The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-18
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RE. A.aAsss. $780,. - ~ Avn.
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Not % very loa0sost Asliis between
tie azistoersey - S4AR elaDss q tie
osaAanity was vssy daeibsdk drawn
ut trade. A Poss 1ba1ly miGAt lay
saains 70 gsatiliey, ss6oas q more Of
IL nsabers miaha nowsa1 then figure
IT ~. . country bsll. bot . trsdes-
0aa's hnily-Osr. Nov 4 Il other
W3sa. ths axistocgaey tAsaselves having
seePpsa over ~ diviAing hnA Lord
GfswsoUry sad TAlbok. for instance,
'vAo tskes preeedsaes a Ill other Earls,
u1haasAin9ly became Q cab proprietor;
Lord Rsylsigh" b tAs inssription that
nsy osresd On ths sl6nboard Of one ~
two London dsirssA fhs marquis Of
Londonderry IL prepared to deliver
coal by the ton mo agents"-such
ars the AAai words of this noblemsn's
sAvertisemen&. put In Just . snyt trader
born and bred miGAt put tAemin- This
decent from aistocrstic sselusion into
the arena OF commercial conflict Is not
confined to the male portion Of our
nobility. Titled ladies under disguised
names carry on millinery establish
ments md run eafeA Their dainty
fingers, too. Are not shove manipulate
Ing flowers for profit So generally.
indeed, has the sacred thirst for gold
Infected the upper ten, that whereas
they were won't to Be accused of living
In idlensas, they 60 now accused Of
taking the brsad cut Of the mouths Of
those who depend sntirsly upon bust
aess for their support
Far beneath sAsss noble ranks can.
D traced . similar descent Street
music, for instance, used to be dis
,oursed BY the utterly AFFECT and
5roken-down; low men and women,
warmly clad and well fed, go about
with organs Troupes Of men sing,
rattle the bones, and do a breakdown
In the public thoroughfares to the
tune Of not less than the
better part of a sovereign a day per
man. Two hundred pounds a year in
an assured situation was the salary
that one young man threw up last sum-
mer to join a niger troupe at the sea
side, and he doesn't regret it At the
end of the season he had more money
than he ever had before and during the
season he ate better dinners and drank
better wines than he had ever eaten or
frank before. Hawking matches, or
laces. or any other triie in public house
bars used to be and still is u way of
evading the law against begging. In
Iced the custom of singing on the
arose out of the same necessity
for those in want not to incriminate
Now You will be in the
Saloon bar of a first rate refreshment
house. In comes n top-hatted. well.
dressed nan with u bag. Some ueceS
Jul stock broker, you think. II il be in
city. You fancy you are the victim
II n deiusion. Here is this man, rs
we'll dressed as your principal, holding
lis open bag before You and asking You
o buy a box of vestas. Well dressed
women are going about from public
house to public house pursuing similar
,allings They speak well. too, do
these people. betraying \ fair amount
IF education. II tradesmen have any
grounds for complaining of the aristoc-
racy trenching on their territory surely
the poor and needy have grounds Of
similarly complaining of having the
of their profession thus
.on6scated by an apparently superior
OF course. with such q down
ward trend the poor and needy are
driven lower still. and this in q meas
ure Ia seen in the ever increasing char
table institutions. relief agencies. soup
kitchens. and so forth. and the ever in
,reasing strain on the resources Of such
establishments - Cassell's Saturday
Journal.