Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-02-02

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and suitable In black silk or velvet. The
invitation, are from nine TO eleven and
II you are wise you will start promptly
=, nine. Ia your carriage. in the vain en-.
deavof TO avoid the erosd. The house
.i,. back In the grounds and the drive
way run. up In from, Of IL. When you
reach the gate. disgrAesfally early {. you
think you are. you End The entire space
blocked With carriages. and under the
wa,ehfal eye Of the poliesmsn you have
to awAi, your turn. When AZ last You
have an opportunity to alish,. you pas.
10 through long window. which u used
.. door. up the back stairs. wider and
nicer than mo., peoples from, ones. into
the dressing rooms Your escort leaves you
in order 10 give . last look Of anxiety At
hi, elo.sly.eropPed. shiny hair, and one
Of admiration a, hi. gold lace and but
,oa.. You meanwhile try TO arrange
yoar.elf In the ladies' dres'ins.room. II,
|. small room. Around three sides Of
il na counter. behind which the smiling
black attendant. stand. ready TO take
your wrap. aud check them for you.
rhi. little room /. crowded and packed
with ladies. Nov II you have worn your
bes, bib and tucker. you begin TO wondsr
how your prseiou, lace will lock When
you emerge from this press While "
ZOO .,, dressed In your old cashmere and
gloves, redolen, Of kerosene. you eongra,-
olaf. yoarelf that no one will knos the
difference. You 20 In a, oae door OF this
room and come cut AZ the other. IL
takes aboa, fifteen minutes for you TO 20
a. many feet. and when a, las, yoa do
squeeze through the narrow door. you
had on each side Of the line OF ladies' the
gentlemen. who have come from their
room opposite. After few seconds OF
anxiety a, TO where your escort may be.
and after prolonged stretching. OF your
neck in the a,,emp, TO see him. your
eve. a, last lish, upon him. mildly but
firmly elbowing hi, way ,o~Ard
YOU. Finally you join forces and you
and your officer erawl-lof no other word
will describe ,orr snail.liks motion
along the wide corridors. fIr' do~n .
a,sh, Of stair, and then through the hall
from which open the rooms Of the family.
On the rish, are the closed door. OF the
sleeping rooms. bu, on the lsf, you can
look into the library where Garfield lay
through mAny weeks Of Sickness. and
nes, TO ,hA, is the private parlor. Both
room. are large and comfortable IN aP.
ps.r.nce. but nothing more. Their home
like ..pee, /, said to have been given
them by their former occupants. A,eord.
ins to report, Presiden, Arthur rumm.sed
on, from the gAuet the old furniture
which give. such . home.like air TO the
house. You ~ down q .eeond hish, OF
.,ai, aud ia,o the red room. foa are
nearing your goal now. You can see by
stretching your neck. large. ,hiek.'e'
man shaking hand, in the mex, room.
A, hi, left are two msrhals. A, hi'
night /, the lady Of the house. Behind
them are two or three sofas. upon which
they are no, expected to ,i,, sni back CT
thi, bauieads stand ten OF twenty ladies,
the wive. Of the eabine, oiicer and ol
other prominent political men. You
o.s, into the blue room. Your escort
announces your name and hi' own TO the
| first M.r.h.l. lie repeats IL to the Sec
ond one, and be to the President. YOU
shake hands with him; you incline yoal
head meekly to the lady al bis right. and
bow j.an,ily TO the ladie, behiad the
sofas, whom the morning papers will tel
you assisted in receiving the guests. The
ceremony i. over. and you walk on int
the we., room and minsls with ,h'
crowd.
Your fire, wish Is to see the house
The ives, room is the largest. And is des
,i,u,e Of ell furniture. There are q fe~
picture. on the walls. the mos, noticeable
Of which are those Of George and Mar,h'
Washington. They are life size. ant
look as II they were just going to sliI
out Of their frames aud join In the slo~
promenade. 0n the oppisite side Of th'
bali from the President is the room il
which the Marine Band h playing. TIE,
are over forty in number. and with
their red coats and hats with straps un'
der their ehin'. they must be very un'
comfortable as they drum and fiddle anC
puff away "di.eoursing sweet music.
| IL you wish to be cool, 20 into the eol'
servaiory. I, is damp. bu, the ehillines'
Of the sir Is pleasant. The young peo'
ple are fondef Of this room than the oldeI
ones, and wander around among The
plsts until summoned oa, by their care
ful ehsperons
The people are however much NOR
interesting than the rooms. From th'
grea, number Of uniformed men you be-
gin to doub, whether any Of our army
and navy officers can be on duty. Il
seems ss IL the msjori,y must be herr
esnying fans instead Of guns. and steer
ing trains 10 place Of war.vessels. As
rule the more gorseously a,,ired men ar
Of the army. while their more modss
companions belong to the navy. Th'
uniforms are hAndsomer and more digni
fed than those OF other nations. Th'
very tall gray.hsaded man Is Gen. Sher
idan. Next 10 him Is Gen. Terry, VIII
wss with Gen. Custer At the West; sn'
the handsome, sray.hsired lady will
whom he is talking 10 Mrs. Commodor
F.rrsgut. But the man who attract
mos, attention nowadays Is Lieu.snan
Greely. He Is . tall. dark man. With
quick. nervous mannes. lie shows N
signs of starvation, except In bis nous
taehs which is very thin and a,tenus.sd
Bat no, all the remarkable people sr
those In uniforms. The diplomats ar
present and the members Of the variou
legations. This man with the yello'
face. eyes Get bias and long black queue
10 the japanese Minister. aud bis COZ,
psnion is the Chinese Minister. hi
clothes are like those Of the laundry msr