The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-08
So much on the general subject.

So much on the general subject.
A lew words -as-to-speelaItles.
Money was never more abundant,
being readily obtained at three and.
four per cent, aud business, display,
expenditure, piety and sin were never
more active lorL holding higher eaFni-
val than now.na To Judge by the
throngs on Broadway, and other lead
ing avenues, everybody is rich and
prosperous. but, dofI courses all IS
not gold that glitters.dE Many q gaunt7
skeleton Observation-Disclosures ali TINS
show of wealth. Who1q knows o
much Of pride, vain glory and shyPoc-
racy. to saw nothing of poverty and.
vice, are disguised hinder the riches
of dFessiand s~tylenetyat every turnf,
While women still dress with pros
fusion destructive of Ga4lo tue taste,
yet, in one respect, they have madeira
decfdedimpreTement. Trailing dresses
have almost entirely disappeared from
the streets. ia Dorothy DraggletaIlsar are
seldom eens Eyen0Mrs. Petroleum
tShoddy, when she c0ndeecends to.
walk abroad, leaves her train dress at
home.l The change is most agreeable:
Neatness and good taste r promoted
by it, and women having a more
human look are prepOrlonately more
attractive. If they would now leave
off some of their superintendent dry
goods, so as not so entirely to carlca-
ture and conceal the elegance of the
human form divine, they would still
further increase their attractions. But
If the women dress too much, the
same charge cannot be laid to the
men. On the contrary, they incline
to the other extreme. Encased In
tight breecbes and coats with tails
stove iup, they step around lookin
very much like So many sand hill
cranes. ) Now and then one of them,
with long spind ing legs and a rotund
body. presents a peculiarly interest
ing aspect. But enough of this.
; We find our stay here quite agree
able 1t adds much to our pleasure
that so many old Evansvillefriends are,
residing here or near. Last week we
visited Mr. Dement, of Bridgeport,
Connecticut. ve He has an elegant
fine house and grounds, and is
living .likevwhat he Is. a gentleman.
He is a good man to visit. He knows
" how to keep a hotel that is, how
to entertain his friends. Mr.. Hubbell
is living only a few blocks from rs.
and, as always, is on good terms with
the world. and the world With him.
Mr.. Copeland and Mr.. Geo. Foster
reside in Brooklyn; Mr.. Preston and
Mr.. Crane, at %Iryington, twenty-five
miles up the Hudson Mr.. Maine, at
Hackensack, twelve miles over in
I" Jersey.f You see Evansville isWell
represented here. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Maghee will soon remove
here aud reside at Orange, In New
Jersey, fifteen miles distant.
a Mr.. Ingle is here negotiating a sale
of city cf city bonds for the Evans
vile and Henderson Railroad, with
fair prospects of Feueeess. though a
sale of such bonds in this market has
become quite difficult. 1t wouldlhayeI
aided him much had some of our
worthy citizens at home, largely in-
terested in this enterprise, set an ex-
ample of confidence in these bonds
by a purchase of $4,000 or more of
them. Thereby a sale here would
have been made more easy; yet With
out this I have con6dance that Mr.
Ingle will succeed. Il anybody can
succeed, he will. alte-LT. ffEy+
IF my health permits, hope with
in a few weeks TO be in, Evansvillefor
a short vislt-long enough to renew
= g the friendly with all my friends,
'ossr os.a3 Yours, truly, -, r..