The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-01
A WORLD OF CHANCE.
Some Glimpses of the Various Phases Of
pcriences in Life.

Some Glimpses of the Various Phases OF Ex-
periences in Life.
To THE CLUB.-In literature ~ in politics
this so-called world of ours is indeed
world OF change. We are basling or
lounging In the sunshine, in the ecstGcy of
pure delight with Joy and rapture hitcned
10 our chariot while We dwell in Arcadia,
and journey through the happy valley OF
elysium splendor. with hearts foil of bliss,
felicity aud enchantment of parad Sc
when grace. form, symmetry and comeli-
ness haunt the soul, and memory feasts its
eyes on Venus, Hebe and Apollo
The beauties OF architecture, sculpture
and painting bloom forth in happy roses
and lilies of gorgeous magEifcence
of the dainty, delicate, refined, quaint and
picturesque blending, shape, color and
proportion in harmonious whole of ,ps-
thetic beauty! What a seductive witch
erV this What HONEYMOON of pleas
urel Lulled by the tuneiul lyre OF CALI
ope and embe.lished with thoughts OF Par
nAssus and dreams OF the age OF Pericles.
Alas, IL Is a honeymoon ONLY The soft
mellow quietness OF exaltatiOn OF mind
become permeaIsd with jolly levity and
hilarious Inirth and laughter. Calliope
and Pierdes change with Bacchus and
Aristophanes and Menus and Democritus
| fill the seats vacated by Hebe and Apollo
| We are still in the happy valley, but il
no longer reminds US of Arcadia. Our
senses still sciniiIlste, but il is with life
and viyacity rather than gusto and grace.
| Sensual pleasure has been substituted
| for aesthetic qualification AMI luxury.
| swaggery. comicaIity, awkward clumsi-
ness, hold swav over the dominion OF
coed breeding. decorum and prOpriety.
/ Where punctIliOusness snd etiquette once
| reigned stalks proudly now tue uncOuth
| trump of vulgar taste, dowdv appearance
| and siovenly gait. AS with looks and
/ manners, SO with sbeech. We miss the
! distinct, ciear-cut articulation, soft and
euphOniOus in'ongtiOn and the almost
musics stress which marks the scholar.
| All we hear is sharp, c0arse grazing.
| coupled with Cutteral or nasal
| drawing that ohends our taste
| OF hearing and sets our nerves
en- edge wiki abOminatIon The wits have
passed. we are behOldng the clown.
| ldealism has become realism, the spirit is
sacrificed in the letter. We are amused,
we smile put on good humor and con-
| wise with laughter. Before Ia 10 spread
the banquet OF frolic. cooked In "quips
and cranks and wantOn Wiies N Ods
| and 0ecks and wreathed smiles But,
| alas our head grows dizzy, our eyes sue
cumb, and we are troubled with clemmy
sensations OF suifOcatiOn. The amuse-
ment is there but we scarcely perceive 1t;
the banquet is spread before US,
but We have no desire to eat.
Afiliction aud bitterness are gnaw-
! ing at the vitals OF happiness.
| The iron has touched the soul the heart
is bleeding with disappointment. All the
buoyancy of refined feeling, polished SEN
| timent and dilletantism of the connOisseuI
is utterly lostl Mark yoC the ghostly
spectral parade of hOmely instincts
boorishness, blackguardism. ribaldry and
| siang-making faces in passing, thanked by
brutality, charatanism, qusckerY and
shallow pretense. While purism and
foppery play their tricks and buckram
iormality aud prudish sentimentalism
flaunt their colors and grin with derisive
hideousness. We have reached the level
OF the harlequin and abigail. Behold
here in this hoVel lives poverty with her
ofsprings squaiid misery aud hunger. and
disease. Listen to the peristiage, ralllery,
chat and quizzing DadInage OF the satirist,
his Hudibrastic, scurrilous outbursts
against society, religious morals and man
ners.
This is Bohemia; this is the camping
ground of the masses; this is the brink OF
debaucherv, desolation, ruin and death.
Here live the buffoon and grisette in al
their romping FRANKS OF immortality
clothed in the seductive wi,chery OF
glded sin. This is realism and tine in
habitants are trying to eradicate vice by
dissecting it with microscope. They. il
seems, bellows that like sensitized paper
when exposed to the sunlight, vice, If ex-
posed to the rays OF public opinion, will
change its color. 'PAILOCK"
TT. Sheridan, Ill.