Middletown transcript., 1884-02-08
Correspondence Of the Transcript
FROM THE HUB.
BosroN. Feb. ID. 1884.

DOSION, L Gu 1u3 IOCH
If you want to meet real old-fash-
ioned, cold lunch go-to-church Sunday,
you ought to come to Boston. Every
thing has rest but the preachets and
street cars, and if you imagine for one
wild moment that you can get anything
at restaurant, you will be terribly
sold. 1t is really very interesting to
start off for visit to some old church
these bitter cold Sundays to a meeting
house with sacred and historic past
and an atmosphere below zero. Speak
ing of the historic past, don't know
Of any edilice that possesses more OF
that desirable quality than Kings
Chapel, where the Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table takes his weekly nap.
Its square, high peWs and tiny window
panes THAT do not change the color Of
Heavens beams so much as a good
deal Of modern theology recall the
fact that generations have sat in those
boxes and looked out upon the large
letters of the Lords Prayer or the Ten
Commandments, a prey to Doubt, to
Sleep, to Hunger, or that most tor
menting of little imps, known as Love.
You are recalled from these medita-
tions on the perpleXities of life by the
benediction, and leave the church
without any mental clearness regarding
the text, but with a haZy idea of
future life where you will meet a lib
eral number Of powdered wigs and
shoe buckles.
Mccullough is still the stately and
classic Roman as BrutuS or Virginius
but in the personation Of Othello-com-
parsons are odious | know,-neverthe-
less, Salvini is the only ideal Othello |
have ever seen. As to comedy, the
light opera of the Beggar Student has
had a good run, The Glass of Fashion
not so good run as it deserved, and
Confusion, one of the most uproarously
funny things ever saw, has been play
ing for weeks.
The Foreign Fair closed with good
deal Of comment favorable and other
wise concerning the corporation, and it
is my opinion that the unclean Frank,
Turk and Italian being unable to i'm
pose on the "rich but undiscriminating
American tried to impose on the
public by saying they had imagined it
to be national affair.
The Woman's Rights convention
meets soon, upon which occasion all
the sterner sex will be converted.
The steamship City Of Columbus is
still the theme of every tongue, but
Captain Wright, Of the ill-fated vessel,
is too ill to attend trial at present.
1t seems little queer that so many of
the C 'ossifers' escaped, doesn't it p?
a pleasant social event was the party
given on Burns birthday. A program
was given of Scottish music, followed
by an address by Governor Robinson.
Mrs. Joseph Cook lectured at the
New England Conservatory last week.
This institution from its handful Of
pupils twenty years ago has grown to
its present mammoth proportions
Among the teachers are names well
known in the musical circles of Amer
lea and Europe Mas, Otto Ben
dix, Alfred De Seve and Adamosky.
Mr.. w. Fl. Daniels, well known
throughout a number Of States, is a
favorite vocal teacher, his style being
clear, easy to understand and natural.
He has at present under his instruction
a young contralto of great promise, a
Miss Eva Hawkes.. Another teacher
of marked popularity is Mr.. J. D.
Buckingham, being highly intelligent,
systematic, earnest and patient.
RAY.