New-York tribune., 1872-05-27


Female on American women, and the consequent
removal Of personal feeling out of all social
life, beginning with petticoats end paniers."
Hero is a pretty condition of affairs! Henceforth,
when our ladies put on their diamonds point lace
to do honor to the next Duke Alexis it will be with
the certainty that every Royal Hghness of them Is
questioning how much the hire per night was
thereof and is looking over their shoulders TO find
the policeman detailed to each ball apd opera by
the Jew-cOthes-lender to keep watch on his goods.
We could be blued in the Catacazy matter. or lose
our indirect damages, and survive, but to have all
our boasted purple and fine linen credited to an old
clothes shop, is more than any nation can bear. And
this we owe to John Thomas!
Probably no question during this century has
ceived so many and such different answers the
question, What constitutes gentlemani The term
itself is extremely indefinite and varies i'll signif-
canoe with time. place, and circumstances. We all
remember Davy Crocketts definition, that gentle
man turns his head away while the man he invites
to drink pours out his liquor In the South, before
the war, it was he who would fight duel and
owned negroes. In the far West, the distinction
was once reserved for the masculine creature who
wore a standing collar, and swore. In En-
gland social respectability is supposed to be
achieved by the possession of gig; in Richmond, it
is to spell words ending in with final X. and to
have come from the Cavaliers; in Boston, TO have
been descended from the Mayhower, and to have
read the Vedas. Here, the latest notion Of gentle
man. judging by a recent legal investigation is one
that never inquiries of witness who his father Is.
Such an interrogatory, we admit is often indscreet,
even useless since the greatest amount of sagacity
does not enable one to answer with any degree of
accuracy If this precedent should be admitted,
however, what would become of man doomed to
live in Philadelphia, where they insist on knowing
whom your ancestors married on coming out of the
Ark, and whether they carried letters of recon-
mendaton after quitting Eden.
The under graduates of most Of the colleges
amuse themselves by publishing newspapers which
are sometimes amusing and generally harmless. OF
course the general tendency of these boys who are
playing at editing is TO squib the grave, learned and
reverend Faculty and of these little bits Of boyish
impertnences the Professors, if they are wise.
take no notice whatever; for that would be attrib-
uting to them degree of Importance to which they
are not entitled. Lately, The Harrdrd Adrocdte ed
tied and published by students, lampooned Pro-
fessor who had drawn white calf in rattle at the
Homeopathic Fair Then there was dreadful
rumor that the Faculty had determined to suppress
The Adrocdte. We have no definite information that
tho fatal decree has been promulgated and it is to
be hoped that the Faculty will think twice before
attempting such impractcable piece of discipline
If the students are told that they shall not print
newspaper openly, they will Immediately take
measures to print privately, and with sufficient
precauton probably to escape detection. The fewer
ofenses created by college-laws the better.
Mankind neither responds to nor comprehends The
Erening Posts theory of spontaneous elections 1t is
not even so practicable the plan Of cumulative or
of strict minority voting If The Post had tried to
develop theory of spontaneous combustion, or an
idea of spontaneous applause, it might have been
understood But spontaneous election is to be- if it
ever comes at ALL the outgrowth of civilization as
refined and pure and harmonious as tho society of
angels and dreamers would do the world greater SER
vice by bidng the time and doing to-day's work on
to-day's plan. 1t is strange that the only reply to
this spontaneous proposition, that is, proposition
without even the restrictions of reason should have
been spontaneous promise to vote for certain can
didate. whom somebody has spontaneously dictated
out of his own head for everybody spontaneously to
support. Thus the spontaneity is at once broken.
Indeed to have purely spontaneous election there
should be no proposition all; therefore, the plan
must spontaneously subside What's the next no.
toni
The pretty country lassie who asked her city gal
LIANT. when he offered to take her to panorama,
whether a panorama or theater anything like
n donation. expressed the sentiment of many rural
people But the experience OF 0 country minister
whose story comes cynically and pleadingly, would
seem to destroy the sentiment and all faith in dona-
tions On a certain evening the people Of his con-
gregation gathered at the parsonage. laden with
goods and hungry with carrying them Mrs. Par
son. not to be thought wanting in graciousness or
lberality. prepared tea" costing some fifteen
dollars The tea was eaten, besides much OF the
goods that were given, and on the following morn
ing the good lady found her carpets damaged, her
meodeon out of tune and her larder containing two
bars of soap and barrel of rice. Every one OF the
donators had brought a package Of rice! "Now,'
pleads her husband we are out at least thirty
dollars. and what shall we do with that barrel To
sell tbe rice would cause scandal and the chickens
won't eat il our only hope is to buy hog or live on
rice pudding"
Frank Leslie has begun the publication, on the
finest paper and in style well worthy of permanent
nreservation of The Cartoon. 1t is collection of the
remorseless political satres in pictures, by Matt.
Morgan. which have attracted an attention in this
country scarcely second to that secured by the terri
ble series in The London TomdkaUk, whereby Dir.
Morgan first achieved wide recognition.
The Journeymen Printers Cooperative Associa-
tion have issued little pamphlet entitled Horace
Groelev,s Jokes" Some of them are apocryphal and
some of them are not jokes; but for all that tho
ponpblet ia taking ono, and we hope the Journey,
men Printers will sell many thousand copies 0l
it,