Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-04-28


others the poem of a dress she wears, and others
gaze with rapture on the noted pair.
We have had the pleasure Of meeting Senator
and Mrs. Berry, as well as several other Arkansas
friends One of our most delightful evenings out
was spent in the company of our old friends, Mr..
and Mrs. T. G. Riley, formerly Of Little Rock.
The same delightful hospitality that characterized
them there is a striking feature in their household
still. One does not feel that she is far from home
and kindred when under their roof BY the way,
Mrs. r. had not heard of the WoMAN's CHRONICLE,
and when | told her Of you she rejoiced in your
existence and wished you unbounded success.
When first saw the white house | was filled
with admiration, but that stately mansion almost
sinks into significance when compared with the
capitol. 1t is something like the human body,
{" fearfully and wonderfully made" covering as it
does so much space and so complete and hand
some in every particular. One seems mere
pigmy as ONE stands in the "echo chamber and
gazes up into the DOME And yet it is so grandly
beautiful one feels it is well to have large capa-
city for enjoyment even if small in other respects
The senate not being in session, we walked in and
sat down in one of the elegant chairs, and con-
Guided that the solons ought to be able to do
much good for their country while domiciled in
such comfortable quarters. The representatives
hall is larger but not so elegant as the senate
chamber. The vice-president has very little to
say in the affairs of state, but he has very COM
Portable room to say it in. When seated in one of
those great easy chairs one begins to think she has
tramped round quite enough and that it is time to
rest, and fingers Notwithstanding the party pro-
tests and insists they have not minute to sit
down. 81
How the president can veto any bill while occu-
plying a chair in that beautiful cred ROOM is a
mystery. The carpet, very fine in texture, is
woven in one piece, and the paintings on the wall
and ceiling are said to be the handsomest in the
building. 1t is rarely beautiful room, and [
should think that when near the close of the ses-
sion of congress the president enters it, he would
grow lazily Indifferent to the outside world and be
good natured enough to sign almost any bill
placed before him, But not SO with our presi-
dent "None of these things move him. and
luxuries do not prevent his performing his whole
duty.
As | stand amid these scenes of grandeur and
beauty there rises up before me vision of little
tow-headed country girl, wadng brooks, riding
horses bareback, climbing trees, and engaging in
all kinds of tomboyish pursuits, besides mperson-
ating "the maiden all forlorn that MIXED the COW
with the crumpled horn" This same little girl
loved the picturesque in nature and gazed with
rapture on the beautiful sunsets. Therein she
saw pictures of famous cities in all their gilded
beauty and longed to see them in reality, scarcely
dreaming that such would ever be her happy fate
Good fortune has smiled on her kindly and treated
her well, and she is now none other than
Your true FRIEND N. E. L.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April, 1885,
THEN AND NOW.
Among the addresses delivered before the Inter-