Evening journal., 1888-06-18
Especial correspondenee.l

Public BKen.
Especial Correspondencel
WASHINGTON, June 1--we had dined +
-Dickey and land were strolling out /
under the trees in the delicious june twi- !
light, when. as the Hoosier poet says.
lone naked star has wadod through the /
purple shadows of the night"
"Dickey," said l. inspired by the time
and our environments, what is so rare
as a day in JuneY"
well, Mary Jane" said she diseord-
antly emphatic, 81 can't speak for others.
but for myself | think a decent dinner at
q Washington boarding house after the
season is
OF course, after that. hadn't anything
more to say in poetic strain, and / went 10
thinking of more practical things and the
more l thought the nearer | approached
Dickey's conclusion.
There is no use attempting TO conceal
the fact, dinner that Is at all appetizing
Is rare thing at Washington boarding
house when business is dull Nor Is it
much better at first class, high priced
hotels. In the winter people are plenty,
rooms are full. tables are crowded. and
the generosity Of landlord or landlady ex-
pands az the purse grows fat and the hope
tQl IlOlA AAAlttotof 0tAt Aiit NNiN AAN iAAt
iexodus OF visitors begins that very day
does the bill Of fare begin to dwindle
and the stay at home club people
have to pull in their Wristbands and
take n reef or two in their capacities.
The complaint on this score Is general.
but it is Of annual recurrence, and has
become one of the institutions of the
national capital so that little or no atten-
/ tion is paid to it. The rush IN this line Of
! business may be said TO cease when Lent
begins. In the season many prominent
/ people in official circles board, because It
/ is cheaper, in that they do not have to
entertain, or because it is moro convent
/ ent, or because it is advantageous in in
/ creased associations. or for manifold other
reasons. but when the season closes these
people take furnished houses for three or
four months, or the men send the women
away and live at restaurants and hire
cheap rooms, utterly regardless Of the
fact that landlords and landladies must
live, and that all the year round boarders
must live, too and can't afford TO live at
restaurants. where stomachs are filed in
the proportion that poeketbooks are
emptied. -
Speaking Of that rare as q day in June
quotation, | heard a right good society
marker tho other day. Ono of our young
men, who is nothing If not a dude land
almost that, of course. If he is), was call
ing On the daughter Of a congressman,
who is very bright girl The converse.
tion ran little slow after the current
gossip had been disposed Of, and the girl
IN fit Of abstraction, asked in semi
soliloquy:
"What is so rare as a day in Junei'
The young man gazed at her and int
the far away intensity Of thought for a'
much as two minutes.
"Well. really. Miss Nellie" he replied
II must give II up. | was never verl
good at conundrums anyway, don't yoi
know. What is the answers"
Tho girl was thoroughly aroused b
Z this time and ii was her turn to look a
B him. He was IN dead earnest, and actual
had taken tie quotation for late s0ciet
( conundrum. and the girl never told hiI
any better. -
it's little funny how mans greatnes
dwindles ia Washington and now muc
more impressive the lesser qualities ar,
Z at least to women. For instance, | wa
!, talking to a young woman about a state.
man who figured well at the st. Lou
e convention. And was it the mans reco1
o as a statesman and his fortune as a cit
z zen Of Boston that impressed her mos
/ Well, not hardly.
!, '.Oh, yes" she said confidently, Il +
!. member him He's the man who weai
his trousers so short as to make an en-
= tbaITassing display Of his soclSs~
: Now, did you ever hear of the like
/ that beforeg
d OF another who is statesman and
d home in that field. but who is disposed
a be foolish in his fattery Of women.
is heard n girl say:
b well, of all the driveling idiots I ev
a met. that man heads the list
t, No doubt to her he was exactly that.
4 And of a congressman. who is a mast
hand in politics and chairman Of COZ
, nittec, one woman said
: He is worth 100000. and has his SC
: ary of $4,000 q year. but half doll
clings closer 70 him than Aunt Iemims
e. plastcr--tho more you try to get it off Il
,. tighter it sticks the faster.
r A somewhat amusing story tunaccOr
I. panied by alfidayits) comes to me conccr
r. ing Mr. Tom Reed, the Republican lead
IA of the house 1t appears that on one Z
IN casion Mr.. Reed was stopping az "A h0t'
rk Just where is not stated, and about
i hour after he had retired for the night
= heard knock at his door.
% "Who's thcre?" he asked, starting
ana Ueeflhg lnlO tine utiAAhtoo.
" Hello. Shaml Samy' came the iuqu
u ing, uncertain voice Of loaded man, loo
rt ing for somebody
Mr. r. got up and opened the door.
at my name isn't Sam. he said. in
pleasant humor what do you want
Skushe me, muttered the visit
making a staggering bow. 'Ain't Sha
'Skushe me, and he stumbled along do'
the hall
o. The Maine statesman retired. and as
dozed of another knock shook the door
H. "Shaml Oh, Shaml" eame the sa
30 thick voice.
IS. MY name amt Sam. just told yol
10. yelled the disgusted congressman throu
m the door.
- "'Skushe me" came back the answ
81 Skushe me" and without further
mark the intruder withdrew and
sleeper tried to sleep again
., But not for long. Again the kn'
no and the call
"Shaml Oh. Shaml" plaintively.
ife Mr.. Reed got up and opened the door
D. This thing has got to stop" he
ate claimed, angrily eve told SOU tv
in my name isn't Sam, and won't be
III noyed any longer"
IN "'Skushe me, 'skushe me. numb
~ the stranger. holding on TO the d
- frame and leaning in. "Whaz mazl
- Name ain Sam2 VIII (hic) wo- wo
YES you have my 'biectionsh (hic) t. tellin