The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-14
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. IL.

friends of the soldiers on the ,splendld
success which crowned their late eff.
fort " for the benefit of soldiers fami-
lies" Five, hundred dollars, and
nearly all net profit, 7 is the report
that comes to US, and this is the result
of single evenings performance % .
About the time your " benefit was
given, a similar effort was made in
this city. The gross receipts were
about the same in both cases, but
three hundred dollars of the receipts
here went into the pocket of one man.
During this unusually severe Winter
there has been vast deal of suffering
among the poor of the city, and a
large number of the soldiers widows
and orphans have felt the sharp teeth
of poverty in the want of food and
clothing. - -.
The members Of the Grand Army
undertook to make arrangements with.
the proprietor Of the theatre for al
benefit for these widows and orphans.
He had grown rich from the patron.
age of;soldiers, but understanding the
nature and habits of the man, they
did notlask him to give anything cut
right, and hoped only,to secure the
net proceeds Of the house. They
would guarantee expenses regardless
of weather and every other risk;
would giveFhim his pound Of flesh, y.
and hoped he would not ask for
the bIoed." - II. -
True, however, to the instincts of
miser add copperhead, he-demanded
three b undred dollars, or twice his
average receipts; and as no better ar
rangemant could be made, the Grand
Army adceded to his terms, and per-
mitted Hm to speculate on the sympa,
thies of the public for the suffering
widows and little ones, whose brave
husband and fathers gave their lives
to defen d the persons and property Of |
such wretched .burlesques ON humapi-
ty as this same proprietor.
Man has been defined as 8 the head
of the animal Kingdom" IF there
were no better specimens than this
the race would be like that famous
exhibition of "a horse with his head
where his tail ought to be- A man
who will, even by indirect means,
flch theiscant crust from the hungry |
orphan of soldier, is as disgrac4ful
to the species as was the brute in
New Jersey who sold his mothers |
corpse to medical student for the |
dissection table. Such creatures |
make one" blush and hang his head
to think himself.a man. 9 |
1t may interest your lady readers to
know that the long talked of short
walking dress is coming into very |
general use among the ladies Of 1.-THE
Capital City, 1t has the decided ad
vantages of neatness, convenience |
and economy. The wearers of No. 4
CATERS, or fairy-like pedal encase- |
ments approaching that figure will |
frown on the short dress as an inno- |
walton ndtto be tolerated, y butcher
frowns cannot prevent the general
adoption of a fashion which com
mends itself to the approval of all
who take aspractical common sense
view of such matters Tits economic
cal, not only from the fact that it re-
quires mitch less material to make a
dress, but because the, dress when
made will be free from friction on
sidewalks and crossings, and will
therefore wear much longer than the
street-mop and pavement-broem style. |
Dresses that have veteran dis
charges.,e from long and honorable
service, can be recut in the new mode
and wilfbe quite tSas good as new
All this may not be encouraging to
the dry goods trade, but it will help
many a father whose exchequer is
well nigh exhausted by the efforts of
his daughters to sikeep, up appear
ances.n ea4 "a s.sH5o ssoss 4
Your correspondent had the pleas
ure of witnessing, at St. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, New York Street, last
evening, the solemn and impressive
services of baptism and confirmation,
conducted by Bishop Talbot, assisted
by Rev. Mr.. Spalding, lof Evansville,
Rev. Mr., Martin, of Terre Haute, and
several other clergymen. m aid
The class for confirmation consisted |
of thirty-fve members, which indi-
Gates unusual prosperity in this braHch
of the Christian Church. hegeatire