The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-03-24

SOmeWnpt TOO late. tie WnlSled tne Alt |
"Weit till the clouds roll by. darling,
with an energy which might have been
praisewortby bad there been any clouds. |
The fashionable world is all agog over
the great fancy dress ball which Mrs.
William H. Vanderbilt will give on Eas-
ter Mon ay. For weeks pNst shrewd
minds have been at work designing new
dresses, new combinations, novel make
ups, aud there is no reason for doubling
that this will be the greatest event Of the
social season. The number Of invited
enests amounts to several hundred, but
there are three disappointed people who
were not asked to one invited. The
newspapers are making as elaborate pre-
parations to cover rs if the affair were
political convention instead of gath
ering of devotefs of Momus. The female
reporter will be here in all her glory, aud
what she will not be able to gush about
the costumes will not be worth knowing,
Decoration Day with us has supplant-
od the Fourth Of July entirely in import
ance. aud the festivities in honor of the
day are growing in extent from year to
year. This season the occasion will be
siRualizad by the opening Of The East
River Bridge to the public. The Mem
orial Committee Of the Grand Army Of
tire Republic, opened its Office and COM
menced the work of preparation yester-
day. They had conference with the
Brooklyn Bridge Trustees and it was de-
cided that the participants in the rro-
cession should be the first to cross the
structure which spans the river, and
which is now all but complete. excepting
the finishing touches. The procession
this year will be larger and finer than
ever, and one good thing about it will
be the fact that no advertising carts and
vans will be allowed place in it.
John Mathews, the sodn water manu-
facturer, died last week, and the papers
which make fuss about everything
scarcely noted the event, and yet the
man was typical of an industry which
has grown to remarkable extent within
the past few years. There were nearly
two thousand OF his employees at the
funeral service, showing to what an ex.
te 1t carhouized water is manufactured.
Whisky and soda yater are now the t~ o
staple fluid commodities. Those who
abstain from the former guzzle the latter.
am told 10y a lending druggist down
town that the consumption of soda water
amounts to at least twelve millions OF
glasses year. The trade is now kept O
going all the year round. Hot soda in
. winter is as familiar drink as ho
whisky.
Not for long time has the money
market been so tight as it is at present
and in consequence people with loose
cash have no end of opportunities o
making good and qnick turns on cal
, loans. was toli by the Secretary of {
leading banking institution that the othel
day when they needed block of money
they had to pay no less than nineteen I el
. cent. for il, and then he had to skirmisl
high and low to findit. Before Sprir&
I has fairly settled on us there will be hart
lines in many lines of business. IL
, spite of the buoyant air which every
D body tries 10 maintain prosperity is any
,hing but ASSURED. Mueh if not more o
I it i|only on the surface. There is nj
money in any business. Competition
r shaves the margin oi profit SO close tina
it requires millions of capital to run
D business in Il way to make money. On,
large dry goods and fancy goods hous'
which has the reputation of making NOR
money than any other firm in the SAM
. business, has had its employees in tn
9 dress making and millinery department.
3 ild eff since the frat Of January The.
F.. started portion of them on 18th inst.
+ but the bulk will have to remain idl
3 until the first of April. So much for tn
4 good times We are said to have.
And yet the laboring classes are FARM
better than they haye for some time, ant
AZ usual s,ikes for higher wages are oil
the tapis. There is not newspaper of
fee in the city where the printers areno
holding omiuous gatherings, AMI wher
preparations are not being made by To-
publishers to provide for any suddei
; emergency. Now that building is &c
lively resumed, there will be the usua
spring troubles with the carpenters an,
masons. The men are earning bette
wages than they ever did, yet contractor
are fearful of strikes right along. and no
one Of them would be much surprised I,
have his men make a sudden demand OF
him for more money.
Jay Gould is actively pushing hi
3 preparations for his trip around tn
world. The one thing however that b,
: dues not seem to know what to do will
, 80 NSS " ONND "TIoiNis hiO ~
, bad way there. The paper is losing
, money hand over Fl It. aud now the man
J agement has inaugurated a system q
= retrenchment rigid in the extreme. Th,
i editorial staff has been cut down one half
4 and prices for outside work have beel
reduced. Oae of the men who hav
. been declriiaied is the brilliant aud yer,
9 atil7 O'key Hall who WAS nominalIy th
: city editor but practically the executive
r spirit OF the establishment. Heis rest
a ing" at present as the theatrical peopl
! say. Probably be will go back TO tL
i practice of law. W. n check re,
: ctrttr this man has hao2 0nce one q
t the H. 5. brilliant aud eloquent pleaoer
Il at the oar, then a politician, Mayor q
Y the city, wanJeTer in an erra;ic manner
s aplny~right, lecturer and then newi