The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-22

whore the merry workers are all alive,
eome space be must I'LL for good or III.
And when lifcs sum n added up
He must stand for one-if IL might have been.
Ali shame deep shame he HIS portion then.
M II Person IN Philadelphia Ledger.
MeIsngc.
What a fund for conversation the stage
and the actor furnish 10 hundreds OF peo-
pic who care for little else. This week the
tone OF conversation has been tinged with
Romeo hue on the girls side and aJuliet
dye on the part OF the men. In other
WORDS each sex has raved over the hand
,ome and graceful Montague and the ten
der raptures Of the fair daughter OF the
Capulcts.
The heavy tragedy Of the oth-Barrett
combination will 80 tinge society with its
somber hue that Mardi Gras comes at fit
time TO raise the spirits into gayer
sphere. The girl who cant dash of half
Of the balcony scene with some chosen
Romeo is no longer looked upon with eyes
akin 10 love. And the man who jests not
At scans, when won In woman's service
(cven in tobogganingl, no longer deserves
the title.
A pretty initiation Of this famous scene
was enacted NJ recent party, when the
last departing guest fingered 10 see the fair
Juliet (who is captivating in any rolel
drop her wrap 20 the lingering youth be-
low, who Immediately covered II with
kisses which were directly impaired TO the
fair maiden above.
II needed only the calcium lights and
the darkcned shadows Of night TO transform
tho scene into rpality.
II Is not often that We dwellcrs in south
land enjoy t7) 70 much Of winters icy
breath as 10 form toboggan and ooasiing
grounds. Never has sleigbing been better
in this section than during the past week.
The young people INDUCED In "A few
lives, and not content with once tasting
the pleasures, they again and again in.
dulgcd until Scared faces. bruised limbs
and torn raiments were the results. One
well known young gentleman suffered Sc
yercly nom a too close contact between his
facc and the frozen ground. One well
known society belle carries her right arm
in sling, while the black court plaster on
the chin Of another Is ample evidence OF
her sleiehing experience.
II the winters get colder and colder, as
they have been doing for several years,
there's no reason why We should not have,
after awhile, our ice palaces and tobognr
clubs and our Thermometers SOC below
zero. The northwest cant have every.
thing.
Northern visitors arriving In the city last
week wcro disguised 10 find that the In
nous sunny south IL but a replica of their
own icc-clad homes Instead oi finding
the palms and bananas, ~ they expected,
the Recovered ccdars and shrubbery gree
them. Wait ill We thaw out aud az the
survive itl W. promise better and fairc
sccncs.
The ''housc- warming" which general!
cclcbmics the advent OF new inhabiiant
In house. IL a timc-honorcd form Of en-
ter,ainmont and Is born Of the gcncmu
and hospitablc traits which 30 character
iEcd our ancestors Out Of this has grown
The various forms Of balls, parties, reccp
tons germans, teas, etc Tho list may b,
carried 10 indefinite extent, but the mos
far-sighie,l could even imagine that from
this would grow a barn and kennc
parry" Yet such was the affair given b,
wealthy resident Of Long Island recent,
on the completion Of his elegant stabl'
quarters.
We can imagine the horses and dog
Icing the hononcd objects of admir-
ing attention; also the menu which par
took Of honcy nature and n doggisl
character.
The next thing in this line might bc q
chicken roo~t and hcnncry tea" or
''duck pond party"
This reminds one Of the grand ball &
New York given by the united association
Of hotel walters and cooks, nj which rcsC
lutions no b. mo tips, no serve" VEN unaI
imously passed. There h. grand trus
formed among this fraternity, whose mott
b, panloxically, mo trust"
The cliamhcnnaids and baricndcm M
thinking seriously Of forming q similn
club, when woe be 10 the unvary traveller
who h forced 10 bow 10 their WILL
In Washington, where every one strive
10 find something new TO raw over, Il
morc often the ridiculous than the sui
lime. Among the recent additions To ia
diplomatic circles, Is the Conan cmbass
Of twenty people, who buri upon the "a
tonished Washingionians In all tho gol
gcoumcss aud oddity OF their custom,
We should like 90 reproduce the picture
oi some ~ these Oriental dgnaiarics, an
LET one zee whcfc the average nocicty pi
finds the points over which she gocs int
enthusiastic rapture. The costume II /
the shape Of an immense mcalbag. whic
covers the pcnon from the neck Ia M
ankles and falls over pair Of wide trou
en that would put the English dude
shame. On the head IL worn q sugar.lo
hat with immense brim. Frcqucnil
these hats are transparent, through whif
may be seen the cooled pig.lail Of n
owner Altogether the appearance il vel
much that 81 the typical farmer "lla,
seed, and 10 MS Americans, il cxircmcl
grotosque. Yet tho Washington sociei
girl declares this latest innovation 10 l
iust too sweet and lovely ior anything.
One Of the recent book productions
Spain, which finds a ready sale among a
CLASSES, h The Lousr's Gu,ds. In Il nj
all the systems Of hiraiions, the symho
Of howenl, etc. From the minister Of sia
down 70 the lowliest peasant, this book
IN constant une. In country like Spni
whose romantic history Is woven from Il
passions and loves " its people, Il 4 n
surprising 10 End this ruling passion lin
ing expression and learning the old rto
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