Morris tribune., 1882-08-31

TIE Inter-Nationag Military Rife
Match.
NEW YORK, Aug. %, 1889.
Match making mammas complain that
never in their recollection and experience,
has summer season been so dull, and so
unsuccessful as the one now reaching its
close. Manageable young men seem to
grow scarcer and scarcer. At the summer
resorts, and, particularly the wartering
places, beauty of face and figure, on the
part of the fair sex, is passed by almost
unnoticed, save by the unappreciated ogle
of the callow youths just budding into
that period of maturity, when the down on
the upper lip is the main object of the
owner. Conversational power has long
ceased to attract anything but the old
school" toward young ladies'; in fact this
is q dangerous accomplishment to possess
nowadays, for a girl that has the power
to talk on various subjects is apt to be
voted either a bore or bluestocking-in
either case she is al object more to be
Stunned than sought after. young men
are not what they used to be-" said very
charming lady to me one evening on the
piazza of the Oriental Hotel at Manhattan
Beach. She is on the sunny side of forty,
still beautiful, appreciative of the world s
goods, and very tolerant of the shortcom-
ings of the sterner sex, if they would only
have the good nature not to obtrude them.
The only thing to mar her perfect enjoy
ment of things as they come is the fact
that she has three marriageable daughters
whom, despite her and her daugters' com
bined efforts. she has thus far been unable
to place. "When was girl" said she,
young men could talk. They took
pleasure and pride in meeting ladies; to
be able to converse or even indulge in
small talk was an accomplishment; to
dance was pleasure, and to sing or play
an instrument were things for which every
young man with an aim to succeed tried
to fit himself. Now they are nothing if
not sporting characters. At Newport,
they follow the hounds or play polo, and
talk horse. AT Saratoga, when not at the
race track they are talking or thinking
about it, and at Long Branch they are
either discussing the chances of horses for
certain races, or they drive out and re-
hearse stable gossip. Now, while am
not opposed to young men being fond of
outdoor sports, l maintain that they
should not entirely forsake the parlor for
the stable. 1t is this proclivity Which
keeps men single. Then too there are the
restaurants and bar rooms who confirm
their inclinations toward single blessed
ness. With the delicacies observable ut
public tables, the fare obtainable in the
home circle, no matter how good, is not
good enough, and expert compounders of
drinks, yclept bartenders, do their share
in seeing that the foolish men do not
spend to much money ON others save
themselves
A sigh of relief has come forth from
the fashionable world, for the edict has
been issued from the home of La Mode,
France the beautiful, that the crinoline,
vulgo, the hoopskirt is not to be worn
1t was narrow escape indeed that we
had of the revival of the days of lovemak-
ing had to be done by signals, for close
approach between lovelorn swain and
maiden fair, was out of the question when
the adored one was surrounded by even
more formidabl defences than Horace's
triple armor of brass. The rage for
natural flowers as a trimming for ball
dresses and for the hair, still continues,
and small flowers are generally the ones
most preferred. The taste for private
theatricals, which grew SO strong at Long
Branch and other seaside resorts during
the season. is likely to keep alive during
the winter, and the amateurs will thus have
unlimited opportunities of infcting their
crudities and nerve" on their long suffer-
ing friends. A curious feature of the un-
dying desire for novelties, by the way, is
that banjo playing is being revived again,
and from being an instrument of torture
in the hands cf the negro minstrel and
the variety theater song and dance man,
| is becoming welcome acquaintance in
polite society. The piano is pronounced
vulgar, the flute horrid, the violin.a bore,
and the cornet nuisance. 1t is only the
dulcet twang of instruments which the la
mented Mr.. Gaily the Trubadour, played
SO we'll, that can soothe the agitatated
heart. An appropriate costume has of
course been invented for the fair banjo
twanger 1t consists of a skirt of ma
hogany red gingham, or woolen stuff with
a tunic Oh gaily fowered sateen in the
same shade. The hat has dashing and
wild appearance with a lot of impossible
! pleats, on one side, and most striking
feature is u brigand crown.
All is activity in the theatrical world.
The plaza in Union Square, swarms with
professionals. Last evening number of
theatres re.opened for the season. The
Black Flag had its first night at the Unicn
Square Theatre. The Blackbird chirped
at Harrigan and Harts. and Ranch 10 was
shown at TIavery's The Blackbird al
though voted success by the large audi
ance of first nighters, is not likely TO
prove such card as the Mulligan series
| for Harrigan & Hart. In fact the general
opinion is, that Mr.. Harrigan should have
| left well enough alone, and stuck to strict
American vaudeville, through which his
house and his company have become
famous. The piece is superbly mounted
and Dave Braham has furnished some
good music, but it lacks the familiar air
which patrons of this house have become