New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-15
FROM BOSTON.
;c.tesposdeuso Of Ia. N. Y. Tribune,


CcsteSpopdesso Of The n. Y. Tribune
BosroS, Dec. IL, 1860.
Our Winter night has fairly in in this the Arctic
region Of the soul Summer thoughts have gone. Au-
tunna reveiies sweet and prolonged have been given
up at last Thanksgiving Day puts IN end to these,
with its stringent demand for your cloak, dress
and bonnet which, with their complement of furs con-
s,itute sort of eQuage in which the Boston woman
psses tvothrds of her time during threehftbs Of the
cslendsr year. Do rot expect to give the final frae-
ton into which these two resoly Ible cant do
Il. The smallest calculation throws into convul
sions akin to those of ses-sckness With profound
srect for scenoe no parslax, elevation of star,
no diametcrs ecliptcs or radius vectors cOmpre-
hepsble TO me- listen see it done in the chalk
a black board. There comes sinking at the da-
phragm, followed by fintness and pallOr. Twice
81 two in four-God made the world-scence s for
I" the strong" i make my confession Of faith, and
rush out where my retng can take hold ontrees
sticks stones and seepes, and graphing with reall-
ties escape the deadly phanfoms Of abstraction. For
what ale they after all these mathematical facts and
.yrntols1 Where and how do they exist know
them that live upon theln-they talk and think jar
e,op iocornDrebensibe to muse or mortal. They see
tic scsodings of tie UEiSerse not the mighty build
fgisel The fewer that understand them, the better
& tleir reprta,ion He whose book nobody can read
il the chief, the Omnareh of Matiematicians Apply
inc lei processes to illumination Of sentiment and
morality they invariably bring their equation Win the
wrong end up. Finally, my hea OF the matheml.
tieans besxsz. sth It's cubes, roots, tangenis, and
universal inco ny.nhsnzls y, ii that it will be MINUS
on and tina, one on be the humble individual who
my has the honor of addressing you.
But was speaking Of bonne,s, which are more IN
NV line These fragile absurdiues have their signh-
cance. marking time and the change OF seasons How
faded look now those voles, which, at newport, were
tie delight Of complimentary friends. There 10 some
thing insulting in the duness of these "ave rboons-
this pertendre is 60 chilly, it gives me 1T OF ague'
Such piece Of shabby gentty as your best summer
bonnet looks, on your worst Winters OCCASION inc
Irish servant girls are all before you and appear
bebdomaday in their cotton vevets, with their bngle
and eocpeiioot adornmente So, pray you, make
rnsb for one Of those places where they opened Fall
MILLINERY month ago and where they must nave be-
,n IN sn~r,soe before this. Then take refuge untof
rile Of velvet. coming up TO breathe occasionally IN
hlack lace. Eschew the dirty little gilt trimmings OF
the vur and relieve the sOmbrey Of yosr landscape
with tbose red and purple flowers which best match
the oomplexion of Winter and your own The pork
mo cara which divide tx field with the genteeer bon
net look warm and assured but they are not pretty
They have a top-heavy appearance, and suggest tue
idea of AN involuntary somerset like those OF certain
remembered TOYS of our childhood, light IN the body
and loaded in the head. As an emblem, however
GLADLY accept the manifestation which allows TIE sex
10 ca ~ more weight in the upper region Inc CLOAK
of the present season IL surely the ughes' gar
rpent invented since the hdcOus medieval dlsguSes
that made the feminine form contraband 10 nSut or
inferent calculation. The far Empress, VINO oIeSeS
usa u,ist be undergoing dresspehance, since she IL
content TO deform her graceful shoulders WIZ the a"k-
ward compromise between cape and eoaar-to let the
buos trailing sleeves flap about her slender arms ana
tbe long skirt enveop her from head to hces without
form or oomelnee, Clearly, Eugene Il walking IN a
sheet for some reason unknown ~ us, ana We all Walk
after her in ike manner with vague ldea tnat we
are doing what is most eleg INT. Or hes conJnga
jealousy suggested this approach TO Turkish myslin
cation Thu walking.prison OF wadding ana broadcDth
BaeQing and the yaskmack will come next. Here you
have part Of tie the Winter Is heir to- but ali
things fade before the trbuions Of the hoop thing
which has now reached ia fullest absurity, and mus;
90 out Huge at tho base, aud apenng TO nothing al
the waist tie solid contents are ou VI all proportion 70
DE area Of occupation. You move about Ike a enid
N a go-ost, only with no real security. on tho con-
trsry you are always having snares Tor yourself ahd
tr;ouinQ yourself up. You draw away door-scrapers
after you, cellar satures hoo yOa fast and yon s0sI
70 down upon your face or, with red face and cold
Sneer. disentangie yourself. Within doors yoa are
.Ortsnty surprising yourek and your friends BY the
novelty and variety Of your evoutions You rse from
your soSs 10 receive guest--yOu have put your two
fees accidentally through youI hoops and he receives
yoe with some surprise and precipitation, on ma manly
breast In full drawing you would sweep across
with sudden impulse. Alb your hoop Is caught hgn
end dry on tho ornaments Of the furniture. your crap
cries are nowhere. People laugh your husband s"ehS,
But IN the streets matters arc worse. Inc of'eprli
jealousy Of which spoke forgot 10 provide Tor Tue Pu
81 Uindat the corlsn Thus, PyranidSo dgn'y meets