The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-03-10
MRS. lEOnI's Letter.

No. xxi
TO the cSI!S lug u"0' - va
sort " siiiH'' ,,,.,,,o "hard;c %
after the inventor, ana tHo oiher iWsei
omnibus on Fe'S lo~ Whsh''' ahu sn,i'e@
chariot tbNugA very dinsrent venice ltoIh
the cEer,ot formerly uaeo here ana wO.ch
sold ous 70 tAe eireet car compsnles, ~ INC
Others WI FrOoapty 10 eih'e. Ahe hsiuo
holes eGh persons, 81 I'VE GEMS ssal, anu
when t HsS eight persons 10 u, iiltle poero
side tho door, and no one else snowea 70 en-
ter. This is step ""aros c'Vlnn'.i1 IN
which thtss Of US VINO arc too pooi w 'ia0
in carriage hail with supreme uehsaG. ;,
Wen, thess new vehicles may Us L sa'u'
sell on. TO The big monopoiies, put moan.
while they will al Do "a ca VI Sneic usnhos a
capacity to carry TIE toou'shos Oh Pcopio
focSiog into the c'Ey rom ever! uneo'iou g.,
No one has ever seen w as,ias"n ~ 'u''
of strangers nor 80 gay WIN nloue' "nu c :,.
ners and electric iishl. anu rows VI S'o ~
nor 80 bright win uniforms III vN'G pnai
anyes and accompanied Ny sahy $50
bands parading the s'feeH. from lioin'n
till night the sir IS gorgeous win coior' ana
vocal with martial music. An excitement
which no one can either comprehend or eA-
plain perVsdes tae cisy. "A Joyous e4cise-
ment, too, III The main, and so healtny sup
.pose
No American president mas eyer oeeu III
stalled into the duties OF MS ONCE VIII suen
'pomp and circumstance as 1eherhi dar-
field will BE- surrounded Dy on friusy noA',
and one naturally wonders Whetner SIis -
prelude 10 The Introduction 10 tne 'hain''to-
niGn era IN our government 10 eAVoieu "
Memorial Garfield in that famous speecn, anu
% close of the "Jeilerson era ne oeprcca
d.
A psrty Of u, visited the rs" muse'lih
hich was GIFTED up for the hTs' Vine Ray
rlday and ia which TIE grsbu inaugural
H. ar ''h1 ception Concert," US inc uese.
ave il, is y be held. LheFe IS no o. Gu pau l
Dom IL the world. J. ne hniheHse 1"iia'
we've 10 number, tnlnk are spporaNu py
hgh srcne5 instead OF soiId Walls 50 tuA1 AZ
lre visible from almost any stand poiaI VIC
crowns Of the arches ornhIneh'eu ny nspy
eoiored banners surrounding que cos' "a
arms Of he various states ana errisor,cs slu
the pillars dressed with buhGhssoi iltt,e nNgs
willis iestoons OF green, 19cRea WIN noTers,
hang from the lofty ceilings ana niyr'aus u
gas jas give fairy-ilke peausy 70 toe
wnoo' ana form an ensemble posniVey en-
chanting. The Museum Is IN we ioim VI WIG
Greek cross, four hails Oh eigahuc propo.
tons forming tn" arms, ana 10 t9e cen,re ID
an immense rotunds win lofty dome ngn.i,
Ell with painted glass windows ana ifescoeu
In exquisite designs ana oeiica'o slhe w I've
summit. Under this d)me Is gigantic STAT
ue of crowned woman holding IN her nano
globe filled with electric light -Americs, III
short, enligntning the world. rms statue,
which is a plaster cast, is the mooei OF
lighthouse on exhibition al tne cenlennlni oy
Freuchmsn, ard presented by MN 10 tne
United Slales The idea Is fuii OF poetry
and grandeur, whether in It's practicsl sense
Of beacon guiding the mariner through
dangerous rocks and shadows, or IN us
grader sense Of perfect and enilgh'ened
woman guiding humanity through the Dan
gers of lies tempestuous ocean,
as ali lbe world knows, negroes Oh resPec-
liability md good standing are TO DO admit
ted to this grand bail. Probably there Will
be several hundreds present. Now lnm 's
proper or not, JUST as we look at it. Ii the
bali IL political affair, don't see no" II
could be avoided, but If purely social event
as balls arr wont 10 be, / confess II Is new
departure which | cannot admire, snd which
is certainly noI warranted oy anything IN
General Gar6eld's social career, whatever bis
polilics course may have been.
But all this gran ieur and msgnihcence has
NOT been attained without mucn Dickering'
jealousy and hot dispute among the various
commiltees, clubs, and organizations con-
erned therein.
General Sherman, under the impressions
tbatths var il over, selected confederate
-enersl. who adds 10 that ofeDse the crime
Of being hesd door keeper to q Dsmocrstlc
house 81 representatives, rs enc of his assist
ants Nv readers know this, and that Geu-
erst Sherman. undismsycd by the resolutions
of aveterAo clubs" or the dennnciston OF
d oxs Ia blue" refused 10 withdraw General
Pelds' sppoiDtment, aud said II he couldn't
apooint X own aids, be wouldn't serve at al;
bat my rsn,Ief. perhaps 10 not koov, that,
on hear.rg the hubbub the selection had
creaisd. Ger ersl Fisids' wrote TO General