Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-12
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Evansville Journal Company.
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Chicago Correspondence.
CAnP DouaLAs.

CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. =, 1866.
Editors EyAnsvHIe Journal:
Camp Douglas is tranquil, aad We go
on our monctonous course with our
wonted regularity The weather has
been msasursbly pleasant. with neither
snow nor rain, aud the thermometer but
few degrees below the freezing point.
The city 10 likewise On its good behav-
Tor, receiving into its capaeious store
houses, from far and near, the evidences
Of fruitful past year. AL tbs various
places of amussmeut--good, bad, and
indiifsrsut-aPe in full blast, aud amply
compensated for thsir laudsble efforts
st kesping Chicagosns in good hamor
6ossschalk, Miss Dix, the Learned Seal,
Edwin Adams, aud a host Of other es.
lebrities, have eoms and gone, Leaving
oennk them pleasant impressions, and
taking away with them Innamerable
grssnbacks horeover, Chicago has its
skahng parks - the Washington, the
Ogden, and the Csntral-deliEhlful and
popular resorts for those who have
learned to skim she glacial surface On a
tiny strip Of tempered steel In this In
nocent and invigorating recreation both
males and feraales participated aud
comuendable is the courtesy, and IN
soandsd she hilarity, manifested on al
aides bY these who engage in the snii-
Vening exercise. The price Of admis-
non Is bat trifs; and good order 10
/ preserved within the enclosure. AT
si2ht the parks are Illuminated, aud the
scene presented by the graceful gliding
OF the skaters, and the Fesherchs COS.
Tunes Of the ladies, il exceedingly 81.
tnoGive.
Among tho affections Of Chicago 20.
/ etetT, not the least remarkable is their
| pretsnsion 70 cultivated musical taste;
and sers one TO believe the settings forth
OF the press Of this snterprising metropo-
he wsuId take il for granted that the
citizens bad found time toquahiy them
selyes TO BECOME aKact and nicely ells-
erIminating judges OF Handel :, Beetho-
vsn's, Msyer5eer's and Mozarts most
dlaicnls and famous productions Hence
I the opera 10 we'll patronized; and nc.
/ Vieker's theatre is nightly crowded With
| the elite Of the Garden City. Grovess
( Grand German OperA is 10 fall blast,
and Don Giovanni and other celebrated
I pieces are brought out a ta Vienna,
I Paris, London. or New York Ii is bet
/ er to be cut OF the world than out OF the
monde, and the good people Of this place,
/ acting upon this maxim, and not liking
the idea Of appearing rustic in manner,
make prodigious efforts to remove the
impression that fashion among them is
but a recent immigrant Among the
| dillettants, everything is in vogue that
! finds tolerance in the circles OF the most
intensely fashionable, only that they
/ either underdo or overdo the affair
/ Fashion becomes the individual whose
indigenee and its disadvantages, a few
/ years ago, we're as notorious and dis
tressing as their present state Of affia-
enee is well known and excessive, SIS
poorly as lie lions skin shrouded the
determines Of Esop's ambitious ass.
and they who strive to display accom-
plishmentH which can be acquired only
in the most favorable circumstances Of
ease and leisure, bat betray their lack
Of personal tact and good sense, and
subject themselves to the ridicule Of the
discerning.
| Fashion is compared BY soms spark.
Eng genius TO bogus coin, to which our
vanity gives currency The similitu1e
is Just and witty; and so strong is shs pas
sion in some minds, that, were it the
fashion to walk On aIl-foars, BY aristc-
cratic pretsnders, We should have the
modification Of gazing at the unsightly
performances. Ii has lately become tom
sy-bon ton, (detestable phrases import
ed from frivolous people, for women
who worship Fashion with greater devo
ton than they do their Creator, to dis
figure themselves By wearing powder il
, their hair. II is good to ensourag'
trade and commerce BY every legitimate
: means, for upon the aourishing condi
: ton of thsss arts depends our prosperit,
: and greatness, but everything that di
). minishes the supply of -four, and increas
es the bread, should be discountenauced
It may DO q mistake On my part in sup
posing that the ladies rely on the mile
: FOR this cosmetic, as have somewher
read that the carbonate of lead, BIZ
muth, and magneSia, as we'll as SPANS
white, we're, or are, in favor, and lsrgel
consumed for the improvement of ia
? p complexion, and producing the artist
effect at present IN fashion, and whic
= locks for all the woxld as II the female
when retiring for the night, had covers
d her raven locks with -four sack, II
= stead of her usual cleanly night-ea,
Bot let me be right or wrong in my cor
- lectures, pronounce It the extreme
Stiffness to resuscitate customs and CO
tunes appropriate, mayhsh, in an n
= quated age, and IN country which glol
6ss g criminal and preposterous exces
IS Of Louis Ia Grands, bat exceeding
improper in al age pretending TO a
vsnced wisdom, aud in 3 country pr
Tossing contempt for royalty, its pomp
pagantriss, and puerile sacraments, 81
Claiming the simplicity of manners pee
e, liar 70 an Autere and exemplary Repu
'V' lie. When people have more mon
than they know what to do with, let the
=; place it the hands Of 3 judicious trust
TO be expended for the smelioration
the poor and hapless among them, a
{. they viii experience a pleasure more e
&C. quisite and luxurious from the couscioS
HCeG VI AAFAuE PEEAgEAcG = EtSAet-D
A. duty, than-is to be felt in the eensuo
NJ qualification Of an unappreciated q
e. uninteligible exhibition Of systematic
vocaIizaton; or is 10 be derived from
|: ostsntacious display of 6nery, poudrsi
aud iewelry. To such l would reco
mend the reading of WArren's Diary
i'm q Physician, and, particularly, his ter
hle sketch Of Corpse Dressed for