Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-28

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of her voice. its limpid, melodious tone
its passionate sweetness, its marvelou
dexibility and delightful purity. A
thrill Of sensitive pleasure fills the sou
on hearing the divinely tuned voice
Patti sails for Europe early in May, an,
although she has not been 90 over
whelmingly successful in this country
think che will return home vel
pleased with her reception here, and tn
amount of money she has made.
In the show windows of our station
cry stores beautiful Easter cards hav,
made their appearance. Some of tn,
designs are very attractive. One care
called 1.-THE New jerusalem" is con.
sidered gem. It consists of cushion
Of card, doubly fringed with blue ane
white silk, the blue lying above tn,
white. Then comes frame of ligh
blue watered silk, an inch wide, quilted
IN rosettes, and edged with q finished
silk cord, forming q Roman cross a
each corner above the blue silk quilting
The above embellishments surround
panel nearly three quarters of q foot
sqnare, on which is q colored engrav'
ing Of Thomas Moran's painting, "The
New jerusalem" The holy city is
shown emerging from the azure realms
of space, apparently on the bank of a
silvery river, In which giant lilies are
dimly outlined. The gates of jasper
and the walls of gold reflect back q
thousand-fold the rays of majestic
sun which forms the background to the
picture. The foreground 10 grouped
with cherubim, and on the left is God q
angel, with outspread wings, descend
ing earthward. holding in her hand a
staff jeweled with the passion flower
bearing the glad tidings to the earth :
"And beheld the New Jerusalem COM
ing down from God out of Heaven"-
Rev., xxi, 2. The practice of sending
Christmas. Easter, New Years, and
birthday cards, has grgWp to be go pop
manufacturers and dealers in these
goods are now actively engaged nine
months in the year. One cause of this
activity is the marked artistic improve
ments seen in the decorations. OF
course, the trade has been benefited by
the aesthetic movement, and the card
mania is but fraction of the prevail
ing decorative fashion
Here Is an item which will perhaps
interest somebody! A silver half dol
lar of the Confederate States, issued in
1861, was sold at auction on Monday at
Clinton Hall, this city, for $50! The
coin Ia in size like the United States
halt dollars, and, like them, has on the
reverse side figure of liberty, A
wreath of sugar cane and cotton branch
es partially surround the shield. The
wording is; Confederate States of
America. Halt DOL" There were only
three of these coins minted, believe.
This one was taken by DR.. B. F. Tay-
lor' chief coiner of the Confederate
States. Jefferson Davis had one, but it
was taken from him at the time he was
captured. 1t has ip spme way disap-
peared, as has also the second one. This
one belonged to John w. Scott. The
next highest price paid for q single
piece was 500 for q peculiar coin known
as the "Sommer Islands sixpence,"
copper coin which gives evidence of
having been plated.
Before we have got half way through
Lent the attitude of society people re-
minds one of the terrific fight between
Baron de Crac and the lion. The cham
pion firmly awaited the moment OF at
tack, and then deftly passing his stall
w8rt arm down the throat of the noble
beast, turned him completely inside
out It is worthy of notice that the
chronicle ends with the following beau
tifui remark "Et le lion erpira de uaor.
tJacdtion ct de doasleur." The lion in
the path of the women who guide and
adorn our society is, for the moment,
dullness. and the poet was right who
said: Born of goddess, Dullness
never dies" They are, therefore, serv-
ing Lent as the much mortified king of
beasts was served, and are already de.
vising future splepdors and means of
making life glorious. One form of po-
lite dissipation has come forward in the
shape of what is known as the bad
minton Club" The members meet at
q regimental armory and indulge in a
sort of battledore and shuttlecock game,
which is a capital hinge on which to
hang exercise and pastime. The wo-
men and girls all appear In bright and
picturesque dresses, making the effect
fine. Enjoyable times are had.
The fourteenth anniversary of the
Sorosis was celebrated at Delmonico's
on Monday evening. A delightful time
was had. At the annual election re-
Gently, the president, Mrs. D. G. Croly,
("Jennie June,") was reelected for the
eighth successive term. On the twenty
fifth of next month, the anniversary
of the frat president of the club, Alice
Cary, will be celebrated by an evening
entertainment at Delmonico's, at which
Mrs. Mary Clemmer, of Washington,
has been invited to give an address,
and for which several leading women
poets have promised original contribu-
tions. The existence of Sorosis and it's
quiet work, executed within its own
borders, is q credit to all women, and is
only possible through the cultivation of
copscientiousness and loyalty one to
another.
The latest craze among women of
wealth and fashion here is moleskin
coats. A prominent society woman
has the largest and most perfect MOLE
skin garment ever made. 1t ia com :
posed of twelve hundred akins and is
valued at 5000!
At fashionable dinner party the
other evening. given by a man to a
number of his friends, champagne was
heated and used as soup!
A large number of our bellies and
beaux have been staying during Lent
at Atlantic City, which is now termed
the "Spring watering. place."
At fashionable fancy dress ball re-
SAoAy 6AVSAA 4AS1Ss oAA0 OOStulAOS buat aU-
tracted the most attention were cock
and hen, worn by bride and groom,
who entered q room together. The
cock wore q bright yellow coat. q jacket
of white feathers, knee -breeches offawn-
brown feathers, silk stockings, black
shoes, and field marshal's hat, with a
cocks crest in golden feathers. The
hen was in white satin, covered with
snowy white down feathers, a plush
border, feather paniers made to resem-
BILE wings, and turned up as q train
she carried q tiny basket Gf golden eggs.
Quite new departure has taken
place in the matter of wearing jewelry.
Those who possess unmounted precious
stones now group them in various posi-
tions on the bodies of their evening
dresses. The most tasteful mode of ar
ranging them is in the form of flowers
AS for instance, amethysts stimulating
branches of lilac. diamonds or pearls as
field daisies, OF diamond lilies with gol-
don pistils. Some women prefer a
more barbaric arrangement, They
group their stones together without any
especial design aud regardless of color.
A very pretty and interesting exhibi-
tiOn of fans opened last Saturday at
the rooms of the Society of Decorative
Art. The collection ia considered the
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