Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-13


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Il Il an odd fact that the best sign OF
tho approach Of the esy season IN WASH
inQfSu Il noticed st the auction sales.
These competitive entertainments are
very popular IN this city. and draw big
crouds. They are especially diverfine
10 certain classes Of women who love .
bargain a. much - they do bonnet,
bat they are also . source Of excitement
ara interest," to the very large nasnber OF
people here who exc out an income by
renting rooms or taking boardsrs- To
this there il hardly parallel In any
other city in she sounfry IN this respecs-
A reasonable estimaie would say thai at
least one half Of the domiciies Of Wash
irQton are occupied By more than one
family. The principal reason Tor this
il found In the fact that incomes are
usually small. A clerk with salary OF
1900, tf1ocr $500. and an increasing
family. cannot afford 70 rent Q good
house for his exclusive use. He solves
the problem Of how 70 live well On q
small income By sub letting apartments
in 4 large house the rent OF which be
assumes. bat reduces In this way very
often his own rent % that bis living
rooms COS. bat nominal sum. The
unmarried clerks, male and female, and
Young couples, ana visitors for the SEA-
son. make up his tenants Nov. as
winter approaches and the city nils up
with people. the vacant houses are
taken and the problem Of how to fur
nisf rooms becomes an active one with
this class. Hence the auction sales and
the customers. One would think that
some time the second hand furniture
would fail 20 mateFialize and spread
itself over the large storerooms, and
ont into the street and half way up
and down the block. as IL the case 90
auction days here; but II II Away .
there. The half w0rn carpets and
chair, the faded settees and sofas,
rheumatic tables and blase brio-a- bFac,
all eioquently dumb about the events
aud things with which they have been
associated, are On hand and are eagerly
bought and carted of 10 commence life
over again Ia more humble manner
Il Ia wonderful where it all comes from
bat ID IL q good illustration OF hov
- l. ks.lI IN.
nifty 10. There is an opportunity for AZ
imaginative writer 10 trace the career Of
furniture from Cabinet ministers 70
Dinah's front parlor, IL he wants TO
Such mutabiIity appertains TO Wash
ington curios. But the subject IL lef'
for the romsncer, with the assertion
that the movement Of old furniture II
the first sign OF the coming Of the ga,
eeason.
The second or short session Of Con
grsss Ia usually an important one. i
meets In December, q large slice 10 on
out for the holidays, and IL expires OF
the 4ih Of March. This leaves littl'
chance for active business, and, besides
the House 10 practically disorRanized
Those Who have been defeated for tn
new term do not care to work. Thei
| interest is dead. Those who are re
elected are busy with schemes for get
| ting better places on committees, and o
| the session Ia usually trifiing one. Tn
laxity which prevails Is, however, takel
advantage Of by the lobbyists. Their
are more steals carried through AM
more bad legislation is enacted. Tn
salary grabs and special grants of al
kin have all passed On the eve of nj
expiring Congress. II always happen
when the dominant party 10 overthrow
| in Congress that the sorehcads signaiiz
their retirement to private life by gouc
ing something from the Treasury. Thl
soothes the panRs Of defeat and ease
the pain which attends the overthrow Q
their ambition.
Preparations are being made at th
White House for very lively wintel
The rumor which devised Mr. Arthur
marriage with Miss Freiinghuysen ha
been very annoying and vexatious |
the lady 10 question. II il almost al
surd 20 deny the truth of such rumo
but the two people most interested al
often put in most embarrassing att
tude toward each other by 1t. This
the case la this instance, without doub
Their interest la each other was a littl
more than friendly, and the prospect {
such an alliance could not have bee
disiastefui to q lady of middle age. "
the gossip of rude tongues has alno'
estraneed them. Attentions which b.
fore were easy and natural are now awl
ward and embarrassing, and q friens
ship which night have developed ini
something warmer has now been nippe
In the bud. People are the sam
whether Presidents or pubiicars, an
true lsve won't grow when everybody
watching for IT. IL grows like II
flowers, quite unconsciously.