The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-06-14
LETTER FROM PHILADELPHIA.
Ths Delights of Garden Parties-A Bad,
Bad Boy-Heayy Weight and Tasteful
Faney--Lucas Hirst's Nork-The
EStreefs and the street Cars
Re-
PHILApELPHIA. June Z, 1882


among people who have pleasant patch
of ground attached to their homes and
are fond of entertaining their friends
There are very few stringent rules to be
observed in giving garden party. This
form of festiyity is very much the same
as our forefathers and mothers knew by
the name of "taking tea in the arbor.
They had it in plain way and with only
such floral decorations as were naturally
to be found on the premises. The garden
party of o-day is much mole elaborate
lot of grotesque Japanese lanterns, and as
elaborate dresses as hosts and guests
choose to indulge in To this may be
added a repast as magnificent or other
wise as may be desired There is more
freedom about IL garden party than in
almost any other kind OF entertainment.
Included in this is the freedom to catch
cold on the damp ground in the chilly
night air, and to lay in stock OF pneu-
monia and all that sort of thing. In fact
this is as inevitable consequence of the
garden party as the small boy regular
indisposition is on the day after eating
his fill of Christmas mincs pie and turkey
in season.
THE WOES or A DIME SHOW.
That was a queer prank which the
Juvenile, one-legged ex janitor of medi-
cal museum on Chestnut street, took into
his head to play. For some reason or
other not satisfactory TO himself, this lad
had been discharged. Therefore he re-
solved to make himself even with the es-
Enlistment So he made the most of
the quiet of.Sunday afternoon to climb in
the back window and commit robbery and
murder The former he did by rifing
the trunks of the living skeleton, the very
fat woman and the spotted colored boy
who is turning white. The latter was by
wringing the necks of certain eockatoos.
After having demoralized the show as
much as lie could, this wicked boy fled,
not stopping to consider how soon justice
would oyertake him. When he appeared
in Court the various phenomenal and de-
formed creatures belonging to the show APP
sight was one of the most strangely in
teresting of any seen in Court for many
years.
TON OF PAPER.
For people who use but a few quires Of
prettily tinted writing paper at a time, it
/ is not usual 10 think Of the enormous
/ quantity of this luxury needed to supply
the many thousands of people, each OF
whom must in like manner use little,
But the requirements of the pIesent age
for all this kind of thing are very great.
Only short time ago, Bailey. Banks X
Biddle's department Of fine stationery
took in Mt one time a ton oil elegant writ
ing paper of various styles and shades.
For the use of a daily newspaper this
might not seem much, for the greedy
lightning presses soon use il up IN rolling
off the regular editions. But it must he
remembered that all the beautiful paper
making up this ton, is cut into note
sheets and envelopes, and used in cores
pondence Most Of the tinted paper is
used by ladies, although gentlemen also
use much Of It. In former days it was
z.s.sse 81 90 vdfted paper, but il is not SO
now. Almost everybody bias his or hel
own monogram on regular correspondence
paper. The designing of these mono.
grams and the cutting of the dies are in
themselves u large business. The extent
of the work involved in this and kindred
elaboration of tasteful ideas IN regard to
paper may be judged of by the fact that
Bailey's stationery factory and warerooms
occupy the whole of large four-story
building not far from Twelfth \ Chest
nut. The large window in the store facing
Twelfth street. is now devoted to the dis
play of beautiful things in stationery
fancies, and is indeed us attractive as it is
beautiful.
Lucas Hirst was an eccentric sort of a