New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-04
TEW-YoRK IN SLICES.
Slice X...THE DAED les

A. IN tho bucks of Bond 81 and the swes Of ~ James
we regar, them not Never was that peculiar aud ex
qusite compound Of genius and folly nonsense ana IN
teuect necessary 70 the creation OF perfect Dandy
found in an English skull We know what you are go
Ing TO say about Beau Brumnell and Buwer. and Ben
D'Israe-but that does nj shake jot. They must
be regarded as monstrosties- beside Dlsrseh who
comes much Dandy than either OF the others
is Jew. In New.York however, we have an sbund-
ance of the true mixturethc French sparkle, the lal
ian grace the Spanish iupudence and pretty consld
cradle tall sprinkng OF the true native American
nerve In short as Paraguay said by travellers to be
the paradise OF monkeys, regsrd Newioik as dee
tined TO become the metropolis Of Dandies
The frst requisite Of character for Dainty must be
an sfectation of absolute Indifference Daudies must
be exactly the Of all the rest OF mankind and
ss common people see so many beautiful and wonder
fu and melancholy things rs they go through this
world that their admiration or their sympathy is con-
stanty in state OF excitement, it OF course becomes
necessity Of existence with the Dandy that he should
admire nothing and sympathize with nothing To main
tain successfully this difficult and tedious role through
life requires powers of mind and attributes OF
character TO be immensely developed and the mere
spoony who dixie most spoonies attempts TO play
the Dandy. is very soon discovered TO be only the
Ounce 4 genuine Dandy need not have heart but he
must have brains he need not be profound but he must
be brilliant he does require absolute talent or gen
ius but he must possess nexhaustible invention and
gigantic tact Indeed to be consummate Dandy, it is
to have been born for great and uniotu
nately shut up in a bandbox by mistake ExtTavs
ganoe gaudness peculiarly in dress are the things
which although they almost certainly bespeak the vu
sarau are least likely to indicate the Dandy. Otenta
ton and supercousness to interiors equally opposed
to the idea of Dand yism-which however 1t may
annihate its equals hunliae its superiors by in
and cool contempt careful to treat its interiors
with Difference and respect Perfect absolute selfpos
session. all times and in all places Is the fundamental
element, as it is the browning glory of Dandyism.
In New.York Dandysm is already established, and
recognized permanent element OF society and we
at put finger on several magnihcently got
up specimens of the different genera Of this interesting
species.
Among the most interesting being the best known,
lie the Dandy Oh Short Allowance. This unfortunate
creature has but single object for which to lvean
object which employs all his waking thoughts and pre-
SCENTS itself even In his dreams This is to conceal not
only his poverty, but everything that might lead to
suspicion of it. Rich men may be mean without dam
age to their credit but the Dandy on Short Allowance
must ever appear liberal at any sacrfce-uness in the
he may be-and in fact his duty to beas stingy
possible He may face his butcher out of shilling
day and get up false inventories of his linen for the pur
pose of cheating his washerwoman he may black his
own boots and dine on link of Bologna sausage and
cracker he may to any economical shift that
suggests itself in the internal economy of his establish
ment-but he must be liberal before folks. We know
of more than one aristocratc and tonnish family who
many time go supperless TO bed and wake up hungry,
that the head may keep his riding horse and sport a
sofa al Nibo's and often and often have we heard the
champagne pop his expense when the grocer on the
corner would II trust him for pint of vinegar
Well-if he chooses to make such sacrifice, who
shall condemn him Who does not also play part OF
some Unfortunately, both for himself and others
II be anything harmless the innocent sefdelusion
of the Dandy You General, with cocksfesther on your
empty head and the brass OF your cowardice gilded
over with the tnse OF your epsulette what part play
YOU in this great world drama that you should sneer
and curl up your ugly moustsehe at our poor Dandy
Or YOU learned and fair sir, with watch in hand and
finger on pulse what know you of the sick mans all
ing or of the real properties of the horrent and nause
Gus stuff you will presently administer TO him with an
air of pompous and owlike wisdom should he die
within the hour, you win carry to the grave the con
seriousness that you may have killed himbut the world
is none the wiser for that The part you play that OF
the great medicine. Only continue to have plenty of
impudeuce and they will never discover that you
racing the Avenue when you were supposed to be at
your Lectures and that you became capital hand at
billiards while you might have wasted your time in
studying bones and carriages in the noisome atmo-
sphere of the Dissecting Room.
But to return TO our Dsndies Next in order to the
Dandy ON Short Allowance comes the Rich Dandy The
Al.
rs much more valuable by those who have the pluckng
oft The Rich Dandy lie an enormous sycrite At eating
houses cubIooms and gambling establishments and it
here that he passes most of his life with the eXcep
ton of the bret intervals that he allows himself be
importuned by cotton mothers and fascinated by ir
resistblc young ladies Here however, bis very per
pexity saves him Were there but one he would be
hooked in fortng ht-he good natured But now,
he knows how TO choose and thus break the hearts
of all the rest So the Rich Dandy lives and dies
Acknowledgements his boots to his valet his wines
and pictures such will for public Inspection
to the suctoneers and his fortune the Surrogate
He does good TO anybody except TO the two doz
en- score OF tosdies who and drink his expense
and make merry and free with his money. He lives
and dies without an enemy-and without friend be
lie less remembered than his dinners, and Is moarned
for as the sponge aments the fate Of the Croton when
the pipe at which 1t fed is turned OF
The Pinchbeck Dandy Is the man you saw yesterday
"csyorting up Broadway. with cane of the size Of
Hercules club his broad plaid rowscrs sixty inches
round the bottom and spread out the instep 30
nearly to conceal his foot His appearance is gener
ally what is termed hashy but that doesn exactly
describe it We should rather characterize ii outre
and deliberately ungraceful II is initiated from the
eockney idea OF gennlty which is to dress, in some
way, markedly unlike everybody else. With man of
genius, this ambition turned in higher direction, may
create dandy-with mediocre mxn il only leads
him 10 become fool To seek for notoriety and dis
tncon in the peculiar cut color OF ones clothes is
reducing the ides of its minimum dimensions
King Jocko Bung of the Cannibsl Islands. with fish
bones stuck through his and ostrich feathers in his
ears sticks his legs through the sleeves ct scarlet
coat and struts about perfect specimen OF the Pinch
beck Dandy
great majority of the Dandies Of Newiork, as well
as Of every other place belong to this variety They
are the greatest towards in existence notwithstanding
Appearances to the contrary and a straightforward
look into their eyes will COW them as simultaneously
a. il will any other impudent puppy, They generally