The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-07-16
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

sion to Cape May arc Obliged to admit tnat ne
was treated with great respect and consider
alton, but not more than was his due.
AS all the papers have given an account OF
our visit to Cape May, the nice times we had
at the Stockton House, the banquet and ball,
shall only make few original remarks
about the speeches at the banquet. We all
know Of the rise and progress of excursion
parties, and yet somebody must repeat the de-
tails every time in the dryest kind of way /;
and then who wants to listen for half an hour
to the prizes of such small State as New
Jersey. am sure don't, and, confidentially,
even my husbands remarks were so. exceed
inely diy that | don't believe anybody heard
what he said or remembered that he spoke at
all. Only the love had fer him made it ELL
durable TO me. Now, Colonel McClure's speech
was entirely different every person listened
with pleasure to him, and the applause show
dsthat all he said was appreciated, while the
side remarks gave decided indication of Col.
A. X. McClure's popularity. One gentleman
said " He is the editor of the principal pa
per in Pennsylvania 8"I always thought
from whatmy husband said that his paper
was the best known, but see he bias deceived
me.' Another friend whispered = The ed
itorial capacity aud political influence of Col.
Mcclure may be considered somewhat won
derfuj." The Grafton of the, Col was GER
tainly grand, but had quite a long CONVEX
sation with him, and he did not say one word
about politics, nor editing The Times. He
talked pleasantly and agfeeabIy upon subjects
understood, and | remembered what my
husband had said of him: = The editor Of
The Times knows how to please the pgblic,
because he understands individual require
ments.n So I knew he gauged his CONVERSE
tion by my ability to comprehend. azl
We left Cape May with the rest Of the par
ty, and together with our. friends, made up
our minds to make few days stay in Phila-
delphia. 1t is the duh season here, they say,
but with daily excursions to some of the air.
ing grounds of the city, boat sails, and shop
ping, we are kept busy enough. Did ! tell
you this is the first time was ever in large
city? No. Well, it is, and the most won
derfnlisight have scents the Grand Depot,
where twentyssix stores are under one roof,
and all OIL one floor. 1t positively took me two
days to go around and examine the novelties,
for, of course, everything was new to me,
and the store contains, every imaginable ar
ticle in the line of household goods and wear
ing apparel, from nutmeg crater to mag
niiicent silk robe worth 5000.
Speaking of dresses reminds me of the
fashionable costumes How do they look p
Why, exactly like tho pictures in our book Of
illustrations of the days of Vatican, Queen
Elizabeth, and other odd conceits. Some of
you will remember when bought the book,
so we could get up costumes for our grand
masquerade. Some of the reception-robes
have long, graceful trains, deliberately deco
rated, others are merely laii in large, deep
box-plaits, and still others are haf-short, and
are trimmed with multitude of little flounc-
es orfufies. The skirts are :" en- princesse
shape, while the basquos to them are plain,or
decorated cuirasse, with lace finish. The
young girls look SO pretty and quaint in the
odd dlesses, with their plain striped skirts
and pulled panier overskirts, with the piece
of white tulle, folded with Quaker like pre-
csion around the neck and over the breast !;
and then the fabrics are so pretty, not origi-
nal, for they are such as we read of in all the
olden times books OF fashion1-Howered, fig
ured, embossed, aud brocaded, and sometimes
embroidered. Why one of these costs enough
to keep Maria Jane and yours truly nclothes
for two years, including shoes, gloves, and
hats That reminds me of the bonrets and
hats which are quite as novel as the costumes.
They are mostly with father wide brims,
smashed upturned, dinted, warcd, and fixed
in all kinds of ways, with the most graceful
trimming sou ever saw. EHsaso sfG.
/ did not intend to write ono word about
fashion when started. but my husband says
/ could not keep my hands off Of fashions to
er's has beeni tho death-blow to his making a
fortune but, really, l did not spend SO very
much money, and then the articles only cost
me about half as much as they asked for such
goods at home, and there had no assortment
to select from. HH eai
! am not going to sew any more it don't
pay. 1t is good deal easier to cook aud do
general Homework, than it is to stitch, stitch,
stitch, from morning Until night, and my girl
requires constant watching and working with,
so Inn going to discharge her, and put that
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