The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-08
WAXEM'S PHILOSOPHY
NE WRITES OF THE CONGRESS OF
NOTED WOMEN.
There IL some Real Work Doing IN Con-
cress But 1t IL Not Important-A Navy
Wanted for the Observation-Disclosures
thing About shin Plasters.
Especial Correspondence.l

thing About shin Plasters.
Especial Correspondence
WAsnINGroN, April 5.-In matters OF
lecislatin. | cant say we amt dom nothin
in congress, fer we cir. we ar DIZZY
EVERY day dom sOmcthin, but somehow
when we cit the results Of orr work piled
M il seems to ,it the shrinks, and thar
oint hardly ANYTHING left. II reminds me
1 good deci Of piln q crib chock full OF
green corn in the fall, and expectin To ina
it full af,cr winters dryin.
Thar has been a site Of small bills inter-
duccd and PASSED and rcferd 70 comlttys
and one thing or other like us statesmen
hav q way OF doin TO perfect the peoples
intrusts Some is important ana some
aint with shucks, but one that seeks 70
eqalizc the sallcries Of postmaSters CHECKS
INV intrusts and the intrusts OF EVERY
rite minded LEGISLATOR. Postmasters IS one
of the main links that c0nnccks states
man To success. POstmasiers Is on speekln
terms with EVERY man and woman IN Ills
naberhood, and cf he don't 20 To see them
they come to see him, and EVERY time
tbcv soc him they see the home reppere-
sontitiv of Their national repperesontitlv.
Ef he Is polite as basket OF chlps anu IN
smilin nh the time it makes them feel
Good. and IF he amt, then they don't. III
he aint gittin fair rcccompense fer ms
laber. then he can't be polite and aiierbel,
and he cits unpopular. and so does tho
man that got him the place. There
fore us statesmen is bound TO SEQ
20 il that our home rcppercsentitivs
rits all thar is i'm it, The highest pay any
80. ~ =
per aunium. and thar is some that don't
git mOrcn $50 I'm some other deestrlchs,
that has got biz cities with them, sailar-
les run up as high as $1,000 per annlnm'
Now I'm in faycr Of equaliZin there SAVER
les. and giyin more money to the little one
and less TO the big one. Thar is good
many more gittin two or three hundeu
dollars n yer than thar is gittin $4,WO,
and they CONTROL er good many moro
votes and votes is the ultimatum that we
air all seekin
Another little bill has been introduced
fer putin an extry photographer in the
navy. Newer havin been close stud
dyer of naval afares, | can't jist say
what n photographer is, but from an 1
can hear it strikes me that instid OF git
tin an extry photographer fer the navy,
we had better be gittin navy fer the ny
drographers that we have allreddy got
We may git in q war with Spane fer her
insult in havin CristOpor Columbus sell
LIBERATION, and shettn ont the brltest
Jewell that he found in the new world,
and Of we do she's got ships enough to
come over here and clean of our coasts
ten miles back into the country before we
con cit ND steam. And, Dir. Edditey,
Spane is , nation that has had the dry rot
fer 100 yers' W0ulden't Il lickin Ivy
setch a country as that be q glorious rec
cord fer rs to hand down to our posterity'
We have been tryin TO restore the old
time ".hiu plasters' TO the curensy OF the
country. and ] think we air gon TO sue
cede / have a long petition from my
dcestrick askin fer It, and thar was good
many others My people hes TO send
away to cit a good many things they zee
advertised IN the newspapers, and they
hated TO pay frate rates on sendin silver
money, with = chance all the time that II
wuld git lost or stole by people feelin 1t
thrugh the envellop and cabbidgin it. In
NY own case, | hay often wanted to send
Mandy half dollar when she rote to me
fer money, but never could. and doller
was the only convenient amount ] could
inclose. You will see, Mr. Edditer, that
dublin the sum on n man that way soon
gets TO be a hardship and thar ought 10
be some perfection Afforded him. with
shin plasters plenty | can cut down my
home expenses Of that mater about one
half. Newspaper subscribers, too can gis
ther money To the eddter in better Shape,
and his drawer won't be cOntinuerly filled
with postage stamps that he has got u
sell at discount or waste in rltin letters
list to save the discount Retale declerS
all over the country will be benefited and
lots OF small bills will be pade, because
tho detters will send a shin plaster fer the
novelty Of the thing.
Thar was two congresses in session IN
Washington last Week, the regular ono
that everybody knows about and another
ono OF women OF course ourn had to
plny second fiddle 10 the Indies, and We
done it with our usual galantry. Polite
ness is cheap and as long as we air polite
TO the ladies they can't sit mad and resort
to arms TO force Us into legislatin fer ther
interests like they want us 20 Women
amt got no votes and as long rs they Amt
we air not gOin TO set up mites ilggerin on
how TO GIT Their lniuents Ter canpane pur-
poses Thor congress here was aiuterna-
tionai council of women selcbratin the
fortieth anniversary Of the first woman's
rites convention, and a good many OF
tlrm looked like they was old enough 10
vote at that convention. line a woman's
rite- when it comes to = wOman's rite
10 be q loyn wife, n good mother a dutt-
full Gauter, ernest Christian, a tender
nuss, p comforter to the sick and su;lerin,
lite in dark places, a noted advocate OF
temperance, q moral glide, II butitul crit
ter for the world to love, beam OF sun
shine in every room Of home, a visiter TO
the pore, charm 10 the rich, and IN
EVERY way a llvin egsampel that she Is
Heyvins best gift TO man, but amt in
favcr Of her gitten down to the low level
OF politics and votin and werkin up a
campane and settin up with the boys and
actin generlly like most of us statesmen
has to do.
Men has got one field 10 I'll and women