New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-29

MES in various foreign cities. Elderly Ina.Ions
who do not care for books who hnd thef tongues
roo shff for foreign novels. and their memories
treacherOus for foreign verbs, whose young uausn-
tiers are busy with governeSses ana music astolo,
must it is evident, occupy themselves III some
way At home they WERE no doubt, model mousse
Keepers expending a vast amount OF energy III d
legitimate direction and being for the most part,
harmless members of dull and respectable soclal
circles in provincial towns. There away from tieI
ancient landmarks. deprived OF the duties 0 tieii
order without occupation OF their own, ihcy pusie,l
themselves with other people. Their innocent
elderly heads were turned by the titles about lhe'
yet beyond their reach, since InpocuhlouS counts
seek wealth to build up their fallen fortunes anu
the little Matthias studying music az lIe o
tory. daughters of this class OF women uiNG
usually more merit than money. ihe'e Inisgu ti
souls constituted themselves KIND ol lngulsitoiI'
committee to ferret out tho origin, social POSITION
important facts in the past history ana lutuIe III
teutiOns of newcomers from America. IL Is II
curious psychological problem. this effect Of So
journ in Continental city upon mature PIooitic
women, this demor0.iZatlon, so to SPEAK, OF INC
worthy mothers in Israel
At home they may have had few no social am
billions: hut idicnesS under these rapidly varying
influences, begcts snobb'shness SnoEbisnltsS oeseoS
envy, malice and cruelty, uHtlt the utI''diI,V "a
helittling personalities becomes passion; ana,
pure aIchangel had descended before their eyes MS
robe would not have been white enUagh LOT lhgH'
his flaming sword not bright enough; and they
WOuld have raised their eyebrows queStlonlnGy
over his social position unless they could nave ''th
assured thar Mrs. Van Rcnsalacr lad invited MN 10
dine. ~, ,
This class made the rank and file. The leaders
were sometimes women with more or less cia!nl 10
position. it may be people OF actnal socai u'N'IHS
ton When prominent actors IN TINS dallN comedy
had known each other at home. 1t was an ihe>li
Iuablc ADVANTAGE Poor dear Mrs. Az says Mrs. i.
" How We'll | remember her IN Now-York. when she
was irving desperately for years 70 eaten young
Goldfish: and how often | have seen her biot,lcr
lifted drunk from his carriage " POOR dcaI MIS-
H. saws Mrs. A. How well l remember her in
New-Y0rk, though never did believe Inte al ne
dreadful thin rs they said about her ne WolIu IS
so harsh in its judgments you know licT pe9Plo
were nObodcs Hardware. | believe. My dear
brother came home one day and said he had Just
lent her brother fifty cents IN horse-rlr. Ald
when the ladies' meet, they KISS and greet cach
other with graceful and sollcitous ebualon.
Viewed simply as gossip standing quite ON us
own merits there never any gossip superior 10
the gossip Of the EugSh-speallng colony OF Nyh-
burg The ingenious tttlr-tattlc of q rural town.
the systematic wcl-Orranlzed gossip OF cHuIGh
SEWN g-sOcety, sewing for the pnuro the PARISH INC
possip of the most acidulatcl and ycn"Wou- Oil
maids, even the gossip of gos>ppy Old Ecn,-ll the
truth were known this Is one OF the most NTI!'a.
forms of the diseqsc-arc all only as moonlight
unto sunlight and water unto wine, compared
with the gossip of Wyuhurg. This had q freshness
an elasticity ylE0r crraliIe poTGt a. mn Il, " ~,
Meet a false story boldly hghi WIth H. ciIsA ~ "
earth, AntTUs-lIkc n gained strength ara rose 10
confront you mt very tUIu. II IS possible elsewhere
that time may soften harsh lacts lh your HiJ
story that people may forget. Never here. In
some places NAV escape comment ny living
secluded life. In WynbuIg, gossip angTily dchcd
YOU tc dwell apart. and II YOU persisted, pro-
claimed YOUR nciarOlS secret schemes III the
market place. English and American old residents
preserved the tTItlt1lS intact N'l'u lNlil-' III
pensions brought new material, combined ana as
Scmnated.
Even the little English church WAS made an in
strumcnt in the work of propagation. Inns WAS
surely not the Mother Church. Offering her warm
and loving shelter to poor, oppressed ana weary
wanderers. Homesck souls who hoped to find the
protection and comfort that had never failed them
within the walls of the sanctuary felt lonely and
lost amid the restless. pushing worldllncss of tins
ante-roOm to society, where eager aNpTauts
throngcd to pass preliminary examination. and
more favored ones competed for possible promotion
Dearest enemies met here and called themselves
with truth lost sheep Sunday after Sunday and
after the peace OF God of the hcncdIctIou, watched
grcedily at the porch for bow from LAZY Manners
anxious t. observe if she had or had not noticed tho
pretty widow who had appeared only two days
before. and whom the experts found dIihcuItt III
classifying
The little temple had a strait gate AM narrow
Way but whittier It led, the saiutlcst chuliy must
have dIsccTucd. Many sala1ms and gcnulirctous
were made within its wall, TO powers oil this W'Idi
and the people who had been Tcnuiug one another
all the week met t. take account OF STOCK, anu see
that no one had been forgotten IN the inventory.
Tie sermon dTOned out by the English curat', tho
choir consisting chiefly Of voluntary offerings Oh
voices that could not sing were TO Vanity falr not
spccIalIy attractive foTmaltcS. Yet the niue
church was always iull. lou saw cyerybody
there for one thing. Then there was certain
pleasure in admitting IN n safe, general way That
You had been crrlng and straylng, when Mis-.
Van Rensselaer, on the left. aud Lady Manners on
the right, were cpudr~ccudn9 50 much aS I" pub
licy state that they had been crrlng and stidying
too