New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-28
From Blackwocd's Magazine FOR June
Peo,r Sru.nmeit.

ALL things change: ours IS the age of masses
and cllsses; the last was the age OF lndiVidua $
Half a dozen remarkable men then represented
the London world, iu politics, puetry, oon-m"ts
dining out and gaming. Pitt and Fox, the Dukes
of Oueensberry and Norfolk, Sheridan and Z IL
eral Scott. were the substitutes for mankinc IN
the great metropolis George Brummell was the
LAST of the beaux. The flame OF beanlsm was eX
pir;np; but it famed III It's socket brighter III N
ever, and Beau Brummeli made Il more consl'c-
nous figure in the supreme bon-fon o: elegant 20
surdity, than any of all his predecessors i nc
only permanent beau on earth Is the American
savage. The Indians, who have been late!y cN-
bib,,,ng their back. wood dcloymities in our island
at a shilling ahead. were prodigiouS dresSefS )
Creek taste might probably have dissen,ed from
their principles of costume, but there could be no
doubt of the study of thei- decoration. Their coJ
feur might not altogether supesede either the H.
tus or the Bruus in The eye OF Pa'iSan bat had
evidently been twisted on system; and If th'l
drapery in general might starie Baron Stuz, 1t
evidently cost as dcxtcrous cutting out. ane as
ambitious tailoring, as the mos! recherche suit
that ever turned 'middhns man INTO hgufe
for Bond street.
But the charm which is the very soul Of El-
ropean fashion is scorncd by the Indian. Change,
the "Cynthis of the minute, the morning
thought and midmgnt dream OF the dIieitanti IN
human dfapery. has no captiyaton tor The Teo
man. He may like variety IN his scaipS or i's
souaws, but not a feather, not y single strip Of
yellow on one check. or of green ON another, cS-
hibits sign of the common mutaoilltsS OF ma
He struts in the piumes which hrs fathers wore,
is attired in the same neither garments eXhioi's
the same head gear, and decora,eS his phyS'''I-
nomy with the same proportion ot walic-wa>l,
red lead, bears grease and PrusSian blue
Beauism, in England, scarcely gees farther
than the days OF Charles IL. 1t may be SAID that
Elizabeth had her beaux; but the true beau be-
ing an existence OF which no ;nan living can DIS
cover The use, and which Is, IN fact, wholly use
less except 10 his tailor and the careatariS's, tie
chevaliers of the time oi Queen BesS are not Gu
titled to the honor OF the name. Raleigh, 10
doubt, was good dresser; but then he could
write aud fight, and was good for something
Leicester ~ recorded a superb dresser: bat
then he dabblcd IN s;ates,nanshlp, war, and love
making, and OF course h I'D nat much ,iinc on his
hands. the Sedleys. Rochestcrs, and their col,-
peers, had too much actual occupation, good and
bad to he fairly rank, among thuso gosSaucry
ornaments OF mank;nd they were idle enough n
their hearts for the purpose, but their lives were
not shadows, their soleoh]cct was not self The,
were more nice about swords than snuii boxes .
and 1t they were sPcndthtlts, Their Pfoiusion w's
no, limited to a diamond ring Pcrigord PIE
They loved. hated, read, wrote. iroicked and
fought; they could fruwn as well as s;n'ie. ana
see the occcnticity OF their own ioltcs US well
enioy them. But the true beau is beau 'deci,
an abstraction subs,antazed only by the scissors,
a concentrated essence Of ffivoty, infinitely sen
stive to his indulgence, chill as the poles 10
tho indulgence Of all Others prodigal TO his own
appetites, never suffering shilling to escape i"f
the behoof Of others; magnanlmously mean, rdi-