The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-09


meal in tHte-a-tete with The freshman liz gem
orally presents her with n choice blossom from
his garden This plcassaunco is of the scnira.
OF his window y consists chiefly of pots, but
what matter? They are rcplcnishod con-
stnn,i$ Al Very great cApSnso 10y LOCAL gIardnn.
limited scale. the price IL dear and i Is quite
tho proper thing, for those young nristncro,s
Mhr.hrr they belong To the nobility or to the
rill yulgarinns who ape them.
Ths fashion Il 50 to -ny, hereditary. know
small Eton boy who iiatly informed his parents
hc could not be seen without ,hutt9nhol1
In the front Of the very curNilod ana uunro-
tecting jacket which is the uniform Of TIM,
walked out without one This same Etonan
% ;cri r. years refu1SSd 70 wear any clothes MT
ordered nt a certain Windsortnilor's, thatnrtis
alone being. able I" cut fellows waistcont.
Nj These habits account Tor II custom prevalent
among those dear little boys, who have laid
down a rule that tucy only take pupcr"
meaning thereby TINT IL il beneath their
di-nit} TO accept anything SO low ns sovereign
Eton is father to oxford. and the sybaritic
tastes II tho school deepen IN tho university.
Some undergraduates are tempted to boil their
Inc hnrdy, boating. rough burly members Of
IN" college hated this particular student aud
superiority. wisdom ard intellect, bv promptly
putting In their orr and converting themselves
into burglars. They burst into his rooms.
Wrrr.rl his household gods. smashed his FUR
nitnrc, broke nj china, blow his feathers to tho
winds and left him shattered being to bewail
We Grn MI Immensely proud Of this summary
Justice, ryinclng the strongest discrimination
NOT 10 suitcr cflcminacy 10 creep into our social
systcin With glow of patriotic ana par
donald" pride VIC t"el that oven ii we are rot
always successful in putting down our foes. We
with sodicrlkc bluntness." So we do it. we
Ike it, we cheer those who set us tho eXgmul";
anf yet we remain impartial. unbiased iust.
"" ere not obstinatcly and b!indly of one idea.
MhHn Wo read Of the weird and warliku
II N :
drMoRznG influence may ever breathe upon
our colleges.
with pity and contempt of freshmen mt Cornell
University gathering in doors and empowering
their natural enemies by force OF numbers. We
really cannot imagine an Outrage so gross and
50 unmany not to sIy ungcntlcmaniy. for we
neyrr for one instant Apply that term to any
they ever rowcd& single race. in Jerseys undrr
the Enzc of half q million of spectators with
D"rny' Who are they, forsooth TO attempt TO
crra!r, an uproar? Let day of special and
fearful pleading I've sct aside to avert the
AnlrricanHing' of our institutions. Let us
never, never under any provocqtion. or amy
NIT ourselves to allow amy other nation 10 do
without mourning our severe ccnsurc, what we
hold UP a. emnently .praisewUrihy when we
are tho actors and umpireS.
theme lust now. Perhaps because we are
smmtinG under SO many fniiurcs and dsap;
! p"intnents we require II counter irritant. and
! seek il in IL wholesale mode of abuse. Some
sournd, writer has taken up,thc burden. and.
| un"ar hing certain cheap aud stale criticisms.
sort Of title: American Nerves. tits not the
| heading of u medical article. and was not
| printed in the LGucrt. 1t is meant for satire,
although Just at first the irony is not per-
American Nerves" simply Indicate that the
| whole nation has no stamina; that the men ARE
! lacking in backbone: that the women live in
/ hotels instead of laboriously keeping house
| that they dress well. walk well. look well, but
| do not 1.-Two in the opcn air, and that both sexes
/ are indifferent to sport.
promptIy race So affected Is doomed i m R,.i
! shortly die out. Girls who do not hunt or play
| lawn tennis eleven hours out OF tho twenty
! four, cannot become the mothers of hardy mon.
/ In tn" United States there Is go-well. yes,
/ there may Debut there Is no stay, and stay il
| everything. 1t is. maybe. difficult cxnctly to
rec nc ]" the contradictory way in which it s
| applied: but anyhow in England we posses
stay. and no nerves. which isfri2ht while in
j.. wrong And yet how do We manage 1t
After Nil, save for that hunting and tennis. We
;eem to do pretty much the same things on
| both sides the Atlantic.
Surely our men ingcr over their wine till It
,rrovidcntial that they only join tho Indies
| speculate on the turf and the Stock Exchange
They disappear suddenly in tho eclipse Of
English girls lrt and conscientiously. too; Va
| hear of u brisk trade in white slaves. We hunt
the corpnet rs kcsnly as the fox, our women
| take choral and have morphine injected into
their veins as u stimulant ugly stories so the
| round Of the clubs-we live faster and faster
| Who'll" families lead n nomadic if respectable
own-to be sure they live in lodgings. not hotels
| which l., a difference and yet we do not dream
4 IourlShing our nerves in each others faces
Why. even at isandula we had no such on
cumbrnnce. little less stay than usual-tha'
was all. VI. DE S.