, 1870-12-15

one would badly beliave that he WAs NOT
rally ta1arguirg the xudie1cs In = most eto-
roee in tones Of the loudest de1uncias,on; th:
next 1t Assumed aa ArgumeutAuss strain.
Again hs beheught, enrIl'rxted, eesna1 to
weep eyea WITH aoiruE for the pb.tinAcy Of Lis
beArerr. Then ho tutntd to sarcastic 0ez-
pont-husimg utter, cut,ing sounds It his I'M
Agiua8y oppouents- After twenty minutes hs
retired, and although not ons word had heen
sreechI" I had never In my 16o beard say-
thing 10 1uaictous. And SO fhe evening wore
On With varitty Of ente1tainuenti enough to
hase filed up dozen eTeungs.
One Of the by-laws requifes thc mensbeEa
70 5Ss S. E e. tess na S.a m % ss1 S dSs
aItlst's newest work, tho zEchtectfs grand
rlan, tseatises upon topics grAHs and gaJ, ara
proved In the caTtzus OF the n fore
ererEing into the outer world @
Once or twice In tho course of tho evening;
juat to ptoya that tbs rsombers were not too
musical celstnties-Khose thrilling kaEmo-
nies charm the multitude thought it not b.
meath their dignity to etfike up,A bewihahing
waltz Jolly polks, or Iomping gnaop, an
away vent The joyous crowd, spinning, wh,tling,
jumping, with III their youthful fire and elxS-
delight a Kuappe replied;
ut Ia hearler than usual this evening.
There eeEms 10 be no life in u.s."
"Well!" aaia, "5ou must have adAuant-
ine natures II you esn bsar any moro than
aAh." WIS ths sad re,oinder, "it is plain
that We are growing old and grim The cob
wEhe Of tirns are spun upon the gray wa1ls Of
these cayern8 wharo wo Gig and toll; these
intellectual gymnAstica avail nAught bat to
chow that no human efforts ca1 xenAR ths
vigor Of the musclea from which youth has
AaT knA fr- njR AL "a
content with tho lauteas already won, leaving
the tisirg generation TO penetrate into the
deeper 1eceasee, and bring forth tho yeA undis-
covered treasures"
Occasionally sinple rsfreshments we1e
passed, ,-lenousde, and cskaa ornlmented
With sugar hammer and pick
gifts. they we're ezco1ted to the table, whert
the presenta lay heaped up. Each pne being
disguised, the Ady selected any shApe thai
eslnrk her fancy, and. removed The wrappingt
to find eonae e1quitite article DE- ce7tu. Tne
ladies' we're not required, as were tho gentle
cumpany Perhaps tboJ thought that i y,
onee got the floor the house soula nsver1l
brought to order again.' We did our best Il
'snpear gzateful, casting thankful looks righ
4 touching tribute WAS pala TO the rnemor,
81 M thstE M feaoxwo5ksTs, wh9, e. ,ftsf ysa1. o
I %94<
tide cast away their implements, and gon
beyond thoto walls which, once sca1ed, n,
| never more yepassed.
The grande finale waa tbs mimic tornh-ligh
procession through the gslie1cs OF th
"Mine." Adjoining the Societys room Is
concert hall, capable OF accommodating thfe
| or four thoueand pe5sons- lis Egyptian dsra
nets on that might WAS but little relieved, =
| the company, With weo Uhr1at1uls candles 1
hlnd, wound round and round this immens
space. the ditteEing fre.dy light OF the tin
cardlea producing > dronY weird etfsct.
What else could be done7 The night WI
far spent; 20 wAg suggested, for n
rie:y, that we ehould Ill 90 home. Wit
deferentt2l ps1iteneeH the cavaliers preese
their lips upon the ladies' hands, thAnEe
them for hAylng grlced the evening with the
| presanca, and ViAhed that thsy might be o.
tensr amoug them. Why do they not tnvit
them, then? Une can hardly tell where ii
fhult lies that the se1es are so much divide
IN their anusementH. Tbs German genti.
man professes to like the socisty Of lsdie
but a he fartly seeks 1t, It would follow th,
he regards tha time passed with them ~ in
mesEure wasted-
But I do not propose to write t1easiae upc
I the condition Of Wuman In Germany.
wuu]4be ungenesous and ungratefu1 onmyp2
to paee any censures upon people who hl1
| always been kind to me a. stranger, ~
! have given me m evening 8 cntertAinma
which sha1l all my Lie remember with
Light.