, 1870-05-08

Review Of the Week.

LE1lpl4uE LuELu MILL NAlm hta4ES 31Q4u LII
south and delicious sunlight. the next dal
smiting them with cold northern blasts, AMI
with chi1ls which belong to the late November
coa1ing bud to open IN the morning, with al
manner Of sweet, ahurinE promises, besting il
with rain in the afternoon, and laundering
at it all night; da1lying with tht
tender leaves with all its southern sweet
ness and perfume one minute, and tie
next whisk5ng about and peltiug them with al
| its Northern rage. Tho other morning blne-
bird, perched among the velvet Ieares of q
maple, sung to mo All e1ultant strain, and hall
an hour Later he WAS flying about in utter des.
pair TO escape the sharp rain With which May
was peltiug him. It WAS only few days ago
that May painted the lake with s1teruate bands
Of blue, green, and purple, touching up each
band with high Lights Of white on tie crests Of
the little dancing waves, as il the whole lake
was in laughter, and frsming it in the extreme
southeast With q selvage OF mirage. Yester-
day tho Same lake was black in the face with
the znge Of winter, and tumhled and dung it.
self upon the beach, showing its white teeth,
cbsmEing up the pebbles and singing Al eleEy
for some sailor c1inging TO shattered oast !;
fase viii stn
II we're poet or painter woutd draw this
merry month OF May as coquette, holding in
her white hands rosebuds and dogwood; with
one foot lightly brushing the grass, and the
other ctushing the violets into the earth with
her temples crowned with purple hiacs and
broken rose sprays; with fight Of sparroxs
IN the air, and dead robin At har feet; With
frolicking zephyrs and furious blasts following
in her tr5in; with face alternating hetWeen
smile and frown; with sky, beautifully blue
! in ita nearneas and FLASHED with Lightning in
the black distance
Fie upon this month Of May, that doesn't
know her own mind minute At time Where
are her May-poles and May Queens Where
is the arbutus which once brcashod its perfume
through her lengthening days7 Where arc
and gaIlanded with dowers7 Where are
the blue-birds and robins winch
used to give ua tho FIRST bars Of the years
symphony Fancy delicste May Queen re-
I posing gracefully under the trees, at this seq
son, IN The morning, and going home before
night with drabbled airts and wet gatlhnds
and a cold in her bead, with prospects Of
rheumatism, and neuralsi., and back-ache al
summer. Why, there isn't 4 bull-frog in the
| pool who dares to raise his head shove water
to croak at the +diagon flies shooting about
among the ruahes. There is no redeeming
feature in this miserable month It is f3ckle
aud uncertain, carrying in her ineonstans face
| the worst features Of winter aud the meaueat
breaks up every household and flls the streets
full Of the cracked and smashed La1ee and
Penates seeking new houses. It il
the month which makes Pate7Jamflias
swear, and groHl from sunrise to
sunset. It is the month which makes Mater
| fa,niiias frowsy, disheve1led- red in the face
I and Ill awrr as to her back hair It is the
month which finds the pier glass smashed By
| the legs OF the cooking stove; tho piano, legs
upward with stove pipes IN it's bowels; the
| the fayo1ite painting 1anstixed with the cart
! ing knife; the Venus ii Milo, with her nose
knocked of /; the vinegar jug emptied into the
sugar hktn, and Che contents OF tho molasses
It is the month which Bees the lord md master
Of the household fleeing from the mop and
sc1ubbing brush at home to the whitewsaher,
and p1asterer, and calsominer in his office, no
where finding rest for the so1es Of his weary
feet Il is The month in which women get
their rights, and standing erect in the midst Of
wEsh pals, and duBt brushes, and smoking
chimneyp, and rel-a17ned dirty wash
eswomenr put the Iyrant Man to flight or
etarye him into submission with boiled corn
the horrors OF hash II is the month of the
Dark Day. 1t is the month ~hich killed four
Of the grandest men who ever ired-Hum-
holdt, Cusier, Columbus, and Lafayette- It is
! the month Which burned poor Joan Of Arc and
slaughtered Charlotte Btonte, brightest and
best OF womankind.
But, then, the Inconsistency Of this miserable
month is no cxcuso for horse-car drivers
have Jet to ascertain the reason why he is
! autocrat Of all the Rueaias- 4 MAI on tha
street, in his individual capacity, can take care
Of himself agsinst a4 comess, Ard is
as good As my other man, but the moment he
| gets into one-hpree-car, with eeven others on
! 4 side, he il bound body 1nd soul to the ca
prices OF the driver. I an willing to acknuvl-'
| edge thai his position ia no sinecure. 4 man
Who has to look 2ftet his horBe, look nfter pas
sepge1a, tend his brake, make change, and an
sWer . thousand and one questions, has
| enough to do; but this does not i've him any
right to imposo upon the victims bundled like
| sheep in the box which he is driving. Because
! como mean, smhl-Bou1ed passenger wont pay
his fare, he has no light to keep whole car
I losd waiting in the street. The nnisances OF
| these one-horse CARS arc numerous enough, in
all conscience, without adding to them the i'm
| positions and insults Of drivers. For instance,
] On Friday night, after II O'Clock. m Indiana
| avenue car was kept standing on the street full
ten minutes because the driver imagined some
and find bis man and put him or the
ind I'M lin, let hin 60 On IN viii
his wagon. He doesn't accomplish
ANYTHING p waiting, except to nse n. up his his
| Of his passengers, which ia more valuable than
| that of all the car-drirers in the city. It is
! time these drivers learned that Passengers
have some rights which they arc bound to 70
| spect. What matters it to A, 3, and G whetll-
]
| to be taken home, and It ia tho drivers husi-
I ness to do it, Irrespective Of D. II the. City
RaiIroad Company expect passengers to be their
own conductors they must expect to get SWIM
| impose npon their pA1ons who pay their fares-
There is limit beyond which, etcs, and il this
practice Of delaying passengers is pefsisted IN
much longer, there will como q. time very
shortly when the drivers will be left out in the
| cold, and passenger. will take the reins in
| @tnsr haria II 1NfiEt hare these
| petty, insignificant, oua-holsa' nulsances
! inflicted upon us, give us more Of then- SO
| that it won't be neceesa1y to pack them 60 full
that it il impossible to say whether AZ the pas
| event, let The drivers be instructed paremp-
/ torilr tlat they have no business to control
the time Of passengers in any manner or for
auy reason, least Of all for their own nrbtra13
whime. Whatever sins sse may hare commit
ted in the body polite, We are ce1tatn}y suffer
ing penance enough BY being compelled to ride
at al in these cars. Do not add to the load OF
misery by 6ub1ecting u5 to the. capneas OF
Tom, Dick, and Harry, who happen to- have
! the relus in their bands
And at the same time it may be wellfor mo
| to make suggestion to those, Dear .C.RatuIcs
Il who are Bmarting under the expressions OF the
| Jy1ant Man There is no" m opportunity for
+ them to make common cause against worse
| I:yraut thnn Man I.mehn Fashion,. E hAs de-
| clarel that lovely Woman shall woari0ng sWeep-
| iuc trails in tho street in. place Of the
| present convenient, comfortable, and ahapely
aho1t dressea4 Already the women Of New
York and Boston are up in. asnas against the
decree. What arc tho Dear Creatures Of Chi
cago doing,7 Will they yield hasely 70 this
tyranny, or viii they make 8 bold stand, aud
fight it out On the Gpe of the: ankles VII
they ignouiniously, and without blow, take
| of the short dresses and don these etreos-
aweepeEs. It is not a question Of big feet OF
little fest. No wom,u. vino has any soul in her.
| il her foot is as big as mine eren, will con
cent without 4 struggle Eat On as much ss
you Elsase upwards, but uaake the ankles the
boundary line 6oHnWa1ds. II you have Gpt
pretty feet wlo shall compel you to co&er:
them up? + 1on hare got big feet, bestes
show them than 60 round tho stseeta anseep s.eep-
jnee, anS Ill the dit and 6lth Il: the
si1eWalks. Yon may yield much
in ttbe dimeDsions Of your head-geas. Yen
! may pile up your Faniers, Pelon on Qasa. ~
| you come to the last straw which bfeaks toe
back, but when faahion bids you eloagate your
I comfortable skirts, and transform yourselves
into scayengess. roll up your skida and wade
+ in. Hoist the banner OF defiance. and shout
. / your var c1y, aYards fo1 ci.cuufarence, not
one INCH for tsaiL" II you have got a big foot,
plant it dowa defantly. Now D. tho time tc
pahow your grit Bally, big and little, blondes
waists, uasherwomen. school,tnarms, mil
liners, mission school teaehers, Sew
ing girls, 1unchc1s smataur singers
/ strong. minded, weak-nainded. and butterflies
| Say to Fashion II Pile THAT you will on on
l,eads; pile what you WI on our backs hool
!, Ms or uuhoop Us corset uA or uncorse& us
ynd us or unpad Us. hut let cur ekirts n1one.'
II0yclv Woman succeeds in this strugg1
a | with Fashion, man stands no show ln ths con
, test with her, II She maintains her shor
: ktirts, she is worthy to have the ballot and th
!, | right to stand up In the hofse-cnrs, sNea1