Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-08

natured; equally unable 70 dress on
fifteen pounds year as ladiea Lou
don has grown Interchangeable The
number Of persons who accept are
out OF AL proportion TO those VINO
give, nor does society sympAlhiAe
with the difficulties aud disappoinl'
menls Of those who endeavor TO provide
for its amusement II Is, therefore, only
natural that a mother OF a large and In,
creasing family should find her symbol
in the Shah. Just as DR.. Primrose rep.
resented the quintescence OF monogamy,
30 the Shah represents the polygamic
element, and suggests the one eoneeiva-
Bile method OF providing for our surplus
female population. The politician may
see In him a firm ally, the iinancier gain
new concession, but the mother will
dream Of fresh woods and unirodden
pastures, where the younger members OF
her family may browse in peace. Let
the skepiio 20 TO London breakfast
The road is lined with carriages con-
tanning three or four women in each.
With the exception of two policemen not
n man is 10 be seen. The host has gone
out OF town for a day, and the hostess IS
In the garden eating bread and honey
under tree; the lawn is covered with
gowns, displaying a combination OF col
ors which even without the Intervention
of the Shah would make the season OF
1873 n remarkable one, Mankind Is rep
resented by an author or an editor
four boys up for cricketing match,
and n friend who is paying a visit.
The men who ought TO be there
are squirting little ponies, or els
shooting pigeons - noble pursuits
through which an outlet is found for
that surplus Of physical energy which
we are told cannot be restrained, aud
which made England what it is. II the
day is a wet one, the entertainment Is
turned into tragedy. The rain drops
through the leaves, and the guests are
Obliged TO crowd into drawing rooms.
There is a smell Of wet clothes, a cry Tor
carriages not forthcoming, as the coach
men have not finished their breakfast at
the neighboring public house. Nor Is
the evening free from similar troubles.
Even. therefore, if three take place on
the same night, the consequences are
disastrous for some one. There are
perhaps twenty houses in London to
which nearly everybody goes who has
not some real excuse for absencs, but
the one we are speaking Of does not be-
long to this category. At halt'past
eleven there are three little boys at the
foot of the staircase, trying to look as II
they had not been there half an hour,
putting on their gloves for the tenth
time. unknown to one another, and dis
regarding the entreaties of the hostess, |
who. having heard Of their arrival, has
sent servant to implore them to come
up stairs. The two ball rooms
have about forty women in them, and
three fathers who are on their way either
to the House of Commons or to their
beds. Those well-known faces fulfilling
the functions of ballroom signs, beaming |
with a settled placid instinct, have already |
secured their seats for the evening. by |
the side of each daughter stands, just
come out, wondering whether the one
man in London fed with frequent dinners |
at her fathers house, and who never fails
her. will dance with her this evening. |
Her fate is to stand there. He has gone
FIRST to the ball where the royalists are,
then TO the one which has the best sup
per. The room untrampled floor is
yery sticky, and at halfpast twelve the
host is angry, and commits the fatal
mistake of imagining he has some juris-
dict.on in his own house. Thirty more
men, it is true, have come; but SIX
do not dance, and four are at sup
per with the young married women
whom the hostess asked AT half-past
two the ball is over, and the chaperons
wake from their dreams Of Teheran, and
to the fact that the world is vanity. Such |
are too frequently the results OF an ex.
penditure of three or four hundred
bounds; redress is needed, and the Shah |
is its symbol. Among the stories lately |
current, in which we place full reliance,
in common with the others we have
heard, is one to the effect that the Shah
has met an ancient dowager in order to
discuss the question in all its bearings.
The interview was most satisfactory, and
a concession was granted, which, though
upsetting to some extent the present re-
lations between the sexes, is likely TO
remove all the difficulties against which
society has now to contend. When the
terms Of the concession are made public,
we shall comment more fully upon
them.