. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. NOTABLE CHARACTERS. 225. The Smart Aleck can hardly be distinguished from the Ta-Ta,from the fact that he frequents all the places of public amusementalike, takes the front seat, if possible, and looks downupon the audience as though they were, indeed, thesublunary things, and most frequently applauds at thewrong place, and if he sees his mistake he calls it aesthetic,and passes on perfectly satisfied, thinking he made amash on the f;iir-haired girl on the right, whose observa-tion was simply attracted by his
. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. NOTABLE CHARACTERS. 225. The Smart Aleck can hardly be distinguished from the Ta-Ta,from the fact that he frequents all the places of public amusementalike, takes the front seat, if possible, and looks downupon the audience as though they were, indeed, thesublunary things, and most frequently applauds at thewrong place, and if he sees his mistake he calls it aesthetic,and passes on perfectly satisfied, thinking he made amash on the f;iir-haired girl on the right, whose observa-tion was simply attracted by his ignorance and his ])re-sumptuous manner, which is always a profound blunderand never assumed, save to the disgust of the refinedand well-bred folk, who are ever at ease, whether inthe mansion of an aristocrat or before the footlights,where the hearts of the beautiful and brave throb in unison. Before this person the pretensions of the Smart The Smart Aleck. ^\it^ck sink into oblivion, and his impressions, if any areever made by him, strand on some unknown shore, and are finallysnowed under from the eye o
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