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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 409 - 412
CONDUCT & CUSTOMS (Cont'd)
they s:lOuld be somewhat like these: 1st. If there is any reason to think
that the lady has a choice to either side of the walk, she should be allowed
the benefit of that choice. 2d. As the universal custom here is to turn
to the right in meeting on the street, if there is a crowd to be met, the
lady should be on the right hand side of the gentleman, as it would then
free her from any accidental collision." (9)
409 - L Mar. 28; ed: 2/2 - It is scarcely possible for an American who has
never visited Europe to form an adequate idea of the extent to which adulation
is paid royalty and rank. Even in England the ruler is spoken of as
if he or she is of a loftier order of human beings. A column or two in
every London paper is devoted to the doings of royalty, and even the most
trivial event is recorded. In America such an event would be hissed.
Locofocoism, which copies its morals, manners, and maxims from the vast
societies and statesmen in England, tried to introduce the adulation system
in this country. Every day papers announced the doings of President Pierce
on the previous day. The American people, not caring for this news, would
rather read of European difficulties, or of conditions in Oregon or in
Central America.
"When men worship the fetish of the caste, it may be said of them emphatically,
'They are joined to their idQls, let them alone,' for they will
never have self respect enough to raise themselves to the head of perfect
liberty." (17)
410 - L Apr. 8; ed:2/2 - Someone said that a good name, like an amiable
face, is equivalent to a letter of recommendation. It has a great deal to
do with the forming of character and prosperity, as well as success, in the
field of matrimony. No young man would marry a girl with an ugly name and
vice versa. Double names although common are generally burdensome.
"An individual may be Louis Napnleon, George Washington, or Augustus
Froughlin and yet be a very great bore in society, a perfect 'Know-Nothing'
without the ceremony of initiation." (2)
411 - L Apr. 15; ed: 2/2 - Woman has been called inferior, but one fact Indicates
her character from his charge. While man imitates her follies,
she imitates his nobler qualities.
There is a certain softness of manner which in a wife doubles the value
of every charm and almost entirely compensates for the lack of personal
beauty.
When you see a man hugging bis wife on the sidewalk, set him down for
a fool, at the theater for a sheep, in the ball room for an ass. True
affection devoted to a single object is timid and retiring. It never displays
itself before the world. tI3)
412 - L Apr. 23:2/3-4 In a letter to the editor, "L.A. S." says: To those
mothers suffering at the death of their children, I suggest looking back
to that hand which has led them from early childhood up to now. It is