Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-25

tured classes are simply trained to smile and
not change color, to listen, perhaps to sing.
when pinched and crushed and trodden on and
in torture. Would priest be endured in his
parish if he did not receive every insult with a
smile or barrister gain his cause if he suffered
his face to proclaim his belief in its justice or
doctor keep his patients If his countenance
revealed what he thought of their complaints
If we turn over the Holbein collection of por-
traits of the Count of Henry VIII. we see
among princes and mobiles the same faces that
we find now in farmhouses and factories The
Wars of the Roses had dissolved all restraints,
and men of the first Tudor reigns were the un-
disciplined children of an age Of domestic an
archy. But it was otherwise later. The por-
traits of Van Dyck and Lely show US gentlemen
and ladies of perfect dignity and self-restraint.
What is also remarkable is that each age in
the past seems to have had its typical cast of
countenance and form of expression. The
cavaliers of Charles have their special char
acteristics that distinguish them as much from
the courtiers of Elizabeth as from those of
Charles IL With Queen Anne another phase
of portraiture set in, because the faces were
different, and again in the Hanoverian period
how unlike were the gentlemen of the Regency
from those of the first Georgesl Difference in
dress does not explain this difference Of face.
The men and women IN each epoch had their
distinct mode of thought, fashion in morals and
manners, and the face accommodated itself to
these.
And at the present day that which cleaves
class from class is the mode of thought in each,
the rule of association that governs intercourse
in their several planes; and these affect the
character of face in each, so that the classes
are distinguished by their countenances as they
were by ages in the past.
When collier Jack calls bargee Jim black
guard, Jim replies with a curse on the Golfers
eyes, which he damns to perdition. But If col
lier Jack says the same thing to gentleman
Percy, the latter raises his hat bows, and
passes on.
Education, if complete, does not merely
sharpen the intellect and refine the manners,
but it gives such complete polish that affronts
do not dlnt or adhere; they glide off instead,
leaving no perceptible trace Of impact. To the
outward appearance, Christianity and culture
produce an identical result, but only in out
ward appearance, for the former teaches the
control of the emotions, whereas the latter
merely forbids their expression.
The face of the gentleman who sat opposite
this lady in the carriage was an intelligent,
even clever face but was somewhat hard He
looked at his companion once when he entered
the carriage, hesitating whether to enter, and
then glanced round to see whether there was
another passenger in the compartment before
he took a seat There was at the time an elder
ly gentleman in the carriage, and this decided
him to set his valise and rugs on the seat and
finally to take his place in the corner. If he
had not seen that elderly man. with the repug-
nance single gentlemen SO generally entertain
against being shut in wlth'a lady unattended,
especially if young and pretty, he would have
gone elsewhere. Where the carcaSe is there
will the vultures gather. This is inevitable;
but no sane dromedary will voluntarily cast
himself into a cage with vultures.
The old gentleman left after couple Of
stages, and then, for the rest of the journey,
these two were inclosed together. AS the man
left, Philip looked out after him, with intent
to descend, remove his baggage and enter the
next compartment. before or behind; but saw
that one was full of sailor boys romping. and
it a wailing baby. He therefore drew back,
ready to bristle at the smallest attempt of the
lady to draw him into conversation.
The train was hardly in movement before
that attempt was made.
'You are quite welcome to use my footwarm-
err" she said.
THANK you, my feet are not cold" was the
ungracious reply.
81 have had it changed twice since I left
town." she pursued, $50 that it is quite hot.
The porters have been remarkably civil, and
the guard looks in occasionally to see that am
comfortable"
SIN expectation of tip" thought the gentle
man, but he said nothing.
1.-THE French are believed to be the politest
people in the world" continued the lady, not