| Show FROM AN OLD LETTER wherein sew new york fork society 8 lety la Is criticized by ft a beena eua sad day for our great grandmothers in ia philadelphia when ion congress longres gres mo longer assembled there and new york began to dispute thia the social acial prestige of the quaker city A celebrated philadelphia bele beia of the d day miss franks frank writes of a visit made ia the rival city and he her quaint descriptions script ions of yew york aorl society were probably p ba y flored colored by jealousy fo rhome supremacy p the letter which is a possession of a brooklyn brook yn woman a descendant of the observing ays among othey other things by the bye few ladies here know how to entertain company in their own houses unless they introduce the card table except the van homes aho vho ho are remarkable for their good sense dense and ease I 1 dour dont know a woman or girl who can chat above half an hour and that on the form of a cap the color of a ribbon or the set of a hoop stay or I 1 will do our ladies that is the philadelphians ians the justice to say that they have more cleverness in the turn of an eye than those of new york have in their whole composition with what ease I 1 have seen a chew a penn fenn in an oswald an allen alien and a thousand others entertain a large circle of both sexes the conversation without the aid ci 0 cards never flagging flagg izig or seeming in th the leasta least entrained a tr or stupid here or erlam alil ene in new I 1 york ork TOU u enter a room wilt with a formal I 1 ae set t courtesy and after the holdos how dos things are finished alls a dead calm till the cards are introduced when you see pleasure dancing in the eyes of all the matron mat rons and they seem to gain new life the maidens if they have favo favorite ritel swains frequently decline playing 1 for the pleasure of making love for to all appearance it is the ladies not the gentlemen who nowadays show a preference it is here I 1 fancy always leap year for my part who am quite used I 1 q quite another style of af behavior I 1 cannot help showing surprise perhaps they call it ignorance e when I 1 see a lady single out her pet and lean almost into his arms at an assembly or a playhouse which I 1 give my honor I 1 have too often seen een both with the th e married and single or hear 0 one ne co confess a partiality for a rian whom pe perhaps chaps she has not seen peen three times well I 1 declare he Is a delightful creature and I 1 could love him for my husband one exclaims or 1 I could marry such a gen eitleman I 1 indeed gossip says that thai in jahe the cp cases sea of mos most who haseben have been married ri d the first advances come from fro m the th ladys side or she got gota m male friend to introduce ethe intended victim and pass her off this is really the case antl ami with me ladies thus lose half their t harms charms J I 1 suspect there would be rae mare marriages ma mages were another m mode ode adopted they have haie made the themen men so I 1 believe the lowest ensign thinks he has but to ask and have hav e that a red coat beat and smart epaulet is sufficient insufficient to secure a female feigal e heart NY Y times |
