The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-02-13
OUR NEW YORK LETrEw.
New YORK, Feb. 10, 1874.
THE SNOW

F THE SNOW.
SNOW In country is one of the most
peasant incidents of life. From the
farmer who has logs and wood to get out.
to school-boy who has long-waited for
an opportunity to get out his sled. it is
a good thing. But snow in New York is
al uhHltlgated curse-a curse without
redeemlng feature or mitigating cir
cumstance L write feelingly, for New
York is suffering from snow at this time.
Lest week a very heavy snow fell, as it
cid all over the country. Here it was.
and IS, frightful. The moment the snow
was an inch deep the trouble commen-
ced- The street car companies were
compelled to double teams, which. as
they have just enough horses for their
cars, reduced the number of cars inst q
half, at the very time when the cars
should be doubled. Hundreds of thous-
ands OF poor people live, of necessity.
three or four miles from their places of
labor The withdrawal of half the cars
compelled fully the half of them to walk
to their wretched homes. Imagine a
poor, weak, halfclad woman or girl walk
ing through six inches of snow in a blind
ing storm four miles, after twelve hours
OF exhaustive labor! This is what the
poor of New York were compelled to do
this week.
AS matter of course the terrific
storm filed the station houses with the
sh1ver1ng poor, who, but for these refu-
ges, would have persisted in the streets
Many touching incidents are related
Last evening laborer, with his wife and
SIX children, entered the Mulberry Street
station and asked Captain CInchy for
shelter. The kind officer put them in
warm cell, when the woman asked him
TO be allowed to go out and get food for
the children. Seeing how weak she was
Capt, Chnchy told her to give him the
money and he would send. The woman
handed Capt Clinchy four cents. ssWhat
sort OF supper do you intend to get
with this ? Bread, sir p "Well, you
won't get enough for yourself for four
cents ''That's SO, but I and my hns-
band carI do without" Handing her the
four cents Capt. Cinchy went to a ba-
ker's and returned with three loaves.
some ham and fish, and a subscription
was raised among the men, all of whom
gave their mite to assist the poor family.
That night, at the Academy of Music,
there was an Opera seats, crowded
with people clad in silk, satins, velvets
and furs, and the air redolent with per-
fumes. In the gorge ,us mansions up
town society was holding high carnival,
each vlelng with the other in reckless
ness Of expenditure. What extremes
A family living on 100000 year-an-
other trying to make supper on four
cents And all descended from Adam !
FASHION CHANGES.
! Fashion is tickle and it's slaves obedi-
ent. IF Fashion DEGREES bonnets ten feet
high, ten feet high would be worn, and
should fashion decree bonnets as fat as
a pie dish, these would be worn. For
several years the fashion in shoes has
been absolutely cruel. The shoe was
made as narrow as the foot-the sole
much narrower than the upper, and the
heel-Heavens two inches was common
and three not uncommon, and it was set
almost IN the centre of the foot. Walk
ingcould only be accomplished with pain
with such shoes and corns, and bunions
were multiplied fearfully. But fashion
has blundered into good thing for
once. The new shoe, which every fash
lonable woman in New York must wear.
is square-toed the soles project beyond
the uppers and the heel is not only broad
but is of proper length, and set where
a heel ought to be set. This is shoe
that woman can walk in and enjoy it.
How eagerly the little dears must have
looked for the coming home of the new
style I! With what feeling of relief
they must have iun6 into the street the
hlgh-heeled, narrow-soled tortrres that
they had endured SO long How like
little lambs they must have leaped and
fr1sked In their new freedom ! This act
OF emancipation will bring well nigh as
much happiness to the world as that of
Lincoln. The chiropodists Gas the corn
doctors style themselves will mourn but
| there will be rejoicing in the feminine
world
THE KETTLE DRCN
Is the last folly of this most foolish
city. Do you want to know what ket-
tie drum is Well, a lady invites her
friends to her house from four to six P.
Nd. Tea is made by the hostess in the
parlor and each lady takes cup thereof
,, to the gentleman whom she prefers. If
he says Sugar, please" she remains