Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-29

themselves as the genu-
Of the capital, and per-
B, but it Is an aristocracy Of
nd professional hacks and
BY.
hg characteristic OF tho Fed
Is tho determined and industri-
her In which the natives "live
eir visitors Washington cares
title which party wins the presi-
% the now administrations which
b In every four or eight years bring
In Of money to be plucked. For the
han OF money who comes into Washing
lon for q sojourn of a month or a year
yor moro a score of leeches lie in wait
II he remains but day or two tho ho-
tells, which are like those of Jersey City,
with New York prices, get much the
best chance at him, though ably assisted
by the cabman, the waiter, the barber
and pretty much everybody else with
whom he comes in contact. Tipping IL
hore almost European, and II one W ants
anything TO eat in a hotel or restaurant.
or decent treatment in barber shop, ne
would better be generous with his quar-
ters.
The man who stays a considerable time
In Washington Is likely to run foul of
the real estate sharp, tho house agent,
the furniture dealer or the horde Of
tradcsmen. In the colony of transients
Washington tradesmen are known Us
''robbers," though this offensive word
should not be too literally construed
The Washington tradesman is honest,
but peculiar. lie is old fogyish gener-
ally. Often ne is Indifferent about sell.
Ing goods He sits IN the front Of his
>>yQu have made known your wants
Thea he rises rather reluctantly, and
moves slowly after he,is up, as much as
TO say you are putting him to a good
deal Of bother.
Sometimes, indeed frequently, he
doesn't keep the article you want, and in
such cases he appears to be delighted.
II saves him the trouble Of getting up.
Nor will he give you any explanation of
his failure 10 keep in stock the article
you seek. All he will say Is. "We've
never kept it." And he never will keep
il, for after the average Washington
tradesman gets into rut Of keeping GER
tain things. or not keeping them-par
ticularly the latter--he is sure TO stay in
the rut.
In large stationery store on the ave.
nue. asked for mucilage.
I'VE don't keep it,"
.whyY'
"Don't know. Only, we've never
handled it. But l can give you bottle
Of glue"
II you want your purchases delivered
at home yon must give the Washington
tradesman plenty of time. He will take
It anyway, whether you give it TO him
or not. This afternoon" of Monday in
variably means Wednesday morning. A
grocers clerk actually told me they
-Nould deliver stuff for my dinner "if it
didn't rain 30 the wagon couldn't go
out" Persons who have lived here many
years say they never yet had anything
delivered to them at the time promised.
=. As 70 prices, the Washington trades
man is inexplicable. The only known
quantity is the largeness of his charge
u all depends upon the haste in which a
man il TO get rich. In a mems furnish
ing store bought wool and silk shirt
for $3.50. Next door, Il few minutes
later, saw a shirt Of same materials,
pattern and make marked So. so.
"Why do you sell dollar cheaper
than your neighbour asked this dealer
my neighbor says it is because au a
fool Isay it is because am not one of
The robbers"
Perhaps the long, wide, lazy avenue
b Washington's most perfectly typical
feature. The street cars move very slow
u. and stop anywhere and everywhere
These are the most accommodating street
ears on earth. When q customeS is ready
b leave store clerk is sent out to hail
street Car, and the car stops and waits
while the customer rather leisurely
makes her way out the front door ond to
the middle Of the wide street On a busy
shopping day a good walker can beat a
street car from the treasury to the Capi-
tol
The life Of the avenue is the bicycle.
u b seen everywhere, and the wheel
men appear to be the only persons who
ars In hurry. There Is nobody in the
shrongs OF pedestrians who hasn't leisure
enough to enable him to lounge in front
Of the show windows. And what a
Seisurely. lazy crowd that is which pours
out OF the departments at p. m. of
warm summer afternoon and saunters
Gown the principal thoroughbred
Government clerks are almost as law
~ the negroes, though they do not do
their sleeping in public, as do the happy
sons Of Africa Every block or two
along the streets one comes upon sleep
ing darky. Tho bootblack sleeps in his
own chair. and the customer wakes him
up with some difficulty. 1t is fact that
IN front Of Wizards hotel two boot
blacks. rivals In winter, form a pool in
bot weo1hes. the terms OF the compact
heing - wisils one sleeps the other
4oo - ooG1nD4 With ssceipts divided.