Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

The lion in New York society at this
 present writing is Oscar Wilde, young
 Irishman, who landed from the Arizona
 on the second of January, professedly
 disappointed fhat nothing "utter'' in the
 va! oi a sizrIn lad oocaTss. daring .l.e
 voyage. There seems to be nothing
 more remarkable about Oscar Wilde
 than an intense peculiarity, winch his
 admirers call genius, practical-minded
 folks humbug, with financial gain in
 view, and a remaining class. consum-
 mate weakness and folly. It is not for
 us to decide whether either of these
 views is the correct one to take We
 think that possibly Mr.Wilde's singulari-
 ty Is partly due to nature, partly to alTec-
 tation and largely to profit by that
 weakness lu human nature which causes
 people to run alter any new and curi-
 ous thing. In this instance, the object
 of curiosity, confined pretty much to poo- pie of society prOcIvltIes, IS young
 man, fairly goOdlOokIr z, of gentle blood,
 well-cducated, and with a wOndrOus
 turn for suave and persuasive talk. Of
 the greatest importance to that person ! himself Is the fact, tl the attention
 being given him, whicl IS very consid- erably the product of HS-ute business methods on the part Of the gentleman who acts as manager in the lecturing tour which be has begun in this country, promises to net him a great deal of m1n- ey Professional astheticlsm is now at premium in the American market
 Both English and American caricature have been and are helpful to this sub stantial result, that oi Giltert ana Sul- 1 livan's "Patience' most particularly. | Between the caricatura and the real aesthetic there does appear to be many | strong points Of resemblance, for Oscar | Wllde's appearance, talk and manners | are sufficiently distinct from that Of oth-
 CT men to give him an individuality
 which perhaps the most of people laugh | at but many admire, and all, directly or l indirectly, assist to make profitable to | the person most concerned
 Who Is Oscar Wilde, the darling of ] the Fifth Avenue? He is the son of Sir ! William Wilde, who was an eminent Oc- | mist, surgeon oculist to Queen Victoria, | founder and chief of staff of St. Marks l Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital, Dublin,
 and an eminent archeologist and author, | twice distinguished by his election as ! ItHl4N4ll 0- LUG Alfif t4A LAlNLl -lNcitAt44i | His mother, Lady Wilde, was a poetess
 and novelist, known to fame as ~Sper- | anza" Born in an enviabl social stratus, | Oscar enjoyed the educational adyan-
 tages of his position, but neither at
 school nor college manifested great abil- | ity. Within the last two or three years, | however, he has been the acknowledged | leader of that clasc of persons in London
 society who profess to find the secret of | life in beauty and who industriously
 spend their time, or fancy they do, in l the enjoyment of the beautiful where | less gifted mortals fail to find it. 4 few 1 months ago, he published a volume of | poetry, not destitute of good verses, but | condemned for its flimsiness by the se-
 verer critics. As we said before, NIT.
 Wilde landed in New York on the second
 of January. He began his campaign as
 a lecturer at Chickering Hall, in the
 Empire City, on the ninth of the same
 month, his subject being: "The English | Renaissance He was dressed in full dress coat, white vest, black knee bTeech-
 es and black silk s5Ockings; but he did
 not carry a sunhOwer or lily Iu his hand.