Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-28
At Home and Abroad.

When he saunters out in the morning.
correctly attired, in faultlessly fitting
clothes. and raises his hat to his friends as
they pass, he is referred to as that hand
some Jack Brown Jolly Jack Brown"
that perfect gentleman" that prince of
entertainers" and all that sort of thing,
and it is all true of him, outside of his own
lone, and in it, when on infrequent oc-
CO sions he is moved to share his beautiful
home with his friends
He always says my house, my dog"
my horses" my servants" which is all
very funny, when some folks are yet alive
who remember that in the big family in
which he was reared there was never
money enough for anybody to say my"
about, even the gowns that the girls wore
turn about to dances belonged to no one
of them in particular, and that all these
"mys" were paid for with money which
his wife inherited
In fact, as you have discovered. Jack
Brown is a gentlemanly boor. He knows
all there is to know about etiquette and Is
perfect Beau Brummel. Yes, in more
clothes. a luxurious home, jolly friends
and a good time, but he doesn't care how
many hearts he rides over in his selfish
way to get them.
He comes down to breakfast and growls
if the paper has not been aired, he growls
If the coffee has cooled while he kept it
waiting, he growls if breakfast happens to
he a moment late, he growls because the
He simply snorts when his wife says good
morning, and glares if she has failed to
make his toast, prefcrring her way to that
of the servant. She must tie his necktie,
brush his coat. dust his hat and get him
his cane and properly aired and perfumed
handkerchief
To his guests he is all smiles and atten-
ton to his wife and children he is taci-
turn and gruff. He brings home all his
fancied troubles, but never a word does his
devoted wife ever get to tell him of her
burdens. His children would as soon think
of going to the groom with their childish
trials as to him. He never spends an even
ing at home if he can avoid it, and he
never lets Mary spend one out of it. if he
can help it. He says she isn't strong, and
couldn't stand it to run about much, but
he means all the time that she would not
be on hand to act the valet for him!
Compared With Il Well-Bred Man.
Isn't it little odd that man of that
character should be so we'll thought Of
abroad? But, then, it Is easily accounted
for, in the fact that he is Jekyl and Hyde
kind Of a man, with a side for society and
side for home, and 1t Is the Jekyl side
of him which shows in the home circle.
Not long since 1 found in book the fol-
lowing good sense: "a well-bred man is
quiet in dress, respectful to women, kind
to the weak, helpful to the feeble. He may
rot always be especially generous or eff
fusive but good breeding will tell him all
the proper observances and the duty of be-
ing conventional gentleman. He assumes
virtue if he have it not, and Is courteous
and tender to the old, the feeble, the hum
ble."
Jack Brown would rattle around in that
measure like a grain of mustard seed in a
gourd. And Jack Brown has counterparts
all over the world. l wonder some times
If 1t is natural depravity. inherent in the
heart of the human creatures. which leads