Evening journal., 1888-08-03
MARY JAMES LETTER.
Congressman Better Looking from the
Gallery Than Near By.


Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Aug. at is rather re-
markable that the congressman the Wis
itor sees from the gallery and the CON
gressmen he sees face to face are very
different people. This is especially no
ticeable among people who are in the gal
leries a great deal, like newspaper people,
for instance.
In my own experience the faces Of GER
tain congressman are perfectly familiar
to me from the distance Of the galleries,
and | know them as well as my own, with
every line. wrinkle, mark and ex-
preston impressed upon tho sensory
matter of my brain; but when /
meet those same men passing in the lob
bies OF upon the street, which is seldom,
| have to take a second look to recognize
them. Distance softens faces wonder
fully, and unless members beauty con-
sists of delicate facial lines, sensitive
expression or something Of that sort. dis.
tance certainly lends enchantment to the
view. Another peculiar feeling the gal
lery acquaintance experiences upon meet
ing at close range one OF these distance
faces is the sense that she is looking at 1t
through magnifying glass, and while
am not impressed by the gigantic proper
items of congressman as seen from the
gallery. seldom stand by the side of one
without feeling that he is a very large
man mean physically, OF course. This
applies only TO those men whom do not
know personally and of whose PROPORTIONS
and whose linesments / judge only in q
purely mechanical way.
There is senator's wife In Washing
~. L. ..1T
Of affectation and insincerity, stickler
for style. and thoroughly subservient to
the demands of form. One of the burdens
of her life Is the compulsory entertain
ment of her husbands constituents, good,
honest yeomen, with influence and votes
which no politician can dare to ignore, and
she has more or less of it to do, but she
manages well, and it is only on rare oc-
casions that the art of the city and the
nature of the rural districts are brought
to the touching point. 1t happened once,
however, at little evening entertain
ment, and Farmer Grubbins and Mr..
Do Dood were thrown together, although
the lady had been careful not to hurt Mr.
DIS feelings by an introduction to the
farmer. Mr.. D., however, with better
manners than his hostess. didn't ignore
Farmer Grubbins, and seeing that the old
gentleman was diffident, engaged him In
conversation, OF rather drew him into
that In progress, and the lady began te
show signs Of nervousness as the old man
became Interested In the talk New York
city distances were the subject, and the
young man was telling how rapidly and
easily people got around the great town
with tho improved means Of transporta-
tion.
why" said he, with an English drawl
and mnnnerism peculiarly pleasing to the
lady, II take the tramway at my apart
uonts. and In the briefest possible time
am put down at my Office four miles
away"
Yes" nssented the old man, ''or you
can take street car and do the same
thing"
The young man was nonplused for an
instant The company smiled, but he
saw the old man was honest in mistaking
the tramway for some stylish mode OF
transportation, and went on, but the
hostess was so shocked at the Ignorance
of her husbands constituent that she did
not recover her equanimity all evening
The best part of it was that all the ladies
present considered that the Joke was Oh
the hostess and not on her country guest
One of the unpopular men in Washing
ton is Gen. Greedy, of the weather bu
reau, not because Of the weather lie pro
vides, but because Of the fact that III
| jumped from lieutenant's position to
brigadier generalship over men mucl
longer in the service, and because his ele
walton has given him enlargement Of thu
Uranium In other words, he feels hi
oats, and takes no pains TO conceal thu
fact from those with whom he comes il
contact. A case in point: A young lady
who knew him only as the Arctic hero,
was quite anxious to meet him, and ON
evening at a reception he was presented
"Ah, Mr.. Greedy" she exclaimed il
the usual girl fashion, Il am very gla'
to see you. l have been very anxious t
meet you indeed"
Eyes, "hereplied with winning modesty
81 have understood as much.
The girl saw he was in earnest and sh
was SO immensely pleased with him tina
she got away as soon as she could politel
do so, and has remained away ever since
Iheard that story at the Gossip club
and of course it is true.
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Washington has more queer turnout
than any city in the United States, an
AAt HuGtltab dLt AAlDoJ 0AANNn ~ vi
colored members Of society. The funnies
one have yet seen | ran across in Penn
sylvania avenue one hot day last weel
Tho wagon was loaded with chicke
coops and was pulled by better hors
than the darby usually drives, an
he had on a pair of pants-th
horse, not the darby. They were on ii
fore legs, fastened to the collar and fal
) ing gracefully to his hoofs. They wei
| second hand linen overalls and were prol
ably put on to protect the horse from Il
flies, but their effect was irresistibl
funny, and as the horse walked along Il
effect grew, until everybody stopped
: look and everybody who looked laugh'
+ and laughed; bpt the darby and the hor
, took no note and went their way.
On tho square beyond l met DR.. Ma
Walker, and she isn't half so comical
pants as that horse was. MARY JANE.