The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
EASTER WEEK IN THE METROPOLIS.


NovELTIEs-THE DI CEsUOLA COLLECTloN
THE ANNIVERSARY OF MODERN sPIRITU-
AIIsM-A NEW ANEcDoTE OF LINCOLN.
IFrom a Regular Correspondent Of the SENTINEL
NEW YoBK, April, 1s74-Well, the
National Congregational council is
a thing of the past. By this time, the
vast number of ministers from all parts OF
the country who met together, and especi-
ally talked together every day for week,
have separated and departed for their several
homes. The verdict committee have pro-
duced document which would have done
credit to Bunsby, and which, as the Herald
Justly remarks, may be summed upin these
words, addressed to Plymouth church:
'sYou have done nothing which deserves
censure, and we hope you wontdo 1t again.
My private opinion isthattoo much "talkee-
taIkee" was the destruction of the council,
and unless Richard Grant White made 1t
his business to study "words and their uses
and misuses" at the daily srtings of these
wise men, can conceive of no good likely
to result therefrom. For whole week one
ssweak wishy-washy, everlasting flood" OF
words poured from the lips of these devoted
men. I'LL atlast 'fsilence, like poultice came
to heal the blows of sound, 'and every MEM
ber of the council mentally asked himself
the vain question $50 often propounded by
that christian brother who did not take Vlsl-
BILE part in the proceedings, ChadDaud;)
'Why are we here, my friends ?" The real con-
cl lJsion of the whole matter Is emDodleu IN
the following couplet:
You may try, and you may pardon any other
erring preacher, =.
But the sin that can't be pardoned, is the sin
OF being Beecher!
Speaking of erring preachers, those who
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BLACK SHEEP
Among our clerical brethren will enjoy
case which is now under consideration,
wherein Methodist minister named Ken
drick, is undergoing trial for drunkenness.
What the facts are cannot undertake to
state, but from the evidence, it is plain that
the reverend gentleman has the usual devo-
ted worshippers among the fair sex. .one lady
having gone so far as to state that If her hus-
band testified against him, she would send
him (the husband) to state prisoni We are
left in doubt as to the feelings of the unfor-
tunate spouse on hearing such declaration
from the wife of his bosom, but we may inn
agine that "the subsequent proceedings
troubled him no more" Perhaps he may
find morsel of consolation in the following
story, which goes to show that however
ministers may be adored by other peoples
wives, they are not invariably happy with
their own: A preacher of the good old time,
in Manhattan, and of the Dutch church, had
a wife whose chief delight 1t seemed to be 10
annoy, and in fact. torment the poor old
domino. Many and various were the devices
to which she resorted with this noble object,
till at length she crowned all by the ex-
tremely practical Joke / am about to record.
She took her husbands little pet dog, one
Sunday morning after service had begun,
and having securely fastened to his head the
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creature to church, by telling him to go and
find his master. The CONSERVATION OF the
minister and congregation alike may be i'm
agined on seeing in the pulpit, very
small dog in a very large wig. The
people laughed, the dog barked, and
and thus ended the mornings lesson. But
that was fifty ago; we manage things differ
emily in our times, and women have evolved
thousand ways OF making themselves
DIsAGREEABLE TO THEIR LIEGE LORDS
In perfectly proper and decorous manner.
Besides, the exalted ambition which to-day
makes every woman seek to outshine her
neighbor in dress and establishment leaves
little time for the cultivation of any art ex-
cept that of dress, not even the art of being
-disagreeable. In this connection 1 must
give little fashion gossip apropos of the
end of Lent, and the beginning of Easter
gaieties. Not that there is much to tell, but
simply successive opening days demand
some notice. For the past weeks our lead
ing firms have been exhibiting a variety of
novelties from Paris, and especially the very
latest styles in hats and bonnets. 1 might
have said hats or bonnets, since, as / have
already intimated, there is less difference
than ever between these two head coverings;
indeed it is exceedingly difficult to tell which
is which as they hang, in bewildering vari-
orr n 1fu II
ton the Spanish mantilla bonnet, composed
of very long and graceful piece of figured
or BRAIDED lace, carelessly, yet coquettishly,
twisted or looped over a slight foundation
and simply adorned with knots of delicate
spring flowers? This is an exceedingly be-
coming style, particularly where the ends
are crossed in front with a few simple flow
ers. How many such gloves of bon-
nets" to-day lie snugly in their
boxes awaiting Easter morning, when If
the weather prove propitious (Which it GER
tainly must II General Myer is the gallant
gentleman we believe HIM to bel, they will
show
THOUSAND TINTs
And combinations, making Fifth avenue
look like heightened horticultural exhibit
tion. There is some change in the shapes,
for the hair is again worn directly on top of
the head, with nothing to break the outlines
except a few feathery-Iooking, short curls
depending from the crown of the head. OF
course, hats must remain high under these
circumstances, and they are mostly seen
with brims turned down, instead of up as
last season. Black is the favorite ground
work on which to place tufts and clusters Of
bright blossoms and leaves, and the world
feminine seems likely to become as sombre
in appearance as the world masculine. Ger
tainly, nothing can be more elegant than
black for street wear, and yet dread such
endless monotony. Pale rose-colored coral
is again in use, and set of it recently shown
was valued at 81, 500, on account of the ex-
treme difficulty of matching it; yet it con-
sisted merely of earrings and a double
row of graduated balls for a necklace. The
rage for rich buttons is said to be declining,
though it is, as yet, so fresh, and small cro-
chet velvet or silk ones are in use again.
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