Middletown transcript., 1873-06-28
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IN A CITY PARK.

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socia,e with it little else than the splcndor
nf cqniparc and tho luxury Of the world Of
wealth aud fashion There are few hours
every day when it is largely given up to
those who rilc for health aud pleasure.
Ladies chiefly. for 1t is one Of the novelties
Of New York life that wealth purchases
no exemption from the confinement of
business The mcn. rich ms well II. poor.
are hard at work in the day time 10 sup
port the establishments in which wife aud
daughters sphri on the fashionable prom
cunics IL gives one n fair idea Of what
the nonsense is worth which We hear SO
cverIastingly from the women. rights.
women, about the dcpcndcu, condition of
women how ihey ar oppressed hy bruies
III shape Of men; how ,hry need 10 be
emaucipatcd from bondage. and put uplu
an equality with their tyrant masters Just
rilc with M through the park ef an after
nnnn ~ enrly June aud nutr the miserable
condition Of tho women Every carriage
that rolls by has two. three ar four of these
wretchrd slaves in It, rarely does one of
,ht 'yrnnt lorla appear they are baking
bread in some lnwu.tewn oven for wives
aud daughters lolliug in lanlenu amid
the eloriys of thi, beautiful country iu the
city. Women oppressed indeed The
women regarded us inferior And the
ease is even stronger when you look at the
women and the men who cannot keep
carriages and horses Such men arc hard
er worked. and their ambition is to mike
life as easy aud pleasant ijr their wives as
possible |, may well be said of half the
women in the park, they toll not neither
do they spin but solomon in all his glory
was hot arrayed lse one OF these The
splenior OF womens apparel is somsthine
amazing What robes. what liccs. what
shawl. what bonnet> These elumps Of
shrnbbery tried To make show of leaves
aud flowers u the summer came. but the
women appeared. aud the hewcrs hid
themselves from very shame to be seen in
contrast with the gorgeous Decorations Of
the daughters Of her whose first dress was
Of leaves sowcl withuu, needle By her own
baud You may rda in Hyde Park in
London, in the Bois Dc Bolognc of Paris.
or the Prater Of Vienna. nr Seville, nnl
in ~ one OF them will you sec such dis
play Of outward alhrnment as the wemcH
make when taey ride IN the Central Park
Of New York
Yet they are not, and their cqnipages
are not the greatest attractions af this rural
region in tile heart of town |. is bril-
liant sight. aud when YOU come To the clts
be sure TO 20 up there between four aud
six o'clock in the afternoon iou will
find an open carriage at the gate. aud
for trIiic you may ride through the main
avenues in the midst Of all tho spleudof
Of the city you may SC, the lakes and
fountains. aud bridges and rocky dells the
horks aud herds that have been folded
here in mockcry OF the pastures green
from which they have been drawn aud
yon may look upon the deer aud elks
and elephants. the tigers too, aud lion
aud lots of other beasts that have been
Gagged in the park, with gro,csque taste
(that our civilization has not yet refined
out Of us) which permits the sight aud
smell Of menageric to mingle with cul.
turc Of the highcst order to which We have
vet attained But when our city made
this park they pitched into il every thing
that people want to see, and it is now the
universal show and play and parade ground
Of the town; regardless Of the proprictics
or, rs the modern philosophy would ex.
press it. 1.-THE eternal fitness Of things
presume there will ba n race course in il
within few years, and the city will pay
the expense Of amusing the people with a
horse.racc or two every Saturday aud per.
baps sunday.
l!st you must 60 to the Park with me
on foot aud out Of hours to see the odditie.
Of the town. The nurses and children dc
aot frequent it as much as they do tn,
smaller squares 10 other parts Of the city
Ye, there are lovely dells. shaded walk,
by the side Of placid lakes where the it'll,
ones are amused by the swans. with whom
they become as familiar as Cowpcr with
the hare', and happy the children are wh'