The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-26


without any very special display.
At the big Charity Ball the other
nlgnt. the absence Of diamonds was
the most conspicuous feature. The
fact is the jewels of a great many
fashionable danes are lying very safe
in bankers safes, Is security for mon-
ey tbat was absolutely necessary for
the head Of the house to save him
self from going under, and the iron
that enters Madam's soul is the hor-
rible uncertainty as to whether the
sacrifice viii save him after all. 1t
1t does Dot, she has lost her diamonds
without saving her husband. How
she would like TO haze those dia-
mond5, if they do fail, and how fer
ventiy will she our them! Pity the
rich-lhey are the ones who need 1t.
The poor are used 10 thin living
I like the cells that were skinned alive
they are Used to it.
NIGHT WORK IN THE CITY.
Few persons ever think OF The Ia
bor il takes to meet the convenience
of a large eItv. With dusk the la
borers Of the day wend their way
home. but another army is ready to
take its place. A host of sweepers
aud cleaners take possession OF the
streets at dark, companies with broom
and shovel work on the crossings,
while the street sweeping machines
hurry and clatter past like light az
%tiIlery. the great cylinder brushes
sveepiur a swath half the width of a
street. lust as a moving machine
rakes do grass. Then the scaven-
GERS with their sealed wagon-tanks
Dly their unsavory tasks without, as
of old. making the night hidious with
their passage. The hundreds OF
private w~atchmen take up their pa
troL and the battalions of night pc
lice Gle to their posts, dropping q man
at each station as they pass. Scores
of night reporters are on the move
silent. ~unnoticed aud alert, till two
in the morning getting up the latest
news of fire AMI arrest for readers at
breakfast. The work CT loading aud
and unloading vessels goes on by
night and day the same. The print
ing offices of the morning papers be-
gin their work about niue IN the
evening, not to close till the last
customer is served across the coun-
ser with his batch of dailies to be
left at uptown doors. My newsman
was shutting up his stand the other
night as | went by at early winters
dusk. and as be obligingly unlocked
his door to give me the last Harper,
said, 81 have to be up and down
town by three in the I.orning to get
nv papers, and | must shut up early
to get some rest" 1t gave me a new
idea Of the care and hardship it takes
to provide a matter, SO much OF
course, as our daily paper at break
fast. Beside these occupations, there
is a large class engaged in supplying
the wants of these workers, such as
the all-night ~refreshment houses, the
driaking places, to say nothing Of the
ears aud stages, ferryboats and craft
Of all sorts, lawful and unlawful, that
ply from dewy w till dawn, and
round again.
FASHION AND CHARITY.
The first annual balls given after
the first of January came off this
week, but was not the success which
these charitable festivals usually are,
though p~atronized by the gayest aud
most fashionable people. The fact is,
that people have not money to spend
for anything 10 strictly essential,
even in the name of charity. No
pains were spared to make this ball
as attractive as in former years, and
the decorations are spoken of as de-
lightful, in the %profusion of flowers
employed. The stage of the Acade-
nv was encircled with roses, till the
eve could rot rest, and the private
boxes were embowered in bouquets.
Gov. Tilden came down from Albany
to open the ball, but was delayed till
nearly ii O'Clock, when a superb pro-
c~ession swept after him to the floor,
the dancing beginning with over
seventy couples. The display of
dress was behind that of former
years, though there were some gorge
Gus ostume Cream-colored bro
cades and failles contrasted wildly
with dark ~velvets, trimmed with
gold and silver braids and rich lace.
One of the most noticeable dresses
was of white, embroidered with gold.
over crimson silk, trimmed with
masses Of great cherries and their
leaves A close-6tting robe of black
velvet was embroidered with gold
braid, forming a vest in front, and
f nearly covering the skirt, worn with
old point lace. All dresses fit close
ly TO the form, the only drapery be-
ing in the trimming, and the hair Is
dressed with the same severe simple
ity. The novice style is preferred tor
It's %conventual plainuess. The choice
in costumes lies between cream-white
and ivory silks and the dark velvets
with contrasting trimming. Thus
the light dresses are draped with
cordons of rich deep autumn leaves,
while the v~elvets are covered with
over-dresses Of white guaZe or lace.
Superb flowers are part Of every tot
let unless the lace is TOO rich to need
any addition, and the fancy orna-
ments of silver in the shape of chale-
%lalncs, belts and necklets, find their
appropriate place in evening costume
Those ladies who have GenOese sill
yer ornaments will be glad to know
that these are in style again, after be-
Ing laid aside for years.
THE BECKwITH DEFALCATIoY.
The exposure of 3. I. Babbitt's
managing clerk is a it climax to the
cases Of default during the year.
Month after month some new fraud
shocks the public, which business
men take with as much GOODNESS as
the failure Of a country customer.
la the ease of Rabbits as every
body calls it-as if the criminal had
no concern in it, the matter is not to
pass of with a little hard swearing
in the private Office. The defaulter
had been living for two months past