, 1870-04-10
Amusementss'
Hov1ow OF the Week.

lace AGaln, ana once more 70 hear tho Fusut
Of Mrs. Mobbs' b1sck silk which that good
woman will persist In wearing every morning,
IN open defiance Of the ordinance Of faahioua+
bic etiquette, which would prescribe = wrapper
And, "a the sun has now got 30 far round thai
it shines in 1t our south windows, it dndled uF
Old Blobbe' face, set Mignon's canary To sing
ing, and the Wonderful Baby to chatteting
while Celeste, AureIis, and Algnon rattled
away about their new spring hats. and BooseJ
nnd Fitz-Herbe1t vigorously discussed Mrs
Huck and tho latest hgu1e for neck-ties. o.
such mornings We put everything ia the aun, &c
that the accessories Of our picture were the
canary piping in the broad shaft Of sunlight
which shot through its cAge aud rested in the
cutls Of the Wonderful DAby, with which It BE-
caue tangled; the gold fish standing On their
heads among the nhells snd camel
iAnR at the bottom OF their globe, and
flashing like the pure EtruscAn In the light;
the Ivy lighting up its large leaves that The
little green scrolls underneath might catch
some warm life from the beams, and unrou
themselves and the portrait of the Cenci
whose face lighted up with new beauty thai
a~ept every trace OF her sadness out Of sight
And, before the breakfast WAS dniahed, Old
Blobbs intimated that be bad some remarks to
make. 3 is still bent upon reforming the
world, although he sometimes says that the
old woman Who tried to keep the Atlantic
Ocean out Of her kitchen with mop, hid an
easier time Of It than he. Still he doesu't pro-
pose to stop using his mop. The old gentle
that he is only happy when protesting against
them. lhave never known time when Old
Mobbs was zf11id to SAY bis say 10 Mira. Grun-
dy, 70 ensp Lis fingers IN her face, and even to
pull hcE venerable and inquisitve nose. And
wo III love him 70 much, aud love to have
Mrs GEandy,s nose pulled 50 well because We
DO not dare to do it ourselves), eh1t we give
him the benefit Of respectful silence whenever
he speaks. Even the Wonderful Baby, who
thinks she nows everything, and now and
then, with tho rich color mounting up into her
white cheeks, administers scathi1g moral re-
Dukes, grows suddenly ailent and attentive
when she hcars his honest old 6st como down
dacic opera, and the shrill aong OF the canary
dies away to faint ehi1p, when his voics
thundcsa out his faEorite II tell you, sir"
AfteS silence had been restored" As they
say about public meetings when the cut aud
dried orator has received the cut and dried
tempest Of enthusiasm from his cut aud dried
audiencc, Old Mobbs commenced:
am rather surprseed to see, sir, that
these nine women have met, like the nine tall
ors Of London, and resolved again to 60 and
do it. The dise1He of Cab has broken out
again, and in very dangerous nsnnor. Not
content with resolving and choosing commit
tees and sending dispatches to T. Tilton, and
eating free lunches, they proceed to coouy
thrust us ono side With sort Of 'Shoo, FLY
wave Of the hand, and select their officers with
; sang troi1 which is Is refreshing Is iced tea
IN July. Whittier are We drifting? l repeat
it, M1s- Hobbs, whittier are We drifting ?"
1iNnU hafr9 f17nl frfawNfyn+a3 hat
woman gavo Mr.. Blobbs look which was I'M
mistakahlr expressive Of the tact that she was
not drifting at al, xud had no desire to drift,
but was perfectly contentcd to be towed along
by Old Dlohbs until death cut tho tow-line aud
separated tho old pair who had called together
through fair and stormy weather FOR these
forty years. And the old gentleman resumed
his say. "Eow hero Is Mrs. Waite, who says
when the franchise Is secured she Will take the
Hoht-cfacos; and Mrs. Willard, who sayB that
abe Is not 50 we'll calculated for filling exocu-
tive as for legislative Offices. an e1ad, str,
very glad, sir, that one lear creature among
these productions Of the sour apple trees has
found out what she IL calculated f0t. And then
comes Mrs. Hunton and slya she wants the
Treasury Department, for which ahe il fitted Is
citizen Of the United States. Bless your
heart, my dear old Sixteenth Amendment,
how instinct shows the way to the steal
ings? Will Mrs Hunton mako afIida-
vit to the eject that she would rather
die than steal before ahe qualihes7 think,
sometimes, it would be : good idea to give
for place, m Office, and thus forever psdlocf
their mouths, and silence that dreadful
sound for think no other Dear Creature
wants Office; then let them roll up their
trousers and wade iuto the dirty puddle OF pol
itics, and splash and wallow to their hcafss' con-
tent
And when thcsc nine women have got Of
fee, and the Si1teeuth Amendment has secured
them the franchise, shall submit to Congress
Seventeenth amendment, ~ follows:
HoCsE or BloBEs, April .. ls7n.
as No horse In the city Of Chicago shall be pre-
cluded from the exercise OF the electoral franchise
onaccolnt Of color, cseed, race, length Of tail Or
sex. Il u expressly stipulated thst mules shall
0dAhcot Of holse which will tend to encourage the
ptrnclous doctrine Of misceRenatiou, which Is
subye9styc Of the foundation elcmcuts of The rp-
several OF thrM already exercise the right OF xuf-
frage, !al'oEine Under the deluauu thai theJ arc
gathering ngs from thistlea'
graph to 7. 11lton. il will undoubtedly be
gratifying to that young gentleman, u sign
| th1t the world moves in Chicago
"Isnt horse wiec? Isn't he honest7 To
be Eure he ia balky sometimes. But then
women arc balky sometimes. Isn't mare in.
women are natural eosercignA. Didn't i Ro-
man Emperor once make his horse Consul :
And wasn't he IN honest Consul7 tell you,
sir, there never was Il contractor or Court
House Committee Or . Supervisor who
cama to that Horpe Consul with his
scoundrclly proposal that he didn't wrap
his toe. around him, and, proudly waving his
tail under thoee blue Italian siies, e1c1nm !:
'Seigh.' And then the horse is natural
fighter. He smelleth the battle afar or A
Dear Creature can smcll millinery opening or
newborn babe afar Oh, but whoever heard Of
her smelling the battle afar of{2
Don't the world mose7 tell you, sir, and
Elobbs' fist came down upon the table with ,
vim that made the Wonderful Baby wink for
| Eve minutes. and broke \ cup and saucer In
addition; Il tell you, sir, when saw that FIJI
teenth Amendment the other Aay going through
the streets, On foot and horseback, to the great
desziment Of calsomining and whitevashing
soul wonld halt minute and look on. I don't
care I STRAW whether the old fellow wM right
or wrouE in fighting a whole natiou single
handed, but do know That he Was the pluch-
est, g1ittiest, eoundest nan In body, mind, md
soul God ever made. He WAS made Of the old
Damascus hladc, which viii take on your
head or cut hai1 with equA ease.
He made mistake In bounding like deer
over that space Of time which We have c.4wled
o!er lie snAils, carving our SHELLS Of pteju-
bare seen that display. 'Ths ce}ored troops
fought nobly,' OF course they did, and The
cotored troops will xote nob1y. Didn't they
vote, down in Cincinnati the other dsy, squire
ly Ind solidly, in favor Of the good old Hble
wounded traveller, the httst vent on hia way
rejoicing. Shall the black man do any the less,
now that be Is picked up out Of the alough and
set upon his feet? So ring your bells, Cuffet
and sanbo, and ahout your huzzaa! At last
you ARC men, free 70 vote, md work. and eat,
and hve, and die, like men. Free to become
SuPerElsofH and Court House contractors
Fscc to rteal md swindlc. Free to make tho
eagle scream, and save the country! Old
Elobhs welcomes you, but hopes rou will not
| initiate your white hrethEcn, md 20 to adn1ter-
atin8 the vhitexash and using dull razorA"
] At this point Ntz- Herbert, who had been
thrilling his 1no0stache, hroke in and said That
re didn't want nigger ''thitting in hith pex,
and eating 1t hith table, and taking the thame
theat 1t the opewAh With him."
Old Hlobhs never did Ike Etz-Herbest, even
when he ~as silent; much leas when be hAd
opiniona 70 ofes. So Of courre his fist came
d0xn again, and hs grew very rcd As hs IT.
Well, sir! who said they were going to dt
IN yooz pew. or 1t your tahie, or By your sde
At the operas Who wants them to Did yuu
ever hear them Say hey wanted to- What has
their voting TO do With the interruption Of youz
social preferences Terenee O1hien votea,
Hans ton Schneider rotea, but does be aalics
you NTH his Irescnes7 Society regulates itsoli
in this regard; mc1 know their p11oe. In
stinctttvely, and fAn into them; and
il the negro knsw his place before
be was = man, win he not know Il now that the
law says hs il \ man At the Same time, while
making thin opening for your eeeape, Nj. Fiz-
Herbert, do not 1sive tho privilege OF be-
lieving that he would do any disc1edit to ypu,
or the likes Of you That Is my opinion, Dir,
and don't chasge anythng for it. Such ~ il
ia, yon are Welcome to it"
Ftz-Herhe1t quietly rose from tho tahle and
! withdrew TO the sitting g-roou-
And Is Blobbs intirn1ted that be hid fnished