Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-20
Colonel CritscHsann'S LEGS

IHV lolICWllS uOLCu ltCetTlcW Win p0Il
Gal candidate appeared in the Kansas City
Times July II:
"Colouel Tou Criltentcn, candidate for the
GubcrnltOrlal nomination, arrived 10 tho city
las. Tight over The Missouri Psc flo road. IL,
vas Vtry anxious 10 escape The visilcpco CT tho
reporters, and Slipped Up 10 his room. at the
Uoioo Derct Hotel. with great alactity Col.
John Hoduett, Of st. Louis. happened 10 meet
Crttrndtn IN tho train. aud took spe cal pains
| TO call at tho Times Cf6co as soon Gs ho got Cd
| town 10 tell about Crittet deus prescrca 10 the
city. A Times reporter started for The cmioont
| politician s lair. Col. Criltcndcn had gone to
bed in room No. IS. but ccn:inucd raj Peg
aroused him end he lighted the pas, padded 10
the door and admitted the man of the qlill.
| lou newspaper men a:o ubiquitous said
Col. Critcrden, 10 a tone TOO sleepy to DO peev
| lst; 'yju confront mo on every hard. What do
you want now? haveu't got anything to say. !"
With these words Col Clit;erdrn padded
beck to the bed and stretched hicl,. Ii on! upon
it ADD tried to lo,k cool. Tho reporter obs
served that The Coloucl wora handsome mus.
Ito night gowu, sroSy TElte ard deliberately
trimmed. The yoke waa wha. ii knowa as
| the Ficnch dcs'go, aCd the cellar, which was
of broad itco Of beautiful pat:crn. YVES lot tul
| tc6rt, tut drawn together with silk rucker-
iog suing, cuslds OF which waa n light blue
| silk kcrchiet lied in sailots knct. There
were three rcWS ct ILtf IS down the roat Of the
garment aud bttwccu and Iucpirg parallel with
| etcl row was iay hand Of lac. @, the Left
breast vas pocket bordered uith lac' f;om
| which p,eped ht msiched light tuo silk hand
| ke!ohisf. The sleeves ": 70 ample and graceful;
| at tho Hriss wAre hands Of lace Hhah r.ve the
smooth, Hump hands Of thu wearar charming
tif-ct. The elaborate garment tX ended down
| to Just below tho Tearet d waist and there CiGii
Cd into two tlips, IN tho c1raor Of which was
| CclInel Cr:ttenden's monogram embroidered in
90 xqlisic shade Of blue silk Each Ct tho fl ,rs
| were Dordrred with lsco OF uuiq1e design. Col.
Crttorden's legs proirudcd from bis supc,b
| night gown as he laid stretched u1oD the bed.
They wcrc models of shane, c,lcr aud texture.
Tney wcro not what couId be called chubby legs,
| although they wcro suffuscd With that blush
not which is cinrcc ctisic o! tic rich, hct
blood ot youth. They vera Dot er,ss | ps
| ntr Ieaa l:g; not lat lcgl nor -craeny lces.
/ finmp they We're. yet they brca he'd sense
| OF hish spirituality. From round, fair Lnaes.
10 which tho dinrplcs iu;ked lie love in wo.
| mans eyes. the logs c:escended into symm :tri-
Cal calves and then dmi1 indeed iato ankles
thst A child's hand might hsvs spanned Burst.
ing from the canopy Of ruflled nusIin and W.
lehclcnnps tci atoVo, tho legs hsd tho seme.
snce Of things of elheri.l boRu:y.
You can tell the readers f The Tins" ssid
Colonel Crltotden. remorselessly inlerfup;ilg
the dreamy contcmplstions Ct tho reporter,
that am going TO be nominated on tho FIRST
ballot. l know just what my strength is, and
they csnt beat me- That's all I propose to say
a profane mosquito. floating in through tho
open window, hovered moment over The ala
bsster night gown then swooped dcwa on one of
the fair legs and began boring for OIL Colone!
Crit!eDdon raised one jewellcd hand and brought
it down with violence on the spot where the pro
iaIe mosquito ought 10 have been. But the
wicked bird had. Flown and the stricken g. Oh be.
gan 10 redden and swell. Colon oil C.itlendan wss
bathing the wounded limb with bay rum end
cologne and exhsus!ing his vcc,bulsry of aaath-
emss upon The geluI mNquito generally when
the reporter left