The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-04-19
T0ILEFFs AT A WASHINGTON RE
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/ write this letter as an act of iastic
to neglected men. The Washin gton cor
res pondents, as a body, have given them
selves over TO the dominion of women
Witness their one sided accounts of tn
fashionable parties given by Senator's anC
Secretaries. The women are described
as lover might describe his beloved
while the men, though they may be hus
bands and fathers, Senators and ministers
are not considered worthy to be mention
ed at all. For the sake of vindica,ine
the dignity of my sex-and for an exam
pie to the regular correspondents, 1 give
you proper account of the reception
given at the house of the distinguished
Secretary r III.
TIE host was dressed IN a neat, close
fitting coat of changeab4e hue, showing
q delicate blue at night, but in open day
light reel substantial gray. Pants same
material, lined with gray muslin. White
shirt. cut biased with beautiful frill all
around the bottom. New patent steel
collar, marked "a. j." It is here prop
er to remark that his tables groaned IN
der luxurious piles of bread and butter,
furnished by the Treasury Department,
and the side tables staggered with the
chicest wines, confscated by the New
York custom house.
Senator D-i-tt-.-a was dressed in his
best clothes, made loose, so as to be
changed in a moment, and worn either
side out. They were of light, change
able blue on one side, and a reliable gray
on the other. His shirt was cut goring,
and was made of material that was con-
6scated at the New York custom house.
The bosom was Immediately white ty-
pical Of the breast within. He wore a
steel collar, which was also typical ofthe
character of the man. He seemed hun
CRY, and spent most of the evening IN the
reireshment room, eating bread aud but
ter, and slipping the odds and ends into
his pockets.
Chief Justice C-h-a-s-a was dressed
in full suit of blue, with the exception
of his vest, which had green back. The
tops of his boots were also green, and ne
had in his pocket several little pictures of
Christopher Columbus and others set 10
green. He seemed to be rather choice OF
these, keeping his hands in his Pc ckets
all the time, especially when the host or
Senator D-i-It-l-e were about. He wore
suspenGers.
General G-r-n-t was also dressed in
blue and a cigar case. He had on sus-
penders and bule ribbed socks with white
toes. He was heard to inquire of the
Chief Justice why he was like one of
Shak8peare's characters? When the
Chief Justice gave it up, he said it was
because his offense was rank. The Sec
rotary of war breVetted him on the spot.
President J-n-s-n came in leaning
heavily on the arm Of Vice President
S-t-v-n-s for support. On first enter
ing he seemed to be insensibly affected by
something, but soon dried his eyes with
his new pocket handkerchief a splen-
did pattern of bunting, representing the
United States flag on one side and the
Confederate flag on the other. HIS outer
garments were a curious mixture of blue,
gray and butternut, but all his underwear
were of sturdy gray, dyed in the wool.
He wore no suspenders, claiming il is I'M
derstood that no such fixtures are clearly
violstion of the Constitution and an
insult to the South. II is unconstitu-
tional to suspend any thing except women.
Senator'S S-l-s-b-r-y and McD-g-l
came together, and looked and acted like
brothers. They were dressed alike, each
having on a snuf colOred butternut coat.
with TWO bottles Of whisky in the coat
tails-bottles partially empty. These
TWO chivalric gentlemen added much to
the festivities of the occasion by acting
on interesting tableau, representing the
coat of United we arms of
stand" They wore white kids.
Seated in a corner were Secretary
VS. and Senator D-V-s of Kentucky,
engaged in a warm discussion for several
hours, the Secretary being asleep all the
time. The gallant Senator's attention
being called to the fact that his adversary
was asleep and snoring, be replied that he
was glad of it-he was used to such
things; it gave him more time to estab-
lish his side of the question-and he
went on ''like an April shower. = Wash
ington Correspondence Cincinnati Com
naeTciak.