The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-08-01
Che Thiboaaux Sentinel,
SATURDAY.. AUGUST l 1891.
TIE DANDY.

SAYS one the word .'dandy'' is nov
no longer used it is dude--I say ava,
with vour dude, and all such nova
tons. Give rs plain English-tht
coed ola English of Goldsmith, Addi
son. and other writer's Of their time
When y word is spoken ii means iii
thing. aud the aullest mind can com
preiietd it. | know nothing abon'
yuH3 Ailr. but | do Know that daud8
l. / ~t-}i>Il - candy il IS and let it b.
DAM, Well. SAYS one what is Il Jam
~ , WHERE are they found. and where
do 'Ici Eve , And What can yul tel
lis aHt itetn2 | Will make a feeble
atf.- ~ de-criht one and ihpart
all 81 = affirmation | can in regard III
lis t.assc beings. They are thesamt
as ] ~ II a feather TleF are Gene
rail. &a9#rl by thej! plunlaee. Many
OF tt~fH are steu III New Orleans about
Tia =. Charles .Iotel aud other pal,lic
p!:e 5.r:iH#es Euu need nnr 10
a >tu ~ AeN Orleans 70 .ind thrm.
Maaft II thrm are seen lit Saratoga.
LIZ biaaeft, atd other noted water
i'm Eit dandy is not neceS-
sll6. .eEp}ckrt u rogue OF 4 gam
b,ea .l@ j. Inriias ID 10 he honest
w .3a credit fnY that. tNctnt
no.. al@a H. Gets indebted to the
ia Weakness iHciines him >ome-
tiuHs-t" -. fancy eoioTs in portion of
hi . SGct4 ,s coleIed cItyats
far, 6oiuItd vests and pants iIt pays
IL yi~tt IL HE ailor and proclrts a suit
III the extreme Of the fashion. HI
then zoe - Tie shoemaker there lie
selects 4 PAR Of shoes, the smallest
number tlIat he cansqueeze his feet in
to. At the hat store he selects. as a
matter Of course, a derby of the first
quality !: and Yet he never gets a fit
it is always N number too small !:
but believe with him this is a mat
ter Of cioice-le just wants it to set
on the top of his head. He has ii
protlsion of rings on his fingers: a
goidheaded cane. aud Il gold watch
with ponderous chain. He goes to a
cigar shop takes a havana and lights it
with great precision. Now he struts a
long the pavement with gold headed
cane and cigarin his mouth-and hold
ing himself so strait that a perpendi-
cnlar line from the back of his head
extended to the ground would not touch
his back. His education Is rather
superficial. He boasts of having been
to college but they say he entered
at II door and went out at the other.
| suppose tley mean by tins that he re-
manned merely long enough to obtain a
smattering of a few branches.
He has read many of the standard
author such as Pope, Byron, Bull !
wer and others-that is | suppose he
has looked at these books-perIaps he
has read the prefaces. He quotes fire.
quently from S~hakespear but his
quotations are second handed. He is
very fond of ladies company. For
them he has an inexhaustible fund of
small talk. In his conversation he is |
found of using learned words. COM
monty called ''big words and sound
ing and pompous phrases. He is vely
expert at writing oilletdoax and lore
epistles. He is a good dancer, and
eontrlves to attend all the balls given
III the vicinity. He cannot pass a
looking. glass without stopping to
brush his hair. fix his cravat or adj
just his coat, it not that he has to take
a look at himself every time he passes
one. When he walks along the streets
and passes a show case he looks at the
reflection of his form to see how he
appears walking on the street. Take
the dandy up and down he is a good
show case for the halter and the
tailor or the clothing store. SOME of
our best writers have not entirely
exempted from the weakness.
Byron would rave and tune about the
cut Df a collar: n. 7. Willis was called
a dandy. DR.. Goldsmith in his educa-
ton was designed for the church: buthe
was fond of a style of dressing rather
CANDY, for one who intended to follow
SO sacred a calling. In this kind of a
suit ie appeared before the Bishop
who viewed him from head to foot,
and then rebnked him for appearing
INN III that kind of Il dress. He
told linn that his garn was more beft-
ting that of q clown, than a candidate
tel holy orders. Goldsmith was dis
missed tai iather preparation. 1t is
to state that Goldsmith never
returned /; but Immediately applied
himself to the study OF medicine. where
he could indulge his ulims III dress a.
pleased him. RAMBLER.
Danger Prom Lightning.