Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-01
A SOCIETY GIRLS VAIL.
An Intercepted Letter from a Chicago
BeIIe-AII AbOGt Poor NRretzek's
EaiIfsrP

CHICAGO, November l.. lS73.-Dear-
est LoUise-Wasey anything 50 mean.
So disheaTtening. 50 atrOciOus, So soul
piercing: Old Maretzek isn't going to
bring his opera here, after
all / should think all artistic
Chicago would rise in Indignation
and demand some redress; but no. the
people are So tame, they Just submit
patiently II the outrageous treatment,
and draw down their faces. and pretend
1t 5 all for the best-hard times, etc.
O. Lou. am SO sick Of hearing that
lOw-lved exclamation. If / ask papa
fer a new dress, or pair Of boots, he
turns around as If I had fired a pistol
1t him. and yTDNis ike e white bear ON
ashes; lust rs If j coGld du without
dresses because jay Cook and the IN
tcrminable Spraguetribe have collapsed:
and. then, where has the money gone
to: Ii must be Somewhere about: II
can't have been thrown into the lake. or
melted, OF anything, and why there
should be such an awful mixing up. |
don't see. Il kind Of makes my head
swim 10 think Of i, just IS when l try
to realize the idea Of lasting forever.
It's like humping y1ur head against a
stone walk no comfort anywhere. ]
told papa IA gooff and teach. Nelly.
said he, that 5 Re oHly sensible thing
j ever heard you say Certainly pa
rents Go feel themselves privileged to
say the most exasperathiIg things h.
their children. Teach! Can't You see
me shooting ideas INTO iufantile heads:
But ] am Just heart broken about the
opera. was engaged for every night
this week. and Alinpy Jones and Sue
Wakely had caly one invitation each.
They looked "a IF they'd scratch nv
eyea out when ] told them | was going
! twice with VIII Talbot. o. il was de-
Iicious. He's the great bean now. So
handsome, and SO awful wicked. you
know; but he rolls ap his great black
eyes, and ,ices che repentant sinner So
sweetly. / think he really feels it at
the moment, and be gives my hand
such awful Eqaeezes, when can t hard
lY keep from crying-O, it is so sweet
/ don't believe ali the dreadful stories
they tell about him. He says be has en-
emies. poor fe.Rw, and l don't seewhy:
h. Gv{er ran FOR any otace. OF course.
after men run fer Office they do not
expect ta haye any character; but /
know lac never spoke on stunps, or
ehristened Irish babies, on anYthiI.gs
1t must be jealousy; but the girls are
all crazy about him, ana nov I shall
Lave the satisfaction e4 seeing them
look daggers and carving knives al me
as l enter the theatre leaning on his
arm, and he bending hia head IN that
sweetly-impressiye way Of his. And |
made me zuch q lovely opera nat; an
myself; 50 becoming Papa W0aldnt
give me but tF4i dollars. tease and coax
aud scGid - 1 wuuld. and Of course ]
osS.id not get anything real for that, So
/ made one Out Of old point Lace and
plumes and flowers; aud .. 1 do hook so
sweet in it, Gat how there's no opera.
aftsg All. 10 be sdre, there's Ia 30 an
English troupe. with Kellogg, ia De
cember, but L isa't ;he fashion % rave
G5aus hsr nov. and English opera ia
never as gsnteel and hi9E toned as
Italign It's 50 rnuch mere pi,4iant
when You do not knew II word that they
are saying, 10 be sure, l studied
Frel,sh aud Itafian, bOthqU,te thorough
ly. but then don't seH. Lon never IL.
understand anything bat 81. 81; and. |
think. in these operas il IS Just rs wei
not Ia know what they are taxi
ing about. there Is 81 mach that
makes ole lind IF tw:pgs aB3 want To
look somewhere else. When the Ger
MAJ c,4ypaaY was here some time ago
Esther Stnith who is So awfully prim
and proper. You know asked me which
considered the most moral Of all Ia
oneras. | told her Don Giovanni"
was the one ,t,i..- .aInRters generally
tCs.S thefr ynngesf el.se .htsrs - -,
sspsfltsrsrsile sslll 49, sister. WHO b a
wicked as am. said + Xxx n,szsll.. y..ls
ca Or e-T-s Gfs-r tfle FIRST act, ets,s.l
plunged into q pU,'iryi-i-s--s.s -k1sl- j. 4
soon as she got hAToe. aad hIs hcan /
reSiipg .Wuytaud's Moral Philosophy /
oser since. Bns then you know. one |
must ge; used 60 these things when thrY |
are the fashion, If one pretends 70 liyt
in the world. and not tqgu kc,nltess I
and sI:bsf-t on IS and In;ta alld sIch |
squirrel n5urishui. nd. Ru. my feelings |
are 300 deep f..r Further u.teianee, 50 !
must gay goodbye. Your devoted |
friend, NR,LY LOOMS.
Il. S-OL. l an Invited o cgta;
big wedding reception, aet won THAT F,
new l1nne, coise "a plly- Nothing
hEr perfcry aubuis1Ion O. passing |
events, especially Shenyoa can I help 1t