The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-09
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VTom our OlOn Correspondent

BILE. She is constantly doing the work OF
dozen ordinary women, in experimenting con-
veniions for the benefit of her sex, making
speeches, editing the ReuoItttion and upholding
the spirit of her faint-hearted sisters. Sheloves
The work in which she is engaged. She calls
upon the downcast and trodden-under of her
sex to cast to the winds all care of what the
newspapers may say of them, AMI to go on
boldly in the work OF revolutionizing,
rs If there were no such thing as
criticizing public. She is most emphati-
cally one of the most org nal and startling isms
Of New York. She does not expect to see the
good she works for developed during her gene
ration. She is only planting the acorns from
which another generation shall produce the
oaks. Around her all the different branches OF
women's work are constantly forming nuclei.
She is the irresistible force sweeping against the
immovabe body OF public prejudice. Supremely
indifferent to any thing but the attainment OF her
end, viz. a large pay secured to the toilers
among her SEX this purblind spectacled, and
most assduous lady tolls day and night with
tongue and pen, and works not OILY with all her
soul, but with all her body too.
The opening of the Fall Meeting at Jerome
Park was badly attended. There were no long
lines of carriages; there were no Gro Wds of
spectators. About one-6fth as many people as
ought to have been there, were. Cause un-
known. The weather was lovely. The sky was
imported from Italy, and the atmosphere had
passed uRchallenged through the celestial GUS
tom-house, and direct from the south of France.
Everything was propitous except the people,
that mysterious entity whose edict is more
tyranncal and thunder toned than the mandates
of the sea. Among the women present few
magnificent toilettes were perceptible. But
then, the women were so few. Where there
should have been crowds stood only knots
and where interminable lines of car
riages should have brimmed with babbling
fashion, two or three sleek and solemn vehicles
stood demurey side by side. The thing was
failure. 1t might almost be said that no betting
was done. Every heart collapsed beneath the
chill of its individual wet blanket, and when
the racing was over slow-going coaches bore
solemn visages home. Some celebrated per-
sonages were present, but then the presence of
a few celebrities does not render the opening of
autumn races successful. A score of celebrated
caterers, commodores, and crcketers, presi-
dents, prize-6ghters, actors, lend" men, and
SO forth, do very well as points OF relief among
heterogeneous crowd but on Tuesday they
were more like pillars, measuring the breadth
of vacant lnterstices that should by rights have
been thronged.
Some of the principal merchants of Fulton
street have been getting up an indignation
meeting in order to heal the nuisances inflicted
on them by the ''ropers-in" employed by the
gift enterprise establishments. The ancient
hapnt of these gilt swindlers was in Cortlandt
street. Their operations there, however, having
become too notorious, they removed one by one
into Fulton street, where they are the terror of
oil he oil md hotta
''ropersinn are the most irresistible functiona-
ries extant. Any young man from the coun
try" that they can lay hold OF they carry almost
by force in the gifts winding dens, and he who
enters there leaves hope behind, the hope of
coming out with as much as he took in.
The vicinity of the respectable Fulton street
merchants shops has therefore been seriously
harassed. No man, woman, or child could
pause for moment TO look in at the window
without being pounced upon by these lmportu
nate runners" A committee of toe respectable
merchants waited in vain on Superintendent
Kennedy and Inspector Dilks All the satsfac
ton they received was that no satisfaction could
be received, unless they indicted the respective
swindling establishments before the Grand Jury.
All that is LETT to do, therefore, is to grin and
bear--the gift swindlers doing the first, and the
respectable merchants the last.
The Water street movement, which might bet.
ter be called the Rum street movement, seems
gradually to be losing It's activity. Now and
then converted pickpocket makes pious ad-
dress, and proves as eager to steal the hearts of
the public as he once was to steal their pocket
books. Some Of the rum-sellers, who do not
side with John Allen, got up demonstration OF
sticks and slaves the other day, and mauled
some of the more prominent members OF a pious
meeting. If Mr.. Beecher's opinion on the
"Water Street Movement be worth anything,
it is satisfactory to learn that he considers it one
OF the most extraordinary phenomena OF the
day, and that he only regrets that those con.
verted are SO low down in the scale of depravity
cOnvalescents all the rest of their lives.
Jonn Allen continues to mlngle drinks and dox-
ologies in equal proportion.
am not versed in toilette slang but my OBJ.
servations along Broadway inform me that
Scotch material is coming more into use for
ladies' dresses. Costumes of thick quilted tissue
are much worn, overhung with tunics trimmed
with black taffeta The tippets accom- pan ing
this style OF dress are often made so that the
seams are heartshaped at the back, Lawn
skirts of pale red, with tunics of pale blue Grape
are also frequently seen. The panier style
win be the chosen one during the coming win,
ter. In full dress plush will play prominen,
part. Even blue and green are getting to be
worn together. Fashion is blessed as a peace
maker among colors. She miscegenates thos,
that seem born to be kept asunder, and bring
discordant hues into as harmonious proximity