Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-25
RACE WEEK ATLOUIsvmLE.
The Enthusiasm of the Turf Somewhat
short of Its Usual FervOr-Other Cos
sip in the Kentucky Metropolis.


LOUISVILLE, May 21.-Although this Is
the middle Of race week, enthusiasm
seems to fall somewhat short OF its usual
fervOr. Derby day was a more unquali-
fed success than it generally is. Every
thing in the shape ola vehicle was pressed
into service, ice wagons, coal carts, ex-
press and transfer wagons, and even the
plebeian grOcer's cart joined in the incOn-
gruous procession along with the stylish
drag and glittering coupe. Churchill
Downs never beheld such an immense and
motley crowd gathered on its soft sward
in all the annals of the club meetings,
which goes TO prove that greater num-
Der than usual did not scorn to take ad-
vantage of a free day and i0stle along with
the great unwashed. Aside from this, the
spring meeting is running its course quite
tamely. considering that it is generally
conceded the most interesting event of the
year. quite overlapping the autumn races.
Clara Morris has iuet closed a most bril-
liaut engagement At Macauley's and left
To spend the summer at her home on the
Hudson. Ii was her first appearance in
Louisville for five years, and her coming
was anticipated as notable event. mas
much rs the kiratly spectacle of Excel
siOr'' tiZZled out in thin air after the most
gorgeous prOclamatiOns and assurances
that 10 would be on hand, Manager Macau-
lev looked around for some attraction
that would make the cheated public
forget its disappointment. And in
Clara Norris he found the substitute who
cast out the memory of the pertidious
kiraltys and their tinsel show. Her re-
pertoire embraced Camille" Article ~ -
and The New Magdalen.' the latter Of
which she played four times during her
engagement, and in which once seen she
Is never to be forgotten. Wonderful to
record. she did not have a single fainting
nit. nor 50 much as one little hysteric
during the entire week. Not that she
escaped without some suspicion of SEN
satiOn; of course something was bound to
happen 10 Clara MOrris-She would have
seemed like an imp0st0r if she had gone
calmly through without an accident Just
like any one else. She burned
her hand at one perfOrmance-One
of those exquisite little hands-aud
had a chance u show her herOism mas
much as she didn't cry. Another time
she kept swallowing draughtS from
glasses. scattered about the rooms every
few moments all through the scenes and
held her handkerchief so constantly TO
her face that some, who began to think
she was Screwing up her physical powers
of endurance possibly with absinthe, soft
ened down into the charitable conviction
that the great Clara had q tOOthache, to
which genius succumbs like common
clay. Miss Morris dressing is superb
and 70 her credit be il said she showed Us
all her rich costumes. \ large number Of
stars reputed with vast possessions in
costly toilets. when they get TO Louisville
1iutter around in all their shabby old
clothes as though we couldn't appreciate
their ilnery.
A SLIGHT EFFERVESCENCE OF SOCIALISM
has recently rippled the current of events
In this city, usually 50 little given to APP
prehensiOus Of such disturbing influences.
\ week or two since a pOmpOus and eX-
citable circular was sOWn broadcast over
town, calling upon all trades unions and
knights OF labor to confederate and ''bOy-
cOtti a certain shoe mandatory in the
city. together with a formidable list of re-
tail firms handling the goods of this fac
tory. The plea Is that this manufacturer
employs foreman from the East and
Ia ds not belonging to the unions, and
,,-Io Vt-o~s for Chinese wages. The spot
ted firm make a fiat denial of all these
charges. and no one can tell the animus
Of the proceeding. Though it aces not
publicly appear, il is believed the circu-
lar is the work of the Knights of Labor,
an organization which has silently grown
composed Of the best class of WOrkmen.
The word boycott" is the mischief that
makes the blood run cold. just how the
gallant knights intend to interpret it is
one of the most interesting mysteries of
the hour. Whether it is to be fire and
sword, or dynamite, or ''cOld piZen," no
fellow can ind out. In the meantime, be-
yond this awful threat there have been
no further demonstrations; the knights
seem content to rest awhile on the merits
of their circular. So at present all is
quiet on the OhiO-nO midnight torch. no
dull thud of exploding missiles. This is
the first organized outbreak of the kind
that has ever dared the light in this quar-
ter. and no wonder our easy-going com !
I; L. 49, was startled on It's feet:
Our Humane Society, which is doing |
its best to spread a protecting wing over /
the dumb brute. has found itself suddenly /
in some uupleasantly warm water. 1t
has lawsuit Tor $1,000 hanging over it,
which. if successful, will burst it finan- |
"'~''~ Somo''~~@ go man was seen
Violently and cruelty beating a horse
while driving il through a public street.
He was promptly arrested at the instiga-
tion of a member Of the society and nned.
He AYERS in his petition that he once
owned the horse, which then had good
gait. but sold it. Its new master
found it becoming balky and UNI
rulv. and returned 1t 10 the
former owner, desiring him to correct Its
gait. While engaged in this process on
the thOrOughfare he declares woman
shook her fist at him from a carriage
window, and from that he dates all his
troubles Immediately followed his ar
rest and fine. the informer no doubt the
woman with the fist. He prays damages
TO the aforesaid amOunt. As an Organi-
aa-. sell - cd
ding clothes, and as II was not born with
a silver spoon in its mouth the suit,
should il 20 against 1t. viii be apt 70 lay
it out "a bonnie corpse
MISS MARIA PARLOA, THE GREAT COOK
IST,
has Just wound up a course Of lessons
which she has been giving to asplrdnts
for culinary fame for several weeks in the
rooms of the Y. VI. c. y. buildings. One
result. and the main one, Is that MISS
ParlOa had a handsome sum 10 her ac-
count when the class dlsbanded-and tnat
is about all. People have run wild on
the subject of cooking fashiOnably for
half dozen years, and with the whole tribe
of travelling professionals at hand TO give
impossible instructions in hourlshing
manner. il would be perfectly safe TO say
that no hOusekeeper knows anything more
about the art or science to-day than she
did before she ever sat AT tue leel OF MISS
COrson or Miss ParlOa. The exhibiting
cook stands before an oil stove on table,
chiefly bent on showing bow clean she can
keep her apron and cuffs; select from bill
Of fare swarming with French terms one
or two compounds that ought to be nice
since they have such elegant names, and
distributes them amongst her pupils to try
their skill upon. When finished they
usually turn out TO be some well-knOwn
dish with a new name and spoiled by use
less ingredients or something that not one
person in fifty would care to taste twice.
The woman who cannot learn to cook
with the hOmely old cOOk-bOOks and the
experience that comes OF many failures
before the GROWING success, has no real
desire and had better go back to painting
butterflies. There is a private class Of
young girls in this city who organized
several winters since for real improve
ment IN the art, combined with amuse-
ment, and today they might put Miss
Parloa on her mettle without half try
ne.
Louisville has her public art gallery at
last. Ii is in the Polytechnic Institute,
and was formally opened for the first time
Al. Na.Fs. ,rrs~,