Life — January 15, 1885 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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GALLISS BROTHERS & TURNURE, ART AGE PRESS, 70-70 FULTON STREET WY. NO. 107. ‘JAN. 15TH, 1885. 1155 Broapway, New York. Published every Thursday, $5 a year in advance, postage free. | Single copies, 10 cents. to this office. regular rates, Rejected contributions will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped and directed envelope. Back numbers can be had by applying Vol. I., 50 cents per copy ; Vols, II. and HT. at NE by one are the military traditions of our country ruthlessly shattered by the iconoclastic spirit which seems to have fastened its phantasmagoric fingers upon our very natures. Following close upon the degrading of our esteemed fellow townsman Mr. Cesnola from a_ brilliant Generality to a dull Particularity, another one of our already | Me | appreciate the force of our remark. few military heroes is torn from our ranks. Colonel Mapleson, it transpires, is nothing more than a high-private. Where will all this end ? . . . HARITY begins at home, and Charity Balls begin when the gathering should be on their way thither rather than just commencing to trip the light fantastic toe. But then as charity covereth a multitude of sins, so must we per- mit the Charity Ball to cover a multitude of social absurdities among the least of which we may not account the custom of opening the Ball late and closing it early. To dance for sweet charity's sake is indeed a privilege— and one too whieh the success of last week's social event shows is appreciated. The glittering floor of the Metropolitan Opera House held a brilliant gathering and that brilliancy shone all the more refulgent because of the laudable object in view. Aside from the pleasures of her first appearance in the social world the debutante may feel that by the very fact of her pleasure some little one has been made better, and some sick life has been made brighter. The Charity Ball is one that should be kept rolling ! . . . ITHERTO dazzled, perhaps by the lustre of Mr. Cl land's administration, our present Governor Mr. has been rarely seen or heard. Now, however, he has great- ness thrust upon him which we hope he will bear with credit | to himself. He should not, however, endeavor, as we are imformed is his intention, to retain his former position as Lieutenant Gov- ernor along with that of Governor. Aside from the fact that such a course would be more wor- thy of a politician than a statesman, Mr. Hill should bear in mind the fate of the man who tried to sit upon the two stools. The future alone can show whether the Governor is to be a mountain or a mole-hill. * * . HE words of Hamlet, “ Angels and Ministers of Grace defend us,” are particularly timely for the citizens of New York just at present. . * . , HE Chicago Girl's foot is one of the standard properties of the American humorist, but it seems to us that it must give way in importance as it does in size to the Chicago man's cheek. The conductors of the nondescript sheet of the birth- place of Mrs. O'Leary's cow, who seem to thoroughly understand the art of appropriating what does not belong to them without offering credit of any kind therefor can best We refrain from using the smalland one syllabled word which is generally used by English speaking people to describe operations of this sort. Tt will not take much of an imagination to supply it. * * . INCE they have shown such an appreciation of the cover and general make-up of Lire we feel that our hats, overcoats and umbrellas are much more likely to remain our own property than if the office of the sheet aforesaid were a little nearer ours. . . . AYOR LOW, we are given to understand, complains I that the Brooklyn Bridge does not pay. This shows a most reprehensible partiality on the part of the Bridge Trustees. We, who use the bridge occasionally, have to pay for the privilege, but the bridge itself, which goes across with a frequency which amounts to permanency, is a deadhead, This is not justice ! . * . OW do the so-called “rats” in the Suz office affiliate with that cat? . . . R. THOMAS M. NICHOL comments upon the un- healthy condition of Finances. It is unfortunately true that finances are very low this sea- son. Many of them have found the air here so unhealthy that nothing short of a Canadian trip could recoup them, and things are really so blue that a twenty-five cent Finance is re- garded with all the affection formerly bestowed upon the | eighty-nine cent dollar. comichooks (fo