New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-28

coors the amount OF stars orders and such Ike decor
fions on each hrsrous chest being usually In the IN
ratio Of the real importance OF the country ~
which the vearer belongs gallant seneras N ners
aud deputy euteDants just as scarlet ana blue ay sn
golden too as ANYBODY ana az ,nee ans a silk
and satin which the ladies have come forth conquer
I ing and 10 conquer -,
Tue private ball. in instances is not given at the
bouse OF the hostess II the rooms happen to be too
small some public rooms, like wiss arc hired for Tue
evening or an empty house taken the latter dodgo
which has lately into fashion, and which 10 ~"
generally adopted.
Owing its origin doubtless the prodigous amount
of house building that has been going on OF lae III
innahe Iondon IL has become quite recognized lns-
tuition OF these last rev eoSp Taere stand peniy OF
newly built first class mansions IN Begra1s t
| OF externally aud internally, SO lar us MOOT nai
| and doors and Windows and st2ircases go, ~ 81
seleeted and hired lat cost That would make some
people gasp for the determnea evening". an nande-
Tiers and curtains, and lay down temporary caIpes
florist following covers bare " and ep
ties whole eonsorvatorylu OF plants ana no"ers ~" ~
halls and passages esssn sends i'm the ccnven
tonal foods and drinks. and cOmpeent stan OIL
en- Cooe and Tnneys comes detachment OF comPoeHe
musicians; and hey, presto! In9 emptS o' a., rIn.
into light and life and music anu exdns iS ~ an
derela anery welcomes the guests with an me ar o a
establishment that has been aeeustomeu 10 iS KIM VI
thing for years
ho dIscusses the merits OF the different kinds
n, dance with the GOODNESS OF old stager and no en-
ugbtened mind will be disposed to quarrel with MS
| conclusions
In the dances themselves there not much VARIETY
| and Iancers and two round" waltz and aud galOp.
or these waltzes the most aud ahadties Tue Sn
nonnlar IL being OF course understood that ronnd
dances occupy considerably more than half Of every
programme STILL squares are not hkeiy ever actuaS
utility about Them They. give breathing-times
between waltz and salOP sjeD,6s +, ssaro people S
who too old or too PSp raeHSs ,: and
scope for that Institution sitting out" which,
as everybody knows, consists IN ostens6ly envasing
deliberately spending the time in quietet sltdo"n
chat Dancing it,, have written, but truly u Is
WATERFALL Guadrille, in which nobody dreams OF dong
steps attending to time. and the conventional dea IS
family suggestive OF the formulated movements OF the
figures. But if yOu can't dance 100 III Tor Tue w,
tine other Fsb Haa yOn w Sf All
dancers win now have nothing but the ralse rols
tennS which requires both partners TO be exactly IN
time both with one another and the music ana partner
Sns Ser H. tanIty is not very likely il man, be
favored with many rounds' or Ii lady 10 10 asked
for them.
Here is an odd bit OF information about custom,
which, it may be presumed has not yet become Inter
national speaking bad grammar for the sake OF fashion
careful observer of ballroom talk win not fail to
He VIII find people Gin society" habituay using few
pet words which they love, not because they are OIL
because other people don't them, whereby they
serve as o of passwords or Masonic signs among
ladies' who are not society talk Of dresses" ana
gentlemen" and granmatiealy contract are NOT
gowns" aud men" ana "ain'V for distinctions SAKE
The London suppers, it are poisoned with bad
champagne good wine being resei we'd for dinner parties
The writer protests against this practice, IN vein OF
sorrowfn moralzng for which regret that We have
| no
There Is family likeness about the suppers turned
out by Gunter that the experience OF season is
! Ciunterah supper good in its way. need be.
Nothing hot. OF course, except oyster soup Especially
adapted for deserving ehaperonsl, and, maybe, some
delcatey Drowned cutets but cold meats OF every
shade OF suDstantiaity Iom poaIs neas au tiChons
and raised pies to the most deleale OF WITCHES
tempting translucent aspics, IN which larks, Holsters
prawns lets Of sole, and such like lie Embedded and
inelled" and ethereal plovers' OF sweets the
multitude aud variety almost infinite; and indeed the
possible combinations of things creamy and Jammy and
geatinous toleraby wei known all ,the world
Among them fresh Strawberries combined with plain
general favor As TO the dIinkabes, sherry and eare
are always hand. but the almost universal beverage
is mixture OF, say two-thirds OF champagne 10 OF
settler water The idea OF thls mixture Is no DOUBT
partly to get rid Of that excess OF fixed air (which Is apt
10 make undiluted champagne rather uncomfortable
material Tor draft but the custom Is mainly tie result
of sad experience Of the unwsdom OF doing otherwise
owing at must be admitted) TO the badness OF the
called champagne only too commonly dispensed at ball
suppers
An agreeable paper by Miss Kate Hllrd is devoted
an almost forgotten English poet, Thomas Lowell Bed
does, who is gracefully brought TO the surface
Ezabethan bard strayed into Victorian age. The
circle of his original admirers has necessarily been lin
tied 10 a select few. At present scarcely remains
except Browning aud Proctor aud John Forster. His
name to be another the long list OF those who
have failed the world counts failure. But the poets
know better, and among their undyng brotherhood
space VIII always be kept for this stray singer"
The chronological Journal has an able edito-
rial article on panic, In which sets forth
OF the crash without crcumloeu
ton The cause IL alleges is TO be found in the general
dsrust which grows out OF dishonesty IN high places
When the people discover their public men engaged in
defrauding the national treasury, specializing In Wild
cat securities voting themselves thousands Of dollars
in "back pay" doubling their salaries at pleasure
they begin to open their eyes. With the loss OF
confidence panic Under hon
| est government. on which the people could place
reliance, there could be ground for such Tn
scrupulous Congressman have plfered from the prop
ery Of the nation, while the President has looked on
with bland Indifference Instead OF honest, capable
statesmen have in our Legislatures wicked rogues
miserable quacks, and ignorant tTicksers Tho excep
lions comparatively few" As a nation we are
cidedly SICK and in debt but not hopeless state
or beyond recovery. The remedy for the patient is
simple diet, plain clothes, and hard work. We want
Clean healthy In public offices. and until we
them may expect to suffer all the evils which
us. The Journal is plain-spoken aud on the
right track, and well deserves the attention only OF
believers in phrenology, but OF unbelieyeTs.
The Catholic World opens with an article on
"sprtualism IN which the writer takes tine ground.
that few will examine the phenomena Of sprtullism
| whole without coming much that they cannot,
without doing violence their natural instincts at
tribute TO anything but preternatural agency. He
discusses the philosophical theories that have been
| brought forward TO explain the phenomena and
| attempts to show that they are ineoncusve and