Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-07
OUR LETTER FROM BOSTON
TINE LATEST MOMENTARY CRAZE
At THE HJB.
Going 10 See the ..Parisian''-WaIk
ing Chalk Liue-The WOmen's
GymnasiuBi-Theatr

BoSTON, March 29.-One OF the excite
ments of the Hub has been the recent
arrival at the East Boston dock of the
tine ocean steamer Brisidn, OF the Allan
Line of steamships plying between
Europe and America. In the first place
the City Council and the Board of Alder
men came almost to loggerheads over
the question OF the formation OF
the proper committee of city official to
welcome the "IariSiaH ON her arrival
among US don't see why she needed
to be welcomed exactly, but neither do |
see why thousands and thousands of our
townspeople, with nobody knows how
many others from out of town, should
think it worth their while to call OH the
Sarisim during the past four or five
days. She is only a fine ocean steam
ahip--nothing very extraordinary in any
way that / can discover-but the
solution of the conundrum probably
is that AS there isn't whale
or circus, or a Moody & Sankey, or a
two-headed girl in town, and as it is
absolutely necessary that some kind of a
cheap but respectable show shall be main
tanned, it has been the fashion to go tosee
the RnriSian. This is cheap, for the pro-
prietors only charge 10 cents for admis-
sion to all parts of the ship-except few
portions not open to inspection, snch as
the engine room, to many the most
interesting part of the ship. Every
''young gentleman" has taken his
young lady to see the EdrisidR; every
stranger in town, bound ON seeing the
lions, has been toted out to see the
RiiSian; pater tiimiiiaS has told mater
JamiiiaS to put on her bonnet, and has
dutitully toted the youthful offspring on
board the new vessel; they who want to
20 somewhere, and don't know where to
go-and they are always legion-go to
see the Rrisian; and they who always go
everywhere that everybody else goes, so
to see the RdriSidm.
Last Saturday a dutiful young Univer-
sity student, who hopes soon to clap on
LII. B. after his name, told me that he
| had been taking tough old examination
all the morning, and lie didn't feel like
grinding in the afternoon, but meant
To go on Il spree.
q Do give me your definition of a
spree 2 ="
''Oh well, a sort of time, you know
don't mean anything vicious!"
Meeting the same nidnight-oil- burner
Yesterday, asked him ii he had his
| spree.
"Of course did ,'
DO tell me what you did ?'' | asked,
rather tremblngly, for fear OF possible
disclosures of doubtful character, not
withstanding the disclaimer OF vicious
ness, but the reply was reassuring.
g took my landlady over to East Bos
ton to see the PdriSim. (The land
lady referred to is still "young and
charming he it parenthasized.)
| There have been such crowds on the
vessel that it has been almost impossible
to move OF get about at all. Lines We're
| formed on deck to get admission to the
saloon or drawing room and visitors fairly
| Swarmed--at 10 cents Il head-all over
The vessel. If it had been permitted the
| jolly sailor TO exercise his out-at-sea
privilege of chalking the boots of those
who ventured forward beyond a certain
imaginary line, what harvest the happy
tar would have CLEANED shall never
forget the glorious bright morning in
early September last, when we were just
hall-seas over from the Eastern Continent,
and Arabella and | had been perched for
one hour on certain cross-bar at the
very PROV of the ship, watching the rain
bow-hued mist that rose from the water
as we ploughed through it with all sails
set, looking longingly towards the western
horizon, and talking of the dear ones at
home--when the lunch bell rang
can assure you that the bell which
rang four times 4 day for meals was never
unhceded for an instant-the meals Were
the events of the day and we were always
ravenous-munching ship biscuit and
anything else that we could smuggle from
the table at all times between meals. So
with bound, down we came to the deck
1 AZ, as
angle of several degrees from the perpen-
dicular in order To maintain our equili-
brium. when suddenly little sprite of q
back-eyed sailor popped out from some
hiding place. whipped Il piece of chalk
from his pocket and drew line OH the
deck before MS. Aha That meant money
and not ashiling could we raise between
us. In fact | left London with Just 'ttup-
| pence in my purse-''dead broke" OF a
verify.
We went across the line on our credit
or our "cheek,n and kept out of that
vicinity for day or two, when one day
the exciting cry of ga sail ahead started
"the professor and myself out of our
ordinary deck promenade into dead run
| forward, where we borrowed peep
through the mates telescope at the yes
sci, and then remained a few moments
after the excitement had subsidized, COM
munng with romantic old ocean, when,
turning To retrace our steps towards the
aristorratic end of the ship, up jumped
the same little jack-in-the- and
another clalk-lina intercepted our pro-
gr'Ss. | felt rs weak as ii a sheriff had
tapped my shoulder for an unpaid debt,
and 'the professors" English silver had
10 pay our toll.
didn't 20 to see the RiriSjdH. lnever
mean Ia see another ocean steamer unless
am to 20 across i'll her. The fascination
that the magnificent old Atlantic has for
inc is something beyond the power of
words TO explain. don't care so much
for Europe as do for the watcr-though
that Is tempting enough, too. But if
can't afford another tour this summer,
can certainly manage TO "go across to
London and hack-other business per
mitting.
Did | tell you that DR.. Touuee has
made a provision in his tours for 1881,
ior those WIN look at this matter exactly
i!S ! dor The ocean passage with regular
tnur of Scotland aud England is arranged
by him 50 20, to cost but Sl7j; or one may
sail direct tu London, and do'the short con
tincmta tour, with Normandy, Paris,
Belgium, with steps at Brussels and Ant
wrrp, totologne via AiN- -la-Chapelle, with
TWO days on the Rhine, Wieshaden and
Roun. and back by way of wind-miled
Holland and the North Sea to London
and this is all covered by 500. You can
then spend as much time in London and
England generally as you please. As this
covers exactly the ground that didn't
20 over last year, it seems to he Just the
trip for m,'-;l nice little economical one
Hope may have the pleasure of your
company. Don't fail to introduce your
self when You see me, for am not gifted
in the art OF remembering faces
We have ladies' gymnasium in Boston,
run by a lady-a Miss Allen-and re-
Gently an exhibition was given by young
lady pupils. There We're number of
prominent people" present. The class
of twenty young ladies' began the exer-
cises by dancing and marching in concert,
and then proceeded TO show their prof
cheney i'll vaulting, ring-swinging, and
exercising at weights, club-swinging and
dumb-bell movements in concert to
music won much applause, and other ex-
croscs showed commendable familiarity
with some very difficult feats in physical
exercises.
Beruharit is filling our mammoth
Boston Theatre this week, and Boncieault