The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1889-03-29

glesdon. Conceive Il l!iuu Il slave I,
! passion envy. revenge, avaricc hatred
unfuiiilled ambition: or IL any form
/ oE sensual desire. from the love of good
eating downward : where is his kappi-
ness: \ the best in fragments. trans
TORY and unstable, and only found
when ne has touched The one moment
of completion. Like the stone OF Sis
vrhus. which rolls back from the
mountlan-top 81 soon rs it reaches it.
his enjoyment dies with that moment
of completion: and safety, alternating
with ftyeriSh longing, can scarcly re
said to constitute happiness.
We often see that apparent anomaly.
essential unhappiness in home rich
10 the 18th in ali material gooi. For
tune. friends. place. youth. beauty.
health-therc they all in fall abun-
dance: and vet there is no true
happiness. He is discontented. she Is
desruvree he is envious. she is nm
sympathetic lie desires what he does
not possess. and enyies those who have
what he has not she gives no heed Ia
her neighbors,and is wrapped up in her
self alone. Though he has sheep and
pasture on Il thosand hills, he coyets
the poor mans one eve lamb. and will
not be content until he gets it. When
got. he will cast it aside, and give ii
over To the slaughterer-hs desire
sratiiied in the mere act Of possession.
II he has every flower that earth pro-
| dnces, he gnaws hE fingers and takes
no pleasure i'll his gains, wanting the
blue dahlia or the iet-biack rose. His
stud Is perfection, but he has set his
heart on Il tanned zebra. and nothing
less will satisfy him. So it goes on =
With all he has. he desires more and
with supremacy in what is. he is ms
cradle, failing the impossible And
she follows suit by her want Of intel
lectual energy and lack Of sympathy
whereby the two together turn their
blessings upside down and make ..pi''
of everything. Contentment and SYM
pathy would put all things straight
for these tw" self-dis!ressful people
Wanting these elemental qualities they
want all these; and their good fortune
Is no more real than the mirage Of the
desert which mocks the thirsty travel
Ter with the sight of cool, fresh foun-
tains sparkling in the sun and the
weary wayfarer with the hope Of lotlg
mcnt and repoSe.
| The merriest nations are not The
happiest, unless we make childhood a
nobIer state than maturity. and TOYS
ot more value than cosmic things. All
peoples IN their homage are merry.
They ask only FOR the maypoic on the
village green: for masks and miracle
plays. with hoppy horses ana Maid
Marians, Ahbots of tnreason and
Lords Of Misrulc. The Saturnalia
| kept the old Roman slaves content be
cause OF the free license Of pleasure
they gave: the negro slaves Of .tmcri
ca were happy when they could dance
and sing after their hard days work.
But the world gets past these more mind
less pleasures, and no ingenuity can
galvaniZc back To life or general reccp-
ton the Mid dry games with the may
pole and its ribbons. which were once
the spontaneous expression Of national
merrimcur. lust as the force which
expressed itself in the dinotler:um or
the dodo has passed away and cmbod-
led itself i'll other forms--iust rs men
no longer build prrymidS. nor hew
their temples out Of the living rocks,
nor cmhalm their dead. nor crown
themselves with roses at banquet. 50
have they abiurcd all the old forms OF
amusement, once 50 popular, even as Il
man Of forty no longer trundlcs hoop.
and man of sixty no longer dances
the coiiIlon. onc curious, apparent.
hnt only apparent. contradiction, NAV
he noticed by WAY of parenthcSis: the
fondncSs OF merry times aud nations
for tragedies and horrors on the stage
and the need OF graver times and
people for light comedy and broad
farce. II would be impossible now to
draw Il house by any Of the old fash
iuncd tragedies outside the mage ol
>hakspcrc ; name. The utmost To-
which the world will consent. Is the
not wholly undesirable death OF some
interesting lady who udorc> flowers.
wears delicious tea gowns. is rather
hazy a> to the right owner Of her we'd
ding ring. and drinks more champagne
than i good for her. The world i lust
Is intolrrant about novels that end
badly; and demands fair haven for
all the lovers. and deus * mayhiua
whenever the wheels oi the car Of for
tane stick axle deep in the mud. And
though it will still crowd to se, the
CHASTITY and the horrible depicted on
canvass. the universal cry i>: 1T art
give only beauty, and leave horrors
Ia the shdmbles. All The same in the
agas Of tttith-and dance painters
spent their strength in crucitiNians "ul
mariydoms; and the diving a.ouie, Of
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