, 1873-07-27
boards and blankets Of Blakspearo's timo, tho
droHs OF the present day as in Tho days Of Gar

ricK.'
Or course any othor form Of dramatic amuso-
abominnsion, and sensational playa (that is,
plays with aomo plot md iloidont) aro n dotos-
tation. Tho pious works Of Ford, Mastsnger,
eeto are commended to our maungors by the
llko to zee ono OF those mstlotio gon-
tlomen road aloud d List OF tho titles Of Ford's
works merely. to III asaombago Of tho ladies Of
Ills acquRintancoa-tha is all.
On tho stage, whether oporatlo or dramatio7 2
Wachtol, with his glorious yoco, as fresh, "a
awift as stoady in It's grind loap az tho first up
ward. dart Of tho Emperor fountain ut Chats
worth. whom tho Imprisoned watora arc nt o
touch aot froo was oharlatan, not m arststc:
Nilaaon was not high art, boliovo.. suppose
sontag is 30 consldorod now, but WHOM sonteg
waa alive sho WAS not 80 considered, In this
san senf adss 81 sSs enH 70 s po i'F o 1s @
per to tl,omsclvos, a. thoy put On their so.col-
orol orera-o1oaka In tito silence OF thoir
drosHing g-rooms,. that this" (meaning ono
Of > the performances Of Nine. & Son
lko gamo, do not got high until they have boon
doRl for Bome time.
And as to pioturoal Q Mr. Editor, my life ls
burden to nao because OF pictures and statuesl
from much inhioti,on , Of e tho old masters 9vido
Wilklo Collins "A1iscellanios" and Mark
Twain'a "innooonts Abroad" for particulars
concerning such infictfon). But II /, being q
commonplace Poraon, and fond Of good eatng,
venture to treat mysolf to carly poas, Bouthorn
Strawberries, Or q dish of deltoato game. howl
goes mp from my foes. "Wrotoned beingl"
thoy ahtiek, "what q sintu1waato Of money. You
should hayo bought pictures with the suma TINT
you squandor On tho trnnaltory and gross Joys Of
tho palate n Vainly do I arguo that ], being
person Of lfmited moans, cannot become tho
poBseaaor Of a hfeisaonor or Merle, and that I
am fond Of good tablo and Bocih lifo, and
than would be skotohos ~ Mouars. Dau6om /
Oo, worn-out ongravingH, or hy.Bpookod plastor
casts, tho only works Of art which could a1Yord
70 purchase: "No mattor," CRY my enemies,
" livo on broad~and-wator for months, II you
with capital ~. ga picture on your wills
will elevate your mind, refine your foolings, aud,
In short, do everything for you. except clean
your tooth and order your dinner"
Nor arc my WOo8 lesaenod OF my foes dimiu-
ishod IN number and viruionoo II I, boiug
a commonplace poraon, happen also to DO
woman an everyday womanly sort OF q woman,
witt, tasso for pretty ,dress and . fondnoss tor
looking % we'll and being as fashionably aud elo-
mo! "No truo woman, no real Indy over was
stylish" anoer my foes. HNo woman was evor
bettor of with an India shawl than without ono.
No truo woman over orimps hor hair, Weara falso
fashion-p1ato." But I, being q free~born Ameri-
can citoyenne, as we'll as commonplace person,
inBst on my tight to be, If choose, what sup
pose my onomios would call, IN imitation-woman
In coutradistinction to tho i real" ono they are
always talking about, that is, O female Of honest
feminino tasteB, woman fond of 1acoB, dia-
monds, India Hhawls, French drosseB, aud the
latost fashions gonorally. I do not care q
button for tho suffrage do not want to DO
q doctor, lawyer, soldier, or q clergywoman,
and, nbove all, 7 do not want to DO continually
abused and yilif1ed and misroptesontod.
do not know the faota Of the case, but it
does Hoem TO me TINT commonplace persons havo
homo rights. think that groat many people
Of fair ayerage ability liko to road tho novels OF
Miss Braddon and Wlkto Collins, to liston to tho
music Of Offenbaoh, and to 60 to 500 aenaation
dramas, and / think that they fau to injuro the
community by 80 doing. think that il man
likes good dinners nnd does not caro for pictures,
that he haB perfect right to give and to eat good
dinners, aud to leave pictures alone. think
Tint II q woman wishes to dress vol, and can
afford to do 10, That sho is boon to tho world
at large because she makes of hersolf q pleas
ing object for evory oye to rest upon, and, in 80
doing, she ia worthy Of commendation instead of
blame. think-but what matters it to|at
think? belong to that melancholy majority
who have no rights tkat d poraccnting minority
is bound to reypeot-1 an q commonplace per-
son. At that dismal recollection, break my
pom, upset my inkstand, and bid you, Mr.. Ed
itor, fearful fnrowell.-Penniad IVillidms, in
Apptetons' Journal.