The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-02-08
Making Calls in Washin,to.

Washington is unlike any otbo.
on earth, so far as official Society y' pla0el
Your wa,her-woman, if she i ~. goes
BILE, may call on Mrs. Fish. lasro espeea
and feel personally affropted # 1haeard
is not returned and an invitati aei s rs
for herself and daughter for tSe zen ssl
reception at the house of the PIE neS1
| sat in the carriage yesterday r
ing the outcoming of a friend NJ sa, ,a
gone SO make a call on Mrs, Fish fa1 s sad
watched the throngs passing s ~, s N
steps and in the door, and dsw ~ u tae
steps into the street. Some s ON tn'
looking girls and women, disti,,os ssp psa
attaches OF foreign Legations. ricb f'S l, ~
and elegantly dressed; SNOWY eon;,e eaAS
and shabby hacks received tbe;ar I MI
and whirled off to the next aS sd,a
house - Then I gave my attent s;Orn n
the pedestrians. OF course MANY If
best people were of this class. Int n,
was a suitability in their costumes v rI;.
Stamped them to the "manner horn "r
The trailing silks, blue velvet a.
damasse over-skirts, green velvet oTa,
dresses with cardinal silk under.st;,s
topped off by Virot hats, were worn nm n,
those who could least afford Il w,S
cheap finery, in the shape of strinrI
silks, poor alpacas, imitation fns
flashy bonnets, with sundry gilt orn, |
ments, on the heads of ordinary blow.a
looking women, and frowsy girls NH
wrists protected by bangles, made n
the lot of people who sigh and ON!
lean with vexation after the vanities !
| the world.
Two years ago l was in the drawing
room of lady in public life (gbetbs,I
Cabinet Minister or not | shant saw
The rooms were crowded. As / entail
ed my friend extended her hand. and
exclaimed:
81 am so glad to see a familiar face
| am at my wits end what to saw
these ladies, who are all strangers n
me. What can | talk about that will
entertain them?"
| .Atthis juncture the servant-man an.
nounced Mrs. Blank and her daughter
two as gaudy-looking women as | evel|
saw. The courtesies of the day wera
exchanged, and my friend was no longed
at d loss for subject, for Mrs. Bland
launched forth:
Il have seen you in church 50 often
You never saw me, | reckon! MOL
Well, / declare, that is surprising. Sal
rah, that's my daughter here, said thij
morning, Now, Mar, put By that sev|
ing q was making some shirts for MI
Blank), and dress up and let's 60 call
in'.' So as | he'd seen you so often III
to our church, | came here first
Other visitors were announced, and
in ten minutes this couple started up
81 reckon we must 60, for Sara
she wants to go the rounds, and Mid
Fish don't receive after 5. Do com
and see u.s."
Where are you living, MADAME
said my patient friend.
"On the island, Eleventh Stirred
near the river. Come very soon. Good
by"
"Good morning, madam; I'll Gel
tainly give myself the pleasure Of call
ing" .,
Now, this conversation is preeisel
, as [ heard it. Would it not have beei
better for the Blank to have remaineI
; at home, finished Father Blank sshlrts
darned his socks, and sewed on littl
Blanks buttons than to have been rush
!, ing round from the house of one Minis
ter to that of another, leaving printe
cards and placing themselves in pos
ton to invite ridieule? And scores
, just such people /, saw yesterday goln
l along heart-weary and foot-sore, no
in this door and now out that OF peop
8 with whom they can have nothing.
common, and from whom they recel.
: courtesy because ofttimes the lazy
whose house they may be knows ~ D,
!, to show them nothing else.-Cor. "
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