The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-02-10
"THEN SAY.

Life is made up of little things, 'tis
said surely Of all little things that stK
/ violently the currents of our every day
existence, that wonderful pronoun
fs'they.' plays the most important part.
Let us trace the origin of they" to
awhon reference is made by US all, when
ave wish to know bow to act, speak, and
dress.
Great wealth. or a position Of high So
I,e;al standing. makes leader in fashions
,er ethics; the masses blindly follow, be-
cause they are too incident to think for
themselves, or too weak to assert their
.o1n individuality. Thus, because they
cannot depend upon themselves, they be-
come slaves to popular opinion. They
behave thus; they" command such a
style of hair. such mode of expression.
IL ie all very well to talk about the folly
of the Darwinian theory but there is
this much to De considered, when we re-
pudiaGe the idea. that We have all at one
time been parrots and monkeys. We
are monkeys to this day. ia the way We
follow and initiate eacl other, and
though we are free and equal nation,
aud quite intolerant of arbitrary rule, we
shuttle along, meekly enough, under the
yoke Of eur own arbitrary gods of socie-
ty, however fatal and enervating this in
fuenee.
We wish to wrestle with, and over
throw, this they for which every law.
human and divine, is being gradually set
aside. 1t is no exaggeration to say, that
the opinions Of men are rapidly taking
the place of the comm andments of God.
and this detestable they this oracle to
which we listen with 'bated breath. VIVA:
does it do for us in the end?
Does it teach us to lead pure lives, to
hold our principles before Us as shield,
and buckler Of defence, not smuggle
them down to the bottom of our hearts,
under all the mean. little vices Not so (;
they" only orders the cut of our coat,
the color of our bonnet, the way in which
we can become polished hypocrites
abroad. though we are domestic tyrants
at home, magnificent princes Of extrava-
gauce and show in public, anxious bank
rapts, CHASTITY suicides in private, like the
unfortunate Mr. Merdle, in Dickens
Little Dorrit." Listen to few speci-
mems Of society talk:
Mamma" says Fannie Furbelow,
with an air of determination, we must
give up asking Mrs otandish to our par
ties; do you know they say she posi-
lively goes out teaching, to help out ex-
penses.
"Challes," says pretty bride Emily,
with a pout, II think you need not cb-
ject to my going around with Rose Bloom
ington. now she has married Blooming.
ton you know they say she can be
received anywhere again and after all |
her husband, that Valentine, gave a
great deal of provocation before she ran
away from him.
Il don't care button for Ha! Cham
bers, so there, May, you may stop teaz
ing" lisps miss of sixteen; sweet voic
ed as she is worldly hearted, they say
be is as poor as poor. and, 0 May, that
those diamond studs Of bis are only
paste.
And through such speeches, spoken,
with earnestpess worthy of better cause,
in luxurious parlors, and crowded con
cert rooms, We learn the sy mpathy of our
fellow creatures for US, and how we are
Judged, according to our means, not our
merits.
$50 the world away" R.B. |