The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

Commissioner Mitchell of the Patent
Ofllce is one OF the most aTable AMI cour-
teous officials under the new regime, and he
enjoys Joke, even II IL is at his own cx-
pensc. have q cousin, Charles l.. Mitchell,
he remarked to THE CRITIC photographer,
who used TO be q Member OF Congress from
Connecticut, and judging from recent
events he must have been pretty popular
here In fact, when au appointment was
made out for me as Commissioner Of
Patonts II was sent TO him, as he appeared
10 be the only Mitchell In Connecticut.
| The chances are that my valuable services
would have been lost to the Government
but for the fact that he sent me letter
| from New Haven, stating that my appoint
meit was on his desk, and that could
have II II wanted II. His initials are
| Charles l.. and mine are Charles L. lie is
Democrat and cousin OF mine, but
don't think there will he any question of
| my politics after get matters In shape In
the Patent Bureau II is good place to
hold, for am informed that II is the only
branch OF the service that pays expenses,
aud turns In a revenue TO the Treasury up
ward Of 900 per annum, am told.
s@s
Robert Mantell, Kyrle Bellew and all the
rest of the male professional beauties and
heart-wreckers met their Waterloo, at lie lst,
so far as Washington is concerned. They
have laid down their colors to q man who
can boast neither OF grandeur in stature nor
symmetry of legs. He is "Little Tich,"
who has, in company with various other
speciality people, been giving refined
variety show at the National Theatre,
under the title of "The Crystal Slipper"
lie Isn't bigger than a small boy, has five
fingers and thumb on each hand and six
toes on each foot. lie isn't pretty, but the
ladies all say he is too cute for anything
| appearance. But he is imperious to deli
cate attentions and ''mash notes. He Is
married. He was great favorite in the
vaudeville theatres and is equally popular
| in the society portions Of the legitimate
stage. His popularity among the fair sex
is doubly to be valued, because he is loved
'not for his charms, but for himself alone"
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1t is impossible to realize the depths OF
out visiting the Police Court OF this city.
The sanitary condition Of the Police Court
is horrible, and the miserable human
beings who are penned In the basement to
await trail are treated with less considera-
tion than the cattle in a railway car. There
are only two cells in the basement, and the
atmosphere is so thick and fetid that the
first impulse is invariably to leave It with
| all possible haste. "Drunks,n 'vags' and
thieves in all stages of depravity and un-
cleanliness are huddled together and COM
PEELED to spend hours together. The first
offender in some trivial matter is crowded
in with these people. The horrors of those
cells should Of itself be enough to check
the tendency to crime, but once experienced
they seem only to confirm the victim In
his degradation. There is very little chance
| Tor man after he has once been locked up
| N those cells.
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Editorial hatreds sometimes work to the
pr judice Of innocent outsiders, and case
in point is that Of the brilliant 81. Louis at
torney, Cornelius Mcbride, just appointed
inspector Of land agencies for the Interior
Department. Mr.. Jones, editor OF the st.
Louis Republic has, toward Mr.. McCullagh,
editor Of the st. Louis Globe Democrat, a
hatred so deadly that it couldn't be made
more intense were IL saturated with vitriol.
Mr.. McCullagh and Mr.. Mcbride are
friends. Mr.. Mcbride, as leader of the
young and active Republican element in
st. Louis, was spoken OF for a Govern
mental appointment. That personal
friend of his enemy should get anything
was too much for Mr.. Jones, and the mau-
ner in which Mr.. Mcbride has been handled
by the Republic has been what Truthful
James once described as "frequent and
painful and freen Meanwhile Mr.. Nc
Bride, counted by many the best off-hand
talker in Missouri, has been making local
campaign speeches calculated to make
Democratic hair curl The fight has been
one Of the most delightful on record, and
must have done good all round II the
other participants are in the fresh and
jovial mood in which Mr.. Mcbride seems to
| have emerged