Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-07-04
psCAl Of sOAsMlANISM.



SohemianiSm is dead, and those who
call thCl" selves hohrmianS at the present
day wear their rue with difference
Sometimes they mistake the attendant cir.
GumStancrS for the cause and think them,
selves entitled To reputation for ability
merely htCauSc they refuse to ~ to bed ut
the same time rs ordinary humanity Such
men ot course have NJ rtshg to call them.
selves after distinguished and not uu.
honorable name The mcm habit vi large
supperS and late hours and loose ways VI
life generally has nothing whirha>>ociatcS
itself with that ready aptitude for all kinds
of work and that disciplined though
somewhat titful activity which wcN the
marks Of the truc bohemian,
There Is no more significant proof of the
change that has come over the artistic and
literary world than the fact that every at.
tempt 10 revive thc old hohrmianiSm in its
former shape has invariably resulted in
failure Tho demand for the good old
sAndrd !loor and clay pipe vi the past is
limited ~ mn undiStmguiShcd few, and
the supply Of these obsolete luNuries. when
granted meets with uo genera, apprrcin
tiou In hike manner cCcrntriCttieS ut CON
duet which wcrc once regarded aN virtues
rather than vices are no lnugrr tolerated,
and the So called bohemian of these days
Is expected topay and docs pay his club
subscription and his Just debts He is
NOT ~ picturesque rs he was. hut he is
2Nlrh more Punctual
The cause Of these changes Is not far to
sock Nowadays the standard Nt life has
risen in AL the social spheres, and while
the British workman demands his higher
wages and moro ample leisure the artist
world clothes itself in purple and fine lin
en- and requires to hr surrounded with all
the comforts and rNtravagaucrs nf palatial
clubs only there is no EIGHT hour limit
for the contemporary inhahitant of this
nondrNrript region, nor does he enroll him
self into unions tn CNtOrt terms from hard
hearted proprrtorS and managers Al
though his dinners and his Nuppcrs are
much moro costly than they used to he IN
the old DAYS. he docs not work less hard
nor is his labor less worthy or uusrudginG
praise,
Meanwhile both actors and journalists
have transformed the whole misc en- scene
Of their lives There Is no more savl,Cloth
nor locuSts and wild honey for them.
They are clad in tho hruadrloth of the
ordinary world and have soarrd into II So
Cial sphere which their predecessors neither
knew nor cared about. Possibly this may
he the effect ot that general equalization of
conditions which accompanies the whole
course of our modern democracy. We all
dress alike, live alike, acknowledges the
same social rules adopt tho same luNur
Gus or rNtravaEant tastes, The point to
notice however is that tho wort h Of tim
individual has not grown less, despite this
democratic tendency. ON tho contrary,
his value both To himself and tn others
has enormously increased, The modern
drAmaist makes, If he he not malignod
an extremely respectable fortune, and MIR.
GoSSc has informed us rcCrutly-and has,
of course, suffered for his rashnrss that
the profits of certain Of our more popular
authors have gone up by leaps and bounds,
LONDON Telegraph,