Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-24
LOUISVILLE GLEANINGS.
COYLE DOUGLAS CORRESPOND
ENCE.
A Little OOteFIe of IdiOts-The Bliss
OF IgnOrance-Free ExcursIOns-
Preacher BarneA' Magnetfsm-Bu
ford aud TaImage-A Drama of
Real LIre-Ehe Worlds HypOc tIsY.

Real Lire-Ehe Worlds HypOc rIsY.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 20-There is in this
city, culled from the ranks of our best society,
group of aesthetics. 1t is a small group, but
distinct and pronounced, composed chiefly of
women, though some OF these have husbands
who have been hidden to enter the charmed
circle, and have dutifully obeyed They or
ganized strong minded club at the first in
ceplon of the order, which meets with op-
PressIVe punctuality semi-monthly and which
ne'o' gives oanquets, which is the chief nd of
man cIuos. Here they read profound papers
on al conceivable subjects under the sun.
They discourse learnedly of the destinies Of
the race here and hereafter. and ara on init
mate terms with Darwin. They speak bonefru,,
and confidently of the exaltation Of ,rar,,.,,
They also occasionally hint mournfully NJ tba
higher education of man. When the Woman'S
Suffrage Convention met in Louisville last faII
this exclusive society welcomed it with open
arms and enrolled its indiv ual names as
helpers of the cause. When it's oracle Wilde
inflicted himself upon the com munity they at
tended his lecture en- masse. and tapped their
ears to drink in his very accent. To wha5 end
these Francesca di Rimini. niminy priminy''
sort of people live, is indeterminate, unless 1t
be to paint their houses red and wear awful
tea gowns One congenial couple, the wife
being high prieSteSS of the inner temple of
aestheticism--a word too often pfOfaned to lon
ger profane it have recently purchased pref
ty house set fu wide, grassy lawn, in the most
beautiful avenue in the city. They have
painted it a dull staring red with facingS of
Sickly blue. aud window blinds. doors and
dados of a 'greenery, yalery" hue that brings
a shuddering thought of yellow fever to the be-
holder 1t was but few days since, on,
sunny, sutry July morning that the lady of the
naPp6 dNmHFptV EOnrth a
that was all atiOat with light figures that fiut-
tered up and down the hot sidewalk, C ad in
heecy clouds of diaphanous daintineSs, and
Sheltering in the pink and blue-tinted, lace
edged shadows of broad, cool white parasols
looking fresh and cool and sweet.
as is the bounden duty of
every woman when the thermometer climbs
up in the world at the rate of forty knots an
hour. This particular woman. who is given to
climbing on her pedestal and looking down
with lneffabe pity upon those who don't un
derstand the ennobling influence of bilious
colored dados and Wouldn'C have a tea gown
as gracious gift, was robed in a short gar
ment of pale pInkish tint. known to the ini-
led as shrimp pink, of heavy silk brocaded
in large deep red flowers The fashion of it
was fearful and wonderful. IC was gathered
on full to shallow yoke, and swung entirely
loose to her ankles. mo silken zone had
bound it about the supple waist" there was
not a suggestion of Hogarth in iG-nO flowing
lines of beauty anywhere It was accOmpa-
MED by square Medicis collar of red lace and
a = uRo DIack bonnet Dnab mac e a QredQLui Gil
max to the costume except for a cluster OF
sweet natural Looking blush roses on the apex
Thus my lady abro ID on Fourth avenue in
the light of day. Occasionally the hOydenish
wind secreted itself in the puffy fuliness of
her robe and blew it out behind in an immense
balloon, while she, all unconscious, paced slow
and stately through the crowd that bit it's lips
as she passed. If it is this to penetrate the
deep mysteries OF high art and double refined
culture, who would not be content to be prose
lYtes of the gate merely and be happy for once
in the beauty of old fashioned ignorance
Following in the wake of the larger cities,
where the open air excursions for the sick and
suffering children of the poor are growing in
favor, a baby charity of this kind has been
fairly inaugurated here and has taken firm
hold 1t is voluntary on the part of individuals
not founded on some defunct hilsnthropist's
munihcent bequeSt, for it would seem that the
good people of Louisville leave nothing when
they die, and the wicked rich ones live forever
Three evenings in the week, when the weather
is fair, the officers of the ferry company donate
a boat to make a trip several miles up the |
river, leaving the wharf at five and returning |
at dusk There are always several physicians !
on board, and one or two of the ladies OF the |
Flower Mission. Here come the weary jadei |
mothers from the close. hot alleys and by ways
aud the sitting atmosphere of tenement dens
leading pale, pinched child zen by the hand, and
bearing in their arms little gasping creatures
parched with fever, with eyes that LOOK already
glazed with death. 1t is marvellous how these
little sufferers revive under the fresh wind that
sweeps down the river. The effect is as rapid
and evident as the coming to new life of plant
in a soaking shower. The boat is always
crowded to its utmost limits: there are several
hammOckS swung up, and here the Wea kest of
the babes are placed turn by turn. Some one
furnishes an ample supply of crackers and |
barley water as mild feast for them, which
they enjoy hugely. There are countless cases
among them where the lives of the children
have been saved by the more than medicinal
power of these water excursions.
Some Of the more infatuated people of Louis
hou rrofF, rrY. ~ -
hear Barnes. who seems to be meeting with but |
Indifferent success among the natives there
Hs will go from that place to New York. frevi
GUS to his Dayton trip he closed a meeting in |
Frankfort in which he completely revolution
lied the town. He drew in the Governor, the |
two editors of the YeORlG1l, and almost every |
high State official to say nothiog of about five
hundred convicts who were marched down he |
river. Governor Blackburn, AMONGST the las |
of the confeSsors, was the first to unite wi 4 |
the church, having been confirmed ia Christ |
hurch in this city about two weeks since
Since Barnes departure the Frankfort |
churches have been receiving large accessious |
The key note of his theology may be ROu d i'm |
this sentence, uttered with indescFibable fire |
in one of his Frankfort discouTses:
DO you ask me if a man who once confesses |
Christ and then leads devil of life afterward |
it is an ugly way to put it. but that is what it
is-wil be saved at lasti / answer yes YES |
yes! If the scriptures mean anything, yes, |
yes, yes!"
Probably the highway smooth and broad to |
the beatitudeS of heaven that he makes nls In |
to the sinner, has much to do with his success. |
but to his overmastering magnetism is due the |
larger part. Perhaps the proof Of this is the |
fact that men who have been prof. ssing Chris |
tianS all their lives active and jealous in poOd
works, under his thrilling eloquence and most |
persuasive pleading, find themselves going for |
ward to confess the MaSterover again Ask Them |
why, because his wonderful eyes seemed to be |
directed to them, and his harsh but resonant |
voice talking only for them. Since he left |
Louisville last winter he has given himself no |
rest, preaching constantly. yet never weary. |
This he attributes to direct divine aid What |
ever else he may be he is no mountebank He |
works for no pay, and asks nothing but daily |
bread and raiment His faith in his God and |
the Divine power manifest in himself is as
firm as the everlasting mountains. and in these
days of waCing belief in the pulpit, that should
surely count for something. One of Barnes |
one OF the most prominent retail |
dry goods merchants here is selling ont his |
business to enter the ministry.
General Buford has declared his intention of |
having fine horse and keeping in the church |
too. Talmage's horse sermon, coming so close |
upon the heels of the Generals lectures fired /
the old gentleman up, and in plain terms |
be accused the doctor of stealing, and |
still more plainly avowed his determination to |
make it warm and animated for Talmage, but |
as yet there have been no active demonstra-
tons. The General is quiet. So is the Doctor /
No pistols, no Coffee no,blood
There are living dramas being constantly |
played out under our eyes, full of absorbing |
interest if we but act the part of spectators
Any bright morning or afternoon, summer or
winter, there may be seen on our principal /
promenades beautiful, handsomely dressed |
girl. straight as a dart, graceful and withaI /
slightly defiant in the poise of her shapely |
head. and the self-assertive freedom of her /
step. Any stranger would be impelled to turn |
and look at her as type of the Louisville /
girl" She is a brunette and therein /
les her dangerous charm 1t is the /
lark beauty who should always fly |
Danger signals, for from the star eyed E .yp-
5ians down to the present, it is the dark
woman who invariably plays the mischief |
when there is mischief to be b.ewed at all
more than a dozen years ago there
came to this city from Georgia young man
Of talent and energy, who rose rapidly in his
profession and prospered in all his ways. Not /
long after he Safflad here ba married svyaat- |