National Republican., 1882-04-29
CONNECTICUT AVE.
ON A BRIGHT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.



On ssunday afternoon Connecticut avcnueisthe
@Champs Eysccs" Of Washington. Up and down
the road sidewalk pours gaily. dressed torrent Of
humanity, that is a moving commentary on Amerl-
can society, aud that most prominent American
trait-spccd, The hrst impression that a foreigner
receives when he FIRST lands upon our hospitable
shores Is that Americans are always In n hurry.
We soud along The streets during business hours
as though We had Rccley motors in each leg; we
ily through waltz with the rapid Transit Of a
Train on an elevated railroad, and when we 60
out dressed up in our best garments to prone.
made
WE PEDEsTnANtzE,
Perhaps therapld strides with which our country
ran to greatness were the result Of the bustling
fapidity with which the last aud this generation
have attended to business The Sunday crowd on
Connecticut avenue seems TO be entered in we'll.
drcs 20 YOU please rnce. The people going
put seem to be terribly anxious to get 10 stewart
Castle In the shortest possible time, while these
coming down walk rs though they each had an
Important engagement vt the foot of the Farrngut
hotuc. Every one In town who is anything spends
hpeasaut wohous on the promenade. The nobs
70 out tu be seen and tho snobs go out to see the
hobs and breathe II little Of The finer ether which
TCKLEs THE LUNGS OF UPPER TENDON
II is pretty hard mater to distinguish between
lhu nObs aud the snobs, and IL Thackeray-that
most glorious Of novelistS satrists, and snobs-is
to be believed, every single pedestrian. or married
one either, for that matter, is suob; but some OF
Thnckcray's trile sayings must be taken with
grain Of salt; hence we scatter little condiment
over the type. To n student Of human nature the
street Is an ing volume, the pages If which
tel bgttGr Than anything else the singular phases
OF Aue iCau society. Look at this queeniy woman
coming along Ike u female Rowcll. She is the
peIsonlhcGton of an aristocrat without the unin-
tereSuug lWsitudg which is supposed to be the
proper accompaniment Of
UE.BIooDED RNNut
Her clear-cut features seem TO have been mod.
eled 10y counties years of great lineage and You
less than mile long She gives a willing ear To
the br ken English compliments They must be
compliments from the way they are ACCOMPANIED
by graceful gestures, which ner diplomeiic escort
Is cJnculnling. Some enviOus person SAYS she Is
ne daughter Of old Dennis Denny, who made a
fortune selliug shOesirngs "Well," says our
philos pher, what difference does that maker
u SHOWS that Americans only need n few years to
become what II takes centuries to make across tho
pond" She has passed lis long ago, and we turn
our attention to this pretty girl whose bright com.
pleNion and rounded figure mark her rs
HYGEINs PAvoRlTE DAUGHTER.
She is the daughter of one Of our most famous
lawyers, aud rumor says she has the most beauti-
inl neck IN ChrIstend m. Here comes n short
stout woman, whose face is rcdder with natural
oehre than the girls behind her Is with rouge
she must be snob, but our companion says she
tas Lord JeiirieS, and host ofother historic peo-
pie. Maybe the cerulcan fuii that coursed
nIougl her ancestors veins has degenerdted into
g less skycy hue.
THEN CONE THE DIPLOMATS,
little body of them, who are about the only
people VINO take lie slowly. Theyar well formed
ana well dressed, but their compilations give oyi.
dence OF late supper'. Its French they are speak.
Ing, and that at the rate OF three hundred words
minute. Each syllable isaccOmpanled by shrug
nnd they appear very much interested In the sub.
lect OF conversation, but this does not prevent
tbem giving DISTINGUISHED bows to the women
they know and distinguished stares to those they
don't Here comes II Little girl who has lust gotten
INTO her teens, and she is acquiring the arts and
gtaces which will make her
SUCCESSFUL HEART sMASHER
when she grows older. She is surrounded by n
beyy Of boys, FOR the mothers of the boys well
Know that ne hLlle Miss is an heiress, aud they
bring up their boys in strict accordance with that
knowledge. But II is very probable the little Miss
VIII grow up and marry some navy or army man
or or perhaps buy the under secretary of some lega.
uon Here come some diplomats of another color
A. glance one knows they are the repr, seuta.
uyes of the tar off country whence the rt. tailed
century. The Chinese dress in the costume of
their country and rich costume i is, though not
heaus are surmounted by
LITTLE sKuLL.cATs OF SATIN,
from beneath which wauders the generous snake.
nke opull which affords the San Francisco
gallery the Bella Onion The % upper ''p portion tic sG Of
dheir bodies are Glad IN loose silk or satin what
90 you call ems that fl the wearers like circus
tent fits the pole; their legs are lost in silk
trousers that are the antipodes of the approved
stale department. habiliments, and their feet are
encased In sharp-toed affairs, ornamented with
dinerent' 'colored cloth and wooden soles. From
THEY WANDER DOWN THE STREET
one would imagine they had Just fallen out with
each other. They come toddllng along In a lum.
berry manner. Ike sAirmsh line, at Intervals of
fashion nor the mould of form, but they are Ger.
tainly the observed Of all observers. Close In the
tlngulshed looking army officer, and that siont
horid man who looks ike we'll fed grocerymnn
Thom he stops to speak TO Is one Of the smartest
SongTesnen in the Capitol. But gentle reader
myou have eyes, prepare to use them now These
three eXquisites are
THB JEuNEsE DoREE.
See the entTanclng manner In which each little
upon their carefully dressed locks; the immacu.
late eollers and lovely scarig that peep from be-
coats the little canes they twill SO jauntily Hiy1
the little smiles which play across their faces and
the utterly all too but fascinating little legs 10
which their brerches cling 80 lovingly Ye gods
II Kate Field could only see those shanks the
monograph she would write would set every fe.
male heart in
THE DRESS REFORM ASSOCIATION
palpitatlng irightfully. Some ray thoy have no
visible means OF support but this dull sa asn has
not the incsiye cut Of truth, for each one of the
lovely trinity has Government position Follow.
Ing them comes Dinah and Ike. They are both as
wooly solar spectrum whiie ike's new layenSor a.
pant make covelous tunes go jngling over the
hearStrings Of his envious brothers. They are
enjoying themselves as much as
THEIR LIGHTER CoMPIExIoYRD coMpASroSs
and IT, perhaps, through the week they are menials
on Sundays, as Gilbert says, they are saints, all
though they perambulate Connecticut avenue In
stead Of sitting on the edge of u cloud and PLAYING
agolden harp All sorts, kinds, sizes and colorss
oi people pedestrlaniLe out the handsome street
Fat men escort thin women, thinner men take
care OF fatter women, and then you occasionally
Bee couples which would tip the beam at 225 apiece
orther attenuated opposites, who won't weigh half
that much between them But they all seem 10
be upon their good behavior, and you hear no loud
speech or hOrselaugh jest, THE REPUBLICAN man
Nends his way through the multitude, photo.
graphing their faces on the sensitive plate of his
memory, and If his old gray ovorcoat brushes a
little OF the nap OF lRdys Easter dress charge il
10 good nature, that paymasler whose ledger has
only one side
SIGnOr PcrruRIIInI as a Baby
In the cast of the Barber Of Seville on |
Wednesday night ut the National Theatre was a |