Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-14
WASHINGTON'S HATTERAS
A WINDY CORNER WHERE
DUDES DO CONGREGATE.

DUDES DO CONGREGATE.
Some Peculiar Varieties of the species
as Found at the CapitaI-A Good
Trait i'm Boss Cameron-The Scrap
Book Clerk, One of Hayes Creation,
Cut on by President Arthur.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-Cape Hatteras
is ON the North Carolina coast (lesson in
geography. 1t always blows off Cape
Hatteras (mOre startling information \.
We have Cape Hatteras in Washington.
1t is located at the corner of 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue. 1t is a me-
teorological phenomenon. When the wind
blows it blows stronger ut the corner of
18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
than anywhere else. When there is
calmness brooding in all other
! localities there Is breeze flirting
| around this corner. That is why it is called
Cape Hatteras.
You generally get your eyes fun of dust
at our local Cape Hatteras instead of hav-
ing them blinded with the bounding spray,
as is the case when you are in a vessel off
the real Hatteras. As you come up the
avenue-or 90 down it, for that matter
you always know when you reach Hat
teras. You know that YOU are there by
the. quick, sharp effort you invariably
make to keep your hat ON your
! head l,--- while yotsFs~eyes blink with
the dust. Nobody that / have ever
met has been able to explain why things
are as they are around Cape Hatteras,
Washington, ID. G.. You would suppose
from the facts which have been duly here
set forth that the corner of 18th street
and the avenue would be free from loun-
gers and lOafeEs. Disabuse yourself of
that fallacy. 1t is never vacant. There
is always number of young men stand
ing there. About halGpast four or five
O'Clock i'll the afternoon Cape Hat
teras is largely inhabited by young
men. They are Of the genus dude.
The dude is an animal with two legs,
tight pants, short coat, peculiar hat.
large, long and sharp shoes and collar
and cravat. He generally looks as if he
would certainly die of consumption to-
morrow morning. But we never have
any luck; dudes do not die. | am told
that when they get a little older they are
sent to the lunatic asylum. They are,
therefore, in the middle stage of transit
tiOn from the cradle to the homes of hope
/ less imbeciles. Well, the dudes stand
at Cape Hatteras. They are, of
course, mashers. A dude who is
not masher is. | have been
told, no dude at all. They stand ON that
| corner to mash, and they are impudent i'll
staring at the ladies as they pass. They
are particularly gleeful in their feeble
way, when the wind is little brisk and
the ladies' hats and toilets are disarranged
as they pass. They constitute a worse
nuisance than so many drunken men
would. Some of these fine days a small
boy will drop a half dozen feathers from
the roof above upon the heads of the as
sembled dudes and kill the whole outfit.
l understand that Collector Pleasant,
as well as his attorney, Mr.. A. n. Wilson,
is of an inquisitive turn of mind. 1t is
said that Mr.. Pleasant has written to
General Raum wanting to know how
your correspondent got hold of the in
formation in regard to his bond. He also
asks, am told, if it is usual for newspa-
per men to be allowed the privilege of
diving into the official correspondence
of the government. If this thing
keeps on the question of how
news is got may arise into national
issue. 1t may form part of the next Pres
idential campaign. Neither Mr. Wilson
nor Mr.. Pleasant should get so alI-fired
excited. They will be more comfortable
if they keep their shirts on. At the same
time it must occur to the average individ-
ual that General Raum is experimenting
the internal revenue system of the coun-
try. This is fact, although an impress
sion may have gotten abroad that Wilson
and Pleasant had taken the job cut of his
hands. / asked General Raum to-day if
there was anything new in the Pleasant
business. NO." he replied; ''Pleasant
has not yet forwarded a new bond.'
Reports from Pennsylvania say that the
fall which General Simon Cameron re-
Gently sustained is more serious than it
was first supposed to be. The inability
to take exercise tells evidently upon him
too. Simon CamerOn's name is connected
with many things in political history that
are thought not to have been exactly
straight. His boss rule in Pennsylvania
for years was by methods that the majori-
ty of the people condemn. But he is
essentially a strong man. And he is very
popular wherever he is personally known.
The warm friendship existing between him
and Charles A. Dana-than whom the
poles are not more distant in matters po-
litical-Is a very good earnest of blunt old
SimOn's qualities of heart and companion
ship. One of the strongest traits in his
character is his Undergraduates Of friends.
Any man who ever served Simon Cameron
is sure to find that he is always remem-
bered. He would nOt-as many who hold
themselves much better than he is will
sacrifice friend to placate an enemy, no
matter how advantageous it might be to
him that there should be pIacation.
have innumerable reasons to wish
that Simon Cameron may pull
gently through his present injuries
and illness. / was struck by remark
which the late Postmaster General Howe
made short time before his death. |
happened to be in Mr.. Howe's office one
day. While there an officer of the depart
n1ent came in with a paper to be signed.
Handing it to the late head of the Post Office
Department, the officer said: 'That APP
pOintment is the case of man in whom
General Cameron is interested. The man
served him in some way about forty years
ago." Attaching his signature to the
paper Mr.. Howe said: General Cameron
is a man who never allows the statutes of
limitation to operate against his friends"
One of the features of the Hayes admin
istration was the establishment of scrap
book department at the White House. A
clerk with a salary of 81 600 a year was
put to work looking over all the papers
and cutting out of them articles which
pertained to the alleged President or any
member ofhis family. All editorials upon
the policy and administration of Mr..
Hayes were also duly clipped and pasted
in Mark Twain scrap-books. They formed
many volumes. Hayes took them away
with him. When he feels very vain and
pulled up with worldly pride, all he has
to do is to read some of
those articles. Garfield, during
his short incumbency of the office,
kept up the scrap book business. The
clerk had a very nice time of it under
Garfield and Hayes. He clipped away
and did nothing else but draw his nice
little salary. President Arthur did not
know of the scrap book scheme until a
short time ago, when number of OPEN
mouthed volumes of newspaper clippings
was taken into his room. He inquired
what it all meant. Upon mastering the
details of the. business he ordered that it
be discontinued, and put the clerk who
had dallied in This exchanges" as he
called them, to work. Thus has one of
the most prominent landmarks of the
HaNns, rnnimn hneI sr.rnnt ir,tn ON Tor.