National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-06
THE PROMENADE.
PEDESTRIANS ON THE AVENUE.
People One Meets In Walking Down the Most At
tractive Roadway In the Country-Varlous
Phases or Society Represented
Peculiar Characters.

Pennsylvania avenue Il probably tho most cos.
mopolian street In the world. This Is broad
statement, but It may be proven II any oil our
readers will trouble themselves some fine even
ing by walking down its pleasant pavement Just
after The Deparm ents have dsgorged their num-
berlcss occupants and when our wise and stntcs-
manllke Legislators are making theirdignifodwny
dinnerward. The favorite promenades in Paris
aud Pail Mall in London nre famous for the bril-
Iiancy Of the crowds who pace their sidewalks, and
one can stand on Pail Mall any time almost and
count
DOZEN TITLED GENTLEMEN
during the course Of half an hour and any num-
Der Of notables. But in those cities, notwthstand-
ing the republican atmosphere which Cvorhangs
the French CITY, there is we'll defined line of de-
marcatlon which separates tho healthy iesh OF the
upper classes from tho gangrcne of the c1ndfHe'
The classes do not mingle there on the street
scarcely more than they do in the drawing. room
for the streets that favored by arisocrais are
not encroHched upon by the pleblans. In this
great country however, the streets are as free as
the afr we breathe, and
THE LABoRER WITH HIS SHOVEL
over his shoulder Is no more considered an III.
congruity than n dress coat would be considered
out Of place at the rmau. Then, too, in me lot,
eign cities, while the European nations are wei
represented, the rarcr kinds Of man are seldom
seem There the American Indian creates ns
much wonder rs an ourang .outang would on
Seventh street. but on Pennsylvania avenue the
crowd surges on by quaint specimens Of humanity
without any particular expression OF surprise or
curiosity. We are so accustomed TO the singular
in othnology that we never turn our heads, but,
then, while we Yankees nre regarded abroad us a
very curious pryinR people. always on the alert to
find ont what's whGt and who's who, ut home we
generally take everything for granted aud wander
along the highways and byways of every day life,
making money and Winding our own business.
OF COURSE WE ARE GossIPs.
No American could exist for one moment IL he
knew that william Jones was In busiueSs trouble,
and did not impart his information to the first 0c-
Quaiutunce he met, but about the objects we fit by
on the street wehave but lit lie curiosity Wehave
turned up side street. but we now return TO Penn
sylvania avenue anu It's peculiar pedestrians
First, we hump up against tne, ook ns mn who
along obliyious oil everything, and DC unnitinted
put him down as legislator who Is revolving In
his mind
SOME GREAT SCHEMES
which, IL accomplished, will send the country
booming along at tho rate Of q mile minute: BIZ
this impression is erroneous the alleged SCION u
attractive adveriscmcni, or figuring out his profit
for tho year. Here is real legislator; this httl'
man whose bright eyes and wide-awnke appear
anco have good foil in his careless apparel. III
steps out of the way Of burly workman who's
elbow touches the bundle of papers the law. make
carries, but the worket does not known tina
among those papers are drafts of bills which will
plant the feet of capitalists moro firmly upon tn
necks Of him and his.
THIS DAPPER LITTLE FELLOW,
who looks like the son of millionaire Is O mes
senger in the Treasury Department. and herr
comes the ward of the Nation, charitably yclop
poor Lo; Ills bnry form Is clad in The haeili
esque outlines of the savage shape, so familiar 4
those of us who have walked through the daub
history Of tie coi1niai times Ills face Is orna
mented by no fierce strcokB of ochre, and hi
scalp that mated affair SO SogetSd h Gy ms enc
of the great American eagle, is surmounted by
spring style silk hat Who would think that thos
hands, clothed in. immaculate white cotoi
gloves, had ruthessly torn the. child from it
mothers breast and throttled II before her eyes
or that the lips now tightly pressed upon cigar
THE FEARFUL WAR wHooP
which in the dead Of night had awakened the un
projected settler, only TO send him into an eterna
sleep YET these nre truths ana me oaE MOAN nn
Oscar Wilde, IS here TO see the Great Father at IN
Gov, rnment's expense, and VIII linger and hinge
from The Paradise Of fire. waite. J This little Ino
of men, who stroll along, caTeessly nodding 4
TGey are all Young men, somewhere In he thirte'
and one would scarcely believe that these jull
fellows can make or mar man or measure Z
they please, but they cam or. that is, they could
they would pull together, but although they ar
the best of friends, they each pursue diiiereI
secure glimpse oft before them.
THIS MAN, WITH THE GRAY BEARD,
and whose hat is shockingly old is the great Sem
tor whose name is known from Maine to Texas an
from New York TO California, He leads his part
In the Senate and hurls the storm ofhs genius, hi
sarcasm, and his satire upon the heads of his op
ponents until they are overwhelmed. His mos
intimntc friend for years was the leader of the op
posite party until tile political dice turned agains
him aud he sank into the placid depths Of civ
life regretted alike by political friends and poiti
cal es. This distinyle man. who has just jostle
against negro lRborer is the repres entatiye 9
cone nS % of lis million 1ou
go marching on to death, and the guns Of he
ships would mock the thunderous beat OF the Sc
upon the shore. Perhaps our republican almo
sphere is obnoxious to HIS nostrs, but he does nj
show 1t, and he FORCES ahead, humping again
plebeans
WITHOUT GIVING ANY VISIBLE sHUDDER.
This woman, whose flashy. dress gittering 1
the sun rivals the brightness ofherpainted cheek
IS a lost woman. Her appearance tells that tai,
She stares impudently ut the men and studiousl
avoids looking at her pure sisters whose cbnstit
causes her TO remember the far-of days when sf
too was sinless, and makes the blood go surgii
through her heart in passionate waves OF regre
What a moral chasm lies between her and lh
sweet 10 ed sister Of charity who is vending he
%Sy epohh e seSes and eyes he
members the thousands OF wounded sufere
whose feyered brows grew cool beneath the syn
pathetic touch of those pure hands. Then CONF
the inevitable question, VIII these two wome
whose paths OF life are so divergent reap the san
That question knocks evolution and atheist
agnosticsm higher than Haman. But the PR
tiest things on the Avenue are
THE WASHlNOTON GlhlSS
Our girls are what Engiishmen would call q fine
Their forms are perfection and their faces picture
They are little too healthy to be stylish, but tn,
make up in .splendor what they lack IN styl
There are three girls just blooming into woman
hood who present the most perfect types OF Il
brunette, blonde, and that exquisite mediu
which combines all the loveliness of both Il
others. They are always seen together, but wi
they are and what's their names we do not care
tell. Our women do not dress tastefully thong
as rule. Women with red hair wear most ago.
izingly blue dresses, which conveys the impre
sion OF
THE AMERICAN FLAG ON LEGS.
They do not carry themselves well either, b
II they did dress and walk like the ugly women
other cities they would be so irresistible that the
would not be whole heart in male Wnshingto
In month or two however, all the life and III
nation which characl erizes our wido Avenue "
disappear, and the watering places will be fill
with our legislators and sweils. The Avenue
out of the general run OF things. II lives In whit
and bibernates in summer, and on a July afle
noon is about the hottest place this side of Il
other place. The meroitss sun seems to send
hottest rays to melt up Its concrete and break
the business Of the merchants, but with d
first cool days Of autumn the few stragglers a
REINFORCED by delachmens ofbronzed and healt
travellers until the winter day crowd beats alo
the sidewalk again.