Smyrna times., 1869-09-22
MiSceIIu W eOMS. II.
WHAT BECOMES OF THINGS.

What becomes of the enormous quantity of
objects, natural and artificial, which are daily,
weekly, monthly, annually, perennially, pro-
duced and sent forth into the world2 .a
What becomes Ito plunge in asedias res)
OF all the pictures which our painters paint,
and exhibit, at the exhibitions, season after
season, year after year? Where are the rep
RESERVATIONS of dead Game" the Italian
Peasants" the "Studies of Heads 2" /.
The books, again, what becomes of themp
These come out In legionS, season after season,
representing in addition to an enormous |
amount of labor of different kinds a consider
able accumulation of actual material: of paper,
of metallic types, of ink of millboard, of cloth,
of leather. What becomes of all this matter |
What sort of proportion do the number of |
books that are sold bear to those that are
brought out? And, again, of those that are
sold, what becomes? Those that we see on |
the shelves of libraries, or even lying about |
upon tables, are but small per centage on the |
number continually issuing from the press |
What becomes of the .thOusand-page novels |
which appear, IN great numbers, in the course |
of every season? How does it happen that |
our rooms are not entirely surrounded with |
full boOk-shelves, or that there exists in any
apartment, hall, or passage, any vacant pOr-
tion OF fiat space unoecupied by books on
which to put things down? Hundreds of thou,
sands OF volumes are cast upon the world every
year, anu nave Deen since one is AFRAID to say
when where are they all at this present writ
ing? The booksellers shops furnish an ac-
count OF some, the libraries of others, and some
the trunkmakers know about, but the rest
where arc they 2. =.
In these days, as in all the days which have
preceded these days, all sorts of articles of
wearing apparel become the mode, are worn
, tor a short time by everybody, and are then by
everybody cast off and rejected. What is the
Id of rnion cd
pettcoats disappear, what becomes of them
e When the ordinary hat worn by citizens is re-
+ duced to height of from six to six and half
; inches, what becomes of the hats seven and
il eight inches high, Of which the hatters' shops
: were full few months ago? Where are the
n Wellington, boots, of which the shoemakers,
. shops used to display long rows? Where are
], the steel chatelains which ladies used to carry
at their glrdles? Where are the Malacca canes
of our youth? What has become of them
They must be somewhere, in some form,
Where? And in what form?
Numbers of people have entirely bewildered
ue and stupifed themselves in endeavors to arrive
ssl at some rational conclusion on the subject Of
pins. The statistical accounts of the numbers
at of pins turned out annually at Birmingham and
ne Sheffield alone would lead one to expect thai
nd the earth itself would present the appearance
is is of vast pincushion. Where are those pins o.
Of of which the yearly fabrication is on so vast
Of scale? Pins are not consumed as an article o.
IS diet. Pins do not evaporate. Pins must b,
nd somewhere. All the pins which have beeI
aid made since civilization set in, must be in exis
lin nia tence in some shape or other. We ought Il
eet see nothing else, look in what direction W.
of might, but pins. The world ought TO be kne
md deep in pins. Reader, how many pins are i'm
asst ported into your own house in the course O
set the year? Do you know what becomes of thos
to pins? There are few iny your wife pincush
ae ion, and one may occasionally be seen gleamin
sec in the housemaid s waistband; but where ar
the the rest? 1t is perfectly astounding how Sc
aid Da dom one encounters a pin 'On the loose
.aid Now and then, by rare chance, as when car
Vid; pet is taken up, you may catch glimpse of
aTtg pin lying in creVice but even this is III
nbia common occurrence, and not to be icounte
hey upon You often want a pin, and take troub
drx d to to get pin, Where are all the pins tn;
c 70 ought to be always in attendance every wher
urt, y IT, What can possibly become of all the ste
tiles pens, of which myriads are continually turnt
SAID loose upon the world? Each individual pc
3 sFbbs bs does not last for very long time. Left
y to wiped, as they generally arej steel pens soC
owed begin to eorrOde and toget unfit for use VIII
flSy IitSg do we do with them2 We take them out
such their holders, replace them with others, al
had leave the old pens lying about in the pen-tra
to be of our desks,o where not. They are awkwa
er to things to get rid of, and mostly lie about u
: the last disappear. Whittier? The earth issr
same prickly with steel pens. 1t ought to be; W
u,o,s isn't it? -s.r ~ -.j e.a.>5 ..-.. .t.t-
sTties What becomes of all the old gloves I? 70
ie e sue present inquiries leave us too breathless
have ave make others as to the neIo gloves Old go
! Of are among the old things whose fate is hidd
take in the densest obscurity of ALL Think of [
numbers of old gloyesthat are cast off, and
the few old gloves that one sees about in
l., ,,,c. world Where are they all? Where--i
may be allowed to introduce personal mat
st Se where are my old gloves? There ont
to the the two pairs, dirty and open at the seams urk
m imita, about In my drawers There is, in my mi
ve nss cine cupboard, bottle of salvolate, and
be uh- of essence of peppermint, respectively cove
n'0''S on the shoppers, the one with gray, and
other with a yellow, kid glove, which, if t
had voices, might cry, with the lepers of
1r9 army y "Unclean! Unclean IL But what are thes
bat ne proportion to the vast numbers of my
aeSsbS S % gloves2 /. Where are the rest? Where
s... to confnss this inquiry too much are the
an civil gloves of my enemies? Where are the
- gloves Of those who are neither my fril
/ That nor my enemies? Where are the old glove
y ~ sxo all mankindY
Ssrsgy It is difficult question to- solve, this.
4o"s4s glove is a tough aud uncompromising CT
viee ne aSd nsd mer to deal with We cannot conceiv
yiqualE him as dissolved into pulp, and made P
oasr asras s of nor can we imagine thousand or soof
6, orb interdigitated and sewn together to ma
- patchwork quilt Yet some function OF
RECESS Of must he fulfilled by these old servants
shs "a; when their career at balls, at concerts at
senss Senate ra celebrations, at garden parties at hor
gsEo,sd tural shows tweddings at funerals, is bro
and such to a close there must be Something st
b dssT SSna store for then For it
entitled they were simply left to lick about the
the duty unheeueQ, III cOuiu uob DC Du bhat VIZ st
cepent llu naaf old agl0yes i'm socety. q
fS tiring into the wilderness to- mediate, 81
ass sesAs q al find them flying before the wind, kethe
I sion sa.sa shall ~ of the desert. 80. --
! pssssidsst sas The question, What becomes of Il
'e 70 SAID boots and shoes is not quite so hard of
zee q the tion- They are worn longer, and reduce
~ fheie- much more apJecI SVhulSiop ~ M'eoA p,s