THE LAST THING IN FLUNKEYISM.

Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 28, 2 August 1876, Page 2

THE LAST THING IN FLUNKEYISM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST. Sir, — I am told that a circular has been sent to those persons who attended Lady Vogel 's ball, offering to publish in a local print a full description of the fancy costumes worn by each of them on the occasion in question, with a flattering notice of how they each and all appeared in their assumed characters. It appears that a journalist o/the "Jeames de la Plnche" type is ready to attend at the reside >ces of the persons indicated, and on being favored with a private view of each of then in Co3tume, will write out the description on the spot. Of course a douceur is expected for this lackey's work, and the praise bestowed in the published description will be proportionate to the liberality evinced in a pecuniary sense by his patrons. A more outrageous, nonse isical, a id caddish proposal than this it wo.ild be difficult to conceive, aud I am co ifident that the good sense of the people of Wellington will emphatically condemn it. Lady Vogel's ball was a private gathering, intended to afford amusement and gratification to her pretty wide circle of friends. The newspapers briefly noticed the names of those present and the characters assar.ied by them, as the reunion was of a somewhat special character, but they need scarcely ha^e done even that. To go further thau this — io propose to publish some ten days after the event, a description of all the fripperies and falla's of which each costume was composed — would excite an outburst of contempt and derision from one end of New Zealand to the other, and cause some of the citizens of Wellington to become the laughingstock of the Colony.as being the vainest of mortals and the most arrant of snobs that the world has produced during the present century. Fancy the real name of an esteemed lady being given, and a description of her attached as she appeared in the habit of " Sairey Gamp," with her dropsical umbrella, frowsy dress,and all the rest of it ! The absurdity, and bad taste of the proposal might be illustrated by a hundred other instances, but it is needless to pursue the subject further. I say sir, that a person who is capable of making a proposal to bring out such a publication as that indicated in this precious circular, must be an ingrained snob, whose natural sphere is the servants' hall, and whose appropriate occupation in life would be to black the boots of his patrons. I am, &c, Anti Humbug. Ist August, 1876.