The Washington critic., 1889-03-15
The TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

the Ebbtt House lobby to-day, "Clarkson
got second place In the Postoflice Depart
ment, anyhow
"why didn't he get first place ?" quericd
dissatisfied friend
"fhat's what Clarkson wants.to know
was the disgruntlcd reply, and the two
patriots pulled for the shore.
"You have some oddities IN restaurants
and in prices here" said visitor from
another city yesterday, "and stranger is
perplexed and annoyed. I'll give you an
illustrations; The other morning, about
II o'clock, had fancy for buck
wheat cakes and maple syrup. | was
directed to the swellest place on + street.
l went up stairs, got for my order, not
buckwheat cakes and maple syrup, but
tough wheat cakes and sorghum, and was
charged twenty-five cents, Just for the poor
cakes. | had the same fancy day or two
later and went into the Woman's Exchange
on y street. got real buckwheat cakes,
light and rich, and maple syrup, ap-
parently fresh, from West Virginia. 1t
was delicious. was charged ten cents.
Will you tell me why In Washington had
10 pay two-anu-a-hail t'ihes as nuch ior the
poorer article US ior .hc goou one reier
W 'nls 'rinihg experience merely as sam
pie of what have observed In other things.
II seems to me this is town where one
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'a'i' proau-shouiuoreu man WIN
horiu complexion anu cheeks scanned WIN
n''ie reu VEINS, such US octoken lover Oh
tne good things Oh lie, especially LIQUIDS,
such face as is alluded to by Washington
irving IN his description OF Jolly old
Wouter van lwllicr, whose cheeks had
taken toli OF all that passed into his
s'oihacn' suoiied into an uptown saloon
Yesterday anu iookeu anNiousiy up ana
Gown 'he par ana pehind IL. shade OF
us"Ppoih.Mehe crosseu MS lace US ne
queried III tIe tone that seems 10 expect a
NEGATIVE reply, mo mint YETI
Inc Dafkeeper smiied as ne iaid down
lemon nc had peen paring for cocktails and
said' yes, we nave little mint; shall
make you JuiepH ~
Inc mans iaee prisnteneu up III aii IN
stan. anu nc heaveu sign Oh sa'isiaclion'
kelt ana make u quick am perish
Hg ior 'as.e oi grass nc repiied'
Inc oarkeeper TOOK tall heavy glass
put In teaspooniul OF sugar, aud little
water, which he stirred Tor moment.
snrav of der-,ook,ng mint with stems
li,,e y;olets and delicote leaves p,acing
tbis IN tho Glass en- tbat tho leaves snroad on,
around the ton of the tumbler no ed n
fur Of cracked ice
Then he reached for n hottie which vas
labeled "Old Julep., He drew the cork.
and with n pleasant purple the rich golden
LIQUID percolated through the CRYSTAL ice
and filed the plass. A alice of orange and
n hit of banana topped off the ,,i,ower
.oarden. - as this drinl, Is sometimes ca,,ed
The man seized the tcmnting-loo,,ino mix-
tnre. and buryinp his nose in tho mint
drank long and luscio1sly. the liouid sooth-
ing his marched tongue and the odor NJ the
mint reminding him of his boyhood days.
when, as a barefoot urchin, he Law stretched
out along the bank of tho creek below the
orchard waiting for bite, while the sweet
mint-beds along. the bank mingled their
odor with the apple blossoms scent and
the bumblebee diyed into the red clover
for sweets and all the air was fresh and
fragrant with the June days loyeliness.
The secret of mint julep In March Is
this: The mint Is raised in the hot-house,
but II lacks strength, so to reinforce IL the
careful barkeeper keeps o bottle Of julep
which he made last summer by boiling
down strong, rank mint, putting the es..
sence in portions of old Nelson County and
sealing IL up for use.a Then next spring,
With a snrav. of bothnuea mint ~, rive Az