Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22

found everywhere, on every level, ana
In every degree. snoboery Is an eva dis
ease. and may AFFECT like ell other hu-
man weaknesses. kings and queens. ana
lords and magnates. az we'll as the COM
monest OF the lucky that are fools enough
10 want to be among them. Blue blood
and high life, that IA careful to hold It's
privileges and assert its rights. and
make the less favored keep their places
and feel their disadvantages, is a snob
OF the first water-essentislly vulgar.
Real nobility Is careful or the feelings Of
the plainest and poorest, and counts sell
fshness in any form a degradation. So
ciety cannot improve on the social orders
OF the Divine Ideal; nor OF that prince OF
gentlemen, Paul the Apostle.
A king. a queen, or a noble. brimful OF
selfishness. pretension. and self-ass0rtlon.
is q vulearian though his blood be a
ninglemont OF all the royalty OF the
world. IL is the very test OF manhood 20
recognize honor in the lowest. and dsspise
meanRess in the highest. There is no pro-
founder vulgarity, nor ranker snObbery
than 10 despise man for his disadvan-
tages and toady TO the lucky.
Social snobbery has divers phases. Tho
pretension and assurance of the ignorant
and illbred rich is only one OF them. 1t
- diHiVrA a. rUOnbtSn 10 IHfh' "A Alfht
deal of trhes % magnify niceties. I'm
eating and drinking, or dress. A thorough
bred gentleman instinetively avoids Of
fences and pleases by tho grace and good
will and good sense that are natural 40
him. Art and effort ard particularly
about unimportant things. a Jealous OBJ
servance Of conventionalities and man.
nerism, do not belong 10 the thorough
bred, and those to the manner born.
Literature and science have snobbery
about them. ad nauseam. The world Of
general literature Is fairly made up of
snobs, without taste. manners sense. Ise-
fui knowledge, or anything essentially
valuable. 1t was from a rabble OF thesa
that tho great anti-snob begged 70 he de-
livered characterizng them as those
id people" They are very common;
though they don't know how snobbish
they are. Somebody calls their sphere
the Limbo Of fools
And science has almost as many 5nobs
among it's so-called devotees in proper
ton. Discovering some OF the secrets OF
Nature and the ways Of Providence, they
think they know II all. and make them
selves equal 10 the Great Creator-ss
Mother Eve. by advice OF the devil, tried
TO be.
OWtiN lIt rhWiAihAAs hAAA Emma
snobbery is reached by these. Contrast
with their snobbishness the spirit OF Sir
Isaac Newton. or of old Job: Now mine
eyes have seen thee and l abhor myself"
The poets advice is good:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian
spring;
There shallow draughts intoxicate the
brain.
And drinking deeply sohers us again"
Tyros and beginners in everything are
likely to overestlmate their Titles, and
10 become snobs.
Christianity Is not without it's snobs.
The young convert. or new sect is apt
TO rule out OF she church those that were
in II before they were born. They arc
rigidy righteous and rigid righteousness
IS pious snobbery our young convert
wants his liyht 10 shine so as to daZSIe'
and make himself conspicuous as a chris
tan and an example. Himself and ms
p4ety are the great IDEAS with HIM So
in his zeal he strikes tweive-and tnen
one He doesn't know he is n snob and
ephemeral. And the sacred profession -
not without its snobs Men whose pray
ers and speeches are plainly meant for
the popular ear. who lean 70 the impress
sive and sensational. In all they do. must
be taken 10 think too much Of themselves
and their doings, and approach 90 snob-
berry. If not roalize Il. And those VINO
overdo their ritual and turn worship
into a spectacle. whose leading idea is
impressiveuess. what are they but more
or less OF snobs2
The old Scribes and Pharlsees were or
that STYLE. making broad their phylacte-
ries and enlarging the borders OF their
garments. They were all learned doctore
and professionals. and were denounced
by high authority as unmitigated snoos
Divine manhood was all opposed 70 snob-
berry. It made itself Of no reputation,
and took the form OF servant, and
moved among men as one that serveth.
That life was the light OF men.