New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-07
TWO WAsHINGroY RESORTS.
tron, corre.pond,nee Of The P.aad.lphLa R,eore

CorrSgp0ndrncs Of The Ptlddfiphfd R>cOrd
The barber shop and the confectionery shop
sncciay p1trunizrd BY the lte Of washington stand
Side by side Pcnnsyvana-ave lust beyond the clns-
tered Executive Departments An Italian Of tho Victor
TnmanneI type keeps tho barber shop and a French
woman NJ the Madame Deiargc sort keeps the .confec-
oncry shop Neither " the shops Il half 40 pretenous
as others Of their class down the street The barber
shops attached the hotels have marble floors painted
sors of the city proper glitter with gilt and gasa But
there such ahcr and no such cake down street as
Won can lind IN the-e modest resorts Nor are those down
town paccs patronZed by such pcope "a can De FOUND
every aay IN their uptown rival establishments Madame
makes cake and candy for everybody who anybody ana
Si,rnor shayes their faces and cuts their hair.
or course sgnor has n hundred men among his patrons
to one woman. But he hiss quite practice among me
laiie and they all send their children 10 him. In his red
plush covered chairs you may see ~ any hour OF the gay
and night representative OF the upper circle NOW
II f. an admiral. now general. and now only young
lieutenant Again II II diplomat, then SURGEON ana
vel AGAIN An untitled ciyn-vh leisure The iiOOr u
oniy wooden The walls are covered with cheap hut
aesthetic paper The autographs are rather ancient ana
,ry,ded Nv the oor of society" You It's rates
lower than those Of the downtown embellishments Now
Madlmcs rates are higher but then hcr wares 9re Oet
Ter from which Il may be inferred that "soccty knows
good thing when IT sees one. The mmily resemblance
All The fashionable affairs Of the season Is very notice
able There are few houses at which you una delicious
homemade cake, hut ordinarily you hr" coniroted ~
supper with cake of the that You ate for des
sc at Your own dinner table Madame caters for every
n ia funny 10 be little in In the West End just 10 see
the Jelly you get Madame makes lelly OF mo c1its
foot variety which II particularly toothSone lmaslne
yourself lust III enough Soon the Jely beglns 10 ar
rive from your fair young friends Each ne Jatul WIS
made Of course, by the donors own pretty hanus YET
II Is all from Madame's refrigerator Just rs plainly a.
though II were stamped I'm quiveIing accents WIN
Nadame's name But would be the last to mention the
fact 10 the fair young friends
II Is the fashionable thing just now 10 make up party
and 20 no through the hole In the Washington Monument
IN the top several hundred feet IL only taxes seven or
eight minutes but there few more exciting Journeys
Imagine fall from top. The other day the elevator
stuck fast half way up It's passengers were In painful
uuyer until Il moved again. Suppose IT hadn't mOVcdf
"a Fortune Awaiting a Tramp is the title of
An article I'm contemporary. II IL no more than just
90 many rnmps have been waiting FOR fortune 80 many
wears that Il than night That Fortune shOuIu
now walt for "A tramp Boston Transcript.
A journal some time ago offered n school prize
for the hest essay ON Onesty" OF the twenythree re-
siolen and one a poeni was stolen entire. He who
breaches honesty needs watching- Orleans Plea
yunc.