St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-02-06
Our New York Letter.

CHARITY AND THE LIGHT FANTASTIC-A
NOVELTY IN THE ETHICS oE BALLS
SOLID PROVISIONS FOR THE FUTURE
WHITE SLAVERY IN NEW YoRK-THE
COLOR LINE ON PARADE-BURGLARI
Gus INGENUITY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 1880.
10 the Editor of the Cdledonian:
Eight thousand dollars was the nice
little sum realized for the sacred cause
of charity by the grand annual ball at
the Academy of Music which has be-
come in course of years to be consider
ed the eliminating point of the fash
lenable season. The lion lies down
with the lamb on these occasions and
the bitterest enemies politically or So
clally are found side by side in the
boxes aud on the list of managers. The
ladies of every race and degree of beau
ty don their sweetest smiles and most
Respondent jewelry, and the costumes
are with each succeeding year getting
more costly and artistic. The over pious
and censorious may savagely say that
but small percentage of the extraor-
binary expenses of the evening goes to
the poor, but the fair argument is that
the employment provided by the
wealthy and luxurious goes long way
to forestall the necessity for appeals to
charity. At any rate it is pleasant to
do good and enjoy ones self doing it.
To turn from the upper ten to less
exalted circles, we find gaiety to abound.
'LOngshoremen are not generally sup
posed to be of very inventive turn of
mind. Their work is very laborious,
and while cultivating their muscle in it,
they have usually expended their sur
plus energy in striking their employers
Tor more money and their associates
from the shoulder for glory They have
now introduced a new feature in social
entertainments. At ball recently Civ
en- by the fraternity, the committee of
arrangements provided retiring room
where the guests might betake them
selves when they had got their fighting
cargo on board, and pummel each 9TH
Ell to their hearts content. Such a safe
ty valve for jealous feelings or as an
outlet for the pains of Indigestion is
certainly original and is decided i'm
provement on the promiscuous rows
which not seldom break out on festive
occasions.
The thirtieth annual statement of the
Etna Life Insurance Co., of Hartford.
just out, once more calls public attep
ton to the invincible strength of this
well-known institution. The past wear
has evidently been prosperous one for
the Etna, which has added quarter of
million to its surplus, and over half a
million to its assets, which amount to
close upon 5000, 900, while it's surplus.
as regards policy holders, reaches. bv
the New York standard, $4,000. 600. |
What the character of these assets is
may be inferred from the fact that dur-
ing 1879, the company's interest ac-
count alone paid all the death losses
and running expenses, and left a hand |
some sum over to add to the surplus. A
volume could tell no more about the
standing and management of the COM
pany than do these facts.
1t is terrible to think of how, in the
heart of the grandest city on this CONT
nent, outrages are perpetrated for
months and years on helpless and hope |
less victims. Every one of course is
immensely surprised when any unusu-
ally tagrant case is brought to light,