National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-11
SOME ODD SKETCHES.
RAMBLING ABOUT THE HOTELS.
Tho Genus Washington Hotel Cuest--1lS different
cirs-Porsonalilics- Public Charsctcrs-
FirSi.Class DuCl Story-Tom
Ochilirer's Rainbow.

aud how the eternal fitness Of cOgunton is insens.
Nlv asserted even IN the mixtures Of Washington ,
hotel life. II you 60 to the Enhitt you find one |
elsls oG guests predomiuating to the National an.
other. to the Arlington still another, and TO vii. |
lord's yet another. The lOitcrcr in the lobbies Of
these great p0'aads, the habitual loitercr who |
studies human nature from the standpoint Of |
quick witted experience, will tell you Rt once to
what hotel any stranger he meets In Washington
really belongs, albeit tho said stangcr may by
some hook or crook have straycl for the time
being into the wrong C0rayans0ry, However,
when tho stray one finally does get into
prOpcrquOttcrs he becomes "wontcj" as il were,
aud on each recurring visit TO Washington returns
thereto. Thus Il happens that your astutc ncws.
paper reporter, knowing something Of the ch0rac.
ter Of any man he wants TO iind, VI said man is
hotel denizen, knows as by instinct, to what or
which hotel to 60 to ini him. In o'hor words,
the genus Washington hotel l.guesi Is divided into
many species as there are hotJls almost, for
no two hotels in Washington ave alike IN any re-
spcct. For example Nou wouldn't ordinarily go
TO the Metropolitan to lind a Yankee Republican,
nor would you go to the Riggs to find Southern
Democrat But In whatever hotel you may 30 you
will find characters worth studying aud notablcs
worth seeing,
THE CoIoyE,s JruGES GoyEuSoUs, ANp SIGH
aside, there urc real men of action, factors aud
prociorS In public affairs to be seen hourly In Rny
of them, whose tame. are rs familiar as household
words and whose achievements and ambitions are
the constant theme Of public discussion For in.
stance, here comes an Cgg.shGpc faced man,
walking rapidly into Willari's, whose name and
fame have reached the four corners Of the scion
tiHc world, who has been laughed at aud icrgcd at
aud who still enjoys that privilege because uf his
stupCndoui schemes In engineering but with all
that man who has never failed IN any
of his public undertakings mp to this date.
say he is egg shaped as regards his Mc0f1r
Imagine with tho gCpps .uYirs al n hp,I's
large enough to carry ~ silk hat, some white
hair for u beard around the chin, some more white
hair to cover the Uranium back OF high, bold
forehead; something to make n prominent nose
Of; ditto for thlN, dcC!3iyc aud comprcs sed lips,
also ditto for grly eyebrows, aul especially some.
thing to fix up small, twnSling, docp-sct, rather
foxy eyes with, coaId manufacture worry fair
counterfeit iikeucs, Of
CNTAlS rN,E> y. FAD1.
And there Is noh!uf odious IN this comparison,
for an egg, YOU know, +. prDverbaly full of meat.
Spare-buil medium .iled, quick and nervous in
his every motion, the Captain seems to take in at
aclanco all t.Gt EtO he seen as he hurrlcs TO the
Office and asks the "genilcmany and urbaue'
thiugrmbOb with diamond studs for his mail,
tulcgrams, vc nnd then bolts for the elevator If
you were 10 follow him UP the lith to his room,
you would see another aud contradictory phase
VI his character. No sooner does he reach tuat
locality than hc dNcsls himself OF his cost,
stretches himself at full length upon the bed,
covers himself with blanket like unto % lazy
rests, il /, Is ouly Gl i've minutes. The uurrro.
pose TO his physical .y'tem thus Obtained keeps
The man W. and sustain. him possibly IN the con.
slant mental straiu which he imposes upon him.
sci by his hahtuI utnouAily supervising hlg own
affairs In New York S. lprE, the city of
Mexico, or away down in Nicaragua, he rests
this way between times,
TAXING LITTLE CAT-SAPs,
so 10 write IT, and manages some how OF another
he H. ,Sesrinr Li,n."ii out III IA. Will" H"d
nS3E , figH %[e GSoa a "sy gy M g
nnthinr els9 To- io In, r5r whom he Seldom ,,..S
from Eis Sc c,uch, save W to explain Tue pecniar to-
be roIIo on of W. ",
man of ysry i,sn ma Scltcn,ioUs word, I'm or.
] ." Ie ",,' o,,d Ia Ivcu ~ Inc
snn"f, a." shiu.r,il,av or Wiggissinnl i,tti"s
S1 9op @ a. ~ ,r e. it J{r'Cs r
& n4I wa @ G y g'' sa c m , la m @ ytScd tbc
slGjgt 1uai iicr "a cI3.,v ng tn hc milo IN rxnrrS;
bis tbomchis rofnis;,,y and copyinHinglv
,riiboui II7@ISs. .,inI,',niiy RHthcr bItirr md
m"rciic.s he is In cxrosinE the veal;
points fbis rivals ana hc furthcr ri ven TO gGsi
ihrrais of onTrnI 4, G,,si,,n MD in Ichaf oi lis
Sinaroci,an rropSiti"n: iWless il is aceeptod md
acted mon by jIg own country and Cioycrnmcrlt,
Gut, however his may be- no reasonable man can
talk with him ten minutes on this subject without
submitting 10 tho conviction that Captain k0ds
means what he snyN when he claims the Nica-
rnguan ship'laiiMay ~ q feasible thing' Another
character Of Tic NIllg.d species, VINO may be seen
at Utmost my and odd hours In The lobby Of that
hostelry Is round, null RED rpumpE,n-Eced man,
one who always looks as ii he had just won prize
RED.UEAnEp RAHGEli or THE RIO GEASpE,
nam ygas n youurs,er and his hsUd was more
aanimg".iii, I.I il T.. r,,y ma lIeu '.'n iDnn
ESnee cf Unborn nhrciisy of iungiiiatiSu and
iWVrDiic Goino erti,,UeNt ns viii n nnn,lc ob.
yycuring hig Niuuschurii.W future the women folk,
,clea i,ngn H. pIuuiu ri,iJy jSt,,rss sgi OH n,
tlEcv uInio2biriiv Vtr. fpeli ana are vel with n
FfSs%g T dsm5I"g Of i: h. lg inooey cys G5S HHd
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