The Washington critic., 1886-06-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

visited Garfleld's tomb and found pho
tographs of the proposed Garfield monu.
ment on sale there at 81 apiece, and
contribution box for donations to the
monument fund in front Of Gariield's
temporary tomb. That reminded me
OF my visit to the tomb OF Lincoln the
day following Decoration Day. L
found at the tomb lleshy man wear.
ing no collar, but possessed of man
ner Of deep solicitude to get o fee of 20
cents from each visitor. In fact, the
place had been turned into dime
museum, except that the admission fee
is twenty-five cents instead of dime.
A poor man with three ladies and
child, who had come long way to
visit the tomb of the martyred Presi.
dent, was much taken aback when told
that he would have to pay q quarter
apiece for the members of the party.
He would no doubt have gone out, but
there were strangers in the place and
he was ashamed to do So He handed
dollar to the guide, who extended his
hand, saying: Twenty-Five cents more,
please. You'll have to pay for that
child The poor man gave up quar-
Ter more, and then, In an unpleasant
state of mind went through the tomb"
A"4
Says Washington correspondent In
the New York tribune of yesterday:
A lady who called on her the day be.
fore she went away informs me that
Miss Cleveland laughingly said, "My
leave taking is not to be In the least
tragic. shall so away now, but return
later, and / dare say, on the whole, that
4, shall be in the White House quite as
much as should If there had been no
wedding. 1t will be different to be sure;
/ shall have no responsibility and shall
be free to come and go at will, and to
do my work. | leave now because |
believe that every new mistress of the
White House should be under no re-
straint whatever. Every woman called
to the position must give to IL her own
Individuality; no training beforehand
fits woman for the place AMI
its duties. She must learn afterwar |,
and TO succeed, must shape her own
course and rely on herself She can
not follow in the footsteps of her pre-
decessor. My brothers. wife is bright,
attractive young woman. She has
character and will, / am sure, develop
strength and adaptability. am sure
also that she will be much liked indeed
nobody can help but like her. She is
sensible, sweet girl, thoroughly
American woman, and that is what we
want In the White House you know.
1t is much better that she should begin
her new life alone, without me. The
position is so circumscribed, SO bounded
by narrow limits, almost unnatural In
its restrictions, shall be very glad of
the freedom and chance to continue
my work which is more to my taste. l
have no misgivings about Mrs. Ceve-
land; she is older than her years, and
fully realizes her responsibility"
4*-
An occasional correspondent Of the
New York Tribune finds that of the
seventy.six Senators fourteen chew to.
bacco, and fifty.eight use tin one form
or another, while of the 325 Members
of the House only few abstain
wholly from tobacco. Over half the
Southern Members both smoke and
chew. In the Senate, those who chew
tobacco are Beck, Call, Edmunds,
Fair, George, Harris, Hearst, Jones of
Florida, Logan, Mcpherson, Morrill,,
Salisbury, Vance, Voorhees,, Whit
thorne and Wilson of Maryland.
Nearly all of them smoke also. Mr..
Wilson uses snuff, as does "the patri-
arch," Brown of Georgia. Captain
Bassett, the venerable doorkeeper, is an
expert on the question Of snuff, and
he purchases 1t in quantities and fur
nishes 1t to those Senators who use it.
Senators Morrill, and Mcpherson do
not chew tobacco except in the form of
cigars; that is. they cut up
cigars for the purpose, and one
cigar serves either of them
several days. Mr.. Harris takes his in
the form OF plug, from which he can
be seen in the Senate occasionally
biting Off Chew" Mr.. Vest was
formerly confirmed smoker and
chewer, but after severe illness and
on advice of physician he is said to
have abandoned the use of tobacco.
The other Senators who do not use to.
bacco in any form are Aldrich, Blair,
Colquitt, Dawes, Dolph, Hoar, Jones
of Nevada, Mcmillan, Miller, Mitchell
of Oregon, Morgan, Pike, Plumb,
Teller, Van WycS, and Payne. Mr..
ingalls, smokes on rare occasions. Mr..
Hale after the eXhilaration of good
dinner indulges in cigar. Mr. Cullom
once in while at a dinner party or on
some other social gathering smokes a
cigar, and then complains for several
days of the bad effect. Mr.. uoar
formerly used tobacco, but he has
abandoned the habit. Mr.. Blair puts
tobacco, liquors of all kinds and other
evil things behind him. Mr.. Eustis has
the distinction of being the only mem
Der of the Senate who smokes cigar
cites. AS he spends much of his time
in the cloak-room smoking he must
consume many cigarettes in the course
of day. Mr.. Cockrell confines his
smoking to his own house, where, with
clay pipe with n bamboo stem two
feet long. he apparently takes great
comfort. Mr.. Eyarts only smokes after
dinner.
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"The Old Philosopher, as CORE
spondent of the BaltimOreaR says, who
has seen him in the Congressional Iii.
brary, is man of fifty odd summers.
He appears to be in great povertyi this
Is so apparent your pity will be ex-
cited. His face even tells the tale; II
is careworn and full of despair This
man has seen trouble; in fact, is in
trouble. A very good form is en-
wrapped in an old ovcrcoat and seedy
pants. The pants are turned up-thc
overcoat buttoned tight, This is the
Philosophers wardrobe, summer and
winter. lie spends every week day of
ne IN tIn ropnrncciDnol IiI,ro,,,,