The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-02-28
LATTER FROM NEW YORK.
A Few CASUAL Remarks by n LAZY
IIard Times Effect orr bOrtety--
E9rd Hicks Marriage, Stc., Rte.
Especial Correspondence

WINDSOR HOTEL,
FIFTH AVE, New YORK, Feb 25.
Was there ever gayer, or o busi,r
place than New York in the winter sea-
son? Talk about bard times! Was there
ever o year when the times were not
hard, or ever season when people really
went about In sack.cloth and ashes, re-
renting OF their past foilies and extrav>
agancIes, and, by dint OF being economic
cal, took to wearing s,xpenny calicoea.
or turning their old dresses inside our,
and upside down, for the sake OF making
what the world call Gan appearance"
There is certainly great deal OF talk
to be heard in the metropolis. as well rs
elsewhere, about the scarcity OF money.
1t has been whispered about that even
the wesl.hiest have had to retrrnch their
expenses, bu. still the tide of extravagsnt
pleasure rolls on, as merrily and as Law
ishly as ever, There are the usual balls.
concerts, private thealricsls, and all sorts
OF smusements TO pass away the Idle
hours, and, at all OF these, socieiy's ma
irons and maideCs appear, arrayed IN
the costliest velvets, satins. and laces.
sparkling with Jewels, and with apparent.
" as light hearts and full purses AZ they
enjoyed before the "hard times" thu
lords OF creation are 30 fond Of croakiDg
about.
II Is a matter Of question wRelher the
man who requires his wlieto reduce her
expenses, allows lever cigars for him.
self, or spends less money than beforc.
az the club where ne goes OF an evening
TO improve his mind and 70 cultivate his
moral,g That both o! these laudablp
objects are, themselves commendsble, n {.
one will deny, but that clubs are The
very best places Tor developing mans
highest qualities, has not ye. been de.
cided In the affirmative by the wives who
remain at home.
Be this as II may. II Is our private
opinion that husbands. who are perpetu.
ally trying TO impress upon their wives
lneif sfthsst money ia scarce, do not visit
| w: .,';'h anoh n.ha- nra- .ho,r ,,,,o
fortunes. hut rather 10 have a coDyivial
time over sumpluous dinners and plent.
ful champagne. Tlere never yet was q
sinner Of a man but expected his wife to
be saint IL "a, perhaps, unfortunate
that human nature, whether draped in
cashmere and silk, or Immaculate broad.
cloth. So tina. IL 10 quite unreasonable
upon the part OF man 10 arrogatc to
himself The right Of committing all the
family wlckedness. and TO expect bis
wife &c be perfect divinity In trsl
dresses. sagacious and wise as Minerva,
and with nothing TO keep her from flying
straight upward at any moment except.
Ink the lack OF wings--and wha. on earth,
We may be permitted to ask, If women
were sich angels, woull such wires do
with the average husbands Everything
existing as IL does, /: ia no wonder that
there are always plenty OF family qaar.
rels TO be a0judicated, and 80 fierce and
implacaole have these family feuds be.
come, that nowadays 1t is no unusual
thing for the whole matter TO DO brought
before the courts, and the law invoked 10
settle those disturbances, which. if peo.
pie were all right>minded, would BIZ
settled beside the family hearth. In the
privacy OF the family circle, and not
dragged forth to the harsh light OF pub.
lie curiosity for the delight Of the social
valtures who scream with joy over these
scandalons banqnets. This winter It
would seem that New York has had
more than her share OF these family
differences. The gosslps have never be, u
so busy, and have never enjoyed NOR.
delectabls matter to pull into shreds.
The most prominent case. Of course.
has been that Of the beautiful and
blooming widow, Mrs. Hicks, who re.
Gently married Mr.. Lord. q gentleman 50
many years her senior that It was al.
most like the wedding OF June and De.
cember. Had there never been no for.
tune 10 be affected by this rather
eccentric marriage. the matter would
never have become the niue days. won.
der 1t has. Society might have starred
and gosbiped little, and then society
would quickly hare forgotten the HL'ks.
Lord marriage for things OF greater i'm.
portance. But. as It has all turned out,
society is not yet weary OF discussing
the pros and COILS OF this now famous
marriage.
Mammon u the god who rul, . great
Gotham, and golden isvors are the most
highly priced Of all. Why An affair, that
Is Of itself Of the moot private nature,
should have made such q public sensa>
ton. is. Of c. urse, due to the fact that
Mr.. Lordschildren were decidedly averss
to having their father welded to q youth.
III wife, an thus to divide the inherit.
snce 10 which their own longing eyes
were directed. There 10 no more accounts
Ing for an old mans caprices than for
pretty woman's. 90 that II behooves all
children with rich and aged fathers, who
happen also 10 10 widowers, to keep q
sharp eye upon the old gentlemen, lest
some day they give them the Slip, and
ano run away TO Be married, without
sasf consent ~ did NJ. Lord. OfsoIs.e.