The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-30
DAILY CRESCENT.

8o9Fok Ispsss-A NeNYofker in Boston is
siVinr hi impressions Of the people Of that city
sshifk. of course, includes the ladies. He says
naslon ladies are not 70 remarkable for beauty,
~ I,r ACCOMPLISHMENTS nor do the graces Of their
nsfsonr oIisd 6usshadow The attractions of their
r8nsls All ihoss niinor acts for the cultivation OF
,safnral arane, which are assiduousy cultivated
by New Workers, hrs entirely discarded by Boston,
iars. They talk better than they smile they ride
hstsef than they dance aud they walk better than
they waltz. French c0i6euTs and modistes are not
receivable, and will not make polka partners, even
at the most retired OF watering places The Bos-
ion lady Is nei much upon the public thoroughfares
shs may venture into Washington street, but it is
only for her shopping and her morning stroll upon
the heights above the Common, is simply hygienic;
her luxury Of display will be in a ride to Roxbury,
OF q pretty straw - at the church,
The Boston lady talks away like a connossieur
about paintings and though her opinions Of the
new Atheneun Gallery are moderated somewhat
b. The names and regulations Of the owners, they
afes nevertheless, curt, recherche and decisive
She Is not given TO any of the prettinssses of
fpseyism, reckoning them among such vanites as
small waists and Eai,er-bo pet she is an un-
comfortable admirer of holy families Of which
she finds fully supply in the newly-opsned stock.
She is much more tenacious of head-dress than
Of footdress and though not especially coy in
the matter Of ankles, she studies very little the
gfHces Of a crcussure son pied
The boston lady 10 intellectual; and with all
her ruddiness OF cheek and robustness Of form, she
Is not stranger 70 libraries, or 70 Lectures and
her opihiens are far mars apt to show the aPlomb
ola woman, than the delicecy OF girl. She Is
a lover ,jf mytlica and good patroness of Boston
genius She occasionally dabbles herself In the
ink and here and there, tonehy, iesiy letter in |
the Boston Transcript, shows traces of a feminine
hand ioifled 10 masculine Judgment. As her |
are rjpsns land even Boston fogs cannot always /
u1easfre lrsshness) she may turn her faculties to
the celebration Of stately paper, for that saIeiest
Of journals, the North American Review. And
there are those, as am informed, on good autho-
rity, whose energy and literary perseverance are
sometimes equal to perusal OF that extraordinary
paper.
The Boston lady has friends at Cambridge
either q nephew who is a rising man in the Uni
versity, or cousin who is making stir in Divin-
ny, an uncle who ia man Of vast erudiiion, or
an acquaintance or quasi lover, who is pattern
Of scholar or Pindar of poet. She encour-
ages the Opera, more particularly if the piece has
been appanded in the Cambridge circles, and
echoed BY the Transcript. Nothing, in her view
could BE- more exquisite than the performance on
the night of the late high prices. Commentator
was general; and Geographic, finger announce
ments Of the price Of seats, around the house,
as so many proofs Of the genial and characteristic
appreciation. The Boston lady does not affect
French or rather, she reekons it schoolday ac-
complishment with which she does not often suIlv
her lip in society The English lady il her pattern
Of breeding, as she is her sampler Of grace. Her
ideas OF free dressing never go beyond Sir Peter
I4siy, and would stop far short of his voupiuous
beauties. were they not haowed by her recoIlec-
lions. or her reading of Hampton Court. The
lusls Of the eye, and the pride of life, are not so
much among her sins, as the sufficiency OF The
Pharisee. She is no poor Publican but bV Hea-
yen's bounty Bostonan. Her religion is intel.
leelnal toa faults and her Christian Ingenuity re-
wells in theological conceits. Between Messrs
Parker and Emerson, divinity radiates from
every corner Of Boston, mystic inteileetism par.
vades their fog Of belief from which an occasional
scintillaten Of genius breaks out, as signal for a
shout, and as new :. star in the East. y