| Show MEN or THE HOUR some are born great some atness and some have greatness thrust upon teem M OSCAR run lecat nik the lion in now york society at this present writing h oscar wilde a young irishman who landed from the arizona on the second of january aar professedly disappointed P hinted that nothing not I ain I atter in R the e way of a storm had occurred during the voyace voy asre there deemi to be nothing in more remarkable about oscar q wilde ilde than an intense peculiarity which his admirers call genius practical minded folks humbug with financial gain in in vie vieland view wand and a remaining class consummate weakness and folly it is is not for us to decide whether either of these views views is the correct one to take we think t that at possibly ossi y mr wildes singularity it is partly due to nature party to affectation and nd I largely a to profit by that weakness wea in in human nature which causes people to run after any new and curious thing in this instance the object of curiosity confined pretty much to people of apcie cichy t proc proclivities is is ft a young man mad fairty fairly good looking of gentle blood well educated and with a wondrous turn for suave and persuasive talk odthe of the greatest greatest importance to that person himself is the fact that the attention being given him which is very considerable the product of astute busin business em met methods cods on the part of oatlie the gentleman who acts as his manager in the lecturing tour which he be has begun in this country promises to net him a great de deal al of mone money T professional mr aestheticism is now at a premium in in the american market both english and american caricature have been and arc are helpful 10 to this substantial result that of gilbert and Sull sullivans ivana pa fienco most particularly between the caricature and the real there does appear ta to be many strong points of resemblance for oscar wildes appearance taste and manners arc are sufficiently distinct from other men to give him an individuality which perhaps the most of people laugh at but many admire and all directly or indirectly assist to make profitable to the person most concerned who is oscar wilde the da darling alin odthe of the fifth avenue he ile is t the i son william wilde who was ian an eminent oculist surgeon oculist to queen victoria founder and chief of staff of st marks ophthalmic and aural Il hospital dublin and an eminent archaeologist and author twice distinguished by his election as president of the royal irish academy his ilis m other lady wilde was is as a poetess and nov novelist clist known to fame as speranza bom born in an enviable social str stratum atam oscar enjoyed the educational advantages ot of his ills position position ion but neither at school nor college manifested great ability within the last two or three years however lie has been the acknowledged leader of that c class hiss of perso persons ns in london society who profess to find the secret of life in beamut beauty y and who industriously spend their time or fancy they do in the enjoyment odthe of the beautiful where less gifted mortals fail to find it A few months ago be published a volt volume of poetry not destitute of good verses but condemned for its fleshiness fleshin by the severer critics As we said before mr wilde landed in new york on the second of january he ile began his campaign as a lecturer at chickering hall liall in the empire city on the ninth of the same month his subject being the english renaissance cance he ile was dressed in full dress dres coat white vest black knee breeches and black silk stockings but he lie did not carry either a sunflower or a lily in his hand baud |
