Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-10-07
ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Correspondence OF the Ledger.

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ST.. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. At is said
''Heaven sends what'er is best" 40
We are daily thankful for these sur
shiny days, dreamy afternoons aid
c.cui.ess nights. We feared t..e
attendance al the Exposition Tor as
the fashionables call it the Ex) might
materially lessen since Conclave week
has ended. hut the present week has
been an eventfui one in point of num-
bers. The musical programme was
delightful, Beethoven's selections
being the favorites. How sad it
seems when We remember he was
denied the pleasure of yer hearing
his compositions, and yet heaven
inspired him to give such pleasure to
others.
True to the instincts of my woman
hood 1 cannot bestnw too high praise
on the department under the name of
the Woman's Exchange, a noble in
dustry which has grown so marvel
ously in our midst, and whose success
is conclusive evidence of its popu-
larity and the generous approval Of
the public. We were glad to vel.
come again the fine exhibit of Powers
& Weightman, the great chemists, of
Philadelphia. The senior partner is
dead, but the firm will always bear
his name. Congratulations are show
cred upon them, not only for the
character of their goods but for the
beautiful order in which they are
kept. Mr.. Thomas B. Cook repre-
senting the firm, q gentleman of rare
social and intellectual attainments,
has a cozy little parlor to which all
are welcome. / ofttn drop in for a
quiet chat with him and listen while
he talks enthusiastically of the city
of brotherly love. and touchingly of
Mr.. Powers, a good man, whose
memory is still dear to him. My
family laugh at me for the estimate 1
place on the various souvenirs pre-
sented to me by the exhibitors either
given in a business OR social way.
Mr.. Cook says the best he can do Is a
bottle of quinlne, whose snow-white
:. surface reflected from its cut-glass
bottle looks far too beautiful to be
applied to the ills that flesh is heir
to. All pause to admire the mag
nifieence of Mermod, Jaccard & Co.'S
Ijewelry parlors. The four sides of
the building are replete with interest.
The two alcove rooms are exception
ally fine. Among the many pieces OF
a untold worth is a Margarine, a brohze
, reproduction of Haulbargh's famous
, picture, also o Bedown Chief in has
relief, either of which void grace the
: drawing room of plebian or patrician
Fashionable society is best represent
Ell on Friday nights, a decree of thu
Meads and Persians inexorable, OF
which occasions the broad naves ar,
~resplendent with culture and beauty
Youth, manhood and age mingt
q with the busy throng. As I sit AM
look, almost a stranger in that ltt,l
world of human beings, l find
strange pleasure in wondering villa
is, Or has been, the history Of eac
&c one before me. ! can almost folio
them through bright or shadowe
scents as they sought for wealth @
y happiness. All! age may yield u
wealth or fame bat there is no ic
like the golden prime of sunny you'll
u 1 know a sunny-faced girl, very dea
j to me, just j years old to-day. III
i poet says Shadows oft DER suunies
IL spots will creep" May the hour /
= long delayed before any shade
= darkens her present sunlight. N
y" attention is often called to the PHI
q tograph galleries, neve so eXtensi,
~ before. Such an array of tioautit
treasures, masterpieces r, iectii,
great credit on our city workme,
j" Since the closing of our last Exp
sltion one of our best artists h.
" passed into the silent land. II
~ studio is still OPEN and the work
his successor first class, yet there a
&" few who pass his display in the ca
" wing of the building without a sig
of regret to the memory Of the gre
Scholten.
No fairer, brighter scene could ]
IL offered the LEDGER readers than Il
" attractions of the present week. o.
annual fair, the grand illumination
of the boulevards, and the parade
;" the Yelled Prophet furnish materi
for a panorama which will leave
n impress forever on the memory.
Fay.
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.sDOes II Pay to be Honest"
- A labOripp man who 10 sshonp