The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
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EVERYBODY has heard OF Bohemia that no man, land
which of the and west of the MOON where all
care is laughed awayshere the artists dwell like fairy folk
whose work is play with the uneonventionsy of birds and
the happiness Of these tuncfui aerial creatures.
1t was Bazac who first gave the word bohemiansm gen
eai currency ahough the thing itself has existed
Homer by the publication OF his I'm Prince de Boheme
Henri Munger not long after introduced the world to this
undiscovered country, which lies all in midst In his
famous Scenes de la Vie de Boheme" There are many
Bohemians in Thackeray in 1.-THE Ncwcomes in "Penden
MIS- and in "The Adventures OF Philip but Bohemia did
not reach its full vogue until Du Mauriet wrote "Triby
and successful novel of modern times took the
Bohemia is the country and Prague is its capital It
is all about in all the cities and in many country places
although it is difficult for to find their way As
Bohemian poet has sung
Though the ATTITUDES rather uncertain
The longitude equally vagie
The person pity who knows not the city,
The beautiful city of Prague.
which in every part of it is subject Time and change
successive and veal and woe the attractions
hema much exaggerated They very real
less And the first OF them is the ubiquy of this land Of
Beulah. Where is it, Wherever the Bohemsns are and
the Bohemans everywhere. And who the Bohem-
ans? Boheman those who Phlistines
Everybody knows what Phistne U.s. Matthew Arnold
coined the word in Its modern and delighted be
in season and out of season all the inhabitants of Phs
tia Phista is the land of nateralism and the Phistnes
matealsts, people who worship wealth and fashion,
who live for society alone whether they in only
cupy pews In the churches people who love clothes and
display who talk twadde who read only the book
who keep up with the fads of the day. roque years ago
then tennis then golf and pngpong the who
arrogant and the are naughty like the daughters of
Zion walking and mincing as they 60.
Now the Bohemans idcalists. They not
sarily diseputabe although Munsers Bohemans mostly
and Du Maurers very unconventional and Thacke-
rays Frederick Bayham and Dickens Dick Swveller
decidedly at elbows The majority OF Bohemans
very we'll appearing folk They arc, in fact the best
people the people who have feeling for books and art
if they authors and artists who have ideas may
dress we'll ill., but who do not regard clothes mans
chief end people who independent in thought and
action who do thing because 1t right because other
people do it, who eschew gossip and not overmueh
what people say who Slaves convention but
follow only far it is right convenient who neither
marry make friends for money an. of
pediency who love music and animals and the fresh
who believe in lie bon Dieu reverenty and who do
right These les bien nee the salt OF the earth,
II there not Bohemans everywhere and women
who really good fellows there would shortly be another
food The rainbow shines the bow OF promise that the
Bohemans will be always with aud for this have
reason be truly thankful B. r. T.