The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-05

yst,Irh marked the beginning 81 Ah'
decline OF Roman power, iheh
sffeminary became 50 pronounced
mat no trade that made a noise
s,.h a. ,nrpcnter work or work IN
moo Was allowed anywhere In the
resident portion NJ the town DC
eanae the noise might disturb some
b.,dv'a afternoon nap. II dtd ho'
sleen veil last night" said the
,y,iraf syharite. and ! think u
vas because a rose Leaf got rathi'i'o
up under me The Sybarltes were
the degenerate Romans
Who In Seattle has not heard the
objections frequently raised 20 h't
MAGNIFICENT manufacturing Indus
tfiea because. foraooth. they make
little smoke and SCOT. which smoke
and SCOT soil my lady.a dimltyI
In the splendor Of the decline
Theodore. wife % Emperor jus
tlnian made Journey 10 the
| pvthlau warm baths. In her train
were the praetorian praeteet. inc
great treasurer. several counts ana
patrieians and not less than a,Vpo
attendants. In addition 20 this Vas
a drove OF several hundred she
asses. In the milk Of which the
/ erstwhIle dIssuiutc women took n
/ hath every DAY. ApinE their en-
press. the titled ladies OF Rome took
their Journeys with an outlay OF
wealth almost equal % hers, They
had in their magnificent trains
what they called "auriacalplus ma
tronarnm." which. being interprc-
tied. Is ladies' ear seratcheri II the
Journey was In winter they wore
one kind OF jewels of a heavy pat
tern. and II In summer their wan
ling strength would not bear their
weight. and so Jewels OF 4 hEht
weight were worn.
/ DO the TITLED ladies OF modern
America travel less ostentatinusiy
In their private cars They may
not have their "auriscalpius ma
trunarum. but they have their spe-
ciaIly tipped msnial TO manicure
their lily fingers.
The coaches OF the senator's Of
the declining Rome. as they moved
along the Appian Way. we're seen
10 be made OF solid silver. while
1.-THE trappInea OF their horses were
OF embossed gold. Their types can
be seen any day In Central Park.
on New York.s and other great
houlevArds OF this country. The
Roman senators and mobiles meas
ured their rank and importance BY
1.-THE holiness OF their chariots and
the magnificencc OF their dress.
Is Il necessary for the purposes OF
this article to call attention to the
modern American standard By
which peoples rank Is measured
To the magnificonee Of their pri-
vate ears. their autos and other
Iequipage. % the cost Of their Jew.
els. To the length breadth and
thickness OF their well=stuffed safe
deposit boxes
In writing OF the people who
lived in the beginning 81 the De
cline. AmmiAnus said. should a
. / ny presume to settle on the silken
folds Of their gllded umbrellas
. should a sunbeam penetrate some
. unguartled and imperceptihle chink
I they depiore their intolerable hard
! ships. and lament In affected Ian
guage. that they were not born ~
the land Of the Cimmerians. the ~
. gious Of eternal darkness. =,
! when they have called for -
water, II n slave has been tax a.
his Obedience. he ls inatan,Ela the
/ tised with 900 lashes. but ye,nurdcr
! same slave commit uilln.erve maj
! the master will mildly ssrd maj n
: be Ia a worthless feiffe shsiI not
I he repeat the offepe Wher-
Z escape punishmsnssfe a solemn and
ever the rich pigment whenever
popular 18th profuse and per-
3 they eeieOIary their private ban
I hlcioua ~ xsests the modest. the
r qaes. ~ he learned are seldom
3 sopef the frequent and ia
! s...1,.s soInpanians OF the GREAT
nlliisspese parasites who practice the
e ~ useful OF all arts. the art OF
r i.sffery."
/ Compare this description with
fthc modern description OF the too
frequent Bradley Martin functions
and the its" who attend them.
There Ia but one feature Of mod
ern. up-to-date American society
erazes to make them exact parallels
with the crazes which marked the
beginning Of Rome'a decline. and
that r. the Introduction Of the
Oriental insect which Queen Semir-
amis Is credited with inventing. and
that feature / have no doubt will
be introduced before very long. /.
refer. Of course, to the eunuch.