, 1879-05-03

Lady-'eYo on riot been out to service yet
therefore y0u have no charactrr!' Applicant
mo, mum; but I've got threc School Boarl
certlt1cuts." Lady-"Al, we'll, that is some
thing. Are they Tor honesty, cleanliness, or
Appicaut-"No, please, mum. for literatoor
josraffy aud frce-'anu drorin. ."-I'unch
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THE AUTHORS CARNIVAL. :
Expressions OF Approval of "The Trlbune,s >
Criticisms.
To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
CHICAGO, May LII wish to express my great
iE to-day's TRIBUNE; and also about the sinks
OF tnlQuity. Yours, NJ: 7. F..
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
CHICAGO, May al WAS much surprised tc
see in the L,ter-Ocsan OF this morning some let.
tets from people who take umbrage ut the cx-
cellent article In .IuE TRIBUNE of YESTERDAY.
Every word iny your article was$in accord with
my feelings. Many other ladies who were inter
csted in the Carnival were prone to admit its
truth, yet felt as though it were best unsaid. !
have never felt this way. believing that it is bet
ter to tell the truth, even if We lose
few dollars thereby. But, regarding THE
TRIBUNE article, I am compelled to say it is
public opinion, pretty generally felt, too. Ny
husband prohibited our daughter from attend
Ing the Carnival after she had been present the
first night. We were not in favor Of it in the
first place, but the lady managers made such
strong exertions to have our daughter attend,
and told such pretty talg how select it was to
be, and who else were to be in character, that
VIC finally consented, and our daughter pro-
cured d costume, which, though she looked
beautiful in, nevertheless We hesitated about
allowing the public to gaze upon her robcd
thus. We accompanied her to the Exposition
Building the opening evening and left
her at the stage door and proceeded TO
the main entrance. On entering we beheld
the usual mixed assembtaye, and my husband
remarked that he was sorry he had allowed
- to come here in that costume. We went
to the stall where our daughter was to be. and
found her ami Sou /: twenty other young Indies
in there, all dre;:.d about alike, vet so1lle of
them were dressed far more decoIlctte than our
daughter. She came to me and remarked,
i"Mother, dear, l. hare had enough OF this al
ready, and I shan't come here again IN this
dress" Twas glad to hear this, and 80 was my
husband. During the short time We remained
there We met several OF our friends who had
daughters there, und all told us they would not
allow tier daughters to come there again to be
looked ut in such dresses. They had been mis-
led, as We had. We retired early, but not till
we had seen enough to satisfy us that it WIS no
place for young lady to be in such Il dress.
Many OF :tosc misses promenadcd The floor With
to say our daughter Kept in her place and fur
back as she couid afraid that some one else
would see her She never went agafn,
nor did We. The Communication ticket my hus-
band had purchased he gave away to the serv-
ants OF the house, and they attended. Many OF
our friends did the same with their tickets.
We were satisfied the Carnival was In excessive
bad taste. MKs. n.
To the Editor " The Tribune.
CHICAGO. A1ny 2.-Of all the humbugs that
have taken our city by storm. the Authors' Car
niyal, just closed, was, l think, the greatest;
yet went there expecting to see thorough
Of charactcrs from leading
only about dozen characters we'll taken. 1t
showed plainly on the tace OF it that it vas
4 catch-penny affair, and [ am glad THE
TRIBUNE came out in its bold way and
showed up the fzzle. for such it proved
TO be. From all hear it turned out just about
the way affairs gotten up by ladies' generally d.
They made no contracts, excepting one, pa1nelY,
rather strong one with map by the name Of
'ease. and they are being Surprised every day
~ the enormous bills that come in. Aly wife Is
hat there will be rpmpus over the settlement.
Ia the first place, that tnan Pease has got them
led down to a contract awarding him 25 per
:ent Of the gross receipts. This, he claims,
means just what it SAYS: g'oss, ss,-all,-and she
ays that the7 only got 10 per cent on some OF
he things they sold, and thereby they lose
5 Der cent clear. This is clear case |
Il woman's figuring, and no mistake. Then |
Il the secon1 place, some or the charities took |
One very expensive booths,. and some took |
he gross receipts divided first, and then let |
ach charity nay its expenses for it's own booths. |
Under such an arrangement the charity which |
~ wife is connected with would be left in debt I
lmost, OF mere pittaDee would be left, and |
lie says she never will submit to such'an ar
i the ladies that she is plucky< little woman
nd can hold her own. Then she says also that |
hey understood that Pease wns to furnish sono
things for the booths, apK they hadfo buy trees
nd other stuff to them up, and now he re-
uses to pay for it. She thinks that Pcase is too
harp, though he has been ever SO nice to them
II the time; and she says that his scenery aud
ruck cost him more than ho will make
y far. Now, ! pondercd over this talk.
nd came to the conclusion that it was regular
7oman's row; but, when saw the papers taking
up, | investigated it for my wife, and learn
rom A1essrs. Malmsllca and Rogers, offAicVtck-
RS Theatre, two Wcli-known and reliable gen
cuen on such matters, that they would
uplicate I'LL that stuff for $3.50, and then they
ould put .S1o0 worth of properties on the
tage, and give better show than the Buffalo
lan ever could do. This is a settler, and no
listake. Then / Investigated the Contract, and
)und thai Pcasc had them surely tied, and any
3urt in the land would award him his Is pcr /
.nt of at moneys taken in, no matter from
hat source. ! also looked up the printing bill
nd found that there was no contract,
nd the company that was doing the work
ad laid it on rather too thick for comfort.
'und that they were in trouble because they
ad done this same thing before to one OF our
!stltutions, and were involved in lawsuit for
even now. They no doubt need the charity
oncy sorely, but this is not the way to secure
by overcharging lot Of enthusiastic women.
had some conversation with several Of those
ho we're prominent at the Carnival, and |
armed that there were n11mberlcss dead-hcads
ach night, and TINT large crowd was no critic
on by which to judge Of the success of the
.utlrc. But why need tell these well-known
cts? They are matters OF common talk. I
ust the row mar be amicably settled, and am
ire the ladies arc we'll punished for their hard
ork, even though the cause WAS charity.
''OESsoR."
MARCO.