The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-03-21
From the Odd Fellows Comp aniOn.
sHODOY.


sHODOY.
Somewhere In this broad earth can always
be found lit prototypes of the most widely
conceiven heroes and heroines Of the fairy
tales There are little Jacks in our ds i snb-
DUNG giants quite as formidable rs those in
the time Of the great Bluncsrbore. The
genii Steam and Electricity are Offering
seven-league boots and listening caps 70 old
and Young and besn-staIk ladders are
sprlngiug up at the restless Jacks whom for
tune favors. The age has its drowsy Gulli-
veTs and its wide-wake Liliipntians, its Sim
bsds, big with adventure, and It's ''army Of
faithful believer" tilting ~ everything
There are still Pussies-in- Boots faithfully
serving my lord the Marquis Of Carabas /;
'sughters spinning weary threads from dis
ta.fs never growing less; social harps which
at last cry s9Master p and awaken terrible
ogres, and iBquisitive wives, vsinly trying to
re-pOl:sn the tell-tale key. We hs:e Blue
Boards. with shesthen scimitars, grimIy ex-
vending their matrimonial relations; and
sister Annies ever watchful Of another's
needs. ThsFe are Sleeping Beauties, alas !
bg the thonssnd; and fair o7es with golden
locks Tor whG3. princes and poets struggle.
There are beasts, too, whom We learn IL love,
after we have sr,ered their rose-ht sanctua-
riss; and monsters who have sung
~~ FeinI FUN
auen the blood of an IngIishman
There are Strong-baeks WHO bear the
worlds burdens and Hop. p.'o-my.T Thumbs
who contrive to slip its responsibilities;
mAideGs whose words are . shower Of roses
and pearls. Proud sisters ME every day
being BUNDLED; and patient Cindsrellas
dropping the slipper that shall win them the
prince. Foolish old couples are wasting
their wishes" on black pudding; and wise
younger ones are finding the "treasuTs Of
life" in each other. There are sanity min
istering Red-Riding hoods, and-hsaven save
the mark ! erandams, with very big ewes aud
ears, ready to devour them Men ana wone n
are still signing for the waters Of perpetual
youth; and dueDna-dragons are guarding en-
chanting maidens. There are sham oil-mer-
chants and avenging Mors,anag wicked bu,
lucky peddlers and tailors, ike those in
the tales OF the brothers Grimm, and Alad-
"ins with very wonderful lamps indeedl
And here, sftel drifting down the stream
Of fairy-iore, we cast anchor; for Il is with
these peddiers ana tailors and sAladdins that
We have to deal. In short, st the risk Of
mixing the metaphor, propose to "strike
oil" the oil that fills the Aladdin lamps Of
our own master-of.fact day. a
The discerning reader need not be told he
name Of this OF; nor that the peddlers and
tailors alluded %, with their Heet-winged
geese and magic packs, are the so-callsd
Shoddy contractors Of eur hnd Of Stars and
Stripes.
VeTily, it is true In this country she
vii liest tales Of fairy chroniclers are rivale cd
BY every day experience. What are the ex
ploits Of Ali Baba compared with the dis
coveries Of those who first said Open Sc
same 70 the caves Of Cali Tornia, aud other
geological misersl And what was good Mrs.
Cassim's real with that Of the fatirable
Wsut-to-be-rich Of modern daysf Then,
when the cares we're opened, row eserybody
rushed in, some coming ont richly laden,
and some finding themselves, (metaphori-
oally) drawn and quartered, like poor Cas-
siml But why tel an old storyf There is
newer material for fairy work than this.
There are these tailors and peddlers and
Aladdins At whom everybody have been
gAxIng with distended eyes, wondering at
the new paiaees that flashed into existence,
nj the streams Of wealfh that flowed inso
Ne8fdnA ROAACe1a ~ h0G RI84t0-t0Ac0 that
changed ragged clowns into dazzling gentle
men, and abov. all, at the fearful sspebIi' cass
t.pon our social hfe by these strange cfea.
tares, iiiteds as 1t wersby eschantmsat, inte
sudden wealth and Importance. go
We shall copslder the psddlers and tailors.
.. the Shoddy contractors, hrst sShoddy.
according 10 one Simmouds-whom both
Worcester and Websesr ase % , sAs's-psu
IN handling the ugly dissyll able--is 60 d.
rows material obtaiHed BY sdevilinx' refuse
wooden goods, old stockings, rays, etc. ri
offers from smungo, |" he says. dfr being a
On inferior quality, and ~ spua into ysyn
with little fresh wool, and made into
coarse cloth, drugset, padding and other
xrticlee." - Es''s ~
50 say the photographers. But IN tSis
Fast sge, yesterday b Dictionary 10 almost q.
nueA sas OF date - yes tHsdaF's nswspaper.
h the vosld's krsss book of synonyns Hs
ind chat 6hoddy has been gixsn . fsr widsr
|signiheatinns II Lisss, M HE liz n
Ghaptn. ean deyote pages 10 the sSplanstion
~ hs Polish rord sai, We shesldE reeairs
Volumes - tairls describe, tia {pow) Amesi-
IN Herd 'Sksddy.' u means prsbsnse, wi
asritys assumption, the depth Of fslly asd
~ hghsst altitude Of the rsdieuloss; also
gilded ignoranoss meek pskzioeisn, vim
psllings speesssful knaxsrys ssRindliles nay
izeaasn itself. On he ether hsnd, t In
Pliea .isnoceat goed lpsk, rsNard ~ .nssik
and sehslneEapuloqs and sndfn. n.appsare1ao
{inr tnatneNs5-sicbc nsp} g0f nGer .tatl1jit
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