The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-23


them At fashionable watering place, such
as Baden Just now, and Bath half a century
ago, every body contrives % be afflicted with
tie disorder for which the waters are speci-
nc; and not squires lady, who grows weary
of her country seat but suffers severely from
delicacy of the lungs, and is ordered for the
winter to the south of France and its 6ise, or
Brighton and its cutting breezes. Flirting
InRmmas find it necessary to repair to Paris
for the education of their daughters; while
sporting papas consider it expedient to adhere
to the covers and preserves of their country
seat, IN order to keep up electioneering in
tsrests for their son.
A house to which occasionally repair for
an evenings amusements, afford me q most
amusing study to the hypocrisies of human
nature. The proprietor has the honor to- what
IS termed, "enjoy" very Indifferent reputa-
ton. No matter to my readers, the origin Of
the scandal whether he be maker of cards
or hoaxer of the stock exchange-whether a
seducer of other mems wives, or conniver at
the seduction of mis- o8n-signifes not a jot
He is i'll thought off in the world. Not soul
In society, but has heard things laid to his
charge, the charge of which ought to lay him
on the shelf. Nevertheless his courage is un-
daunted. Either he despises the i'll report of
his fellow-creatures, or chooses to OUTAGE it.
Mondor $50 let us call Eim) is rich; gives din
cry description; ard people of all descriptions
attend his dGes91ees, concerts, balls, and din
ners. But, instead of saying with degree of
audacity equal to his own, "Igo there because
it suits me-because / find amusement every
species and variety of specious lie is adopted
as an excuse for the indecorum of the measure.
Are you going to Mondor's ball tonight
said 1 the other evening to Lord A, at
party where we CHANGED to encounter.
a 4 N fhara % ronliad his Tordchin affent.
ing look of indignant amazement, because
he faneied he could discover in my inquiry
tone of disapproval which guaranteed my
absence Yet the first person | beheld on
entering Mondor's sumptuous house, was the
Earl of A..
"Are you going TO Mondor's?" had after
wards inquired of Miss b., pretty girl stand
ing near us.
Il fancy so, she replied. "Mondor was
formerly under great obligations TO my father,
and mamma thinks it would look as though we
presumed upon bis situation if we constantly
declined his invitations. Shall meet you
thereY continued the young lady, turning to
young Quickest Of the Guards.
I" am afraid so. The fellow is rather strong
in our county; and my cousin John means to
stand the next vacancy"
am surprised to find that Mrs. B., with
so many daughters to marry, should take them
to Mondor's," observed Lady Queenhithe, who
was of the party I" take Laura there now
and then, because, as an only child, with her
fortune, beauty and accomplishments it mat
tiers little where she is SEEM
II l had even one daughter, would not
go there" observed Lady Cutandshuffle, to
whom she was addressing herself. "But as l
am sure of my rubber there, and at my age
such things are immateral l seldom miss the
mans parties"
10 tad I'D Q T4
all very we'll being seen at his grand balls,
where all the rest of the world is seen also
but to be an habitue of such house-a man
OF such very infamous character p
hat right have we to trouble ourselves
with the mote in our brothers eye 2-because
we are virtuoIs, shall there.be no more cakes
and ale?" cried Major ORielly, man who
has been bowed out of two regiments and half
dozen London drawingrooms. "'Pon my
soul and honor, Mondor is q deuced good fell
low; and I consider it my duty, as q gentle
man, to keep him in countenance"
"One docs not go to keep him in counten-
ance exactly" lisped a young gentleman, Ian
gushing through q near-sighted glass q But
that exquisite galleryi one cannot refuse one
self sight now and then Ct his admirable
Guido"
las far as reputation signifies" observed
one OF his Longing companions, certainly no
man ever lost himself more completely than
Mondor. But he gives us such capital music
Grisi, Rubini and Tamburini once fortnight
l consider it every mans duty to patronize SO
liberal a patron of the arts"
Patron of pack of lazy fiddlers /" cried
old Drusus. eff that were all, no respectable
man would lose himself by being seen in such
company. But look at Mondor's public chart
tlesl Twenty guineas annually to the Mendi-
city Society; twenty to the Opthalmic Hospi-
tai Though, by the way, it might be all the
worse for him if the world were able to see
clear; j twenty to the deaf and dumb Ia word
to the wisei) twenty to st. Georges Hospital
ten to the Houseless Poor; and Eve to the
Small Debts; besides figuring in all the lists Of
to-the-humAne-whom-h heaven has blessed-with
atiuence advertisements, from one years end
to the other. Such man is q most desirable
aequaintance-the sort of person for whom ons
il always looking out"
i do not pretend to be licensed dealer in
charity-mongering," observed Sir George
Shelfham, with sneer. "The poor-laws take
care of the poor, and we take care of the poor
laws But when was Mondor ever behind
hand when the prospectus of a work of merit
was placed in his hands? He has obliged me
by taking shares in several new periodicals
which might have survived to become old had
the public been as liberal as himself; ana sub
scribed to Ikncw not how many standard elias
steal works, which, could the subscriptions fill
may perhaps, one day or other see the light
Rising. genius has splendid patron in Mon
dor. Last year he was very near fitting Out
an expedition for Ulick o. Flannaghan's pro-
Jected voyage of discovery to the Antarctic re-
gions; and, entire nous has advanced many
hundreds towards the scheme. To be sure
nothing can be more disagreeable than to have
such man come up and accost one in the
street. But certain sacrifices are due to the
advancement ofletters and the cause of science
never miss one Of Mondor's literary dinners
and am therefore bound to attend his BALI
"Chdcu1 SON govt Z" cried Col. Martinez
struggling his shoulders. ~ should expect tc
be poisoned at his table,
"The young Duchess has no such appre
hension," said / az met her there at dinner