Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-10-08
philadelphia.
OUR SATvRDAY LITTER.


INSTITUTE ExHIBIrIoN-BAs1 BALL BLACl
auARDs-THE scHUYLKrLL NAVY AND THE IN
TERNArioNAL RRaATrA-THE "aREAr ORGAN
PRoJkcr-rHE ROSS LIBEL sUIT-sINaULAR BE
QuEsTs-THE woNEN's MEDICAL COLLEGE, ETC
Special Correspondence Of TIE Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2.
One Of the regularly recurring intimations tina
Fall has truly set in is the resumption Of th'
meetings Of Councils, which are generally inter
mitted from early Summer until about the Is
Of October. The first regular meeting since th,
recess WAS held yesterday by both branches, an,
we now feel that summering ia over in earnest
Tho opening business Of Councils WAS mostly o
routine character but the proceedings relativ,
to the Offers Of property to tho city for publi'
offices wore somewhat interesting. Between
the time when it is expected the new public
buildings will be ready for occupation and the
period when IL will be necessary to demolish the
"Row;;' in order to restore Independence Hall to
its original condition, the city offices must be
temporarily provided for, and Councils
now have the choice Of suitable properties
under consideration. 1t was thought the now
Girard Building on Chestnut below 9Th, would
be chosen for some Of these uses but Common
Councils yesterday passed adversely on that
scheme. Other properties offered were the
Washington building, adjoining the Post Office,
and lhe bank OF the Republic building, on Chest
nut above sth. number Of holders OF lower
Chestnut street properties, it is understood,
would be very willing to strike bargain with the
city for this purpose.
The Franklin Institute announcements are
made. The advertisement states that the exhi-
bition will give 'the best illustration Of the me-
chanc arts ever seen in Philadelphis," O. we'll a.
"the finest collection of machinery in motion
rod in kvv,a Vl,n
opens next Tuesday to continue to the end OF
the month. 1t is rather to be feared the mana
gers have made q mistake in arranging their
prices Of admission. Single tickets are placed At
30 cents. People have not forgotten, although
no exhibition has been given for some years. that
Three tickets will now be sold for dollar, but
the great majority Of people go but once TO such
an exhibition, however extensive 1t may be, and
in other times there was like reduction made
from the 25 cent rate. 1t s true exhibition prices,
like everything else, have gone up Of late years,
profit in the old-fashioned arrangement.
The backguardly tendency OF professional
Base Ball has had another illustration this week.
In game between the Athletic and Chicago
Clubs some very low, not to say scandalous, per-
formances were indulged in, and the breach is
still further widened between the game ~ al
most universally played and tho sympathy Of
persons who once took an interest in it. A Lon
Ion critic-was it not Chorley 2-said of Form
ss, the singer. that he had for some inscrutable
reason seen tit to ruin tile most magnificent
bass voice ever bestowed upon man, and 30 it
may be said of Base Ball Professionals that they
nave deliberately chosen to ruin pastime, in
tself thoroughly noble and excellent. "Sfstches,"
"a they are ironically still called are nova days
attended by very few persons other than
'roughs," gamblers or loafers. Respectable
men have nothing to do with them.
az S,l,,. NJ, L. Vail n
ta The weather wa. fine and the affair passed
Of pleasantly. Persons at distance who may
not have visited the Park river front OF late
years can scarcely imagine the extent Of the
Boating interest among our young men. A
great deal Of valuable property has been i'm
proved by the "navy" in the way Of building,
grading, &C., and thousands Of persons are in
one way or another concerned in the
sport. The Bna. Hou~e- extend for
more than . quarter Of mile along
the river road, and are many Of them elab-
crate and costly structures Of brownstone or
similar material The upper floors Of the hous-
es are finished IS club rooms and are favorite
places Of resort One secret Of the success of
amateur boating s the interest which the fair
sex takes in it. "Boat House Row" offers q con.
stant series Of fetes during the season, not only
by reason of parties going upon fle water, but
from the reunions of ladies' and gentlemen in
.he elegant parlors of the clubs. The ''navy"
$, altogether, an institution which is fully ap-
preciated by society. There is good prospect
If having series OF international amateur ra-
,es on the Schuylkill during the centennial year,
ind il well worked-up such = regatta can be
made one of the most attractive features OF the
festival.
A movement is on foot to secure first
lass organ for Philadelphis an instrument the
ike Of which may bo found in all European
Cities but which only Boston and New York
POSSESS in this Country. To speak with more
IN ksst tI,a do 10,
,qusl the organ in the Boston Music Hall. That
Instrument cost over 450.O00 while it is not
proposed to spend more than S25 900 for the
organ. That amount would give US
IN instrument equal to the Plymouth church rr-
gan which is next TO the in ltoston the finest
II the country, and equal TO all musical emer-
,encies. An organ is essential to the develop
nent Of choral singing, and our societies Ian
,uish for the one reason that practice As they
nay, oratorios and sacred music generally can
rot At present he given by them with proper Of
ect. The question of raising the funds for
'uperior instrument is now being asitated and
n numerous influential parties are pushing the
natter there is hope OF substantial results. 1t
nay even be that when once the interest Of rich
amateurs and musical patrons liz aroused We
hall not be content with anything less than
uch an instrument ~ the grand organ at Bos-
on.
Notwithstanding the hope generally felt that
he suit against the Reading Eagle in the Ross
ase would not be pressed, II has been deter
nincdly pushed, and the Eagle proprietors are
leld to answer at court. There is = general i'm
,ression that uuneeded severity has been shown
~ the prosecution. The popular feeling was in
he firrt instance with MIR. Ross, whom all ad
nitted to have been wronged by the publication
II question, but it now bears towards the news
,aper which has shown conclusively that it erred
and has made every reparation
n it's power. The latest report is that Mr.. Ross'
roubles have made him seriously i'll Was there
ver parallel to this whole sorrowful case
bequest was published this week which is
together unique in its provisions. The testa-
or was W. ]. II. Johns Of West Philadelphia
10 left with other charitable bequests) $4,000
o the West Philadelphia Childron's Home, to be
ecurely invested, and the interest to be expend-
ID in the following manner One third Of the
nnual income il to be devoted to an entertain
nent for the children Of the Home on the 4th
Il July one third to the purchase Of fuel and
me third to chr,Stm.s M gifts for the juvenile in,
July moiety is to be included All an
,ual purchase Of fireworks. There is something
pleasant and touching in the idea.
Jhildren's charities, however admirable and
worthy they may be, seldom concern themselves
With the amusenents which make 30 much Of
lfe for those OF tender years. The sufficient plea
. that all the money pocurable is needed for
'ssentials, but Mr.. Jones has taken the position,
' yhich every grown person can verify, that these
pleasures are IN very true sense essentials, also
L is . most gentle and wholesome goodness
which seeks to give these poor little waits taste
VI the delights 30 dear to childhood, aud many
grateful heart will in the hereafter embalm the
.snevolent mans memory See what sympathy
md thoughtfulness can do.
Friends Of the enterprise which led to the es-
ablishment Of the Womens Medical college will
pleased to learn that the Institution is in such
! flourishing condition that new and larger quar-
ers are required for its accommodation. The
,ollege has been for several years located in q
building on North College Avenue, opposite Gil
ard College, has . structure not especially fitted
o the purpose and now, through the increased
upon it, entirely inadequate to the ends
u view. large and handsome building is
to be erected during the coming
Fall and winter and the corner stone WAS laid
1t is to be ll1166 feet in area, and
.hree stories in height, and will have all
he appointments Of superior medical school,
u well ~ ample hospital accommodations. 1t
% impossible to estimate the solid good accom-
plished by this institution. It has done more to
ganquish the senseless prejudice against
women doctors than any agency in the United
States, and the amount Of comfort and relief
given by its graduates to the world of suffering
women, (who would have continued to suffer
rather than confide in medical practitioner not
,f their own sex) will never be known until the
ast day. INDEX.
Gen. sherman,s war COmclusaon,.
General W. T. Sherman has published in The
Army and Macy Journal the concluding chapter
of his forthcoming memoir OF the events Of the
var. 1t is devoted to the military leasons