, 1870-05-30
NEW YORK.
The Friends in Their Yearly Flood.
The Short and the Long Dress
Question,
A New Thing In Chi mons.


From Yearly Quaker-Meesing the Fates de-
liver uR Why the moon should be con-
founded and the sun ashamed when Orthodox
and Hickites meet in brotharIy love to hold al
lent but sweet communion, is problem ap-
psrently beyond solution. Ono thing is cer-
tain, however, that it always does rain during
Yearly Meeting and one is aorely puzzled to
discover what possible connection or core
spondence there csn be between gentle Rebsc-
caA, in modest, dove-colored bonnets, aud lou-
ering clouds and drizzling rain, and placid Jo-
siahs, In non-reeistant broadbrims, and nasty
little gusts that cAtch one on tho fly ut every
corner From Tina immemorial the first week
ia May had been devoted to these pious pill
gHirnages but the skies proved 20 invariably
unpropitous that, probably more in Difference
to the clsrnoss Of the worlds people than from
regard for their own convenience and comtor.
the time has been changed to the third week
Of the fifth month. And now, instead Of a
week Of continuous rain, heretofore the
Inevitable and apparently necessary conse-
quence of Friends Meeting, Ne have one
hour Of sunshine, glorious enough to lure the
anchorite from his coll, followed BY hours of
dark1eas and gloom, that drive our Manhattan
sybarites to the verge Of distraction. "Will it
rain. do you think7" dubious wives and
danghters tax Of wekher-wise husbands and
fathers; to which the sly prophets Benten-
dously reply, "Qnnker. Meeting, you know
A the th1rd Of the ser1ca Of concerta given
BY the Church Music Association, new altar
Arose in the amateur armament. Mrs Imo-
gene Brown sang the wen-muwn soeaa from
"Oberon" with great depth Of feeling aud
exquisite appreciation Of it's more delicate
beauties. her voice, unfortunately, ia une-
qua: the upper notes are pure and good but
the lower tones are far from agreeable. The
was given with sp1iit and effect; the words
we're pronounced distinctly, aud with Just the
dramatic utteranee they needed. Miss Hall, =
pupil OF Ronconi, made decided hit In the
role Of E7ciro. In the mad scene in "I
P1ritani' she sang "Qui Ia roce' amateur
by professionals. H.atson's Dirt Jour4al il
writing up the amateur operatic performances
Of the past season, says Of Mrs. Galager, for
merly OF Detroit: This lady, who is m or
perlonced singer, Is also an actress Of no mean
pretensions. In Don Pasquale she acted
with great caro and seli-possession; is grace
fnl; aud Sustained tho spirit OF the character
very piquantly. She has fins voice, an e1-
celleDt method, ard her foritu1e is wonderful
II its neatness aud articulation. In all pointa.
it WAS a most credltablo and successful per
son2tion."
A very fashionable tMee-do1Iar audience
filled the Union League Theatre, On Saturday
evening, the OCCASION being the Gottechslk
Memorial Concert, Of which I wrote you.
Strenuous efforts are being made, by soma Of
our most noted musical people, to create Il
fund which they propose to expanl ia erecting
o memorial, III Central Park, to Loui5 MORGAN
Got,scLask- Mrs. Golden Murray, lady
quite celebrated in the amateur world ~ all
esa9 for pin5 asI wapdo1u and 0F' 5ps psE
petration OF Gottschalk's music in ali the
btilliancy and delicacy of its varied forms,
collected, by her individual o1e1tlons, nu-
cleus Of u 1000. Encouraged by her success.
the dramatic and operAtic entertainment Of
trseion being iss @' Emly @ sehapSalF. u psl Of Of
plnladelphin. Tho programme compnaed
"LeB Noccs dc Jcannette," sparkling little
ope1etta by Victor Masss. The critics have
dealt very kindly by Miss Scnaumburg in their
notices Of the performance, being apparently
go enthuscd BY the ladg's wonderful command
Of the French language, her knowledge Of It's
resources, and ready use OF them, that thcs
neglected to say anything about the absence
OF voice that was 60 painfully apparent in each
attempt at yocalzatlon. Tho Morning Call "
wAs aftcrwArd represented by Mrs. Madeline
Heuriques jennings and Ar. Lester WallAck.
Mr.. Wall1ck inslsted that an amateur Mrs.
ChiNinGton would DO IN much better tasta;
but no Rtage-Atruck feminine could be found
With sufficient temerity TO essay 80 treacher- |
ous role The net proceeds OF the entertain-
ment WeFa $500.
"Jenuie June, says the little breeze regpect-
ing the abandonment Of short dresses has died
awAy and tho short dresses remain. Now,
while slAl certainly not deny that Madame
Jennie il authority in most mAttezs pertaining |
to fashion, l muet, as veracious chronicler, I
warn your readers not to be lullel into false
security BY such statement. Thcro arc |
thousands Of women who never have boon |
FecpnclIed to short dresses, who have submit |
ted to them under protest, and who have never |
ceased to pray for the return Of t1sined dress- |
ce. sky-scraping bonness and Cashmere !
behind, nor parted in the middle, nor Hetter- |
niclcd. nor bournouaed; but worn in the le-
gitimatc way. drapery ft for a goddess. These
arc the women whose dresses arc to-day trail
ing from three to I've inches on the pavement.
Don't walk bohind them with my nose at An
ungle Of fosty-hvo degrees, and my eyes and ]
mouth filled With the dust shaken from their
skirts by every genkie breeze2 OF course |
do; and SO, when tell you that large num-
ber OF women who are oracles in things per-
erything, no matter how e1trayagant or ridicu-
Ions, arc gradually lengthening their street \
costumes, you can guess the result.
Holderman, the hairtlresser par excellence,
Offers new style Of cLignon, mado on light |
frame, and intended to set out from the head,-
laines. This ehicn56n 6 Is % eomposed - Of lone one
bro.d braid down tho contro. and fiFa l;eht.
fleecy. obliona pufrs on either sida. The frsns
IA fnfaniied to bn made ro large that thn Nuns
can be seen at Tho front. instead Of crened
-hair. ABILITY on the nart Of nnv ordinary
woman to wcar Tho hot! steam;nr chsto1a;ncs
duripg the hot Weather without softening Of
he bfair. should bo coneidered nroof nosifiTe
Of an entire want Of that desirable col COMMODITY. di
4 ye,v ,1xsi;np ronnr 1atfv reccnt,v ~.
turned from abr6ad' male her annearanso on
the street few days since in a bfack six cos ~
tune Of superb duality, elaborateiy trimmed
With h1ock 1nce ma nns,apeutr1-;. w;th sinerea
~ whitc B,4hon'a iawn pathorea We" re-r mi At
De arm, and eondned It 'the wrist by broad
nrI a rhrcb "nii1 Iii h.xa ls ~ Inn ~ ~ \
r. Iove,v woman m,v ian mi canon;c,Is rz;th
immunity. wIo knows but thst sha nav try
whether there he Annstolic yirtne in tha Iittls
hauds? Between Tou and nc. NJ. Tn1pUyE.
/ haven't doubt but that--avfully unscrip.
tnral and hetetodo1 thought it would be-
taper fingers laid upon his hyperion curls; in