Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-02-23
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4 a"N NifNN W ANo 'huHtt~@itlft
were waiting ioT the elevator lasi
evening at our hotel. was dc
muIcly reading ia The evening pa
per with nay eyes, eagerly deVour
Ing their conversation With my ears
and this IL what heard. Said Mls
m.
I'm awful tired I've made twent,
calls to-day, aud 10 morrow must
make as many more. There's pre-
ciOus little fun about H."
Said Mrs.. L.: Fun indeed not
a bit of it. I'm disappointed ia
Washington. Why, at home whcu
George was elected held Lay heal
higher than anybody IN the county,
aud | expected to have such ga,
time here, but when you get three
hundred Congrcs>men and their
wives together one don't count much.
] nccdn't have Worried so about my
drrs~cs.'
Mrs. ll.'s face was yisihly length
enlng all the while her f1cnd was
talking; then she rcsponded:
That's 50. There's Mrs. Grant,
whom everybody want, to see once /;
there are the wires Of the Sccrcta
rl''S, Who bow politely when you
call aud never know yoa again"
"Oh, yes they do e interrupted
Mr.. l.. Mrs. Fish never forget, a
face, aad Mrs.. Brstow j. Just lovely" Z"
We'll, anyhow, Mr,. Robcson new
er knows anybndy lower than Sen
ator's wife, aud Mrs. Belknap never
returns our calls. THIS l. the order:
The Cabinet ladies, the wives 0i the
Srnators, Elalics of the iorrign lega-
tions, the families Of the army aud
navy, lew citizens known tor po
sluon or wealth given by inheritance; ;
and then, wives ot Congressnon are
clas-ed with Department clerks. |
wish | hadn't come AT all
II won't say that said Nm. L.,
''for at home IL does sound 10 nicely
To say you were IN Washington du.
ring the sea~on. | shall make the
most OF my position there, you may
be sureI
Now, this u true, dear friends, for
the wife of the Inonnspieuous NJ. c.,
Who comes here with dreams of so
eial glory, will dnd the reality ex-
ceedingly commonplace. II she be
really a lady, rrfned aud intelligent,
she will draw about her circle ut
pleasant friends well worth posses
ang; II she be exceedingly beauti-
iul, or 10 wealthy that her entertain
ments make stir, society will court
her sweetest phrases, and she will
have oarls by tho half bushel she
shall have more invitations than she
can POSSIBLY accept, and neither days
nor nights shall be long enough for
her wish. Once in the center Of the
whirlpool struggles are IA vain; you
can't keep near the outer edge; il is
the vorter or nothing. know one
marned pair who are elderly aud
ought 10 be staid, bat the lady gazing
at Washington through the glamour
Of fancy's painted vista desired To be
"a high Hyer at fashion," while the
husbani--a genuine "Ssoddy Bofiin"
-detested the whole thing, but fol
lows at my lady's footsteps like a re-
lutoant obedient Newfoundland dog.
IL Is the greatest fun to watch bis
hands, when, stuffed into white kids,
he attends an evening party. Ey-
era seperate finger stands at n differ.
ent angle aud the thumbs are at en-.
nifty with all the rest. After sha-
king hands with any one be curious
ly inspeets the liberated digits, and
sticks them out again as IL TO asser,
their independent individuality.
l-lCley Gland Plalndealer Cores.