National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-08
EASTER REFLECTIONS
THE VETO AND OTHER MATTERS.
A Correspondent Who Knew All About President
Arthur's InteStiOns, but Didn't LlketO
Tell-society Philosophically
Considered.
no the EdItor ofTun RrrupI1oANl

To the Editor ofTHR RErUpnoANi
II would seem that all the world ought to be
glad on Easter day, not only because everybody
may eat all the eggs they can hold, but because
nature Is awakening and making herself beauti-
ful again, and the sun is kissing the dead world
into the 10y Of new lle, until even the shop win
6bws blossom as the rose and II may be observed
that although SO early in the season, there are full
grown sunAowers tplented by o. Wei among the
violets and the daisies, and yet, with eggs and
young leaves and buds and blossoms in doors and
out, and Joy bells, all the world is not happy, and
tho thought comes TO me with more than It's old
meaning that this is world In which the great
mass of humanity can have almost anything they
don't want and but very little that they do. For
instance, we can have the Chlnese-millions Of
thom-and yet we don't want them-treaty or no
treaty. And Just here will remark that
KNEW PREHDENT a tTHUR
was going TO veto the Chinese bill, but / did not
dare to say So for the reason that nearly every cor
respondent stated positively that he was going TO
veto the bill or that he wasn't and nearly all Of
these claimed that they had been personally con-
suited by the President, or had wormed bis inten-
lions out Of him, or out Of some friend who was
close Z" with him, by means Of the various kinds
Of torture known 70 the professiOn therefore, i'll
had expressed my opinion on the subject 1t might
have been supposed that President Arthur was
fere materially with my duties to the Government,
whom In reality President Arthur never consulted
me on the subject at all (Which, of course, l. re-
gard as great oversight on his part; in fact,
cannot remember Just at this moment that he ever
consulted me on any subject which Is a damaging
statement to make In view of the frequency with
which he unboeoms himself to correspondents,
but II he win :" live beneath his privileges Isup-
pore nobody loses 80 much as himself.
SOCIETY, WHICH HAS BREN DIETING
for several weeks, and hiding its shining face In
the dim religious light OF churches and back par
Ions, Is about TO burst upon the city again in all the
retiracy Washington has managed to bear up and
DO pretty lively sort Of avilage with the did of
m Mary Ryaes Sss Gq oyee
which, by the way, is the only thing in the city
really banker after; but Il should negotiate for
about my style OF riding and orltcise the gait of
the animal, But, to return, don't know whether
society realized y OF not but Washington, ike the
of a hulk, never even thinking whether society
is receiving or whether i IT, in a II
ciasped prayer book in its hand, doing p sSr
ance for tho sins II committed last season and
those 1t expects to commit during the coming
season, and between whites wondering whether
1t will have It's new hat trimmed with the aesthetic
sunfower, the delicate lily, as symbolioal of the
liar style Of beauty would be best brought out by
the sweet simplicity Of the daisy Society is un-
der deldsion In one respect; that is In surprising
tirocy, when as a matter OF fact II only misses it.
SELF speak Of society as feminine, because 1t is
essentially So for although made up to certain
extent OF the masculine element Of humanity,
this ingredient Is
WHIPPED INTO THE BRACES
by wives. mothers, sisters, and daughters, save
mater a' Of FgSn society TaSsf Is s nSt
such fool after all in that 1t performs all its re-
iiSlog, duties in forty days and docs NOT qiler that
ures during the renainder of the year. Forty days
~ pray in, forty days In which to live on memo
ssses three RandSd and q twSng
Ave days LEFT 10 hlr In, to dance ia, to gossip In,
and 70 drink N great draughts Of sweet scandal
with Its wine. Society must be wonderfully amused
when Y thinks OF the poor fools who do not per-
form al their religious duties IN forty days, but
Sw hS SsS With S Se and SS
;n that It prefers lie religion straight and is pleas.
nres straight well knowing that u its religion was
not restricted within certain limits II never would
have avery good time.
SOCIETY KEEPS ITS RELIGION
and its sins entirely separate like the old aunty
who stole punet one dark night, and,
neisfborhood, went breveiy to church on the fol.
lowing SUNDAY, and when questioned as TO the
ssees said peed she Sasn Tv go Hu to let sueh
little thing as pullet sturb her 'liglon" Even
So society does not allow is sins to disturb its
NgioD, nor It's religion TO disturb its sins season
of rost and detingi absolutely necessary to society,
otherwise how Gould II eat midnight suppers aud
Uhnco until TWO or tnfee O'CLOCK lin the morning
during the gay season. Hence Lent becomes a me-
eessity to the body quite as much as to the soul
but the solemn season wen over, and society will
spread its wings Of scarlet and purple and gold to
the sunshine on the Avenue for a few weeks and
then fit to the mountains and seaside for the sum.
mer campaign, and the plodders and toilcrs who
do not belong to society will be enraptured to
know from the papers what
THE ELEGANT MRS. GENERAL FTTZFADDEN
and her lovely daughters wore at the latest hop
That is, society Is such fearful egotist that 1t
lmagines the world cares TO know where 1t goes
and what sort of clothes II WORE e. SO happy to DO
sure y whom IN reality 1t only wants 10 see de-
Bcrpion Of lts toilet In print for its own deecta-
ton, And there are Jenkinses, male and female
who make their hvings of OF writing that Mrs.
General so;and-so wore black satin and point
lace, with diamonds in her ears and at her throat
while her beautiful daughters were surprisingly
lovely In white satin, tule, and pearls as though
society did not know what kind of clothes IL wore
tQ receptions and hops ana as though the rest of
the world cared. Altogether, this Is the queerest
crankiest world ever lived in, and society is the
Queerest, crankiest thingin 1t. PESSIM.