Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . s having barely time toescape. Later on the American officers of Washing-tons command made a great ball for the officers of theFrench army, and at first refused to invite the Mes-chianza ladies. Second thought included them, but inthe fear that they might lack partners lots were drawnand every means taken to prevent uncomfortable feel-ing, though privately the memory rankled for manyyears afterward. The Tory Quaker and the practically Quaker Toryare still to be seen, but the nineteenth century is doingits univers
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . s having barely time toescape. Later on the American officers of Washing-tons command made a great ball for the officers of theFrench army, and at first refused to invite the Mes-chianza ladies. Second thought included them, but inthe fear that they might lack partners lots were drawnand every means taken to prevent uncomfortable feel-ing, though privately the memory rankled for manyyears afterward. The Tory Quaker and the practically Quaker Toryare still to be seen, but the nineteenth century is doingits universal work, destroying all characteristic lines,and another generation or two will render distinctionwell-nigh impossible. Less interesting than in the past,the curious observer must be content with reproducing 204 A SYLVAN CITY. the old conditions for himself, finding consolation for amore and more general uniformity in the fact thatthough individuality may be temporarily destroyed, itmust again assert itself in time, and in more attractiveforms than anything the past has -IvHAL *,K(>I i FOU THE NEW by S. French. THE PHILADELPHIA POST-OFFICE.
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