The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09
Washington City.

The following extracts from an
interesting letter to the Franklin
ReUieU and Journal from Estele
Vehse, now in Washington, will be
read with pleasure by her many
friends and admirers. 1 regret 1
have not room for the entire letter,
as it is all too good to be lost. 1t
was written from Washington Feb.
goth:
Paradise was on the Euphrates,
they say; but we have seen an Eden
here on the banks of the Potomac.
Never did a lovlier, statelier city
greet the eye, than this the proud
city of free America. It's parking,
its concret pavement, its circles, its
streets, like golden aisles stretching
far away to the beautiful Potomac,
Swallowed by its purple mists; and
the dome of the Capitol towering
in mid air, seen from all parts of
the city-a splendid bubble as if a
sprite had blown it there.
Since our last visit here, many
new and beautiful buildings have
sprang up, as it were, in the night
Among them we note Castle Stew
ard" a bold, turreted pile Ofmason-
~, ExGov. Shepherds palatial
home, and the new State Depart
ment, an extensive building of rare
and exquisite finish, and attracting
much attention.
The tout ensemble Of Pennsylvania
Avenue, the fashionable drive and
promenade, from to o'clock on
bright days is surprisingly grand.
Filled with sweet piquant faces,
with beautiful forms clad in rich
and costly apparel, and daintily
gloved, starched, and iron out swells
ofhigh life, stepping jauntily, pulled
with a sense Of their own greatness
and fascination, casting deprecatory
glances at fair faces as if they
couldn't help being such dem'd cap
tivating insinuating, handsome fell
lows!
We fear our people are getting to
have grand divisions of royalty,
and want titles or something less
democratic than our present ar
rangements. The golden mountiDgs
and harness of thoroughbreds the
superb crimson and royal purple
Innings to the gorgeous establish
ments, the aWe-inspiring armorial
bearings and magnificent mono
grams, that dash up and down the
Avanue is altogether bewildering to
a neophyte, and just like a fairy
tale to a sober country visitor.
The fashions of the seasons are
rich, elegant and beautiful The
fiarine brimed hats with their bright
birds, feathers and flowers, are de
cidedly recherche and daring. A
comb should be worn to keep the
hat in order, for sometimes it fails
sideways and backwards in a way
to attract the severest glances from
the women temperance crusaders.
Speaking of fashions, a friend of
ours styles the ever ready, conven-
lent dress of black alpaca, respect
able indulgence" As one cannot al
ways be dressed in silks and velvets
we think the alpaca comes in so
readily for the eternal fitness of
things" that it should be worn de
spite the impression made of 'rc-
spectacle indulgence" upon the high
strung fedglings of social life.
We paid a visit to Mrs. South
worth yesterday, and as we sat amid
the quaint old furniture, paintings
and cases of books, thinking of the
many wicrd romances that had
found birth beneath the gabled roof
of the little cottage, and of the
scores of readers her works had
found, not alone in the hills and hol-
lows of her own State, but through
out the land, the authoress walked
10 holding out her two little brown
hands in a most hospital welcome.
Her life history is sad one, and
tbs said she has depicted il in her
deserted Wife" She is a vivacious,
and fluent conversationalist-
medium size, brown eyes and brown
hair, and winning in her cordial
manner.
Kellogg and Clara Morris have
set Theatre goers stagemad. The
dramatic genius of Miss Morris in
Camille is impassioned and her
friends claim for her superiority
over all Others in this role.
Louise Kellogg in III Trovatore''
thrills us. Her glorious voice in
pulsing chords and swelling waves
of heavenly sound, break, it seems,
against our very heart.
EsTELLE NEHsE.
Husbands and Wives