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[For The Sunny South.]
ORIGIN OP THE CAPE JESSAMINE.
A Legend of Florida.
BY MBS. M. E. BREW.
An Indian maiden, in the long ago.
Sat where the sparkling waters flow
In Florida, fairest of lands to know.
Though dusk of hue, no lovelier maid
Ever waited beneath the shade
Of oak and orange in forest glade.
Her cheek with rosiest bloom was bright—
Her soft, dark eye, like a starlit night.
Beamed with tender and pensive light.
Oeeked with shells of radiant kind.
Her long, black tresses, unconfined
And waving, played with the summer wind.
Something there was in her haughty face,
Her half-clad limbs' unoonscious grace,
That showed her one of a royal race.
A whistle breaks on the silent air:
Winona smiles in her flowery lair—
For ’tiB her lover, her Spaniard fair.
She welcomes him with a kiss as chaste
As ever pale-faced maiden placed
On the bearded lips her love hath graced.
He gives but a slight caress again;
Winona feels, with a cruel pain,
That her love and constancy are vain.
“ Winona, farewell! My bark awaits;
I hear the call of my wondering mates,
And I must away ere the tide abates.”
"Oh, leave me not here, whate’er betide!
Hast thou not called me thy love, thy bride?
My home is with thee t” Winona cried.
“Winona, thy home is not in my bark;
Thy heart is pure, but thy skin is dark.
And thyself untamed as a morning lark.
“ Our love was a dream,—the dream is o'er!
Farewell to Florida’s Eden shore,
And to thee, Winona, forevermore!”
He is gone. She shrieks an anguished prayer:
“ Great Spirit, bend down thy pitying ear!
He loves me not, for I am not fair!
No more my breaking heart will bear.
“ But when we meet beyond the light.
Give me, Great Spirit, a form as white
As the lily’s own. My love, good-night!”
She spoke no more, but fell to earth;
And there the pitying soil gave birth
To a snow-white flower of rarest worth.
the “heated term.” These excursions have been
made once or twice, sometimes thrice a week.
Poor, thin-faced, emaciated little sufferers have
been gathered in from noissome alleys, un
wholesome, filthy tenements, and endowed with
new life and hope through the blessed influence
of a whole long, glorious day out on the bay.
Their weak, dust-choked lungs and sunless little
hearts were filled with fresh air and happiness.
Many of these trips have been paid for by-
private companies and firms—Singer’s Sewing
Machine Company, H. B. Claflin’s employees,
and others; and this is no small charity, as the
expense is from thirty-eight to forty cents for
each child or attendant, and they usually carry
from eight hundred to one thousand. The little
ones are provided with sandwiches, ice-cream,
lemonade and other substantial and delicacies,
and their minds are entertained with music,
games and shows. The poor little half-starved,
puny children will never forget the delights of
i this memorable summer, and will huddle in
At Booth's, Belmore, the famous English actor,
has made a very fair impression in his persona
tion of Nat Gosling, in Boucicault’s “Flying
Scud.” The Flying Scud is a horse, and a live
horse is introduced, and acts his part for the few
seconds he is on the stage quite creditably.
We are to have many charming entertainments
in the musical line. Sweet Clara Louise Kellogg
will present twelve English operas, and has in
her company many distinguished names,—Mrs.
Zelda Seguin, Mr. William Castle, Mr. Henry
Peakes, and many others. These operas will be
performed at Booth’s.
Madame Titiens has arrived, and will appear
in concert at Steinway’s on the fourth of Octo-
[For The Sunnv South.]
LETTER FROM LOUISVILLE.
Trade—The Rates—The Expo?«ition—Amuse
ment*—Fashion*—Gossip—Sean. Majj.
leaves twisted with ribbon of the palest cream,
having looped streamers; face trimming was of
the cream—$30. Another was of felt of the
new shade of cream, so delicate that a name
would almost soil it; trimming in velvet of a
, darker shade; gold and silver buckle; in the
_ With the first month of autumn have come de- f ace waa a full twist of carnation-red velvet—
liciously cool days, dewy mornings, glorious .sqg Another was in invisible blue velvet in
sunsets—yes. and ague, fevers, and fall work, folds of pale-blue silk around the crown, pearl
Our merchants are enthusiastic and busy. Trade and silver buckle, and a wounded bird; the in-
seems to have enjoyed a reaction. In many of the , s i,j e 0 f the front was a full-puffed lining, pale-
large houses the gas is burnt all night, for the b ] ue , witb a rose tte of the darker to the left-
labor does not cease with the daylight: but the $35
clerks, packers and porters work away with pen ' 'x’he hair must be worn on the top of the head,
and hammer and truck until the “wee sma A great quantity is used in braids, loops, twists,
ber. She is to be supported by the silver- boors; indeed, several of the heaviest jobbing f r j 2zes and curls. Three long curls hang from
voiced tenor, Tom Karl, Signor Orlandini, bari- firms have now the day force and the night hands; ( be bac k or s ide; a small ribbon bow to harmon-
tone, Arabella Goddard, pianiste, and Eile Lau- pedestrians travel is impeded by the blockade j ze w jt b the toilette, over the left ear; high
ret, violinist. She will give six concerts at of goods ready for shipment, which obstruct the combs —very high, for all the time; flowers and
Steinway’s, and will be followed by Madame An- sidewalks. The hotels report an average of over f eft thers for full dress. On the sixth of October
toinette Sterling in concert.
At the Academy of Music, “Phileas Fogg”
OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
HON. AUGUSTUS H. GARLAND.
We here present an engraving of the popular
Governor of Arkansas, Augustus H. Garland.
Perhaps no man in that gallant little State has
ever so completely won the respect and affections
of that people. Going into power right upon
the retiring heels of the fanatics, who had plun
dered and oppressed the State, his advent was
like the appearance of an angel amid the dark
ness. He established law and order; the people
went to work in security, and now prosperity is
to be seen on all hands, and cheerfulness and
good-will reign in the habitations of the Arkan-
sians.
He was born near Covington, Tennessee, June
11, 1832. and the following year his parents re
moved to Arkansas, and settled in Hempstead
county. He graduated at St. Joseph’s College,
Kentucky, in 1849, and began the practice of
law. In 1856, he settled at Little Rock, where
he has since resided. He was a delegate to the
Secession Convention, and opposed the move
ment with much ability; but after the State had
seceded, he went with the majority, and did his
whole duty to the end of the war. He was twice
elected to the Confederate Congress, and filled
an unexpired term of Hon. C. B. Mitchell in
the Senate.
In 1866 he was elected to the United States
Senate, but was denied his seat. In the spring
of 1874 he sided with Baxter in the Brooks and
Baxter difficulty, and became acting Secre
tary of State. He was afterwards put in nomina
tion for Governor, and elected by an unusually
large majority, and the 25th of March last was
observed throughout the South as a day of thanks
giving, at his request, for the action of Congress
in sustaining Judge Poland’s report on the con
dition of affairs which prevented the President
from interfering with the affairs of the State by
military force.
Under his administration, Arkansas has been
redeemed, and is growing in wealth and power.
[For The Sunny South.]
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Return of Citizens Home—Where Hie Young
Men Went During the Season—Miniature
Yachting —The Floating Hospital—'Wil
liam Black—Bret Harte—Theatres—Fash
ions., etc.
I begin to realize now what was meant by the
city being deserted during the summer. To
people accustomed to small cities and country
towns, the streets seemed thronged here even in
midsummer, but within the past three or four
weeks the crowds have been doubled. The cold
snap, coming quite earl}’ in the month, hurried
the wanderers home, and they came in troops
from mountain and sea-side. Some look fresh
and invigorated, others weary and jaded, and it
is easy to distinguish the sensible ones who have
made a holiday and health-giving recreation of
their summer, from those who have made it sim
ply a continuation of the winter’s dissipations—
heated ball-rooms, French cookery (or what is
so-called) and a half dozen changes of costume
a day. The dearth of beaux at the fashionable
resorts is accounted for now in the ruddy, sun
burned faces of the young men who were wise
enough to turn their backs on the alluring de
lights of Saratoga and Long Branch, and betake
themselves with tents, fishing-rods and guns to
Canada or the rich hunting-grounds of the great
North woods. And I am sure Flora and Fanny
can forgive poor hard-working Frank and Ned
for “stealing away from all the follies and fash
ionable worries of the season,” and being “at
rest” in the grand old forests, and beside the
sparkling trout-streams of the mountains.
Fifth Avenue has opened its eyes (i. e. its win
dows), and in the place of dreary shades and
closed blinds, we now see sweet, bright, girlish
faces, and from houses so long deserted comes
the cheerful sound of gay conversation and chil
dren’s voices.
Among the prominent summer amusements,
has been (for these sports are now nearly over)
the miniature yachting at Central and Prospect
parks. These little yachts range from twenty-
five to sixty inches in length, and are made on all
the most approved and scientific principles.
The sails are set, the rudder adjusted, and away
they go over the lake, manned by rough-looking
“tars” two or three inches high (inwood), who
seem to be bending all their energies to the win
ning of the race. If you are not among that
wretched class—“boy-haters —it would be a
rare pleasure to you to watch the excited crowd
of boys hurrying along the borders of the lake,
each one confident of success, sure of the pos
session of the prize.
The Floating Hospital of St. John's Guild
i has proved a noble and beautilul charity all
J through the sultry days of what they call here
one hundred arrivals per day for the last fort- w jjj be gin the
night, a fact almost unprecedented. Louisville
enterprise is determined to equal Eastern in
ducements, and her merchants and manufactur
ers offer facilities to consumers which will soon
break up the Northern monopoly. This great
influx of strangers is somewhat due to
corners next winter and keep themselves warm
in recounting to each other “the jolly day we
had at Rockaway Beach, or up the Hudson.”
Up to this time there has been about twenty-two
trips, which have carried eighteen hundred or
two thousand children. Similar charities have
been doing their good work in Boston and Phil
adelphia, and the good example will doubtless
be followed by other cities another season.
Wm. Black, whose “Princess of Thule” has
given him so wide and high a reputation among
American readers, has published two new works
within the past two months: “The Three
Feathers” and “ The Marriage of Moira Fergus,”
i the latter being only a short story or novelette.
! It is very tenderly and touchingly told, but
without any very distinctive traces of Mr.
1 Black’s peculiar charm and power. It is merely
: a history of the heart-breaking misunderstand
ings of two simple country people (dwellers on
the wild north coast of Scotland), and of their
i final peace-making and reunion. “The Three
Feathers” (so called because the scene is laid in
Wales and three feathers constitute the crest of
the Prince of Wales) is a remarkably fresh, sweet
| history of the lives and loves of two or three lov
able women, and as many well-drawn men.
The very remarkable vividness of Mr. Black’s
style is shown in the absolute naturalness of his
men and women. You do not remember them
as chance acquaintances in the unreal regions of
fiction, but real men and women whom you have
. loved or hated, laughed at and wept over with
all the intense personal interest felt in old com
panions and acquaintances. I should like any
one to convince me that I did not know dashing,
high-spirited Harry Trelyon, of “The Three
Feathers,” bright, saucy Mabyn, and gentle
Wenna ltosewarne, of the same book, and brave,
beautiful Sheila Mackenzie, the royal “Princess,
of Thule.” The last-named character has be
come so vivid and real, is remembered as such
a fearless, handsome creature, that Queen Victo
ria has ordered her picture painted just as if
she were—as she seems to be—a living, sentient,
beautiful woman.
Bret Harte is writing a novel for Scribner’s, the
first number of which will appear in the Novem
ber number of that magazine. He has just fin
ished a play, which is pronounced by actors and
theatrical critics to be of unusual merit and in
terest. It is easy to see how the creator of “Mig-
gles” and “Luke” could write a play of absorb
ing, intense human interest. And while I am
on the subject, I must not forget to mention Mr.
Ringgold McCay (formerly of Covington and Sa
vannah), who is making rapid and very flatter
ing progress in the field of dramatic authorship.
He is about completing a play which is sure to
be a marked success, and will probably be acted
by a very promising and accomplished young
actress. But for the present the title even (which
is attractive and taking) must be kept secret.
More on this subject later.
At the Park, Mr. and Mrs. Florence have been
attracting large and delighted audiences, the
play being “Mighty Dollar.” There was an ef
fort at first to ridicule this play and pronounce
it a failure, but it holds its own against the crit
ics, and the crowded houses attest that it is a
play of no light merit.
“Our Boys,” at the Fifth Avenue, has been
the chief theatrical sensation, and presents many
of the old Fifth Avenue favorites in its cast.
John T. Raymond has been playing “Colonel
Sellers ” at the Union Square for four weeks.
He is to be followed by “Led Astray,” by Feu-
illet and Boucicault, in which the charming and
popular actresses. Rose Evtinge, Kate Claxton,
Fannie Morant, and others, will appear.
Gilmore’s Garden, despite the autumnal chill
iness in the air, continues to be crowded, and
the manager spares no pains to introduce new
attractions. Levy and Arbuckle are there still,
and recently Mrs. Carrie Brooks Gulager, so
prano of St. Thomas’ Church, and Mrs. Imogene
Brown, also well known as a church singer,
have sung there; and Miss Sophia Flora Heil-
bron, the distinguished young pianiste, has
played there occasionally.
At the Lyceum (French theatre), there has
been a successful season of French opera. “Mad
ame L’Archiduc” has been replaced by “La
Feille de Madame Angot”
THE FALL RACES,
which opened on Monday and will close to-day;
though the excitement is so intense that doubt
less another will be arranged for next week.
Thursday was the grand day. The sun shone
brilliantly; the air was warm and irresistibly
lovely, coaxing to the grounds of the jockey club
thousands who did not expect to go. The course
was skirted by woodland, robed in the tints worn
by nature before she puts on her sombre winter
garb; the amphitheatre was filled with the fair
est of women and the handsomest of men, while
before them pranced, impatient for the tap of
the drum, horses whose graceful limbs and game
heads betokened fleet flyers; the chatter of voices
and the strains of music lent additional inspira
tion to the scene, while the tones of the pool-
seller were heard between, until the immense
crowd were overwrought with excitement. The
ante helium days seem to have come again, and
old turfmen recall many a triumph won by Lex
ington, Eclipse and Gray Eagle. Large sums of
money have changed hands; many are winners;
more, losers; ladies are among both. The most
exciting race of the week was that for the post
stake of $800, for all ages, a dash ot three miles.
Five horses were entered. Great surprise was
shown when, amid loud cheering and waving of
handkerchiefs, Ten Broeck (raised by Uncle
John Harper) left his rivals and passed under
the string first. The time, 5:31, is claimed to be
the fastest on record for a three-year-old colt.
To-night five of the racers of the week, Ten
Broeck, Bob Woolly, Katie Pearce, Egypt and
King Alfonso, will be exhibited at
THE EXPOSITION,
which from the hour of its opening, has been the
resort of home folks and visitors. Science and
art have combined to fill the vast building with
a lavish display of all that is useful, desirable,
or that can delight the eye or charm the ear.
The practical machinist is interested for hours
in the mechanical department; the housekeeper
spends the day as if in “My Idea of Convenient
Housekeeping,” roaming through cook rooms
with appliances that would make the culinary
art seductive; through dining room, parlors and
! chambers that rival her dreams of comfort and
i luxury. The manufacturer grows proud of his
; fellows, of his business, of its results, as he views
| the work turned out at “our place,” and encour-
stillgoes flying around the world in eighty days, aged while he listens to encomiums; the ambi-
taking with him a large audience every night, tious needle-worker lingers near a group of crit-
His journey must soon come to an end, asWach- ics, who are examining his display of embroid-
tel’s German Opera Company open their season ery, crochet and lace, to blush with delight or
at the Academy on the eighteenth. sigh with chagrin at the opinions. The lover
The hope of seeing Booth at the Fifth Avenue ! of nature, the poet, the artist, never tire wander-
during October has been disappointed. He has ing through the grotto, gazing at the fountain,
not recovered so rapidly as it was at first hoped, | or of worshiping—yes, they do, for they must—
and although able to walk about his grounds | the glorious pictures and statuary. Wish I had
and see visitors occasionally, is still weak and time to describe some of them. Those who care
feeble, and his left arm is entirely useless. He for the inner man can be happy in the restaurant
says it is quite uncertain when he can appear always supplied with good things. Three con-
again, as, of course, he can do nothing in his certs a day, each better than the stupid affairs
present state, and with one arm utterly nerveless for which we pay a dollar, are given by a splen-
and dead. • , did band; on the promenade one can listen to
fashions. ; the music, enjoy the scene and chat with one’s
In fashions there is a great and confusing va- I friends, for here we meet them all. But the
riety. The most popular fabrics here, after silk K ral J d occasion is when the hundreds of gas jets
and velvet, are the numberless variety of camel’s- a ? e °f beauty and chivalry in
hair and spitzbergen. These goods are coarse, ! rlcdl toilettes crowd the avenues, the three-score
nappy and very heavy, and though many of instruments, in exquisite harmony, pour forth
them are quite expensive, ranging from $1.50 | their delicious music; the flirting across galleries
to $2 per yard, they are extremely ugly and ! begins, tender words are uttered, bright eyes
rough-looking, and have no more grace or beauty ] grow brighter ; the place seems surely the Elysi-
than an old army blanket. It will not be deemed i um °* foe gods,
heresy in me to condemn any material so enthu- amusements,
siastically endorsed by fashionable people, as it aside from the races and the exposition, are at a
is altogether too thick and heavy’ for the South- i stand still. At Macauley’s, “Tempted” draws
ern climate. I speak now of the real camel’s- j well; a play of ordinary merit, good plot, but
hair. There are many other goods—soft, pretty I not well appreciated by those playing it. The
suits, checks, plaids and diagonals—that are j crowds who go nightly are mostly country peo-
called camel’s-hair that are about half the ex- ! pie, who seldom have a chance to see a play,
pense, and very much prettier. For handsome i MRS c A warfield
iSStWg’SSffl St;
„ J a , -j of the day, is issuing all her old novels and some
tenal, costing £2 per yard), are used. Embroid- - ... & T , _ ,
A ’ , ° r t , .. ,, new ones in uniform edition. They are mucn
ered over-dresses consisting of overskirt and long , the dealers tell me and sell well The
saoque, in camel s-hair and cashmere, showing • ’ . , - (tr ’ , „
8 senes consists of “Household of Bouvene,
WEDDING SEASON.
Miss Milton, a favorite in society, will be
married to Mr. Karl Jungbluth, of Arolsen,
Germany. All the orders of this wedding have
been given with a view to elegance. The Mil-
ton family being distinguished for great culture,
even the invitations, gotten up in Madden’s in
imitable style, on cream-colored “perfection,”
are recherche. The marriage ceremony will be
performed at Christ’s Church in the evening,
with the accompaniment of white silk, lace and
flowers. Most of our people have returned, and
the gay season will soon be fully begun. Miss
Mattie F. is still in Chicago. Lovely in charac
ter, she is a living denial of the belief that a
belle cannot be acquainted with household du
ties or possess domestic talent. On dit that she
shall soon preside over her own house, and we
shall lose her. Her cousin, Miss Mattie Belle
S., though still young, inherits her mother’s far-
famed beauty, and will, perhaps, break as many
hearts. Perhaps the most talked-of event the
coming season will be the marriage of Miss Alice
Brannin, the national belle. Even beyond the
seas her name is but another for beauty, for
when abroad the homage of titled Europeans
has been paid her, and she might have worn a
title, but will bestow her loveship on a million
aire of a neighboring city.
Now a little tit-bit by way of dessert.
GREAT PREPARATIONS
were said to have been begun for the marriage
of a well-known beau and belle, but as the day
approached, reports came across the ocean that
the lover, while making the grand tour, had be
come involved in such a way as to prevent any
subsequent marriage. A rumor says that the
foreign lady was considered by the laws of her
land too high in the social scale to marry a gen
tleman beneath her rank, but in our country of
equal birth, it prevents a union with another.
Another says she was but a beautiful peasant,
and is ignored by our American notions of birth.
Yet, the erring lover of so many damsels is still
held by the law a married man. Yet again they
say there has been no marriage, only a very deep
attachment, which the bride and family have
heard of recently, and object to. You shall have
the denouement. Huldah Hill.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 30, 1875.
POLITICS -STATE AND NATIONAL.
BY A LIVE POLITICIAN.
It will be remembered that upon the eve of
the Hon. Carl Schurz’s stert for Europe, his ad
mirers in New York city gave him a dinner at
which much wine was drunk, much love for Sen
ator Schurz manifested; many speeches were
made, and, among the rest, Senator Schurz,
himself, delivered a manifesto in which he de
clared his independence of party men, party
lines and party alliances, and denounced both
the Republican and Democratic parties.
The next thing we see of Senator Schurz after
his arrival from Europe is, that he leaves his
State, Missouri, and comes over to Ohio, and
takes the stump for the straight Republican can
didate for Governor against Governor Allen.
Verily, a politician doth much wriggling.
There is one want the nation feels, and that
is, a sound, honest, able journal at the National
capital, after the fashion of the old Intelligencer,
when Gales & Seaton conducted it. There is
no more pressing need than a little honest, flat-
footed journalism.
A newspaper that has no higher purpose than
*to praise politicians and champion ring-masters
is of little account. The people are more inter
ested in the exposition of great principles than
in the whereabouts or the personal peculiarities
of the Hon. T. Timothy Titcomb and his set.
“Beausiencourt,” “Montford Hall,” “The
Double Wedding, or How She was Won ” (more
attractive with its original title, “The Feast of
Roses,”) and “Hester Howard’s Temptation.”
very little jet in the garniture, are exhibited at
reasonable prices. Silk fringes and bands, or
headings of cock feathers, are very much used
on silk suits, though real thread laces are some
times seen on imported velvet costumes. For
worsted goods, the trimmings are titan, mohair, fashion
and Hercules’ braids, ranging in width from one \ is now claiming sway. Openings are in order,
to four inches, and in price from 50 cents to $3. ; None have yet really taken place, but I have
The latter are very novel and stylish, and have been allowed a peep into cases yet unsealed to
a zig-zag pattern running through them of gold 1 toxd le monde. At Miss Dora Schuly’s, who has
or silver threads (in silk) that makes them a just returned from her semi-annual trip to Eu-
striking and showy trimming. Jean D’Arc rope, we saw some lovely suits in camel’s-hair
belts, in links of silver, steel or gilt, are popu- ; cloth, trimmed in plain bands of Hercules’
lar, and are from S2 to $8. Bracelets and neck- braid, wide and heavy, which, with the goods,
laces to match are also worn, but have a tawdry camel’s-hair cloth, will be the most stylish dress
look. for the winter in America, as it is in Paris.
Feather trimming, made of short ostrich tips, Cashmere and silk will be preferred to the cele-
and imitation feather trimming, are among the 1 brated silk combination. What a comfort that
novelties, and crimped tape fringe is a cheap the cheaper dress is preferable? All ladies’
and pretty worsted trimming. The new colors dresses are made to be fastened in the back,
in silks and worsteds are ardois (slate), olive ; Now we have a novelty indeed; for, can any of
green (the color of the olive leaf), seal brown, our generation remember such a mode except
prune, smoke-gray, and very dark blue. in the pictures of our grandmothers ? This
Hats, in felt, are usually gray or cream color, style is. the one universal. The basque-skirt fits
with a border of a darker shade, or sprinkled close to the figure all around, the bustle quite
all over with tiny dots of darker color. For | small, with the Hercules’ braid in bands over
these, there is an unending variety of birds' the shoulders; the outline of the form is
wings, heads, breasts, tails, etc. One hat I saw more distinct than in the summer styles, and
was a sailor-shape, in gray felt, trimmed around the effect is very fine. Demi-trains on all dresses.
the crown with a thick wreath of brown ivy Now, these descriptions may have the ring of substituting the Florida mosquito, as a blood-
leaves anil scarlet berries; in this wreath, nestled metal in them, but not so; on the contrary, they sucker, for the leech. Tremendous interest
at intervals of about an inch and a half, five are inexpensive, for one such suit is available manifested in the forthcoming oration. A corn-
small birds—a blue, a scarlet, a brown, a black at all times and for all occasions during the p a ny for the importation of heads of families
and orange, and a humming-bird. To any one season. Miss S. showed us some exquisite white w j]] be organized. Look out for a buzz!
who desires to look like a perambulating aviary, goods, which she makes a specialty. One of
I strongly commend this style. The prettiest her bonnets was so superb that I must tell you It is said that Grant has rewarded with a posi-
ornament is a dove’s breast and head, with soft about it. Cream felt, trimmed in two shades of tion every man who has made him a present,
rainbow tints on the feathers. The skirts are seal brown ; long plume of the darker shade; except the fellow who sent him the bull pups by
still narrow, and are worn (even for the street) the face trimming of cream silk and tiny ostrich
with a demi-train. A newly introduced bustle, tips of the two shades of brown. Another was
very long and narrow, throws the skirt out from covered with moss, with humming-birds darting
the ground, and prevents the least appearance in and out, very life-like. Another had the
of grace or beauty. Overskirts are not abso- crown full of wings—a dozen or more. A great
lutely indispensable,and many imported dresses, deal of gilt is interspersed with all the flowers,
both for house and street wear, are made with At Mrs. Nelson’s we saw beautiful flowers for
demi-train skirt, with watteau pleat in the back, a wedding in high life. Water lilies for the
bride, who will wear white satin dress with vail
of seal lace. A trimming of flowers for one of
the bridesmaids consisted of the wreath for the
This world is made up of funny people. Some
time ago the Southern newspapers raised a big
howl because the Winnebago idiots would not
have Mr. Jefferson Davis as their orator. Now
a part of these same silly newspapers pitch in
and show up the record of Dr. Worrall because
he had some connection with the Warmouth
Legislature of Louisiana.
Now, as a matter of truth and decency, Mr.
Worrall’s past conduct has about as much to do
with direct trade as Mr. Davis’ Confederate war
record with the matters to be discussed at the
Winnebago Fair.
Why the fool-killer don’t come along, is be
cause he is not in want of business.
Direct trade has made New York, has helped
Baltimore and pushed up Philadelphia. Why
it would not be a help to our Southern ports and
Southern people, is something we are not able to
see. We say, Mr. Worrall, go on with your di
rect trade movement. If you can inaugurate it,
all well. It we are not mistaken, it is a good
thing—that is, it will grow to be. The world
was not made in a day. We will put up with
your Warmouth record if you start this thing
right.
The year 1876 will be the warmest political
one Georgia ever had. The election of Presi
dent, members of Congress, Governor, members
of the State Senate and House of Representatives,
and every county officer from the Ordinary
down. If this does not make missionary ground
for the log-roller, we would like to have some
pointed out.
The latest candidate for Governor speaks at
Red Bone next week upon the importance of
trimmed with bons, and the front trimmed with
fringes and bands. The ornamentation of the
skirt extends to within a short distance of the
express C. O. D. Grant’s ingratitude calls to
mind the last lines of one of Bums’ poems:
“ Man’s inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.”
Thebe will not be less than fifteen hundred
candidates for office in Georgia next year. Will
anv one say we are not a patriotic people after
that?
waist-, where it is met by the trimming of the j neck, one for the overskirt, two sprays for the
short basque. i tops of the sleeves, bouquets for bosom and
The American Institute Fair is now progress- hair. The set was imported from Paris to order,
ing, and many interesting and instructive things and cost eighteen dollars. I scarcely knew which
may be seen there. I will tell you of it in my to admire most, the artist or his work. Mrs. N.
next. Mel.* R. Colquitt. * also showed me her bonnets. One was of deep-
New York, September 30, 1875. est maroon velvet, with a full wreath of dark
Nothing on earth can smile but human beings.
Gems may flash reflected light, but what is a dia
mond-flash compared to an eye-flash and mirth-
flash? A face that cannot smile is like a bud
that cannot blossom, and dries upon the stalk.
Laughter is day and sobriety is night, and a
smile is the twilight that hovers between them .'
both, and is more bewitching than either. *