National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01
A BOOM In BRICKS
BY THE PRESBYTERIAN LADIES.

moved Into new aud Commodious chufch eui-
fee, and tho happy thought has occurred TO them
that the bricks OF the dear old building thus de-
molishcd and replaced might be utilized in the
direction both of dollars and sentiments. In other
words that If said bricks could be in measure
poetzed and etherealized as 1t were, many mem
bers OF the congregation would be ready and
anxious to purchase them, as suggestive, II some
what weigbty, souvenirs of the old church within
whose consecrated walls in by-gone years they
had Sung and prayed and courted and slept.
II would seem difficult at first sight to invest the
yet such is the task these heroic women have pro.
posed to themselves. They have determined, in
short, TO
START "BRTcK BAZAAR"
Any ono who will for moment reflect upon the
character Of the brick in a state of nature will ut
once begin to realize the difficulties of the enter
prise. Thanks 10 the uuurlng research and in
dustry Of the devoted band Of men known as
American humorists, the reading public It may
be safely stated, is now pretty accurately informed
as TO the sinful and abandoned disposition and
habits of the mule and domestic goat, and the
evidence from time to time still contributed on
those subjects may be regarded as merely cumu.
latiyc. But II can be affirmed with equal truth
that the brick nGtctthat is to say, In its unre-
generate and unRwakened state-is at heart de-
PRAYED and desperately wicked Who that has
formed any intimate or personal acquaintance
with its characteristics can fail to recognize an
unyielding obstinaoy rude aggressiveness, an
overbearing determination to have its own way
which, in brickbat or a politician, cannot but be
regarded rs typical Of crude angular hard, and
unloycy natureY If not to effect radical rcgen.
GRAFTON ana change of heart In the SIM hardened
brick, ut least TO ameiorate and soften its external
ruggedness and round the angles of its contact
with the Christian world is the mission these
NOBLE PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
have In view. Perhaps one ofthe best and most
benciicent results of modern medical science is
that not only has the divine AIT of healing gained
completer control over individual cases but the
general type of epidemics land with II. of rene.
dies Is less viruent and deadly than hundred or
two hundred years ago. II is notably so with
Calvinism Its operations no longer employ the
drastic agencies Of fire and sword, persecution
aud psalm singing; and this modern crusade for
the reclamation OF the brick will be conducted
with the most approved modern ndjuncts Of re-
Greshments and mild filtration. During several
weeks Of busy preparation number of tons ofraw
snS n de %. ana
velopes of silk, satin or velvet, duly padded with
raw cotton, horsehaiT, or sawdust and deliberately
painted, embroidered, and generally Gstheticized
with sunhowers. lilies, humming- birds, storks,
texts of Scripture aud CATO nine tails.
THE WORLD HAS MARvELED
at the skill and patience Of the monks, who spent
years OF their lives in Illuminating the breviares
and missals OF the middle ages, but their pious
toll pales In comparison with the illuminated mis-
siles herein described. And not from the stand
point of art alone, but still more from those of
utility and influence. The monkish volumes. with
their initials and scIollwork of crimson and gold,
are locked away in great libraries and museums
The illuminated brick, oil the contrary, will lie
upon the parlor table; the good WORD or maxim
or emblem with which II is inscribed ever ready
20 the eye and hand How beautiful and sug-
gestye, for instance, to arrange among the plaques
Of Queen Anne mantel three decorative and
truly transcondental products Of the brick kiln, in
medieval, stained glass attitudes, indite with
surly English script" Faith" "Hope" and
Charity The latter might contain two bricks,
In symbolic reminder that the greatest of all is
charity. Or lRnin. who estimate tho
OF one of these souvenirs, emblazoned with the
holy legend lin peacock blue) God Bless Our
Home" or the striking effect with which pious
and able-bod wife might bring It to bear upon
truant and two-o'clock- lin the morning bus
band? Clearly case of brickbat VS.. club" and
may the right prevail. But to return 10 the
bazaar.
WHEN THE EvESTFuL EVENING ARRIVES
and the transparency is elevated on the street
corner, while the maids and matrons hustle about
the lecture room and the traditional church fair
oyster SINNERS in solitary state amid the stew
whose fragrance steals from the pastors study
the array Of reclaimed, reformed, refined and re.
habilitated bricks will be q spectacle of untold
splendor. All around the room bewitching little
bricklayers, in coquettish masons caps and aprons
ing stability, warranted to tumble on the toes OF
the first unwary customer. Equally fatal and i0S-
cnating little hod- carriers WIN hasten to and fro
ever ready and alert TO unload upon the innocent
the publication office Of the Daily 7TotOd (foI
ali and each be- %O built p'o Of truly moral % Nnd
msthetio bricks-brcks from which The
national guile and inherent obduracy have been
once and forever eliminated. II Is even be-
lieved that the charitably and brlckistically am
bilious will be accorded at least one opportunity
by the younger aud more enterprising of the
daughters of Zion to take Il chance" In n pyra-
mid of sacred and embellshed bricks big enough
for the sepulchre of q full grown Pharnoh--tak-
ing chances somehow suggests Pharaoh. Re-
beccas well mo church fair complete without 10
will also be curbed with converted and regeuer.
ate bricks, though what will curb Rebecca's
pockets of the Philistine of the period and send
him home filled with
BITTERNESS AND WEAK LEMONADE
remains nu unknown and unknowable factor: II
Is wonderful what qualms AND fears that simple
announcement in fancy letters on n pasteboard
booth CRebecc0's well can strike TO the soul of !
sturdy and sx.ioot.n- his stockings young Chris:
benot merely harmless but gratifying. Besides Re.
becca and the pretty bricklayers and hod carriers
aforesaid there is another young lady who seems
of late to have doomed up as an enthusiast on The
subject offairs, bnaanrs. &C.. and appears indeed "a
be absent from none of them. On account of her
the SOu6rfcket-so to speak-of" Spinning Jenny" Ii
seems little familiar but be that as Il may, she
tribution of submated and sanctitied brckbats as
actively as a tipsy lrishman on election day. And
30 il will go-brickbats, brickbats everywhere
to drink. 1t is this last feature which
causes apprehension for the success OF the
enterprise in direction wherein It might prove
the line of their accustomed absorption
no doubt the colonies of the Ebbit
and The judges Of Wizards would makethe bazaar
their nightly rendezvous. The demand for bricks
among these gentry as an article of wearing APP
Parel has been steady and inyariabe for a mum
Der OF years. No of their number is believed L
go home at night without at least one brick in hi.
hat TO repress the exuberant bursts of thought and
feeling which the feast of reason and flow OF SOU
II ever occurred to any Of them that the head
aches they suffer next morning in the
MAuvAIsE QUART D'HEURE
before the matutiual cocktail can get in its WORK
the hat as to the variety of brick? Be assured
gentlemen, that once you have worn n properly
padded Presbyterian hand painted, aesthetic, and
orthodox brick in your hats you viii never be
without one. The crude and untransfgured brick
towhioh you have been addicted all your DAYS
Will thenceforth shock and disgust you. Indeed
II is safe to assert that the day will come when M
first class bar or sample room will be without an
assortment ofthe improved and amended variety
so mat any Judge or colonel who has mislaid his
brick can be supplied at n moments notice. II /,
TO be hoped the attendance Of these gentlemen al
s sd 9a ih h VII DC early and regnent They really
land will be placed in the collection of rare and
curious articles, and the locomotive headlight
they carry IA lieu Of noses will materially reduce
the gas bills of the institution suggestion ol
two to the lady managers.
II SPECIAL NOTICES ARE WORKED
or frescoed on any of the souvenirs, with view L
the spiritual welfare OF the class Of custom just re-
ferred to- Consider your steps" will be all vel
enough, or Let him that lhinketh he standetl
take heed lest he fall" But "Straightis the way
would be worse than superiiuous, as straight" 1,
the way the old gentlemen generally take IL. II
would be Just AS well perhaps, for they young lade.
To refrain from embrolderlng any more pink rat,
and mice or purple monkeys than absolutely
necessary, and TO restrain, far as possible any
tendency 10 patterns of a serpentine mn
ture these being subjects wherein the col
onels and Judges are peculiarly sensitive Que
more suggestion to the management OF the bazaar
and this pastoral discourse will have finished
WOulu IL lend mir nf realism n ha
would II not more forcibly suggest the cOnstruc.
ton of an actual building with bona. hde bricks