The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-01-23
4 CnARMlKG LETTER.
Mrs. Mamie Howse-StovalI Describes
Gotham in Winter The Gay City
is World in Itself.
NEW YORK. Jan %, 1903.

Since my last letter we have had
many very agreeable experiences III
this great, bustliug, thro0bing metrop-
oils which is the center of art and
fashion. The pleasant yuletide; hap
Ply New Year, snow storms; sleigh
rides; coasting; visits To the great
meueeum of art; the opera; services
in the large cathedral~. stroll through
Sacred Heart Convent; colleges, hos
pitfalls; the M0rgue; Tom0s; Stock
Exchange, and large factories; cX-
cursions 10 the Statue of Liberty and
Greenwood Cemetery and daily visits
to the large trade palaces 10 listen to
ench antlug music and incidentally to
view the elaborate manifestations of
rare importa,ions, has been the routine
of rapturous days.
The advance spring styles have
been displayed in endless profusiou
for several weeks. II does not look
like the eternal fitness of things to see
the airy, fairy much-ocduIIed lin
gerie and exquisite importatous i'm
dainty mcn-eelin and silk bodicps and
elaborate evening gowns with beau
uful, fluffy chiffon accessories in the
show windows, while the thermomc-
ter stands at zero outside, and every
one is muilled up TO their ears in
heavy fur-.
a bunch of ribbon roses or violets
added to the street costume or evening
gown is thu smartest novelty. They
resemble The real flowers 50 closely one
is tempted to inhale their perfume.
Those who have always spent their
winters in the sunny southland cannot
realize the joy and felicity OF q sleigh
ride in Central Park, New York, in
mid-winter. Wrapped in fur robes
and comfortably en-coused in a sleigh
gorgcously painted in crimson and
gold and drawn lay black praucing
steeds, with harness studded with |
jingling bells, we elided almost as
swiftly "a the wind over beautiful
landscapes, picturesque bridges that |
spanned the little lakes, and velvety |
lawns, amid the tall tret-, graceful |
shrubbery and rare blooming plants |
that were 80 attractive few weeks |
ago in their autumn tints, but now |
looked Is if they had been draped in /
a mantle of ermine. Every little
snow baden bush and twig glistened
III the sunlight like myriads of spark.
ling gems.
The happy throng in this fashionable
were in their most Joyous
mood, with glowing cheeks they
nodded gaily as they dashed by
merrily singing the little melody:
Jingle, jingle jingle, on we 60.
Caps and honuets white with snow,
Merrily, mertiy we glide along
With burst OF happy song, etc.
"When in Rome, do a. Romans do;r
likewise, when in Gotham, do a. the
New Workers do. Here the children
with their sisters and their cousins
md their aunts and their grand
mothers, with silver threads among
heir tresses, coast down the hill in
,cstatic JOY.
Only innate modesty prevents your
from sending a snap
hot that WAS taken while coasting, to
o be used among the cartoons of the
sunday edition of the Ocala Banner.
This afternoon we revisited the
Metropolitan Museum of Art which
has been greatly enlarged to accom-
nodate the many treasures that have !
been recently donated
As we wandered through the long
and brilliantly lighted art {
hambers with their priceless treas
Tres so admirably arranged, of every.
hing in music, art and science, from
he earliest history to the present day,
We felt Is if We had taken "A deep =
iraught from the fountain of knowl-
dye.
Here the student, the connoisseur
r the dillettante may study the time,
'lace and history of each exhibit and {
ind a wealth of knowledge that | !
Would take years of travel to acquire.
In NV next letter ! will Give an