Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-12

pear finally LETT, and the hunt Ter Slipped
noiselessly from the cave, and rushed a.
fast as he could to Bing ham's Mill where
be was taken charge Of, and with good
treatment gained his reason and related
his wonderful adventure. Search was
then made for the bear, but nothing
could be found of him, although the
moutll Of the cave was trampled hard
where he had paced back and forth do
Ing sentinel duty waiting for his Tictim.
A View of Washington Through
. # Eye Glasses.
There are many kinds and degrees
Of society. There is the official society,
of which the president and cabinet ara
the titular leaders, and in which sena
tors and representatives, when socially
inclined, judge and diplomats, live and
move and have their being. It need
need not be said that the diplomats
play a leading part here. They COM
bine all the qualities needed for social
conquest. They carry about with them
the distinction of men who come from
"abroad." They are usually polished
and amiaDle, sometimes accomplished
and fascinating men. Gayety is part
of their professional duty. They have
official positions, which fact counts for d
vast deal IN a republic. Then, On state
occasions, they have uniforms, and,
Sam Weller says, Its the uniforms as
does it," though it must be confessed
that the diplomatic uniform often
seems to the ordinary American
an extremely ugly costume. But the
bat S,>i>
mat is beyond analysis. The petty at
tache of some unimportant legation
seems to share it with the elegant rep
resentative of one of the first courts of
Europe. The attache may be living on
@ pittance in shabby hall bedroom
somewhere, from which he emerges
once day in evening dress, and on
rare occasions in his uniform. He may
not have either family or fortune-not
even good manners. But he is mem
Der of the diplomatic corps, and that
suffices.
Then there is another circle OF official
society-or series OF circles. The center
of each Of these is apt to be the state as
ISOLATION. For example, all the depart
ment clerks, deputies, commissioners
! and what not, from Observation-Disclosures
will be a safe name to use-form the
Delaware state association. Formerly
these associations were political in their
| nature, but Mr.. Hayes became con-
WINGED that all orga nization was wicked,
| and suggested that they disband. They
then became social bodies, but some of
them have resum ed their political char
acter. They have dances, etc. The mem
bers Of congress from the st;lte are likely
! to be leaders in this society, though they
! may not appear at all in the more fash
! ionahle official society Ii, fact, in that
rarer social atmosphere, g member Of
the house of representatives is the ex-
| ception rather than the rule. Il he las
been used to society, and likes it, ne
| goes into it, of course. But The fact of
his being a member Of the house has lit
tie to do with his entree. A large pro-
| portion of the mem bers are plain men
from small towns ar the country, who
have known little of this lie under the
gaslight, are not comfortable in it, ana
| seldom appear there.
Then there is the hotel society, The
! ladies staying in the Brown House all
receive on the same day. Ladies calling
can thus kill all the birds, socially
speaking, there are in the Brown House
with one handful Of cards. The ladies'
Of the Smith House have another day =,
| the ladies of the Robinson House anoth-
er. Then at intervals each
hotel has soiree invitations 10 which
are generously distributed. There is
find band and finer supper, anu dane
ing unlimited. congressman and their
wives and daughters, lobbyists, Southern
colonies and numerous ''generas'' visit
ing strangers, politicians and the rest
make up mixed company. At one Of
these entertainments the wife of q con-
gresham whose constituents had omit
| ted to re-elect him, spoke sharply to
| lady sitting on a sofa next to q friend Of
the congressman's wife. You might
move up," said she. When the lady had
"moved w" and the congressman's
wife had settled herself down in the
room thus obtained, she turned to her
''it's just as I tell Lycurgus. This WASH
ington society units one for any other
society. You can't go back to the socie-
ty you were used to once-you can't.
No; [ tell Lycurgus, we must come back
| to the house. He says We can't but
| say we can. And we must! That's all
| there is about it," A few mcnths later
"Lycurgus' is wrestling in the dust Of
| the district arena for recommendation
No one sees him engaged in that delight
| full occupation-red in the face, meta
phorically speaking, hot and out of
breath,-knows that it is all because OF
the social aspirations Of Mrs. I,ycurgus,
who has been untitled by Washington
society for the hum ler society in which
she once moved. If any man doubts
that women rule the world, he can have
his doubts removed in any circle OF
| Washington society.-The Manhattan
| for October.