Show 1 hew of 1 ishio shoddy society 13 it is stands for g as and sordid as alie billing and cooing of the toiled doets of tie world of hicl ine politic an I 1 is aisom cited with i ness binl 1 rd worldly exclude from politics I 1 shoddy society as ft I 1 atai da for vulgar ostentation wasteful and ambitious finity vinity tl at ikes cunderi tl 1 work men and overtaxed women iret resent fill tl en ind instinct etith tl druid irit of cl retributive leng cance gery of tie crew fat on tl memory ih U the i coi ie add f r centuria cen turis bien taxed ii to tl ft eirtle to ay for rj etaul 1 li uy fur tl e etli e tl e n ability tid tie lo 10 tl e p every mill nals a liose mi stresses splendid costly and rich bai queta had 1 een paid for by lining the blood of the geoe into araci lvery fe male arist a soulless 1 ailet washing d vm parl with 1 win binl the ecole walli thorns in order eliat sl e wear arra of diamonds i ill for by breid snatched from the s of 1 bor of tl ia spirit rages in the breast 0 tie borkine classes when tl ey endure alie arro gaine of insolent opulence and witness the reckless con ec fenceless of the selfish eally or imbecile rich bobial life is be a place where all realism is pressed as brutal wl ere all spontaneity or frai k sign of true feeling Is startling and distasteful in a circle that is and smothered into sap lessi ess by mediocrity dio crity with lier mangle mediocrity that Is always vain and vapid in speech and vacuous in expression mis is the kind of society tl at m ikes a smirking monkey of a young man an owl eyed emasculate emas culat master of ceremonies cere monie of an old man a squeaking doll or un pled coquette of i young girl and an affected besotted sen timen calist of an old girl lie breeze sina vivacity and gei lal candor of true conversation is p it out of doors for immoral gossip affectation tor compliment that is stale and stupid when it is not and in sincere courtesy is not hypocrisy it Is hu inanity which we ire bound to render to both friend and foe but fashionable society does not rest on courtesy exists of moral right but it rests on the extinction of trull freedom of 11 ought ind expression as b id form it rests on calsel and el affect it gives us a stupid of emp ty malevolent gossip lind tasteless lip service tor alie line comedy of genial and inspiring boci soci il intercourse it stands for wealth show greed not intellectual influence or moral power it stands for organized organised sed and concentrated sm ill talk it feels nothing but contenti conte nii t for tl e romance and 1 e of human nature that loses its life to it its derision Is always excited by anybody who is luthe cally accused of 1 done some thing for nothing its pott is always wee illy winter wailing to the drowsy tinkling of ins lute its novel is a ells its philosopher is always a superficial pessimist its arster ii some cackling cynic who misquotes mis quotes heine when he steals his wit ind mis ai pre bends ibsen and disrel resents his philosophy athen he trie to eel hi thought be ittle I 1 ost |