The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-14

are ~. se IN their original form: 4hex
fhs 80. ~nAf hey were, any r1or~ than =
ages 49, canese lady when the bana-
- are taken OF. The fsnlsnes nrcT,,~,
- Inoeeo conditioned BY sha oT.a,s,.r 80 80
-. a-@se Esa4. but how irn-n4nsa sx .ss -
.ss them. II Is a words-.ri $500
iorhing- II any rrsotaer xers e. -
- 20 explain II. the description vo,,Ia
dsts..eiy interesting. Anyhow. everv
Co. 's nas been through t. and there
- a. ] have observed. al thou1h+s,,r
nen regard her with an in-.~ess --|s. 49,
mixed with awe. 1..
THE EQUALITY OF pI,1Asr-pr
An ingenious friend once u,asn.atras t.
~ sfsation with me that ali rnen ws-s
.,a-sAy hdppy. The paradox was SUP
Po1se0 tnas; At eacn moment sach -
son wants something. suffers from xoua
h s- voi1: supply it. and he is
49, mas the tooshache: its cure
Mouia De happiness to him: y has No, tbs
1oolnacne, but he is hungry. dInna- a. hts
sots presumption. But how IL q haxa
soIh sooinache and hunger There is M
tShcss runs the argument His nm
aspplness Is not made greater. II ia mere
- uis.raoutet and dispersed. In wora
- lasFity OF pleasure liz complete. and
ne pansd millionaire. who has lsarn-
mat the Koh-i-noor is no, Co. go a.
Just as disconsolate as the bewaar nov
VINO mas but a haif-peuny anS yboss
aaFoHte tart n priced at rwfce he sur,
Inc argument need not be acoen.ad g., g.
Iua measure. but " holds a truth worth
rsmem oerfns, and especially valuable 10
pe.pis mno deal with conditions OF life
sshoee from those under which they live
themselves. The philanthropiss Is raaav
TO zen US that riches do not secure han
pahess. IL is not his part to remind US
that poverty need not mean misery. but
.oI . JUST view OF the world we need 10
remember IL. We are pretty well agreed
that novelist VINO depicted a nerfac.1v
nappy man would entertain us with the
sketch or chImera: So when he betakes
himself TO the other end of the scale and
raises our horror by painting unredeerned
misery, bare OF all comfort or ailevia-
lions. We are In most cases right In ac-
cusing him OF using an artificial light for
MS picture. IL is. In tact, far easier both
Tor speaker and listener. for author and
reader. 70 understand the unhappiress of
a state OF life far different from their
own Cnan 10 give due prominence and
weight to compromising pleasures which
their training and habits unfit them 20
sympathize with or appreciate. The alb
sence OF what we vaiue-is at once count
ed great loss: the presence of what would
bring us no Joy Is yeckoned no gain.
These are commonplace reflections. but
have their place when we try to infiu-
ance. say. the life of "the masses" sim
more than when we try TO describe II.
IL pleasure were not so largely relative
there would he revolutions every day.
As II Is. my shoeblack is not unhappy be-
cause he doesn't belong 20 my club. and
4 am not unhappy because do not live
in Windsor castle
THE MILLENNIUM
No doubt the millennium will come
some day. but IL n certain that several
general elections will be necessary in or
n Ges.a .fra .Nat q.
Shall we all do as we like then? This is
the natural mans Ideal. though Mr. Mat
thew Arnold was very contemptuous
about II. or shall we none Of us do as
we like? This is the ascetic ideal. or shall
we all do as everybody else likesy Which
seems 70 be the Socialist ideal wha. IS
the new state Of thlrgs 10 be Iike7 The
poet has painted IL:
There love had never a fear or doubt:
December breathed like June:
The prima donna ne'er was out
or temper. or Of tune.
The streets were paved with mutton pies.
Potatoes ate like pine,
Nothing looked black but woman's eyes.
Nothing grew old bur wine
II sounds very pleasant But where
would the poets (noveiists are beneath
considera toni ne without loves doubts.
and what say skaters 70 perpetual sum
mer, Some people don't care for singing
even when they are told that n IN in
tune fthey don't know themsalves) TIE
vege.arians would sgitate - have MP the
mutton pies and petition the vestry or
there were a vestry them 20 lay down
cabbages. We should fan 81 with pines.
the wine would be locked up. and-weli.
a good deal OF trouble might arise over
the other otter. II has before now
ONE WAY OF PROMOTING 1T.
There is, however. one recipe for pro-
ducing the millennium which sounds very
attractive. The demand IS sometimes
made nowadays that each sex should
make laws for itself ! have an amend
rnent 10 propose. The two sexes, II Is
said In the ''vicar OF Wakefield seem
,iIced as spies upon each other. and are
furnished with different abilities adapted
FOR mutual irsrect,ou." Very wei, then.
let each make laws for the other How
good men would te. and how pleasant
women under such a regims' The result
would be gratifying 20 both. for men al
wavs desire 20 he good. although they
seldom, attain TIE goal. and women are
sursanea WITH a natural excellence that
stands sometimes most seriously IN the
way OF their being agreeable. l VII not
forecast what laws would be laid down
for men. My friend Mr.. Miles Glsdboy
saws In his contentious way. For every
worran In the polling booth there would
,a man IN prison" I hope better
things. Bur on the male side OF hat two
cola nsrlianient q should at once become
a candidatel there are one or Two mo-
lions which would he carried with en-
fhusiasm. Wat are theyR No. III near
what the ladies mean 20 do first.
A FASHIONABLE NOVEL"
Next to being in the millennium. The
hest thing is 20 be n the fashion. Ihls
Renovation assalls Us all in various ways
Here IL young