, 1872-10-15
Social Honors to Froude, the
Historian,
Lucca's Reception to The Aoble Bed
l1en...A Savage Kiss for a. ::
Sweet Song.
What Divorced Husbands Nav
Hereafter Expect.
From. Our DUN Correspondent.

lon-naVe Deem the- openings OF tn6 prominent
mil1iners, mantua-m makers, and dry goods mer-
chants Broadway, Fourteenth street, ind other
thoroughfares have been crowded with carriages,
and the carriages filed with women as energeti-
cally in search Of attire as if they had been
snatched from the glowing canvas OF Giu1o Ro-
mnno, and were in the condition of Pity, as de-
scribed by the late William Shakespeare.
THE PASSION FOB ApoRNn1Exr.
Strolling about town, I have been more than
ever impressed with the universal fashion Of
the seq for adornment. do not wonder that a
pretty woman, especially while she is young,
should be desirous to dress up to her beauty,
and to justify the kindness of Nature by the
graces OF Art. She owes it to herself and the
science Of eBthetics not to hide her lovely light
under a.bushel, but to let it stream, grand and
glorious, over every eye that hungers for color
and for FORM What I do wonder at Is, that
women homely to repulBlon, and the antipodes Of
elegance, have even q greater craving
for gay robes and superabundant ornamentation
than those Of their sisters who are fitted to
wear them.
These, as a rule, do not, and will not, dress in
harmony with their p1ainness and awkwardnees; :;
will not subordinate, and, to certain extent,
hide. themselves to and behind their garments.
Instead Of this, they persist, by excessive dis
play, in advertising their ugliness, and compel
ling comparisons between what they are and
what they wear. Elderly maidens and natrons
too. stubbornly refusing to forget their augu-
larities.-or still worse, thoir obeeities, their
wrinkles, their years, array themselves IN gowns
and geWgaws that would hardly have been be-
coming quarter Of century before.
DRESS
is 8 thing to be determined by the appearance,
form, style, and age. Everybody claims to un-
derstand this,-it is truisna, iudeed, and yet
the majority Of women practically ignore it.
They trick themselves out in fine feathers, un-
der the delusion that fine feathers make fine
birds; heighten their physical defects by pa1pa-
Bile unftneeses; and render their appearance the
subject OF satire, instead Of an object Of admi-
ration.
For some mysterious reason,-perhaps it is
the blind cropping for beauty in q spirit not out
wardly beautifu1, the honeliest women have
the stronger mania for trappings and tinsel than
those have who are blest with comeliness.
In striving to have the modiRtes
transform them into something rich and rare,
they are transformed into something poor and
common. They publish their planness in ital-
les, and call general attention thereto by points
OF exclamation, in place Of setting their copy in
Roman, and letting it pass unnot1ced with the
rest. They do q certain wrong to others, and
hurt themselves, by laying such an emphasize on
the unattractive, and By obliging lovers Of
neither is to be found. -.
A woman il not to be despised because ahe
has the misfortune to be plain or prosaic; but,
if Hhe be wise, she will cultivate herself in d.
rection in which Nature and Destiny have not
fixed her lirnits rather than sock to Violate laws
TINT are infrangible.
JAMES ANTHONY FRoUDE,
the eminent English historian,-whom Justin
Mccarthy declared to: be John Anthony in . re-
cent Galdzy nrticle,-wi1l have reception at
the Lotos Club next Monday evening. The oc-
brilliant. The invitations-about 500 in num-
ber-have just been issued, and include the
names Of most OF the gentlemen conspicuous in
bidden guests are William Cullen Bryant,
Horace Greeley, James Gordon Bennett, E. L.
Godkin, Sydney Howard Gay, Whitelaw Reid,
John Hay. George William Curtis. Psrke Goodwin.
Clarence steadman, Edward 1. Yeomans, Henry
Ward Beecher, 0. B. rockingham, Edwin Booth,
Edmund Yates, Lester Wal1ack, Anton Rubin
stein, Eastman johnson, William Whittridge,
Winslow Homer, Jervis McEntee, Henri Wieni-
awski, and many others.
The Lo&os has gained q high reputation for
the elegance Of its entertainments and its cor
dial hospitality. It is the rendezvous OF many
poets, scholars and beau esprits, and, though
young, is already in the front rank Of our liter
ary and artistic organizations.
e.n On the Tuesday evening following, Msssieu1s
publishers in this country,E-wil give
a dinner to the historian st Delmonico's,
and George William Curtis will preside. 11r.
Froude will also meet there many distinguished
thinkers and scholars, and will have IN oppor-
tunity, aided BY the other numerous entertain
ments prepared for him, to judge impartia1ly OF
the quality and range Of the American mind.
VERY UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT
was that given, the other evening" at the private
residence Of Pauline Lucca in East Fourteenth |
street, to the party Of Sioux chiefs on visit to
the Metropolis: The little .prima-donna had
been SO much pleased with, what she called, the
queerness (6iza,re'5e) Of the Indians, when she |
had seen them at Broadway hotel, and they had /
been go much delighted with her, that the re-
ception under her own roof WAS 9 mutual aatis- !
faction.
The braves, to the number Of fifteen, in full |
drove MP to the Baroness Von Kah- !
denis door Immediately after dinner, and under |
the guidance OF their interpreter, entered her
Humptuous drawing room. She soon appeared,
shook hands with them, and bade them welcome I
I'll round. She Was so glad they had come that
she c1apped her hands, and laughed in the most |
childish fashion. They made themselves ct
home at once; squatting down on the floor pa
1niring the elegant furniture. The dininutive
warbler ordered champagne; poured it out for
The savages with her own fair hand, as the cheap
romancars say, and smiled at the industry they |
displayed in drinking.
TEE SON OF THE FOREST,
isis well known, takes very kindly to fre-water
in any form, and on that occasion showed an ap-
probation of Roederer that would have done /
credit to any representative OF civilization The
Indians quaRed the sparkling wine until they
bubbled over with happiness, and sought to
make their fair entertainer understand their
harsh tongue by . variety Of gestures. Deter
mined to do something to please her, they at
LOST performed 3 war-dance, I'd the se-
rious detriment OF the furniture,
brandishing their tomahawks, and filing the |
house with the noise of their demonstrations. |
They we're very desirous to hear Lucca sing,
which she promised to do il they would first |
favor her with some Of their vocal music. They
began with series of "Ugh-ughs '.and "How-
hows," )" and rose in q crescendo OF diBcordant
noises; reminding one Of combination Of
Japanese concert and exhilirated canp-meeting,
which threw Lucca into. .convulsions Of laughter.
She then redeemed her promise, e1ecuting-to
Max Maretzek's piano accompaniment-
famous jewel aria from "Faust." The red
men enjoyed the singing greatly, and when
she was through, the head chief, Thun--
ran up to her, and
kissed her before abe could anticipate bis oscu-
latory intent. AL the Caucasians present laughed
1t this extremely y-civilzed salutation, and the |
though at frat ANNOYED. SOOn