Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-23
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GRAMME-E LECTURES SOME OF
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BosToN, December L., 1881.
All Boston spends part of its day at least
at the gigantic Soldiers Home Bazaar, at the
Mechanics Association building on Huntington
avenue. This is the largest and most brilliant
fancy fair that has ever been held in this city,
and before its event the glory Of the Sanitary
and French fairs pales. Somehow or other
the cause has taken hold Of every heart, and
the call for aid for the needy soldiers of Mass
achusetts has been responded 10 with a readi-
ness that is unprecedented. 1t lis worth along
journey to see the unique arrangement of the
hall. A row of tents is on every side, and be-
tween them are stacks of rifles in front of
them are the booths, covered with gaily strip
ed awnings and filed with all sorts of lovely
and useful articles; handsomely dressed wom-
EN- and pretty girls, in gay toilets, preside
over these tables and make attractions that
even the booths themselves bright as they
are, fail to rival. Huge cannons point their
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the centre of the room under the band stand;
sentinels pace to and fro the walls are heavy
with glories of flags; and over all the soldier
with fixed bayonet keeps guard. while under
meath him is the legend which is in all our
hearts; "For what he was and all he dared,
remember him to-day" The Soldiers Home
is an accomplished fact, and from this day no
more veterans shall shame the state by wear
ing the uniform Of the almshouse. There is
tremendous excitement over the prospect of
Madame PATHS visit this evenings she has
promised TO be there at eight O'Clock, aud
think everybody in Boston will be there, or
try to be there, to get even glimpse of the
songstress. Tomorrow evening Madame
Camilla Urso will be there tending table with
Mrs. Stetson. Although the fair itself ends
on Saturday, there is to be a memorial SER
vice on Sunday afternoon, with a grand pro-
cessional and the TIE Deum sung by the united
choirs of the Church of the Advent Church
of the Messiah and the Memorial Church of
Lynn-in all, nearly one hundred male voices.
1t will be perfectly superb. Phillips Brooks
will act as chaplain, and ali the leading Church
clergymen will take part in the services Moth
ing like it has ever been heard in Boston.
Prof. William T. Harris's lectures on ''The
History of Education" given on Saturday
mornings at 20 Beacon street, are at present
quite social feature. These lectures are in
aid of the society to promote the university
education of women, and they are to be fol-
lowed, after the holidays, by course of six
lectures on Greek art by Prof Chas T. Nor.
ton of Harvard university. A large portion
of the audiences at these lectures are women,
although gentlemen are by no means lacking.
Among the women whom one sees there are
Miss Howe, Miss Mary f. Eastman and Mrs.
Wolcott, who represent the advanced wom-
en-" as the suffragists are now popularly call
ed; Mrs. Hemenway, Mrs. ClaAin and Mrs.
Brooks, who represent wealth and society;
those pioneers of modern education, Miss Al
colt and Miss Elizabeth Peabody; and, of the
younger women who are making a place for
themselves, Miss Hattie Wolcott, a member
of the Dedham school committee, Miss Marion
Talbert, who presides very prettily over the
lectures, and Miss Marie Molyneaux, one of
the brightest graduates of Boston university,
who has taken her degree of Bachelor of
Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, and is now
'gong in" for the degree from the school for
all the sciences. l want to say just here that
you never would accuse any of these young
ladies of being so devoted TO learning They
are all pretty, bright, and know how to dress
| They pay as much attention to their gowns as
to their Greek, and are as du .Jdit in social
matters as they are versed in the sciences.
/ told hot Me- -, II L.
youth, is one of the most active workers on
the school board to which she belongs, and is
a very great favorite with the teachers in her
town.
d. Lothrop q Co. have sent out a perfect
avalanche of holiday books, most Of them for
children, and as lovely as they can be. One
of the most fascinating Of them all is Mrs
Diaz's king Grimalkin and Pussyanita-C Cat
Arabian Nights" 1t is written in Mrs. Diaz's
best style, full of whimsicalites and quaint
conceits, and is very clever and ingenious.
The publishers have done their best to sup
plement the authors work they have en-
ployed the best artists to illustrate it, and
there is positive delight in the pictures; the
paper is heavy and nice, and the binding is
very delicate and lovely. II is one of the lead
ing Juveniles of the year, and will give delight
to whoever receives it. Another very pretty
holiday book is a collection of illustrated po-
ems, by American authors and artists, called
"Christmas Carols and Midsummer Songs"
Wide Awake and Babyland have been made
into two handsome gift-books, the latter hav-
ing prize cover by Rosina Emmett The
Family Flight" by Edward Everett Hale and
Miss Susan Hale, is most charming book OF
travels, and "All Aboard for the Sunset Lands
gives a very entertaining account of the visit
of two American boys to China, Japan and
the Eastern Islands. Parents whose children
enjoy instructive as well as entertaining books,
or who wish to ineuleate such taste in their
little ones, should see that the juvenile library
holds both these books. The "grown up
holiday book of Lothrop's is "The Old OakeI
Bucket" and 1 wonder no one has evei
thought to illustrate this poem before. 1t il
one of the few perennial ballads, and every
body loves it, both young and old. Mis-
Humphrey has caught the spirit of the poem
and her illustrations are exquisite; dom
think they could be improved The sale o
this book has already been very large, and i
will increase largely before Christmas, an
sure. SALLH joy WHITE.
The Atlantic Monthly for January gives excellen
promise for the coming year. 1t opens with an essa
by Mr.. Howels, entitled "Polioe Report" describing
in Mr.. Howells' most engaging style, incidents an
reflections of two visits to police court. Mr.. Ii
throp beains a story which will run through three o