National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-27

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acquainted.
Neither time nor circumstance allows the |
elaborate discussion which would be necessary TO |
controvert her Views, nor could more be said than
Gail Hamilton has already act forth In "Womans |
Worth and worthiessness,r where she devotes
an entire chapter to the subject OF woman's POSI-
ton In the Departments. But, unfortunately,
Miss Dodses opinion is not likely 10 be 80 popu.
lar with her ser. IL would be desirable, also,
lad Mrs.. Ames been more orthodox In her gram.
nv. Sentiment based on broad and shlftine
foundatlon is allowed latitude whence springs
diversity Of taste not alone Inevitable but de.
sirable. But the English language has made
laws unto itself that, whether wise or unwisc,
snould commend themselves to Mrs. Ames from
theu msgusnimous impsrtislity and sublime In
dihereuce 10 either color or ser. Consequently,
when she says most perfect" she Is no worse
than Nc. Lowell when he unfortunately says II;
nor Ia "a very superior bronze likeness" any
more absurd from her than It would be from
male barbarian. though tho VERY" Ia al extra
aRgravation. Favored beyond ordinary visitors,
she has crossed the guarded threshold OF the
Treasury Printing Bureau, and, fred with the
novelty OF her situation, she Immediately
coins q verb and adds fresh Significance
| to an old one, for We arc Informed that
Ia rooms whose air 10 "pcrforatcd with
wheels, straps and pulleys, maids and mstrons
arc slowed" In nies. Who "rowedn thcm7 Mrs.
Ames In her inkstandT We all remember how
Pip improvised when he related 10 his family
circle the particuars OF Miss HAvisham's msndpe,
but however he outraged truth he respected the
| dictionary. This rowing and perforatlng takes
place very properly In . building whose southern
front Ia on "a site so superistive" that It Is
neither comparative nor positive.
| We read of Ia Fayetto square S "thc nowcr
Of music parks" What Ia "hower Of music
parts7" why not the music Of mower parks"
or the spark Of music nowers7" Or why at all,
since there are neither flowers nor music there
| Here on the Avenue come the CAV ataehe. and
pretty American girls, "vho they like to nlrt with
but seldom marry-wblch Ia fortunate for the
girls" Marvellous impression and stili more
marvellous expression And the cTier who opens
the Supreme Court with 10 yeal" 80 yea." 20
year Is necessarily Quaker.
IL would be supernuous after this 10 notice
"man employees" or al Penserosa;" and, more
over, It might be unjust, for proof-resders have
an innate horror OF foreign language, and dh :
oountenancc the use of the same BY Indirect but
effective measures. The most noted OF the
Illustrations Is group Of one Cabinet oficer
| and three chiefs Of subordinate divisions, en-.
tirely severed from the corresponding chapters,
and announced Is "Men OF Marx In Washing.
ton" Tho American public 10 too familiar with
the distortions Of such work 10 put much faith
In these as portraits, but Il will be no doubt very
much Interested TO know that In ten years only
four men have risen above the surface Of pollti
cal, professional, oiiicial, literary and social ift
In Washington. II this homogeny could be sup
plemented by q quArtette OF distinguished wo
men the collection would be livery SUPERIOR
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| hnu iiustrations tne paonsners, aud not tue lad,
herself, arc To blame. II may be, likewise, the
real offenders against rhetorical proprtety ar,
eontrtbutoru 10 yarIou. msu,,,nes ana n,vs
papers from wnom she mas not hesltated 70
draw generously. That Q writer OF her standing
1 should use material, comparatively insigain.
can, ana auov 4, 10 ma. a. h., - 4, CO.
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