The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-16
NEW YORK LETTER,
horticulture la the Ci,y-kaie Field
and Her phiinnthropic Mission
a Litue Dish Of
Politics,
Correspondence OF the Herald,

gJTTus pOndrhge OF lHt neihlu'
NEw YORR, Mach 0, 1850
Yester ~ the Herald fund for the Irish
sufferers received large increase, One
Item Of 81 40 WA contributed by tho Young
Mems Hebrew Association, This money
was raised by them from among tho lady
members Of tho synagogues of the city, and
the merchants of their faith, II Is but an
instance TO illustrate how uHsoclarlan
IA true charity and how widespread
Il tho gentle influence of brolherly love-
knowing neither race nor creed In la bcnea-
cence,
Steps are being taken by the New York
Horticultural society TO acquirea
HORTICULTURAL HALL.
An interesting meeting was held by the
society last night, which was largely at
tended, and the preliminary measures in
auguratod to provide suitable hall for tho
display of plants and flowers, that New York
may no longer be behind Philadelphia and
Boston in this respect Mr. Peter Hender'
son, member Of the society, read II most
entertaining and instructive essay on
horticultural Progress lilo showeu lnh'
only some thirty'hve years hgo
not exceeding $1,000 was spent for cut Mowers
on New Yoars dry, while now " eSoeeaeu
$50 900 each wear. There are now not less
thaa live hundred florists establishments IN
"A circle of ten miles in the city, ana the cap
ital invested In this business is all OF So0OV,-
600. q city of New York furnishing lne
market for the entire business Gotham Is
behind no city in the world, excepting per-
hans Paris, for It's indulgence ~ luxurles
and show. Madame Shoddy and Modemol'
selle Petroleum both live and flourish VI ln9
arstocratic precincts OF FUN avenue any
Gramercy park, and they are ohcn
much afraid OF Mrs, nruuuy
and will say, therefore genuine diamonds
from Tiffany, real lace from European natls
and magnificent silks, satlns ana VelVets iroon
from the artistic hands Of worth, arc aloho
suited for their gorgeous persons; rlowcrs
are indispensable, of course, ana VIC raror
and higher-priced they are, the oe'tor lGr
their purposes Of ostentatious show, hmeriI
can nunkeyism, that apes only the iollles ana
vices Of European capitals, ignoring Ihe WIS
dom and virtues there to be found, Keeps
this city alive and supports every temple Oh
humbuggery that rears its shrine here'
One Of the little ripples OF sensation mere
now is
KATE FIELD,
The brilliant female Bohemian,
whose facile pen has given sueh
charming letters TO this country from EUROPE
where she has been for some umo So
iourning. The excellent Katie, Is y young
woman of robust intelligence, That Is not On,
" sparkling and vivacious, bat II Is praGtlca'
as well. In London she has been studying
the great labor of reform in dress, Not re-
form in the STYLES and quality, but IN the
price thereof, MS effected by the cooperative
plan. and she proposes 10 start IN ASSOCIATION
In this CITY similar to the one In Lon
uon. which has created such revo-
luton in the cost Of matensls In
that citv. The association in London started
with capital of S250,000, and the first year
sold s., 100000 worth Of goods, ana, at a
handsome profit, and at rates so much lower
than the great palaces OF fashion anu re.al,
stores do, that it has proven u pohanHA NOV
only to its originators but to me iauieS anu
gentlemen who like to dress well, as well IL
is urged against the formation OF such an as
ISOLATION in New York, that me ellte WIN pe
ashamed to patron'ze IT. which may pe .he
case here with the Goldfish element Oh society.
In London the association numbers
among its patrons fully two hundred
ladies of the nobility and quite as many gen
tlemen. Miss Field and her co-adJutors In
tend to make the venture with tne same
amount of capital, S25O,OOO with whicn l .ne
London association started, and even II .hey
do not secure the patronage of snobdom they
will that of the intelligent richer classes ana
all of the middle classes, for they VIII iur,
nish the same dress goods, and IN styles ana
patterns of the newest ates, twenty-five 10
tifty per cent. lower than the fashionable en-
pofiums in the city. In TINS
undertaking Miss Field shines forth
MS philanthropist, for she knows
her sisters will dress, will have fashionable
and elegant clothes, cannot exist without
something to wear, and, if she can give
them at reasonable prices, the husbands and
fathers, who pay milliners' bills, will Sc up
and cali her blessed, during all her life, and
give her G. rose-embowered lot in Greenwood,
and marble shaft, when she goes to don her
wings, her crown and celestial robes, I'm
the:sweet, byeand bye" ,
The Copkling Cornell Arthur machine has
captured the state entirely. They are boom
ing things
FOR GRANT,
In spite of all the decent
wing Of the Republican party can 90.
Every Republican ward or club meeting IN
this CITY or anywhere in the state is taken
possession of bodily by, their henchm1en, and
What they lack in numbers they make up IN
noise. They are bulldozing every hepuun'
can gathering into passing resolutions com 3;
meniirg the Utica convention and laudin,g
Grant. Fully two-thirds Of the meetings held l,
have been composed of Republicans op,,
,o o to the third term, but they are cried
down and yelled mo silence. The machine
in reality in a miserable minority, m th,s
State carries all before it by i's !ll'ln,.ao'c
nbfeR and splendid finesse. ALDrNE.
-r,,c c-aeubnck Vote.