Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-30

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Warrington society-Reigning Queens.
A Washington correspondent Of New
Haven paper writes:
Under the ambiguous term Of" society"
there are many ladies here who are pre-
sumed to lead it. Mrs. Sprague, Mrs.
Chandler, and Mrs. Morgan arc among
them, all three taking rank from their wealth
and establishments; the former also from
her public graces and natural social accom-
plishments. l do not know that any Of
these ladies', if poor, would be distinguish
ed as "Quecns of Society,"" which is, /
believe, the term used in fashion books and
ANNALS. Mrs. Sprague is very slender
and delicate lady, without the repose ofthc
Verc dc Vercs, being rather nervous and
nail-biting beauty, capable Of strong affect
ion and jealousy, and upheld in her labors
to please by the strong ambition she inher-
its from her father. / can imagine her
poor, holding the place Of public school
teachcr-,a position where am warranted in
suposing her, because of her fathers life
long interest in Democratic education.
Well, as school teacher, she would charm
the directors, be quoted as very interesting
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 man
were a sign ofa deccitful nature. Finally,
the Youngest and richest director would fall
in love with her. Everybody would have
sympathy for her aud congratulate her.
She would step into society where she is, so
naturally, that afterwards people would say !:
There is no queen about her at all. She is
just the same girl she was when she taugh:
school"
To be a queen, you know, one must strut
a little, swing a "train or trail, which
is it.-and look scornfully out Of the front
window upon peanut boys and shoc-blacks.
Mrs. Spraguc is not aquccn, lam warranted
in saying. Mrs. Chandler is more con"
that order, holding herself very straight
and statucsque. Mrs. Morgan is merely .
bankers wife, who rides beside her hus-
band in respectable brougham, looks as
if born to the use Of silver plato and Sevres
china, aud she gives you feeling, when
she looks at you as If you would greatly
like her for IN aunt. hope all this matter
is legitimate; for my only object, as ! said
before, is to persuade ladies to stay at home
and keen their ''inauencc" for their neph-
ews.
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 little
two-story house here, next door to the
Unitarian Church, that tanner has bought
since, and raised story. He could 60 .
story better than the God-likc Daniel
CLAY died in the poisonous purlieus Of tho
National Hotel, and Calhoun died in a
cheap boarding house. You must marry
q mutton headed Senator, like Sqaodds, the
nigger.driver; Appleking, the speculator in
Usage beans, or Tallow, the yard-stick.
Then your husband can 20 whore he likes,
but you will be tho Senator. When Tom
Benton died there was q mortgage ON his
house a little bigger than the roof Of it, and
his pretticst daughter ran away with bar
racks captain who parted his hair in tho
middle. If you want fame, "go" after it;
but if you want position, follow tho other
end of the fnger-b0ard.
Our DELEoArE.%Our Delegate IN Con-
cress appears to be attaining uncnviabie