, 1880-02-12
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LENT.


TENT
Ast,.yr,ncs,lav wns ,,s1,orc,l In ycstcr-
,tny with ,lu1, arnv akl.s. c,ptnns rain. nud
,rc,,.ru1 ,,,srnu,fort nyerhpm1 nmt ,,n1erfoot.
Tin solrr n.ttre of Nntur. wns mt unbo-
,rn,ni,nr IN tlr srasou nf Icnt. w1,tch Ia nnw
tun,,rl,rot.d nnd will INIT mill sortcty blos-
sn,ns mt amin m EaYtrr Suntlay, thirty-
rfrht ttnys hrucn. IA linn 'unes mn. ami
| oninIons nrow mara liberal. md ol,scrya,,ccs
,f s,rfut ,rtn,1s IN tho f.l,uret, cntrnt1nra nro
ou,,side,x.tl ,rss obligatory. wp hive come to
tno,; 1,mn, te ,cc,,tn,r of Lent mt nltoret,,er
| M II mems Of s,jritttul mfreshmcnt, but ats,
NJ n urutefn] lima fur f,1,ystcal rust. Tlte dr.
| mauls Of nufcrn society have tpcn,ue 10
| complicated, n,tt) ut thu same time cunycn-
tio.nt, It nsks for ~ uutc1t from Its yotnries
url xjyrs M ltttlo II, rnturn, TINT its snryIcc
l,as rrown IL he lrkSo,ue. Its exnctions aro
| generally mat with protest b,tnru up, griffin
l]nu after, auA yot are ,,unsi.a.lugly cun,-
plte.i with, since thers Is turttly-,l,,,etytool
agreement tllut TO luol,t nf soctety " to bs out
If the world. though tl,oso ecccntrlc h.lngs
win ur,, mi of It NJ n rutu find fully ~ m,lcl,
ulgus,re md greut dcat tu,ru coulfurt tlml,
| ttlnss who aro III, Tile demands thus far
ma,o u,n,n Its members hive been unusually
exacllug, first, BECAUSE III tl,o present busi-
,css too,n nancy ll,.s acro,s plruty a1l.l its
| psst.ssprs l,nye been nnxIous IL, uuakp II
su,urne with II. mud, scroual, brcal,se the
weather ]las bcu,, 80 MILD md blalltl thai It
cnull not furnish nny basis for regrets.
There have been tl,rce or four o,,era-seasons
largely attended and calling fnr l,,nre than
customary attention beca,.se presence and
to})cta have bcer horattea In tho newspapers,
fins tnstttutiur q somewhat Vigorous soeEal
rtyn]ry It Inv been m unusually favorable
winter for marrying, antl weddings llayu
been peculiarly shnwy. ,rlle clubs lnye
never becn 70 busy before with re-
| centtons, nntl their gatherings Iayo never
l,ec4 characterized with so mltcl, Ut glitter
nmt show. Soirtrs, rcceptions, routs, anil
dances hnyo been nbl,uluut anil. crowtlc.
cyc,, 1tpon t)lc exp1rIpr hours of NIorti.(}rus
Tl,e mere physical exertton Of meeting nil
these tlena,1tts that iuyolvc scrur,lolls toilets
nrgrnynftnR crush. u,tln,g1lt sulAtls, md loss
Of sleep Is Immense, and calls for tho rest
which grateful Lent viii now bring. 'rera
Ii another fcnt1rn Of tho demands Of soctety
that ,nakes tlo,n pccutiavly ttreso,ne. Few
Of them pay tor tl,e trouble. 1t is mt alone
tin ul,yscai discomfort of being fa,ntrsl In
lin srusl,. of WANDERING nl,out In al, ojmIcss
k;nl of wuy. or of beIuv K'ucI 10 II wall. Of
,1evo,1r,nv refreshments t]mt involve tho
necessity of subsequent ancestral visits, and
Of tic wcnr md tear of toilets, hut tl,ere Is
tho calling certainty a1noup nIj,c-teutls of
tna gucsts TINT tho othor tunth will eclipse
t],om. }Ylcn Mrs. John Jacob Astor, IT,,
anrrnrc,l nj tho Presidents reception, blaz-
Inc win, ssoo,oaD worth OF diamonds on )ler
m.rsou. n1M uccornpantetl by hor two de-
tcctlyes, though the show WIS rotling mora
nor tcss tIan s1,ot,y, every ottlor lo,ly IN tl1o
ron,n was II failure. n,,tl urobal,,y felt herself
10 bo 10. They had arrsycd themselves In
tho most sumptuous manner possible to
tl,eir purses witt, tho intention of making n
,lfsnlny. Int Ills ono Indy. with morc t|an
wraltl cnnunl, on 1,cr pcrson In tl,o way of
diamonds aIono 10 takn caro- Of a') tho suffer-
| Inu mar In Chicago au,1 administer MI Its
charities for ycnr. ccjtpscd tic whole Of
them. aul threw tl,cn In tho sl,atls rs co1l,.
pletcly III II tl.cy Ind MT been there. The
samn in lesser tlpgrco l,a,nrns i'll a]l other
rcrrn,tous. nn,l uutbtnr IN mors tlresome. ,ll,,
sot;sfortnrv. anil ,ltsan,mtptInu.
From Mi tloso ,1lscomforts md ycxatIous
t,o xnto rirs of sortrty Sill NOW hnyo ltnu
rcst aid, even II they do not retire to clo[sters
md ,uort;fv TIN, flesh nnd fist u.s,enliously
t,,ov win ut lcast etvu nm tin friytl;ttps al
tha world. and with n ,lrl, If relief will SIT
} fin tlowi, Ia sulcr toiic,s. ouict evenings
au,,i.unl rcttartim,s o,d iis1,. nntl tl,nr. vii
J In m hint of Inn uuyc.v nr ths past scuso1,.
rycr,t M pn,erfu,utllas spu,swlut sut,eul,
}, co,nts tbc cost md won,lrrs If It mid. nut
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