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"Jean sandsn Redivious.
NOTES from the Big city Social Classes.-
PANTY FItir.-A Great ReviDat. Netcs-
paper Fjght-S0ldiers and Things.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, October 10.
To the stranger entering this fine old centre
of governmental red tape aud rubbish (and l
care not whether he comes in ria the Potomac
or Ohio road there is nothing to be noted on
the nearer outskirts of the place to give the
slightest idea of the {" gaiety which is rapid
liz cOnverging here in anticipation of the APP
preaching season." Only two classes serve
each year to make up Washington Society:
the Iegitimates, wherein are claSSed the Exec
utiye, legislative, Judicial, Military, Naval
and Diplomatic bodies, their families and
guests; aud the lllegilimates, composed OF
ShOddyiteS-a vast array whose "open sesa-
me into the privileged circle is neither birth
nor genius-simply Money Ia max ing
this distinction, do not pretend to CLAIM Tor
the entire roll Of Legitmates the qualifications
mentioned above No, indeed. There be
those among the first five capitalized circles
who possess no birthright worth extoling and
whose genius, to use ID jnnl Piatt-ism, re-
sides. if anywhere, in that portion Of their an
atomy devoted to sitting down purposes. And
vet while they wear the insignia OF govern
ment authority, or protection, naught may be
said regarding their social or other privileges.
And en- pQsslnt, it may be observed that right
here lies a well defined point Of attack from
the advocates of genuine civil service reform
But 4 truce to preaching.
VANITY FAIR.
Pennsylvania Avenue-the promenade, en-
regls, Of SocietyS curled aud periumed dAr-
lings-begins already to present It's customa-
~ crowded appearance Oh each OF these love
ly Autumn days, wherewiJh dying nature ADD
Old Indications are pleased to crown the brow
of Washington: reference is here made, ifyou
please. to the city, aud not to ITS illnstripus
namesake whom the Danjury Nelcs would
have us believe could not tell a lie when be
saw it, But coniound these parenthetical re-
marks. As | was saying, the avenue, along
its entire length, presents nowadays perfect
ideal Vanity FAIR" The gorgeous equiPa-
geS, the dtShin5 eq1estrAns, the speeding
charicts aud street cars itlis h9r3 Is sckly
sarcasm the pretty ana graceful bellies. the
ugly and awkward beauX, the hedzcued ma
danes, the porty mouS:eurs, the attractive
stores-these and other componeuts help to
swell the Hveliuess and brillancy of 5ceut
which is quite exhieratius to the maay " Look
erS on in Venice, while few OF these 1t cause.
to retire into some solitary spot and there inr'
perfectly green with envy. | wonder # 1t be
some OF the latter uarrow-minded folks WHO
are responsible for this mixture OF bad pr'>t
aud worse poetry which some one let drop un-
der the very nose o your vlgllant reporter
Read aud weep:
"Oh, World on, sans,less. cruel world VII,
givest, with lavish hand, To idiots and lucky fools
making the sun of proud scccess ever To attend
upon their steps; while merit, modest mer!
stands, pale lacsd and alone, in the shaded by
paths OF neglect
-'' It is thus, Away, whatever they say
IT'S lack which wins each fight,
While Genius stands, with ciasped hands,
Alone and pale in the night"
The churches. to-. shiw a muS,i increase
in the number Of their wor>h'ppers And OF
these temples feel tempted TO quite (protaue-
IL p Divine utterance: " The poor We have
always with Won" 1t is only the birds oil
hShioa who take an early Sumner flight {.
return no more unto their gospel hneS uut
Fashion Court Is once more recstab.i,Aed here
Yes, our houses Of worship are again well Il it
eli each Sabbath, aal their ministers seem {
infuse into their sermons something more OF
religious .ervor Who is it that vii! deny
that the larger his audience the greater th'
powers which public speaker puts forth p
care not whether his place be in the pulpit
or on the ros.rum.
4 BIC REVIVAL
is that now progressing at the Foundry M F.
Church. The revivalist, young Thomas llar-
rison, purposed only conducting services ID
this church t0r a week, but his powers oi re-
claiming the lost sheep of The Shepherd hav,
,,r,val ~, lil lv sfircassful that the p,rl Vvnr
has been continued on and on. The Foundry,
a neat aud rather pretentl0us edltice on the
corner Of l4th aud G. streets, has daily aud
nightly been tbrougcl, while those who sought
consolation have daily reached far into the iif-
ties. Harrison is a young man of perhap,
twenty-five years His hair eyes aud COM
plexion dark the frSt-uamed growing in luy-
urant locks, while the hce of this worker IN
The Masters vineyard is perfectly clean Sha-
ven. The figure Is melium in height, closely
built aud graceful, wthal.
JOURNALISTIC PLEASANTRTES.
Amid the worry aud speculation of oppo-
sing political sayauts in this great aud good
city tmore great, there crops ont some well
favored balm 10 Gilead IN the editorial COM
bat now progressing between our two daily
morning newspapers. The Post aud the Re
paOiicaR are uueyeniy matched. which fact
does not detract IA the slightest from the I'M
petuoSty OF the fray. StiSon lluichiuS dem
ocratic organ has decided advantage over pa
uiarcu CIappS Journal, IN that 1t Is edited 10y
a juuaualIst whose Western prestige for " bril-
lance had been bis precursor among our peo-
pie Aud he has acted up To this reputation.
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