National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-05
ANSWER TO "HoRATIus.u
To the Editor of THE REPUBLICAN:

To the Editor of THE REPUBLICAN:
| | have Just found out through the kind
ness of friend that was sat down upon, crushed
/ annihilated and exterminated by person who
| signs the appalling name of Horatius" in the
Gazette of last Sunday. 1t would be bad enough to
| be sat down upon by Thomas, or john or Henry:
but o We gods. Horatius!" The very name crushes
Possibly all my readers may not know just the
sensation one experiences in finding that one has
been sat down upon. 1t is a kind of lop-sided
feeling; sensation of having been flattened like
the custard- pie that the nice young man
SAT DOWN UPON
at the Sunday school picnic. The occasion for my
being in this crushed and dilapidated condition is
on account of the article on Bernhardt, written
| some three weeks ago. "Horatius' seems to have
pondered and ruminated upon the matter until
he came to the conclusion that I treated Bern
| hardts shortcomings with too much liberation.
He insists that should be more dignitied and lit
eral in the treatment of such grave matters as those
discussed in the Bernhard article. Horatius"
objects to my using the word Irregularities" in
regard to Sara; but 1 insist that Sara has been
guilty of irregularities" If 'Horatius" thinks
some other term would describe Bernhardts short
comings better he is at liberty to use it, but the
fact remains that her habits have been consdera-
bly, removed from what is understood as regular"
" HOratius" objects also to my saying, in regard
to my having said in connection with
sARA's ''PETTTE ACCIDENT"
that is convenient as well as respectable to have
father who has no objections to acknowledging
that he is your father shall insist that am cor
rect, Also in having made this statement. l made
it with due elaboration, and am ready to stand
by it. "HoTatius" can say as much more in favor
of regular fathers as he chooses. could have
said more in favor of them myself if it had seemed
necessary, but everybody is ON their side any
way, as opposed to irregular" fathers, did not
need to plead their cause "Horatius" is alto
gether right i'll presumlng that 1 do not know but
that some man might be found brave enough to
take an illegitimate child into his life and
acknowledge it as his at every step. 1 can only
state in reply that do not happen to be so for
tunate as
TO KNOW OF SUCH 4 MAN,
but would be exceedingly happy to know of one,
and even more happy to know of more There are
several other points of difference between myself
and HOratius; = but when asked for space in
which TO reply the senior editor of THE REPUBLI-
CAN glowered at me from behind formidable pair
of spcctacles, and the handsomest and most refa-
bic editor-and they are all
HANDSOME AND RELIABLE
the poet-credibly informed me that the
Office had received several bushels of answers TO
the article Il think it was bushels and that,
in fact, they had been obliged to employ an extra
boy to empty waste baskets in order to make room
for "star-service communications. Further
more, that L was likely to be taxed to pay the |
wages of the boy to prevent my doing so any more
In view of these facts Horatirs will see the diff
fculties have labored under and understand WHY |
l could not make fuller answer On the whole. |
rather like Horatius" though his style is tr De
feminine FOR so masculine name; and, were his |
criticism not remarkable for generosity, should
advise Horatius to come out from behind his mas
culine nom de plume and take a more feminine |
name. JESSIE