The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-12-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
From our own Correspondent.

lcfoui our own correspondent.
NEW YORK, Dec. H.
Sorosls In its brief lifetime has played
many parts, and won laurels in ala wo-
n2n is always heroine unto herself. |
presume you are aware, but after stalking in
Ugh tragedy, and strutting in meo-drama,
j! is decided relief to attempt Comedy,
even the travesty is travestied by failure.
But there's no such word as fail'' except
in the Dictionary, and in the new feminine
vocabulary | shall expect to see that word
ett out to corroborate with the Fifteenth
amendment E.-l'.
On Monday last, winter came upon Goth
am in decided earnest; it showed. it blew. it
frnze but an undaunted score of women met
at Delmonico's, and by bright open fire
forgot that there was any other world out
side of "Sorosis.n .. --r
Just the day fora trip to Tartarus, where
one OF the members proposed escorting the
nineteen. Everybody went, Of course Just
as Fatima went into Blue Boards closet,
though she wasn't invited, and this party
was. -s. ..-. aIr1#..-'
The author, accompanied by Stantorla,
Nlgilia and the Angel of Progress, visited
the subterranean regions and had an inter-
view with Satan himself, who was found
writing squibs on '.Sorosis." -..
They looked all around, with that curiosi-
" for which women are so remarkable, and
iiscovered-well.-
aWhcre is Byron?n asked one of the
party.
He isn't here rs-. d. .....
With that the visitors looked at each
C!her, astonished at the evidence they had
rpppIVpn that ava n Paoobnr i
man to" place where he might not care
to go. a.
There they saw all sorts of devilish things
women who never had done anything for
the good of themselves or Others. for fear
they might be thought "unw omanly - wo.
man who had been seduced from virtue.
their tempter's having escaped through
Satan's net; and in a frozen sea were held
those who had icy hearts that would not
melt at PHYS call. All it wanted was a
single tear to bring about thaw.
After having seen all the sights of the
lower regions, including copy of the In
ternal Deity" they had glimpse of the
new Heaven. where the Virgin Mary was
seated surrounded by languid angels with
flowing hair. One look was enough. Stan
tOria exclaimed, "Wby there isn't man
there" and begs to be excused from taking
a ticket of admission to any such Para
disc.
The satire was full OF clever hits at so
ciety, and "Sornsis" indulged in several
hearty laughs that smOothed out the
wrinkles of care and thought from many an
OTertaxed brow.
Then there was witty report from the
Art Committee, which happened to be a
committee of one, after which q poem was
read, which had been clipped from the Buf-
faIo Express and sent to one OF the MEM
bers. would like to know if Mark Twain
knows anything about it, or if the parents
ot"Rock me to Sleep" would claim to have
0licited the agitation of the cradle of this
odpring. Itwas parody on "Excelsior,"
and as l don't care to spoil it by quoting
dum a bad memory, will wait until 1 can
send you the copy.
'SorosIs" was in splendid humor at its
asst meeting. Gushing" was nowhere to be
from the depths of some capaciOus pocket,
had 1t been necessary to produce the gentle
man. There were cries of "order orderm |
no parliamentary stumbling blocks to trip |
the unwary; the influence of that higher |
body then in session at Washington, must |
have affected the atmosphere, and drawn
the curtains of peace around the cabinet of |
"SOrosis"
These are millennium days.
One evidence of it is the interest the
masses are taking in art, as well as in social
and intellectual culture
Pass Snedecor's. Gouprirs or Schau's, any
hour of the day. and if there is a fine pic.
turc in the window you will know it. before
you have the evidence of your own criticism,
by the number of connoiseurs outside. The
public give the verdicts in cases of equity or
ethics. As it is cold standing outside, sup
pose we enter the Dori Art Union, where
You are only expected to enter on the sup
position that you desire to take chance in
the immense pictures on exhibition.
As never had bad luck in any lottery, and
abig picture would be veritable "ele-
phant' on my hands, l stated the case at
once, and avoided an onslaught on my pock-
et-book, which was in great need of COM
missary department.
The principal picture, whose dimensions
have forgotten, is Jeptha's daughter, and
a more touching illustration of sublime sor-
row never saw The heroine sits ON rise
VI SlOuuu, III tuc ceHlIc vi du illlhcuec pidlu, |
and is surrounded by her maidens in various
of sympathetic sorrow. The set
ting sun forms gorgeous background, from
which the calm palid face of the doomed
~ iden, stands out IN beautiful relief 1t
ms very real to you and as you gaze, the
-,6fIf and sN is accessories vanish In the
Vr, and YOU are unconsciously weeping
with those who weep" i'-ea Il
And this is the best criticism L can give
a picture whose sublimity touches the heart
and makes one pnwerless of Speech
The picture on the side wall, correspond
ing in size with Jeptha's daughter, ana py
Ihe same artists. is called the, " Descent OF
Dante and Innil into tue frozen hell, where
they sec Count Uggolino ieeolnS on lhe
head of his murderer" The title Is SO suS-
gestiye that need give no further 7descrlP-
ton. 1t had its beauties, all Dores pictures
claim that distinction, but they were OF sucn
an aufia character that could not look
long enough to detect them, and SO afler
another lingering glance at Jeptha's Daugn
tor / ioined the throng on Broadway, only |
to be haunted by that apothesis of grief
mnst NOT omit mention of the "Wo-
mans Porliamcnt.p which still continues to
exist: and the funniest part OF its existence
is the fact that those who do the most talk
ing in it. are the women who occupy tne
SAME position in the Woman's Bureau. AS
the Bureau is for suffrage, and the 'Parlia-
ment women continually assert their indlf-i
ference to the ballot, don't sec how these |
pposite poles can be rcconciled. ,.,.5.a..7l
But if it can be done. a woman viii 90
: Il - Liza