The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-01
MARY JAMES LETTER.
SHE is NEARLY OVERCOME BY
THE HEAT.
The Soda Fountains Of the Capital Arc
Almost the Only Salvation of the WASH
inctonians-The Capital as City OF
Scientific riuking neutrality-suspicious.
rs, ecial Correspondence.


WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Hotl
Well. | should perspire to remark
That's what Washington has been for
: a week or more, and when Washington
Gets that way it gets that way like
f,an wants a pistol in Texas.
met a bright Washington girl on the
| street yesterday.
She wore a look Of despair (Which was
plenty. considering the weather., ana
Other raiment. considering the proprietles.
ooh. Mary Jane" she gasped. give me
an oar.
/ Give Won an oar9' said |, amazed.
Yes; give me an oar SO | can paddle
ashore"
i Paddle ashoreg'' said |, startled.
Yes. paddle ashore said she
! What do YOU mean" said |.
"Why. I'm in a sea Of perspiratlon, ana
if could only reach a dry place might
be saved.
J didn't Give her CT oar. bnt took her
into a druggery and fed her on a soda
wafer internal bath rs a counter irritant.
( And am reminded right here OF what
soda water loving population we
have in this town. Everybody knows
: that as n drinking town the national cap
! ital stands at the head Of the list, owing
10 the fac; that politics and politicians
dominate the place and liquor dominates
politics and politicians, but that refers
| only to tue men and to such drinks as
make drunk come Il seems 20 be in
| the air. however. arv when the soda fount
begins 10 sputter and sizz, all kinds OF
people, regardless Of age. sex. color ana
previous condition. file up to the various
counters of the various drug stores and
go through pretty much the same motions
as the old s.agers do who support the sa-
looms, except the motions Of reaching
under the edge of TIE counter for tie pub
4 lie towel and going for Glove or piece
] of lemon peel with which to disinfect the
, breath Strange as it may seem to those
who have Evolutionary knowledge OF
| Washington habitues, congressman, sen.
! ators and other lofty functonaries OF
/ government are not averse TO the mild
hammered and inoifensive efsrvescent,
ard they too, on warm nights, give great
! hope to the temperance workers by
marching up boldly and taking soda as
( if they liked it and would drink nothing
| else between that drink and bed time.
| hope. however, that | am not betray-
! ing state secrets when | say that the
Young man who runs the fountain soon
+ gets ACQUAINTED with The statesmen, and
+ that Bourbon by the name Of straw berry
| tastes AS rood. OF course don't charge
those good men with practlcing any de
ception but If the soda clerk wants to tell
= me pleasant little anecdotes Of how Sen
ator Y and the member from Wayback
l plav Jokes on each other, surely I'm not
10 blamc Neither am 10 blame if the
soda cler,; fixes me up a soda from the
recipe they have given him, and 1t makes
me feel so funny that | have TO go home
and 60 to bed.
was talking TO q congressman daugh
ter the other day about being rich.
Il wish was worth SIC, c90, 600, said
she
What would you do with it," said |.
well. Id buy $500 worth OF dia-
! monds and soda fountain"
Simple in her tastes, wasn't shel
heard a good story this week of
| Judge Chcnowith first auditor of the
treasury. and Col. Dick Wintersmith, del
egate-at large TO Washington for life. 1t
NAV be whiskered tale, but will tell 1t
rs new and fresh One day the colonel
{ went into the first auditors Office and
found the judge very much detected in
deed.
Hello. Chcnowith. he said. what 5
wrong! You look like You had been 70 a
] funeral.
Il haven't" said Chcnowith; but I'm
IN bad luck. have just heard that Il
/ note held on a man for $500 had gone to
/ protest. and I'll have 10 make other ar
| fragments 20 meet several obligations.
and haven't any money TO do it with ami
! don't know where 10 get Il.
The Judge continued TO deplore his sad
| fate and the colonel sympathized and
soothed for some sine and finally went
away.
Next day he came again.
BY thunder. Chenowith, he said az
.oon as he came in. what T. mind reader
| cou are.
Mind reader? What do YOU meany"
inquired the judge in innocent amaze
! ment
why. about that $500 note Yesterday.
came in here at that time to borrow
$50
Whether Il really was case Oh iiiuA
reading or not nobody knows, and no
body is finding out any more than Col
Dick isn't getting the so.
Stories about the peculiarities or -,cen-
triciries of Miss Amclie Eives, though she
is no longer Miss Eves. are going tho
rounds. and am in receipt Of one which
is Indicative. y couple of Washington's
eilded youth were down in Albemarle
county not long ago on Il hunting eXpedi-
ton, and being properly indorsed, they
concluded 10 call on the Ovidian novelist.
They went. and were ushered into the par
lor, where they waited an hour, and then
the young woman entered, and the two
oungsters-scarcely old enough to vote,
either of them-were almost scared out OF
their wits. She came in attired in pure
white gown, with an immensely long train,
and with great angel sleeves reaching to
the floor, and bearing III her two hands,
like some weird prIestess, a huge lamp,
emitting the softest rays Of shaded light.
The boys at once thought of "She, and
s.ll I..n