, 1875-01-11

servatien nnd cry "Ira Hal" with rrt'1o in
tI.at glui'n,n country, far acrota tho aoa vhere
no fchltv In duo to any ruler sent In leoynl lne.
10 ho King 1-og, King Stork, or Hing Hog
J11 this rietiIre-rbum nra kent tho original
drawings Of tho cuts illustrating tnctnl foibler,
national Pecnarilica. nnl ecctiltlcitieb Of do
ncBtto 1lte, with which
JOHN LEACH
rnado the rngcs OF Punch famous for : series
Of ysals. With them js Al autograph fotter Of
1suBkt, in winch Lo Hivca laudatory criticenn
Of Lcach'n peculiar genius, for carscssnrn.
hut for bringing cut the modt salient puinta u q
humorous sitlsation.-roints which, II cxasgcr-
ated, would brcotno carieatires. md NJ false 10
lie ~ bnrlrsanc yotncs alo false to tho spirit
Of tic situation, scono. OF sentiment, they pur~
port to describe.
Az tho year NOV, olaor, aul tile LONDON fogs
grow. If posrihle marc llko tho dlsky h11aaes Of
1artarun, Brighton gro"a fuller al faiIor Of
tl.oso who havo tlod iron, tho damn, suggy owl
Of tic great Metropolis. ts'ima lseeves, tic
famous singer, is temporAty dweller IN one Of
tho fashionable croscepta:5 with hia wifo and
large family VI children. LIP Ia ofton to l,o
npeeting tho morning facade Of Brighton beauty
Lna fashion upol, tho Pier. 1t IL woti-
tls.fnl to tho wandering daughters of
Columbia, wontof to associate ago will,
EnoHy Leads and Gained pusa.. to see
how oopiously sheso English belies md beaux of
tic carly part of tho Century Lave Iualed at tho
fountain ol youth. IIoto IL
BINS asEyEa.
wloao years must he close upon thrccecoro. az
gay ruung blood IN seeming az Young AdolnluH
Fhz-Clai efsce Who ilitts his slender cano in Bcu-
timentai rartt1rcs, aud smooths t,is nix-mntltsa-
old tnnstacho III an erstaay OF emotional bliHe,
aa 1lo promouales tho l'icr beside tic lear
creature, Of bis alo}exccnt heart. 10
look ut Biu,s Reeves across tho Pier,
ono might take lin, for 25, but for tho 70.
lidity and nasaivcness Of hIs figure, which de-
family diyulgcs tho passage OF mora titan tho
ycarD Of yoi1th. His hair th 80 beautifully dark,
70 ,arsisticnlly swept in. graceful c,ryo over q
wi,ito brow !,ia inouatache droops 20 gracefully,
hiding tho Bubtlcr revelations Of time about tho
mouth In veil Of raYen black. Seeing him
thus ncrosa tho pier, ono could easily fancy tnat
the the dsya 1i,o Of Lis trlum?l,a ,s; Sefo not
M mantle yonns aaies s With "a sestinental M
rruciiv1tcs for onralic and ailycr-voicca tetors,
alnilo entjcinHly npnn him, Een1 lin ho,t1uetH
md swcctly-Ecantoa and idiot1cail:. .worded btet
donx, and behave generally as wcak-mls.ded girls
do behave wien bIintlcd by Tic ilIt1syo glores
of tho staso. md confused by tho emotional
cirIined natures. but nearer than ncrohs tic
Pier. to tho famous singer whose uamo WIS. brill
INIT Defuro wo Werc born. and wo SEQ that, il
SmA Reeves has anaffed Ut tho fountain OF
youth. be wns not careful enough III tho net
to sino tho muddy drops from his .nustacllo, TO
Or tho white foans from his face. Thoro they arc
yet looking for pit the world to these Column
ban daughters, pllo have brought sharp Atncri-
can eyes in among tie potnFn and vaniteH Of
English fashionable life, like Datchelor's hair
dye and poarl-powdcr!
Madame aoldach.uit1t, tho hcro;uc Of tho
Jenny Lind furore in America, has also take1 a
homo for TIC winter uuar Brighton for herself,
her Iurband, and retinuo Of youug Gold
schmidls. BERTHA DAYSE.