The Washington critic., 1885-12-28

Most of those who have not their fami-
lies already with them are preparing to
bring them after the holidays. Those
who have families indicate solicitude
for their welfare quite as great rs that
observed in any other walk of life. Mr..
Randall Is seldom to be found elsewhere
than at his home outside of the hours
he devotes to his official duties. Sena-
Cockrell of Missouri has his wife and
half dozen children about him in his
comfortable home in the northwestern
part of the city. Speaker Carlisle,
who lives at the Riggs House
marches regularly downstairs every
evening and mails letter or a
package of papers to his sons in the
West. Your correspondent was stand
ing at the desk of one of the promi-
nent hotels here day or two ago, when
Senator Coke of Texas came along with
bundle Of letters to mail. twas very
wrong for the correspondent aforesaid
TO look in that direction while Mr..
Coke was putting on the stamps, but
he couldn't help noticing that of all the
bundle of letters the biggest and fat
test was addressed to Mrs Mary A.
Coke, Waco, Tex.
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A well-known society man said to
Towle of the Boston 7tUcclior few
days ago. "You see that handsome
young fellow going down the Avenue?
Well, If you are after something new,
there IL is. Tell you all about it? why,
certainly. That fellow makes his liv-
ing by being professional entertainer.
Does he keep open house? Why no,
bless your soul. He is one of those
persons who keeps company in per-
petuol good humor. You know that
sometimes at reception, ball, or a
dinner, there will oftentimes come an
uncomfortable lull in the proceedings.
You cannot account for it, but all of n
sudden there will be q moment when
everybody will be dumb. Then is the
time for your professional entertainer.
He rushes into the breach, says some
thing clever, starts conversation again,
and thus becomes what he really is in a
certain sense, public benefactor. The
professional entertainer can do all sorts
Of things. He can escort the
forlorn young lady to the opera
If she has not been invited,
and flirt with him as desperately
as though he was the genuine article
He can hold the duenna's yarn and dis.
cuss the best qualities often with her,
or he can go into the salon and play
upon the piano for the edification OF
those who are more stupid, mentally
speaking, than he is. | know of sew
eral such chaps in New York, but this
is the first have heard of at the Cap
ital. Before the season is over 1t is
dollars to cents that he will have q
dozen young girls dead in love with
him. Will he marry? Well l guess
not. What would his wife and three
children say if he should commit
bigamy? For all that he appears to bC
a frivolous person that fellow is really
clever. He knows that he has talent
for entertaining people He devotes
his best endeavor to that end, and finds
that there is market for his peculiar
abilities. He asks good round price
for his services, and gets it. dom
blame him, and besides when, as
happen to know, he is devoted hus
band and u fond father, / think hC
ought to be given the credit that il
justly due him for his courage in with
standing temptations on every hand
I'll tell you some more about him one
of these dnys -