New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-07
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
LENT CLOSES THE SEASON.
WASHINGTON GAYETIEs ENDED - THE SEASON
AND ITS DIssIPATIONs-Mno AID HOW.


would far TO dspcl the doubt especially the winter
included that period when the fcst,sties raging at
their highest suddenly reduced 70 ashes by the
extinguisher Of Lent In which case HE forty DAYS OF
Tasting and prayer will be ma their ytaste
| significance and become a sanitary provision And
certainly no Lent was ever more needN than this one
mas oeen fer the has not been short one and
its exactions have been severe. Mfrons martyrs TO
the morning visit TO extent of 200 OF 900 week have
for"eworn home and akcn ther eds but to their
coaches so long IL lasted The doct has become the
bosom friend Of half the world and ,eainles dansans
and receptions have fed its flame fuiously; while as
its end approached the custom Is 1t blazed Ikea
little GeheDna.
You think the term strong but to what better can
one compare thing that absorbs life strength and
beauty and health. into which mothers fling their daugh
ters they used to fling them into the Moloeh
from which the blooming girl ont too little
| different from a painted beldame, and which Is tho
kinder Of fevers and ts and the whole train Of
lephc and nervous diseases The Washington
| indeed generic thing. Women to the place for
the sake OF it, they 10 10 other city The ridiculous
assumption that the wives Of politicians have no right 10
any privacy renders Official society accessible to all,
| while the introductons obtained there to people
Of the more select circles when fortified by wealth
j and pernacity, open the whole charmed ROUND OF
| pleasures and be gnning modestly with a single public
reception and entocd venture further, one Is soon
plunged three deep for every night and over head ana
ears the last halfdozen Not to be at Mrs Carses
evenings "a 10 be parvenu not 10 attend Mrs Btyas
dancing afternoons is TO be pebeian to have been alb
sent from Lady ThorntOns parties was to have heeh
ignOby unnyited not TO have been part OF the Per
Wan FreyIes bail vulgar unacqu2ntaDce with tho
Diplomats and II you went TO the PomsrOys where tho
dmng-room OF the Arlington the only place lares
enough banquet the guests how conld you reihs" I"
go the Halldays the same night where daughter
OF the house had just become aoountess and meanwhile
the hops at the hotels the heatcI>, ard the dinners
hurrying on
Ball, aud masks begun midnight burning midday
when they adventures for he 90 you ai
rs II time were to be no more Pleasant things thess
balls too; one must be anchorte to deny ~
delightful booths for the wayfarer through
Vanity Fair. When you entered their atmosphere
you found it something vastly other tan that OF q"
real natteroffact life OF every day that pursued you
outside; IL was a region OF euchanncnt the stair c1se<
| from basement to roof wound with towering shrubs
where art concealed everything but the branch ana
| blossom; wloaths and balls and baskets OF ho"eu
swinging from Intel window and picture and bek-
e.; GROWING lie statues; sprays or dropping vince
wrcathiug the chandeliers that shed tho soft briancs
of waxghts overhead; mantes covered with moss and
hedded with violets; tai, precious pedmenti
lifting an overlooking wealth Of azaas and heliotropeS
and rare clusters Of scarlet pasonnower', and cold
camcias, and burning gcrauums, and great WINS
orchids hving honeyed breath in their golden hearts
and daphnes dying of their sweetness, encircns
the fern-nled basins where tiny fountains cooled ths
air about them: music muImurcd there too; stream ~
gorgeous hucs and tissues, bare bosoms and blazns
Jewels ascend and descended the stairway; down ons
! vista dancers flashed in and ont their mazes, down
another the crystal and gold aud silver OF table Shone
red with burgundy and bordeaux, tempting with terra
! pin and truilles with enormes OF spced meats aud
| pastries and CONNECTION and fruits.
Perhaps the President in the smokingroom aud
two or three Cabinet Ministers not far away;
the General Of the Army the Admiral Of the Navy wera
Thor ara ha flrg n
Ministers whose whole life is in party-going; thers
were distinguished strangers and worldkuOwn yomcni
too but the ball given for none OF them not foi
any enjoyment OF wisdom or learning or wit-tLt'd
people but accessories along the wal-t was gwen
FOR the ~ play beauty and toilette it booth IN
VANITY Fair said, for the sale Of its wares Number
less beautiful shapes fitted by youyou, bewidered q,
some Mohamnedan Just let loose among the hours II
| his heaven Your eye rested one perhaps, a fars
pure az pearl It may have been, yet lovely only With
the ovclness OF youth, it's dcwy eye its downy skin it
happy smile; but tho toilette was an allnremont IA
itself with its delcately-tntcd silk, S hoarrost Of lace"
lis pearls and diamonds the maiden moved serene,p
along so native the air vcr that u scored 80
If such scenes the only ones in which it was 90 'ls
should found. Bnt You watched her Tor whle' 50"
her warm from the dance, sho took her leo, while ht
bare white shoulders in tho dsught that swayci
| the heavy curtain behind her; presently she ~eli
further into the great supperroO, eating there-iKe
Iocnst-wiih tine appetite OF youth and dancing; Ella
ended by swallowing the little bird nodded OF otc he fss
grd and Nesting jelly strongly seasoned as -
drive the blood to her temples she slipped poiaton
into which nothing entered but old spirits and ierenis
fruituicos and then her partners arm wa, round her
waist her head hs shoulder and she was piuDg'
ing at the signal into tine German whirling 10 delicious
| measures presently lcasped in a now embrace flying
from that mans 10 an0rhers growing wild with
| abandon OF the figure her hair hync, her dress die
ordered her powder caked her face rcd I'LL pauslng
/ insfaut champa in a serNaut's hands.
girl with the face pearl, seemed nothing brt
delrious Bacchante. II yOu pursued observation fuhr
you found that she went home % day break that n
throbbing with excitement ge could End Sleep but
that knowing il she did not sleep she would be unfit ne
the next rout she dosed herself with soothing drug
and was lost in dreams Wild rs the night BAD
| been-a tremendous drug, yet unknown In all ii'
powers to dlscoyerer-whch buns aud papiy h't
eyelds and blinds her eyes and makes her brain "i
many day useless az her hands resting her nerves
nv weakening them. and leaving item an ready win
the next strain for foaming and ornrng Mysteries ana
idiotc epilepsy and you Acknowledged that Lieut. 'and
none too early she and al. her kn wished -
take them where they never see the SUM-
So there are no more parties We went to ehurh
| Ash Wednesday-those Of IA who got away nom ms
| balls in season-and had pinch OF ashes sprinkler III
our false hair; have put away our Du'he'e lace ana
diamonds we have gotten ont our pfs er-oooA4 ana To-
sares Perhaps We shall miss Portcrs poisonous puhch'
"a TN, Louisville CoBaccafs letters call IT, but we shall
ad SIT, NJ excuse In the heat the chill OF Tia
tlor for little not little, of own for We have
crown so accustomed TO the spur ana sting OF trong,
s,aet ouers that without them we should drOpi soon
No shall venture on mild theatficals whose pro
ceeds shall be given TO the poor; perhaps We shall sn5
Martha over again; political spread VII be- heer'-
| -. there Will he Presidents Ieyee, -
| which We shall al 20, as We never went before
! and because that ioree regarded ~
sort OF penitential service anyway we shan hava