Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-04-24
FROM THE MONUMENTAL CITY
EASTER AND THE PLEASURES
SUCCEEDING IT.
An Interesting Melan9e About Theatri-
Gals, Fashions. Business. etc.---Tho
Death of HonJ oshua Yansant.
Spsciez Correspondence Of the Sentinel.

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Death of HonJoshua Vansant.
Spsciez Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 13.-The
fond hopes Of many ladies were blight
ed when they opened their eyes this
morning, rot on the bright, sunny
Easter mora, they had been led to an
ticipate from yesterdays beautiful
weather, but ON rainy April day.
Alas, the disappointments and cruel
heartaches. No man can understand
the arxiety and trouble of mind our
fair sisters underwent in picking their
new Spring fnery, which to-day was
to astonish and fll with envy their fe
male neighbors, and to captivate the
hearts of their susceptible male friends
and admirers, when they joined the
throng of premenaders, decked from
head to foot In the latest caprices and
agonies of dame fashion, after church
was out. The rain has spoilt this all.
Blessed is the man that putteth not
his trust in the uncertainties of April
weather.
The churches are all gorgeous in
the splendor of their decorations of
natures sweetest fowers-the services
were impressive, and the music in all
of them was rendered by increased
choirs and orchestral accomplishments.
AT last, the seven weeks of penitence
:are over, and the habitues of society
will again enter into round of Spring
sgyeties, and festivities. Weddings
will now follow one another in quick
succession, and balls, parties, and
Germans will help carry on the season
into Summer, when the Exodus to
Europe and other native watering
places will begin. The theatres offer
for Easter week extraordinary attrac-
tons and as Baltimore is peculiarly
a religious community, they will, now
that Lent is come and gone, do their
usual business which that season ma
terially interferred with. Speaking
of theatricals, We learn by cable to-
day, of Lawrence Barrett's enthusias-
tic reception in his first performance
of ~Yorick's Love-" at the Lyceum,
London, Saturday evening last.
Business has not been very lively
among the wholesale men here this
season. The Spring trade, it is said,
has been backward all over the coun-
try. Orders are HOW coming in how
ever and in the next few weeks the
.jobbers hope to retrieve what they
have lost thus far. The Spring styles
are numerous and varied. Gray and
brown in every shade are the leading
ccolors. Fine silk flowers will be much
used in millinery and most of the new
Spring hats are of English straw. Soft
French Naiasook, plain or embroider-
ed, and Muslin-de-laine will be Sum-
.mer fabrics. Parasols are large, and
trimmed with lace, coming in gay
.colors. The handsomest are either
embroidered or hand-painted These
ARE what the american Queen and
other society journals give, and the
ladies can rely ON such good authority
in making their purchases. Especially
as I notice, in your last issue, the op-
.ening of two such handsome stores, by
.one of your enterprising firms, and
from your account l should judge
their wants in that line, at least, might
easily be filled there.
Baltimore mourns the loss of Hon.
Joshua Vansant, who had been Mayor
for two terms (two years each,) and at
the time of his death, held the important
position of Comptroller in the City.
He was 80 years old, halter by trade,
and held almost every important politi-
cal Office in the gift of the Democratic
party of the State and city. He was
also Grand Treasurer of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. His
funeral, one of the largest ever seen
here, took placeon Thursday last.
The political sentiment here leans
towards Bayard or Tilden for Presi-
dent, and Blaine on the Republican
side.
The legislature before adjourning
passed q bill enabling the city to Gre
ate loan of 100000 for the Rich
mond & Danville Rail Road, by which
the merchants hope to secure better
southern freight accommodations, and
to do away with the determinations
made against Baltimore in freight and
passenger rates. AS it is, the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
tion now give 90 percent rebate to
passengers from the South who desire
to stop over In Baltimore and transact
any business. This had to be done to
compete with her rivals for Southern
trade, whose market should be, and to
a great extent is, Baltimore. This
bill must pass the City Council and be
put to a vote of. the people before ii
becomes valid. ORPHEUs.