The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Clown to his Betters. A Zong O' Zocial Zience [from Punch]

"The Clown to his Betters. A Zong O' Zocial Zience [from Punch]." Saturday Press, November 20, 1858, 4.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

"Extravagunce . . . is the gentlefolks bane," notes the Clown. He watches the nobility waste their money on material things and carry on an unhealthy lifestyle. "To live on your means you must use your own braeins," he advises.