, 1876-09-03
A New Departure---The Mar"
quis Of Farintosh.
Which Shall 1t Be..-OutstTuttlr 6
a Flunkey.-.A Good
Lesson.
Lace Flounces and Their Wearers
IA Sensible Woman.
Fishing, Dancing. Parading' and f4a11-
ing at Fortress Monroe

&peE{Hf C0FTEIpoft1EsCf q 1"e 4ssS@te-
NxwPoR1, R. l., Aug. 3L-l haVs olm nut
uncomfortable perception that am g7aouall5
uniting nyself into q position that may be
termed inconsistent; tn short, tnas may DC
raid to be eating my own words, when femem
Der that in times past and In letters p2st' ne4o
forth upon the simplicity and inconsistencies
Of wealth and its attendant position mere IN
Nevport. mean as meant then, wealth in
high places, not in low places. 1stuck TO IL tnat
the fne virtues Of unworldliness and the " mod
.st worth i" appreciativeness hour1shed as V1eof-
pusly upon the golden soil as any otheF' anu
now letter by letter am preaching sharp ser
mons and dingtng out sharp hints upon the
weakness, the follies, the worldllness OF the
Vanity Fairs I find here
IN THE HIGHER PLACES.
Aud by no means intend at this date to re-
tract nv assertions, or to endesvor to Tcconcle
The two positions have taken. Instead, l
propose to 20 On in the new path have enter
cd, and thus proclaim myself not only On a new
path, but new departure. And am 'nnted
to this boldness by fresh developments IN my
Vanity Fair, or fresh news OF its tollles- DON'T
rouch for the entire reliability OF all the
minutisa connected with my news" eut the
great point, the great fact OF such " news - oe-
Ing possible Of this day and generation, Is
significant Of Decentralization. Alter THIS
,olenn preamble, will present. the case
Is 1t stands, in proper dramatic form. Scene,
gorgeous dinner-table; propr1a l'erso"o' DILL
iant g1oup Of this fashionable world, the cen
:ral figures Of which are two charming girls and
+, vouth. who il q bon 1,arti. 1t Is gay little
pa.ty, and wine flows freely. BY and by the
routh's ideas get into cllampangny 1oam, ana
kerp uuuttered when the Widow Cliquot anu
ber train hsyc not mounted to his brain and
the thoughts that he is sensible enough to
taken possession, now begin to ooze cut dc
is sitting in most delightful position, On either
fide of him one Of the charming girls hare
mentioned. As
THE WIDOW cL1QUoT
does her work, he apparently realizes more
completely this position, until It last very
likely be feels with the poet:
How happy could be with eithes
We're t'other dear charmer away.
And It is perhaps out Of this feeling, mixed IN
With the knowledge Of his own eligibility which is
eru1{nna1ir thrust before him, that my Lord the
MARQUIS Of Farintosh leans back in his chair
nresently in 4 sudden spasm OF exfllaration,
and, putting an arm about the waist Of each
charming ncighbor, exclaims, IN GhampaSny ana
mamma!" The legend does not go further,
docs not relate whether mamma, who was pres
srnt. smiled in benign forgiveness on the Of
fender, OF if she considered him in the light OF
an offender At all. Does not relate whether his
charming ne:ghbors we're more embarrassed or
Indignant at the cxhilaraut e1plosiEeness OF
MI LORD OF FAR1HTosH.
I, is safe to conclude, however, that they were
overcome by neither emotion, but, instead,
found their hopes in dutter at the unexpected
Ch:nccs SO close and immediate, for where e1-
plosiyencss like this takes place the conclusion
ie natural that the train has been consciously
fired for long time. This Marquis OF Far1ii-
to*h Is By no means TOOL ike lnacserays A.
hero lie has plenty Of sense, and though the
Na,nmon-w orshipcrs have done their best to
s;>oi1 him be keeps his head very well: when he
keeps the Widow Cliquot out OF it: When that
Eily dame has possession, the truth, that Is al,
which is not to be spoken when it Is such TRUTH
comes out And 4 state Of society in which
this state Of thingsis rotten
It is not the Marauises OF Farintosh who arc to
blame, but the feminine followers anu anglers
for the Marquis wealth with the MARQUIS
oilers. the droncs In the hive Of society, that is
at the root Of the evil. Fashion DEGREES that
they must be sustained and not In any way SELL
sustaining. That they must be sustained in
sCMPTUoUs MANNER
is the result Of their long parasitic system ana
the tendency constantly towards extraYagant
luxury and display. It Is the true IT OF the
daughter Of the horse-leech, "Give! Give!"
know that this has very RADICAL woman f.
ri.htsh sound, but when one is brought lace 70
healthy leaycn Of self-respect, the native gorge
must rise In protest against it. And it Is Ger
tain1y not unreasonable to presume that these
mammss and daughters who fling their hand
spect pretty we'll ground out Of them by thls
charming system Of theirs. For to add up with
these iniqultles, and to prove my words, listen
to the remark Of one Of Mrs. Columbia's daugh-