The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-05-23
FARCEs.

by all sorts and styles OF writer's but
we find the germ, farce, has been
neglected. Why. we cannot
tell. 1t is fruitful subject, fruit
full tribe; one that has increased and
multiplied until now it almost coyereth
the earth.
Tie farce has in his nature more of
foolishness than OF knavery. The
difference between him and the hypo-
critic is, the farce deceives himself and
the hypocrite deceives other people.
OF course, there are farces and
farces, but however unalike they may
be in minor respects, they all bear a
strong family resemblance. One never
mistakes them. They are eisting-
uished by single. common trait OF
character as definitely as the Caucas-
ian is distinguished by his white skin.
the Malay by his yellow, aud the
Negro by his black. The one attribute
possessed in general by all the farces
that walk the globe to-day. and by all
the farces that tripped over the green
grassy grass ten thousand years ago is
fiimsiness. You can always take the
wind out of a farce's sails; always
Illustrate him. There is no resisting
power in him, no stability in weight.
HIS character is nothing but air-thin
air and gas.
We will mention three kinds OF
farces. First, the political farce. For
the past six months he has been on ex-
hibitlon In the newspapers. He is
known of all men. Some might even
call him stable. He is the loud
mouthed reformer. the man who
breaches and breaches, and preach
es about purifying political lite,
sof having far count OF the ballots.
of granting to each man in this glorl-
GUS Republic, whose domains stretch
from the rock. bound coast of the wild
Atalantic to the mighty borders OF the
vast and blue Pacific, whose products
support one half of the inhabitants OF
the globe, whose products, | say fell
low citizens, support-etc., etc., etc
perfect justice!" And who, before he
has had time to wipe the perspiration
from his oratorical forehead. waltzes
around in the crowd and gives each
gentleman of color a 81 so. or plug
OF tobacco to vote for his, the speak
er's favorite candidate.
The political farce is not hypo-
critic, because he never succeeds in de-
ceiving any one.
Then there is your religious farce.
He or she, is the person that quotes
scripture SO GLIDE and goes to church
and Sunday school so regularly as to
imagine form is religion as to really to
think it. Again it is case OF self
foolment.
And last on our farce list is the lit
erary farce.
She 1--WE say .sshe," because no man
belongs to this class of farces) is a new
product, latter half of the nineteenth
century invention, the finest flower
and fruitage of farcedom. Not many
seasons ago it was disadvantage to
debutant to be literary.
When the young girl graduate came
forth from the school, convinced 'she
was the people and wisdom would die
with her." the best worldly wise friend
she had warned her don't talk books
to the boys" and she wouldn't ever
acknowledge a passing acquaintance
with the Duchess or Bertha Clay toi
fear of being considered deep and
"blue."
But times have changed. Now. The
one ambition of every woman IN swell
society is not to acquire knowledge
but to appear to be what n certain
eminent race calls larned-to be dis
tinguished for her culchah: The de
sire to improve ones mind is fauda
BILE desire; one that cbaracteriZes thu
man from the beast, and it is not Thu
desire of which we now write. But tt
see women who really despise books
women whose whole souls are wrapped
up in practical affairs; women who be
lieve a mans life does consist in tn
abundance of goods which he possess
eth; women too, who, when-they ar
natural are pleasing and attractive
now scorning and treating with con
tempt those more genuine than them
selves, because they are not well read
is sorry, sorry spectacle IN farce LIE
Like every other member OF tn
tribe though, the literary farce is dc
tected on the instant. Her ideas ar
all bran new, right out of the maya
zines of the most approved critics
She never expresses real opinion o
any book, on any subject; aud She
nearly break her neck to make peopl
believe she is interested in metaphysics
Buddhism and Theosophy.
"Of meeting many bores there is n
end" and each person may take ri
choice of the three foregoing types.
But after all, it is not soothing sui
iect. this of farces, and it is relief
turn from it, and for little while Il
ones mind rest on the genuine peopl
/ of this world
1t is relief, balm, a real consol'
ton to know, that in spite OF all u
farce politicians on earth, there al
men in public life whose honor is III
sullied; whose patriotism rings tru
> who would be riddled to death by bu
lets rather than betray their countr
lit is an infinite help to knowsthat TO
vast multitude of men and wome
Q living in our own day, wrestling Wi
;. Il. ~-o ,o~ac ord foundations Ar