The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-16
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weight.
"Jones dimes with Mrs. Jonahsgourl" is
equivalent 70 consideration for Jones.
II you over saw tho play Of "a New
Way to Pay Old Debts" you will remark
that there Is a person in It Of tho nalnc Of
IPellborn, who achieves his fortune by In.
tlncing noble lady to treat him publicly
with Consideration. This place Is full Of
Wellborns, creeping up by just such In
expensive patronage.
Another cCCentriCity Of Washington So
cicty Is TINT the trades people ofthe city
have long lAin under s0ciAl CensurG though
many Of them arc rich, hospitable, and
wcll.bcllaved. Coming over from the
days of slavery domination Is superstt.
ton TINT to trade is demoralizing, and this
feeling Is kept up by certain class of old
citizens, some Of them Republicans. To
be claim agent, a patent seeker, or q
small lawyer, Is to stand socially well
here; but to sell carpets, kettles, stoves, or
shoes is rank Acknowledgement ia, A.
a., % SUPPER.
A supper ut a Washington party Is al
most invariably an affair Of standing up
with plate in your hand, looking for n
fork; or eating agrcat quantity Of tcrrNpin
without bread. Tho champagne bottle
goes by like telegraph message, and you
receive the contents Of 1t on your coat
sleeve, and out Of sheer desperation, you
clutch the nearest dccantcr Of sherry, and
peel your stomach for next days uses.
Two or three darkeys managing tho table,
much talk, and crying Of ~ Y -
civilians, pass the bOncd turkey this
wayp
"Scmtor, delay that bottle till be
with yOUw
And either ones appetite Is abused by
tho unwhOlcSOme gorging Of ono mcaty
dish, or disturbed in It's emptiness by too
cOpious imbibitiOns Of untimCly wine.
The regular dishes Mt n Washington sup
per arc chicken salad, lobster salad, boned
turkey, slowed and fried oysters, ice
cream, and fruits. A couple Of dccanteB
Of sherry, a gallon Ofryc wlliskCy, u fitting
Npmrition Of dry verzenay, and the punch
Aforesaid, arc the liquors The cham
lmgnc cork pops twice or thrice at long
and lilr.resOunling intervals, whGrcat the
hearts Ofall the tOpcrS arc liflcdup Then
the mwclcomc note dies away upon the
car, and nothing Is lcll but tic sediment
in certain empty glasses and tic luguhrt.
Olls sInAcking Of dry lips which will not
be C0miOrtcd because beverage there Is
not. 70 give small and modest supper
in Washington implies thirty or forty
people, and about as many dollars, Invent
10 one supper recently which cost up.
wards Of II thousand dollars, and was at
tended by about 100 guests. Music and
singers were provided; EspNgnOln clgars
ut 5000 u thousand; md every bottle OF
wine WIS ROcdcrcr nj $40 u basket. There
wasn't IN infant on tho premises but hail
special bottle. The greatest caterers
here are Wclckcr and NNormly-thc i0rn-
or u youthful, chubby German, who ought
to bC rich, and WOrnlcy is II delicate.
palatctl negro. Winter society here IL
charming To those who love parties. and
this winter in particular hHs been famed
for the number and generosity Of its enter
tainmCnts.
These receptions mil choice feelings do
u great deal 10 break up chickering's Ind
enmitieS. | observed the other night that
Dawes and Forney, who Ind fallen Oul
over Dawes League Island speech, were
Obliged to shake hands Mt one of these re-
captions. Colonel FOrnCy Ind the punch
ladlc and Dawes wanted drink 1t was
II question between n dry throat and
coming to the scratch. Like wise man,
Dawes advanced, and it was all done d.
rcctIy. 1t is hard to speak to n man
pleasantly tonight, when yesterday there
was M exchange Of tish.hOolSs between
you. 1t Is not 50 hnrd Us 1t Is awkward,
and the average man had rather be wrong
than awkward. Drinking Mt these rcccp.
tiOns is the rule; chocolate Is the cxccp.
ton. II the Archangcl Michael would
give a party here and say Chocolate and
coffee only" OH the corners, he wouldn't
get pull ut the door-bcll all the evening.
But drinking Is one Of those social accom-.
lMniments which Is good deal aggrn-
waited by criticism. Incvcr saw n drunk
en- man Mt any gcntlCman's party in the
Capital City. GATH.