Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-01-08

When the weather is fine, humanity is brave The
young sud dssy bold and proud in all the glory of
neat fits aid rspendent lnen light kids and crnolnes,
patent leather AMI other points i'll the aesthetics of the
clothes philosophy. Then when the shines and the
wind bloweth not as it lsteh there is dignity and ease
made manifest along Chestnut street, and all promenaders
even the humbcst, express by gait and address, GER
tain independence of earthly expressions and Opuence
of feeling. How elegantly and carefOrgettngly ladies
and gentlemen exchange endless last words at carriage
DOORS and steps how at home and easy all the world
in its morning calls how the entrees to the dry goods
stores and jewellers made If with the intention of
buying out the establishment of letting it drop alto
gether-either way" don't care much which," Beau
tifu fine weather when all the world is full of oxygen
and when electricity and light atune the feelings to
champagne-like independence!
How it all changes on what is popularity termed Juicy
day. and which sarca8tcay designate, in the in
tensity of bitterness, street weather. day when
there is snow underfoot and rain overhead lemon peel
on all bare floors, bits of Crumbllng coal all door
steps, and draugnts of neural anspration and expra
tion through the ainest possibility of opening
day when the hand-organS sound guineafowl-y, when
their interesting automata dirty little Dutch toys,
and the monkey a fool 4 day when the soaked thea
treb8 suggest all that is dsagreeebe behind the
and nothing that l. agreeable before them. day when
ragged wretched streetbeggars strike being the
normal units OF humanity. day when strange, dis
NAL interest is taken in orlon chllnneyS which have
stood for years. slowly decaying in remoter of
water-oggcd cat cautiously running through the OBJ
scureS and most plebian of tumbcdown, half
whitewashed balconies. We all know such days they
are meeorologc messengers sent to man to remind him
that he is mortal, and that there is time when new
gloves and fine clothes and all that there Of loneliness
and elegance must wilt down and be eclipsed-and all
| by the miserable influence of rain and cold!
Men not less brave OF earnest on sloppy, chilly,
muggy day than any other, but they amazingly
less ornamental at such time, and this ornament is
L nfu VOLTA to Whn
that they don't care for the weather, that it makes
sort of difference to the that in fact they rather like to
have the sun retire for week two occasionally, and
then monograph all that they say of fine day,
and all that they do do not utter when plootering
about town through the mud when the weather, sir is
most unfair Oh there is difference of course between
Mr. Fitz Lavender in his fresh c0peau and full toilette
and the same in crushing overcoat with collar turned
up, scourging with angry frown in the omnibus, away
from the last and wettest passenger and drawing his
neatly painted legs to get them out of the way of the
brela of that old stupid who acts though he thought
that he were in the society of Newfoundland dogs Even
yOud reader answer in all sincerity you
er noticed that other people were uncOmmOnly boors
on rainy days, that they especially unaccommoda
ting in the matter of making and OF closing doors
aid windows; in short up all the quarres you have
ever had out of dogdays since the days of infancy, and
tell truly whether by far the great majority did not
/ come off with the sun under cloud? 1t is all very
we'll talking but no one can deny that humanity owes
most OF its elegance to the weather Fine in gentle
men and ladies are greatly influenced by fine airs and
sunshine and warmth Theancent Greeks asplendi
party of'boods both male and female How would Aspa
STA have looked with habitua umbrella Or where would
all the out-ofdoors life which made her fighting and
philosophsng friends such glorious lot" have been
if it had been compounded of drizzcs mud and slosh
What but Flemish art and Vlaemsh language requir-
ing copous antiocs of Schiedam could ever have been
developed in the low countries, where fog makes fine
weather? What is the Spanish language but vocal
lint
what italian, if not fine weather. with all its phases
made into phrases. Never tell that the weather has
no influence Art, language, physiognomy and the ON
nibuses all speak to the contrary.