, 1860-02-29

1auAte 4ul!tinE, minus the Quutluh-1famet
asawing' society with the sewing part omitted. |
The Inatrons in conc'ave evolve some good
ideas, but the reported debates have caused no
small degree Of fun iu irTtverent sircles.
Among the new ety-modcs introduced,
arc number of fashions for the benefit of. .that
Juvenile class. who become the prominent fea-
ture Of New World society at so very curly IN
age. Young misses Of twelve and fifteen who
would 60 70 bed at o'clock and not be allowed
to call at all, on the European Continent, have
instituted q small sized visiting card for their
special use. But the most interesting phase Of
the card-mania has been Developed in the Gus.
tom now followed BY many joyous mothers Of
newborn babes, who have the chosen names Of
the little strangers engraved on the t1n1est cards
Imaginable, and sent To oil their sympathizing
orenTying friends. After this, people can tell,
BY the size Of the visiting card, the size, or at
10 ast the age, of those who call upon them.
While on this theme I will mention that on
"Wednesday evening, when "Grace Greenwood
. delivered her lecture here, on The Heroic in
Common Life" the liberal purchasers Of re-
served seats we're favored with the photo-auto-
graphic card Of the fair lecturer. Thereon she
twenty, who could hardly be expected to SUBJ
scribe the bold chirograpby bcneath- The pic
ture was pretty Que, and undoubtedly worth
the extra quarter to those who secured it.
Anny Of your readers are familiar with the
eengrayed portrait Of that glory and boast Of
wards-Wbich is predxed to the modern editions
Of his sermons 1t is taken from 4 painting,
done in his lifetime by, no one knows whom,
now in the possession Of the family descendants
in llartford, Conn. Mr.. H. 4. Loup Of this
ci1y is now engaged in COPYING the same, crer
Edwards, Rev. Dr.. Tryon Edwards and others
Of the rcvered name. l went into his studio
yesterday, and there saw the original portrait
and that Of the DOCTORS wife-mellowed with
the dlsco'oration Of century and half. Also
Rembrandt peaie's wonderful copy Of the
former, in which he bag idealized the severe and
ssln.!y, yet ben;gnant, features that shone like
the face Of al angel in the inspired moments Of
the great divine e-idealized, but not DESTROYED
the likeness. There were also visible i've
copies by Mr. Loup, faithful reproductions Of
the original and uadstingu1shabiy like each
other. II was odd enough to see that grand old
lace gazlnS at one from every corner Of the
room, but II pleasant assurance Of the fact that
its iineamcnts will stand chance Of being
familiar to remote posterity.
Mrs. Jonathan Edwards seems to hare been a
lar type Of the gracious and rererenced
|'Gainister's lady" OF that day. Her form and
features in the portrait are handsome: Ler
dress differs little from the pompadour waists
now in vogue.
We are haring revival Of fun at the Winter
Garden. Mrs. John Wood. the nimitable bur
lcsque actress, is playing there in her choicest
| AH"'$A~*s AAoAf3A St4AEA!uES u lltllE 100 GfGAQ
ID her style, there is no such sou5rfttt on the
American stage The town IS roaring orer tn {
| atter.plece, entitled "Jenny Lind" wherein she
takes of An1adio, Drisnoli, ami the other oper
ATTIC celebrities, in most refreshing mode. The
/ Tut waddle Of the former, and tie uugainly
stiffness Of the latter gentleman's gait, are rem
dercd to the life. Last week tue Winter Garden
was SO poorly patronized that the managers
began to talk Of failure, but Mrs. Wood has lust
arrived IN time to save them. but the Circus,
or uorse-opeEa, (as the ncwsboy term it, at
N'bios. Is all the rage. 1t is remarkablc-thc
ary men haze jumped from the extreme Of 3D.
henan idolence ia ambitious gymnastic exer-
else. Tha iron age bids fair 10 be revived
Muscular ability il fast becoming, with New
Workers, the test of true greatness. De it as
1t may, pale fuced authors, delicate ladies', old
Maie u d female symnasia aud riding g-schoos.
1t is only this morning that heard a classic
and wellknown journalist boas:ing that he
could already ride on the hip Of galloping
horse, without clinging by his hands, and was
next to learn the art Of changing his position
horses back. kingsley's definition Of n model
prrson, j. e., one who fears God aud can walk q
thousand miles in thousand hours, il not
thought By us to be far out Of the way. The
Romance Of q Poor loung .Nan and ,jtannie Dean
a1e still well attended Ut Wallack's aud Laura
/ ASSAC a~eAE iAtCl uAAcI tuE AuSplCE3 Q1 Ul0n
f'ourcicault. This successful playwright is
quite the tyrant to all managers who cndearor
to do withousl,im. When cleft the}Winter Gar.
den for the fair Laura's, aftcr taking the lion's
share Of the 1ormcr', receipts, he inscribed over
the kecne's show bills the n,otto-.}eno rnt i'm,
nans taetsit aud sure enough, the Garden
| has played to empty boxes ever since.
The success Of Il .dmoHr and La Femme has
induced q rival firm to proceed a little nearer
the doubtful border, where French sentncn.
talisln and French indecency meet, by t1ans1a.
ting for our market the wicked and dangerous
Funny OF Ernest Feydau: If people buy this,
and our wives aud daughters read it, they will
patronlzc a book whose publishers would have
been mobbed in New York had they issued il
ten years ago. 1t is, however, paraded as 4
companion to L -imoar- Parke Goodwin forth.
coming History Of France, Vol, L., is looked for
With great interest. From whut tile man has
done and is capable OF doing, venture to pre-
dict that. if he lives to finish this work, it will
be recognized as more remarkable contribu.
ton to literature than eveu the great histories
of Bancroft, llldreth, or Prescott The Serb.
ncrs have just published the admirable alec.
:ares on TIE E1sls', Language. which 1lnn.
stautinoplc, delivered here two years ago. 1t
the same time :hey hare issued II volume oi
poems by Mrs. Marsh, which will have
= sule among the best class Of readers.
They not only arc poctical, in the trucse nse,
tial scholarship not often displayed By female
writer. Some exquisite Swedish Transitions are
appended to tue volume.
Iou hare heard Of old Thomas Garrett, Of
Wilmington, Del, tue famous originator Of the
| U. G. r. Il. who has Eun of nearly 500 slayes
4 few weeks ago 3lr. Jacobs, Of Maryland,
introduced 4 b'll in the Legislature Of that
Stnte, offering 5000 for Iii. Carrots head.
Yesterday the result Of this measure Was cyinc.
cd in the passage through New York Of two OF
Jacobs's own slaves, forwarded through, on
the I. G. Il. Il. by the irrcprcssible Garrett.
The Republicans here are all wide awake for
the advent lIon. Abraham Lincoln, who ad.
dresses us on Monday night. Great eagerness is
evinced to hear him, and he will meet the en-.
thusiastic reception due to the sturdiest chanl-
| pion Of freedom in the West. IArxcE1or.