New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-11
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people nave grown cicantr In CnrhtndDm Nsn
they were few years ago, when Roman ~
tio1it.s under the head Of bsths were hale ORA.
ticed by the higher orders. II is very certain ~,
when ladies covered their heads With greass 49,
nogler. and their faces With paint aud plast,
The less that is said OF their bathing the better 81
TOO. as late as the days Of Caroline OF Brunswif
George Tvs wife German Processes were toA7.
sbly or intolerably free from bathing. Sir JoLa
sometbing-I forget his Dame-who went over b
the Primo SIS bower to prepare her or The fasAes
and manners Of the EDglish Court previous 70 her
marriage wrote in bis note book enc day, which 3
duly published: " Delighted; got the Princess h
wash herself all over" What a sweet Princes!
water destroyed the world once, under the rAis
Of Noah; il now promises 10 save II by meAasd
sau.ducts and temp, rance tracts. 4 DO promises
however. are drawn at long sight. Washing M.s.
sior sri.s ,hould so among the Esquimaux, who are
worse II an 80 many Cbrisfiaas-the Esqnimsur
never vashipg their faces even while the Chris.
tiars only forget their bodies. When the masses
Ia be country, especially where there are so fen
bath.houses and the city, learn to be clean, thea
t,mperapce will grow into the force of a relgiNg
s,,timent: and that fact is not insisted upon.
Rpm and tobacco, stencil and nasilness, all 90 10
geiher.
Now for smother tack Everything has been
dreadfully DRY here for over two months Though
there was a hard shower last night ior about an
M 1
rim the grass looked for whole scores IT leagues
m we came along from New.York. Nature seemed
10 have fallen into the iiie AID been picked cat
with her green peSse all scOrched. BG, this
subject is TOO dry to dwell upon; so let us get 10
the Hotels, of which there is DO waat here. l am
told they are all good as judge by the Interna-
tiOnsl, where l am stopping aud where there is
much company. Certainly the rooms are commo-
dious. and the coored regiment OF waters at table
impeccable Lord Elgn said the Amer-
caEs were the most military OF peoples
or had tie largest military resources, and
cave reasons for bis cpir ion. But he lett
out tie strongest point ia his list and that Is
the military service of our hotels. As yet there
no secretary for that department at Washington;
but We must coue to 1t. Just, brother editors,
look at the facts. We are a gregarious people.
Like buhaloes and hogs, We 20 in drcyes. We
travel in drOves, we eat and drink especially
drink in drOves. We sleep IN droves. We pray
upon our knees and prey upon the community ID
5royes Now. what is the architectural symbolment
Of tlis Democratic idea Hotels. Hotels such as
the world never saw. Hotels inauguratng new
era. Hstels as big as villages, aud a great deal
denrer Hotels with huge tables in linked sweet.
ness long and drawn ont. Hotels with prOpretors
who are generals and senators. Hotels with q
Sietson Here lie a climax. Now considering tho
gregsTi, us quality Of couDrJ men, on that the
D, pub ton doubles within every enty. five years.
these hotels have Increased are increased and ought
mol 10 be diminished. Supposing them ZONE time
TO lave arrive ID al the number OF lbO0 and
averaging 100 walters apiece, this gives an az.
grecate OF 100000 walters. Walters merely
No! men accustomed TO military discipline. Are
they not disciplined! Look at that coIoIed reei-
nent Of 100 (tke regiments are smaller than other
military ser,icts) Look at their Colonel
black (be's black this time) gentleman with whis.
kers eiyered over BY time head, ditto. Heads
Oh - ~ 10 Wnat Dnip
Right left, right left-he goes over followed by
his uep, ga the band strikes up the godlse strain
Of Yankee Doodle DARBY. The coored regiment
evolves itself finally around the armory.
"Flni.paeed and slow, harrd font they form
Duty and cbyalry fash from each eye az the Colo.
mel seizes hold of a crack dsh, aud down each
follower comes upon another. Right about
face march! Mars, what a sight! Halt! Tho
Colonel is at the head Of the table. pause. At
lis instant il may be presumed the earth stops on
is axis, the stiffness is so awful. NO, drum is
Heard. Tie Colonel raises his dish. The regi-
mtDt raise tleirs. Like grand religious cere.
mory, tie hands are up with smoking censers.
But ail suffering doth cease and down c0me
tie huI dred dishes on the table from a hundred
,aIk hands. The lids are raised with the same
uritoAod majesty. The sOveregns eat in public.
They eat little iost-perbaps three tunes too
a't-lut life is short aid ceremony is lOug. But
they have got through to the dessert and now
comes fresh evidence of military skill. Plates
are renewed. Mark the beautiful precision of
step as the troops follow the Colonel. Mark the
firm set lips OF the leader, and the exact imitation.
Each one has IN armory of plates. He siezes tho
top one at the example Of the leader; he raises
The weapon; be curves it round with the msthe-
NAUTICAL eXactltude Of the lunar swell Of n long.
throw bomb she'll. II touches The table Exact
firing this. But in the drove of 400 eaters thew
cone now and then to a vacant place ia the noble
uniformity Of discipline arrested therebyl Does
the soldier in ranks fail to shoot because there is
no enemy Immediately in line with his peeel No.
Neither does our Sol .ier. He fires the plate on
The table, but saves his ammunition by re.
storing it to its place, and then actually
giving 1t to the next place, where there
is Oyereisn-and all with one artistic
swoop of his wtll-trained arm. Here, then, is
the equivalent Of military resource; discipline
nuch the sauce, weapons somewhat different,
though knife ard fork deadly, and ate can
Ie sDyed with the accuracy of an Indian arrow.
bere then Iii military force of 10 0OO, 900 soldiers
-lO,O0O,0O0 trained to usc their eyes, hands,
arms, feet, TO obey with precision. A consdere.
ZION thrown out Tor future statsts and Legislators.
The towns or villages on each side of the water
are growing. On, or rather off, the Table Rock.
Is put up a jaunty, holiday looking house, with
lofty lookout, where can be had dresses for
" ladies ard gentlemen who wish to 60 under tho
" rails" for over two hundred feet "a sceno
" worth journey across the globe" and you
pays whatever your honor wishes Here
you can MEASURE the water 10 yonr satis.
faction, fifteen hundred million cubic feet ne
winch pass over every minute, not counting fish.
Who ere very badly treated on their way down.
olsGe[eo ia the light OF lager beer three million
I'VE LubdIed and thirty thousand sixteen hundred
Al IaV 10 :.