, 1877-12-30
The Powwow Against Mark Twain's
Dlnner-Speech--The General
Conclusion.
Tile Ending Of The Great Pair.--t1, 900 Letters
Written By One Person in Three
Weeks.

L received that Mark TWain's extraordiul1
speech was not out OF order. Everywhere, upo
all sides, there has arisen cry of disgust an
reprobation.
1.-THE trouble Of it ISL said an editor, in Il,
hearing, 'tTwain did such good thing at til
| New England Dinner in that weather speecl
and he rot SO much praise it, that he though
he must get up something still brighter for th
Whittier Dinner; and the.rcsult is what We sct
this vulgar nonsense. The fact is,
MARK TWAIN mas DEEM MADE TOO MECH OF
| for Mark Twain, and he slops over aud we re
| 4 little Of the Ohio or Mississippi b,Ige-watcr.
/ II should say good DEAL" was the answer
That New England Dinner speech Of his abou
the weather was very funny; SO WAS tha
] Galaxy Memoranda some years ago. where Bill
| Syc interviews President Grant; but ths-well
| the absurdity OF the thing, when one reads it
strikes one in very ludicrous manner. Al
the same time, one wants to kick the fellow
who is making us laugh in. such connection
But to me the funniest thing is In the way thi
Is all reactiug On Howclls. Howells you know,
thinks TWIN Is immense; took him up from
the first, rushed him into the -4Nantic, floatet
him iu -i!ia,ttic society. Eowells, you know,
who is vigorously refined, whose Dropriety
TAKES COLD At RnoDA EKoUGuToS's TRUTH
uHADonNED,
is suddenly obliged to sit aud swallow all this
bi1gc-water from his f.rorite contributor,-,n
the presence of such fiue coulrlny, TOO; has to
see the man lie has inlorscd degrade himself to
the rank OF q bufFoon. 1t must hare been
tough for Howclls.''
Not a bit. Howells takes things easy.
Catch him feeling responsible for any contrib
utor who chooses to make a fool of himsclfl''
swell, the Whittier Dinner made greater
or diilercnt-sensat!on than was anticipated
tori Here's the howl against Mark Twain,
and the outcry about the cool ignoring OF the
women contributors, amt the accusation that it
was an advertising dodge"
No; the dinner itself"
ttWeil, TINT last accusation isn't anybody's
business that know OF. II the publishers Of
the Atlantic choose to do tine thing, and can't
very well be ignorant Of the fact that it is
good thug in business way, don't see as
that detracts from the tinencss of it. There's
altogether TOO mitch Of this carpinP criticism at
mems motives. There isn't fine deed nova
days that doesn't get
DIRT FLUNG UPON IT.
When sothe tcomes on from New York md
performs that ~plcndid feat of enterprise and !
artistic triumph for Edwin Adams, these carp
ers have to start up and cry out, sOh! THIS is !
an advertising dodge; Sothcrn knows what he |
is about think he did, better than these !
,arpers.
*'But about this leaving out the women con-
it does look rather 'itnpolite, must
'ay, on the part Of Mr.. HoughtoD. But then
,ou know we men are such stupid creatures. |
they seldom strife out in new ways, but very |
totidly follow in the old conventional track. |
They were giving dinner to one OF their own
cx, and it was the conventional thing to invite
'nly meu. don't suppose it entered their dull
eads to vary thc programme. have no doubt,
1t had, they would have uccn delighted to bid
tae sisters Of the craft. Now that VIC are told |
1 it bT the justly-indignant fair ones it is very
asy to see the dullncss and stupidity" :"
- Well, it seems to have been particularly
nltlcliv dinner in many ways;
OR HERE COMES THE VINE ROW TO FINISH |
THE LIST"
.'Ihe wine row7"
"Why, ycs-the Temperance wonen's pro-
st. They dew at Mr.. Houghton, and called
in to recount for having wing at d1uner given |
honor Of Quaker tectotaller."
Well, that's Il little way thcy have. They
cw at tho hosts Of the Hayes Banquet in the
Ilne way, don't you remelnberl and we had ali |
lc domestic virtues OF Mrs. Hayes trotted out,
ith the usual accomoaniments Of plain black !
liz and unerimped hair to help the argument :
clinch the question. So tho masculincs on
c great dinner. With the exception of the
1ntcd proIcst from Mrs. Barrett. the Secretary .
the Massachusetts Womet1's Christian Tenn :
rance Union, and one or two little protests OF
ne contributors. have seen little But in
lvate l have heard much, anu the general | ,
einT seems to be that poor Mr. uoughtou. :
til the best intentions in the world, has some.
Nv mule sncss Of it.''
Another topic of conversation, Which f],ve1 q
$ much spicy fun, is 1
= CLEMMER-sTRAKosCU CORRESPONDENTS. a
Clara Louise IS great favorirc in Boston. ! '
ongn there is no lack OF criticism, ana a
t.ety 81 opinion, In regard to the ladv's yari~
$ qualities. Ono party will declare her cold. a
hat she is always and everywhere, on as we'll Q
oil the stage, Clara Louise Kellogg, and |
yer the heroine she represents. Another G
lty WI Indignantly deny this impeachment, Il
! stick to 1t roundly that Miss Kellogg is the r
,acct artistic IN every way, as we'll rs the per- y
t lady. On the cars, the other day, ! had 5
my little conversation with Il gentleman
on TINS vcry subject, where all the faults Of s.
s1nger-the pros and thccons on both sides Il
What did I think Of Mary Cyemmer's criti- ! b
II Wasn't it, to sav the least, mistake C
Z COULDN'T WOMEN LET EACH OTHER !
ALOSE2 "
What had Clara Louise done to Mary Glenn {
that she must pitch into her like that
y shouldn't Miss Kellogg dress for her char Ia
ers even in the eonuert Why stlunldn,t s1,a 5:
over her beautiful arms aud neck and sing her
OF beware " us the sony should hc sung, n
a II snc eere verE5l,lg upon 10, when she does IL
cceptably, and when she presents lovely
II 10 is as lovely as ~, what thena | SO
hen the criticisms from other quarters of pr
"a Louise as an artistic were brought up, and
tervent adnlircr and partisan of the charm | at
sln!er 81 E 'Tounu up with the folowiny: W
we'll II it were true thnt she is only Clara sit
use IN all the parts she undertakes, I'rr no Ii
: TO d11d' with tho fact, for Clara Louise is
enough lor sne any timer
hIcil for hearty wholesale admiration and or.
ptanec certainly should be enough lor anv-
7. g.
'ropos Of this matter of co1dncss, ETC., sev-
years ago, there appeared In one OF the
on papers an account Ut ali il1te1yiew wl,jrJ, On
young girls iiad with Miss Kellogg. Thcv t
young aspjrants for q pri.na donna's lon. Ro
Among other thugs, this was what Miss ~:
'e@ salu 10 these young women: ~,
| young girl In her training must makca a.,
uant with her eyes, aud not look utn,n = vi
ram now ~ years OF age, and have n,.r,r L
al t'nc Tor beallx- shall sing for at least VA
years." ' u" Ae"St n
lay or two after this appeared, in the sa,nc Sur
nns thcre came out article wlfcl, 1no,l,.o n
deal of fuu, ileatte,l ~'''Aes We
AT Is THE MATTER WITH CLARA lor,sr7,, -.
quoted the bit l haze given from Mtss In
'se's nd'icc, and then went on In this d,
i. go '"'7 -. ~