, 1881-03-13

] ....-.. L0nd0n PUNCH .--
TThe Esthettc Young Stan rose 1anCEidly from hi*
his iapd: saa lie Fsaeceks Feasier in bis hair; lie
] Good Philistines oil, don't carry manuscripts
| about me to read to the likes Of you! and If ]
! did you couldn't understand rhem-and II you
could. should be supre1nelY disgusted-more
| over, yo,, would have the advantage Of me-
| BurI can speak plain English when it suits
t NC aud make myself pretty well understood,
fore wRen sinco you arc g wi!itng Wilt 10 scn vii tel
| you why A1n here Tonight, fnr away from the
| Limnbue Brosns-retnste, ah ne: from the
YOU have never heard Of SIa:ldle and Mrs.
! Cimnoue Brown: l dare say not To know
J them Is a Joy, and the privilege Of a select 1nd
in their specrlye perfection, they ditcrentiate
from each other With IL quite incHably subtle
For Sne is Suprem ely Cousummate-wnereas
| Ho Is Consummatcly Supreme. constantly tell
them SO, and they agree With me.
~. n.SG ,sv nrnxonts mn from rcyc,tin~ to
! you all they tell nc tnnd everybody cse} about
myself, beyond tie mere fact that they consider
| me alone to combine, IN my own mind anu per-
sou, supreme Consummafeness. with Con5um-
mate SuprcmacY-and agree with them: We
get on uncommonly well together, can tell you.
It will not surprise you. seeing that am thus
6ave been quite Social Celebrity. 1t happened
one evening, for want Of anything better to
say. told Mrs. Ctmahue Brown, 10 the strictcst
confidence. that could SIT up all night with O
sho was deeply moved. Her eye muls1cned
She said, "Qnite SOL" and wruns my fingers
And struck her % as such beautiful thought
pusk to poke his sulrar fun II Maudle and myself;
and Grisby went and told 1t TO every soul he
knew, as good joke ngajnst Mel
Now Grigsby, for some reason or other that
could never make out, knows everybody worth
know t1,g and everybody worth knpWtug very
naturaiiy wanted 10 Know man who cold sit
up III! night With Lily!
4 Lily! Justthin Of It &c worthy Philisttnes: %
! purpose7 How Consummate! How Perfect!
How Supreme, Precious, and Blessed! Nay how
iectiyes Of mine have grown into household
words. Even Gr1gsby uses them now, and about
me of all people; mc, whom b. pretends to bate!
loo. Supreme dufer, a Consumsnate ass.
Blessed idiot, Il Precious fool, Perfect noodle.
nay an Utter Nincompoop: ,,+.o. eo,, for him,
But he lacks the reul sense Of hnmor! =,
had jtujtn1urs. OF course. can hardly call
them rivals pilcox DECLARED ae ;y souil sH I'D po VI
h,:1ieye. and was seedy for 4 month In conse-
qsee qaenee! AL And as Tor Milktngten sop!es, be
n9 fnr t6at % ony once in
eofsry, n.ofy1, They f%e eovordtd IT, they always do
And Grtgsby lat them n}one; ,,o ,u.f,-
ne red t., bin In the hearsns Of GrtEsoE} tnat
sat up all night with Primrose thought It
capftal change after tho Lily 30 Simple, you
Enowi And we u!l went in for simplicity just
then, even the little cimabae Erowus! :An,l And
what seli for Pilcox and Sopey, with their
Aloe Blossoms ind Stephanotises!
A tear rolled down the Perfect cheek OF Mat1-
die tfor his cheekis almost as corsummate as
fInctjr SOL" Grlg5by let OF big D.. and went
forth like an indignant lamb to spread the news
abroad.
ine fGriesby's people, ha! hu!} literally fought
for nie-Grigsby WIS nowhere.
Pilcox followed suit with q Nar1gold@ OF Dan.
old weed. And Sopley, poor boy! tried II on
with Snowdrop. 20 ne said; but It was In June,
you know, and dldn' kdo at all They oTerdld it