Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-02
CITY AND DISTRICT.
COXGEESSuEN AT
low Their wives Assist Them in Pub
lie DutIes.

There : "the other side 10 all these things.
I,s,is are mistaken who think that the wife Of
e.. average member q Congress leads delight
f.l existence here NJ Washington. There are sew
t. r..1s that 60 becomes the duty OF the wife Of
a -.atr-rpau % "a. Besides having an extensive
s.e-esaauleEce Of her own, chiefly with people
--lytr- O. reach her husband through her SYM
I-t.l-,, size often has to bel her husband In his
l.t.-r-wIl...-. II be l. lot rich man. Many
I...uJe-s' wives read serious works on political
economy, g.. which are sent to them from the
J..--a--f aI library, 50 as to help their husbands
D. tas4. C'JciIl duties Many wives, too, while
rla FGJa- believe they are circllng through
slH.rjr. are sending or documents for their hus-
bands. Iley sit "a tre back PaTlOT office, sur
rounded Uy hundreds OF books done Up in yellow
i..'-,i ,Jll,Tf-fre,." ana an. e." in the other.
TI-y Nrfr tl-ir husbands names over the an. C.. {"
and adi'--- The packages 10 influential constitu-
The vile o. representative Breckinrldge, OF
hrA'I -, does t.i> for her husband a. pleasure
o herself E1t SIZE Is one only OF q great many
Z. ~ assist JngIT husbands 50.
WINS OF NEW MEMBERS.
Bat all this Is merely pleasant pastime to
What tie wives Of some OF the new members
have % CnIure. They feel a thrill OF joy on being
Ct.lri tor The rrst time "Nrs. Representative, -
altEa.y I1l, az letter for half an hour before
opening 10, and their pulses beat hlSh when the
,....Is-- IT, 'iiln- Mis- ---' But there Is a
compensation Tor al these joys There are many
lyt 3. happy one. NJ one outside OF the family
l.u0.a The history ~ a great speech delivered on
tu- moor u she HOJSo. II the public knew there
would o. a spontaneous outburst OF sympathy for
the patient and oppressed ''Mrs. Representative. ("
rsCTl. l-1kc the mistake Ci thinking that this
- sy's time - taken up by calls, receptions, din
H-Fs ANA the whole list OF entertainments de-
signed Co shorten lie. They Go not stop 10 think
LJv Llucu i7 involved In an hours speech the
LfT4I. tar Sye. question: or ciyil-service relOrml
Iue history %. this speeCl begins at home. A 10
Ir-iic tragedy stands behind =! Much noble
--il--l .r..cc alt t0TbedTing philosophy has at
l'h.i A Is preparation. iie tcAsfessIlans VIE
has tslL the Vlgtiln- Perhaps IL Is a humorous
speech heavens. now much domestic suffering
has bctu caused " each well "wOrked up" joke J
at secret history Of the manuscript Is SAD IL Is
Wisely .etlcd from the puulic. The wife alone
knows H. The pIHched anu pale expression OF sad
r.--ua5 ion On her Lace alone Tells The story. No
e." r.s- kLOw, how those jokes or those bursts OF
t.OGJI-Ece We.lr upon the ties VI domestic happ-
Hess
HIsA TERRIBLE TEST
OF the devotion OF wife u st and listen to her
ma band, while, with wild gestIculation and
varied tones. L. reads over and over again some
liEh-SoundiEg sentence. committing 10 10 memory
AMI priCu-iu5 q, Effects. " hat deep and settled
SORROW sinks mo the WOman'S heart when she
I.UsJ listen 90 joke her husband Is memOnZng?
IiI tui~ - not haf OF II. Ordinarily the prepd-
rs.iH1 % speech - the result OF many ddys-per-
Alf.s trtAs-wOfk- DURING ih,s ;luc the vile Is !
t-.t- O. bt pTdCi ccl upon Night dni day, at all
Jf-.-, some fragment Of that speech. either IN
SOUND IT ia manuscript. Is sImew mere about the
T-.4.lLs 70, talking about Il, or repeating fras-
lu,ut- % himself aloud When he's away the
'-l.Ireu take AZ up, aud 40 every turn the vile
IGlS upon . biL o. manuscript
The BEGINNING OF TIE SPEECH
g. the collection u Information Ia this the wife
may be called upon 10 assist She Is expected 10
take On iEorilndte interest in cyclOpedla Stats
teal abstracts, census reports, and bound volumes
o. ola SPEECHES made u statesmen In the nOTid
t.lys n Roman UritUry. y Comparative statement
81 imports aHi exports, OF home production and
Domestic COLoLIup llu, Is expected 70 MI her soul
~ pressure II HSuFrS iEtt Snow the relative pro-
ul-4Gg Cap-CIty OI American and or pauper Tor
ELL Labor.
ZACH NEW DISCOVERY
made Oy the new member Is Laid before his wife
aud enlarged upon. lie discusses with her the
result OF his days labor reads To her his notes,
expands before Eer the thought that Is shaping
1J,e.I Ia his mind, and looks TO her for applause
AM app.vDatiOn- New facts he has discovered
are LAID OviJTe her singly and in groups, plain,
bare and unsupported, and wrapped up ana con-
Ccaled IN tLlCk CiOaAS OF deductions and conclu-
slO-S- She must listen while her lord reads pas
sageS or Old speeches IN miInlcSed OratOry.
I-scn lie HIS the skeleton OF his speech-the
speech unp3ddlhd with rhetoric. lie then hUrlS
hard facts aJ hrf with al his power OF voice, ana
s,,>s II there il any getting away from that. She
may smile sadly ud sty she thinks MT. And there
may b. = look behind that smile that he doesn't
Understand.
A!Jer Ae has read to her several times the skele-
ton Oh his grafton fills II with big words and
IotuHI sentences Inc vile quietly shuts the
window Is ne reads JheSt over. As a finishing
touch he turns 10 poetry To embelsh the OTalion
anu make II ornate with apt quotations. The speech
- then comp ete. and from That moment until he
goes over u Tor Tue last time after breakfast on the
morning II = 10 u burst upon the public he de-
isers II at lis vile every time he gets her alone,
a14 sic - at MS mercy.