Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-28
BOhemIrssI.m In me Qaeeh Clty-No. 4
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EofEMIAM HQfhh LifAs
At all large and fashionable hotels ingree
cities Bohemif. mas eveTa representation, and
Cincinnati is ths opposite Of an exception.
The Bohemiaus there are animated and
sparkling as the Widow OIiquOt they qHaf
at dinner, and ricIY in sembiance as the Bur-
eundy that e~nlivenytbeir midnight hours.
Less of the inner cad more Of the outward
life of Bohemia is experienced st hotels, and
the gentler sex usuallJ'igure more largely
in it than elsewhere.
To a genuine feminine Bohemian, living in
externsls mostly, hotels have a streng attrsc-
ton from their breadth and freedom and ir-
regularity.
e Every one of our large hotels has It's bevy
of fair Bohemians, and where they are, the
masculine element is not wanting.
Very often they are not residents, but 80
journers merely for such time'as they can
find pleasure or excitement
The Bohemians are easily recognized By
the metropolitan or cosmopolitan eye.
They breakfast near noon, and dine at the
latest moment; dote on Champagne; have q
passion for cards; adore the opera and the
theater; affect all agreeable gentlemeni
would die without a Irritation, and worship
themselves.
Yet are they good hearted withal, audars
quick to perform acts Of charity when the
cause or object penetrates their channel
circle.
In their ordinary gay and giddy tate
they think little of aughtbeyond enjoy ment
and pursue it as a purpose and a power.
There sits a delegation of Bohemia, men
and women, in whom a love of self indul-
gence and luxury is plainly perceptible.
Sybarites all. How merrily they laughs
how jeyously they talk, as the wine-corks
fly above their heads.
Truly, for them there is no tomorrow
Why should there be2
He alone is wise, who embraces to-dayt
An actress, a young bride, a vocalist a
mysterious female, an adventures, a girl Of
seventeen, two independent wives and six
or seven men, represent Bohemia there.
The wives seem kinder to their friends
than to their husbands, who do not chance
to be present. Not seem, only, but are.
Well. bred consortsl They go out when
their society is undesirable.
They nave read Balzac, and follow ancient
Cato's practice.
Some very orthodox people say lima
tured things of the women but we are quite
sure they have ne reason.
That woman does not love her husband"
declares Mrs. Grundy.
What is 30 common can hardly be a crime;
and then we doubt if Mrs. - ever as
sumed to do aught so unnatural-to her.
The Bohemians do not moralize they are
opposed to all written and spoken ethics.
They look>at life through the atmosphere
of art, as every artist should.
What dramatic scenes great hotels wit
nessl
What hints they could provide for COM
edies!
What narrow escapes from tragedies ara
there, and even tragedies at long interValsl
"Moonlight and music, and kisses and
wine,' and what you choose to think
makes up pleasure, and fills the domain of
social art.
But let US leave our Bohemians.
Perhaps we intrude upon them.
They obey Epicurus, and are happy, as the
word is employed-not miserable, at least, il
they can avoid it.
The good B~oniface, Mrge-hearted, liberal
} handed, pleasant faced, will provide for
them.
He is the very type of a landlord in Be-
hemia, and to him shall be appropriated
some day, the largest of caravanseras
Ever 10 Bohemia welcome TO him. He be-
longs to the land by birth and through
affinity.
Willis the glasses are ringing and the
women laughing, we slip away to another
sphere.
; THE GOOD AND I'LL OF BOHEMIA.
J No comp~osition-pieces has our crude hand
painted, but pictures, however poor, from
= life apon the easel of reality.
+ Cincinnati has the element Of Bohemianism
perhaps larger than any Other, city in Amer
The three governing powers of the world
{ ars, it is said, the Psess, the Pulpit and the
Petticoat.
! Each and all of these have we: what other
city can say as mach2 Bohemia is q fixed
fact-it can never be an institution-in our
:" midst, and we are not sorry it so tourishea
o upon our soil.
IS Bohemia has its faults as we have said
but it has its virtues and its bsRsfts-faT
more than the many knew.
, What is defective in Bohemia 10 the nat.
o ural and necessary result of its characteI
# and good. Lat us cast aside the. earth fol
the precious metal let us honor it for it
exsellenoe.
Blessings on BoheAia for tina blessings i
sr creates; fer the independence it exaots thI
freedom il demandsk ~
It is o good genius, though the soil 0
earth is on its trailing robes; it Is the mag
co unanimous warrior that resists oppression AM
the gentle minister that brings the eordia
of nepenthe to suffering and TO NO.
Barren and thorny as it seems TO man.
" who are without the easy. yielding hedges Q
~ Bohemia, it Is redoleAt with flowers thS
~ bloom not in the lighthouses OF Society.
And at some future day the Spring wi
tarry so long in the wilderness of Fragrance
and beauty that Nature viii recognize /
Bohemia her primeval Eden, from who
there can be no expulsion more.