Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-14
The! Dandy.

s'Shut the carriage, Wiliaih' theio o" """t'
When Sir Janies de b. suddenly interrupted
vary ogreeahlef conversation we were having to-
,ether in his carriage, during our mornings df'e
in the Bots be Bouiogne, with this plantve appeal
to his footman, accompanied with sucn lteplah.l9hn
Of manner as would have been creditabie 10 the
nerves of superlatively fine lady, who encounters
a spider or Observes mouse creeping Steaithlly
over the Garrett was disposed to consider him a
fool. but, a moments reflection satisfied me
might be mistaken. i knew him TO be a SoluieI
and had good reason to believe him man OF edu :
cation and a gentleman. He had led his regiment
into action, at Waterloo, with the same elegant
uonchaldnce that would have, distinguished ms
enfree into the drawing room, and had orueiea ms
men to the charge with bon mot This freak OF as
may had interrupted discussion, whlch ms taietts
and requirements had rendered delightful, and his
politeness soon made atonement for the annoyance
it had occa stoned me. But then, he was uanay
to boot, and the mystery OF the moment was eA
planned consistent with this latter ciaf
acter toacquire notorletyby an aHectatoI ol m
in trife that would have passed unnohced by or
binary men, as Of its absence in circumstances
where it would have been natural and common 10
ordinary heroes.
Yes, reader, Sir James was dandy; but not OF
the tribe by tailors, Cushioned when they make a
gross mere moving models to display their handi-
craft and fit for little else; lost II not seen, DIS
graced if the cut be not faultess undone IL unlot
tunate in tie. The baronet owed little OF his
distinction to his schneider, beyond very gentie
duty, starch was not in excess, nor did he make
with them, the man. His exterior was altogether
CONNIE IL faut; but to have been remarkable IN any
particular of dress manner would have violated
that complete ensemble of propriety in both, he
aimed at, and which, like perfect harmony, would
be such no longer were one note, however agreea-
BILE, to be prominent in the diapason. Then, too,
he was unimpeachable i'll that dellgtini essential
OF good breeding, quiet; so ntoierant OF noise that
perhaps after all, he was sincere in his emotion:
and rather annoyed by the buzzing of the insect
than apprehensve of its sting. - His lllustrous
prototype the luxurious Sybarte the first ON record
of the GEMS dandior,,m had agonized on his couch
because crumpled rose leaf had been left between
it and his person. And why might not Sir James
complain OF still greater calamity threatening his
noon days passvity! But he did not complain.
He lisped forth his apprehensions and his wishes
TO lis footman, in one brief languid sentence; then
Immediately resumed his equanmity, and was HIM
self again in camness and intelligence, after these
little coup de maitre, which Brummell himself would
have approved. H. = u. --L.lLlLH
And yet, he was but an humble representative
of this great MASTER before whose mighty etirontery
all modern achievement sinks into nsignifcance.
Princes trembled at his sheer and the arisocracv OF
rank and fashion took its direction from his nod
His approval could create; his derision was anmhi-
laton. Omnipitent in rldicu!e, satire fell harm
less his own eNtraragancles only to Tecoll on ms
aSSalantS, or TO give TO his own concelts the noto-
riety they sought for, and 10 add to his trumphs;
until overw helmcl nudacity prompted to flight,
his genius could sustain, royal lenity excuse
That fatal "pull the bell Wales" announced his
doom, and sent him into exile, which to one of his
complexion, was worse than death.
Immortal Brummell! 1t has been myfortune, in
life of various adventure and vicsstudes, TO wit
the pretensions of many OF thy seryIle lmlta-
tors, from Russia's imperial coxcomb, to the village
beau, but they were all, as piglnes to the giant
original, who knew rival, and left no successor.
Better for thee to quit, as thou dd'st, the arena
where thou stood'St alone in thy glory, than lngcr
there to behold the cause for which thou did st
live and suffer, multiplied in numbers, but failing
in renown, better than to sac that become mere
meter, in the hands of mechanic, which thy ge-
MUS made a science few have attained to, and in
which none have reached to perfection but myself.
Alas for Fame. The hero of thousand fields
ettcd out his miserable remnant of existence on an
isolated rock; dashed, if in scorn Of its tenant,
by that element which had ever scoifed at his su-
premacy The Arbiter OF fashion; the Dictator to
that exclusive world for whose approving fiat he
roes bleed, and handles dress, was destined
~ '.To n foreign strand, ~
IA petty village, and a strangers hand
s.To leave n name, at which that world grew pale,
s'To close n column, and cke out a tale"
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