The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-03

plays tAaf once vese popular-namely,
"Jane Shore" and The Fair Peuitent."
The latter contains character "the gallant,
gay Lotaar;o," and the dear periislioas Lo-
tRaSio."
This play il said 10 have been modelled
upon Masainser's Fatal Curiosity and il.
LosAsri" il . decided improvement upon
Massinger'. Novall Junior. Some critics
have fancsd that The Fair Peni:en," may
have been framed on Moliere's "L< Fsxin de
Ifn~," which also has . regular Don Juan
for its hero.
Perhaps the tale Of "The Curious Imper-
,inens," introduced a. an episode into the
pages Of "Don Qnixote," was the original
source Of Lolhario's name end character
In this ssory-which mnst readers skip, he
cause il interrupts the recorl Of the knight
Of the WOful Conference and SauchO
Panza, his famous s4nirs-One Of the lead
ing percentages il certain gay Lothario
who thinks that all tricks sre lawful in love
~ veil as in war.
The name Of Rowe ought and will b. re-
membsresi in literature, MT for his own ORA
matte performances, but because h. was the
first editor Of Shakspere Who took the
trouble Of collecting and arranging the few
facts that we're known, in the beginning Of
the last century, concering the great dra-
matist and his works. Nearly one hundred
and seventy years have elapsed since Rowe's
biographical sketch Of Shskspere appeared,
yet We nov know very little more about him
pe r.onally than Rowe had set down.
As the farthest possible from Shakspere,
let u consider what is the origin Of "nsmby-
pamby," term used to characterize stupid.
silly and commonplace writing. Ambrose
Phillips, author Of some poor "Pastorals,"
Who must MOI be confounded with John
Philips. author Of "The Splendid Shilling"
luarreled with Pope, who, to ridicule his
trifling and childish rhymes, characterized
them - ''namby- pamby."
Henry Carey. author Of the familiar song,
"Sally in Our Alley" and Of the mock
tragedy Of "Chrononhotonthologo also
wrote . burlssque on Phillips style oi
poetry. Lord Macaulay. in his ESSAY on
Addison" speaks Of Phillips AZ a "m"lsiIi"s
poet" and whose verses introduced species
Of composition which has been called after
his name, nambs-pamAy.
II n
gus, drink, composed Of wine, hot water
and sugar, wan invented for ladies by gal
liant Col. N~xus. There Was . Bri,i.h
Admiral, named Vernon, famous for wear
ing neither garments made Of q stud called
grogrsm. Ridiculine this, the sailors nick.
nsn'eed him Old Grog, and when he order
ell that rum and water. and not the real
spirits, should be given them in their ratiOns
they called the dilu.ion grog.
Sandwiches, it is known, derived theiI
name from our economic Earl Of Sandwich
whose luncheon Was two thin slices Of bread
with silver Of cold meat between. There
have been Wellington and Butcher boots.
Tramways, a. the iron-strset lines are called
in England, were invented by Mr.. Ou-,ram
We look at the STAN and think Of thu
Orrery, which an earl sO-cslled invented
We ride in . small carriage called Broug
ham, and think Of the famous character
Who 6rst set up such . vehicle. We speal
Of delay, in politics or war, calling il
Fabian policy" and probably forget thai
Il is 10 called after the great Consul who
saved the republic by his honorable slack
ness