, 1877-12-15

lion u! inc city WILL entail untold suffering upon
| the Mhf0rtnnatcs.
One Of this class, operating alone. WINS point
cd out to me the other day. and Saturday, when
| McltHcr braneh wAs In session, 1net her IN
Pennsylvania avenue. With considerable curl.
| osity M to
now snE MANAGED HER nustnkss,
followed her for four hours. She went to
every department, every park, every pnt1lt In
stitnttnn. an'l played The unprotected female 70
esarminely TINT she malo ataualntanccs BY the
gruss, ami wien RaTo up tho chase, conr-
| rlctc1y worn Gnt, sfie was Just tackting ilsr
second w,nsl. One T. naturally surprised until
suits should bo able to dress 70 well. Tic fact
Is they exchange articles Of ciotl,lng and hats.
and consequently hlton pcrcnntally, lnsus.
peeled 9y tl,osc who 10 not watch them mar
r, r,nwl y. During tho carly part of tho first scs-
A FAT pLoxpH
came hero from ono Of tho New England
States. Her wardrobe wns limited, and her
town whosc frocka would NJ hor, ami, alter
disastrous campaign Of aln]ut a month, she
went back to the Granite Hills disappointed
woman.
In their report on tho variety OF doors for
your. Custom. House, It Is evident tho Cum
inits[oncrs fully understood the nature Of the
quarrel they wero called upon to settle. They
recommend m cntrancc on Efark street aud
Thts viii gIyc Mr. Potter Palmer Ills duor
and Ny. John D. Drake Ills door. wl,llo tho
e. s,n, o. Geaso WI he confined to the
Is faulty. It does pot provide for penalty IT
Mr.. Palmer should 10 In at Mr. Drakc's door,
nor Is there any provision prohibiting Mr. Drake
from going In at atr. Palmcr's door, omissions
which may lead to SERIOUS complications.
THE PATRIARCH o. loURNAt.tsM
IN washington is Dcn: Pcrley Pnure {bo sure
9f,d spell Il with a colon and not a pcriosl).
tng tlInt u tisurps tho functions OF flourish.
His fathers namo wns benjamin, but in chris.
tGnlng tho baby, who ,Tas born to wear out his
lilc against the asperitics,o ot Congressional re-
the Youngstcr against jumping ovcr Into tho
-ja'nlt,, tc put !; after Tie contraction,
nntl sent his offspring Into actisc life with an
e's'nseu'atcd cdcnoncn: For TWENTY-FIVE years
he has dune his work we'll Is testified to In his
reputation ard tho confidence rcpDscl la him
" a!l clnsscs aud s>ontis!ona Of ot''cc.holders.
o - n n9w 10 ysars ,s, Of aEc ard eeps b: car
abuut "eeoops" and like fnconycnicnccs. I
met him tho other night respcndent in tho blue
swaliow,tall md bEoss buttons Of his youth. lie
picked un more information ut the sliuncr-sablo
than IN any other way. Tho old gentleman has
looked down from his position upon Hnny
generation ot w Washington correspondent.t to
rclntson telling OF them to tho various Bogi,1
to wtom their existence has been hitherto d
sealed volume. For number Of years he has
THE CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY,
an Invaluable work. During tlle Fremont can-
tatEn llo wheeled barrel Of apples, ! ,Iave for
gotten how tnnny miles. on II bet. The apples
lave Gtown musty and rotten by this, limo
yoy Of tho nature Of applcs), and yet Poorc is as
hale and as fresh anI nj well able, pcrhpps. to
storeotYpe the 1cat as In his younger days.
Tlc whole s5s,cm Of journalism mas changed
tom" "socalist, have been filed away % tue
teicgrapll.wtrt. Many brilliant thing ls dono
even now, but The rule which forbtds tho publl-
cation Of the tclcgraplic correspondents name
tho best known correspondent now In Washing
ton Is Gun. Il. '. Buynton, OF Tho Cincinnati
ta.dte, q man whose pr0pt,ealcs and prognostt-
cations Ia political tnattera have, justly won for
him na1no respected far and wltlu. But It ts
difficult to tell how long lio will last.
" GEORGE AIfRkD TowNsEyn
was at ono time the "must-coplcd mani on the
American press; but to-day his lettors are care
y IL more for the reputation he muda years ago
thnn for my intrinsic merit Of his productions
NOW. Younger men arc coming in With greater
ideas ct telGEraplins an4 ess q the descriptive
famous. Th0sc old correspondents cnn,c into
their strength Just after the War, when tho
press oi tho country was emerging from au OBJ
TRcr dash aI poldess dp seaa
attracted attentions; but the door they opened
had spring lock. md tho dispatch system took
precedence, the door closed upon thom; aud to-
succeed In holding their own thuy find II neces.
sary to hue arutlrl as lively as their moro
Juvenile competitors.
On tho whole,
THE WASHINGTON D1spATcn NAN
Is q peculiar institution. No matter what tho
editorial viows Of bis paper ho Is friendly with
all sidce. Ills voice ID soft, and his nianncr
Huavo. Ills toncs arc even, md he Ii never c1-
clled. lie employs Typewriter. h phonor-
rlage. III the intricucies Of legislation ho is IN
authority. Tho trt1e purport OF mcaausc4 arc
rcrcalcd to him through hls intuition. AZ a
paIltan'enaarlah llo Is consulted by parliament
extreme. 1la ar and quiet method OF dress
carry him anywhere. With tho President. nc ia
Assistant President. With a Senator, he is
sb1yo et*na Senator: To epre'catatyc, he Is the
ment, ho IL Of no earthly accouus. Upon
tla Introduction OF q tnenaurc, ho knows ut q
glance how II will como out, Ho carries
the art OF legislation In tho knot Of his scast.
Ills leisure motncnta arc r,uploycd tn writing
speeches for Congrossu1cn, and It Is not an in
common occurrence to Anil able arguments on
botii sue. ot tho sumo atlcstion IN Ills mans-
script; lilo knows every. metnbcr OF either
branch, afd, more than that, lie knows each
mana weak ambitions aud strung falltngs, and
upon these he phys an u6cnsllny series IT l,ar-
monles e. Whose notes arc reproduced In Ills paper.
AN 0H0ANlzKN, CoMHtNkH,
lie makes ccTtaIn combinations which hn calls
souFcca of information md thea he Ioins or
Eanizattons .ct,s1lpoacd of others Of hfs profea-
slon representing pApcrs in other cities than Ills
own. All this tet,slt to tighten tts iaburs, aud
puts him In posscsklon Ut lnass OF
Information that his Individual rxcrtions could
never never soAttoI. !leisa 4 Prince at tho Capital.
outside world missing LINK between ,Icws and
individuality, unknown TO society, dcop.seA
monster. building bis coral islands to tho sur
faco an1 never presenting hts own claims for
recognition. Ttere must bc some reward ior
these DtcrMorkrA men somewhere, auli l am
constrained tu bclieye that their uicki.css and
accuracy aro allowed to rtpcn on earth before
thcyaro male Recording Angels nboYc. 8. II,
SHADOWS.