechoslieu wroblems. A vxco little tot of perhtip four years mot my oj'o and amid a dee \ stillness I put th'o vuestlon , 'What i your iinnior' The nnsxvor came in ohrill but triumphant trebly childls voleo : 'Mary Bovvmnn born in u waggin' . "The exnmination could not go ou fo sovcrnl miinitea. Mary's advent wans typical of that of number of pionee children thut it brought down the house und pastor and congregation Joined i the merriment. "My pastorate took in Council Blufl os well as Omaha. Many a Sunday Jmvo walked uoioss the frozen rlvoi i' 'carrying u polo in ease of : icfcldunUun tramping thr'ough pnow nearly wnist deep to keep inj * apiKiliitments. The BlutTs was tnen a livyly town. Judge Douglas learning thut the board at the hotels was about equal to my salary , of fered temporarily on vorj' leasonablo terms the hospitality of his table. The toniporarj1 accommodation spread itself Over two years. "I recollect lus vtvlilly as if It were yc loiday .ludgo Conkling , tall , slim , stately , punetltlous for all the proprie ties , and one of the ablest lawj'ers which Now York has ever produced. Ho had given up his fedcial jiidgcshlp for the western distilct of Now Yorkunder piyinlsei of jiolltlcal inefermeiit , and after diplomatic service" In Mexico came to Omaha , much against the wishes of his familv. to build up a now practice on the ftonlicr. Ho was a stickler for correct English , niul the slang of the frontier was his abomina tion. Knowing this the joung lawjors , never too rigid in their n&oof language , Used to expand their vocabularj fre quently to call outrematks fiom the judgo. I remember one day in his olllco Mr. Woolwoith , with iv qui/zictil look , bioko out in true fiontior style for the judge's ben- lit. I shall never forget the tone of stately rebuke with which the judge said'Mr. ' Woolworth , it is astonishing to mo that a joung man of your biccd- ing and liberal education should use such atrocious I'nglish. ' ' 'Win. N. Byer was then in Omaha , iicllvo , vigorous and prosperous ! It was a great duy In the town when ho started for Denver with his printing moss loaded In his wagon. Half of the Inhabitants were in the stieottoseo him olT and bid him Oed speed. "Christmas was not our only festival. I recall the Hrt Tlmnksgiv ing as well as if it weroyojterdaj' . Win. D. Hlch- atdfron was then governor and John M. Coniho was in his olllco. Mr , McConiho happened as t lemombcr it , tobo treas- uior of the church. I dropped in one daj" to see him , piobablj-about my sal- arj' . Quitoaciowd was sitting mound good natmallj challlngnnd in the inter change of remarks some one called out to the governor : 'Dick , all the other states and territories are going to have Thanksgivings and jou'll have to issue ' 'All ' called a pioclamallon. righ , back Uichardson. 'Who can vvrito pious' ? ' I don't remember whether McConiho volunteered or not , but it was cairied unanimously thai NebiusKnnot to bo behind the states should have a Thanksgiving and that Richardson should issue the pioclammation. Then began tin animated discussion as to the day to bo set. 'Let's have it on Satur- daj so that wo can sober up on Sunday. v\a's suggested. The suggestion met with general approval and Salmday was the day sot for the first Thanksgiving while 1 was in the leiritorj * . "I retail an incident that occurred in .Tune. I think , Of ISIS. T was in Lewis Cass county , anxious to ride over in the countrj to a parishioner's , T missed the stage. Inquiry in the town brought out the information that a land-huntor was in the same ii\ and thut wo could proba- blj * arrange to hiic a rig together , hunted him up and found him. Flo was a cm uuis looking specimen. His legs and arms weioof unusual length , encased - cased inn suit of the cheapest kind of linen , which looked tis'if they had come f i oin a second-hand store. Thev weio splashed fiom head to foot with mud Hough , coarse boots , filled bj' huge , lln bonj' foot , wore daubed \viththofriendlj' \ soil of Iowa. But he piovcd a delight ful companion. He poiued anecdote after anecdote in mj * eats , illustrating almost cvorj * topic under the sun the west , the republican paitv , slavorj' in the terutorics and the political outlook. It was Abiahtim Lincoln , f recall his sij ing , 'If the people of the territories honestly want admission with blaverj' , want it on a fair expression of opinion of the majority , I am in favor of bowing to tticir will. But I think'ho added with a ' queer look'that they would bo darne'd u > ols. ' ' "Mr. Lincoln was cither then securing the quuitor section which ho owned in Iowa or inve.stigating its value. Ho spoKe a day later in''Council Blufls. Among the crowd dressed in their bent he stood in his linen suit , the mud spots still ihero in spite of the brushing and the boots by no means on regie for an orator. But what a. speech , lie was the greatest stump speaker I ever hoanl. The audience was elootrfied and was swajed at will by the now or of his oiatorj- . "It has boon manjjearr since I huvo scon Omaha. The occasional messages which I got from old friends grow moro and mete Infrequent. Located in a lit tle town in Now Jersey , in a church built more than a huudred vcars ago , I um not in the direct line of news fiom m.vvcntorn friends. But noxvrt fiom Oniiiliu i-j nlxviiys ple'iioant , ulxvn.vs vvcl- conio nnd ul\vayn fjrutefiil. The close association of these fiontier tunes in a omall and Htirrin community ntado strong attachnionts arid vx.irm fri"iid- Hliis. The people were rom.irkablo nmonc the jicoplo of a rumurUuble sec tion for their stroiif th of cluir.ictor , their warm hospitality and thuir gon- eious souls. Some will doubtless ro- ilicmber me , ] ) oi'lmis ] not as vividly as I do thum because the restless lifo and hi h pressure tixibtcnce of such a phe nomenally growing city cioxxds the old out of place for the over chiinoring pres ent. If theyiccall mo and the dajs when 1 ininyli'd vxith them with anything - thing liKu the plcu'-tuo which I now do them I shall have no rciison to com plain. " _ W. II. A. THE lT4DlAt7 PROBLEM. Strong and Scnsllilo AtUIco Prom One Aciiiuluc < l AVilh ill' ' Itoil Man. The follow inj ; is an cxtr.ict fiom Gon- ' oiul James S. Briibin'b lecentli pub- libhod addiurj lo thu Nexv Cngliind peojilo : The I'onttst bolx.-con barburi'-m and and cix iluation has been a. long one. It is now over two hundicd j cars old , and all this lime we have been gi blindl.v for a correct jwdicy lo bo lined toward the Indhins , and at last lmj j found it. A few devoted and sclf-s.ic- rilluing men and v.oinoiihnvobeonuuiK- ingolloitb among' the Indians , on the upper MNouri for j cms , trjiiig to edu cate1 and civilize them. They have had but little oncoimigcinnnt but have done woudi'is , and , best of all , have pointed the riprhl load for Ihe nation to pursue , Moil of these men and xxomoli niooui oxxn biavo , Felf-Mcrilleinff Nexv l ng- li'.nderi. As civlli.Milion proceeded fuiin old i'npland to Now I'ngland il has inocecded from Now Ungland vvcit- ward to the I'acillc coast. We ot the vxest all owe a debt to New England vvt can never icpay , the unseen bui htioiily } : fnlt inlluenco of a better am : moro intelligent civ.ili/atlon tlmn is U be attained by mere force. And no\ ; thai oven Iho western man has ccasci \V to believe that "there are no good III' isu < 1ln us except the dead ones , " let us al ! ish take courage and unite to gee what w h can do to elevate and MIVU thu re in mm of this poor race to whom wo liavo foi over 5SK ) yeara boon an example o or wrong instead ot right , and of ovll in bO stead of good. Men and women of Nov England , como to the front and witl your brains and your money , your slates In men nnd scholars , help to educate am save the remnant of the race of rod mci TaI in our country. And this is vrbnt * A < I must do clviliro and educate every om ' . of them. GUI- Indian commissioner , it id his lust report ( only a few dajo old ) sajs ; "The whole nufnber of Indian children in our country , between the ages of six and sixteen , is ' 31)Silof ) ! whom 14I'J ) ? attended school some portion of the year. " Twenty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine I'.M.SSll ) vvriloit in big letters little Indians vv ithout any schools in our coun try ; groveling in ignorance , groping blindly for tight ; ignorant of Oed ami the Savior of mankind : bowing down to idols of wood and stone : and all this is in our own country under Iho slars and ' slrti > es of freedom'tinder Iho very shad ows of the CCO-.3 of Christ , and almost within thu MM ml of chuich bolls in the west. Shame upon our civill/ation , Minnie upon our juslice nnd slunnu upon our C'hrislianllv. Those good people of Boston , New York , and Philadelphia and other cities who ate anslous about the heathen of other lands had better look to Iho heathen of their own land. Every one of these i2l,8S ( ) Indian child ren of a schoolable ago should bo in school and we should provide schools for them. The govcinment will not do it ; it is too mean and will only pilfer and rob the Indian of his land.Vo should have a do/en such schools as Carlisle , Hamilton , and Forest GIOVO. They do good but they do not wholly moot the wants of the Indian. The children should be educated at home , a1) ) far as possible , that wo may have the inlluence ot the children unon their juronls. Look at the example ot our foreign population : in the last eleven jears ox or l.ooS.UOO immigrants fiom every country in the world have landed on our shores and assimilated with our people. Kvery year more foreigners come than the whole Indian population in our country amounts to and they dis appear in the great mass of our people and assimilate with them and wlijV Dccause * they enter our schools as soon as they come and begin studjing our language , manners nnd customs. I would have every Indian educated in our Innguago and not his ow n ; stop the Indian jargon and teach them to .speak I'nglish. Then we can civili/e and chriitiani/o thum and point them the way to God. All tribal relations should bo seveied ns soon as possible , and the Indiansseat- tered and put on farms. When thej be come farmers they will cease to bo war riors , and all danger fiom them be at an end. The government should help them liberally , giving them seed to sow and farmers to shoxv them how to plant. Cattle , hordes , implements and wagons should be given them. They should be eiiunii.iged lo work , but not compelled. The truth is we can do but little with the old follows , but the .voting ones are as blank sheets of wluto paper unon which wo c.in make anv , kind ot an im pression xve please. Tl-o older one will soon pass away and Ihe joung ones take their place * , timl then w ill come the real civili/ation , education and refinement of the Indian race in our country. It may take two or three generation to per fect the work , but il can be done if we are pitiont and linn , and the Indian can bo educated , civih/cd , i dined and assimilated with our laws , people and religion. While the Indians aie dependent on the government tor support I would not allow any parent his rations of beef , Hour or 'anj thing unless ho kept his children in school. This would conquer the most sullen and unruly tiibcn'and compel them to educale their children. Hut Ihere is little tiouble in getting In dian parents to send their children to school ; all that 1 have seen aie glad to do it. and seem lo understand as well as vv Into people thu importance of educa tion. "Tlio white man's loud , " as thoj' call it , is a favoiite ro id for them , and the children will go to school willingly if thej' arc kinrtly treated ; and if they don't go willingly their patents will m.ike them go. This question of Indian education , civ ili/.ition find t'liristiani/ation is one thatappcalsstrongly to the w hole n.ition : but it is a mailer Nexv Knglnml has moietodo with that anybody el o , for New England leads the way nlwajsin all good enterprises and w here she leads , the nation spcedilj' follow * . Heine I make Ibis appeal lo Iho Now England people. KKMOIOUH. Aiehdc.ibon lcnisouof England , is eighty two jcuis of .IRO. The West Kud Hchi cxx society , of Chicago , h.is i h.uifjed its name to the llniiiui LUJI.IS soe'ie-ty. It conls the ehurchcs of New Yoik city uhout W > 0 000 pe r i car for the Hiugio item of music. It is sild th.it the pope has absolutely re fused to Interfcio fuither in the iclutloiis be tween the Ii ish clergy and people. The Americans in the eity of Ilome are building .11'rotcstaiit i lunch which it is said will he a moilcl of in cliltcttur.il beauty. The golden Jubilee of Ills holtdess , Pope Leo XIII. , xvas fittingly observed in all thu Koman Catholic ehurches of Now York city. city.Tho The Puudlta Kmnubur , converted to ehris- liaiiity , declines to ally herself with uny se-et , piefeiimg to cull herself simply ueluis- turn. turn.Four Four members of a e-eituin eoloied chinch in Atlanta , Gil , voted against prohibition in the recent election. They have been tried for this mid expelled. Hen Anton Schott , the tenor , ! ms devoted tlio money he earned duriughis American eng - g igemeiit to building a protistant chin that Abeiihurg , Germany. The Prosh Ueimns of Now York city tuo talking about i .using a fund of $ lOiH > ,000 for iiiiiustcii.il iclief , uiid it is desired to Imvo. the amount pledged hofoie the ecntomiiul of Pipsbi eiiaiilsm in 18iS. Aiehhlshop WilliauiH of Hosson , Mass , a i aiidulutc for the cardiunlship of the Ame'i i e.iti Koman Catholic ehureh , was the lecipi ( ut of a Chistiuus box Iu the shape of u i en titled check foi tr.tXJO , the gift of the clergy of his dioiese. The hlxty students at the university of rMitibuuch , at a recent meeting piesided over bj PiofesMir Caldorwood of thu chiiir of metal phliosnphj , decided to form a t hnst- iuii association. Thu object is to cheek the iignostic tendency An Kpjptiun papyrus , foity-two feet long , containing all the chaptciaof the "Book of the Head , " has been umolled ut the bago libnuy , in New Urunsvvick , N. .1. It was presented bv Hov Ir Lansing , a well known missionari inKgxpt , Expci ts believe it to have been vv ritu u : tXX , ( ) i ears ago. The most singular looking church to bo found in Ni xv Kiigluud is located In Laiims- tr , Muss. The editlcu is llfty-lwo feet long by thii ty wide. The walls ai o nulf of rough stone and hulf of wood , euch llvo feet in height , mulling It ten feet from the ground to the eaves The roof is of the common kind , vx ithout a low or , steeple or belfry. The en- tioneo is at one coiner of a highly orna mented poii h and vestibule surmounted by a gable of beautiful de-sign. This is a Sweden- boi gian church. A cathednd tower in Cordova , Spain , has acquit ed fresh uotoi lety. Dr. Mlddleton , u phjsichm of Sensborough , England , hud 1111 ended the tower , having a gjpsyfor his guide. Shots wore lie.ird and the doctor de scended alono. He said thut ho hud shot the gypy , who attempted to rob him. It is believed that thu guide is a bad ehuractcr who murdered an Englishman a fexvjeais ago and tlunghlm from the tower , rcpoiting that his victim had committed sucide. It Is said that scale * for weighing diamonds mends are bi ought neatly to the delicacy of balance which would enable dealers to detect Haws iu the stones by minute variations iu weight. They weigh ac curately the 040th part of a carat. An old stone mill that was built more than n century ago by General Wash ington is standing in good condition near Perryopolis , in Pa * , otto county , Pa. The mill is a primitive structure- , but it is still in operation. SOUTH OMAHAT Is the Best Investment on Earth ! Next year will see still greater Developments there than ever yet witnessed. Did we ever predict for SOUTH OMAHA anything but what has more than come to pass. COME AND EXAMINE OUR LIST OF 1,000 , LOTS , AND GET THE LATEST MAP OF SOUTH OMAHA. M. A. UPTON & CO. , 309 South 16th-st. Opposite Chamber of Commerce. Telephone 854. FASHION'S ' FADS AND FELINES , The Lonely Life of Widowhood Ro- llovod by Cata and Cartwheels. WHISKERED PETS AND PUGS , The rreiiku of llio Dollar Croud in New Yolk Balls and Parties cH ot'Ucrinnii Opctfi Clara Hello's Ijetter. Ni vv Yoint , Jan. 5 [ Coriespoiiileneo oT the Hn > ] "A c.it nun look at u ( moon If it doesn't meow. " So iii'uch for proveibml tlicoiy. The fact feline , and more intuicst- iiifT , Is thut a cat looked at the losplomleiit ball given this week at Uclinouko's , by the bclf-assci ted uilstocrncy of New Yoik. She j | was thu Multeson pot of Mis. Gootge N. Hrnckett , ami n celebrated biutu in his own totoue ; for cats liav e become immensely fash ionable of lute , jostling the pue does and crowning the teineis In the pailois of the giand. Mis. Uiatkett Is n.ituialh Intcrest- 1m ; as u widow at foitj , mid addition illy so us the possessor of u foitune suflleient to bailt any cc.entiiLity vvhicli she chooses to indulge in Hei tat is her pride , her insep- nrable companion , and thoiofore wus taken to the ball , in a toilet consisting of an em- bioiileicd tiud gominod nbbon ein.lic.liug lus neck. He tugged his mistiest like a pige , and vvusu tonsUleiablo featuio of the otca- "ion. He deserved the mention which ho didn't get in the newspaper lepoits next inotiiing. A scLimd overlooked thing 111 pi hit , though u toiiseiiiioiitial fuctor of the b dl , was u teal Knghsh butler to loudly ciy out the names of thu guests You must unilei stand thut the balls " " ut Uulmiin- given bv "society people" - ito'a uie l > y no meuns public It is ti uo thut HOVon hundred poisons vveiu gatheiedthis lime , but the scniblnttccs of a private nniii- HIOII vvcioc4ri2fitl.V ) tnalutained. Tne sumllor rooms weiu fiuijisheil like jiailois , ami the dauirationso { tile ciitno big buihliiig ( fiom which ntdin irv customers wcio excluded ut midnight , eVcn tjlio bar i oem being sacicd to the night's occup inc\v ) , wore such as might re.ison.iblv li > ive been seen in a Vuiuleibilt or mi Astorresidence. Tlueehoavi dejlei-s u iostl.fuinishfngs piovulcd the ui tides on .lire , und did it so vvoll th it m uiv salqs wore thotuelTectodj VDI nollus Vamlm hilt fancied ono of the ( Jnbjliu tuti stuos hiinjjon u wall and bought it ( or 57.0 X ) Well , u I said , evet.v tiling wus ijono with u domestic luxui I- unco of taste , nnd In the Hntish fnshioii. Two moiikcvTih pages in livery met .vou ut ho poitalunil conducted vou to the dressing oom. Then , utter jou had Inld aside v our , vraps , a thud midget lluukoy showed jou .he way to an unto room , into the picsc-neo of 11 being before whom you Instinctively felt like bowing down in humble icverenco. Ho vvassixfoet high by ubout three foot wide , nnd his coverings weio many hues of velvet : iiici silk. This wus the genuine London but ler. Nothing so tine hud ever been brought to town since Anglomania begun. The page took .v ou up close enough to his nvvful foim topoimitiou to ro.ilbo what apigmyiou vrcte , plivsicully , to him ; und us to mental gmntry , his mujestic be iriug und bass voice vvoiu sufllciont evidence 'Wliut is the inuno ! " ho asked. 'Mury Juno Smith , " jou lepliod , trying to hide > our fright. Then lie eseoited you to the furtl er end of the i oem , where stood throe dignified ma trons Mrs. Adrian Isolln , Mrs \V. Huvuid Cutting , und Mis U. 1C. Stevens. Those vvero the ueting hostesses , in fuitheianco of the homo idea of the ball. "Miss Murr Jaiio Smith and Mr. John Henry Jones , " roared the butler. You und jour companion bowed to the thrce-in-a-rovv mutions who leturnod - - - , jour sulutation und thus jou were "iccelved. " Thoooiemonv meant that you vvoie mem bers or "good sociolv , " uccopled us sueh ut this beautiful bull. Thut is to sav , j on v\oio uceiedited us one of the tip top seven bun- dii-d New Yorkers who arc immeasurably ubovo und Ivojond the tiaditioiml ' 'ten thou sand. " lla-tui ! Hut it Isn't a luughnblo nmt- tortoHomu of the paiticipants Many u "scheming mamma mid ambitious daughter have spent anxious dajs und nights working themselves into this section of soiietj' for of course , there is u ragged edge , almost lit erally , to it , poor relations of wealthy famil ies aio often squeezed in bju slight stretch of favor , und success sometimes means a i Ich , fashionable husband for u girl who , otherwise , might Imvo to incept meio trim love without endowment. Admission to ono of the howlinglv swell Uclinonlro bills moans the verj highest social endorsement known to New York , to bo extravagantly pri/od by those who desire it , no matter how much it muv bo despised by those who don't. There were about u do/on exceptions to the last ussertlon in thut puragiaph , nnd they weio the teportors fiom the important dully Jouinuls. They were us careful evening toilets as an j boil v ; the v mingled with the rest of the assemblage ; thej diincod if they pleased ; thejpaitook of the supper and they vvero Indistinguishable fiom the other gentlemen - tlomon , except when engaged in u small room apart writing their accounts. How , then , did thej- fall to get the biand of < iuint- cssont social approval I I will tell j on. For these balls a number of very fashionable men , in this case u hundred , named each seven persons to be invited. Not onlv wore thej' eh irged to select proper individu als , but the lists were scanned closely by a special and export committee. Now , this "host society" of ouis Is alvvijs desirous of Itself pleasantly published. Of course , it wouldn't do to Issue icgulur Invitations In blank. On the other hand , the city editors of papers refused vv hen the question was raised scvci al vcurs ago to send rciwrters to hang about the doors and poop through the kov holes. That might bo done for the sake of Important news , but not for uny ball. Mrs. William Aator happened to bo thu con trolling spirit In the test instance. She set tled It by apolntlng | a press committee of two beaux , whoj jiersonallj'convejed to the editors the Information that ono reporter from each journal would be received on pro- hontniR his credentials , and the perfect freo- doin of the ball would bo given to him. That example settled the usago. Chosen rcjmrt- ers uro honoicd guests at the most exclusive Delinonico occasions. This time there wus pointed out to me a reporter dancing with the helretts expectant to three millions , and to whom ha hud boon Introduced by his former college chum , the son of a Crcusus. Two nights later the great auuual charity ball occuri cd. Hithci to for several j cat's the swells Imvo bought tickets llbcially enough , but have used them onlj foi the ( impose of sitting In the bosos of the Metiopolitan opota house , v\ hoi o thu affair Is hi'ld , and loftily looking down nn the commoner dam crs for admission Is sold to all loputublu npplicnntx. Hut the ically benevolent mnnngoiesses did not mean that the institution should go Into Miluolcsstipss , as itsuielv would in thut wav. This v car they went aiound with a pauer which bound the signers to dance ut least oiuo. It was gcncially signed by the nebs , und so , once iigaiu as ofjoiothe ball com mingled thovoiyikh with the inoicly re spectable. The perfume pencil was used considciably on both these occasions You never heuid of Itl Neither did nny of the gills w ho used It , tintilaftei thcdcviic had boon biought to their attention. This w us done byuduppur peddler , possibl\ the Inventor , for they monet not know n to the stoi c\s The bluck loud was combined with stiong si cuts , so thut , when he wrote on a card , u cm lously delicate und pleasant odor was given out. Thcic isn't much use in unj' munufattui or catching up the idea and Moi king the maikot , for the ills closmoof the trick destiojs its desirability. "If jou wrilo with it. " explained the seller , and illustiuted It on the spot , "especially If jou do it reasonablv close to the nose of an uninformed pci son , ho or she is delightfully und mvsteiiously assailed with a fulnt per fume. " The soeletj'gitls bought the perfume pen cils ut a ? > l apiece and got them Just in time for this week's two balls When a possessor was usked to submit her dancing card to a candidate for vvult/iiig or < | Uudrillo pirtnoi- ship. she let him write on it the ordinary fashion. Then she stood with her fuco as ncarto him as the difTcience in their height and the piopiieties of the plate admitted , sc.ucliou out his wilting on the caul und , withhci nitigic pencil , diew a line muter his name us though to distinguish it The maik was not good , cleat jet und it had a gicusj- tonsiitencj' , but it instantlj- sent foi th the pionilscdpcifinno so delicatelj' , so sweetly tint it seemed to bo the bicuth of the lair fi and herself. Four times a weak thoio Is a gicat assemb lage of fashion at the opera. No one has told In ( unit the tiuth about the famous com- pinj ut whoso feet the social cotoiios , the misteisof : iOO,000XXussomble ( ) m thoMotio- politan opoiu houso. It Is the most awkward and unprepossessing tioupo of men and wo men thnt over tied the boauls of anj' New Yoik thiutie. Of Mis Lilllo Lohmann. the ] iinn i donna , a ladj said : "Well , I have scvu her two dozen tunes , but I nev or saw hu heels unv loss than tin eo foot iipait. " 1m igino the movements of anj one of whom this is true , c pcclullj when jou knowth.il Piau Lohma'.n is short und biouil , und seems to bo made upbelow her head , of tin eo protuberances of giant pinportlons. Her taste has not been impi oved by long i esiilonco in this couutij , and she continues in ouch new opni a to appear in di esses cut sons to bring her waist below the top of her hips , and w ith such new costume di aped so as to have a big In fiont leuehing below her knees She indulges in the most vigoious dramatic action , but it consists in only two movements. Ono of these is to cross her left arm over the top of her bodice , vvhero enormous ns her aim is , it tests as precisolj * us if it was laid on u shelf. The other is to hold her right arm straight in the nil , a la Baitholdl's statue of libortj' . With her arm in this lightning rod position she will stand nnd slug ton minutes ut u time , until jou.vvho ate watching her , get so tired in one , uiiuout of pure sjmpathj' , that jou begin to uihu be fore she puts it down. O > < grand occasions she and Frauleln Brandt , the second female singer m thu troupe , both raise one hand in this way , and stand like two bronze lump- bcarers on cither side of a staircase reaching straight up into the air and singing for sev eral minutes. Miss Hrandt is as thin as Mi s. Lehmann is stout , nnd Miss Urandt makes no pretentious to either j'outh or bcautj' . Of thu men , neither my love of the opeia , my respect for the stronger set , nor all the gorgcousuess und glitter of their costumes , can bring mo to any more than that ono of the pilnclpal six is what is ( ailed good look ing. Hen Alvnij' , ono of the tenors , Is a handsome joung Gorman , erect , shnpolj- , graceful , genial and youthful. The lost lepiosent all degiees of absence of bounty , fiom ono of the bassos who looks like Gus tavo Dole's woebe cno pictuiu of tiaucho Pan/a , to another great singoi who soqms to have boon cutout by natuio for lifting casks inabruwer.v In the day time nnd draining mugs at night. All the men perform what I Ilippantlj' lull the Goddess of-Llbortj act w ith their light hands , just as the women do. And the > all either roll mound the stage lixo fat sailors , or stalk about llko stage ghosts. There Is a womlci fill ballot , numbering something liku eighty or ninetj' women , the prettiest , most giaioful und host tiuinod this goneiation ever saw. Hut it is m.ulo funny , to saj' the least , by having to follow the lead of a personified butter keg , for it would not be easy bettei to desciibo Mile. Gellert , than by this simile Her l.mbs uro like columns of butter , and her torso has the shape of the contents of a short barrel of butter fiom which the staves and hoops have boon knocked awaj. Consequently her dancing Is peculiar. And jot. In the fuco of these peculiarities , It Is the most successful opera tioupo wo < n-or saw. It is the candle around which the gilded moths of fashion flutter us they never did around any othei. And for u good rea son. It giver , us teallj the first giando | > cia wooverhoaid Laugh as wo please utthe manners and looks of the men and women , they can sing like-tho bcraphirs ; llko angels indlvlduallj' , liku u telestial choir collec- tivelj. Thpj appear lu the heaviest opera , und In such , It must bo remembered , oven so great u vocalist us Pattl could not sing at ull. It takes pbjsiquo , lung | > ewer , bulk und stiength to take u pait in a Wagner opera , nnd though grace is alwaj s welcome , no great amount of elegance , beuuty , or refine ment of notion is needed for those music dramas laid Iniudcst times. Who over has heard Lehmann und Brandt fill that flvo- g.illcrlecl theater , the biggest on the on- tincnt , us If it were u parlor und fill It with thu purest , most liquid melody , no longer finds inclination to critlciso the gowns of the ladles or their stage manners. And just so to hear Nicmann , KoblnHon , Emblad and Al- vary Is to hear the best male voices ever lis tened to in New York. Kvcry night the House U packed , and every night those uion and women uro bi ought before the curtain again and again. So , too. Is tlui stage man ager , for not even Henry Irving ever dreamed of mounting plujs with such scenery nnd cos tumes us are shown hoi o. And no wonder. No government In Europe spends so much on opera as the backers of this establishment , and no government Is moro indifferent to the receipts at the box onlce than they aru. "Give us the best , " Is ull they usk , "and como to us at the end of the season for what ever is unpaid. " CMIU UEI.LK , MUSICAL ANDDDlt ASIATIC. Julia Marlowe will begin her stellar tour ut Hiiltiinoie mi theilit Coqui'lin , after leaving Huch ucst , will go to Constantinople and Caiio Pliinqiicltc , the composer of "Los Cloches do Coinevillc , " has Just completed a new opciotta entitled "Ncctaiine " "ICIehaid Wagner , " is the title of a diam.i by Heir Yon X.immennan , which has just made its appoaieiico in Geinmuj It is gossiped that Homy living will not lev isit this lountij airaln , despite thu fait that ho has , made a foi tune hoio. Helen Dativiay's ictiiement fiom the stage will probably not bo peimauont. blie is lo plnj In San IVunciscu novl month for chailtj. Signor i'eiugini has been engaged b\ Carl Hosi to sing the timoi ioo ! in "Cannon" dui in his cm tent opcin season in Ung- him ) . The gieatefct of all living violin plujeis , Josef .loachim.hasbeen stticken with p.iiulj- sis , and will piobablj'novel ugniu appear in , public. Manager John A MiCaiill fi.utmcil his loft leg b\ falling on tlipslippoij' sidewalk nn his way to the Clilcago opeia house lastTues- daj night. It is said that Mr. and Mis W. J. Florence have been engaged to play the leading ( tails in SvilnejUosenfeld's new plaj of "A 1'ossi bio Case. " A now drama , "The Light on the Point , " with staitlmg scenery ami watei effcitswill be launched slioitlj bj Nclso Wtildiun und Hugh Fay. Miss Grace Hawthoino's phuingof S ira , the Jewess , in HuitlcCampbell's "Sibeim , " lus made a gi cat sensation at the Princess' theatie , London. The lonceit given bv Adclina Patt ! at the Paiis Opoia comique for the benefit of the hospital in London , is suul to have netted the snug sum of ! UOOOf. D'Ojlj Cot to is making ni raiigeinents to pioilnco Gllbeit and .Sullivan's in Hussia. He will piosont them In English with u company - pany made up in London. The Mis Goneial Tom Thumb company closed its season ut Hoi nollsv illo. N. Y , hist Mondato prepaic for a toui of New Ung laud to begin in two weeks. A new oporatta bj Hiclmid Goneo. thoiom- poscrof "Nanon , " entitled "Tho Tliiitocn , " lias Just been poi foi mod with gicat suiccss at the Cat 1 theater , in Vienna. 11 L Walton , the stellar comedian of u Hebicwplaj last season , will begin u toui in Fcbrnaij as the heio In a now pluj bj-tho author of "A Chip of the Old Hlock. " "The Sougarth" has not mot with much suciess tlnoiighout the countij. and Oliver Doud lijiou , who owns the pla.v , will ( nob- abl.v disband the coinp.uij on Jiuiuiuy It. Wagonoi's onlj sjinphonj , latelj' disioy- ciod , will have its first healing in this 101111- ou Junuaiv 'J1J ut the New York Metiopoli tan opeia house , under Herr Souli's baton. There is lonsldeiablo Inside piofossionul talk about a projected meeting of managers for the puiposo of adopting moasuies for the exclusion of tall bonnets fiom their theaters. A mixed delegation of Tuscaioru Indians und colored folks sailed for England on Fn- daj to aid in the realisms of the Niagaia Cjclorama , to beshottlj' exhibited in Lon don. don.Josef Josef Hofmnnn , when In Boston , wrote a waltz for the Boston Herald , dedicated to it with the compliments of the season , it was published in tac simile of the mauusciipt , last Sundaj' . M. Ambioise Thomas Is the picsldcnt of the Puns committee for international musical exposition to bo held at Bologna , Italy , this year , under the honoraij' presi dency of Signor Giuseppe Vcidl. The Impression appeals to bo gaining giound thut M. Sui clou's latest play , "La Tosca , " is a i.tnk failuie. Some of the Paris ian ei itics even go so far as to usseit that it has given the deathblow to the dramatist's ic.mtalion. Miss Van Xandt's ' second concert in Vienna was less successful even thiin the first. At Pi ague , however , wheio the pub lic , it would seem , is less exai ting , her per- pei foi muncc of "Lakmc" caused genuine en thusiasm. Manager Chailes U. Lockostatcs * that the National opera company would positively complete all Its cngageinoiit and will bo seen in Now Yoik in Maich. Meanwhile ho has discarded thu ballet , which has not been [ iiotltablj * allied U ) opera. A bill was lately Intioduccd Into the United States senate to modifj- the inter state com- nieicu law HO as to penult loduccd lailioad latestobo accorded to paitios of twentj live. This is intended for the lollef of tiuv- cling theatrical companies. Abtokoroecupwngastall In the thoatio C.nthagena , bpaln , ou 1'iiday night , com mitted suicide bj exploding u dynamite tai t- ililgo. The concussion extinguished the llghts.oauslrit. a panlo in the audiencewhoie by over 101) ) persons vcio injmed. Josef Hofmann has bccoino quite a social lion in New Yoik ana Boston. Last Sunday the little pianist was given a icioption at thu house of Govci 1101 Ames , in Boston , and on Junuaiv 14 ho will be ontoitalncd bj Mis. Cornelius Vandeibllt hi New York. "Tank actois" is s ihl to bo the latest add ! tlon to the slang of the stage U does not al lude to the liquid i aimeitj of Its deslgnatces , but distinguishes bad citv actors fiom their i-ountij' biothion , who lojoiio , moio 01 less , In thoappellation of "Uncle Toinmois " Tniitj' thousand dollais was the highest fro Giulla Giibi ever iccoivcd for the- whole of the London season , uivcring live months Pattl is iccoivliiH Just > l\ times as much for her iand tour in South Amoileu , in whhh she will nppp.ir not moic than foitj'-cight times Th Xew nnglnnd Coii'-pivatory of Music is a inagniticcnt luHtitution. Built for i hotel , It lodges 41X1 out of an uvoiago of 1UM : stuiIuntH , the course being four yours. 11 contains fi\o pipe oiguns , nine two manua and nodal iced organs , -U ) piunofortui , and a practice room seating 500. Phlnc.isT. Barnum writes that his firm Intends before long to establish in several ol the largest cities permanent museums o : "natuial , artificial , mechanical und scientific curiosities. " To these will be added lecture rooms with stugos laigo enough for the ( no scntutlon of tablcaus , panoramas , aim mora dramas. Verdi's . .Otello. " magnificently staged , bu rather Indifferently suigha.s ) now Ix'rn bean In Pc.-itli. 'I he second und the fouith arts uro Huld to hux c in ado a deep Imiintssloa , but ns whole the wprk pi oved u trillo dlHappointing It will be Interesting to note how this o | > eia will be received In Munich , wheio its pro ductlon Is announced for the ! < 1 of this month , A ( 'U'at deal of gossip In Palis has 'oeci the outiomo of the fuct that Mis Jumoi Bio\\n Potter and Sarah Bornhardt took In eakfast together some months ago , Ami , stiungi ! as It muy scorn , that bioakfast ha < somewhat impiovod Bcinhaidt's social posi tion In Pin U It she can bo said * to possostt one. This is u queer HOI Id , ami Pulls Is the qucoicst smt. | Alfied riionipson , the Mosigiior of "Tho Aiabian Nights , " is considering proposals foi the ( iioduitlon of a spin tin In which lt cspcitod to suiiiss ( auv thing of the kind oxer soon in AmciUa or Kngland , outfiv.illng oven the famous "M ibcl and Bijou" spoclu- cleat DIUIV Lane , London , whhh was the losuli of the joint ctToits of Captain 'l'honi ] . son ami Dion Bouclcault. l'i lends in Pittsbmgof Haitlc.v Campbell mo uuthotitv for the statement Hut the plavwiUht has entin'lv , iciovoied his mental bahiiiio , and that ho will bu able in a voiv nhoi : t limn to bo u ith his family ami fi lends again The most icnmrkahlo thing about Mi Campbell's IOKIVCIJ is that ho has not onlj impiovcd mcntullj , but has made u wondciful ! mpio\oincnt phisicullj' . Ho looks almost as well as In his mote jouUiful da\s. In the columns of an It Ulan music journal , the Tiovatoio , appear tidings eonccrnlnii the Gould Kingdon m iri Inge and the Van- dcilult f.iinih w hit h icail thus after transla tion "Hiippx ( icoph1 if the infoi inutlon IH authentic Miss Stigson , n soubictte in u New Yoik theatre , has nmriicd the noted millionaiic Gould , and Nellie Gouillon , n singer at the lloiiffcs Yankees , has married the milliommc Vumlei Iillt-Allen , who bait gixon her as a muriiago ( loition frj.'i.OOO.MX ) or 100,0 Hl.OOOliie. " It Is said that Mary Andei son's popularity m London has dioppcd lonsldei ably thlH Henson , and her engagement there is not \\itliin one hair of the expectations formed of it. People begin to find Unit Miuj' Ander- i ou is falling oft very lonmikably In her act ing und , what is vvoise , in her poisunul up- ( n-ai ancc The charm of j until seems to have deputed ontiielj. Tlio lines of the fuco liaxe become haul and displeasing , und , ill- together , the nltiiutivo jieisnn illty that made hoi a suiccss at Hist is gone. Mi. W J St.mlon , the coinodlan , sings n SOUR < ( imposed bj hiniHolf , entitled , "Kcniont- boi , Box1 , You'io hlshi" In louyeisatlon 10- icntlx about the solnco of his 's6ngs he said ho got the inspliation foi that ono fiom a pathetic si i no ho witnessed two'jo.ns ago at the laihouil di'imt in Killarnov , Ireland. Sovoial women xvvio suxlng goodlij- two . or tin 01 * voung men who wen1 evidently 'oing to the United States Ono mother obbcd as if her he.iit vxould bicak wlille she vattliod her boy get on boaul the car ; then , ns the ti.iin move d out of the siation , she called Wotweeii hi r sobs , "Hcinembor , boj' , ou'io Inslil" Mr. Pi ank How aid , the singer nnd com- > osei , who is' In Dockstador'H minstrel com- i.my , i elates a uhuimlng llttlo stoijconconi - ng the inspliation that caused him to wilto 'Only a Pansy Blossom. " Ho hud boon to lioelv , la , accompanied by his wife , to HCO ibout buvlngu fui in for a. homestead. They valkod thiough some lovely meadow land hat they liked , and in one of thu winding uths thiough the tall giuss Mrs. Howuia ingeied "What mo jou picking ! " the singer called. "Onlj' a punsj1 blossom , " was ho answer. Out of her oxpi * > ssion grow ho idea of the song , nnd the rev allies tha ompos r i eoelvod almost paid for the farm , and ho uoxx has a gaidcn on the spot whera Us wife found the paimy blossom , Noiir Danburj , in Nortb Carolina , sUiuds n lofj bouno built byits jnf'Hont occupant forty-live jcnis ago. When le lir t built the the on tlio new heiirth 10 vowed it bbould never to out. nnd it ins not. 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