New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26


Of invention will of keep pace with the growing
requirements and enlarged capacities Of the public. A
few trades win sufer--tbe hootmakers most, the pro-
prietors Of stage and railway lines good deal Every
great invention has s.ranged trade or two
We may step farbeyond the threshold OF thls ne"
dsrenraion to wander down the farstretching visas
The Paror Skates are the triumph Of very popular
art over the obstacles nature throws 10 tie way OF its
exercise. They plaiujy teach the general esteem IN
which skating is held. A tickle climate gives US only
tanalzing asts Of the natural luxury compounded OF
differing cry stals and tinging air. Ice in ID sti'
cs uncertain and ,reacherouS. Art steps IN VIII
he skiifu expedient and makes brave chow OF her
wheels. She tels the lover Of the sport that be may
HEX up his heels in the face of old Boreas, and rsy
challenge the TO thaw the pavement over which he
rolls Science g beyond this and is prepared to fur.
nsh an excellent article Of ice application TO the
laboratory The true skater will have none Of this.
His poul IL 6led with Nature and will not endure such
audacious modelling Win her plans. He scorns the
new invention. Skate with wheels on carpet or stone!
As well forego the horse noble instrument Of hu.
man exercise, and take to the hsbby As well swim in
bcws Of painted canvas like the lorn mariners in the
tbeateri
Amateurs viii be TOO ready to grasp any plan by
which they can compromise with the hardship and ex
posure that are weakly supposed attend the peasur-
able process Of skatng. The artist knows that The
elastic motion is the east HE cup OF peas-
ure: he knows that the rushing air. the flashing ice,
the liQh. OF sun or moon working inimtabe tapes
try around him. the song Of the captive waters below
him, the sudden dangers and nervous escapes, tho
tenn ting spot marked dangerous y the fleeing figure
that must be caught tip the elixir with healthy mad
ness. Bat all those upon whom the necessity of sea-
sonable exercise s Just beginning 20 dawn-who bave
experienced the muscular gtaee Of the laterday reig
ionvill be glad enough 10 do their Little skating on
yLeels and the sport was 80 nearly admitted 10 the
narrow circle of hearty sports that are fashionable and
It ia such noble and honest sport and one 20 fun oil
the most charming graces that tempted 10 cry
out for one real cold Winter. Where are the old
fashioned Winters, when they roasted oxen whole on
the ice and navigation confined TO the land Just
one of those snging would resore the dignity
of skatng wake up hesitatng youth to s glorious
advantages over the lengud and empty dissipation OF
bathrooms aud suppeIro0ms and indefinitely postpone
that moving condition Of society which the eye OF our
Broadwayfaring Man foresaw at the opening Of this
article.
TIE last few sharp days has precipitated Us into
the skating season. The rare air had already
throw the people upon their resources for open
air amusement. The csvalcade at the Park tbinned
away in those npping days that were blown
in among the balms Of the Indian summer,
and only the hardest pedestrians, the friends
of Nature in all her Moods tracked their way over the
bare soltudes The Pond had heard lie sYan-song for
the season but one night lent it an attraction
which the Summer songs of its ripping waters did not
rossess All abou, Boston the Winter il gala. The
intellectual people Of that region are the readest OF
Americans 10 descend from their proud ernincnce OF
learning and taste, and indulge in the iexie spors.
Professors row their own Wineries there. The art OF
skating is there advanced There societies. Ladies
deee,t caude and Dorcas, and buckng the skates,
Ay before the wind ike nymphs let loose. Nature Is
aided in the beautiful suburbs with artificial ponds and
extemporized waters. There feminine sweepstakes
ON the ice and it il calculated that the champions Of the
world are there. Shall New-York beauty aud agility
weakly yield
The old city Of Philadelphia leads us any distance
The schuyIkiI River de vious smooth and all points
romantic has advantages which ean only covet
fully equipped club, numbering hundreds Of mem-
bers is now in breathess expectation Of the first hard
freeze 1t not only provides for the EXTREMIST pleas
ures but also for the toughest pers Of the sport. Ii
insures almost absolute safety TO the most adventurous
or the most unfortunate, by complete system Of cola
and roles the management Of which, in any emer-
gency it is part Of the discipline of every member Of
tie club 10 learn thoroughly; and when the CLASSY
face of the stream cgeaks and snaps with Tie weight Of
tbousands or when great crowd follows the evolu-
lions of some most brilliant performer the we-con-
certed action Of all the members who are present guards
the people from the disastrous effects Of their own too
eager excitement or too reckless intrepidy. The an
mails Of this club show that by few Of the most simple
-neasus hundreds OF lives have been rescued from the
icy juws.
The Pond in the Central Park, although not too
ample in accommodstion is its great feature this
Winter II il now the scene Of very natural jouity,
and the consciousness sat the police viii pre-
', Mt all rowdy interference makes it the ralying-
uaee Of our most fashionable sksters the Mall IL the
,esort Of Ne fashionable equestrians. What wise
provision is this for the health and good humor Of the
1ecpe, Wba. Joys Of the hear. must twinkle over the
crystal aoorl Pnnoramas Of exhilaratcu-gay colos
fitting through the prismatc air-eyes darling Ike
stars in the horzon--cheeks rosy and lips the same
merry laughter, cries Of surprise and triumph, and,
over sl and with ALL the ringing melody Of the siatee
In the moonlight such o picture go.s fairy franc.
Each gliding figure has vague glory Of its own.
Each is surrounded with halo Of romance. Old songs
old tales old Dreams old loves vi soitened ali hal
Joyed--go over the ice with the skater,
who j. inspired with wonderful fancy. Il is @
magnificent Ball, without the suf cation, the
WEAKNESS, she jealousy, the crushed flowers, the
cold in the head. Next morning. instead of dull
rhroJ in the temples snguor in the limbs and dssp.
pontnent in the heart there IL cesrness Of sight eour-
are, new strength and new spirit.
And 90, welcome Jack Frost end his knisng hneers,
now that he has come in good earnest
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