The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

the heard or Heath Supervise Aanissions
70 the Pntvtotfo Societies

shall the Beard or Health Supervise Admissions
60 the Patriotic Bociet,csf
To THE EDITOR OF THE .suN-sir. Your
independence in publishing facts as they are
and not necessarily as you would have them 10
commended by all fairminded men and women,
but my wife directs me TO communicate with
you and to demand by what right you afford
space in your columns to such preposterous at
tacks upon several Of our very dearest friends
who arc enrolled among the Colonial and Revo-
lutionary societies, as those contained in n lot
ter signed Frank Candid 7" and printed In your
issue Of Jan. 81. Exactly one hundred and i've
years before you inflicted this sarcastic eftusion
upon your readers King Louis v of France,
God bless him! lost his head. Hereafter. sir,
you should commemorate tho same day for q
similar reason.
So much for my wife. who. since her fourth
application for membership in the d. A. r., 10
at present undergoing examination by the prop
or parties. and 10 naturally possessed Of q deep
sympathy for the societies assailed by your vitu.
p~erativo correspondent. Now for n few words on
my own account:
"He iests at scars that never felt q wound 10
as true to-day as 1t was when Shakespeare wrote
It, and / affirm. sir. without fear of contradio-
tion, that this man "Candid" would cease 10
appreciate the humorous side Of existence were
he to dwell for a few days in the company of
four women who are eternally knocking at the
door OF our patriotic orders only to have the
portal slammed in their faces after having been
opened to admit q number Of very inferior per
sons to the Great American Elysium.
Confound Mr.. Astor and Mr.. Lenox and Mr..
Tilden and their several and Joint libraries! Did
they leave homo daily without any brea kfasb
and with holes In their socksf 1 do. and 1t hurts
not only my feet but also my feelings to have
my wife and my three sisters neglect our homo
and their domestic duties in order to spend
hours in the public libraries, buried in various
histories Of tho counties of this and adjacent
States, in o ~fruitless effort to establish tho fact
that, for example. great-grandfather Brown was
q private soldier during the Revolution In the
regiment Of militia commanded by Col.
Jack Robinson. Meanwhile. great-grandfather
Browns great-great-grandson, my little boy
Willie. runs wild in tho streets after school
hours or studies the system of weights and
measures while lounging over . cracker barrel
Would that my people might establish tho
put an end to our disorders and complete the
they. can't. That Jacob Brown. who in 1850
i th1Sa = p %ieS J Ss1sa fSeT t0 Who IL 97s Is
migrated from Rhode Island with ali his belong.
, WiIi S Sgf = S,saP PRRSnrS i al e sh8 isi' sSs isn ne 2 Nes
pIeySlling among , our re. early ancestors and the
signed himself Jacob or Jasper, according to the
within Of the moment.
agree With me- that Something must be done
soon to mitigate the evil arising from stunted
h Esr Ibiss f ana ! r Tex yG x. is St tnif evil II mot mot z h %asi
of Health Is it not their solemn duty to pro.
advisable to diminish tho rapidly Increasing
number Of cranks and feeble.minded persons II
30, they have no right to shirk the duty which I
II. my neighbor's dog bowls all night long. to
to the Board Of Health. who viii remove tho
nuisance. II. then. my neighbor's wife succeeds
A. r. badges. buttons. and other paraphernalia.
impairing not only her sIumbers but also her
Se% Ihe pro sSm'I procedure ~ostS 1S for mo Sn 70 I IodEe a &C eo nn:
plant with that same body
necessary. and I do not understand that they
now We have reached my point. the raison
Let the board Immediately push q bill through
tho Legislature. BY the terms Of which thoy shall!
e every patriotic taTSdc society," SeieSrt to admit tu amy woman man who Who
can &c shown. upon tho sfidavit Of her hus.
verge Of nervous prostration. or worse. IN con.
sequence of her exclusion from said society be-
such law not TO apply to any case in which more
than three generations of ancestors are unac.
eE TSers. 81. SIR. f in a ' )n"tsheii, you have a plan of re-
lief; Pass such a law and the domestic hearth
Ssvo ssfi ia %SFS Be sir sGs!G sasSsas vi sili I h sssssf ho sns
from business to seek the companionship OF a
loving. rational wife; children will Chamber upon
mamma lap. no longer in fear OF that wild, eye
which she was wont to cast upon them, and the
very domestics. taking the cue from master and
the children. will cease to regard their mistress
AS o feather.brained parlor boarder,. and ac-
cordingly will give some slight heed to her conf
mands.
We all love Q lord, we honest A~nglo.Saxons,
and and hear. heartily desPiss e a person son Of t the kidney 2 of
free to avow the dangers attendant upon tho
erection Of our American nobility, and I have.
therefore, ventured TO propose the above remedy.
Surely any one who is allowed by law to omit
three generations should experience no diff1culty
in tracing back his family to 1871.
7. B. MACAULAY BROWN.
NEW YORK. Jan. 90.