The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-31
WASHINGTON NOTES.
TWO or THE pRsTTlfsr FAMILIES
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WASHINGTON. March 2s.--A conductoi
on the Fourteenth street line Of hors,
cars tells of notable load Of passenger,
his car carried on one OF his trips during
the HOLIDAYS On one side of the car sal
eight girls and young ladies. the youngest
being about or : Though some had
black hair and some golden. there was 9
family resemblance between all the
eight. and all were more OF less pretty
and piquant On the other side Of the
car were nine girls. in age from up
ward. and also booking much alike. The
girls on one side looked at the girls Oh
the other with much curiosity. and the
few other passengers who were able tc
find seats In that vehicle gazed at botl
sides with i'll concealed amazement. .
The eight girls were sisters. daughters
Of Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller. The
nine girls were also sisters, daughters of
O Mr. solomon. one Of the wealthy He
brew residents of Washington. Prob
ably these are the most numerous and
prettiest families Of girls 10 be found In
the Capital City. II is one Of these Full
Her girls. and perhaps the prettiest OF
them, Pauline. who has lately created q
sensation by running away TO he mar
riel The solomon girls are not often
seen on the streets or in public convey
ances, as they live an exceedingly re-
tired life and are privately educated
They are said to be very refined. accom-
pIished and every one beauty, max
inc, when all together. an array Of girl
ish loneliness not TO be excellod by anv
family in America The conductor and
driver Of the car which was honored
with the III essence OF so many beauties
have not yet recovered from their en-
thusiastic admiration for their seventeen
passengers. -.
The chief Justices daughters are very
popular in Washington for their sim,
plicity. vivaciry and hearty manners.
There is no aifectation in the Fuller
household 4 few weeks ago. when the
social season was at its high tide. Miss
Grace Fuller introduced two Of her call
crs. One was hot house attache Of a
foreign legation in Washington, a pref
~. delicate thing. with drawl. lisp
high collar. thick cane and much affec-
<ation of indifference and social superior
iiy. The other was young newspaper
man from the west. not very tall but as
muscular as an athlete. At the intro
ductiOn the westerner extended his
hand in the fashion Of his country. The
attache merely bowed and drawled
"Ah--glad To see you-ah-- Uh'---
But to such cold formality the west
crner had not been accustomed. He be-
lieved in shaking hands when introduced
10 gentlemen. and 50 he stood with his
arm outsirctched. The naughty aristo-
crat saw the hand Of his new acquain-
tancc but turned his head in n pretense
Of not seeing it and endeavOrcd to con
finue the conversation. Now the west
erner's dander was up, and he said to
himself he would make the scion of arts
tocracy shake his hand or know the rea-
son why. A glance at the smiling face
and twinkling eyes Of his hostess as
stlred him Of her sympathy and up
prevail. and. thus encouraged. he step
y =.
attache. again extended his hand and
awaited results. iis antagonist. in this
somewhat amusing bat momentarily
serious struggle. looked first into the
face Of the hostess and then into that Of
the wescerner He biushed and STAIN
mered. and finally. with as good grace
as possible under the circumstances,
grasped the proifered hand.
Miss Fuller. who had keenly enjoyed
the little combat, clapped her hands in
glee and smiled on both victor and van.
ouished. For second or two the latter
also smiled. as II dawned upon him that
this was wild western joke; but his
satisfaction was of short duration. In
twinkling he found his delicate little
hand in the grip of giant, the athletic
victor closed his muscular fingers about
the soft and tlabby digits of tho attache.
and relentlessly ground them together
ill Joints cracked and an exclamation of
pain escaped the sufferers lips. He kept
his temper, however. and there was no
"soene" in the chief Justices drawing
room. e.
Senator Coke. of'Texas, Is a man of
great adaptabilty In the great state
which he has the honor to represent in
the senate he is a Texan. not above sit
ing on fence TO talk politics with his
neigh5Ors, and prone To slap men on the
back and occasionally TO extend or ac-
cept, in hearty western fashion, an invi-
tation 10 60 out and take drink. But
in Washington the senator is quite diff
ferent sort OF man. Here he believes in
doing as the Washingtonians do-wear.
ing good clothes and great deal of dig
nifty Some OF his constituents are not
aware OF the change which a journey
from Texas TO the District of Columbia
makes in the senator's department. and
several amusing incidents illustrative Of
the incongruity OF prairie freedom with
capital dignity have lately occurred
Three cattle men from frontier county
in Texas were in Washington few days
ago. and decided 10 call on Senator Coke
al his house. A servant opened the
door for them. and from the hall
they cspied the senator in an ad
joining parlor. Without removing
their hats or boihering with the
formality Of sending in cards they bolt
ed into the parlor, shook both Of Coke's
hands at once. called him "Dick. slapped
him on the back and altogether over
whelmcd him with the familiarity and
warmth Of their greeting. As soon as
the senator could recover himself. he
thus addressed his visitors: "Now, So
here. friends, in Washington we don
do business this way. You should hav
removed your hats in the hail and sen
in your cards or names by the servant
want every man of YOU to go out int
the hall remove your hats. tell the ser
want your names, toe announced IN the
proper way and come In like gentlemen.
The astonished visitors did as they were |
told and after keeping them waiting |
about five minutes the sen1tor ordered |
them admitted They filed in, looking |