Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, Sept. s, 1890.

NEW YORK, Sept s. 1890.
Editor of Womans Ohrqhicle
Fall is in the air% and some morning ere long
the foliage will be all brown and yellow and red,
and we will know that Nature has once again pro-
dueed her brushes and paint-pots and dispensed
the contents with d lavish hand, and with degree
of skill calculated ITO inspire her children with
ardor and alteration. Imperceptby have the days
grown shorter, the twilight earlier and briefer, and
the Northern Summer has waned and finally the
holiday is over. But there is tonic in the air and
everybody is ready for work The Summer has
been an suspicious one in many respects, and
more than usually healthfu one.
The prospects that Labor Day was to be embit-
tered by one Of the greatest strikes faded away
The sun shone with just warmth enough to temper
the September breeze that famed the earth, and
everybody and his wife and little ones were out in
holiday attire to do honor to Labor's legalized
play-day. Societies of course paraded-what in
truth is there for societies to do by way of cele-
bration but to parade-and the women did what
women should do-look on and applaud and keep
in their own sphere, and to my mind, if the women
did not fill their very important part of the pro-
gram there would be no parade. But parading is
such innocent pastme, by all means let men
parade and let women look proudly on and rejoice
and be glad.
Judge Kelly took all the mothers and babies in
New York who wanted to go, to beautiful picnic
and excursion combined, one day last week.
Thousands and thousands of mothers and little
ones attended, and the boats were lashed together
and the band played and free lunch was served,
and grim poverty had no hand in the fresh air fes-
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every Summer for ten years, and graces it always
with his own presence. In all this busy world how
rare thing to find heart that goes out to the
poor-the poor whom we have with us always-to
the extent that its owner shall lend his personal
supervision to its unwholesome fragrant reality.
New York is said to be the most charitable city
in the United States. Vast expenditures are made
in organized charitable institutions. Every human
being is classified according to the affliction and
the humane society is constantly on the lookout
for the interests of animals. The last thing in the
direction of was about to say "dumb' animals,
though they are far from 'dumb"-is the found
ing of a cat hospital. This seems little like
straining at a gnat and swallowing camel, but
certain it is some one has succeeded in working up
an interest in Tabby and Tom, and all the feline
representatives. from the CORY, one-eared bellger-
ent to the tame and faithful stray mouser, are to
be gathered in, and New Workers are no Logger to
be charmed by the discord of their sweet sounds
in the graveyard hours of the night. Surely every
one should contribute their mite and then santa
rum should be located in the outskirts. Since
science has given its attention to rat destroyers in
an alluring form, Tabby has nearly outived her
usefulness, and only as a purring accompaniment
to singing tea kettle is she appreciated How