The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-27

Ihcre, up IN many stinlng garrett, yon
Will ind the little matchbox children, mere
infants-toiling long hours for thNr daily bread
tiny creatures, just aoe to alohe, busy cutting
out the labels and pastlug them on; older children
shaping and covering tho boxes-such poor work,
SO many dozens for penny. You may 90 In and look
AT them; but there is no childish restlcssness no
curious glance--a pause in the work means SO much
loss in the day-s0 they cannot AFFORD to stop; and
the little backs bend the work, and the little
fingers move so deity ana machine-like at tho
labor. The famous lady who corrected DR.. watts
and substituted SIN work. In WORK, in work always.
let my first years be past' would here find her idea
realized. And SO you SEQ their lives at glance
toithat is all. In the cold winter. when the snow
sparkles on the roof outside; in the sunny spring.
when nature is calling all things to reoice in the
languid summer, when the room grows family hos
and the shines In, even there the little ones
toilingand that Is all But London society produces
varieties Of the genus "matchmaker" aud It Ia with
the West Erd Observation-Disclosures, aud NOT
chdren-that our present business chiefly lies. SO.
we return to NtrR
The great movement in the Park shows itself both
morning and afternoon. In the morning pretty ANA.
CONS to be seen chiefly cantering up and down
that royal road which once cnJ Dyed Its proper title
Route du Roi-but now has fallen into the I'M
savory appelation OF Rotten Row. Hero are to be
seen the new bellies still rosy from their country
have fallen into the habIL OF London lite these
two three seasons, others comparatively
ancient persons who have been onp longer ss
the fashionable lassiuds winch Is .bored 70 death''
by all things beneath the sum- arc not to DC stirred
by any thing short or an earthquake, and suggests
That the individual might a. wen have been bora
cabbage for all the pleasures She finds In life. 1hen
THE LONDON t.swELLs,n
flt for exhibition behind the largo plate glass o.
gloves are alike isans peur 81 sa1,s reproaca ~
and VINO are rather addicted to dawdling along upon
Wee NOT FIRMLY axea toster AZ the waist and
were rather AFRAID OF tulnolng TO pieces than other
Wise. Young msn, old men, women OF various
tacy 30 up ana down with the accustomed British
air OF DONG what ihey must, and "whcn they come
unto the end why, they begin again.
In the afternoon The time for tue display OF gay
egn,pages aud Gaysr ladies ana ar
Then you see oloer specimens OF lady life
that have not venturcd forth In tho morning
some with bright checks enough, bnt growA'
sadly thin upon the treadmill OF society ana suG.
gestng not only the truth Of the proverb, "there -
skeleton in every mans house, but that there Ii
also skeleton IN every woman's body. However,
here they go backwards and forwards, cross. re-
while smaller nobodes stand and look on anu the
better informed point out 70 each other the owners
Ihis'' or Lady that as the carriages fasn by.
Then, presently the Park thfong thins, houses fash
INTO gnt and the gas near by out-ares the raiance
hour, rIrin the Tenderness OF twilignt;' bur the
treadmiil Of fashion oniy works the harder, as
through the gentle hours OF evening past the solemn
yelled time or the night the glilterng labor still
runs on. and they cali il pleasure.
DINNERS, OPERA, ASSEMBLIES AND BALLS,
each IN rum courts the gay throng. Many worn,
wan figure nitt!ng through the streets pauses
the sheen OF bright garments the CLEAN OF jewel
as the lair wearer passes IN; looks, perhaps, very
r an instant % Varied MlI 81 o.
SIC or Of song; then lits on again-and wnither3
pernaps to the lonely rivsr-sde. where the Thames
runs dark and dreary: perhaps TO make one heavy
plash IL those black waters before its waves close
over one more broken heart. Sucn Is the drama OF
KErrLEDRUMs.
But Park mornings AND evenings, dinners, balls,
assemblies have long had their established place
In the varieties OF the London season The grand
nlammas Of these blooming maidcns trequenied the
only recent invention Is the ketledrun, or fiYe
O'Clock tea. These 'afternoons' are a most
I word there IS sensa,iOn Of p'ss
about it--an easy gong absence OF starch
that savors Of iresaiay aua helping yourself i
sure TO make people so much more merry and
friendly than the most perfectly acting machinery
OF social life. In house In remote part OF Ireland
party was assernDled-stln, distant and chilly
waiting for thcir dinner. An Irish footman, just
denly popped his head into the drawing room and
asked casually. In broad Drogue "aave Amy % ye
body or laughing, and they all tnawed directly.
Or course this influence wou DO only more
hsJy Ict Ill hI8uly civlZed circles, put Still IL Is
icit. When the i've O'Clock tea table, with ITS two
accommodating flaps, Is brought In, tie teapot ana
delicate chlra placed upon II, the lady allowed to
pour out the tea herself, an air Of 0OnhOmDlie be-
gins to pervade the whole party. Gossip cIrcuatcs
freely and tales not nearly good enough to be VEN
tured at dinner table found capable OF raising
hearty laugh at ketcdrnm. Then people come
when they IKE and also CO. Ii unwittingy you
OIL. There Is nothing or The irTevocabty Of din
ner about your position. Then, too, people can no
Caught at u nye O'Clock tea who would he inaccess-
bic Tor other social gatherings especially In Nay,
CLERICAL EOTABTLITTES
always abound In London, OF u species specially
partial to tea. It. connects self In their minds with
tca-sOtalisnl; and they like that TEL
And they gather, and gsth.r. and gather,
with deep mciodious hum =
And they listen to the invite
For the harmless kettedrun.
Many lady can conure with q emp and saucer
into her drawing room serious celebrities VINO
would not be brought there In hurry OH any other
terms You may even see bishop at kcttledrum,
although they arc not easily caught. gentleman
goinU the other day to try aud see great bishop,
very rude footman observed TO him, ''You TINT
sparrow on the roof over the way ~ "Ycs."
swell, you go aud catch H. ana when you've done
the kettedrums can eject It. what q pretty sight
In the elegant flower decked saloons are
THK GRACEFUL WOMEN,
nuJcrlng In picturesque costumes over their DELI
lily. laughing and talking In such soft sweet voices
over II. Work has been called "a pretty excuse to
women for thinking" but this tea Is "apretty ex-
cuse to women for talking" II s subject for an
ideallzc for US the charms OF the i've O'Clock ten,
one Of the most picturesque bits OF London society,"
And SO, with thousand shining scenes 'the sea-
Bright Is il Oil, but hoIlow--nothing but very Dr.
liant toy. Who knows how hollow and false 1t rings
to some VINO have looked At It too deeply and