Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-17
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Best OF all ChartGses-MOOdy and
sankey-sprfng RashIOR-POiisacai-
RusInenn-TTealeh.
rur rprsvo OF Az, CHARITIES.

world. ST. Johns Gulld Is q Dodg OF men
and women in this city, organized for the
purpose of helping the deserving poor. The
officers and workers get no salaries. Every
dollar contributed goes directly to the poor,
without being pared down particle. Any
member may recommend deserving people,
and on their recommendation visitors call
and ascertain the exact circumstances.
They get the number in the family, its
and what they. most need. Then
the head gets ticket, and on presentation,
ticket is issued on which they can draw ra-
tions once a week. The Guild has an i'm
mense warehouse on Varick St., which is
filed with meats, flour, groceries, and
medicines, all Of which they buy at prime
cost, and 5000 families are wholly, or in
part, supplied therefrom. At this time25,-
900 persons are living on this charity, and
there is not an unworthy person among
them. Every one has. to give reference
before an ounce is drawn, and the moment
the pensioner gets work the supply is stop
ned. In summer their work IS mostly car
ING for sick children. The Guild own their
own barge, and have it fitted up for excur-
sions up the river with sick children, which
they give every day. It is a sight to go
down to the warehouse and see the crowds
of hungry people carrying away their IA
tions. Last Thursday over 10000 were
present during the day, and ali were sup
piled. The Guild shows what organization
viii do, and how effective it may be. Every
dollar is contributed without solicitation,
and they have nodifIiculty in getting funds,
for every one knows that what issiven goes
directly to the object for which it is intend
ed.
MOODY sANKEY.
The meetings at the Hippodrome are in
ereasing, if anything. Extra services have
been put on this week, one in the afternoon
to accommodate people who live out Of town.
These are announced as lectures, and Mon
day the streets were placarded with huge
posters In the shape of theatre posters,
bearing the title of the first lecture, "on
the Blood No other intimation was given
that it was not medical discourse, asevery
one took it to be on reading it at the first
glance. The church members who can
command their time, have given up every
other pursuit and attend meetings at all
hours, processing to find great enjoyment
in them. It is necessary to give up every
thing else to attend, for one must go an
hour beforehand, and there is no time left
of half day if one attends meeting. The
great doors fianked by the winged Assyrian
figures, that saw the Hppodrome put to
other uses, and like their antetypes, survive
all changes, are open at half-past eleven for
the morning meeting, and the throng which
melts into the hall half fills it at once. The
audience is unconcerned, ladies chatting
with their friends, ministers in the gallery
seats close to the speakers railing are deep
in low-toned earnest chat about the adj
visory council, the prospects of Oliver john
sons new paper, or the latest from the in
quiry rooms, and Mr.. Moody's last stmethod.
The only thing that would distinguish the
meeting from coliseum concert in jubilee
time in Boston, is the number of very poor,
wretched looking people who come. 1t was
the only sign that these meetings were call
ed in the name of the Christ who gathered
the multitudes together, and had compass
sion on them because they were as sheep
without shepherd. There were such poor,
decrepit old women, men evidently out Of
work, filthy, desponding and forlorn the
back streets and alleys sitting down beside
ladies in furs and velvets, and spruce young
men with flowers in their button-holes.
It was a pitifnl sight, and one longed
that these poor souls, who had no earthly
hope or comfort, might find some help and
promise to lift them above their troubles.
The singing, when Mr.. Sankey does not
take part, is very heavy, but it could hard
ly be otherwise, with four or five thousand
unframed voices for choir. The leader
beats time before the audience, and exhorts
them to sing up, and show that congrega-
tional singing is the grandest in the world,
but he dosn't find great encouragement af-
ter his mind. Mr.. Sankey confines his ex-
ertions to singing hymn at each meeting,
when he feels like it, and doesn't object to
show his sufficiently good-looking face with
the il-tempered mouth behind the harmoni-
um. Mr.. Moody and his wife are the
guests of VIM. E. Dodge, Jr., of the firm
Phelps, Dodge & Co., and his sons have
lately been placed at one of the schools on
Fifth avenue, their expenses being defray-
ed by wealthy friends. The evangelists do
not receive anything for their labors, be-
yond their expenses, but their friends take
care that they shall have as good living
as New York can give, The money made
by the sale ofhymn-books goesto the Young
Mems Christian Association. It is said
that the debt of this body has been extin-
guished, and the fund from the aSankey
will be available for charitable
work.
SPRING FASHIONS.
The warm weather allows the greatest
latitude in the matter of fashion. It is not
uncommon to see thick jackets discarded,
and the black silk suit worn with 1, lace
fehu, or the bead fringe cape of last fall;
again, suits in two shades of gray or brown
debege, viii be the first change for good,
and with these are over-dresses ofsoft strip
ed, basket woven or wool matte cloths. in
large stripes Of indefinite shading, or SUBJ
dued colors. Checks are found in all
fabrics, wool, silk, cotton, black andwhite,
brown and white; blue and white, but small
and modest though clear. The hats for the
half season, just before we take to absolute
ly spring array, are white felts, with color
ed velvet face trimming, worn with
erase or lace veil of the same shade, folded
about the head closely, as slight protec-
lion against neuralgia while March winds
threaten. They viii soon be laid aside for
the soft chip hats, of every shade Of tinted
white-peariwhite, pink-white, cream
white, to be trimmed with lace scarfs Of the
exact tint Of the straw. hat. Girls will be
glad to hear that long polonaises and thr-
dams, the old favorites in dress and head
wear, are settled styles for the yearto come.
POLITICAL.
The Union League Club, which repre-