Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-09
Poor Oscar Wilde.

4 lie nltTS ti uS bi'iSH.
Her mamma strightway with a rush.
Did the legs of the chairs up in plush
l have Just finished reading in the
''World'' sickening account of a
reception which Mr.. Wilde attended
shortly after his arrival in New York.
Listen, ''Personally, Mr.. Wilde sug-
gests Greek porticos and Doric col
umns with open spaces looking to-
ward the blue Agean.'' You are
charmed, are you not? His face is
that of a colossal maiden untroubled
by heated Visions Very poetic and
easily understood.
We are further informed that ''Mr.
Wilde accommodates himself with
great aniability to the more contract
ed limits of modern life What a
strange being he must be. 1t is with
real pleasure, however, that we read
that ssNIr. Wilde wore a Prince Albert
coat, tightly buttoned.' This was
perfectly proper and exhibits genuine
artistic taste, so far as it goes, yet we
can see no reason why Mr.. Wilde
should he allowed greater license than
We're the chairs above referred to,
particularly when plush would have
answered the purpose so admirably.
And if aesthetic New York was
''charmed with the synthetical fiuency
of his expression what rapture
would they feel at q philosophical
conversation" from some one of
the numerous commercial tourists
who make their headquarters in
Mexico.
The crowd followed him to the
dining room with well-hred curiosity
to see him quaff his tea" If Oscar
had quaffed from his saucer the COM
pany would have been charmed, and
would quickly have seen how much
more thorough must be man 5
breeding and how much more steady
his nerve to enable him to drink from
Il saucer than to drink from n cup.
But worst Of all lie was made to view
tiftcen-ccnts-a-grah japanese umhrel-
la>. May heaven forgive his inhuman
managers for intlicting that upon him.
In fine, if We are to form our judg-
mcnt from what the World" has to
say. Mr.. Wilde has evidently fallen
| into the hands of that class Of would
he aesthetics who ignorantly mistake
affectation for real aesthetic feeling,
and who are ready to embrace any
thing that is the rage but who are
not even acquainted with principles
of art criticism and art execution. and
ii is evident that this is the class who
will toast and patronize Mr.. Wilde
most while he is in this country
! Very few of Us. perhaps, are born
with the natural talents essential tC
an artist, but we may all hv careful
culture acquire a correctness of tall
that shall enable us to discern be.
tween the truly beautiful and til,
merely fashionable. Perfect taste i.
defined is "thc faculty of receiving
the greatest possible pleasure from
those sources which are most attrac
tive to our intellectual and mora
nature in its purity and perfection.
1t is certainly v correct taste to orna
mcnt and heautifv our surroundings
but excessive and incOngruous Orna
mcntation does not heautify.
; All will ioyfully hail the coming o
the long promised renaissance who's
dawninc light shows visions of heaut,
in the horizon. Yet even now it
Splcnd0r is dimmed by the clouds o
affcctation. The wide prevalence o
this excessive bitterness and intens
too-tooness may yet produce Il re
action that will make us forever III
ton of philiStines whose disordere
thoughts will run into song and who's
demoniacal chorus shall be:
Take away all your adornments rSthetical
Plates Of blue china. and bits of sage green
Though you may call me monster heretical,
can't consider them fiji to be seen.
EIchings and paintings loathe and ahominat
Gr1mly smile at the name of Bltrne Jones,
Hating his pictures where his big chins pr,
dominate,
over lean figures with angular bones
| Buy me what grnmg stage ruStlcs call furniture
such rs was used 10y our fathers of old,
Take away all your nonSensical sarniture,
Tapestry curtains and borders of gold.
Give me the ancient and solid mahogony,
y Mine be the board that needs no repairs;
/ hnonI let me see, As sit at my grog any
II CnlpptndaIe tahleS or sheraton cll:tlfS.
Hang up IA vivid vermiilon wall paper.
q Covered with roses OF gorgeous hue.
Matching a vanished and beautiful hall-papt
| Looking like marble SO polished and new.
~ Carpets should all show a floral variety,
Wreaths ntermingling OF yellow and red !;
;. 80 when it enters my home. will society
Say. here's "A. house whence aesthetics ha
On the 'sWane."
Short Oirbt -6raSSnS with morypi