The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-02-15
Broad way Of an Afternoon.

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Broadway Of an Afternoons fine sun.
shiny afternoon; saw mortal eyes ever show
more gIoriousI Talk Of the Boulevsrds Of
Paris, the Corso of Naples, the Via Sacrs Of
Rome, Regent ST., London-they are beg
gars to it. What do you say. fastidious
readerl You don't like the word beggsrs.
1t is an ugly word. 1t suggests hollow
cheeks, lack-lustre eyes, rags, and a little
dirty outstretched paw, backed by the plain.
tive cry and whine Of childhood-"Give me
a penny" Beggars tut-tut-- IL,
"Dimes and dollars! dollars and dimes r:
An empty pockets the worst Of crimes
If a man is down, give him thrust H
Trample the beggar into the dustl
Presumptuous poverty's quite APPALLING '-'
Knock him over! kick him for fallingI f..'G1
If a man is up, oh lih him highsrI q "a
Your SOULS for sale, and he's a buyerl
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimesI d
An empty pockets ths worst of crimesi" ~
Peer under that pretty girls bonnet---it
cost $50. How becoming and so cheap
admire that cloak of Russian sables on
Madame's back. 1t is broad back, good
feeding and pew in "Grace," il not grace
in pew, have made it broad. Step aside
for this bevy of fair women in moire antique,
and velvet mantles down almost to their
heels-the last style. Dimes and dollars
dollars and dimes "Gve me a penny, you
impudsnt little pup! Go away. Don't
touch my dress. I've great mind to give YOU
TO the policeman. Go down that alley and
up the back stairs; sleep on the straw with
your starving sister. Cold-hunger--hope.
less--cry yourself to sleep. PfesumptuouA
poverty's quite appalling"--how dare you
beg Broadway Of an afternoon Omni- !.
bus FULFILLED with sleek, rosy, fulfilled,
full. pursed, fne.feathered fellows riding up
homo to dinner. Ragged wretches eye
them with envy, peering at them with tha
eyes of an empty stomach. "Serves them,
rght"--the penalty of Adam, "the seasons
difference" and the. pangs of hunger, must
be borne by somebody. Poor folks are q
blessed institution, logically; for, if Heaven.
decree a certain amount of suffering in the,
world, and didn't provide poor folks enough
to take the whole, the rich ones would come,
in for a share. "If man is down, give him
3 a thrust" a
: That fine lady. Behold her She is
n gorgeous as King Solomon in his glory
}. Her husband or fother, rich Of course.--
# That's mistake; they are down town eating
4 q Isu0ap
!. pinching back and belly, and selling their
souls at a small advance a day, to pay Miss
"a and Mudame's bills. Oue day they get q
y stroke of paralysis, or fail; but my lady
lie won't fail What becomes Of her! She
g, dresses finer than ever. 1t is her turn to
E. sell body and soul for silks and sables. God
at forgive her! can empty pockets th'
X worst OF crimes,". and poor man is stran
= ger to his brother. Poetry and scripture
ls hand in hsnd. Take it easy. Don't be IL
}. a hurry--it is Broadway of an afterDoon--
70 all beauty, crash, cram, glare, glitter, silk
= sable, marabout, feathers, carriages, spark
= ling eyes, rosy lips, vouptuous figures, fan
II cy men and women--respectable ditto--i
10 wild, enchanting scene of luxury, and gra
- cious ease of life. But it hangs like gol
20 den fringe on beggar's cloak, for away
= down there, on either side--always stretch
10 ing off to both rivers, lie acres Of misery
J. and want--and oh, such want such sorrow
l. Come, bright. eyed women, and gay men
a. give that thought and spare it, now an,
o. then, spungle from your glittering dress,
be dollar from your we'll filled purse--as unde
is the sweet sunshine of Heaven and the smili
'g of fortune, yon walk Broadway Of an after
ry noon.--New York Sunday Ne,Os.