New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-19

weekly. which favors the world with cooIed IN
hkenesses Of the men whom 1T delights to honor, or
20 caricature which much the same thing, has
the credit Of Iuventing tins system You SIT for
your portrait TO MIR Pelle grln: OF 10 Mr. Ward,
both excellent artists their way. who are paid
for the work they do, and have no further con-
with the commercial side of the TRANSACTION
The sitter secs himself by aud by portrayed In
rainbow hues, with his worst or weakest traits
brought out AZ strongly the artist can orihg
them, and likes or uoeS not Ike. as TIE case may
DE the travesty Presently he receives po'te
note from tho office of the paper, Informing MIN
that a limited numLer of proofs of this precious
tr,.luctiou have been struck on. aud presuming
that he would like to acquire them ut the low prce
OF S25 apiece. A good many gudgeons rise To this
bait.
IL Is n pretty device, aud the idea which it is
formed is capable of various applications Whether
The Whitehall Re'1s7c works II the picture line
don't know. That journal is capable better
things than mere imitation may be from
a paragraph IN a local journal of Eastbourne-a
paragraph ost innocently printed in the regular
course of reporting the proceedings of the East
bourne Local Board At a recent meeting of that
body a conn unlcatiOn was read from Mr. & Law
rence, OF Wimbledon, atmg that article on
Eastbourne would appea ar in the next number of
The Whitehall keriep. and asking t. be Informed
how many copies the Board would require So that
ue HllSHt KNOW WuaJ NUMBER 10 PRINT | lie clerk
was directed to reply that if the Board had power
90 spend the ratepayers' money for such purpose
1t would be pleased to order certain number; but
that the auditor-the hard-hearted man would
not allow the charge. No dOnbt, adds the clerk
consolinGly the booksellers in the town would take
some COPIES which MIR. c. Lawrence may be sup
posed to have known without help from the munic-
ipal mOuthpece. 1t is Mr.. Labouchere who has
found this bit of pure among the Stag and dross
which fill the local paper and who prints 1t in his
calmly cruel manner. And Mr. Labouchere beneath
his mask of cynical indifference has a sound hatred
OF shams and impostures.
1t is noted of the distinctive characteristics
of the Queens message proroguing Parliament
that ii is written in grammatical Engsh-a rare
quality IN Queens speeches. adds critic.
Readers of her Maiesty's " journal" may suppose
that this is addressed to the Queen herself
But it is not The messages of the Crown to the
Houses of Parliament are the composition of Min
held the pen. How early the notion that these
pieces of literature rule badly written got
possession of peoples minds it might he hard to
say. But it may not be hazardous to suggest that
1T became fixed during the Premiership OF Lord
Beaconsield. What happened occasionally before
his time happened frequently during ais time. Lord
Beac0nsfield was capable of polishing an epigram
or sentence, sometimes a whole paragraph But
you never read long without finding HIM slovrnly.
and a formal document like Queens speech vas
too much for him. His mind was neither exact nor
orderly; and he was too lazy to take continuous
pains. Yet 1T used to be said nothing stung hun
more than the criticisms on his STYLE G. w. S.