The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
BEAU BRUMMEL.
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 Brummel was the grandson of pastry cook who had shop in Bury street, St. James, and like SO many in the distinct at present, added to his means by letting apartments ,e gentlemen of fashion. One of these was Mir. Jenkinson. afterward Lord Liverpool, who got the pastry cooks son a clerkship n one of the pub lie offices. and finally made him his pri- vate secretary. George Brummel. the future dandy. was born in June, i--S. He was sent 10 Eton. At school he dis ,inguished himself in all the manly exercises and as the bes, scholar-so an- other dandy, NIT. Raikes, tells us-ihe best boatm m and the best erieketer and, more than all. he was supposed to pos sess the comprehensive excellencies that are represented by the familiar term of good fellow. He made many friends among the scions of good families. by whom he was considered sort of Cnch- ton. and his reputation reached a circle over which reigned the celebrated duch- ess of Devonshirc. Al a grand bali gwen by her grace, George Brummel, then quite youth, appeared for the first time in such elated society. He inn media,ely became great favorite with the ladies. and was asked by all the dowagers to as many balls and soirees as he could attend. \, last the prince of Wales sen, for Brummel and was so much pleased with his manner and ap- pearance that he gave him commission Tn his own regiment. the Tenth Hussars. Cnlucky Brummel. soon after joining his regiment. was thrown from his horse al d grand review At Brighton. when he broke his classical Roman nose. This misfortune. however. did not affect the fame of the beau. and although his organ had undergone slight transformation II was forgiven by his admirers. since the rest of his person remained intact. Brum- mel continued to govern society. in con- junction. with the pnnce of Wales He was remarkable for his dress, which was generally conceived by himself the ex- cu,ion of his sublime imagination be- ing carried out by that superior genius, Mir Weston. tailor, of Old Bond street.
 When dining at house in Hamp- shire. where the champagne was inferior he waited for pause Tn the conversation, and then said aloud, John. give me some more of that oider On being asked where he had dined yesterday. he answered tha: II was with :" a person by ,se name of R-s. To give him his due. he begged me to make up the party myself, so 1 asked Alvanley. Mills. ner- you the affair was unique. There was every dc!icacy the Sillery was perfec, but. my dear fellow conceive my aston ishmen, when tell you ,ha, Mir. R-s had the assurance 10 sit down and dine with us. \ visitor having bored him with praises of wha, he had seen Tn his travels. the lakes. etc. the beau turned to hls valet and asked. Which of the lakes k t ,ha, admire :! "Windermere, believe. SIT. An SO Il ls-Winder- mere, yes" ,,oed, too, IS his we'll knoSn original explanation Of having ca4sh, cold d-the landlord having put hlm Tn room with a damp stranger. Once, probably by a mistake tha, was ~lliul. the beau pu, up a, house to wAlch he had no, been invited; he was told Of his error and reoeved hint to depart. He revenged himself bv giving out after~ard that "it was a very good house 10 stop one nigh, in Ills prac,i cal Iokes, too. of which he was fond were of racy If not of an unfeeling kind It IS difficult to resist smile al one oi which French emigre marquis was the subject or victim. On a suliry morning at a country house he had secretly con tIved to mix sugar with the powder the poor marquis used for his wig. The scene was at Wobum Abbey, or some great house, and at breakfast. As soon as the marquis sat down all the flies be gan to settle on his head. In vain he attempted to brush them away. 4. breakfas, proceeded their numbers in- ! creased they came in swarms from all parts of the garden while the as,onish. meni of the company at theIr buzzing. may be conceived. The sugar. nov melting began to trickle down his face on which the flies also settled. and the poor Frenohman had al last to fly from the room amid roars of laughter. Sc wi,h his reply to the beggar who pesI- toned hlm for aims, even If Ii was only a half f-penny: Poor fellow" sad the beau Tn q tone of good nature, 1 have heard of such a com ou; never possessed one there's shilling for you. '. To which may b. added his remark on one oi the essentials of life. VIZ having country washing.
 As he was both spend,hnf, and gamb- Ter the money his father lief, him. said to amount to 3o,oool, was dissipa,ed in a fewyears. Ye, he carried on the game 10 the last moment One night while really in desperate straits he was seen al the opera in all his splendor and fashion and by midnight ~as in a posschaise and four hurrying down to Dover. On ths next evening he was pacing that lonei, place of banishmen,. then the debtor. official refuge, protection, and shelter CalAis.
 Here he lived for several years, and instead of yielding to adverse fate, created for himself new position was enabled by his buoyancy of temper and faith IT himself. to maintain his air of fashion even in that state oi desolation. Hi. friends the Alvanleys, tutfi quanti -k1 r.z=>1 h>>-A~n cnHrr and pzx,<