New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09
FROM OSTON.
TIE BOSTONLiN IN NEW-YORK.
Gore, r1ud,uce Of The " Y. TnLluo.

Core, pond,nce Of The y. Y. ThJne.
BosroN Jan. ), 1888.
You are not TO infer from the tenor OF my letters
hitherto that all my homs in your city werapassed in
the streets or in places Of public resort Your fellow
citizens are prOverbally hospiable TO ours. Mer-
chants literary men, and people Of society from Bss-
ton are always well received in Ncw-YOrk; and the
genial hospitality of few days often leads stranger
TO believe TINT he il better understood aud appreciated
there than nj home; that in short, he could be a
prophet anywhere but in his country. This is ,
mistake. stranger well recommended enjoys some
advantages for time in society but in the end
l.is own toupspeople will do the most for him. How
ever they may consider themselves privileged to nnd
fault with all he does and says they will yet be really
Interested in his fortunes in the number and fate of his
children: and, above ALL they viii BE- much the most
likely To 90 To his funeral.
But az have said. the Ncw-Yorker- are hOspable
mud if one who went forth fiom themselves return to
visit them they give him the warm grip OF klnship
and the warm corner of the rcsdc, where there Is MT
a furnace The town cousins invite the country cousin
10 dine. He admires the handsome houses aud some
fines the handsome wives. He admreS the babies,
and is asonished al their numbcr-Sl more astoDish-
inr is the growth of those whom he remembers "a
babies and who IRE setting up for Themselves III
one way or another Clara tells him with blush that
she is too old to be kissed now, and when he insists
upon an old mans privilege, mamma whispers HIM
that she is engaged and that Mr.. Smith Is present.
Where is little Augustus = he next pqulreS.
Augustus behold him yonder, rising siX feet in hight
with siih collar ard Il wonderful beard. Little did
YOU call hm' That ia why he is 80 red in the face.
Among all these fine folks orr rustic friend is some
what in the position OF the country mouse who became
the guest of the town His coat Is rusty, while
theirs are sleek and shining hesof meager proportions
while the fat Of the land is dNcembe in their well.
filled waistcoats and Jolly countenances. Then, too,
they know oil sorts Of things which he does not
strange dances fashions, unheard-oi operas, man
rcrs and customs; in general way, who Is who, and
what is what. Then, too, the tables, well appointed,
and the cookery, superior and the wne SO good and
30 abundant There no such Institutions here as
boiled beef on Monday. hash OH Tuesday. satish on
Saturday and baked beans Sunday, rs in our print
tive NewEugland. Here the cook pleases the master
with us the tries his best to please the cook,
and not succeeding, gives mp in the end aud goes to
board somewhere, thankful to DC fed and endured on
any terms
Beside these pleasant rcaHtOHS, the shy New
Highlander occasionally enjoys glimpse of more
stately festivals where the great people invite the
great world to witness and applaud their insgniicanc
His role here is modest enough and lost in the general
spend,r he may fill his portfolio with pen-and-ink
sketches az he is glad TO do. Should he encounter
any conversation, however, the felicity OF his new
friends in the choice of subjects is noticeable ii men,
thew will abuse the climate Of Boston, touch upon
Eastern ianatcism, east wind, dminoDism and so on
Formerly they would animadyer upon the trial and
condemnation of DR.. WebSer-then they woud COM
plain of Massachusetts, politics. Charles Sumner, Horace
Mann, and so on. Now they will find fault with Mr.
Appleton letter, Bapks's election, and Boston cap-
talists.
If your entertainers ladies' there Is OF least
remark which they cannot fail TO make. and which,
howeve exquisite in potenc>S has no longer the merit
ofnovelty. They will bc suIe TO tell you, and they
will oil tell you that the Boston women have 10 sgc
Now having heard this always IN all the years have
visited New.lork ! set myself to work at last 10 find
out what ii might mean. Style, unused 10 myself;
no style-our Boston women have no style Bea.
con street Park street and Mount Vernon are all
wanting in this mysterious merit lncompphensible
thing what is it The bonnets no, for that fair
trinity of streets is always cofed from New ork and,
tAtye nous think some nnlhner there las much TO
answer for. The head-lresscs No. for tue halr Is
turned back and pulled the false band put on and the
bangles of lace and ribbon adjusted after much the
same fashion in both cities Is il the hoops certainly
not for very sculons and hOusemads hoat through
the streets on barrels, quite as the New-fork women
DO. What, then, is style not exactly the bel
sille for which the poet Dante thanks his master,
Virgil. lhave succeeded in obtaining receipt, which
here make public for the salvation OF my country
women:
To every yard of crnolinc, q Grain OF impotence
,;ffen well with whalebone, and let the Whole
pound remind you os much as possible of the corset
maker and dancing-master Add consi ierabc rhbnss-
Of tongue, and Immortality Of counienance An IN.
bushing forehead indispensable and not ess so an u-
falling de,tcrty in the management of huge artificial
rutundy which may nowadays be design ed as the
slkere II roaaE. Let the conversation have Sigh.
favor q; smartness, or fthis cannot b., feddness-
L.; sens q srI"me importsrc' pernea.e every