Delaware weekly Republican., 1872-07-04

fogNG LOVERS IN WAsuINeToN.-Tb,
0aptol IN summer is iu no wise the Capitol II
tue winter. Every door swings wide. from N,
9nler-gLound corridors to the wondrous doors
uesgneu IN Rome and cast in Munich, whicl
Up.ls ,is IN tne Iottlnda. What long, cool, green
Vlstas run out from every angle. Yon stand he
meath the dome; but your ewes find rest IN IN
shadow OF the Virginia hills. And so many
people seem to have come under the preat doms
| 10 rest. You wonder where they colIld all bave
appeared from. They are not at all the peonle
VINO crowd and hurry through the corridors IN
Wlhler-the claimants, the lobbyists, the pleas
ule-seekeis ifom the great cities who come to
| s sfsuu tne season In Washington. Nearly all
aIe people rom the country, the greater pro-
portion brides and grooms, to whom the onlv
season. is spring and the marriage season.
ui,rretly ~ pairs! They seem to be gazing out upon
~ ~ tnrouSh us portal with the same mingiino
ol .I ufllgnt and wonder with which they paze
,lI .liopsl the great doors of the Capitol npon
.ne ., unknown world beyond. Early summer
alMays aN otlng great influx of bridal pairs 10
washington. From whence they come no
mortal can tell; but they do come and can ne,,'
er :. pc mistaken Their clothes are as new as
the springs and their looks are cbarininrlv ver-
NAT Inc groom often seems half to denrecate
your sudden glance, as il, like Davy Conner.
iielu, he was afraid that you thought him very
young. And yet he invites you 10 glance
aSain py nus conscious air Of proud possession,
winch says "Behold NAV be youno yery
young But have gotten me wife. sbe i;
one lpVellest creature upon earth" The alice
tions OF the lovely creature herself seem IA he
uNlded between her new lord and her natv
Siothes' She loves him, she Is proud az him.
09t TINS new suit who but She can tells its cost
" hat longing, what privation, what patient toll
i, Sone ihto its mouse or tawn-like folds for
tuis ilttle bride, who regretfuy drags her denni-
tram through the dust of the rottlnda in early
summer, summer, Is seldom rich mans daughter,
ou see them everywhere repeated, these two
heopiltes; In the hotel parlor, In the street
cars, IN the congressional galleries. When
Jonathan read TO Jane in distant Mudvile the |
I9eord H Oh congressional proceedings in the |
iaesSy ~ oenty trtoWe, both imagined themselves |
leepiy interested In the affairs of their country
but here, on the very spot, how small see,ns
srlii, amnesty civil rights, and ku klllx bills be-
M 'lie the ridiculous bliss ofthese two happy
ists' ihey do not even pretend to listen. Bnt
neS nave some photograph cards, and they seek
'ut thelr prototypes below. On the whole Jane
disappointed. She was not prepared for SO
naliy naid heads or for so much of bad man
'1isi ";I 4AIter all not one OF these men, in her
unit can compare with the small lawgiyer, the
,ewiy-iound Lycurgus, by her side. Before
ne became calm enough to reach this judicial
session she visited the ladies' DRESSING room /
M III SHOOK out all her damaged plumage. als
y. Washington already so dusty ?' She asked
,lth sigh, looking down upon her pretty
louse colored dress with its satin piping decid-
NY gElmed. NEARLY always" / answered.
linen 4 how can people live heie?' she exclaimed.
men she goes home she will tell that the dome
the Capitol is very high; that Trumbull looks
aus 4 and Sumner SO. But what she ~ill ten
ltenest and longest-perhaps to her childrenis
liluren-will be that IL was sin Washington
lned her wedding dressp Il was married on
yesterday, and see how / look said Jane,
ieiuiiy. ,e You look very pretty said. ID
III al shak' off, Whsrewith Jane proceeded
sntke, 70 wash her face, and brush her eurls /
'er' her tingers. l helpsd her redrape her lace
lawii and was repaid moment later by her I
aSelul pose In the front seat of the Senate
Aiery, her hand In Jonathan's. 1t was re- n
ssnilng' In the face of such conglomeration of
.D,ouS ~, AZ VISION, 70 see two happy idiots, Il
q dJonsthans.-Nrs. Mary Cinmler Ames, IN
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