, 1876-05-07
BOSTON,.
May Days and Moving Days...High
Rents---Wendell Phillips Shakes
His Head.
The Jingle Of SlIver--.Boston Girls Knit
ting Purses for the Coming Coin.
An Old Boston Belle and Her Fashions
Anna Diokinson-A Century Vase.
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BosTox, Hay4.-"May days are moving days,
begins to have almost as much significance he1
Ii Roston as 1t has In New York. especially
these May days when salaries sre down and LIANT
lords still hold, with q death grip, to their big
rents. It mill be 4 doath-grip, indeed, to msn
OF them in way they have not foreseen, II th
bold continues long, for houses to rent ara ,ne
cumulatine ominousiy.
WENDELL PHnIn1 SHAKES Hm HEAD
| significantly, with &n ~ told YOU eoH dxproe
sion, when he walks by these houses. Didn't b
toretel all this more than = year ago? Didn'
| ho warn us that AZ no sowed Ne Rhonld reap P
that bioated, gloatins capital is at the bottom q
it Ill, and that the quickest way out at preseat
o. tho first step ont il by the countless hands o
| tho ras-baby. "Paper money! paper money !!
| that is his CRY Of redemption. And when, th<
| other day, heard noted geologiat declare tha
| with his knowledge Of tho vast gold and silver
| mining districts spread over this country, 70
| undoveloped. began to wonder whether, Afte
| Ill, paper might not DO ~ valuable legal-ten
der as this so-called precious metal when it shal
| flood the country Is in tho days Of the Arabia,
Nights. But apropos OF this coming in Of coin
it is going to create
AnEgoLurroN N PURSES.
Tho fat pocketbook OF Russia leather, or it
scented sham, which. With it's dat paper contents
has fitted 80 nicely into our;coat pockets1 viii
have to be laid aside if these iing1ing, bulky
treasures Of half-dol1ars and quarters, to saJ
nothing OF the smaller change, ia to be once
more "in our midst" And 30 quickly ha.
in certain shops here the fat little chamois-pouch
With = steel cIesp is making its appearance,
for silver, you know" tho clerk glbly tells
you; and the other day actaally found young
roman knitting OF netting little silk bag Of
brilliant colors, to be mounted with silver or
steel clasp. All these things are prophetic OF
the change that is coming to us, aud the old
fashions that shall return upon us.
and, speaking OF old fashions, I wonder II che
Chicago girls hsve found out By any Centennial
masquersdings how very pretty and desirable .
fashion is the incoming one Of black lace mits.
Though they we're worn fifteen or twenty yesra
ago it is true, yet their new birth Just now is
clearly century remlniscence, for this winters
balls and festivals have brought them ont in full
force. Now New York house preaenta them
as summer style, and have seen how white
thing, it not divine thing, q woman'a hand
and arm can be made through these open black
n1eshco. Only feW years ago I met tho cole
bratcd
MRS. HARRISON ahEx OTIS
At Boston party and then. when everybody
wore gloves, this wonderful old lady had the wit
andcou1age to cling toher black net mita. She had
the most exquisite hand and arm, then at nearly,
it not quite 70, that ever saw, and the contrast
OF the black net fixed them forever in my men,
ory. belle and beauty in her time, the wife
OF one OF Boston'e distinguished men, and later
in life herself distinguished BY the activity dur
ing the War With the South, in connection with
THE RECRUITING or MASSACHUSETTS TROOPS,
Mrs. Otis has always been prominent figure in
Boston society. Many people remember her
when she had turned 50, still very charming
woman. crossing the Boston Common with q
broad hat upon her handsome head, such as she
might have worn ia her twenties. and her slen-
der little feet caeed III delicate slippers. Her
eccentricities we're those Of beautiful woman
10th to give up her empire. Her beauty and
grace served very late to carry OF: any Of these
eccentncties without much absurdity
As the 8th of Iay draws near, the evening On
which
ANNA DICKINSON
is to make her debut au sorts Of stories and
rumors arc adoat. A small fortune has been
spent upon her wardrobe, Which is \ close study
from old authorities. This is one OF the on di1s
Another and more Interesting is, that her play
will go on to the stage absolutely as abe has
written it, the managers and critics finding
nothing superhuous for stage use to be cut out.
II this Is true, it is one OF the most remarkable
instances on record. And il true, it is also
good sign as to her own histrionic capabilities
Stage noyices are expected always to be filed
wise Miss Dickinson d1sappoints the rule.
mo, SIZE 1s NOT AFRAID"
she says, There are plenty of croakers who ar
que from this, conceit aud ignorance, but what /
ever else she may be, Anna Dickinson is scarcely
,opceited or gno1sut, in any petty ut least-
And theEe as no reason why she should copy tho |
traditions OF tiniditY because it has been con-
5idered the thing with all successful actress
Amongst tho queer ronarks ona hears, one !
If the queerest Was, that s' MiRs Dickinson has |
made great mistake in not writing play re-
,alling the days Of the Revolution. La this Cen-
ennlal year it would have taken much better
han that old English story"
As if We hadn't had about enough Of this CEN
ury business, as a business No, Anna knew
,ettar than to make herself bore, not TO say
1diculous. by trotting out ali that Yankee |
Doodle masquerading that We have done to
leath in fancy fairs, etc She could not very !
'al1 have represented all the women Of the
llegory with the principal figure the Goddess
{ Liberty. And there ie no one woman OF
hat time whose story is made to her hnnd,"-f
great and sombre record which shines down
hrough the century q tragic reality Of life and
3Ve which all the centuries will remember, as
hey remember
10, thank Heaven, ne have NO such tragedy in |
,tr dust OF hundred years and Anna Dickiu-
N was too wise to want TO patch up any eiab~,
Eate story out Of our good Priecias and Martha !
7aahingtons- s'f
But speaking Of Centennial doings reminds
te Of the finest thing New England has done
es, and the finest thing that she probably Can !
D. This is
THB CENTURY VASE
hich the celebrated firm Of eilverBrniths, f3or-
ana d Co., have manufactured for the Exposi-
on It standa little over feet in height. /
pom slab Of granite, xnd is one OF the most
tquisite pieces Of workmanship in detail I ever
W. It is d very honest attempt, too, at carry
g out truth to nature in these details, and to
oitomize America from it's discovery to the
esent time. Thus at the basa We get tho tYpi-
i red man On his native soil. And be looks
hat he probably was at that carly date, very =
'od-1ooking child Of the wilderness, uncorrupt- ]
by bad whisky and Government Intentions, |
10 working out Of Ill our vegetable and flower | s
oWths IS very clever, aud one Of tho points OF
nth which is praiseworthy. OF course ill the +
mbols are carried out, the Goddess of Liberty, T
9 eaglo and the stars OF the States, aud our +
adual steps IN progress, which has !
tried us from the red man to tho :
:omotive, aud corresponding science and I
=. And it ia mAr7alouslv done. 4
10 soft skin Of animals, the flesh Of the savage +
q the settler, the droops and curve Of flower, Q
d tree, and vegetable, are wrought out as If in =
.st1c wAx instead Of metal. felt . throb Of
,asure ~ stood regarding this piece Of work.
hrob Of pleasure not unmixed with pride, that
1erica could make such = fine show Of her | =
i've industry and progresa ut tho Worlds | :.
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