The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-10-26
PARAMOUNT PARK,

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ra'rmount Park in Philadelphia till re-
Gently friend with his fast gray and new
buggy called to show me the pride of Phil
adelphia and what nature had done for
them and they were improving by art.
1t was about four o'clock in the evening
The time when all the busy cares of the day
are laid aside, and pleasure and endowment
I'LL the heart; the old and young embrace
this hour to take trip through the Park,
and though three score years and ten is the
measurement of the cloth, we can not much
lengthen, but we may easily shorten, and
we have often the choice of letting it re-
main blank, or of embroidering it with
numerous and varied images, the latter
mode | prefer, and therefore embrace every
opportunity to enjoy life and see all l can.
After leaving our residence, we drove
down Broad to Green street, over the de-
lightful Nicholson pavement, and as far
as the eye could see in the distance, vehi-
Giles of all kinds were rapidly moving in the
same direction, and as we passed along
life seemed truly moving panorama which
constantly glides forward; all the same,
whether the hours of a retired existence be
left comparatively empty or whether travel
and fiction fill them with numerous figures
and episodes.
Paramount Park covers an area from
three to four thousand acres, and is situat-
ed upon the banks of, and divided into
East and West Paramount, by the Sehuyl-
kill river. AS in every undertaking, Phil
adelphia excels in having the largest Park
in the United States, if not in the world.
1t is beautifully laid out, and has every
modern improvement necessary to adorn
public park-pavilions, images, sculptures,
&c.
There are three large reservoirs that sup
ply the city with "Eau de rie,'' and it is
quite an object Of interest to visit the Water
Works and see to what perfection man has
arrived as machinist.
This Park was a few years ago very
small and seldom patrouized; but now it
is an evening resort, and the city would be
lost without it.
As we entered the Park we rode along
the banks of the Schuylkill, for some dis
lance, then up one hill and down another.
Pony phatons passed us, one containing two
girls of the period, one assuming the mascu-
line, and driving as fast as she could; the
other looking as though she was ready to
take up the lines when the other let go;
family carriages passed US, with Pa, Ma
and all the little ones, including baby on
Mas lap. Pat driving; "an sure he knew
how" there came also splendid four in
hand team of Judge g., with two young
men, and two young ladies cis cas-, all
attired in Demorest's latest styles, hats
d la alpine, peacock's tails greatly in de-
mand; (by the by, now would be good
time to sell our old fly brush,) colored
driver and footman completed this equip
age: fallng-top bugges were greatly IN
vogue, and how many smiling countenances
passed us, as two by two they came; 1t
seemed to me every horse in the city must
have been on the ground. can not mag
inc where they all came from-at some
times. we had to use our wits to pass with
out running into some one, so dense were
the carriages. Every body was out ENJOY
inc this lovely weather and benefitting their
health.
We rode on until we came to George S
Hill and here what a beautiful landscape
Law before us: art and nature truly embrac-
ing each other. AS far as the eye ceuld
roach. we could see the waters of the placid
schuylkill, the city of Brotherly Love, and
Laurel Hill, the beautiful city of the dead.
It. is impossible for me to describe the
Grandeur. words are inadequate; each one
,,,st use his own ocular faculties in order
70 derive full benefit. The marble tomb
stones and tall monuments shone among
tho Autumn barrenness of foliage. Ihe
,urnle shadows of October's sunset were
mon us: the young moon was already SHIN
ing in the evening, while 'sol' was scatter
;n1 tints of gold and purple over the works
IF nature, and long shadows were thrown
down from the trees upon the waters OF
the Schuylkill. -.
We drove up to "Prospect Mansion, y
situated on the very top of "Prospect
Hill Here could be obtained ice creams,
iulips, punches, and refreshments, and this
was the place to see the fashions, and
or,v wish our fashion Editor had been pres
emf to have given the Elktonians the latest
fms The vacaries of fashion are certainly
most curious aud some of the most abnor-
ma, specimens could be witnessed there
far this is the rendezvous for the fashions
and follies of the world to reign supreme.
We took general survey of everything,
and then turned homeward, l remarking
that if our ancestors could just come out OF
their graves, where we were standing, ano
zoe the fashionables just then, they woulo
| NOT have recognized their own sex. Times
know change, and we change with them
GREAT many of us at least, and they mus
feel strange, who are not of the number.
The young ladies of fifty would astonisf
orr grandmothers not little, but oul
vounc misses would astonish them grea
deal more, especially those ofthe "Women''
Rights" they seem to assume superiority
over all others, drive through our Parks il
tandem, passing everything in their way
T acknowledge there are many clever girl
among this class, if they would not make
such geese of Themselves and would onl!
follow instead of leading and becoming
slaves to the caricaturists. They must no
he surprised if society accepts them at thei
own valuation and believes them no better
! than they seem.
Our grand parents tell US, girls looked
nretty in olden times without all these fur
bellows. and men always fell in love will
them. even in their simple dress. Admir-
alton ia as old as the hills, and marriage b,
no means new institution; so the same
results were obtained, without resort tt
the present processes, and against the pres
emit process there is good ground for pro