The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-24

| THE SPLAsHING HOUSES OF LONDON
There are houses in the suburbs of Londor
in which earth beaten up into mud is reta!led
These houses GALE "Splashing Houses
1t is useless t. puzzle your brain; you viii
never be able to guess how the proprietors OF
these establishments make their business
answer. Their success is to be attributed to
the lnmoderate necessity felt by every Eng
| iiShman to throw dust in the eyes of his
| neighbor. An exquisite without penny,
| owning neither lands nor hounds, but having
credit with his tailor, and favored besides with
a good personal appearance, announces to his
| friends that he is about to leave town for
hunting. He accordingly quits his hotel,
sd, ing that he will be back i'll nine or ten days,
and concealS himself somewh here at quite the
other end Of the town. On the day fixed for
his return he puts on a hunting coat in the
best style, and wends his way to the Splash
ing House. There, for the moderate sum Of
IS. he gets himself spiaShed with mud from
head to foot. These curious Establishments
are provided with muds Of the different cuun-
ties, but principally of those counties where
the hunting is best. They are, moreover,
furnished by way of ornament with a wooden
horse and mirror. The sale of the mud is
conducted in the most serious manner imagin-
able. On the exquisite presenting himself
the groom inquiries: From what county,
sir, dc you wish it TO be supposed you have
just returned From S,atfordshire from
Derby shire - Mo- from the the county OF
Kent" 'All right take your seat" On this,
the pretended sportsman hestrldes a wooden
automaton pony, which begins to raise his
fruu, and hind legs to ,rot, to prance, throw
ing the mud over his rider with the same
irregularity as a real horse would do across
country. After having been well splashed
the man Of fashion pays the account, casts
IT, nbu.; Js tb.a, i
then. with whip in his hand, goes and ex-
hi6i,s his despatched costume in Bond street,
Picadily or Pail Mall, in order that it may
be supposed that he has ust returned from
grand hunt. But here is the practical side of
this coolly calculated little speculation. In
England the landed proprietors are the real
kings of the country. They may SPEND, and
spend, and spend. Their ruin is never COM
plete. Sinecures, the places in India, are at
their disposal, to repair their broken fortunes |
1t sufices to be reckoned among the land !
owners to enjoy unlimited credit with con-
tractors Of every kind, and to obtain such
credit is the object of the mudspattered ex-
quisite. To 4 great number of persons who
see him pass, or TO whom he speaks, the mud
with which he is spla, he'd affords, if net proof
at least strong presumption that he is
proprietor in such or such a county. If on
the morrow he presents himself as pur
chaser at the shop OF tradeSman VINO had
observed him the day before. he will be treat
ID with welcome and Will DE able to COM
nand everything he pleases. Some Of these
,xqnisites by djnt of freqrentins the Splash
ng Houses. Of borrowing money and spend
NJ profuSelg, have been known to end by
narrving an heiress, and settling themselves
comfortably. Others less fortunate let the
at out of the bag, and so 90 to prison when
hey have not time to gam the continent.
Albeit, whether success or failure be the re-
ult of their iaanpuvres, it is not the less
rue that the invention Of Splashing Houses
: one OF the most striking among those
.hich sum up in their ensemble whatis called
he English puff.