The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-28
DAILY CRESCENT,
For the Crescent.

F0Tthe Crescent.
Sketches of the Sidewalks and Levee
Wuh Ghmpses into the Netv Orleans Bar (roonas
JOHN j. JINGLEBRAIN.
The subject of the present Sketch coult
never by any possible mischance be considered a:
zone of the bhoys." The lines are fallen to hin
in pleasant Places and if there is any peculiar
blessings attached to the ton' Jinglebrain has
chance to enjoy it.
You see him in st. Charles street, and in the
hams adjacent thereto, and you cannot fail to no.
tlce him remarkably diStingue in his air and APP
pearance His coat and his pants his vest and his
craVat, his hat and his boots are all remarkably
the thing" and you observe him at II or IL
o'clock IN the morning, as he issues from some one
OF the fashionable co!teurS, you would not be far
from right III surprising that he had Just made his
escape from under the lid of band box His hair
Is done to turn, and every individual member
of his side locks is in its right place, and is indeed
slick grease. His whiskers and his mo,lstache
are combed and anointed with some sweet scented
unguent, and he snuffs the atmosphere of St
Charles street though the very breath of heaven
was unworthy the patronage of SO much clean
linen and fine broad cloth, as well as a very extern
sive swell of personal pretensions.
Some poet or other-Shakspeare think-makes
allusion to one having small pretensions to man
hood that " the tailor made him and if ever an
individual might disclaim maternity from the COM
mon unclean mother earth, Jinglebran is that man.
for clean clothes and bears grease have made him
what lie Is. Nor is it in our nature, within the
| bounds OF our present purpose, to cavil with any
man because he dresses in a seeming and becoming
manner; God forbidden we ourselves luxuriae in
clean linen and goodly raiment, and are made glad
thereby: but that mortal man should feel puffed up
in set-importance because of his outfit from the
taor-shop and affect pitiful superiority his
fellows, solely the grounds of the fit of his pants
and the sickness of his hair, is marveousy be-
meath what we ought to expect from the dignity of
human nature.
However, it is to .ingebrain, not so much as a
dandy, nor even a conceed numskull that we
now desire to paint him he is, but as one of your
do-nothing nothing TODD gentry who affect to hold
all useful occupations in disgust.
Man is an eating animal, aye drinking one too
were it not so. the bar-keepers and the restau-
rants might suffer. Man, we say, is an eating ami
NAL, and such he needs occupation to furnish him
the wherewith to buy bread and BUTTER and those
little daily necessaries, such food and clothes to
wear. The merchant tolls early and tolls late, and
room to his plow-the professional man is full of
anxiety, and very often leads life which is the OPP
posite extreme from pleasure and rcpose If we
survey the streets of our city, see the sons of
toll in their various degrees and standing, and all
active in business and hustle, and wherefore Man
is an eating animal and clothes-wearing animal,
and women and children need slstenance and shell
ter too. There is something noble in filling up an
honest and praiseworthy sphere Of usefulness-in
furnishing our quota towards the requirements of
good citizenshp-but what sphere of usefulness
does Jingebrain fill up, what niche of honest indus
try does he occupy!
1t is said that he had wife once-people say
that he had more than one but that he has none
nor is just the truth and nothing else" There
are some little peccadilloes which it might be I'M
pleasant to bring to light, and which would under
such development exceedingly disturb the peace
and dignity of our friend Jmglebrair-all these
deeds and misdoings wrapped in the veil of
oblivion, perhaps of an alias and now he
sports his mousache and clean linen per Sc and is
a gentleman of leisure. He has an overiowing
purse too and every body knows how he shuff1es
and makes shift to keep it replenished. No man
has greater horror of the restraints which bust
ness occupation imposes, than this same dandy |
whom we are attempting to " Sketch He has
no ostensible occupation himself-no counting
room, no business office, no fortune that he has in
herted, no 's old man" of father uncle who
is very rich and very indulgent, and yet he always
has plenty of money-always fourishes in the
most fashionable style and eats at the most expen-
sive table
Philosophers tell us of many wonders in nature
of the earth, the air, and the mighty
deep but of all the wonders of wonderful world,
the way III which some people live, is the greatest
wonder yet Jinglebrain boards at one of the crack
hotels and after 10 o'clock breakfast, he patron
ICES the barber for hour two, and then daUles
about, Fanny Kemble would say, until dinner.
He plays game of billiards, whites away an hour
at the green-room of one of the theatres, drinks
at the most fashionable restaurants, and lunches at
II or | o'clock in the most recherche manner i'm
aginable Yousee him promenading the streets, or
driving dull care away with choice regalia and
fresh newspaper as he Tolls in an arm chair on the
porco of his hotel-he's gentleman in won
derfuy good humor with himself and evidently
feels his keeping.
Jnglebrain affects the critic too in lerat,re-be
pites the poor drudge that writes, but he condo
sends to notice his productions He twrls his
pufs his segar with exceeding genteel
nonchalance as he passes his comments upon some
work of genius-and all the while too he, Jingle
Drain, is numskull; in learning he has hardly
passed " the rudiments,' and if his pretensions
'oud only be inspected, it would be discovered that
he Plus of his self-eseem would be represented by
| minus In the estimation of others. We have
Ieard 1t said that our friend has but standard
II quality and that is from the skin outwards His
Gentlemen are made up of three parts first, broad
10th; second, clean linen; and thirdly, of hair.
No man without moustache has ever been known
o be recognized receive street salutatlon at his
lands Multitudes of those who knew him at ,
ther times and in other places receive no look of
observation or recognition from him whatever.
What will become of Jnglebrain when he dies .
We cannot say. lam sure no one can tell. There :
re denunciations and there are blessings pro- 4
lounced on the souls of those who do evil, and