Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-03-27

hardened ana laWleSS, ana what IS more,
the men of the city are so fearfully taken
up by their business, that there can never
be the swell created necessary to carry
forward such a work. But the women of
New York and Brooklyn are doing a
splendid work nevertheless. They are
taking drinking men by the hand and help
ing them into better life, and by working
in this way may have actually reformed
thousands, and closed doggeries by cutting
off their custom. The air is full of oppOsi-
tion to rum, and it cannot be but that some
good will come out of the movement.
EXTRAyAGANCE.
A lady blazed all over with diamonds at
Fifth avenue party last week. On each
shoulder she had four stars, the size of q
dollar, made of diamonds. Her hair was
SET Lhickly with diamonds. There was a
diamond bandeau upon her brow. She had
diamond earring and diamond necklace.
Upon the sides of her chest were two cir
cles Of diamonds. From them depended
lines and curves Of diamonds reaching to
her waist, round which she wore diamond
girdle On her skirts in front were large
peacocks, wrought Of lines of diamonds.
There were rosettes of diamonds on her
slippers. and diamonds large or small, all
over her dress and person, wherever they
could be placed. This lady's grandfather
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and her husband-well, he lived upon the
father. But it don't matter. The old
gentleman is worth his millions, and as he
still follows his business and is adding to
his store, his daughter can afford it. He
is never present at these parties though.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
As New York has more Irishmen than
any city in Ireland, st. Patick's Day is of
course, one of The great days that are OBJ
served. This year it was especially i'm
mense. Despite the soaking rain, the
procession was over five miles in length,
and the decorations carried were suberb.
The Irish are power in New York, and
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numbers. but wealth and influence. When
one Of them gets up in the world he can
command SO many of the new-commers
that it is no trouble for him 20 command
position, and position here means money.
Indeed, all that men care for position is to
make money out of it and they do it. The
leaders of the various rings are in few
cases Americans, but the majority of them
are Irishmeu, and the lieutenants are
always Irish.
STREET MUSICIANS.
About this time look out for street musi-
clans. Your streets will be made vocal
with the violin and harp, played by little
Italian boys and girls, who leave New York
this month, and get back early i'll the fall.
These children constitute class by them
selves. They are Italians, and are sold by
their parents in Italy to spectators, who
are called padrOneS, who bring them to
America and teach them to play, the Pa
drones pay the parents either a sum in
gross or a price per year. The little slaves
are sent out, and are required to bring
home SO much money per day, the alterna-
tive being an unmerciful beating, which is
religiously administered. A certain num-
Der of them are sent ives. every spring, to
work the country, and it is a singular fact
that they send to the padrones regularly all
that they get except the merest possible
living. They have a fear of the Padrone :;
they regard him as a sort of powerful
devil who can find them and reach them
anywhere, and this feeling is cultivated,
for it makes it safe to send them abroad.
The skulking loafers who live on these
children are the most cruel, dissolute, de-
bauched set that New York has. A law
Will - - - tnU A-CSisi.tUuIU r,Iu
State this winter to break up this trade in
children. PIETRo.