The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-20
BUMPTlOUSNEsS.

iiousness is an Iniation of the mmo, a Gi ease
anaaeous TO "nnmps' upon the BODY - "un
healthy and repulslye Seedlings or protubp.
ranCPs." We use the word In describing the
manners AMI feelings OF the MN who is not
wise enough 10 sec THAI real importance is self
supporting and who is therefor c" nJindally a.
STRIFE with his nelghbors through his exertions
to MAINTAIN dignity which, in whatever degree
II may actually belong TO ann, wall take very
good care ofltsei. ~ .|.".s
"N rise in glory as W. sin in pride:
Whefo boastlDg ends there dgnIty begins"
Bumphousness is weakness or vice which is
exhibited on various grounds; and happily 1t
can be illustrated as wei by p aSant contrasts
ae Oy disaereeable examples. Its most common
form Is puTse.pIide; vet although so geneial
this IS held to be 20 vulgar that comment upon
it seems hardly worlh while. We cannot, how
ever resist the tempto Ton OF putting upoa record
the ollowing 1neVanCe IN which curse. pride met
with a ludicrOus retr6uti0n. The only liberty
taken with the taCts Is the caqnge OF names, the
initial letters being, hoSever necessarily un-
altered.
Mr.. Bumbleoee's father was resne.tahie
trauesiuan, who's, BUSINESS since his death mas
been earned on Tor the Oenrnt OF his widow and
family. Inc BumDlebee Ills, OF whom we are
about 20 teal, had tn" benefit OF good start as
a city merchant on small scale; and although
never Known to eNinCe any disgust at money
produced for him All the parent shop he con-
celved a rapidly increasing disgust Tor the es-
tabhshment itset. He objected TO his wile's
ever calling there to see his mother, and he very
rarely visited the place bimselt. When the good
old soul, the Dowager Bunbebee, wished to
visit her upstarJ son, she was desired 10 hire
fly tor the purpose; because, OF all common
place things, there uOre which Mr. Bum
blebee abomInated more than the sight of q
cab being driven up TO his little villa. We need
hardly q I'd that when Mrs. Bum blebee, with
that devoted love that only mothers know con
desCended TO huinor her sons stupid pride, it
never occurred to hlm TO pay the expense ot the
fv, or even the difference between the cost OF it
and that OF the uetesteG cab.
MIR. Bumble6ee became tue father of boy
to his own delight very probably, bat to the
great misfortune, we shoulu tnink, of the boy,
who was to be br. ughJ up under the influence
OF such puffy grandeur In the absence OF his
father, this infant Bunbleoee was taken sud.
denly ana most dangerously III; and as his
mother held strict notloOs respecting the baptis-
mai regeneration OF in ans she SEM hastily for
the clergyman TO perform the rite OF private
baptism. Upon the Iather's return home, his
wle explained the circumstances, and ohO we'd
nm the Dapusmal ceftlhcatc; Adolf
phus Bumb!ebee.p "Uhar, e5 AdOphus ~ he
exclaimed, "Why, told you Adolpnus Charles
Mary, Mary, what nave you done! Charles
AdolphuS BumbleDee-C. A. b. why, as long
as the boy lives he'll be called Cab !"
Bum ptiousness, grounded uDon superiority of
rank, Is OF much the same nature as that last
spoken Of Pride Oh account OF ancestry should
surely have been eXtlrpated when Tennyson
wrote his Lady Clara We're ue Yere:"-
Crust me, Clara We're d, vere
From yop tlue heavens aoove us bent,
The grand ID gardener aud his wife
Smile at the claims OF long uescont"
Yet bumptousness on the cart of those who
hou high social rank is the least unreasonable
because oil the power which the rank coniers;
but II is lust because OF the reality OF the DO yer
that tins sort oil bum otlousless Is the most rare.
Some years ago, We nad occasion to call upon
an English earl 1t Is true, we did not 90 with
begg.ng-letter, or, indeed 10, ask him any
favor at all. Stlll our business vas SO s,mUle
and the tune il would occupy was so short that
II he had kept us standing opposite t. him. we
should not have thoughC 1t all extraordinary or
unreasonable. Indeed, II we were guided by
the standard of Que or two OF our oumptlous
acquaintances, we should be satisfied that there
was no position IN the room less elevate1 than
the sideboard Which 1t would have been proper
Tor his lordshp TO have taken up. How they
would have stared when, with The quiet air that
would lie natural to q gentleman upon friendly
intrOducton-with an atabil ty that presented
no appearance oil either effort Cr CondescensOn
he walked to corner OF the room, and
brought char Tor us 10 the side OF his own!
He knew that 10 put on Importance would be
vulgar and stupid; and he knew, toe, that by
acting otherwise he did not lessen hi, power of
assuming the rlgidlty OF his rank, If any one
were so foolish as to presume upon his courtesy.
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honor the King" Eh? "Hoaor
all men. - . Honor the Kingp We read
them both in the same breath; we write them
in the same dip oil ink Tue seltsame verb is
used in both instances Here is a poser Tor
bumpttous people; tor those VINO toady to the
hgh, and aIe Vainly pompous towards the poor.
after all, only an extra pOrlon OF the consider
alton that is due to all. Tne difference Is in
measure, not in kind; but VI any might be eX-
pected from this honor, i; Is those who do not
show It-just as intolerant people have obYi.
oUslg no right to claim tolerat,oD.
The appropriateness OF the anec0o.e must be
our apology, II any is nee led, for referring 10
the ofttOlo tale OF Sir Philip Sidney, who, a ter
1eCeiving his death-wOuDd, declined draught
OF water in favor ui q common soldier borne past
him in the last aeoGies dissolution. For our
own part, We admire not so much his fortltude
In the face of death, for that has been often
seen; nor yet bus selEdenIal, when regarded
apart iIom the nan upon whom the generous
favor was conferred; but what we admire
intensely ls the utter reverse OF bumpLio dsness
which he displayed; Tor he refused the cool
draught not In favor OF a suffering friend or
wounded officer. but for the sake of u common
sol0ier-a "ft tlloW"-of whom scores could be
be impressed. Though inherting his fathers
rank, ana living IN an age when right had much
less chance against might than in the present
day, he recognized in the humble soldier a
brother. Their parts on earth were played out,
and they were both fitting to q state wherein
the hollow distinctions OF external rank there
tofore observable between them would be un.
recognized-cared for as little as whether In
dead dog we notice the ragged back of a st.
Giles cur or the cuddled Ions OF a Belgrayian
poodle. 1t is dog and dog, man and man,
after all.
Gan the distir ctions of this little life
Are quite Gu aReous, foreign tO the man.,
EHow grand is he who foresees this SO clearly
mat it influences not simply nis dying hour
but the whole tenor OF his HE; who is seen to
be ''the perfect gentleman" by the uniformity
Cat least, when unproVoked) OF his manners
and tone of voice to oil with whom he comes in
contact, whether rich or poor servant or en-