The weekly intelligencer., 1901-03-23
rHE BAD OLD rIxss.
How nasllrA nansess aas MsFAls'
castsuas ana cestumes Inpevse
Wtthin the Past osnturJ.

Another WAY In which the aristoe-
rscy has been Affected BY the prsgTesl
sf the century has besz not precisely
In manners or morals As In that inter
mediate eouniry which lies on the hoE'
der lihs between manners and Morals
says the London NewA Manners
strictly speaking. have psrhsps ra,ner
suifered Ia being dsnoerstirsd. fhs
stately bowings ane eurtssyinss OF ths
old sehcsl sad the elaborate modes OF
speech which appear in the novels Of
the aAy have disappeared. In 1901 .
kentismau never walked with LADY
without riving her his arm. An anus
inn oaricaturs shoEs . dandy under
these circumstances returning fror
Me Rrsat review IN hyde Park Nat
year. There 10 . dewnpouS 81 rain
and he Aoids . huge umbrella, - sigss
a small teat, supported By long psls'
In tive hsads, while TIVE nymPhs 10
what We should now call evening dress
one with a plume Of ostrich feathers
and the other with an elaborate kinc OF
turbsn on their heads. whiis their
white stockings and sandals or pumps
are bsdAbbled with mud, each hold
ing up the skirt OF her dress on the
left arm, hang with the right arm with
full weight, one on each arm OF the
beau. But though manners were elas-
orste they were By no means refined.
Tho prince regent, with his Is nii-
tresses, Ave Of them famous. is OF eoursa
no real criterion Of the morals or man
nsrs Of the age. Kines and heirs ap-
parent have always been rscogniEed 70
be - much above the laws Of sexual
morality a. those Of grammar. III
oept under . female sovereign moral
court has bssn unknown. There 70,
however, no doubt that the public
standerd Of morality among the upper
ten hes been raised during the century.
II Was the fashion Of the whign and
Fox To snseY at Pitt because he did not
run after his nsighbor's wife nor away
with his asighbor's daughter. Yet even
Pitt, when prime minister. In his place
In the Asuss Of commons Is reported 70
have addressed the speaker in the plu-
raj, because he saw not one Mr.. Speak
sr, bus two; and, after cracking bot
tle of port IN his own house. cracked
two more with the treasurer Of the
navy IN Bsllamy's, the rsfrsshmsnt
room Of the houss Of commoasi while
one Of his chief oratorieal saertl was
made In the interval OF paroxysms such
- SOW produced By channel steamer
IN . shoppy sea. It Is noted story
how Pitt, with the lord chancellor and
the treasurer Of the navy, rsturnisg
home after dinner and finding . tell
gate open, ealloped through without
paying toll, and the turnpike keeper
hrsd his blundsrbuss dinner was then
an afternoon function) At them. And
ths tale was told;
How as Pitt wandered darkllns Ger the
plain.
His reason drowned In J,nkinson's cham
paGne,
A rustic's hand Out righteous fate with
stood
He'd she'd prsmisr's for robbers blood.
The French war, by closing the coun-
try TO claret and substituting the heavy
and drugsed doses Of port. made a
three bottle man In 1901 . more for
midable hero than the statesman, who,
when For was young, SAILED on seas
Of slsrst from one official haven to an
other" - aout carried on their prsde-
csssorA And Fanny Burney reports
how the duke Of Clarence, having dined
with the king on his birthday, came and
looked In on the ladies Of the household
having their dinner. and asked II they
had drunk 10 the kings health, and,
being answered: mo, but he might
make them" he exclaimed: "0h, by
God, l will Here. you Ito the foot.
mag Ssis sesR,sP' al IN ~ siiak IL a. e:
have done pretty well already. 80
has the king, promise you. believe
his majesty was never taken such good
care of before. We have kept up his
spirits, promise you. We have en-.
abled him to 60 through bis fstiguss;
and ] should have done more stu bu,
for the ball and Mary. have prom.
issd to dance with Mary. Inust kesr
sober, fer Mary" But he did not kssI
sober, for Mary, who was his lIster
coming ont that night, and when ths
lady presiding told him not to drinh
any more, he kissed her, told her Il
shut her potato trap" and finally hae
to be put to bed instead Of dancing with
Mary. But at least the ladies' did no,
roll drunk at the prince's feet, a. diI
the court ladies' Of james is time
And now II would be hard TO Hnd any
one, even in . pOthouse on Mafelrins
night, to behave as the hrst gentlsmar
In Europe did. .habitually.