Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-02
That Is, Senators for Whom Designing
MamMas Spread Their Nets.
"ollriaD in Philadelphia Times.

"0liyia' in Philadelphia finest
Senator Sharonl 10! the con
quering hero comes on the breath o
the wind, at the same time hitcheC
behind a fiery locomotive. He is al
ready done up in broadcloth and fnt
linen, and is probably at this houl
sleeping in his own special car" a,
he rushes over the steel roadway with
which dear old Cakes Ames spanneC
the continent. What a picture o.
Oriental magniicenee. with his al.
mond-eyed, bark haired daughter a
his side What a futter among The
danes of the grand West End Ii
his presence a small bore of the army
or navy, a swell Of an upper clerk
or even an obscure congressman pales
as the stars are wiped out by the eff.
fulgence of a full-blown sun But
he amt handsomel" shut up, you
ill-bred child Handsome is that
handsome does Didn't Senator Shar-
on spend $4,000 on the Grant recep-
ton and own a house so large that
people get lost in it? 1t takes as long
to explore it as it does the Mammoth
Cavel" What does he come here for,
mamma ?" "Why, to show his heather
Chinee, and see if his glass shoe will
fit any Cinderella at the capital. -
"They pared their heels and they
paired their toes but the special car
goes back to the Pacific slope empty
and tenantless, in one sense, as it
came. The ripple subsidies to rise at
each approach of the special car, y
and so the play goes on.
Senator Booth, of California, is an
other matrimonial venture worth
looking after, but he has already been
toughened by several winter cam
paigns in Washington, until it is de-
clared by those that ought to know
that a sigh drawn fresh and pure from
the deepest and most ~capacious female
bosom and applied to the right place
will have no more effect than a Hol-
man liver pad administered for lock
jaw, whilst a glance from the most
brilliant eye falls like a sunbeam on
an alligator's back. Managing NAM
mas have given up whist parties on
his account, because he is far more
whist" than the cards. But the
senator is in a tolerable state of pre-
seryation considering the number Of
sieges he has endured, and bids fair to
return to the sand lots Of California no
worse for the tender wear and tear to
which he has been so cruelty sub
iected.
lfthere are any tears to shed, pre-
pare to shed them nowl Step softly
blind your eyes This is Senator Fer
ry, of Michigan, he who has convulsed
the heart Of woman, 10 these many
years. Mothers have plotted, widows
intrigued, girls have cried for him, all
to no purpose. It has taken subtle
cunning to elude the snares spread for
this gentle, trusting being, but Sena-
tor Ferry has been equal to the trial,
and has come out of the fiery flames
handsome and jubilant aseyer. Whilst
the years come and go,and at the same
time snatch the hairs from his brother
senator's heads, leaving crows-feet all
along the track, Senator Ferry defes
the odd Man Of the Sickle and is
just as capable Of cracking a young
girls Eeart to-day as in the morning
Of his manly strength, before the stars
sang together. As soon as congress
assemblies a committee will be appoint
ed to investigate the source of his
mighty power, as it isnot intended
that one red bearded senator shall get
more than his share. As Senator
Ferry usually buys up all newspapers
which print advertisements Of him.
this is intended as a cheap way to get
rid Of a solid edition Of the Times, but
the article will only call for the usual
liberal rate which it pays to its most
valued correspondents.
The next name registered on the
books of the matrimonial register
come under the head of twins" and
such a pair of twins have never been
seen since Gemini and Poliux took
their places in the heavens in order to
chase the big bear" around the DO
lar star. Possibly Senators Burnside
and Anthony have been condensed
into twins, because Rhode Island is
too small a state to hold them singly
and apart. At one time Senator
Burnside came very neal soaring off
all the girls by wearing a gray night
cap in the day time, but he immedi-
ately rallied and gave a lunch party
aud explained to the "wee darlin's''
there wasn't the slightest danger in it.
The girls demonstrated, but without
avail. until Senator Anthony declared
that he wouldn't be twin to a night
cap, even though it was the color of
the side-whiskers, unless the gender
could be changed. There is always
an incipient battle going on between
The two, similar in object and manner
as those in which the late Siamese