The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-31

bar, OF 70 be invited to fortunate game Of
cards, quarrelsomo as eveE,a1d mean row
as he was reckless once: the EuglishInan ex-
elusive and observant here as everywhere,
and many otter specief peculiar % the
place. As dinner 81 N. y. does hot come
isln o'clock p rs, had abundant time to
report to various old friends. tn the fore
noon, The living river on Broadway is at
least 5 to men, in tue afternoon ladies are
in the ascendancy, if the weather is pleas
ant there can be no more brilliant array of
colors than is presented by the LADIES' COS.
tunes, flashing and hurryipg in and out till
the eye carries pf ahe lmost infinite .varic-
ty. ITO walk rapid on broadway and see
the sights in passing, one must have com
pressibiiity, s'nuousncss, clear eye and
quick perceptions, aud then patience and
caution are not samiss. In my pefigriua-
tions | saw less business like strangers hur-
y yibg through their purchases than ever be-
fore, for business was never duller than now
1t is ehsy to tell who are and who are not
strangers in N. Y. The citizen moves
steadily on does not stare, dresses quietly,
and is SUI yeneriS. The stranger gets about
spasmpdically stops now and then 10 look
and cbange'his mind, and is dressed up"
Ny Aesthetic tastes and the belief / have
always held that the contemplation of the
beautiful has higher moral influence on
the better nature than impressions obtained
by looking at ugliness led me to observe the
ladies, and entreno,ls, if that interesting oc-
cupation is pleasant elsewhere, il is delight
ful on Broadway. There are entire cities
that do not contain as brilliant an order of
female beauty; as piquant and intelligent
facial expression, lovely complexion and be-
witching grace of manners, as may be seen
in half an hour at almost any stand point
above Canal Street. They have seen "the
world,F are self possessed, wide awake
conscious and rosy with rouge that salt
breezes alone can produce. The sewing girl
pale with hunger or flushed with exercise
going TO and from the vast establishments
that employ female labor, the most unfor-
tunate of earth driven by the cruel indifer-
ererc of the more favored lof her sex, and
the avarice Of men, to life destroying. labor,
famine or else shame can only be seen in
the morning or at evening. In the day,
one only has the bright side of the picture.
Through my entire visit in the city The
walking was fearfully bad. very heavy
fall of snow had melted into mass of sand.
grit and oily paste, produced by the atmoz-
phere and other causes, until the cutters
were filled out to nearly the middle of the
streets at their greatest conyexi!y, aud the
side walks were covered with black sticky
substance unpleasant, slippery. and utterly
-subyessive of fine street toilets The pres
entsstreet cleaning officers are said TO be
very inefficient. I saw handsomely dressed
ladies splashed with oily mud, till their
dresses were spotted as a lepoaids coat, by
pranciDg horses near the cuibs. Mer Slip
ped and fell. one lady evidently of the
deni monde, very snowy and pronounced, as
| was passing, lost her balance and was
precipitated'into the embrace of an aston
ished gentleman with clerical necktie and
speetacles, the collision producieg gay laugh
ter from one and horror from the Injured
pride of the. other. On the evening after
my arrival l attended the French Opera of
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein" at the
Theatre Francais." The Auditorium,
perfect gem OF beauty coloripg aud decora.
lion; twas crowded almost 10 suffocalion by
the elite Of the city. The Opera, (OGsn-
backs besp has met with as great success
inN. Y. as at Paris and on the night when
witnessed it. it was received with rap
ture quite rare to a Metropolitan audience
The ssSabre Song wherein Mile Tostee as
the Duchess" calls ''uoice lc sabre dc mon
a,ere", incored twice, while the beautiful lit
tie pri'aa don,d, cleaning sword in
her gloved hands, and poised herself or
swept across the stage with her immense
green silk train as if she were indeed mon
arch of duohy. as she certainly was of all
our hearts. The 6ra,are '"Piff paff pouf, "
made us all laugh and all the brilliant glow
ing music that flowed on to the end was a
delight. Near the close, some persons pre-
sented TO Fritz and his Wanda, an immense
doll baby in cradle sham sword aud an
augur, at which there was a great laughter.
Returning late to the hotel, | saw 6t TO walk
home, ami passing down Broadway could
hear wretehed music ground from worn out
pianos coming up from the basement con-
cert saloons, where faded beauty odorous Of
onions and whisky, loathsome vice and bad
liquors attract fools to their ruin. Hurry
ing from one 10 the other, were gauddy
dressed lost ones staring impudently in the
faces of passing gentleman, dodging police
men, and alternately coaxing and cursing.
From sun down till midnight in N. Y. vice
throws off her vail and importunate and
shameless, thrusts herself into the teeth of
society and the law, evil passions run riot,
souls'plunge hell-ward with eager frenzy,
hearts break with the revulsion that follows
ruin, women plunge off from the piers into
the dark river where dwells oblivion, the
rich the innocent and the dead sleep, and
bye and bye morning comes again.