Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-05-05
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THE COACHING CLUB.
1t is terrible thing to have too much
money. Indeed, am not certain that it
is not better to have too little. The last
agony of young New York, with too much
money. is coaching. What is coaching?
A very simple thing. Men with fine hor-
ses who think there is comfort in the old
fashioned stage coach, went to England
and had built for them old-fashiOned stage
eoaehes-just such, gentle reader, as you
saw on the roads thirty years ago, fitted out
complete with boot for baggage, and every
thing else, as it was in the days when coach
es, or stages as we call them, were the only
means of conveyance. They put to them
four blooded horses. and they put them
selves in the uniforms of drivers, and then
load on the roof all their lady friends, and
they drive them. That is all there is about
it. 1t means that certain number of rich
young men choose to transform themselves
into stage drivers. There is a club of these
amiable lunatics in New York, the head
lunatic being young James GOrden Bennett,
the proprietor of the HeGrld. Last Satur-
day the club made its first parade. Seven
stage coaches, rather more costly in style
than those you used to see on your roads,
drove up in front Of the Union League Club,
seven very rich young men habited as
eoachmen took their places on the seven
boxes, forty-fve very rich, and not at all
beautiful, young ladies mounted the roofs,
and with the utmost solemnity the eortege
drove of, up fifth avenue to the park, and
back again. The streets were lined with
people to see this procession, from Madison
square all the way to the park; and if the
object of the parade was to attract atten-
ton, the gentlemen-stsge drivers may be
congratulated. But isn't it queer that in
this day of steam men should attempt so
absurd thing as the revival of the stage
coach? The horses on these coaches are
the very best that money can buy, and they
are groomed to degree that is almost
painful. By the way, the absurd English
fashion of cutting the tail of the horse into
the shape of club, has been adopted here.
Pray let it be confined to New York, for it
is as ugly as sin.
POLITICAL
The Democratic State Convention did
two foolish things, viz.-It endorsed Sam
my Tilden and snubbed John Morrissey.
The Convention by its acts made it GER
tainty that every Republican in the country
viii vote his straight ticket, no matter. how
much he may have been disposed to bolt
For Tammany-John Kelly's Tammany-
run the machine from first to last. John
Morrissey made vigorous fight, but he was
routed, horse, foot. and dragoon, and the
Kelly was left in complete possession of the
field. Tilden was endorsed, and if he wins
the nomination he goes before the people
as the nominee of the most villainously cor
rupt organization that ever existed. He
goes into the canvass as the especial erea-
ture Of the old Tammany ring reorganized-
the Tweeds and Connoliys under other
names. ] have no especial admiration for
John Morrissey, but must say that he
did make good fight, and an apparently
honest one, against these villains But
Tillden's money, and the Tammany organ
ization were too much for him, and down
ne went. The decent portion of the Demo-
cracy of New York are very sore over the
result, and with good candidate the Re-
Publicans can easily carry the State. Tam
many has recovered from its defeat last fall,
and is arrogant as ever. Let the Cincin-
natl Convention give the Republicans
good candidate, and let the st. Louis Con-
veution nominate Tilden, and we can carry
New York with perfect ease.
THE CHILDREN's OPERA,
Sin aid of the Centennial stares one at
head of every pleasant project nowadays,
and people are pretty well pillaged on one
pretext or another. The last was the very
pretty spectacle of ''Cinderella" at the
Academy of Music, given by tow hundred
and fifty children of fashionable families.
Tableaux from Mother Goose followed, and
it was pretty sight, the curled darlings,
with flowing fossy hair, and cloudy white
dresses, with gauzy wings
and wands as fairies, and all the romantic
Mother Goose people-Red Riding Hood
with her basket, the Sleeping Beauty and
the Enchanted Prince; and it won plenty
Of compliments and plenty of dollars from
the admiring families and friends who fill
ed the house. Perhaps the best fun was
the next day, when the young performers
all went down to Mora's the Spanish artist
who takes the beaHties and celebrities of the
stage with such delicacy, to be photograph
ed in costume. A crowd stood abont the |
entrance to the gallery on Broadway for |
hours, to catch glimpse of each snowy |
clad little figure as it fed from mammals |
carriage up the steps. The boys were the
nandsomest in my eyes. There was one
little prince in blue satin and silver court
iress, whose mother ought to pray that he
night go to heaven before he grows up to
poll one trace of his open, laughing
beauty; and the fair boy in black satin
dress, with white silk stock
ngs and rufies at his wrist, looked as if he
lad Just stepped out of a picture, with
lis noble countenance and grave, sweet air.
The girls had marvellous, delicate complex
delicate for pleasure; and, with
heir shrinking manners, seemed like wan
tering moonbeams. Even the slender, fra
yile creatures of fifteen who viii be debu-
antes next season, who held the parts Of
Continental danes in howered trains and
powdered hair, there was hardly one OF
hem that looked substantial enough to kiss.
Like sugar angels, they were to look at, but
lot to taste. But fancy how charming was
he interior of the photograph saloon, with
groups of miniature court people in gold
md satin, with blue and purple and rose
nantles, figures a la pompadour and wat
eau, niched in the window seats, delicate
aces, happy, tiny sprites, hardly as tall as
heir golden hair was long, presided and