New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-19
Jenkins mt the Centennial.


The Times enjoys the advantage of a cor
respondent whose "bear only dances to
the auietest of tunes" whose associs
tious are of the most exalted character,
and who thus contrasts the coarse brutal
ity of the centennial Republicans with the
exquisite picture of "the British COURT"
The '.catoh penny" characteristics of the
Centennial Exposition are painfully OBJ
vious.
Of the portrait of Benjamin Franklin it
is said:
TWAS probably painted subsequent to q
peliod when the wife who gave him respee-
liability had ceased to be cOngenial, for the
inf ated by unctuous living lolls back in q
blue brocade silk dressing gown, veneer
alba gloss of fashion and hoary headed
mould of form.
The relics are ridiculous.
Relics, however, are in great demand, or
as the ChicagOans say Tony and Inde-
nendence Hall is filed with the counterfeit
presentments OF a set of faces which would
be creditable to the most carefully selected
rogues' gallery. A recent discovery that
l176 was the epoch of gigantic beer jugs
and dimunitive wash hbasins, sounds the key
n ote of that era. POnderous jaws, low, mar
row foreheada, brutal lipe, and an utter
dearth of refinement, appear the rule rather
than the exception.
The Times has the honor, through q
former proprietor now in New England, Of
having contributed a statue of this philos-
opher, who "snatched the lightning from
. heaven and the scepter from the hand of a
tyrant." 1t is rather ungrateful to go back
on the Union traditions of the journal.
Jenkins, however, finds an adorable con-
trast to the coarse and vulgar type OF re-
publican ancestry in the Queens pictures:
The pictures loaned the institution by the
Queen of England are thus design ated, and
the gallery wherein they are On exhibition
| is constantly crowded.
In this collection l would direct special
attention to the Marriage Of the Prince OF
| Wales" Of immense size and brilliant
| colOring, the fact that every face ls por-
| trait, gives the scene a realism which is
| wonderfully effective. Before the altal
stands the Prince and his lovely bride, six
| bridesmaids are in the back ground, and
| surrounding the happy couple are the roya
| family, the younger princes IN Scotch kits
| The body of the chapel is filled with the
| highest mobiles of the land and the ladies o.
| the court; in an alcove stands the diplo
| matte corps, in the gallery are the nobility
and gentry, and in the royal pew which il
| Immediately above the altar stands the
widowed Queen, in deep mourning, hel
| solitary decoration being the blue ribbon O.
the Bath. l fingered over this masterplee'
a full hour, and will probably view it fifty
times before taking my departure. Th'
| scene presented gives better idea OF Eng
hsh court life than anything within me rang
of n,y experience, and 1t is doubtful it one.
| presence at the scsne would add to thl
| knowledge.
| Why those exquisite and hightOned noble
men who find a republic SO repulsive t.
their associations should not transplan
themselves to some of the royal circle
where they find themselves go much a
home we can not imagine. The disgust o
Jenkins in keeping the popular compan.
was enhanced by his being compelled t
pay excessive prices for foreign repas,
Finding nothing American tolerable b
breakfasts at French restaurant, and pei
petrates the snobbery of complaining Q
the rates.
Think of 81 50 for bottle of vim ord
naire, 81 50 for tenderloin steak, sixtee
cents for bread, twenty cents tor butter an
twenty cents for service!. The service cor
sisted in bringing tenderloin steak IN he
Of q mutton chop, and q cup of coffee whic
was simply an emetic. OF course ignoranc
of English is the excuse for this exhibition
of liberality.
Think of the companion of princes an
familiar of courts keeping the price cul
rent of bread and mutton! Prince Hal n
membering him "of the one shirt for 81
perfuity and the other for use' OF PolnE
And then to confess ignorance of the Lar
guage of all the courts. Jenkins let's dow
and exposes himself as a grounding viii
high aspirations. Poor Jenkins can't bes
the Centennial, you know-blarsted Low
you know-aw.