Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-03-17
OUR LETTER FROM BOSTON.
CHURCH And Ball ROOM-THE
UNITY PARTIES.
Balls by the Boston Lancsrs-ves-
pers 1T Untty-A Full Church and
Good Musician Old Acquaintance
Recognised.


hat, statistics being my weak point, ,
,annot tell you by figures, how great or
small proportion Of our people attend ,
Unitarian churches but | can say that
those who do so get the very cream OF
moral and msthetical teachings, the most
exquisite music, and the companionship
of the e'toniest'i inhabitants of the Hub.
Just how much of what is technically
called ssreligion" is to be had in these
cultured societies, cannot say, for never
having attended Unitarian Church with
regularity enough to be 'able to judge,
but should say that the ten command
ments and the golden rule, at least, are
sufficiently set forth, together with great
deal of instruction in practical points that
tend to help people in the difficulties and
dangers and perplexities of this daily life
which we all have to live now, whatever
may be the hereafter.
However, Pm afraid Pm verging onto
sermon, and | never mean to do that,
was only going to tell you about vesper
service which | attended last Sunday |
evening at the Church of the Unity, one |
of our fashionable South End Unitarian |
churches, the society of which is large and |
tiourishing, and composed of wealthy and |
well-to-do people, though the most ex-
elusive blue-bloods Of Beacon Hill are not |
largely represented among them. They
are an easy, happy, lucky set of people,
not so high toned by birth and education
that life is bore, neither so pressed for
means or social standing that to "keep
up appearance" is burden. They are
Just right to be comfortable, and like
themselves and each other. Their social
entertainments are always delightful
affairs. They give two or three dancing
parties every winter which are among the
most enjoyable of the season, and whose
prettiest feature is the presence of old ard
young alike, the haired young
grandfather and the fairy-like dozen-year-
old granddaughter taking their places
ION the floor" with equal zest and
pleasure. They are real church parties,
and there is an atmosphere of good fellow
ship and unity among them which is
decidedly pleasant to see, when one
remembers the stiff frozen unapproach-
ableness of some church parties.
The last Unity Sociable of this season
took place only a couple of weeks ago,
by-the-way, and it was very brilliant
affair, the costumes of the ladies, in par
ticular, being among the handsomest that
have been seen at any occasion of the
kind in Boston this season. And then
they are all excellent dancers, the grand
fathers and all, and one doesn't fear tc
wear handsome dress lest it should get
torn from ones baek-though, to be sure
the majority of the dresses worn at this
party and at most parties now, are o
dancing length" which means that thu
bottom of the skirt reaches to the ankle
or the instep.
Which reminds me of what gentle
man said the other day, concerning Ger
tain young lady. He remarked to he
elder sister.
"You must bring your sister to tn
house. She must be getting to be quite
young lady"
ooh yes, she is q years DID,"
Indeed Is it possible Why, the las
time saw her, she was in short dresses !!
"Well, so she is now. But for coupl
of years before you ever saw her, an
before the fashion changed, she woI
trains.''
"Confound the fashion fello
never knows nowadays how TO take
girl whose face does not show her to
25-whether as 15-ysar-old school gi
or 20-year-old young lady -
Apropos of trained ball dress, have
laugh When luluh Ol the dIudZll
capacity at reducing them to ruins whic
the Boston Lancers used to exhibit. III
same gallant, relocated Lancers, wi
have Just returned from their trip to Ne
Orleans last Sunday, give series
parties every winter at their Armory Ha
lovely place, beautifully decorated al
the gas standards to light viii,
are all capped by a tiny mounted Lane,
hnth nd hail t1xy NJ.
resented. This hall is never let to 9th
parties. The floor is a very fine one u
the scene, when the hall is filled wi
relocated and black-coated men a
handsomely dressed women, is gay O
indeed. But the way in which those fl
footed old fellows would walk up the ba
breadths of a lady's dress, was somethi
entertaining to witness and-well, l wo
say what, to experience I've been tn
myself and afterwards wished | hadn
One of the features of these lane
parties is the-what shall | call it !-l
stairs department in the region of {
supper room, where there are bolt
and glasses, and sugar, and
man in his shirt sleeves, 8
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