, 1876-06-17

s'''"' "'l'''' !" NV NV NHuNinE much
-! the cucmonin! Of these secret socir,,..
and unlike anything ever witnessed h..
fore.
1t took one bnck to Cru~adrs and fin
knights T,mpar Of old--to the doy, ,r
/ ,hiyuIy when religion and LOYALTY w.r.
IDENTICAL 1t recalled that tNullng sc,no
in Austrian history when the Hungarian
mobiles with upitCd lMlys Swore ica,,y
to their brave young queen, There wa.
something very beautiful and impressive
in the action. 1t seemed to indicate !,
Willingness 'o fight, and die il need were
for their faith.
Yet We have left religious wars. 50
called, in the dim and bloody past, lt
us hope, forever. Our warfare is of {.
different kind and rcquil cs different w,a.
pons. The sword is but symbol.
Just here, Let me say, though the sub.
ject remotely suggests it, and the change
may 5, EN- somewhat violent. | am in
cincd to think that men enjoy fncry rs
much rs women, and that the para rOph
which has lately gone the rounds of the
newspapers attributed to Emerson, De.
lievc, to the effect that the consciousness
of being well nl hecomingly dressed
gives to woman happy serenity,
which religion can never bcstow, is quite
as applicable to the stcrncr SEX. lave
seen numbers Of pNmdcs in city and
county, and never without having th4
thought forced upon me. Nor will We
find any fault. 1t is IL very harmless
weakness, il "A weakness at all. Their or.
binary dress is so exceedingly unpicur.
csque "a stovcpipc hat, for instance, or
some OF the ulster 0vCrCoats, that as ""
would not have them devoid of n sense
of beauty, it is only proper that they
should upon occasion, enjoy u display w
it in their own persons. SO who blamcS
a man, for Il transient feeling Of pride
and satisfaction, after having donnch his
soldier uniform, or his society scarf and
badges.
must give you one item more he
longing to the joyous old Easter time
which may be long aIscd bcforcl write
again.
| had occasion to go round TO the cast
side of the Treasury building on Monday,
and while waiting for paper to be filled
ont, glanced from the window which
looks upon the Presidents grounds. To
my surprise, found them filed with clii
drcn and young people; hundreds OF
them, as far as could see, through tue
trees. The fountains were playing in
the sunlight, and the gay dresses Of the
little girls, rs they ran to md fro with
their shoops and skipping ropes,-thv'
boys throwing summCrsalts and playing
tag on the bright green turf,--all Iorme,b
as pretty picture as have often seen.
did not quite understand the occa
sion, though knew that the schools
give holiday on Easter Monday. Sine"
then, however, have learned that il is
customary for the childcn to go on that
day to the public grounds with their
Easter eggs, and amuse themselves 10y
rolling them down the slopes and ter,
races, until they are cracked, when it s
in order to eNt them. Where, or how,
or when the custom originated, have
not discovered, but it seems to be gcncr.
ally observed.
At the western, tcrrOccd slope Of the
Capitol grounds, the display Of exuhri
ant childhood was greater, am told,
than at the White House, and as hun
drcds OF grown people assembled t"
watch their gOmbols, the scene must have
been most inspiring and delightful,
have not ceased yet to lamenttha knew
nothing of it, | should certainly have
begged couple Of hours of Uncle Sam.
and gone over for u fragment OF holiday
myself.
But the children did not conline them
selves to rolling eggs, They swarmed in
and out of the Capitol itself, notwith-
standing the high court of impeachment
going on in the Senate Wing. (Wbst
contrast y The boys climbed the pillars.
scaled the balconies, slid down the rail,
ings, and kept the policemen busy gen
orally, suspect, as boys are wont to do.
But altogether they had jolly time,