, 1889-09-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SUMMER OUTING.
How Northern and Southern Women
FIirt.

How Nnrthern and Southern Women
: J. lo-cly time at the wharves which
almost negatively Indicate the remnant
sunrise IF Il murEiug. and one fiDds rO-
u.-f.re even in the loading and unload
ia- = freight Here the negro stands
~u; against a pictuesque background
anI Gi- shiny face and GIistening teeth
IL b- eujrys 2 y a'ermcI:On are something
q carry in ouc'5 mind for food for merri-
r-,;t on a glonDy day. The little wharf
rats come IN the evening for their fruit,
wa3ch j. refuse stuff, at the best. and
maay dose of paresoric is needed by
these hardy little specimens OF humanity
4 ,riu- Tue fruit season.
After getting as far as the vharves ID
my stroll the other morning, l was
tempted by the whistle OF steamboat
whistle To take Wifi of sea cir and
who the passengers were that were
starting off for their outings. The
shores Of the Potomac are much sought
hy people OF moderate means and shsrt
vacations. who OF necessity must take
their pleasuring near home. 1t is a
lovely country all along both banks, and
but Tor the malaria that nature-who al
ways balances her benitice-has planted
there would be as ideal as a summer
home. "Why don't you 90 away into
the mountains?" said a summer visitor
to native who was shaking with ague.
ooh, We don't mind little thing of this
kind" said the sufferer, eve just feed on
quiHine, its cheap now, for few days
and that pulls us out all right" 1t is
said the only drugs the country physi-
clans down the Potomac carry are pare
goric and quIninc for adults. But ma
laria has no fear Tor the young people
who 20 bathing, fishing, Grabbing and
sailing to be had on either the Maryland
or Virginia shores.
The boat on this particular summer
morning that write OF was well freight
ed with humanity from teething babies
to tOothlcss old men. The ride on the
river was delightful, and time slipped
away unnOticed between my admiration
for tine pretty summer girls on board and
the beautiful, low shores OF old Maryland
and Virginia, and it was with sort of
grim satisfaction | thought how the
charms OF those ancient danes for
whom these states were named would
he hard pressed by those of our Ameri-
can girl Of the period.
| had an opportunity to study the diff
ference in the style OF Irritation between
the northern and southern young woman
for we had on board brown-eyed belle
from Richmond, whose large orbs and
southern accent | admired until saw
her northern sister, cultured Young
woman from the Club" whose exqui-
site complexion and expressive blue
eyes were as in striking contrast to the
Virginia girls us was her broad English
pronunciation to her southern sisters
soft speech, whose every syllable had the
appealing sound that makes man putty
1t once. Their methods of warfare were
equally different, for with Eer accent the
New England beauty had imported the
muscle and agility OF her cousins Eng
iish, while in the face of the Southern
belle was the helpless, clinging, the "you
are O-much- stronger than-I" express
sion, which plays havoc with so many
men, while the little Yankee indicated
IN every movement and expression that
her admirer was to her only an object of
amusement, luxury rather than ne
'ssity, which she could ut a moments
notice do without.
There is a Very general belief now in
golitical circles here, that Pension
Commissioner Tanner will have to retire
iro:a the pension office. His most un-
pardonable sin, it is said, is laxative
ness; and for this it is believed he will
have to 20. The presidents sympathy
"Ilh the soldiers inclines him to approve
lIncraity to% lrd them, and it is believed
that even ii Il point were strained in
that direction he would be slow to con-
denim. Thdre is no idea that the COM
missioner will he removed under any
ir}rHcatipu Uf dishonesty or perversity
"i mot.Ve, nor Is It al all likely that n
charge OF too great liberaiity on the part
of h.T Tnuner wun'i Influence the pres
ldcut Il a!Hst iIini, unless it shonId he
= uir;Etal ready gross. The Uuly thing,
l. + said. he administration has to
Complain nf iS thnt hr talks too much
and ~ft"out sufficient discretion, aud is
c c'm;Iole'i 10y sentiment aud impulse
rather than 10y cain reason.
he uFw Chiuess minister though he
IS - bring his wife along with him, will
kee: h-r strictiy secluded from society.
has probably read some of the absurd
At res which were cHITent in the press
"t 'ha country abu.t the enthusiastic
m'u ar IN which the Washington public
attend rec: p'ious at the Chinese lera-
'n q, aud carry eff everything they lay
- ea on that j. attractive. n.;d movable.
achs-Landes