Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-18
CACOETHEs YULGARICETTCEE

Editors Memphis Appeal;
The disesse called ten, IS every one
who was ever q soldier knows, is one q
the most suuoying in the world. Il is
annoying ia any shspo-camp i;Ch,
ground Itch, seven yssrE' i'c3, Scotch
Itch, al are intensely SO but, perhaps,
;hs most disgustiBgiy annoying form Of
lbe nR.ady is the cdcOstbts ScTi5e8Gi, or
itch to be ~eteTDeliy gcTibOijug, especially
for the press. Some Of our acquaintance
have got this wTetched disease, We fear,
incursbly, and It leads them % write all
manner of silly nonsense. The follow
log specimen is from an evening paper
Of Wednesday
" ft is enough to make 6 marble statue
Of Venus blush 20 3 cFimB0n hue 10 be
members Of the "BsaFs' Oh BriEsds.n
10 front OF the different church doors :;
but wen this Is far prefara ole to having
ones nsRe, or accurate description OF
dress, residence, etc, continually her.
aided n tie pspeIs. Actns ~ Oaf ladies'
can eve appear fashiOHa by or hand
sOmely dressed upon the streets without
Weii-ETounGed fears Of being published
iu the pdDeTs. We are reiisihy informed
that very many ladies' fsar to give auy
Sind Of al entertainment, because some
ubiquitous reporter viii bs asking per.
mission 10 "dO the jenkins Of the
affair Tor the sake Of an item.n
Now, wn0 but drivsn entirely
frantic with this disgusting outane-
Gus infTmity could think Of coming
50 much nonsense? TIE l%ucn5ratiou
from which the extrGctis taken, is signed
Captain Jinks. (By request. " The
pssutonym certainly IS Appropriate, (ss-
peciaIly d" by Tequest,n) and Is remark.
ably ike the production. which goes un
der that name. Whist 3 brilliant scope
OF imagination is displayed ia the open
ing ssntercs-"it is enough 10 make .
marble statue OF Venus blush TO 2 Grim
son hue" Exquisite! The concluding
portion OF the sentence il 50 true, too
e~spscislly4f "oUe's" name happened to
bsen copied by . reporter Of the
Of the Metropolitan police. But
1t is in The second Geutence that
this scayitic individual .akes his
Tor herr sublimer fight, ana scars f.
beyond the regions of truth into the
Of fancy. How nice it sCOuld
look, to see in the lCcal columns of the
AUdiaHche or the APPEAL, every morn
a hGlf column or so Of =" personals Of !
the Sidewalk" in which, after the fash
ion o. Jenkins at s. ball, Ike this: " Miss !
81 L. L-y psrsd5d Main street yes.
in q GTecisD bend, isce Dollars and
red morocco boc,s." What q siIi state OF
does the concluding sentence d.
guigo. How hard up must the /" nbiqui-
IONS reporters" be fOr the" 5;sks Of an
On, ~lsdies-desr Tablespoon, the
q very many who "ars AFRAID to give
any kind Of an entertainment because
1f that " ubiquitous reporter" calm the
thst this individual ascriOss
% you. We reporters h@ve some-
thing else to do beside hsngjDg around
entertainments. 0IFs is : nObler
mission. T. IL only these scuryy, Itch
5flicted hangers on OF newspapers who
ioaf' round the various editorial rooms
10 pick up stray invitations to tails and
and places Of amusement, aud
.hink they furnish az equivalent
therefor by their jenkinS productions,
who ever sfilict you thus. Mark them !
hey sre easily known. There Is not 81
og reporter proper in this city
bat IS not 8 gentleman. They are easily
from Capt. Jinks--even II
be +" by request" REPORTER.