Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-12-18
Our New YOrt Letter.
A STEP HOWARD.

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STEP FORWARD.
There is somethingin public opin.
ion after all. Even Iho reckless ad.
vcnturers who havecontrOl Of the
Democratic party d this city have
discovered that they have not the
moral strength to b'ave the indig-
nation Of tho whole city, and they
are letting down. The crushing,
overwhelming defeat that Tammany
met with in NOvenber, has had it's
effect. Tammany will, in week,
be Tammany no longer, for its chief
strength will he sh0rn away. AT
the last meeting of the General
Committee, II. l. Clinton, one of
the magnates, and ono Of tho few
rcspectablcs who control it, intro.
duced q resolution that hereafter
the veil of secrecy should be lifted ;
in short that all the meetings of the
society should be public. 1t is UNI
derstood that Boss Kelly has con.
sented that this amendment should
prevail, and that hereafter Tam
many will be simply an open Demo.
cratic club, in whose deliberations
all the members may take part. If
this is accomplished, down goes
Tamm"".' rne few kid. gtOvetl
gentry who were willing nnonrh to
rule the unwashed membership so
long as they did not have to associ-
ate with them, will goout in disgust,
or, if interest forces them to remain,
the ardor on both sides will rapidly
cool. You might as we'll expect
oil and water to mix ,as the unwashed
Sixth warder and the elegant Fifth
avenue politician, who wants not
only the spoils, but influence in pc.
litical circles far remove from its
dirty source. Interest will hold
some of them, but when the grimy
privates and the perfumed officers
come together, there will be trouble.
Pat, when he gets a voice in the
management will not be content with
the scrapings of the pot, but will
insist upon his share of the solid
meat, which heretofore his owners
have monopelizcd. And when A.
Fitz Hugh Jones, Esq, of 9th av.
enue, is compelled to rub shoulders
with Dinnis OFlaherty, and not
only that, but divide with him,
Jones goes out. He is in Tammany
for himself, alone. Dinnis, he is
willing to use, but he will never be
used by him. When Tammany
dies the most pernicious power in
American politics goes out. May
it's days be few.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Merchants must make large prof
it's to pay for the attractions they
used to draw custom. The fancy
shops are wreathed with evergreens
in every direction; one firm has an
orchestra, which plays during the
evening ; another has an Illuminated
exhibition of mechanical dolls, and
third devotes three windows
to passages af doll life. One win
dow has a baby show, doll mammas
dressed in the latest fashions in
miniature, with blue brocade trains
and basques, and light French hats,
clasping tiny gloved hands in rap
ture over infants in long clothes,
trimmed and tucked in the last
agony, held by doll nurses in cap
and apron, the waxen faces all bear.
ing all absurd mimicry of fashion
able delicacy, and exaggeration.
The babies are in every position
after nature; on G wee girl sits in a
satin easy chair, two mites in lace
caps lie in a bed sucking at the
tubes of two impossible nursing
bottles, while an African nurse car
ries off the very youngest specimen
that is able to open its eyes. The
dolls skating party is about two
dozen figures, to represent ladies
and gentlemen, dressed in the height
of the mode, with velvets and furs,
and tiny skates strapped on tiny
French boots, posing on glazed
floor as if the skating carnival were
at it's height. The expressions of Ell.
gerness and coquetry are delicious
satires upon those who are dolls of
. larger growth. Yet another scene
i; s a fine lady going to ride in her
landau. Her velvet train flows out
at the door of the coach, where Il
page stands ready to close it; she
holds a natural bouquet, and her
escort, opposite, raises his hat with
an air of exquisite good breeding,
while the liveried coachman and the
pair of spirited dark horses are mar
velous mimicry of life. There is
always a crowd round the windows,
and children are by no means the
largest part of them.
CHARITY FAIRS.
Some sort of a fair is being held
in almost every ward. The largest
is in aid of the Jewish hospital, one
of the largest and best conducted
in the city. This fair is held at the
HippOdrOme-a hewildering build
ing in its present state-where fans,
dolls, smoking sets, lounging chairs
and such necessaries of life, are
dealt by some of the handsOmeSt