The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-07
THE BOHEMIAN.

Did you ever meet Bohemian? | mean
the true type of Bohemisnism-the born Bo
hemian you cannot make Bohemians, though
people can affect it. The veritable Bohemian
is gay and graceful hammered, neither obtru-
sive nor irritable. When you chat or con-
verse with him, (for he can do both,) he is not
on the watch to probe your every sentence
with the small, sharp sting Of selfish prejudice;
he has frank, fearless glance of the eye,
clear, charming laugh. The true son Of his
great mother Nature, he has an interest and
degree Of sympathy for everything.
! The Bohemian is naturally intellectual, and
| is always well read and well educated; if
poverty and fate strive and combine to de-
prive him of this advantage, his foster-mother,
happy accident" supplies the deficiency;
he is born with o polished, sensitive organi-
cation, and always has grand mental struc-
ture and fsrvid fancy. There is an intense
amount of true passion in his nature, if you
have the power to stir and wake it. He does
not care what he takes for breakfast or dinner,
and if thoroughly interested, he does not care
whether he has it at all or not. The true b.
hemian can go to the market, perch himself
at the coffee stand, and find nectar in the cup
of coffee and see realm Of romance and his
tory in the color of the vegetables, the shape
of the fish, and in the physiognorny OF the
marketing people, for the true Bohemian is q
disciple of Lavater.
IF you have the wit to appreciate him he
will entertain you in pleasant, genial, kindly
manner, and impart much information; if you
are @ bore, he viii walk five miles to avoid
you, and if you roll out the names of great
authors with ''sound and fury, signifying
nothing" you torture this gifted, sunny Bohe-
milan.
He is seldom, if ever, party politician
it is doubtful if he was ever a statesman, and
l feel sure ne was never al orthodox church
man.
He considers it " sheer insolence" to draw
a conclusion from one standpoint, and he is
willing to hear, and can be convinced. III S
grand and expansive nature recognizes the
fact that the same Hand that created the soar
ing bird created the grovelling worm and or
ganized laws for both. He hears language in
the rustling leaves, melody in the rolling
waves, and reads poems in the changing
clouds.
Then there is feminine type of Bohemia.
Oh they are dangerous women. They have
no aff.cta,ion of manner; they are simple and
frank; they look you in the eyes as you
speak, and they have wonderful smile-not
a mere showing of pretty teeth, but an ex.
preston of m outh full of tenderness and in
telligence. They listen when you speak
they Gre not small-natured; they can beal
criticism, even censure, and with softer
light in the eye admit you are right, il
YOU are; but they can be almost fierce in de-
Tense of the helpless. The orthodox womar
is shy Of these feminine Bohemians, and they
are shy in return, feeling sure they will b.
pronounced odd The Bohemian is a species
of kaleidoscope in physical form; at every
revolution of thought there is new revela
ton Of shape and coloring, always true, grace
full and beautiful. They have their moods
too,
"These children Of q dream,
Like notes dependent on the sunny beam,
Living but N the Sun lnduigent Ken.
!, One day or one week, it is mood fo
poetry, not of one age or one cline, but fol
the world of poetry; then a mood for history
philosophy and fiction, and the Bohemian is
resplendant in literary delight If you hav'
an opportunity to dine with a party of Bohe
mians, go at any cost and see how graceful
fancy crowns grave facts, and how sunny ma
lures light the shadows. The Bohemian
often thinks of death, he wants ono storiet
urn, OR animated bust;" he believes that "h'
shall lie down 10 pleasant sumbers," ant
wishes that 1t may be where flowers ma,
bloom above him; where the birds sing, ant
where there shall be the sound of flowing
water, and it shall murmur-
''For men may come and men may go,
But l go on forever"