Daily Republican., 1880-12-03
OUR wASMINGFOa LETTER.
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For tbs Republican.

For this Republican.
The Joint committee on the Insugn
raj ceremonies are working very as
siduously On their plans Of arrange
! msnt for the grand national fsts, anC
: are now holding daily sessions will
the expectation Of being able shortly
to announce their programme, as vel
also as the different subcommittee Il
cooperate with them. From the in
tsrest already manifested by military
and civil organizations Of States moi
only contie to the capital, but
those at a distance, the affair promises
to eclipse anything OF the kind ever
witnessed. Heretofore one Of the great
features of inaugural ceremonies has
been tine ball and supper, the latter Of
which always occasioned enormous as
we'll Us unnecessary expenditure ol
money, besides frequently resulting in
failure.
The supper given at the second in
auguration OF General Grant cost up
wards OF thirty Thousand dollars, while
the receipts were lass than fifteen thou
sand dollars. We are glad to learn
that the present committee intend to
avoid all such foolish extravagances,
dispensing with an elsborately prepsr-
cd supper, but to substitute grand re-
csption and promenade.
Tne National Museum, the building
chosen for the occasion, will furnish
sixty thousand feet of door space, which
will afford ample and comfortable room,
not only for thousands Of people to
romsnAds, but enough besides for
dancing pleasures. The intention is
al 80 to permit the bands Of the diferen.
visiting associations to contribute
their share of music for the occasion,
and what will be furnished by the CON-
mi.tee, which will bs Of the highest
orch estral order, this feature alone
promises to be OF the most entertaining
order. The price Of admission will bs
fixed al a tignre to enable everybody,
who desires, to participate.
1t is further proposed to have Penn
sylvania Avenue and all the approaches
to the Natural Museum brilliantly il"
Illuminated with electric light, besides
slaborately decorated with handsome
arches fsstooned with flags represent.
ing the National, State and Foreign
IGovernments Every arrangement will
be made for the reception Of visiting or.
ganizations, .and for that purpose a
committee has been appointed 10 look
after them, and yet the democratic
Rooster" still continues to crow.
What we here rejoice in, is that when
Mrs. Hayes steps out and Mrs. Garfield
steps into the White House, on the
Fourth OF March next, there will be no
abrupt turning in the course Of Presi-
Dental or rather the Mrs. Presidential
society customs and DEGREES. 1t is
nssdlsss to say that Mrs. Hayes will be
missed. She will be missed by many
OF whom the world knows nothing, and
wants to know nothing, the naked,
hungry, sick aud imprisoned, unto
whose wants she ministered "all 80 ST.
len'ly," but regrets will not be SO poig.
nant, as they would he were she to be
succeeded by an inferior woman.
The city is illing mp rapidly and the
hotels expect to reap a harvest this
Winter. Ore hotel has already rscsiv-
ed applications for rooms to the mum
ber OF fftesn hundred. There are many
handsome women in Washington; there
are more this season than have been
seen for some time, and as you know
the correct thing now is to te a "blOnde"
but we are weary of blondes, wistful
dark eyes, and little hands and little
dgurss. The world is we'll stocked with
women and they are beautiful, facina
ting and clever, weaving our common
life into romapces; but precious few OF
them ara blondes with wistful eyes
never saw but one Of ttat sor: and
she was fool. Such women, and their
name is legion, remind me OF that fun
ny family that amused Washington
city, by driving SO furiously and con.
tinuously on the Avenue. They were
mostly blondes. never was near
enough to know whether their eyes
we're dark and wistful. The fact is, one
had tv be familiarly acquainted with
the horses and driver to know them at
all, for they varied the entertainment
by appearing sometimes as Blondes and
sometimes az Brunettes. At last it was
said OF them, with what truth We will
not vouch, that they would leave the
hotel in light hair and come back from
the Capitol in black or brown; and
there was q popular belief that they
had the carriage. box packed with wigs
from which to select, so that disappear
ing as Blondes from public view
around one end Of the Capitol, they
would re appear at the other as Bru-
nettss.
The surviving soldiers Of the Mexi-
can war and their friends, will make
one more effort to get their pension bill |
passed before the expiration Of the
present Congress. The Senate bill
sow stands on the calendar of the ]
Senate as q special order, and the House !
bill stands at the head OF the calendar
IN Committee Of the Whole. All
through the last session the Republi.
,ans in both houses threw obsta les in
he way Of the passage OF the bill :
whenever it was taken up for action. a
The principal objection made to it was I
hat Jefferson Davis would be included 5
n its provisions. Now that the cleo
ion is over they may not care so much :
bout this, but as Mr.. Davis has said S
b at he did not care to be ben efcisry r.,
the bill the Democrats may suffer 3
i'm to he excluded, If the point should
Q again made by the Republicans. ~ II
Most Of the higher grades of Army !
Ulcers are composed of men, who by
le portentious circumstances Of the
ar, we're advanced in the line Of pro- G,
,otions in the period of four years more T. T.