National Republican., 1883-12-08
VIEWS BY A VISITOR.

Although Mrs. Burnett thinks her health
improved by tho summers rest and travel,
the thin hands are nervous and tremulous.
She expresses the greatest disinclination to
begin new book, and is at present engaged
upon another play. II am very lazy" she
says, "and although I've done an immense
amount of work. have written ten books,
including the earlier serials-I have accom-
plished it only with tho greatest effort. l
don't like to work, and I'm very lazy. OF
course l work methodically. / go to my
room, which is on the third floor, every
stay there until luncheon. l stay. but |
can't always write. Sometimes l spend
nearly the entire time walking up and down
tossing o ball, habit have, as | am obliged
to use my hands when thinking"
The men who stroll along Pennsylvania
avenue have o singhlarly monumental
aspect The stiff, tight-ftting, colored bust.
ness suit of other cities, for some undiscovor-
able reason, is not seen upon Washington
streets The result is picturesque, but the
semi-c clerical effect of tho universal black
cloth and long coat is calculated to mislcad
tho unwary.
A litho pretty girl jauntily swaying to the
eccentric motion of n dog cart with plumos
floating, whip be-ribboned like shepherd
esss crook, is pleasant thing to see. But q
fat woman in dog cart-a preposterously fat
woman in dog cart-ye gods
The Chinese legation occupy, it will be re-
membered, two houses, one on either side of
Ii street, and the neighbors in the vicinity
take much interest in the steaming and
highly mysterious messes which are carried
Mt meal time from one house to the other. A
gentleman who visits the Chinese upon inti-
mato terms represents their domestic man
ner5 (libelously doubtless) as very affection
ate :" that they, as o special mark of esteem,
sit upon visitor's lap, with their arms round
his neck. One of the legation, q Mr.. Loo, is
said to have learned to speak English with
unusual elegance.
How purely American tho faces are one
meets upon Washington streets Leaving out
of the question tho large colored clement it
is probable that no other city in tho United
States has population SO nearly free from
admixture Of foreign blood. AS the stream of
humanity pours from the departments to the
avenue, in all the vast tide the faces met arc
almost, without exception the national fea-
lures of America.
The ut one time nearly obsolete blonde
craze seems to have broken out in Washing
ton with fresh fury. OF course, the blonde
au natural-the fearful type to whose dull,
towish locks cruel nature has superaddcd the
inseparable blueish complexion, palo eye
lashcs and freckles--this, the blonde au
natural we have always with u.s. But the
| type 10 mode is an attractive
spectacle, and also deeply interest
| ing as q work of art. Tho ini-
tiated divide the latter class into two
divisions-the "blondine' blonde and the
salts of tartar" blonde. They are not in the
| least alike, and arc never--at least by
wOmon-confounded Tho blondine route is
much shorter and less liable to accidents
| than the salts of tartar-suCh accidents as
broad black stripes, for instance. The effect
| of dusky stripe on q golden head is not
artistic One buys bottle of blondine and
pays So for 1t. The average fair purchaser
may risk, with impunity, the possible conso-
quence of its pplication-softening of tho
brain. The blondino is applied--rOilu! the
deed is done. Tho ambitious beauty
| has won, If not crown Of glory, at least
| what she thinks is one-a crop OF hair of the
color and texture Of hay. Nor will the orig
| inal brown reappear for month orsiN weeks.
| The salts of tartar modus operandi Is slower
and more laborious, but IL don't soften the
something to delight an artists soul, and,
| above all, its cheap.
! Ono buys quarters worth OF salts Of tar.
| tar-not tarts of soltzcr, as ladies have been
known to ask for. This is PUT into-say
gallon of soft water. In this
solution the hair Ia washed twice
II week, the temples, whore the
hair grows moro rapidly, being wettod
| daily. The silkiness Of tho hair Is not only
| preserved. but increased. And IL may not bo
| irrelevant to mention that salts of tartar form
the chief part of shampoo mixtures. The
fair aspirant for golden locks must needs be
patient and industrious. But the reward
comes; after from four to six weeks tho COW
eted golden threads begin to appear, and at
the end OF say, two months the erst dark head
becomes thing of radiant beauty-and a
thing of beauty forever too il the salts OF
tartar are kept upon the toilet table. Neg
lect may not be visible for few weeks
but tho stripes will presently surely
appear Alas! nothing is quito perfect in
this imperfect world, DO not permit yourself
TO DO deceived-the raro and radiant
maiden, Ia grdnde dame, whose patrioian
hrows are crowned with tIesses Of spun gold
tho vivid, brilliant tint, as unlike blondine
bleachod hair
"As sunlight unto moonlight"
are salts Of tartar blondes They spurnthe
imputation. There is something vulgar aud
and plebeian about tho very name -"sAlts OF
tartar, indeed" They occasionally batho
their hair in champagne. But, "alle samee,
they are salts Of tartar blondes.
The new market coat, as worn in Washing
ton, is revelation. Tho stouter tho wearer