The sun., 1884-10-12

tho plantation. and that the appropriate work
lie farm farm houses, u.s. - instead Of sHendinE tho bulk
OF their money In giving higher education to
such AZ crowd into the citlos.
THREE IN1EHEx1IN0 YOUN0 WOMEN.
A CITY Made Attractive ~ tie Presence Of
Mr.. Wilcox. Mile. Y~Ido- snA Aiss kracs.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: beg
leave to say that there are three note
worthy arrivals in this city. The first 10
AIrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. whom the obi
tor OF q ladies' magazine entertained on
Sunday evening. Ella has long been known
and enjoyed by the renders OF Sunday news
papers. although we have had her at sec
ond hand and by way OF tho Chicago Tribune.
which has been her literary sponsor and which
has given to the world yards OF her poems.
This use of long measure" is not in way OF
disrespect. but simply to convey An idea OF tho
literary fertility and fecundity OF this young
lady. who Is now only %. and whose poems
have been read these half a dozen years. She
is moro grlish looking than her ago would in
dicate. has very youthful expression. Is short
in stature. and Is we'll rounded. AT tho dinner
she wore n black silk dress with bugled black
lace tabicr over yellow satin. She wore her
honors gracefully. 1t would have done Wis
consn's heart good. and made even Chicago's
heart throb with pride. TO have seen her seated
in an armchair. with Mr.. James Pipes s whito
landt Palmer waiting patiently at the other.
while tho Marquis do Leuviile held the floor;
to the little lady u poem in her honor in which.
with many entwined sentcnces. he pictured tho
East with bowed head before the young and
ma sn hand IN o Nr s,asdara tns " I'm
Eli lila asserbes tRSs stern soddsss as the srsT T
to her muse and nov bidding her W,n farewell
presumably sent tho goddess packing and we
rsKrss since Ea WhssTr ha; Thpwn
doubtedly enable her to do more than she
ever yet has done.
there trips out tiny little figure that might
have Just stepped from Paris boulevard. She
Ths dress Is not %a G Sgh in I"
choker fashion which American women affect
From We %bSyo % yds the soa % o rsS sSr
turned back and fastened with II long slender
gold pin with a ruby and diamond head, there
about with a thread Of gold. rhe small head is
outlined by the crisp. short curs. nn,. the face.
from under high stiir hat with Il, long white
plume she shows s,lksn s,2ckinss and
sR%' Ss sour os rs' of to 'hSs ,ho f&n@ ass
tia! building. Mills. Yclio IS the "o,, de Su"Te
Of Mile, Nnuclin,. young Parisienne. whose
% na e5asan 'aY Is to be- thus s the story
goes. called " Le Penitence." This young lady,
IN S Of he
| tives and temptations Of her fortune. ami be.
GGp 9sars Of H"ass rs the so r ssD
cpated. it was only another step to persuade
| her iamily-thns the story runs--,2 permit her
under the care Of her old nurse, rean 'orced by
a comranion and interpreter. Nile. ravelaya.
. sIudio in, in the the, f1ep IusSs + snd Sssa%$
have not tho honor of Mr.. Badwins aclnaint-
ance. nor have ever had tn. pleasure OF see:
a. a -comfoptable looking western Gentleman.
with no trace Of Paris in the cut Of his whis-
SHOWS snow n2r That M e Yeao IS able to axe n her
| work independent of her traditions. and with a
resvfb below nc works On s she
brought with her for American, Inspection.
startling; Les Degs Bossn. had already
nss s"'H 81 IN. sGe and tells
IN, story ike amas'er The iigurH,s res, are only
Of The, town and the clumsy boor are csr,ainly
larger work. tho Temrtatiou OF 81. Anthony
| II you We're startled in the other room YOU get
| The sain, is on his knees, his fingers cIasped.
| his eyes bent downward. and tha tension Of
stSniinG Sta 6"binl him inl cuath M i the @rnI. tenn
| ucss n lnugling woman loosely dfnpcd ono
! finger ttrpIng the SAINTS BALI head. The com
| panlun explains that this work Was rejected by
the Sa ON as immoral. but this she adds was only
an excuse. The rreal reason was that they did
| not believe Nile. lcldO made n. rs she could
have easily hired some ono to do /, for her.
| The little lahy intends tn bc here n month. aud
| will then trave westward Ike u free and inl3-
pendsn,t, American girl. Wis ting the Badwins
At San Francisco and scceing all Of orr country
| will everywhere find her friends.
,s you m,sht hnye thomihS h the 1tncr HiSrn1H1n 1
Comedy Theatre, Hnli filed With young men
| and women with clean note books in their
snnd T tine eHsryn of isW b9na
! in the mir. It was here We awaited Miss Brace
Presently there came dnintiy forward 4 pret-
lily robcl Azure in gray with crimson h9wers
this wv was s'a cherry @ -cheeked lace. over which
Brace began in we'll m@d1Iaied tones = charm
ing lecture. on the Theatre Franeis and tho
Conservatoire. and tho students began to
scratch away At ther notes. she began hy com.
pairing tho Theatre FranGas to the respcnden
the amospic factory behind, and with rapid touch
| pictured the audience and stage. Her account o
saiy WSs S IN "H" asa sS,
placed before us the scene the genial Delauny
wdr e and rsyG sho
from Britannlsus, :. The Barber" and -" The
on small things following tho first and creates
demand q each instrrctorma trnctora definite conccp
tima o ", ~ hri bnum m9 , M,, sn' 81, ,h ho' ll,'
ssrvatoirs until Miss Brace recalled us to cush
| ions arms. and the comforts Of the future Ly
ceum Conservatory, There is much in /, tha
appeals to the pubic-the standard OF pronun
| citation that Is to be erected. tho fixing Of Amer
| lean English and its protection from foreign
accents, and tho modifying OF the American
catarrhal voice. It was, noble scheme IL,
| little lady skstched, and It, was not until sht
had made her Anal adieu and we were released
from tho charm Of matter and manner that tn.
| historic value Of the scnne presented itself
This Ia the age when tho Yankee schoolma' an
trains actors for The theatre. Miss Brace. un
I'll she went TO tho Conseryatoire in Paris. wa
q teacher at Vassar SYDlL
| Ranr Mr. LY aaS,A TrnIued Siesrs.