New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-08

! Books about Ms written by European visitors NJ
! longer annoy us as they once did. The old
| Diaries" Impressions and Tours put forth by
Fiddler Trollopc, Miss Kcmblc. Hamilton, and the
| rest arc sought for By boOk-coectOrs who make
| perhaps. n specially OF such things but whoever
| reads them feels tlcIr relative unimportanco. Nor
| shall we hc thrown into the depths of despair by
| learning that we are not spoken OF IN llatlering
! terms by Mile. Colombier. who came here with
| Mile Bcrnhardt. and who has published 4 volume
| concerning America. II we make much Of second
rate folk. if We permit them 10 believe that we
regard them as first rate, despite their ignorance
and vugarty, mist pay the pcnalty-that IS, if
there be- any question of penalty at all. Here are
nj bred people who do not consider rs to be well
bred. Here are strollng Thespians who are not
exactly respectable in Paris who set themselves up
NJ Judges Of rcspcctability in the United States
What we ought to do j. TO plead TO the jurisdiction
We really oaght to give these people to unaers and
that we pay our money TO see them. and that they
are really no more 10 us than our chambermaids or
coachmen II is the fuss mt the box-oiicc which
makes all the trouble. II MILE Bernhardt had net
been hard to get ut and 60 Sec like chimpanZee or
n giraffe we should not have rushed to the theatre
with our bauk-note i'm our hands. We do not mean
to say that the acting not good but then good
acting was not such rarity even here We were
safe nj the menagcrie; the giraffe. the chmpanzeo
could not 90 back to their native wilds to print
volumes about u.s. But then it is Of no consequence.
VINO will inquire in 9sl for Mile Colomblers book
We shall be cecting Presidents. making money. still
increasing in population, but where will Made
moisclle be- Not to put too fine point upon it,
where will even Nile. Bernhardt be then Let us
posscss our souls in peace Let us endeavOr to
distinguish between. what is of Importance aud
what is Of no importance at all! 70 be sure, when
the next French player to rs, if she he prop
erly advertised we shall probably exhibit the
same absurdities Alas! we are not proof against
the seductive influence ofiudcious advertising; but
where is there people that is
One of the most noteworthy exhibits in tho Allan
Ia Exposition is that made by the Womans National
silk Culture Association. Their object is to show
their progress IN introducing this od-new indus
try among the women of orr farming pOpula-
ton Cocoons of as fair quality as those from Italy
are shown from nineteen States and reeed silk from
twelve States. We have had occasion before to
notice this energetic charity; for a scheme which
has for its object the establishment of light and
profitable industry which women with but few
dollars of capital can begin and pursue in the pr-
yacy and protection of their own homes is a charity
of the highest and most liberal kim. The AssocIa-
ton have succeeded in Keeling the silk with the aid
of Italian worImen and experimenting to design
the best kind Of simple roeing machines which can
be used by women who raise the silk. large mer-
camille firm In Philadelphia has ialso offered prizes
for the best worms of American growth. The raw
silk grown last year in this country aud reeled in
Philadelphia was pronounced by the silk manulac-
tuners in Paterson to whom it was offered equal in
every respect TO that which they import. If the
countless young women in farnhOuses throughout
the country who wish TO add TO their income would