The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-26
G0THAM'S DIVERSIONS.
WHAT NEW WORKERS HAVE TO
AMusE THEM DURING LENT.
Amateur Theatrioais-rhe DOG Show
The Orchid Crsze--Ths Arion Ball
A Fine Art Coilection--Josef Hofmanp
and His Managers.

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'peci u'orle1ponneaee =, ino Appeal
NEW YORK, req. zz.-Ihough II Is very
generally believed that the season of SACK
cloth and ashes should be devoted to fast
inc opd ,,rovo. vor, fav hara sra ~ tho
o,,;n;a,, ~ - 40 ~" 100 ~ ~, ~
op'"o" 'i,"' oociai enjoynen' Shouu w
iorsworn during that time. True there are
no dances on-that is as far as fashionables
are concerned-but then society substi-
tutes amateur tbeatr;cals and fever;sblv
no,ror;vos tho A. sha,.'''A.' ~ .,,,s,o'.,
i.sS.N e oo'' o ''"'eu.
performances inns week twhere they ask
20 Tor parquette seat) an orchestra COM
posed OF swell society women headed by
the daughter of Mayor Hewitt will be
heard. The nlav IN no nresertad % Tho
work Of Miss Marbvrv q Eew YorI w"man
and il 10 be acted nv The ',nost' ,nrom;nent
amateurs with the assstance Of two If tbs
members Of the Lvceuy, ',orn,,,nv Tina
title of the play il NContrast.
The dog show attracts the very hest set
10 tho Madison SQUARE garden and tbere
one NAV spend an interesting hour with
tho Beauty and the Beast lively racket
goes on most Of the time. for there Il LITTLE
rest between the staccatoed explanations of
the black and tan and the sonorous lower
register of the aastifIs and great Danes.
The colles and dachshunds are with the
English bloodhounds prime fayorites. so
much cannot be said for the Newfound-
lands, who manifest the worst possible
taste when any one makes a friendly DEM
onstration toward them. Visitors us rule
don't 90 very near them; still they are far
from being hall so uninyiting as the dull
white individual with the sardonic express
sion on his lower Jaw who is labeled "Bull
dog-dangerous." This poor little doggie
is never fondled.
A large exhibition Of that ultra fashion,
able flower. the orchid. in its numerous
varieties. is going ON at the Eden Museo
under the patronage Of some OF our ultra
fashionable women. The attractiyeness of
the pretty flowers and the fascinating
music of Erdelyi Naezi's Magyar band il
enough 10 crowd the place without con-
sidering the wax works.
lThe gay balls are lust now In season.
and after the somewhat staid and proper
Iiederkranz of about n FORTNIGHT since
came the Arion ball last NIGHT. III other
institutions In New York have undergone
change in the last half dozen wears. 40.
too. have the great public halls. The
Arion ball used to be the liyeliest. payest
and most enjoyable OF the season. There
one could sec the dainty fraulein and
the sturdy bauer-madchcn surrounded
by the most varied and beautiful
costumes. An amosphere Of iollitv and
unrcstrained mirth peryaded EVERYWHERE.
Fancy costumes are rarely seen now. and
women wear the Conventional hall dress.
lacking. however. In conventional fresh.
ness-tbat Ia the dress. The men. or AZ
least the better class OF them, walk aim
lessly about acting as spectators rather
than as participants. and Il Is only in tho
supper-rooms that there Is any real life or
spirit. and there's not much of il even
there. General lack Of life is what II tho
trouble EVERYWHERE now In business and
pleasure alike, and the relation Of one 10
the other Is readily felt.
A splendid collection of pninlines Is be-
ing shown this week Of the Orgies gall
leFies in Fifth avenue. and will bc sold
next Tuesday night in Chickcrinc hall. IL
is the Albert Spencer collection. and com.
prisrs about sixiy-fiye fine examples OF the
best modern painters. 4hc superb. Millpt
Il represented hy halfdozen works. Willis
Breton Moissonier, Gerome .Dupre, Diaz
and Others each have several pictures. Il
is noble collection, and hut for the pre-
dominance Of landscapes in general, and
Diaz in particular, would compare favorn-
bly with some OF our Justly relcbrasc,l art
exhibitions. II il claimed that the pic
lures represent value Of oycl $3.50, 900,
and much curiosity aud interest IL flt In
tho forfbcomio0 aale II IL mn aeiuhliskcd