The Washington times., 1903-01-25


washing and bathing and changing Of
linen, as life absolutely wanting in
= the elementary conditions Of cIeauIi-
nes and hygiene
Tt may be safely affirmed, from the
unconscious revelations made by con
temporary writer's as to the domestic
habits Of Queen Anne's reign, that a
royal prince or princess of that time
would have been set down as a per
sonage Of very dirty habits by a we'll
brouEht-up workingman in the reign
Of Queen Victoria.
But Swiftwould have been regarded
as a man Of scrupuIous and fasddious
cleanliness If he were living at the
present hour He carried his love of
1t 50 far that whenever he washed his
hands, which he did very often in the
course of a day, he usually took care
to wash his feet as well. He became
furious now and then because Of the
personal habits Of those he saw
around him, and he relieved his mind
by satiTicaI verses revealing in de-
scTiptions which many a reader in our
Gays would ind It impossible to get
through because of the utter Ioathing
which they bring with them Swift
has been denounced again and again
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49, 'i's common people must N selt-
usls'-S7 Id, : 'dHe" the Id" INTO thelr
wv" ii.'iiuS anu formed vigilance
Committees as lhey old IN CaliIorhla-
Mohawk Jokes.
It might very well have been that
the BIohawks made IT unsafe for
women and even for reputable citizens
to 60 abroad after nightfan, By their
habit Of playing brutal practical Jokes.
maltreating and mfshandIing their
victims. and even. in some cases, in
ficting serious wounds. II is related
that one Of the miIdest Of their per
f0rmances was to put a woman in 2
barrel and roll her down q long hin.
But it must be remembered that the
laws Of chance were against their
catching more than a. small proportion
of the folk who happened to be abroad,
and that citizens Of family and in
.huence probably kept their -womenkind
and themselves indoors, OF. went with
a guard if they had to venture out on
business. Finally, the hours kent bv
LOndoners then We're far earlier than
now, and 10 or Il o'clock, even In the
reigns of the Georges, was considered
late. breakfast being at and dinner
at noon.
With all this It may be seen that
most Of the victims of the AIohawks
were undoubtedly people Of little con
sequence, and no fuss was made about
them The scenes which were enacted
during the Mafeking celebration in
London, and at the time Of Mr. Nc
KinIey's second Inauguration, when
members Of militia regiments NAL
treated inOffensive people in the open
streets, are proof enough that Iawless-
ness can exist TO a considerable ex-
tent in law-abiding community
without the formation Of vigilance
committees.
To many readers the story of the
rise % the Nonconformists Will be
particularly significant In fact these
two volumes are full Of delightful bits
Of historic lore, presented in a most
attractive form.
There are ways and ways Of writing
history, and the thoughtful student
Of literature is sometimes inclined to
think that the age of the historian