, 1864-11-16

10 pass evenings there. lle dtnlnn-room YVES
pleasant even after most Of the guests had :.
either retired or re-asecnded to the saloon
where telling speeches were delivered By Drs.
0sgood and Bellows, and Mr.. Evarts, and
Stoddard, Street and Buchanan Read had
been invited to deliver poems. Stoddard's
contribution wnS read BY Taylor: Street
read bis own, and owing to miscalcnlation
Of time Mr, Read concluded himself com:
relled to reserve his poem until It should be
published IN the iNenor4al-a decision deeply
regretted BY all who were present and cx-
pecting 10 hear him. The poems that were
read were graceful tributes, and received
sincere applause.
Those 81 Us Who had felt too weary to re-
tun mp stairs and had been Satisfied with The
attractions of the snpper-rooH moved like
myself and Mr. L. into good sized ante
chambe. at the left Of the entrance hall,
brilliantly lighted, hung as fu1l as the walls
could hold With pictures by our first artists
belonging to the Club, and enlirened BY
groups Of ofappreciative spectators.
lie Clear, one Of our strongest portrait
painters exhibited a head modelled with his
characteristic vigor, There Was another head
"a charming ideal Of stone's-that ofa beau-
tiiul girl with dreamy blue eyes and golden
brown hair. The flesh tints Of thu picture,
always managed with the tenderest feeling BY
this artist, were unusually delicate and real.
the shapely chest to undulate, with the
breath Of q fresh young life. Hennessey,
who has lately perfected some lovely pictures
taken from studies made while he was one OF
our party last summer at Long Branch, ex-
niblted Perfect s gen 1f genrs a1t: IT, Eyery r.
loyely girls figure just coming from walk
across the antumn-tintid fields "a wreath of
bright fost-turued 1eaycs swinging carelessly
from her down dropped listlc6s hand the
clouds above-the Garth beneath. But that
portion Of the picture which held nc spell
bound w9s 3 pure stretch Of amber sky, 50
radiatcd lie entire view with both tender
light and pensfve sentiment. I had PREVIOUS
" seen it in the Artists own studio, where
1t showed to still better advantage By the
sunlight whlel! came through quaint Gothic
ing from pot carved with the legend
-. .Js n.elrs On te y, 'attae6e."
to the top of the sash whence 1t droopcd In a
graceful maze Of tendrils, Kensett, clifford,
Haseltine, Whittredge, Lang, c. ?. Cranch,
nent artists were also well represented on the
Century wallis upon this occasion. The
monthly meeting nights Of the Century nre
always hon6red by such display On tho part
Of artists, the Century being the first public
to which the members show their first &C.
complished work Of art. As nearly all our
eminent painters and scu1ptors arc eenturi-
ons, yon can imagine how l'enyy my gentle.
aesthetic +" first SENSATIONS"
. From the pictures We went back to the
rooms where NC had taken supper enjoyed .
pleasant talk with that most genta! q c6hvcf-
sationists the autocrat Of an earlier repast--
and jor half an hour before going home,
mingled in the crowd and listened to the gen
tlemen who were unsestgainedly talking to
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with the care Of ladies dresses, or provision
for their plates.
During this period became convinced Of o
fact which have long held in privacy, but
will now. eonnde to you. =.
The dear men who laugh at women 1fond-
ness for praise, demand Just as much fIattcry
as We do, and like 1t full tas well, only they
ness-Nke manner both Of giving and receiving
it. They do the thing by wholcsale-We Wo-
men By retail. It is well understood among
them that If Says good thing Of B, the
latter must respond in q similar tone, thus
II need hardly say that IN referring to the
| mean the Hon. ., who now stands before
Bit is needless to observe that expe.
| dence unaffected pleasure In receiving com.
mendation from one so well qualified as the
Hon. A to understand excellence by the study
OF his own caFeeTs" etc.
t Men do not fish for compliments. as women
| door If they fish, are not like rs, conteni
| with catching minnows. Nothing short Of Q
Lcviathan satisfies them. With Innocent Of
fcctation Of simplicity, lady In the cloak
room saya to her bosom-thend:
."Angelica, dear, do tell me, is my water
lali properly pinned DO on: & I9ur haIr look. *
Is superl-just the thing for your complex
ion. Do tell me, am fright this EVENING"
| Nhereupon Angelica assures Seraphina tna1
i she never saw her l0ok more charming, re
/ pcats some pretty compliments she has heart
paid her friend, and winds up with "Did yot
hear anybody say anything about me"'
Thus they 60 on, s~eetly bespleadt9g eac1
other, until their gloves arc huttoned, thcl
fans unfurled, and they stand athed' In sum,
smiles, ready for their respective escorts
Men take their pzuise in l0rgcr doses. The,
contrivc elaborate public dinners for the pur
pose Of getting putfcd in toasts and speeches
They secure whole columns Of euloginm II
business meetings to tntoxtcatc themselve
with an atmosphere Of compliment. At al
manner of festive and political gathering
they load each other with IN amount of fiat
teIy which would quite break down the slcn
der shoulders Of woman. They gorge them
selves with encomitlm like boa-constrdctor
with 1nbbits, and thus being able to subsis
for protracted periods without fresh sur
| ply, present speclous appearance Of super
ority to ns women, who takc our praise regr
! morsels. The capacity OF men for beln
| praised is enormous: their deglutitfon clastl
10 marvel; their digestion calm as conscIou
greatness; yet, dear soulsl-they think a,
: The vanity lies with us!
Now, in view of the fact that Mr.. Bryant
and careful mathematical calculation, that
| rern{yeA IN hjS festival rfFIf enough, DfafSn I