The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
HE WANTED 4 PERsPECTIVE.
Cause or Wrath or q Harlem Young Man AEains
One Ally slopeP.

In Harlem there lives q young man. who up
to n year ago or less was content to be known
merely as a clever and rising business man, a
reputation which he was successfully ~cultiyat-
ing. Then something or other gave his ambi-
ton II twist and he decided TO shine socially.
To this end he proceeded to part his name in the
middle. and an exceedingly wide composite
part his middle name made. Next he got his
father to set up a stable for him, and began TO
figure as 4" So-and-So. the we'll known and popu.
lar young whip and society man." Certain de-
ticlencies of education and training interfered
with his ambition in some directions, but his
money and horses gave him a certain prestige
of which the most evident effect was the &C.
QUESTION of n manner which his family and
friends described as "highfalutin," "chesty"
and "hooperloo," according TO their various
vocabularies. That is why they are making
merry over a recent take-down inflicted on the
young man.
Not long ago he had occasion to make inqui-
ries in regard TO the course at a certain collegiate
institution in this vicinity; not for himself, as
he is several years past the age at which most
boys 20 TO college, but for q Young relative.
II is letter was written in hRracteristi style, not
wholly exempt from faults Of photography ard
the fact that 1t behooved the institution 10 take
steps toward securing the honor of the ATTEND
ance Of a member Of his family. So little did
AZ IcAAN vi WV Jim
munication that he tossed il into his scrap
basket without taking the trouble 10 answer II.
How IL came into the hands OF a certain stu
dent of the college, who knew the writer OF the
letter, does not appear, but that Is what hap
pcned. He read il and found in il an Injunction,
not n request, that there be forwarded at once
"a perspective of the school," Here was the
students chance, and as he is something OF a
joker he was quick 10 take il. Getting a cata-
loguc OF the college with an Illustration, giving
a view OF the main buildings. he posted tho
picture on a sheet of the college writing paper.
Then he marked parallel lines of indication
along the background OF the illustration and
attached this legend:
This is the perspective"
Below he appended this note:
DEAR SIR: Your honored ritCr lust receiye ed. In
reply l would say that II by " perspective" you mean
line of instruction In ordinary English AZ any gram.
mar school. Yours persptctively,
ALLY sIoPEE. for the Faculty.
Great was the indignation of the youth when
he received this letter. He had never heard OF
that patron saint of jOkers. Ally Sloper, and
he sent around among his friendS breathing
threats OF vengeance against the college In gen
eral. and that cad. Sloper,' In particular. TO
several of his acQuainta nces he showed the note,
demanding their sympathy for the blnckgunrdly
outrage TO which he had been subjected. Their
good offices went far enough 10 restrain MIN
from writing a wurlike letter TO the President
OF the college, but not so far as 10 keep the
matter quiet. IL has become town talk in
Harlem. and 10 rouse. the deadly resentment OF
the youth with the widely parted namo one has
oIiy % say. to hin; You're Perspectiyely,
ally sIoper," y,