The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-04-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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temporary seclusion rs beautiful almost as
! fresh, and far more interesting than the lilies
of the field That text of scripture about the
comparative intcriorty OF Solomon's ward
robe would lose its point if the comparison
were now made to the disparagemcnt OF a
modern fashionable young lady's toilet, for her
hat NAV be covered with artificial lilies of the
fields, far more durable, and more like lily
than the lily itself While the tints of the
ocean ami hucs OF the sky, IN color though
varied, in beauty may vie, they can't come up
to Tie dress which last night she wore, bought
for trihe at 9TH street store.
am writing now about the Treasury GIRL
not any particular Treasury girl,but the gener
ic girl who works for the government in mar
bic halls, counting notes, postage stamps, wri
| ting forms, etc, etc Why they should be
called girls cannot explain because many OF
them are no longer young. Since the recent
iunplcasantncss between Mrs. Oliver and her
aged sutton, men are in the habit of looking
at the Treasury girls with IA timorous appre-
hcnsion that is quite unique, as if each one OF
them might be dangerous and explosive
Icryptogam. Mrs. Oliver, now thoroughly adj
vcrtised, has taken to the lecture field to swell
the tide of vile and vapid oratorical drivcl,
Let it swell; the sooner it slops over in all
lnundating disgust the better. The pictorial
journals are much to blame for the notoricty
given to undressing vulgar men and wo'
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common, and in every way una,lractive; but
The police Gazette, " Frank Lcslic's," "lIar.
per's Weekly" and papers of Il like character
have idcalzcd and dignlfcd her iace and
form and habit, until Ex-senator Cameron
himself would not know her 1t is pity
that subscribers do not know how utterly
worthless rs representations the portraits and
indeed nearly all pictures in these journals
are. They glorify pumps and prostitutes
while they indignantly caricaturc distinguish
ell men, Their influence is base; mcndacous
and corrupting, far bcyond that Of many pub
LEGATIONS the circulation OF which is prohibit
ed by penal statutes.
The arena of debate has been transferred
from the House to the Senate, but 1t is still
on the army bill, and it is said it will continue
for three weeks. 1t Will certainly continue as
long rs the Republican, Senators care to make
speeches There Is no patent process to stop
debate in the Senate More than one such
contest has ended only through utter cXhaus
ton not only of the subject but of the deba-
tiers. There seems to be at present but
little real interest in the debate The
public mind has long since been made up IN
regard to the merits of the question The
press has presented the subject in every pos
sible light, and now the only thing that re-
mains unanswered and interesting is the great
l'ulwcTan question, What will he do with it?"
viii hc sign it or veto it? and if he shall veto
it, what will they do with il? There is ~ yet
no new light on these questions, and their i'm
p0rtancc connected with the tact that they will
not be answered for at least month makes
the debates very tedious There is Il very
strong determination on the part of some
members of congress to introduce legislation
outside of that for which the special session
was called. THIS is of course very popular in
the District General legislation will prelong
the session, and stay the hegira which usually
makes Washington deserted village" after
the middle Of June. Many new bills have
been introduced in the Senate, and a smaller
number in the House. Representative Kelly
| Of Pennsylvania has prepared bill to remedy
the inconvenience and losses to workmen and
retail dealers 10y the accumulation in their
hands OF certain small coins. 1t proposes to
require the treasury and suDtrcasurlcs to re-
deem with legal tender money the subsidiary
silver coins whenever presented in sums of
s. or multpcs thereof, and also provides that
the further coinage of trade dollars be stopped
and that they shall for twelve months be
| legations due the United States, and that when
so received they shall be rcconed into stan.
dard silver dollars Of 4l2ls grains.
The National Academy of Sciences will
hold the first of a series OF sessions in this city
to-day. A large number of essays on abtrusc
scientific subjects will be read by distinguish.
ed specialists. The meetings will be open to
the public and the ind0cti Will have an oppor-
tunity to hear::papers read upon-"The locss
of the Mississippi and the Eolian Hypothesis"
THE paacogoic cock-roaches," The relation
Of neuralglc pains to storms and the earths
magnetism" and "Ou Ghosts IN dclraction
spcctra" Prof o. c. Marsh, of New Haven,
vice presdant of the Academy, will preside,
the presidency beng vacant by the death of
the late Prof Henry. "A 5.