The Penn's Grove record., 1885-10-10
wAswlyr3y LEeTEg
Washing oa, C. o2, s, 1885

Tae at $50 weeks .e Ai,ae1sed
the rotm, o. ia & Of tie roaming
pleasure edus population OF Wash
in4toa. They lave come back from
seaside aud uogutaillcscrt, frcm Eu-
r4i.e. rs we'll rs from thy back re, NJ
tftHrif elegant homes OF Connecticut
Aytnue aml *. streets, Where, it IS
sii.!. many OF thea, have passed the
atmucr.
Baaemeaa Washington has also 20
ruat extent returned TO its winter
haunts, aii lie familiar faces Of many
well known correspondents may be seen
.bout he Departments, and in the .ol-
b.es Of tbs up town hotels. F%relueiter
Of Pennsylvania Ayonua and especially
o.4U who has The eatree Ct the Guar2:it-
ice rooms u. tle Capitol is aware that
u large number of the Congrc snnen
are already in the city. Taey may re-
turn to their horIes be.ere The begin
@ing Of the session, for il does not cost
the average thrifty member of Con
gYcss much to ttaYel, but the session is
nearat faaJ when Washington will be
Gene Iar excellanec TIE center of po-
Tea. activity, and When Tie fegisla-
ike, judicial and exeen;ise branches of
The government Will lie brought into
cIcsr jgztaYositicn.
The season, as it is called, in WASH
ingtcn is increasing in length, year b.
year. HIGGINS ealIer in the Fall AID
lasts all infhe summer. The reason
for this is that the city IS yearly grow
ing more attractive, healthy, and heme-
like to those who reside here permln-
manently, as w1H as to those who are
sent here to make or to execute laws.
Many representatives and senators
-llave elegant homes here. Instances
are not wanting iii which the Purchase
Of a home in Washington las proved to
be tho-tcmb cf political ambition and
retired statesmcn ike Blaine, Window
Of Wisconsin, Habeson of New jersey
ard Ptndlcton OF Oslo ere pointed as
warnings 10 such statesmen as presume
20 cxaatlia e Themselves from their
native states and build castle III Wash
ingto4. But even these deposed states
men have The consolation That their
castles have lecn ii good speculation III
loai-es,ate. 4 Chicago millionaire
reats The palace that Mr.. Blaine built
while Nj. Blaine rents The house Of
Ex-senator WiHdom. Any Of the resi-
dences owned by retired state3men can
be sold TO day at a handsome advance
OH the purchase CT cost price.
There are very few statesmen OF
wealth, acting CT retired, Who do lot
" property in Washington and a
glance at the books in Tho Recorders
office will show corner lois and eligible
building sites held by men VIII 'se names
ale II have cen household wcr,ls.
The appearance of the Capitol and
other public buildings have been greatly
improved during the summer The
marble fronts and columns have been
carefully cleaned and holy stoned
ari arerow as pure and white a5awlitn
first Put in place.
The streets, especially those abont
the C.ty Han, the Pension building aud
city Post Olice, have been much in
proved. fEhe downtown hotels have
had many thousands of dollars put in
to them and outside them III furniture
paint ana decoration. 1t is evident
tia; hotel Keepers AID boarding. house
keepers have failAiA tho coming sea-
sQn. RunsasSlea me from many
directions indicating that the winter
will be one Of Unusual Interest, through
probably not of unusual gayety. Tie
chan e Of regime has created revolt
ton in The cid social order Of things.
The trained leaders who nave Eed soc
i'll sway, have been s%upplanted by those
10 whom social life in Washington is
new. At the receptions Of the coming
winter many familiar faces will be con-
spicuous hy thgir absence,
The PresidcuS las passed another
comparatively m%-cventful week. There
has not been rs much annoyance from
oaiea seekers as usual. Mis-. Iloyt his
SISTER, has been visiting h maId his com
paniou in evening drives instead of
CGlcnel Lamont. Mrs. lIoyt will re-
main until the alst Of November, when
it is expected ler sister Mss Bose
Cleveland will resume her arduous du-
tes. as Mistress Mt the White House.
Sc.