Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1887 — War on the Chatterer. [ARTICLE]

War on the Chatterer.

A reform, which has come gradually but qmte definitely within the last few years, is the extinction of the race of beings who beat time unconsciously with their feet upon the floor, their fans upon the chair in front, or their fingers upon the arm of the chair in which they sit. I attribute this in great measure to the frequent productions of music, to which no creature can beat the rhythm. However this may be, this pulsating evidence of your neighbor’s enjoyment is now seldom felt, and I hope it has gone to join the “Bowery tramp,” in which the galleries used to take such delight, and which was, indeed, in its day, a soulful demonstration in comparison. But there yet remains the chatterer, and to him or, quite as frequently, to her—l would suggest that there be next directed the Tetormatory influence of the dames apd demoiselles who have won such a notable victory over the high hats. —Boston Post.