Thare is no such thing as flattery,—if commendashun is deserved, it is no flattery, but truth, and if commendashun is undeserved, it is not flattery, but slander.
"Man was kreated a little lower than the Angels,"—and it is lucky for the said Angels that he was.
"The luxury ov grief!"—this, i take it, means tew hav yure old unkle die, and leave yu $9000, and yu cry.
"Love lies bleeding!"—this is probably one ov the bludiest lies that ever was told.
The artist here represents NEATNESS [when carried too far] as a Roman Warrior, armed with every symbol of house-cleaning apparatus, and waging war upon all unoffending people who are not willing to have their apartments thoroughly cleaned every day.—See page 193.