The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-07

Another way ig which the .arIs,ocrsssy
csn.ury Sen. ~ has % been not preciss.y it mas
country which lies on tho border linr le-
tween manners and morals sass lhs Lon
have perhaps rather safrersd n 6oing
dcmorAiizsd. The stately bowings ana
cur.seylnss Of the old school snd The elsb-
crate modes OF speech which appear IN
the novels OF the day have disappeared.
IN isoi gentleman never walked with a
amusing caricature shows a dandy under
these circuipstnnces returning from the
great review In Hyde Park that year.
There Is downpour ol rsln and no nolos
= huge umbrella. as big as small tent.
supported by "A long pole. in two hands.
While two nymphs IN what va rholld
now CAL evening dress. one with q plume
OF ostrich feathers and the other with an
eissR!orste s! Kind Of ,arbap or Their heads.
or pumps are bedabbied With mud. each
hold In the skirt OF her dress on the left
arm. hang with their right arm fun
But. though manners were elaborate.
they were by no means refined.
The Prince Regent; with hs eighteen
course, no real criterion of the morals or
manners OF the age. Kings and heirs APP
as much above the laws OF sexual moral
ny as those of grammar. Except under a
female sovereign. a moral court has been
unknown. There Is. however, mo Gouht
that the public standard OF morality
among the upper ten has been raised dur
iug tho century. it was the fashion or
the Wings ana Fox To- sheer nj lltt be-
cause he did not run after his nc.Ehbors
wife nor away with his neighhors da gh-
Ter, Yet even PIT. when prime minister.
is reported TO have addressed the speak-
en- IN the plural beCause he saw not one
a bottle OF port In hts own house. ira cked
two more with the Treasurer " the navy
IN Bellamy's, the reireShment room Of tho
snIat tAF
oratorical efforts was made IN sinterval
of paroxysms such as now produced by a
Sosed story how Pit p SHRRplh hs lord ebsn
celor and treasurer of the navy. return
ing home after dinner. and, nnding toll
gate open, galioped through without pay
Ing toll. and the turnpike keeper nred MIS-
blunderbuss dinner was then an after
noon function) AT them. And the tails was
told:
How as Pitt wandered darkllng DER the
Ills reason drowned in Jenkinson's cham
A rustic's hand Cbut with righteous fate
Had shed a Premer's for robbers
blood"
The French war, by closing the country
TO claret and substituting the heavy and
drugged doses OF port. made three
bottle man In 1901 more formidable hero
than the statesman who, when Fox ~as
young, sailed on seas of claret from one
comfortable Official haven To smother
AS gout carried off their predecessors.
And Fanny Burney reports how the llnka
OF Clarence having dlned with The King
ON his borthaay. came and looked IN on
the ladies OF the household having lhetr
dinner, and asked IL they had drunk the
kings health. and being answered No,
but he might make them he exclaimed:
"Oh. by God ! will. Here, you Uo the
footman), bring Champagnes III drink
the kings health again VI | die Tor II.
Yes, I have done pretty well already. So
has the king. ! promise you. ! believe
his majesty was never taken such good
care OF before We have kept up his spir-
it's, | promise you. We have enabled him
To go through his fatigucs; and ! should
have done more still but for the hall and
Mary. I have promised to dance with
Mary. l must keep sober for Mary. But
he did not keep sober for Mary, who was
his sister, coming out that night. ana
when the lady presiding told him not To
drink any more. he kissed her. told her TO
shut her potato trap, and finally had 10
be put to bed, instead of dancing win
Mary. But. at least the ladies' did not
roll drunk at the princes feet. as did the
court ladies OF James ]. Is time And now
IL would be hard 20 find any one. even In
a pothouse on Mafeking night. TO behave
as the first gentleman IN Europe did hao-
ituallV