Ridiculous and Extravagant

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 22, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 16.

Ridiculous and Extravagant

One feels to repeat many times the line of Burns's,—

“O, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us.”

For instance, a despatch from Paris to a New York paper, under date of February 12, says: “A very fop of a dog, wearing the latest and extremest doggie modes, appeared on the boulevards to-day. It led an elegantly dressed woman by a silver chain, or vice versa. The dog wore a sable coat with a pocket which contained a delicate lace handkerchief, and rubber shoes protected it from catching cold. Two diamond earrings glistened in each ear, which was pierced at the tip and base.” It is just such things as these that rouse the hatred of what are called the lower classes, and which breed revolution.