Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
.LcIM coRuEspoxDExcE or InE STANDARD.
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a, 1878.

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a, 1873.
Little attempt at show in matters
of dress are made here during the
heated term. We suffer, hut not as
severely as would seem inevitable
with the thermometer Mt 1902 for
weeks in succession. More system
attic preparations are made here for
the hot weather than in many 9th er
places, both as to clothing and
house-furnishing. About the first of
June houses are stripped of their
WOODEN carpets and clean white mat
ting substituted. Heavy curtains
and lambrequins are removed and
their places filled by light shades
and airy laces. Furniture is covered
with buff or white linen and cane or
willow chairs. divans and stands are
brought into use. This is not only
the case in private dwellings, but the
multitudiuous rooms of the Govern
mepk Departments, where each desk
is fdliished with palm leaf fan and
each room with q tank of ice water.
Gentlemen are now in linen end
seersucker and ladies in lawns and
muslin. In street cars and carriages
YOU will see bare-headed men with
hats in hand, while for ladies the
broadest hats obtainable are the TO-
vOrites.
The poor horses melt down. They
must bear the bruut of the heat to
protect more fortunate humans. The
mention of horses brings to mind the
St. Louis racing on thu 4th OF July,
broiling day that it was. That can
not be too severely condemned. The
inhumanity OF it is not to be excused.
Blackburn, of the Potter Committee,
is said to have bet every dollar he
was worth on Ten Brock. He won
and is well content. 1t was not
long ago that the United States Con-
gress adiurned for day or two that
most of its honorable (O members
might attend q race in Maryland.
Worthy object! Worthy men! Lofty
ambition!
There is not much of on Admins.
tration in Washington just now.
The President has gone on a trip
to Ohio and Minnesota; Secretary
Evarts is with his family on his Yer
mont farm; Secretary Thompson and
Attorney General Devens are trying
to keep cool in neighboring States
Secretary Sherman has gone to Ohio
to make campaign speeches enough
! to affect Senator Humans late able
I I tort; Secretary Schurz. being II
very bad health, due he think. to {
touch Of malaria, has joined hi'
children at Deer Park. Nd; Judg'
Key is taking his first vacation slnc'
Mr.. Hayes Inauguration. and Sec
1etary McCrary holds the fort alone
Postmaster General Key intend
making q two months tour to Mag
ora, Cleveland, the Great Lakes. tn
Mississippi river and the Pacific
Coast. His party numbers ten per
sons-himself, wife and two daugh
tiers, DR.. Baxter and wife, Q phono
grapher from the White House. th
Superintendent and General Super
intendent of the railway mail ser
vice, and Postmaster james OF Ne'
York.
Mrs. Hayes and her younger ehi
dren With their nurses returned
Washington . few days ago, alter
fortnight's visit TO Newport Whil
there George Bancroft. the vesers
historian, who owns . cottage
Newport, gave . dinner IN her hoee
which was said TO have been mo-
dainty and psrieet IN iis detail
Mrs. Hayes dressed IN her usnI
-ichly plain style, bot her sfiire;
well as that Of all the Other isdss
present, wss utterly echpsed sr
certain madaza's who were eez'
whii. silk trilamea wiiS t@na- .
same painted IN ho~~rs'
HAND; by the hsaa, too. 4 her os
ARTIST husbAnd. NAx-ua