New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
"BOSTON CULTURE"

DID ON ~ " IL "
TWO OR THREE PAIRS OF BLUE STOCKINGS.
IFRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSE.l
BOsTOV, March 1O.-The world would seem
stupid and prosy rthere we're eccentric people, and
ifevery woman especially did just her ne.shbOF
peced would for the Guirks AMI tsncies that
flourish intellectual Boston. New York sarists would
die OF inanition. But the real charm about "eulture
AZ profession its taciIe acquisition. aud when
attained the cultured jumps upon pedestal and
poses for child OF Parnasus Nearly all the Intelligent
population OF 3ost1n write want ID write rlsre Is
more literary TO the square inch than eau be
found 10 all the Of United States. simply because
the babies are brought upon diet OF pen ant ink
supplemented LATER by higher education" ami ltera-
ture classes There 10 q tradition that Boston girls
from their earliest hours subjected treatment
similar the Chinese foot torture-Ouly opposite in Its
nature-by which their brIns BE- expanded to a
proper degree o. recepvty for the intellectual food to
be poured into them later It wtsa Boston mother
who KEEP edition Of Emsrson's essays her nursery
table. that her children mtShJ De brought up the
same plane Concord philosopher ami lnbbs him
with their alphabet and their oatmeal The amaz-
ing part or this culture Is, that for all 10 exists
to such an extent. so few women amount to any
thing; they develop pretty talent, perhaps sufficient
to give them An entrance literary circles, and that Is
ALL The " Blue $50 king" Of former days
sembance the heaven tinted hosiery Of the present
moment. The society Sapph0 emlnenty moral though
her prototype not; she crammed full of social
preiudices ami could more be Bohemian than she
could a chiffon and strike Tyre on Boston Com
Three prime Incentives urge women who are
without into the h,ld Ut Jerlturetne necessity
otearnlng respectable living the desire to give vent
to their emotions and talk back" and craze
the petty tnat authorship. however obscure
may bring them. That have natural impulses
and decided for this Of thing not 10 De de-
Med yet matter now much clevernes. sne may pos
sess unless a George Eliot Mrs
Browning. the make believes AM shaIns VIII have
much the right Of way one WHO works
devosedIy aud we'll Take Mss Louisa NJ Alcot
for instance. she Is OF power
but with utt!s polish OF style, who fought naniuIy
gain hearing which Erautad her az last bat sue
has only written one important book Little Women"
touched the popular chori AMI coined her money
aud fame. To-day MISS AcOt supports her family con-
for:aby what has resulted directly AMI Indirectly
from that sngulary successful Little Women" Ths
Mss Aoott Is living In spacious old fashioned
house in LoIisbGrg square. She but little into
society, energies aud outside her literary work
beug devoted to her father WHO IS a paralytlc. No
better prices for her stories than Miss
Alcoit. Sac Is emphatcay woman's won She
doe. object men. but they don't Interest her
women do for whom she has always been warm
champion Miss Alcott always well and tastefully
dressed differing IN that respect from many Of her
guild She tall with strongly knit frame, and her
nrm chin keeu clear eye and decide mouth typical
VI her strong character and ndOmitabe will
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe who mas always been BOstOn's
literary tramp card, queen Of clubs 81 10 spsAk, has
dropped Of sight this wher. and her place has been
partially hlled by her daughter Mrs Julia r. Anaguos
Que oI the women OF the semi-nterary stripe - IFS
Annie Fields, who, since the death OF hcF husband,
James I. Folds has lived Ia comparative secluaion III
Chares-,t. house which Henry James mas graph
lculy aud Lrutufuly described the 1rst chapter OF
as BostonI.ns" Mrs. Fields rrposes Mr.
Feldss IIurels and dspenses Literary atmosphere to
what IS left OF tnAt Clique "hca tWeHy ears ago ldo
Boston "A "brainy ccntra' hrs Celia IhaNLrr FAIR
pdup and nity, and Mss sarah Orne JewcJt, with nar
dark, sonore face, are Mrs te;dss Arest IIeIs ana
almost constant companions. Nnen Mrs In4Xtet no.
painting JeIeetADe little figures ON china OF wiring
poems that have the Of the salt al through
IL ~ the latcrs mousse uudcr Mrs IhaXIers pat
ronage tuat some startling . matcTlAiL 'tlohs TOOK
place Last winter which scared every body haI 10 death
a. al poem in me Greek manner contributed to
lie AAGHtlc aud TO the pruct Of out door charity
I'M, year TneosOpAy has been the craI, and spiritual
Ism mas been rather LETT out IN the cold. owing
Mr., Cara ErsEne Cement Waters that Boston las
taken s hrsJ OF Bad h!sm A. eHpounded by Mr.
Gcbuardt. OF London. Mrs. Waters Is oue Of the literary
clique, u IS also bright woman Of the world Who
ts Pleasantly devoid OF "gush" and Boston ertuki-
Cosmopolitan IN her tastes, with sympathetic
husband ami a charming home, sIe ~ ao.a
to SKIM the OF intellectual society 10 whom her
doors nave Hospitality stood open eyer eAce er return
from abroad last autumn. Mrs. Waters LOOKS enough
IKE Queen Victoria ner twin sister, aud tnis
emOlLnce IA Increased By tue most Astounding DoHueLs
fashiOued By London mllin1r Herh"ui-Oooks OF
art undOuOed among ;nat class OF literature
one OF tue naturally gftet women To be constantly
society when she IS al her Boston h0me Is Mrs
Z Lou
maker who nss attained reputation beyond Jne
No OF the day writes sonnet a. she writes then,
hnish Of STYLE and that ogical insiSht which 10 rare
possession Ia her sex Her stories are metoere out
tnAt sue born poet deny. Inc faculty
OF poetic expression ia more clearly developed III her
than IN any writer who can now b. recalled.
sentimentaty the most generous appreciation OF
Others powers the prominent qualities of Ms A0u-
tons character sue is goyable her friends
aud they dock around her with unceasng devotion.
Although her home Is situated ~ the unia.hlon~be
south End quartet her Friday afternoons are at
tended by represeu atiOn OF tue best people in htera-
ture society aud We're It gallant to allude 20
adJs age, there could De no hsrul III tnat
| mrs MOuIton does not look hers. she Is blonde
| with redundancy or physical charms WhicA are
Of Partisan dressmaker. but In respect to mats she
shares with Mrs Waters proud pre- limos.
door TO Mrs Mouton Ives the newest or rather ae
youngest poet OF Boston, Miss Louise tmoTen quincy
SstSsushed himself in the late var Of the Rebellion
Fancy slender girl OF twenty-five with delicate feat
bsf,s IKE Byrop's rather small but dark weset eyes,
hat lime rautiy through CURING aud
YOU will see Quincy she appears nile talking tos
giUtr All Rason women wrinkle their brows aud .ook
worried aud Ender the peasauest auspices Snd
Miss Quincy ardent so merCuraI Cet That every
mpsce Of her face 10 In motion when she excited
mas stupepIous memory, and quotations. facts com
parsons aad dow from her pretty mouth in
body knows ao else dashed into the afternoon cup
OF tea without ceremony, and there IS no manner Of
doubt that should sne be asked 70 repeat tho n doom
Of tue ad would settle her on she bridge
Of her small uOse aud plunge INTO inc honeFie stream
amore. IL would DC TOO innen 20 eAPS. VL ISL,
literary that abe should dress Ike Iashlon pa'e
Is al atuctc IN pcbtiCO4ss auu
in com Portable rather than picturesque attire.
Another poet and writer Of repute is@s Nora Ferry
VINO while -" belonging" TO Providence K l., makes
RO-ton her T0i winter sue lie Oasklnx IN
the glory OF her nOvel"For Woman" IL - the hrst
novel she haa FORTH although stories FOR maya
zines and other publications. have LONG been her torte
Miss Perry 10 u successful Newspaper oouospondeut
hut In the making OF her chief delight and Al
ter the Bal aud several OF similar style and sehtment
have brought tleir ButhOr considerable fame. Miss
Perry Ia possessed Of wonderful GIT % mnlcry, which,
with her breezy critosms-nOt 10 say daring opinions
concerning people and snngs make her noat entertain
ing company In spite Of this streak OF independence,
however, 10 OF the most conventional or New
FuRlAndsPs In stature Miss Perry Is short aud plump
and her hair was OF golden tint, but time has
touched IL and The silver Line begins " DO unduIy
prominent While certainly not handsome Mss Perrys
originality Of expression and the agreeable quality OF