FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1872
OUE SUNDAY EVENING LECTURE.
The lecture at Oro Fino Theater on
Sunday evening was largely attended,
and proved successful far beyond our
anticipations. As an impartial report
from the local columns of the Herald is
given elsewhere, it is not necessary even
if it were admissible for us to say more.
Our next lecture will be upon "The
Social Svstem and Christianity."
AHEADJ3F TIME.
As the entire force of the Jsew
Northwest wish to realize the full
benefit of the good things of Thanksgiv
ing, we issue the paper this week one
day ahead of time. There is no other
class of persons whose duties are so reg
ular as are those of the newspaper staff!
Editors and printers alike must endure
the treadmill routine, and It is but fair
when other people are ofl for a holiday,
that they too should have their share of
freedom.
MBS.
"WITHEEELL'8 SENSATIONAL
DEAMA.
"We were very sorry wc were out of
the city when this play was upon the
boards, and doubly so since the reporters
on some of the daily papers are so mer
ciless in their burlesques. It is well
known that authors have a very poor
show for justice in their own locality,
as any effort by them must bo far above
the. average to be at all appreciated.
Friends tell us that Mrs. "Witherell's
play is quite up to the average of popu
lar sensation dramas that appear upon
our stage, and from the plot as depicted
in the Orcgonian wc sec no reason why
it is not equal to "Itosedale" or the
"Octoroon." We learn that Mr. "Wal
dron did not appear in the play, which
doubtless accounts in great part for the
partial failure. Xotliing is easier than
for performers to kill a meritorious pro
duction by cart-lessor indifferent acting.
We do not accuse our Portland company
of falling to attemjd to do their best, but
if anything can be learned from the
Herald's burlesque, it is that they did
fail.
Mrs. Withercll is a lady of no common
talent. She is bravely struggling
against discouragements that would
cause most men to become drunken and
profligate in her endeavor to cultivate
her acute literary tastes, and, if possible,
become financially successful in the
world of letters. With a family of help
less children claiming her constant at
tention, and for which she performs
household duties with true motherly
devotion, It is to us a great marvel that
alio can do half as well as she does.
Hamper a Shakspeare like that and he
couldn't begiu to write "Fay," to say
nothing of "Macbeth." Therefore, we
say to Mrs. Wilherell, persevere. Your
immediate cares will be less by and by.
Cultivate your talents and In due time
you shall reap if you faint not.
"WE'BE SOHAPPY!
If there is anyone thing that gratifies
our editorial heart above all other bless
ings, it 13 gratuitous information. Our
soul thirsteth for knowledge, and when
we get it from an unexpected source like
the Plaindcaler we're so happy we can
not suppress our rejoicings. Listen, oh,
reader, and help us to return thanks:
To Mrs. Duniway and the other female poli
ticians who labored so zealously for the Phila
delphia ticket, because the pi at lor m recognized
woman suffrage, we commend the action ofthe
Kovrrnment officials towards Susan B. An
thony. The telegraph Inrnrmsusthatshewith
fourteen lemales were last week arrested In
Jl!l!rV N V'. ,mdr ,hc 'Ifctkm law of
tl5 'J''T """"S HIcKal votes, and thein
Si?rsY.,10.relvHl votes were also ar
Jhe'l. wwtf "I"?""1 ;jwtpone.l until
llieZtth. We will Join wtth Mrs. Dunlwnv in
characterizing this asanactoi base Ingratiuui le!
-now, whether
friond no pun,
our J'luindeal-iug
pon honor meant
female women
by those "fourteen." or
whether he would have us believe those
"females" were cats or cuttle, does not
appear; but as information makes us so
happy, we will try to remember the
golden rule and return the favor that
our brother may also rejoice.
feo far from "Mrs. Duniway charac
terizing" Miss Anthony's arrest as "an
act of base ingratitude," she is, like her,
well pleased that that estimable lady
will now be able to get her citizenship
thoroughly tested in the highest Na
tional tribunals. This is what she has
been working for, aud we very much
mistake the New York Judiciary if it
tiocs not decide beyond possibility of
further controversy, that a peculiar sex
U no necessary qualification of a voter.
IS HEJDAET ?
We judge by the tone of the Olympia
Tribune that our friend Mr. Prosch has
sufficiently recovered to be again able to
drive the editorial quill, and we also
learn from his writings that he has not
sufficiently recovered to be able to
discern the truth with his former clear
headedness. In his weekly issue of
Nov. 21st he speaks of Woodbull as the
"twice elected President of the National
Woman Suffrage Association." No
man with a clear brain would be guilty
of such a ridiculous blunder. It is well
known by all readers of current news
that Woodbull has never held any kind
or office in the National Suffrage Or
ganization; nnd we feel sorry for a sick
man who lets his imagination lead him
into such egregious errors, espcciallv
when no steady-minded friend is near
who can prevent him from casting his
consummate ignoranco broadcast upon
the community in the shape of vapid
misstatements and incoherent false
charges. We have half a mind to
remove to Olympia at once. Somebody
otiglil to oversee that man.
We regret that we were unable to
attend Edith O'Gorman's lecture on
Monday evening. A very racy account
of it is given elsewhere, from a school
girl's standpoint, to which we call the
reader's attention. We understand that
thehall was crowded, ns Italways Is when
Edith speaks. Success to her.
THE LEOTUBE HELD.
We had the pleasure last week of
agaiBisiting Lafayette, the locality in
Yamhill where so nianv Oregonlans
got their start." Of course we had to
give public lectures, and of course we
had no objection to doing so. The Court
House was well filled on both evenings
by our friends and old-time neighbors, to
whom we spoke by special request,
first upon "Incidents and Reminiscences
of our Eastern Journey," and again upon
a "Week iu Salt Lake City." Our
political protracted meeting was post
poned for the present to give oppor
tunity for the feud of the last contest to
effervesce a little further, but we're
going to Lafayette again.
St. Joe, the present railroad terminus,
situated about two miles above Lafay
ette upon the Yamhill River, bids fair
to rival the ancient town in a very short
time.
The residents of Yamhill county are
wide awake on the Woman Question.
Many whom we found hostile to the
movement one year ago are now its
warm adherents. We gathered many
new subscribers and hurried home to
our Portland fold with spiritual strength
renewed and worldly prospects consid
erably brightened.
LITEBABY NOTICES.
Godcy' s lady's Hook. 'Tq December
number of this magazine Is now upon
our table. We never know just how to
say just what we think about this ele
gant production. We are always aston
ished at its marvelous variety of
illustrations, the excellence of the lit
erature, the correctness of its fash
ion plates and the low price of its sub
scription. A chromo, "Our Darling," is
offered to every subscriber, whether
single or in clubs. We offer Godcy in a
club with the 2sew Xoutiiwest, "Our
Darling" included, for six dollars, cur
rency. Arthur's Jfomc Magazine. Tills pub
lication is well styled the best of the
S2 00 monthlies. T. S. Arthur's new
premium, "The Three Graces," a steel
engraving, is a perfect gem, and is
mailed to every subscriber, whether
single or in clubs, on receipt of the cash
Weclub with this excellent maguzineat
$1 50 per year (coin), engraving in
cluded. 2?ow is the time to subscribe.
Dcmorcst's lirlor Magazine.
attractive and splendidly illustrated
monthly offers two elegant chromos, the
Falls of Niagara and Yoscmite Falls, as
premiums to every yearly subscriber
who remits S3 00 and 8 cents to pay
postage on the pictures. We club with
Ibis periodical for six dollars per year
currency, including premulms, for
which S cents must be remitted to
prepay postage. No order of this kind
attended to unless the cash accompanies
it, and no subscriber to the New
Nohth west must expect to count her
old subscription in a new club. Several
times ladies have written to us, sending
SI o0 for Arthur's Magazine, because
they were already subscribers to the
New Northwest. We cannot fill such
orders hereafter. We do not even get
back the postage we pay in such cases;
but send the money according to adver
tisement and it will be attended to at
once.
STYLE 0T DBESS.
It seems strange that in these days of
variety and adaptability any lady
should commit so great an error as to
dress unbecomingly; yet daily we meet
those who either have no comprehen
sion of propriety, or else knowingly vi
olate the rules of suitability, for the
mere sake of being in the fashion.
The study of harmony and conforma
tion to figure and face is more essential
to a fine appoarancc than solid cash;
since no matter how elegant and expen
sive the dress, it but calls attention to
our defects, if lacking iu the above
named essential.
Some very desirable hints we extract
and recommend to the consideration of
our readers :
No intelligent lady will ever adopt
anything in opposition to her style sim
ply because she may admire it, or be
cause it may be becoming to some one
else.
It is always better to err on the side
of simplicity than of novelty and ex
travagance. As a rule, plain, self-colored materials
are the most becoming. Unity of color
imparts an air of dignity, and, there
fore, should be preferred by all but very
young ladies.
Different shades of the same color are
admissible, the shade of the over gar
ment being determined by height. For
instauce, a tall lady may lessen her
height by selecting the lighter shade for
the over garment and a jetilc lady in
crease the same by the contrarv ar
rangement
Horizontal striics apparently increase
the size and diminish the height; per
pendicular stripes have the contrary ef
fect Checked materials betray every defect
of the form very plainly.
Loose fitting garments are becoming
alike to very stout and very slender fig
ures. On the contrary, ticht fittimr car-
mcuts are only adapted to medium fig
ures. The waist may be apparently length
ened by arranging the trimming en fu-
telles, cutting it in deep points In the
front and small basques iu the back.
Garments in the Waltean style are
becoming to slight figures. Dresses in
the Gabrielle style are again fashiona
ble and becoming to nearly all figures.
High shoulder trimmiugs, puffs on the
sleeve-top, and sleeves full at the top,
impart additional width to the shoul
ders. These styles should be adopted by
those possessing low, drooping shoul
ders. The style of the sleeve Is of great
importance. A sleeve trimmed very
full on the lower part diminishes the
length of the arm, while a plain, tiglit-
i fitting one has a contrary effect.
ANSWEBS TO COBBESPONDENTS.
Sarah IL, Albany: Very passable im
itation Valenciennes laco collars can be
procured In this city for from seventy
five cents to three dollars, owing to size
and quality. It is not considered "un
ladylike among sensible people" to
wear so-called "Imitation" laces. Half
tho ladies who profess to wear the "real
article only" are themselves deceived.
Resides, the only practical difference
between the "real" and "imitation" is
that one is made by hand, thereby
weaving the very life blood of its maker
in its many meshes, while tho other is
manufactured by machinery, and
though less durable, is very good of its
kind, and is so much more reasonabla
in price than the other that it is within
the compass of tho means of the poorest
woman in the land. Then do not worry
because you are unable to procure "real
Valenciennes." Many af our leading
ladies wear the woven article, and we
commend their example aud good, hon
est, independent sense.
Jenny F. K.: We could not by any
means afford to purchase your produc
tions. You may in time receive pay for
your writings, but not until you have
become famous; so, if you have not the
spirit of a martyr blaziug in your bos
om, we beseech you do not persevere
with the expectation of reaping pecun
iary benefit from your labors with the
pen.
S. R. L., Dayton, W. T. : Your order
for renewal to New Northwest, dated
Sept 27th, has just reached this office,
having been returned from the dead let
tcr department. We aro rejoiced to re
place your name upon our list, and hope
ere long to hear from you again.
A country subscriber: Your saniple is
called "buffalo brand alpaca." It is
very durable and well worth the price
one dollar per yard. It will require fif
teen yards to make a skirt and polo
naise trimmed as you desire, with box
pi eatings and bows.
Edward: Your article is too hastily
written and does not do you justice. If
wc had time and opportunity we could
show you why; but we know you would
not be satisfied with it if we should
print it.
Geo. E., Waltsburg, W. T.: It means
that a mistake was made; that's all
Thanks for calling our attention to the
fact.
R. A. O.. Roseburs: We did not re
ceive the lady's letter, and do not uu
derstand what matter you refer to.
Mrs. M. C, Newport: Your paper
was scut through mistake to Newport
R. I. Sorry.
Martha C, Corvallis: We do not
know.
Mrs. M. J. Salem: It Is Immaterial to
us.
TEEBITOBIAL NEWS.
A number of new buildings are in
course of erection at Seattle.
Potatoes are selling in Olympia for
eiglity-se ven and a half cents per bushel
Thesteamer California, on lier last trip
from Portland, took -131 tons of freight
for various points on the Sound.
The Walla Walla Statesman claims
that McFadden's majority in tho Terri
tory is over 1,000.
The Unitarian Society at Olympia
netted about $90 by a concert on Tues
day the 18th. This society are talking
of building n church.
The Olympia Tribune has the returns
from fourteen counties of Washington
Territory, showing 3,311 votes for Mc-
Fadden and 2,520 for Garfielde.
The Colonist says the laying of the
new cable wire from San Juan to Lopez
Island was completed on tho ICth inst.
and the first through message was sent
on that day.
A large number of indictments have
been found by the Grand Jury, now in
session at Olympia, mostly for violation
of the gambling law and Revenue laws
of tho Territory.
Washington Territory is shipping cat-
tie, sheep and hay to Victoria In con
siderable quantities. $3,140 worth of
these articles were landed by one vessel
making two trips week before last.
At the city election at Stcilacoom on
the 4th inst the following officers were
elected: Mayor, P. Ketch; Council men,
Wm. H. Wallace, Frank Clark, A. C.
Campbell, Adolph Packsher, James
Ross, Robert Thompson, F. C. Miller;
Recorder, Frank Spinning; Treasurer,
Isace Pincus; Marshal, James E. Wil
liamson; Assessor, Samuel Roberts.
The following Is a summary of the
business done at tho Land Office at
Walla Walla, since its establishment
July "111, 1871, to November 1st, 1872:
rour hundred and two pre-emption ap
plications filed, for 48,040 acres;
140 homesteads applications filed, for
1G.SG4 acres; 154 cash entries, for 10,002
acres; oG final homestead certificates
have been Issued for 8,205 acres; 220
acres have been located with military
land warrants. Total number of acres
disposed of slnco July 17, 1871, 00,121.
The Seattle Intelliacnccr takes eiepn-
tion to the various reports that have
been lately put in circulation relative to
itie morals or that town. Jt says: Se
attle is not a vast brothel, neither is it
an unfit place for men with fami
lies to reside In. nor neither is It an un
godly, debased aud dissolute place, or
anything like a blot or disgrace upon
tue civilization or the nineteenth cen
tury. Nothluc of the kind.
we have here six churches, which are
wen attended every Sabbath, some
eight religious societies, a University,
and three public schools, which would
be a credit to any place, a public library,
several ministers of the gospel, lawyers
and doctors, the same a3 elsewhere, en
terprising merchants and business men,
aud a fast-growing and prospering little
city, with a couple of thousand Inhabi- j
tants.
P0BTLAND 00EBESP0NDEN0E.
Bear Mrs. Duniway: I now take up
my pen (as we 6cltool eirls say, when
addressing our "cousins") to inform you
concerning the Escaped Nun's lecture.
I wouldn't undertake It if I hadn't prom
ised, for the manner iu which she
scotclied those who dared to notice her
with aught but flattery is a caution to
poor timid scribblers like Yours Truly,
wno never saw her own name in print
and never wants to.
Tho "lecturess," as the papers style
her though why lecturess any more
than "teacheress" or "speakeress" I'm
sure I know not came boldly to the
front in her hat and mantle, and In n
tree and easy, tragic and sensational,
laughing and weeping, witty and meek,
heroic its uo use, adjectives fail me,
and I give it up. Well, she read diverse
ana sundry that's a quotation from edi
torials iu the New Northwest, of
which I'm a constant reader letters,
comments, criticism and so forth from
diverso and sundry there it is again
Catholics and Protestants, whom she
proceeded to scold or laud in proportion
to their blame or praises, while yours
truly settled herself back in her shoes
and thanked God that she was herself
no correspondent of the "frail, weak."
Escaped.
The editor of the IJullctin came Iri for
a full share of her favor. Now, I wept
for my friend O'Meara when you puu
Ished him so severely, but oh, horrors!
how I did wail for the poor ghost that
was left of him after Edith had finished
with her cat-o'-niue-tongues. In bit
terness of spirit I felt like exclaiming in
Mr. Waldron's classic style, "Oh,Meara!
get thee to a Nunnery! Go! go! go!"
Rut the most amusing part of her
theatrical performance is the smooth
way iu which she "rope9 in" the Meth
odist preachers. They set gazing into
her face witli smiles of victory beamiu
from their self-complacent visages and
listen and believe in her tragic fustian,
when if Mrs. Waldron says belter things
on the Oro Fino stage, they draw their
faces down and groan because Yours
Truly will attend and listen.
The speaker's time was almost wholly
occupied in noticing the personals in re
gard to her "frail weak" self, but the
general verdict is that if she is weak
minded, her tongue is quite strong
enough. She evidently believes in her
rights. I, for one, can testify that she
takes them.
Somebody I don't know but she
meant you, dear Duniway had said
that she was loud in her dress. With
the most comic imaginable look of as
sumed simplicity, the Iitticshrew looked
up and said, "What does dressing loud
mean?" Yours Truly is only a school
girl, but she is well enough versed in her
mother tongue to tell the great Escaped
that "loud" as applied to dress in Amer
ica means thesame as outre in France or
or or I really don't know what they
call it in Ireland. Perhaps she can tell.
Her French husband can probably ex
plain the meaning of outre. I can't
except by the term "loud," which she
says sho cannot comprehend.
I am glad that Edith O'Gorman came
to town. I feel that Rrother Roberts
will never scold me again for going to
the theater, aud I have sometimes been
deeply annoyed by his admonitions.
After I have been to Oro Fino Hall on
Saturday to see Madam Vine tile so
Christ-like and beautiful in the last act;
or have seen wrong-doing meet Its just
reward in many ways, to have the min
isters give me Hail Columbia over my
waywardness isn't pleasant, and I do
hate to be obliged to endure it; so now
that Rrothers Driver, Roberts, Dillon
and Royal have visited Edith O'Gor
man's theater about half a dozen times
on "complinicntarys." I hope they'll let
me go to see Mrs. Waldron act in peace.
Well, Mrs. D.f I'm afraid you will
think this a very poor account of the
"show," but I promised to be a faithful
chronicle of what I saw and heard and
thought, and If it does not please you,
you must hereafter go yourself aud hear
the Nun's "last lectures" or give your
ticket to some more acceptable item
taker than Yours Truly.
Portland, Nov. 20, 1872.
Defence of the Oppressed.
But few, very few, tcriously reflect
upon or weigh tho inimenso degrada
tion which the unrecognized rights of
woman has inflicted upon her sex. It
is overwhelmingly astonishing. Were
those wrongs an insult to her intelli
gence only, they would be less intolera
ble, but she suiters socially correspoud
ingly her degredatiou is universal.
That which man can do with impunity
is an unpardonable offence when com
mitted by woman. The question with
dear society is not what is the magni
tude of the crime? but which is the
author of it? If helpless, unoffending
woman has erred, kick her down to the
end of time, but if self-important man
has sinned, the answer is, "why, is that
all" One case will elucidate my po
sition to the comprehension of the feeb
lest understanding. Two farmers of
equal character aud position live neigh
bors. One has an only son upon whom
the parents have lavished all tho fond
lovo of parental affection. The other
has an only doting daughter the cher
ished Idol of her parents highest ambi
tion. In the course of time this young
couple enter into a contract of marriage
ehe on the other side prompted by the
purest motives that uudeflled virgin
love could dictate: while he, on the
other side, from the very commence
ment contemplated the perpetration of
the blackest deed that every stained the
annals of crime the complete nnd total
ruin of that innocent, confiding child of
nature. He goes forth with a certainty
that victory will crown his damnable
scheme he almost sees triumph written
upon his black banner. He knows that
his Upas-like hold upon that unsuspect
ing girl's affections will sooner or later
eventuate In a triumphant victory. At
last he accomplishes her ruin he tells
her he never meditated marriage and
society turns her an outcast upon the
world, while U cmbraccshim in the arms
of affection. Yes, she is denied every
thingeven sympathy and is ejected
forever from what tho world calls re
spectable society; while he, the sole it
thorof all the crime, let It be great ori
small, is petted, invited and courted,'
and occupies the highest seats of honor j
in that very respectable (?) society.
Carpenter. i
LETTEB PE0H NEW Y0BK.
Esctmox orxm yxmvrcvu uV sorosis.
New York, Nov. C,.1S72.
Editor Sew Northwest:
The regular monthly social meeting
of Sorosls was held at Delmonlco's on
Monday, Nov. 4th. It was made the
occasion of the brilliant reception to
Miss Emily Faithful, who is at present
visiting and lecturing in the Eastern
cities. Over two hundred members and
guests assembled to do her honor, em
bracing many of the representative
women of Literature, Art, Science and
Philosophy In this and neighboring
towns. After music by Mrs. Voree, let
ters were read from Celia Burliegh,
Phceba HanafonI, Julia Ward Howe
and others. Then the President, Mrs.
Charlotte B. Wilbour, introduced Miss
Failhfull in an address from which are
tho following extracts, which embody
some account of Miss Faithfull's labors:
"We are gathered here to offer the
greetings of Sorosls to one of her oldest
and most distinguished honorary mem
bers, a member of another laud. And
It is more than Sorosis that welcomes
Miss Faithfull here to-day, for here are
honorablo women, not a few, who have
come to give her warm, womanly greet
ing for their, individual interest in her.
Also, there are hero representatives of
other clubs and industrial societies for
women, the mo3t of them conducted
solely by women, for though the wom
en's clubs of Boston, Brooklyn, Orange
aud Nantucket admit, gentlemen, they
do not admit them as equals; the gentle
men stand iu about the same relation to
their respective clubs as the wife docs to
the husband in the marriage relation;
they are not expected to interfere iu the
business or vote at the elections. There
is this exception, though, in favor of the
gentlemen they are a consenting party
to their inequality. RecausoMiss Faith-
full's helpfulness to women has em
braced many fields of endeavor, we find
here women engaged in many methods
of assisting women. The Cooper Uu
iou School of Design and school of Pho
nography, the Working Woman's Un
ion or Brooklyn, Societies of Artists,
Young Women's Christian Associations,
Colleges and Medical Colleges, Sisters
or the .Strangers, aud many other Socio
ties for woman's needs and education,
are represented by these noble women,
who offer the right hand of fellowship
to our houorary guest-member who.
in the character of woman's helper, is
more honored than in that of author.
editor, lecturer or instructor. Of Sorosis
I see the resident aud non-resident
members, the minister, doctor, artist,
professor, editor, author, writer and
teacher, a long list of busy ones, to fa
cilitate whose presence we selected this
day of our regular meeting for a recep
tion to Miss Faithfull.
"Thus, dear friends, wo all lestifv bv
our presence here that we feel that,
though our ways aro manv. a common
center spheres them, a common nurnoso
santifles them all, if to that one great
purpose they are bent. How blessed it
is to feel and to know that these names
aro nothing vital, nothing radical: that
under all tho helping hand works well,
and by them all the dextrous fingers
and busy brains arc trained to the in
dustrial arts, self-helpfulness, practical
expression and the intelligent utterance
of thought
"Eight or nine years ago, when the
homo duties that occupy the mother of
little children almost shut me from so
ciety, thero was put into my hands a
single number of thel7eon Magazine,
accompanied by the remark, 'A wom
an's magazine, edited and printed by
women, and a good one, too.' That
number contained an account of a
training school for servants that had
been opened in some countrv town In
England during the year 1S5G. I sent
mat number to a benevolent woman in
St. Louis, and encouraged by tiiat re
port, she attempted the samo work.
About tuo year 1SG7 1 began to read the
magazine regularly, and I felt that the
able editor and proprietor was set apart
ana named JbaithfuIl for this especial
worK, in opening industrial arenas for
women and encouraging us to assist
in our way, by collecting the renorts
and notices of women's efforts nvorv-
where and printing them for our in
struction and example. ' ' At
present I know of no mairazine that so
faithfully reports all facts or interest
connected with women, women's work,
colleges, schools, societies, industries of
every class, attainments in the arts and
sciences, appointments, literary efforts,
aud their numerous experiments in un
tried fields. And tho lengthy reports or
the Victoria Discussion Society are in
valuable to cultivated women, alive to
the great practical problems or tho day.
"While we were lost iu admiration at
the editorial ability of our friend, she
was winning greater victories in other
fields of cultured work. She charmed
aud instructed by tongue and voice, as
well as by peu, and cities pronounced
her the peer or tho male orator. Her
name was mingled with those or sages
aud philosophers iu the councils or sci
ence. She was found worthy to fill im
portant places of trust by direct ap
pointment And now for So
rosis, I say, that our interest in Miss
Faithfull has increased under the magic
of her presence, and that our apprecia
tion of her great work is growing hour
by hour, and our hearts breathe an car
nest desire for her success, here and ev
erywhere." To this address Miss Faithful re
sponded in a manner evidently deeply
touched by her kind reception. Your
readers have seen elaborate descriptions
of this lady, and I will only say that her
musical voice, unaffected friendliness
and winning manners at once inspired
hearty confidence and esteem. She Is
large and dignified, with the true Eng
lish look of earnestness and solidity. Iu
a very attractive manucr she stated her
interest in Sorosis, and that her good
feeling was thoroughly awakened by
receiving her first practical recognition
in America from this society, devoted to
woman's interest and culture. T3be pre
sided over a society of women in Eng
land, the "Victoria Club," which lacked
the genial social features that make So
rosis so charming, and she was sure
that on her return thither she should
endeavor to incorporate some of its fea
tures into the English club.
After her address, which wns warmly
received, Mrs. Plymer recited from Mrs.
Browning and Miss Fletcher gave a
Scotch ballad. Then came a discussion
upon the merits of associations devoted
to special aims, or to the broad and gen
eral culture or women, In which Mrs.
Croly Bronson, D. Mary C. Putnam,
Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Mary
F. Davis took part, eacli presenting
some argument in favor of a special ora
general work. Mrs. Howell read a
witty essay, entitled "Among the For
ties;" Kate Hillanl gave an original
poem, 'The Lover's Quarrel;" Mrs. Ly
man recited "Chastity;" Mme. Brink-
erhotr sang "My Message," and Miss
Snagge recited "Seven Times Seven,"
etc. So the afternoon glided away, and
social recreation followed this intellect
ual and musical repast, which was pre
faced by one or Delmonlco's choice and
delicate lunches. A genial and kindly
reeling pervades all our meetings, and
this was eminently cordial and happy.
Among the guests there were noble silver-haired
women, who have toiled in
good work for sisters all their lives, aud
the young sweet races or those who are
catching the inspiration or well-doing
rrom these mothers iu Israel. Here
were Dr. Mary C. Putnam, who gradu
ated iu Paris witli such distinction
three years since, and Dr. Emily Black
well, a pioneer in medicine, and officers
of the Women's Free Medical College,
the Superintendents of the School of
Design for women, the Phonographic
School for women, Brooklyn Woman's
Club and Business Woman's Union, and
others too -numerous to mention. Prof,
Maria Mitchell, or Vassar College, also
gladdened us by her earnest race aud
presence.
So you see that Sorosis is flourishing
greatly. It has grown from a feeble be
giuning to be not only a power, but a
means of great interest and improve
ment. Our President, Mrs. Wilbour, is
eminently adapted to the position ; and
to her devoted care, in a great measure,
do we owe its prosperity to-day. Her
broad judicial mind saw how such a so
ciety could minister to woman's needs
while stimulating her culture and af
fording means for frequent intercourse
with others of various conditions aud
callings. Wc cannot at present rightly
estimate the value of her unselfish la
bors. Many noble women are here en
gaged, and all, while laboring in some
special work of charity or reform, find
their true inspiration iu Sorosis. Iso
lated as we are in our separate homes,
with no opportunity for frequent meet
ings such as men enjoy in their busi
ness pursuits, we find ourselves broad
cucd, cheered and strengthened more
than we can describe by our union In
this unique society. li.
Mrs. Dnniway'a Lecture.
A large and attentive audience irath-
ered in Oro Fino Theater on Sunday
evening to listen to Mrs. Duniway's lec
ture on "ine unrist of JSazareth. and
the Christ of Christendom." Promntiv
at half-seven o'clock the lecturer ap
peared upon the stage, anu alter reading,
in a very creditable manner, a portion
of the Sermon on the Mount, and offer
ing a fervent prayer, proceeded with
her lecture. She compared the life and
teachings of Christ of Nazareth with the
manner in which ms precepts ana ex
amples arc followed by certain Chris
tians of this day. The point which the
lecturer apparently wished to establish
was that in tho day there Is too much
eye aud lip service among some of the
followers of Christ, and too Itttle real
Christianity. While Christ, when on
earth, moved in the most humble cir
cles, and wrought His wonderous cures
and exercised hislovlng kindness among
the poorest of the poor, Christians in
tills day, many of them, while worship
ing in most costly churches, and mak
ing elegant personal display a notice
able speciality when attending church,
too often turned a deaf ear to the solici
tations of the poor and needy on every
hand. The lecturer attended Dr. Chap
in'.s church on her recent visit to New
York city. After noticing the gorgeous
dresses of many of the worshipers, and
the fact that many or the hymn-books
and Bibles which they carried were dec
orated with jewels of sufficient value to
alleviate an immense amount of the
suffering extant in their own and other
cities, the lecturer went on to state that
during the services a collection was
taken up for the poor. After passing
out, at thp conclusion of the exercises,
she noticed, right across ike street from
the church, ajiaggard, woe-begono, pov-erty-sticken
woman, with a babe in her
arms and other children clinging to her
garments, apparently in great distress.
The lecturer approached her, inquired
into the circumstances of her eafto. iiiil
asked why she did not apply to tho pub
lic authorities for assistance, or to the
churches informing her that she had
just seen a collection taken up for the
poor iu the church across tho street.
Ihe poor woman Informed tho lecturer
that thero were so many applications
from the poor to the public authorities
iikii .proper attention could not be given
to all cases, and that mi nnnllnnflnn n
her part to the pastors or sextons of
viiuicnt-s woum most probably meet
wiiii u reuuii. -mere (said the lecturer)
; uiusl ueservinir omect or nimritv
JUSt ncrOSS thn Stroor. from fi ..Iilirr.fi
nero a few minutes before a collection
nati been taken up for tho poor! The
lecturer thought that among very many
Christians thero was too much theory
and too little practice. She wished by
these Sunday evening lectures to create
a oeiter leefiug among an seem; io re
vive, if possible, the noble, practical
Christianity taught by the meek aud
lowly Nazarene, whose righteous pre
cepts wero far from being followed In
these degenerate days. We have not
space to follow the lecturer in detail.
The remarks were listened to attentively
throughout. At the close she an
nounced that some financial assistance
was necessary to enable her to carry out
her enterprise, and the substantial re
sponse elicited from thcaudlenceevinced
no small amount of sympathy on their
part Mrs. Duniway then announced
that on next Suuday evening she would
lecture, at the samo place, on "Our So
cial System," and the audience was
dismissed. At the next lecture congre
gational singing will form one of the at
tractions. We nope to see a full house.
Herald.
i Puts.. , t
In the matter of varieties in general
use, the sable Is the most costly, then
the mink, and the seal. This year the
seal for larger goods and gentlemen's
wear Is to be decidedly the most popu
lar; while for smaller goods, such as
collars and boas, the mink is to share its
former popularity witli the otter, the
fitch marten aud tho sable.
For large goods, such as cloaks, the
seal, with its soft downy fur, will en
tirely supplant many popular furs now
In use. The long and sweeping mink
cloak, known as the Victoria, will
divide the honor with a seal cloak cut
loose, or in gore, with" double-breast.
rolling out coat collar, sleeves either
flowing or coat style. These are to be
worn plain or trimmed, with a popu
larity in favor of the plain. The trim
ming consists of dark marten or some
other fancy fur. This trimming (the
marten trimmincr) is worth from fel5 to
$20 dollars a yard and is much used In
trimming street dresses. A complete
set of seal furs for a lady will consist of
a cloak, mufT, boa nnd cap. This fur is
very neat in style and is of a delicate
urown color nnd handsome in appear
ance, litis set, worn witii a dark,
heavy dress, trimmed lightly with mar
ten fur, make a street-suit for mid
winter which is likely to become very
popular, and certainly nothing more
tasteful, or, Indeed, sensible, could be
imagined. This set of, furs ranges in
price from $300 to $TiO0. We have been
informed there has been one cloak of
seal already manufactured by Messrs.
Kummenn & uuttman, the well-known
furriers of this city, for the lady of S. G.
Reed, Esq. Several others are ordered.
In small goods, so far as the shape of
the fur is coucerned. there is little
change. The boa with small muff will
be the most fashionable set, anu with
these it will not be inappropriate to
wear a seal cap, of which there are two
styles, the turban and the Scotch. This
latter is pointed behind, and it will be
the popular hat of the winter. It may
be here remarked that, except the fur be
ermine or mink, the boas are worn with
friuged ends, while the collars will bo
generally plain.
The hair of the dark marten fur, as is
well-known, is long, and has not been
considered fashionable. But this winter,
in suits of boa and muff, it will be much
worn. A suit of this fur will cost from
$40 to $50.
For children, the gray Siberian squir
rel and the German fitch are still worn.
The astraclian lamb fur, which is curled,
beiug made so by sewing a band about
the lamb while yet very young, ia
rapidly coming into favor for children's
furs.
The astraclian, of which there are
tiiree qualities, is also made into cloaks
for ladies' wear. The Persian or black,
aud the Crimean or gray, are worth
from $C0 to $75 each, and short hair, $35
to $40. For a small muff and collar tho
prices are rrom $16 to $20 and from $12
to $15.
A set of furs for a gentleman will
consist of a beaver, otter or seal cap aud
gloves. In caps, we have observed three
very beautiful styles, viz.: The Lap
lander, the Greenlander, and the Ice
lander. The Greenlander, a high cap
without roll or front, will probably be
most worn. The prices of these sets
will range from $12 to $50, according to
quality. A popular fashion has been
Introduced, having the collar, cuffs and
edges of the coat trimmed with these
furs.
Besides the above styles, Messrs.
Rummelln & Guttman have many
other styles of furs and a cheaper quality
for persons not able to buy costly goods.
Their ermine sets range from $40 to $50:
their fine mink from $30 to $50, and
their sable from $50 upward. Cheap
furs, consisting of musk-rat, French and
water mink, Prussian sable, French
sable, etc., can bo bought at prices rang
ing from $10 to $30 per set.
In so far as furs may add to the good
appearance or ladies and gentlemen, we
shall see some stylish ladies and hand
some gentlemen this winter than for
many seasons past Oregon Herald.
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