Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-19
Latter from New York.
NEW York. November

NEW 1Ohh, NONempeE ios iotOs
The temperance of the sun to-day,
after SO many long hours of absence,
gives promise that we are to have at least
one spell of good weather before the
final crash which Elder Snow predicts I;
and the cool, bracing air that now begins
is only the forerunner of the frigid winds
that will soon whistle through the eaaess
branches, and around the sharp corners,
making the nose tingle and the ears
smart, and waking host of lazy people
into lively action. Business begins to
look up Light goods hang heavy on the
haberdasher's hands, and furs and WOOL
ems and other warmth-preserving fabrics
grow hourly in demand. Overcoats, even
of pattern of long ago, are sought for
and easily found. Flannels display them
selves openly in the windows of the fur
nishing stores, long wooden stockings and
short wooden socks, ana comforts and tip
pets, and ear muffs, and wrist warmers,
and thick gloves, appeal coaxingly to the
passer~by to come in and purchase and
in short, everything that man has
wrought to keep his fellow man warm
with, is put forward in a most entlcing
way, and made to warn him that sharp
winter is hard upon his heels. But the
i'll man is unhappy, and the good fellows
who furnish us with that creamy sum.
mer dish which Bridget says is baked
in q cowld oven," have no thanks to
offer for the change, and so much gut
tural growliHg away down In subterra
mean caverns among salt-boxes and
milk-cans, and .cream-freezers This
and other evidences of dissatisfaction
which one witnesses every day, convince
me that there is perhaps limit to the
power of Providence-for it surely eau
not make everything to suit everybody.
The lecture season has fairly begun,
| and bids fair to be a very interesting and
profitable one. DR.. Hayes lectured last
night on Arctic researches" Mr.. Geo.
s. Fisher on Japan" DR.. Lermerlier on
"anatomy," DIR. Willets, of Philadelphia,
on mental dyspepsia; and others OF
lesser note discussed various other
themes to excellent audiences. There
was an interesting lecture before the
ladies of the Workingwomeu Home the
other night, but grandmother Holiday,
who has charge of the institution, allowed
no notes to be taken, and made all the
| hearers take oath that they would not
repeat any part of it. So it is impossi-
BILE for me to tell you anything about 1t,
except that the subject was either Wo-
mems Rights or Reconstruction )
that the lecturer was a lady Of refine
ment and culture; that the beautiful par.
| lors OF the house were crowded; and
that all the ladies, Including grand.
mother Holiday, were delighted
This reminds me that the Working
women's Protective Uaion is now regu-
larly chartered, aud If any of your readers
desire TO aid a noble work, let them give
announcement to this institution. The
hitter days of winter are fast approach
inc. and there are hundreds Of honest
Girls in this city who must spend a great
mart of itin discomfort OF positive misery.
shops are full, and there are i've appli-
cants for every vacant place. The Pro-
tective Union secures employment tor
vorkine-women wherever employment
can be secured; and whelS good female
help is needed. in city or country, the
housewife or the miliiner, or the skirt
maker, cannot do better than 10 make
the Union the vehicle Of communication
With the unemployed There is no ex-
pense attending any negotiation with the
establishment. and il will be found 10 be
the most Intelligent intelligence Office 10
the country.
The Working Women's Association,
recently organised. held a meeting on
Wednesday night sbout three hundred