The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-16
washington fscttcr.
correspondence Cincinnati rommer'


1o,.,ra not hclp noticing the other night,
while hc:nr damned in a corner ana iook,
;pr anon the mudile CT perforated an"
r,rtaIaoacd humanity that stIcamcd my
,not il-vcntilatcd, dirty. nncomtortan'e
G~r-,rar called the National Theatre, the
ala orncaYnncc OF tic young men who con-
,o,ci ccc.s Of feminine tashIonahlcs'
IVORY li;tlc fellow had two ar three females
rndrr charge, and it struck me back OF inc
,,,,s ,I,,. these ladies must nc badly OFT Tor
,ro..,,r;nc entertainment; to accept such
c,a,r,, These fnrkcl vegetables arc such
t;u.;a,,ti,c spccimcus ,-Such wcasei-taccd
I.,,c vi,it,ets-:urncd out TO the world by
,,,,,1rs.lr-s fashion in abbreviated coats
AMI *irrt rap,aloors. that show, alas what
they are. md not what they were meant 10
h.. IN their faces one finds as much ex-
preston rs IN an old :ippenny.b''' ana IN
1bc:1. ,r.'ics Just enough muscle 10 90 INC
round-danccs. -, r.
r,S,s - NOT rccnliar to the capital. onc
,s.s t,c melancholy fact in every social
...u.re Of cu! degenerate country, and whAc
I'm ;scxharsi,ug itself upon female dress,
.e,f. sh;nnaIlc Young man is turned out Iii
..,, m enough ridiculous 10 make an un-
..cetakcr die laughing.
The sho.t coat terminates at that point
w..c~c lie body ends and the legs begin.
! ca he lower boundary line OF said gar
,r,:., mere X pyecipitous descent into two
slender s.:cksot legs that the pitllcss neither
w>uts cling 20, and suggest riNc-s'ems,
weak and brittle.
S..yc Arthur Patrick visited IL. blue
lrr&.-tics ana slender silk nmftcllas ar-
,ra. above said legs, and the weakly yo"tl.
walks with long stride. suggestive OF
cranes in -pranIial vibrations.
10 ether country in the world can make
.5,,.;ancxhibit OF whifictS. >0rnnSwho have
ta';cl tie subject tell me that this weakly
...ce crMcs Of mothers made incapable OF
,,:.o-nns cf.pring by fashionable living
,.,.i ..-AinnaGlc dressing.
n Eurorc . gill has cool healthy run
.>:! ,.r. before entering upon married iic.
Grt with us a girl graduates halt-tcdgcd
;.,;., full fashion, and becomes leader OF
s1ri,,y. to churn UP. night after night, bad
,},,iun2gnc, sour icc-crcam, and lndISestl-
t,i,. clhc. in rouud-danccs. until she cap
,r~rs - whitic.. ana lc,omc> tic weakly
luothcr Of whifcts.
dnr!i. however. rm it I'll on IL" wo-
,la1,. - tia! eli scoundrcl Adam did. MeH
nlolc thc;r fortunes III this country, aud
:. tic 10; ,ur-uit oil wealth! neglect not
.rs'c ;h,ir own health. int their children.
i;7umun takes tie parcut, and the dcyli
takes The children. Time was when the
social evil received lis supply from the is
,,.,.u,-trc lower ciaS>es--as VIC are
,1..ecd to call them. This Is somewhat
t.t-nyn'l. IN eminent philan'hror'st OF
<cw YORK, who has dc1otcd much time ami
l.,to. ia this field, told Inc las! winter that
Won I've N5:on;shcd to find what pro-
ror,:.n Of this DEGRADED class was not only
y.tucat"G Int accomplished. oac could
c&D>c. tbs after little thought. In the
financial rcycrscS that arc now so common
>.r.s our business has come 20 he gam
l-.-. our mos. helpless people, the wives
.,au4ii;clS ut men once wealthy, arc
.'.uN" oui - s;aryc. There are 30 icw
s."ys, Il support open 10 women. amt
,...y,}'Y y;tgiyaier women, that they are
=. l.,A ~ starvation to vice.
.,,b :" return to ny mution-1GT lambs.
&... !a.a;ny the remark touching the fec
lie arrcarancr az the youth of society TO
<s... -, NY brilliant friend, night before
,,...t. ,i,c,: .hc h,l..t into peal Of s.lvcry
I...'.ay, and said:
You dom'l know half. Tie youth you
r.,:rft nr,. tlc society men here. and arc
,..,1 Nv tf.r 1no.g,c~s and daughters as S.
.,ary rop,cujcpccS. Do YOU know that
,.tnr uc;.,, :s escort TO the orcra. for
..r.,r,rc. thry arc furnishing these hcaux
,,,! -. v.;,l, t;ri;,t. Inf carriunrs. They
,,n 49,; Fam rxi,f,,,o save for el,ycs and
,.,,l..,i,. ,f,cr . willie these even VIII
;. gr-n, L,i ~, ,,.,,r,c.s innGcrr.s The
,r,, r,r rx.,o.,l. .,al,,s3rs H.. follow.
,..,,, :, ,7,. ,ron..rl escort
~ -'tf -4r. '"WHP:
80 "E@ ouis'l'cs III l"SSsts'on 0'
@'N ii 't@ "teF" lo'l!gA'' ot' VIZ. bali j.
>j "">y nc 'al'!o' spare ''l'c l0r fuch !:
I">EIy. -HaN We eonh' on 20" 10 escort
u LOUIS s'hcs'eIH' &C.
Aud ROW when one of these properties Of
,r.r,,, invites i LAZY to a reception, ball
q. ra,,y. he is expected TO meet her at the
Il, O.. ir.-.oom, ana aGtcrwar,l help her {"
rrr CARRIAGE. The Young man IS run on thc
nos, economical rriuciplcs.'
~ hv. who arc :hcy %
Wen, many Of tLeM arc sons of cid
a.:s,o:ru!ic families here falcn into decay.
i tcrs are Government officials. Ii - ne;
l.r.Ciniaun Tor tIu.nCt OiIccrS having
,.gu..ltcr5 or their hands 10 alpeint certain
,a,I. fellows Of finished cxircintics to Of
lice. tnat t4ey may dance attenIan Oh the
rig and te useful. inow u quite lit
lie romance Of TIC latter class. Young
!iamiie,n Camp. known as Ham. Camp,
ca..a up - the capital from the backwoods
aheut - awkward and green a youth as
,u;i ever run away from. He was poor, OF