The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
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! ~ for seclusion as prison. A house
within House, lighted from the roof.
Noble galleries are above, entered
| from corridors on the second floor.
Under these galleries are cloak rooms
and al interior lobby that comnluni-
Gates with the Presidents, Vicc-Presi-
dents and the marble room, and the
private staircases leading to tho lower
floor. N..
The east door Of the Senator's lobby
communicates with q vcslibule lead
ing into The handsomcst room of the
sule, tho ladies' reception room. The
floor is inlaid with beautiful tiles. Tho
ceiling, archcd and groined, is re-
| splendcnt with cinbcIishment. One
golden bronze chandelier drops from
a group of houris, represented by s,nil.
ing, rolicking, rosy children, and the
! other from four panels representing
Peace, Plenty, War und America. The
furniture Is satin-wood upholstered
with Olive.colored leather. On the
foor at The upper end Is spread u
Turkish rug, and the rich. red center
has an olive bordering. The table that
stands on it is inlaid with cloth of the
came color. a mirror reaching from
ceiling TO floor Is between the win.
dows, and the drapcrics are OF olive
and crimson.
l mention this room In detail. for
amidst lis nagnificcnce the humblcst
can rest, If SO disposed, on luxurious
SOFAS and arm chairs. In all the wide
world here is no better place to study
every phase Of human nature than in
this same reception room, which has
always had singular fascination for
me. The time has been when 10 wo-
man who valued her reputation would
be seen there.
In years agone, loud-voiccd and
!oud-dressed women carted out Scna-
tors-wbo shall be namelcss, out Of
respect to their surviving families.
The syrcns carried off the Solons to
lunch down stairs; and when they
drove away the shorn Sampson stood
in the portico, kissing his hands to
Delilah rs she rolled ont Of sight. Eut
owe have changed all this" The lob.
by still lives, but in more refined
and subtle atmosphere. It finds ex-
preston IN maturrd and well-prcserv-
ed, wlolcsome-looking women, with
chance a niece 90 brought here, with
an a1lcciionatc regard, to "show them
something Of the world" Dainty
creatures. with ambcr-colored hair and
sen shell tints in their complexions,
ami world Of diu6lcric lurking I'm
eyes, whose downcast glances cast
shadows Oh the rounded checks.
These ladies are robed royalty. They
dp'c yn :,umpinouslv served suppcrs.
and ihrir capacity lor champagne is
friXhlui to see.
THEN AND NOW.
The time has been within my memo
ry when Senator's came into the re-
crpnon room and mingled freely with
their visitors, and tho quorum was
often there Instead OF in the chamber
beyond. but hard times, individual
necessities, persona legislation, pow
eriul monopolics and corrupt rings,
will all the struggles and business Of
such %rand army Of unfortunates,
have at asst SO bcset and worried the
lives and absorbed the time of Sena-
tors that they have been forced to take
rutuge WITHIN the tastness Of the cham
ber or privacy Of cloak rooms and
hi"~ th" nnntln nr rthnir naincrv Oh the
broad shoulders Of the door-kccpers
outside.
a Democratic Senate has produced
Two men whose patience, silence un-
der insults. torbearance when abused,
who eau curb the manly impulse to
rctort when cursed, and who resist
oIikc the Establishments Of friends and
The snccrs Of enemies. They stand at
thclr posts monuments Of human Ell
!urnncc against whom the opprobrium
OF he multitude breaks as harnllcsslv
~ the surt against the granite coast
line Of New England. These men,
Haskell and Mcdonald, have mfcd
JOB OF all his lanrcls, and are the in
carnation Of will that has conquered
self: AS eternal vigilance is the price
OF their place, no ono passes the por-
tails they guard without the order of
q Senator. And yet, withal, their
sympathics have been so quickencd bv
sorrowtul stories that they learn BY In
stlnct, as 1t were, that many are the
bruised hearts they have sent away,
healed with hope and renewed cour-
age TO struggle on.
WAITING FOR AN INTERVIEW.
a Senator rarely ventures into the
2ostofticc now-a-davs, but nimbc-foot.
cd pages are speeding in all directions,
AT thc behcsts OF their supcriors. IN
order to do this Senatorial business
properly, write the name Of the Scna-
tor you wish to see on the right upper
corner ofyour c ,rd and band it to the
door-keeper; don't open your mouth,
out 60 and sit down somewhere IN the
reception room and wait. II YOU have
any wit about YOU the time wont
seem long, even if it is half Il dav, if
You will just observe what is going on
about you.
| Thorc IL a neatly dressed woman ON
the sofa opposite who wants to see
Senator Logan-who evidently does
not want to see her, for the word has
come out that he is not in his scat !:
neither is he. for he has taken the ud-
Joining seat and is chatting with Scna-
tor Don Cameron, punctuating his
sentences with copious discharges into
one OF those pioneers Of civilization
elegantly called cuspadors. Great tears
well into her eyes as she tells the door
keeper she is widow, her husband
has recently died from wounds re-
ceived before Atlanta, and Logan was
his commander. She wants pension.