, 1874-05-20
Dress There as Compared with
New York.
intellectual Character Of the B0S'
tonlan Atmosphere.
The Rebuilt " Burnt District "~--A
Visit to Kings Chapel.
Hermon by Mrs. Ltvermore.s. Tendency
Of No,y Eng1andcrs to 1nfldolity
or Bpiritnalism.

Hp%tfaJ Correspondence Of 1ht Chicago Tribune.
DosToN, MAy Ii, 1874.
Arriving in Now York, one immediately feels
uost Of shabby gonttllty, a kind Of back-woods
homemade ineleganoa OF costume, unless fate
has been propltloup and, through the assistance
bf mlllinera and n1antua-makcrs, sho has ready
for Immediate wear. for shopping or promenade
purposes,
nLAcK SILK DnrHB,
= lace scarf Of three yards long, au embroidered
daoket eclatant with tet, ana bonnet with
Sgroath across the front and no streamers behind.
This presses upon one al an absolute necessity.
1taaoms to bo the objective point Of all femi-
tine ambition, and not to wear this rogsa
d. to stamp yourself at onco aa "Nohody,"
OF S"A person from tho country" II
yot, havo not those things, the sooner you get
fhen,, or get away, tho batter. II you hare. you
can walk down Broadway, orup Fifth avenue,
with: b se1eno consciousness Of correct habll-
rnents that plaoeB you perfectly at your easo,
and ronderB even tile perfection Of department
suitable to Turveydrop within your reaoh.
Failing thcso, you might as we'll learo at
onoo, or, becoming Trogtodyte. creep into
your hole, and hide yourself from this Ply
signathua Of Fashion, which swellB ita checks
In such aelf-satisfaction. In old Gotham
Sou mny DO tho voriost simpleton that over
usped the Fashionable slang Of tho day, OF wise
~ tho Athenean goddess; the froth Of Tam
many connections, or tho sang azes Of early
Dutch browago or English vintage, that was
Opened or soured as II has descended from
those early sottlors but all tho same, you muat
wear the correct rogalia, or b considered as
"queer" or country
But enough OF Now York and It's ttlcta until I
60 baok to 1t, and let me
CONTRAST IT WITH BOSTON.
Hero tho waterproof aud cloud arc giving Why,
~ spring gives dim hopes Of seating herself in
the lap OF summer at least, to all sorts OF coz
tune. Black prevails, but not necessarily black
silk. The soarfs vary In length. There is not
30 muoh jos visible; and that species Of striped
shawl, stimulating oanel's hair, and known
horo IL tho Boston shopping-shawl becomes
oouspiouous. It Is the fair weather array that
usurps tho waterproof when It Is advisable. Hats
aro not necessarily wreathed In front, but turn
up with severity OF style worthy Of Pallas
Athene horse1f. It ia not 30 much q
question Of ratment here. You lose at once that
shabby -genteel or countriaed feeling TINT maie
you uncomfortable in Now York II you had not
the correct thing in dreas.. Ali but that vas
vant that, even with moderate purse might be
supp!ied; but bore 1t is an out-of-tho-flying-
pan:into-the-hre move, or, moro elegantly, after
the Boston model, an avoiding Of scyla to be
s On You meet friend end
with "How do you do3 I am 40 glad to see
you.
HAVE You nEAD.-7"
You make d call. "Why, Mrs. -, it Ia two
years since We mot. Are you well7 Have you
read You go into = shop to buy eomo-
thing yard Of lace, spool OF silk, Q bit of
ribbon; and the young woman who waits upon
you does 1t in sort OF mechanical, uninterested
way, and a cross. fire Of "Have you read 7" is
going between her md tho young nssistant next
to her; You go to Lorings, Of course, and are
immediately eonvoyoa to tho Public Library to
what annoyed, you in New York.
Your ignorance atares you in the face in Boston.
haps even though your olaeslcs and mathematics
bad faded into dim distractions; but your poly
pine oonplaeonoy worry soon gets turned into
ayspepsis Of doubt, whion Is . source Of the
somo poetry, and the general topics Of tue day'
% much as was compatible with roundnoss ot
form, form, smoothne9s % Of brow. graeefnnesa Of car
very Tel tor any place but Boston,
where you arc In tho valley at tho foot Of tie
mountain tq9t Of knowledge but when you reach
phere, then you feel
D1F1ouIrY OF MENTAL 1Esr1nAr1os
that warns you Of the change. You do not know
b r mysesi NJ old nsas 5sAa aome ~
latest poem or satire, tho last
rst woEh Of voa 't09qIanying qse 1hz svs;5ythaios
IN tho world Of letters Your e'sMu9dnse ohambero
maid IL enthusiastic upon the last new story, and
the cook reads Emerson's essay willis ghe
bates the boans. Out Of the mouths Of babes
and md suoklings you are condemned, for they, too,
asking In lsptng sweetness, "HaYo oo'wed Il the
latest Juvenile suited to their infant years. Aud
even on theae oherub faces Gomez look Of pity
that SOON q birthplace for kisses, make abort
I've attoHpts to curl in baby-scorn; aud YOU feel
that even in tho estimation Of this iust-Gedrod
neophyte Of Boatop intellect, You hhye sunk Be-
ful feeling. You know your eoundness Of : oultare t
Ia vanishing; that any supurfuous flosh viii
soon DO dissolved in this alombio Of mind. You
e. you gre you9ng tue graceful curves Of
Ct Minerva. Even the dlgniaod presence Of
Juno becomes ethorealzed. Arc you Old. haya
Fnp Fon passed ~ ,a9 the hSblcon Of YOUTH lost TINT
oSas da dia1 then you rather dread the
Winds and high intellectual atmosphere. 4 dim
vision Of posslblo aoragsineas hamats You, an |
spotheoats Of flesh which may be merely |
sas..ston Ga raefeF Of ba bSng for Tho
xone Of knowledge which prevails elseworo. piuase
of one thing only arc you sure: that ali thn
Hnips and quirka which Nature has practically
lamentations or protuborances, crooks or brokon
bridges. in your nasal organ, vanish. and that
sstraight line which Fla1man loved to draw in his
sso pursiy easse sk9g y9ar prominent
osns come to BOSTON, read. Head everything. Gorge
9on 9aesto9 4aad ySu g will have to answer will b.
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