The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-24


(Fromthe Boston Atlas, Jan. al
Suppose IN Indian Rajsh or Chinese Philoso-
pher-oDe Of those who we're won't In the last CEN
fury, 10 Wait London or Paris, an there write sgcee
friends st home-had taken steam, arrived L.. NeV
York, and INDUCED In one oriental, ohio ophical
glance at Mrs. - calico ball! One can ina.
CINE what ely, sstirical eoistles-in g1IoS ,usb.
OF coursewoud have been transmitf "a To the Il "a
eating and tea drinking cousins. '<,s the IDEA OF
the literary Rsjah was that Of ooe. who nv re.san
Of vegetable dist and loug conts AplaAon uoon the
Sisnsssonste sincsty ns and csIsain cau
atty OF things to ich Scal inso 70 lion oerhsns
calico balls had better bof be submitted. All NAV
be Rioriously beautiful; lair forms may show hlrer
IN tne s aiesses OF chsnbermaids aad dandss In
castoH clotning appear veritable D0rseys; the ma.
SIC may sound me1i ly, the Covers may ex,a,e tina
breath OF the srath tor which they arc piaug. tue
dance may TWIST and turn gayly, the jaded eys nsy
nre ~ con 2nmenf, and all that wealth caa purchase
gloriiy the occasion. Bat tue starting question
comea, IKE the whisper Of an evil spirit, to trouois
bne say and gallant s.ene-ths question, whether
~ tne sadness and want, am b ,resvement of this
s ssa' SSy' no. sPreedes in ds.kue,. around US:
oH4 danced down Will the sgiftest
quadriile, executed TO the most rwishing mu-
sic, breathe the breath of life into thas por,
starved book-binder weltering In bis 0loCd, WITH
the widow and the little children wi,ling around
him? VIII calico dresses bind up the broken heart
or c,stoff clothes heal the wounded soiitl Tweny
PAGES from the blszing saloons, Ia stnie IAN &C.!
lar and upon damp stra~, may be Writing the
wreck Of o man. He started fairly and giyly In
life; with mothers kiss and q fathers blessing;
full Of high hopes and what the world calls
prospects" He Ia te ribls wreck In Iced! No
gallant ship. full Of life, full OF wealth, full OF her
own peculiar beauty, vas ever 30 stranded to her
ments Of humanity into form again. UP and down
Broad way the daug 1ters OF deash are gidi az.
0 will the deftest music vie back 20 the innocence
OF girlhoOd one poor fllen creature? You may
dance for years in cali o, and Ia cast.of clothes
put on again for the occasion; committee may 20
from house to house aud from garrett 20 garrett;
meetings may DO held at the tabernacle AMI Park,
and oceans Of soup be ladlst from cha liable csul-
drcns, bu; all cannot make that poor Dackened soul
from u.s. and viii not be entreated. rney find their
own bitter sosce In the beauty and completeness OF
overthrow. Respect the stern energy Of sin, which
II at least going upon Its way with cenched teeth
going for ward, into what sn OF da kaess who can
clothes. STU
Indeed, one may well question whether, In TINES
Of famine, dancing, Ia calico or otherwise, Is the
wisest possible tbiDg-whether the earnest mao, the
gentle hearted, womanly xoman, will care TO dauce
In Of sharp rvation, even for the benefit
of the poor. Grant that some shrewd, clever Der.
con says-This butterfly tn ong. fitting aud whisk.
ing about, in gay colors and with empty hearts,
Will use II! In this hard season 1t shall fit an!
whisk to some purpose, In cslico and cast of
clothes. But alas What Is gAiaed in tbs end2 II
is the heart that cities the gift. Suppose al
Five Points rustic to-day In new aico and starving
manhood puts on the cast-cf clothes of Fourth
street. Have you reached tie heart of tails Orroding
ulcer? While you have been dancing wen, eating
we'll, sleeping well. for this year gone by, certain
men have been engaged In fierce struggle for dse.
The m0rrirg sun found them at their tasks. AMI
when the shsdes OF evening fell, they had not
departed therefrom. Bread fr the little ones q.
M ma nAku l>.u 49, "A
and while you eating and sleeping aud dancing,
the stone faced world, grim and imperturbabe,
denied 1.-THE bread for tae little ones at home.
You shudder and whine, IL breath Of cold air
theatre; you SIGH for appetite. for jewels, for the
fortAtn new dress Of che season, for Saratoga for
Newport. Oh, sister, thiak what II is to be In q
small, diney room, vito no ire, with no light, with
no food with the desr wite aud the lite children
around Yet TO this have stroog men been driven
men with hearts full OF the tenderest love. the most
heroic courage, while you we're dancing and eavng
ard sleeping. And while you vsise -e-'- 'TEFTle
g etds, 70 languid that q rose Leaf womb weigh
them down, and look upon this ruin and Wretc ned
ness, cen you, In Gods name think OF nothing bet
ter for II but to dance Pin calico ever That Is
Whist you have been doug for t,is year gone; AMI
to this famine, in plentiful America, have we coMe.
Would it not be better TO setd way the dress
maker, waiting TO shape calico into fashion, aud
ssy-"I viii no longer dance thougatlessly al ng
these highways OF lfe, to the music Of folly, whue
mer In that courageous word you might pro.
nounce your own emancipation. And how mach
more! For yod might do something TO advances the
time when famine wouli be impossible, be a1se
man would do equal and exact justice to m An aud
to himself For you, poor, silly creature, there n
been overtradipg, fevers on change, revulsions In
the market. That you might clothe those limbs In
the stunts OF France, that You might drape about
that form the shs~ls Of indis that you might deck
that brow-it needs no ornament with the dia-
mcDds Of Brazil there has been biuuder upon blun-
der in commerce, until the result IL seen In starving
families, In chariaole soup kitchens, In calico balls.
Arc these thin ~ b be particularly desired? Tnere
IL an exquisite pleasure In giving reief-partcu.
larry when We dance it-but II In hardly worth our
while TO drive men al Dost to suicide, or worse for
the mere pieasure Of dancing them iuto happiness
again. Better, We think for the mocha ,cs wife to
buy, and make with her own neat fingers her own
calico dress. Better an honest pair Of homespun
bret ches, bought ard paid for, than caso clothes
OF Broadway dandie,, though previously danced In.
Think, too, Of the wretche dness you never reach,
bioiDg in corners away from the sh. dad aiming to
ask for relief! That smothered, secret woe IA the
sherpest, and 1t Is What the world only prevent
and never relieve. II h. indeed best in this world
cruel Injustice which you breeds an .th.r, which
forever remains invisible. Certainly, By wise aud
oderate lives-by constant devotion VI sdperfnous
means TO worthy objects-by promising the oppor.
tunities OF labor-by securing It's perpetuFty-by
cteeriully recognizing It's dignity-by promptly
meeting its dues-b7 80 arranging comm rcal az
fairs that revusioDs shall be impossbe-by prom IT
ing kind feeling intelligence, ecu aton-we may
supersede calico balls and soup Kitchens
And even now II may be we'll to rene nber that
kind words and locks OF sympathy--the timely visit
to the sick bed'he gentle hand that wipes toe dew
of agony from the brow OF tie sufferer-the loving
eye that looks upon the little ones with parental
tenderDess-that all these are, or ought 20 be, still
in fashion a. well as calico balls. Not tbs ostenta
tious visit the Pardiggle inquisition-- that
Doiseess gliding into the house OF suffering a. n In
TO your own--that masiss recognition of brothers
pain, II you felt i-that helping Of poverty which
cheats the recipient Toto toe belief that u u your
own poverty and wretchednex watch goa come 10
relieve.
Our Venezuelan Correspondence.
PoRro CABELLo, Dec. 81, 1854.
TInuU,f,I Staff nf fbs R..,,yJ,r I'll, NJ, pre.,.