The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-24
Washington Society-ReisninS Queens

A Washington correspondent of New la
ven paper writes;
Under that ambiguous term of society,
there are many ladies here who are presumed
to lead it. Mrs. Sprague, Mrs. Chandler, and
Mrs. Morgan are among them, all three taking
rank from their wealth and establishments
the former also from her public graces and
natural social accomplishments. | do not know
that any of these ladies, if poor, would be dis
tiuguished as "Queens of Society" which is, |
believe, the term used in fashion books and
ANIMALS Mrs. Sprague is very slender and
delicate lady, without the repose of the We're
de Veres, being rather nervous and nall-bt-
ing beauty, capable of strong affection and
jealousy, and upheld in her labOrs to please by
the strong ambition she inherits from her father.
I can imagine her poor, holding the place of q
public school teacher-a position where am
Warranted in supposing her. because OF her
fathers lifelong interest in Democratic educa-
ton. Well, as q school teacher, she would
charm the directors, be quoted as very inter
esting young girl, receive bouquets from the
girls on New Years day, and be asked good
many questions as to what dresses would be
becoming, and whether blue eyes in 4 man
were q sign of deceltfu nature. Finally, the
Youngest and richest director would fall in love
with her. Everybody would have sympathy
for her and congratulate her. She would step
into society where she is, so naturally, that at
forwards people would say: There Is no
queen about her at all. She is just the same
girl she was when she taught school ~
To be q queen, you know, one must strut a
little. swing "train"-Or trail, which is it =
and look scornfuliy out of the front window
upon peanut boys and shoe-blacks. Mrs.
Sprague is not a queen, l am warranted III
saying. Mrs. Chandler is more g on that or
der, holding herself very straight and statu-
esque. Mrs. Morgan is merely bankers wife,
who rides beside her husband in respectable
brougham, looks as if born to the use of silver
plate and Sevres china, and she gives you 4
feeling, when she looks at you, as if you would
greatly like to have her for an aunt.
I hope all this matter is legitimate; for my
only object, as l said before, is to persuade la
dies to stay at home and keep their "infuence"
for their nephews.
The greater your husband is, the poorer
house he will live in, the less you will see of
him, and the more he will be asked out to stag
dinners Webster lived in q little two-story
house here, next door to the Unitarian Church,
that timer has bought since, and raised a
story. He could 60 story better than the
God-like Daniel. Clay died in the poisonous
purlieus of the National Hotel, and Calhoun
died in cheap boarding house You must
marry authenticated Senator, like Squobbs,
the nigger-driver, Appleking, the Spectator in
Usage beans, or TallOw, the yard-stick. Then
your husband can 90 where he likes, but you
will be the Senator. When Tom Benton died
there was mortgage on his house little big
ger than the roof of it, and his prettiest daugh-
ter ran away with barracks captain, who
parted his hair in the middle. If you want
fame, you ego" for it but if you want posi-
ton, follow the other end of the finger-board