The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-15

The LADY OF the OanlfoI.

[ III MIS- AneS, IN 'nef last 7WashinRton
letter to the fndepeRdeat, describes
some Of the female lobbyists and their
ways. ThsifolloWtng sketchis thrill
ingly intetesting9a raaszss1 1oZ Tnauf5
- Leaning back In a deep ehair, no 81. e
near her. you see q fair woman, whose
beautiful presence seems at variance
with the many anxious and anRular,
The calmness Of assured position, the
serene Satisfaction OF conscious beau
ty enYelQp her and float from her like
an attnosph here We feel 1t even here.
Pale p1nmes droop. above her. lovely
Ef0reheadi EelYet dERperies fall bout her
graceful form, we catch a 5HIimpse OF
alluring laces, the gIearn of Jewels
glitterIng on dimpled, ungloVed hands.
Look long into this face; lis spIenior OF
tint and perfection Of outline can bear
the closest scrutiny: Look long, and
then say II 2 soul sanity as well. as Sc;
rene looks out from under those pencil
ed arches, through the d dilating ifises of
those beguiIlng eyes. Look I! and. the
unveiled gaze which meets yours viii
tell You, as plaihly as a gaze can tell, /,
that adulatioh Is the life OF its life, and
seduction the secret OF its SPELL. This
beauty would not blanch before the
profanest sight; It is the beauty OF. one
who tunes her tongue to 5honeyed ac-
cents, and litts up her eyelids 70 lead
men astrayt She comes and goes In a
snowy carriage. She gIides through
Pt the corridors, hannts the galleries aud
the anterooLils OF the Capttol-eyery-
where conspicuous in, her, beauty. All
who behold her inquire: .t.W6o IS that
beantifpl woman ?H Nobody. seems
quite sure, Doubt and myktefy,, en-
velop her ike q cloud. "She is a rich
and beautiful vi Widow;' HShe is iinmar.
riedi" She. Is visiting the city with
ner ENa.!t husband: band Every gazer has q diff
2, "IheFe are few, deep In the secrets,
of diplomacy, Of legislative yenality,
Of government prostitution, who can
tell you that slle, iA one or the most
subtle and dangerous of lobbyists. She
Is but one of a class slways beautiful
and always successful. She plays for
large stakes; but she always wins. The
man who says to her, Secure my APP
pointment, make sure my promotion,
and I will pay you So many thousands,'
usually gets his appointment, and she
her, thousands. Does she wait like a
suppliant? Not at all. She sits like
an empress waiting TO give audience.
iWill she receive her subjects In pro-
nl5SuOuS, dsSSu1DlHR91+s. no II. you
wait long enough, you see her glide
over these tresselated floors; hui not
alone. Far from the ears OF the crowd,
in some anteroon ;sumptuous enough
for the Sybrites, this woman, as beautir
full as nature and art can make her,
will dazzle. the sight of the ha1f de.
mented and wholly bewildered mag
nate, and then tell him what she wants.
With aIinrtng eyes and begniling voice,
she will besiege his VIII through the
foutworks Of his senses, and so charm
him on to do her pleasure. He promis-
es her his power, her fayorite shall
have the boon he demands. 3. Thus some
of the highest prizes in the Govern
.ment are won. INSCRIPTIONS men
pay willy women to touch the subtIest
and surest springs of eintlnence,i and
thus open a secret way Ia. their public
success. /, No longer the, question is,
Shall women participate In politics;
shall they form a controlling 6lement
In the Government 3 Butyas there are
women who will and, do exert this
power, Shall it remain covert, equiyo-
cal, demoralizing, baseH OF shall It be
brave, and pure, anl open as the sum-