New-York tribune., 1879-12-21
It looks like the merriest Christmas since the war

women-snffrage agitators have been 80 derelct In
their devotion 20 the cause to allow the members
TO depart without any measure for the emancpa-
ton Of the sex 60 mediate upon during the hoii-
days. Perhaps the leaders Of the movement
discouraged temporarily by the Disappointing result
Of the recent Boston experiment.. No women were
elected that occasion, and the fsiure to elect Is
said 10 have been caused by " sharp practice -
that Is the horrd phrase lised-on the part az some
Of the emancpators 10 defeat the ambition of others.
This copying the partisan methods Of tho
"mere men Ia a shockinely discouraeiDg manner.
General Grant must occasionally entertain hos
tile sentiments for the man who invented hand
shaking
Two things are clear about the Christmas buying
this year: There is more of it than there has been
for nearly twenty years and il is carried through
more mud than there has been on the surface OF
things since Broadway was a cow-path from the
Battery to Fourteenth-st. The slight fall Of snow
on Thursday and Friday made, with the long accu-
mutation of dirt in the streets, sticky paste, which
covered the cross-walks and was speedily carried
by the multitude of feet upon the sidewalks, so that
by noon ON Saturday every sidewalk the busy
streets thickly coated with mad. The way farer.
VI a woman, soon found ber skirts od0rned with
two inch border of fih. which bad also completely
coated her boots More fortunate man could roll up
his trowsers and emerge from the struggle with no
worse misfortune than pair OF boots which looked
- ii they had been following plough. Perhaps
Mayor Cooper has "a deep design ia permitting this
state of things. He NAV have radical views on the
subject of wOman's dress and may take this way 10
force the sex into Bloomer costume.
Inability to condone seems to be the main obsta-
Gle 10 harmony between Mr. TamGge and his op-
pOnents.
There is one strong piece of evidence that General
Grant does not desire third term in this prolonged
Philadelphia demonstration. The festival has been
IN progress Tor week. and he mas not yet klssed
baby.
The evidence in the elevated railway inquiry calls
fresh attention 10 the generous Outlays which the
metropolitan Company made for the accOmmoda-
ton of the puolc. There Is not In the world bet
ter equipped railway than this Nearly every thing
has been done 70 enable the passenger 10 travel not
only comfortably, but luxuriously. Yet, strangely
enough. this company. which spent money in
so royal a way, declines to make enc Improvement
which, trivial it is. is constant source of annoy
aBce to its patrons It declines to transfer from the
passage Of exit to the passage Of entrance the box
for the reception of tickets The passenger is COM
peled hold his ticket till the end of his journey,
when he might be spared the annoyance lthout
expense or loss to he company. III tne
receiving box placed IN the PASSAGE
10 The train his ticket could be dropped the second
after It's purchase and his care OF IL ended. his
would be much of a check on thieving employees
as u Is TO have the box at the other end OF the
iourneS. Ii would save all the delays which now
arise from the obstruction OF the absent-Ininded
passenger IN search Of his mlslaid ticket A CON-
pany which builds So, 900 stations ought TO bs
able to grant this shght favor IN order make
their grateful patrons completely happy.
A recent pilgrim from Boston to this dreadful city
has returned to the classic shades of his home
foundly agitated by the deplorable ignorance he
discovered here. lie has stated the facts in a
mournfu card in the newspapers, ana among them
are these He found intelligent business
who knew nothing about Emerson. aud another one.
also intelligent, who all his life had beeh confound-
ing DR.. Holmes with tutor of his youth who borea
similar name. Both men told of their
nal ignorance. by the Boston man, who left them
blnshing with humiliation. This sad, truly sad.
Yet Instances of ignorance almost melancholy
have been heard OF righf under the shadows OF B0s
ton itself. Not n2 age VISITOR to those parts
spoke Of ruE TRIDUNE the presence Of an - in
telligent business man y who had lived within
sight of Boston all his life. and somewhat
taken aback by the SURPRISED inquiry: Il" What
TRYBUNE. THE NEw-YoRK TRYBUNZl Does that
print nowf Why. thought Greeley was dead.