Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

up the affairs of the nation within the halls
ofthe Capitol the wives and daughters are,
with even more assiduity and industry,
keeping up the social end by the observance
of the conventional code of etiquette which
prescribes receptions, calls, teas, luncheons
and al the other methods BY which time is
killed and the flying hours are gilded. AL
though the administration set is supposed to
be in mourning most OF the wives OF the
Representatives held open house on Tues
day, and the Senators on Thursday, and dis
pensed the usual hospitalities arrayed in
full dress, and assisted by beVies Of fair
maidens in all stages of
BEAUTY AND UGLNEss
in Directoire and Empire gowns, which in
many cases were as decollete and short
WASTED as are seen in the famous pictures Of
Madam Recamier and the Empress jose
phine. Women, who in the good old days
we read about were wont to SIT in the fire.
side corner and knit stockings for theiT
grandchildren and mediate on memories Of
the iong-gone past, are nowadays heading
the rows at receptions, and in low-cut gowns
are giving exhibitions of spinal columns and
bare bosoms that would have shocked their
grandmothers into fits What fools we NOR
tails are beneath the sway of fashion. Old
ladies' who would look lovely and sweet in
soft silks and snowy laces, are arranged in
full dress-which, as somebody says, is
."fool dress'-that but emphasizes and shows
in bold proclivity the crowsteet and worn
wrinkles and all the marks of age and the
defacing stamp OF time. No dress is more
becoming to the good old girls than
the Quaker garb of rich simplicity,
but the gods of fashion have never found it
out, and so'in due observance TO the powers
that be, we see women in their sixties and
seventies arrayed in V cut gowns and square
bodices, and diamonds without end, whose
appearance wakes the soul to pity, or gives
point to shafts of satire, or ring to the worlds
dread laugh.
81 know nothing about politics, never
read about them, take no interest in
them" was the remark made by Repre-
sentative's wife at a reception given by Mrs.
Snyder, of Minneapolis. "My husband told
me not to make calls or go out during his
campaign for fear should put my foot into
it, by saying something that might cause
trouble"
A STRICT NoN-PARTISAN.
This lady talked as if ignorance as to
politics was credit to her, and something
that might perchance place laurels upon
her brow, and was possibly a non-partisan
OF the new school, but by her own confession
she gave the measure of her mind. 1t may
be said, however, that others who are one
with the Representatives take an equal in
terest in political affairs and are well posted
in everything that concerns the Government
and the country and amazingly well read in
history and politics.
The biography of Mr.. Quay, as given in
he Mo- VnrE hos cd
sensation here and is talked of on all sides.
Whether he will bring libel suit is not
known, but prominent politician said he
could not afford to do that any more than
could Dudley, who has been dared over and
over again to sue for damages.
The House Of Representatives has been
engaged during the week with the "new
rules" MIR. Reed makes a fine figure in
the chair, and has tanned down the opposi-
tion into reasonable submission, but the
growl is deep determined and threatening
under the rose. Much praise has been
awarded to Mr.. Carlisle by Republicans as
lone of the fsirest, squarest Speakers that
ever occupied the chair of the House." but
while Mr.. Reed excites much admiration
and high appreciation from his own party,
the Democrats have no words OF praise or
notes of joy in which to
JOIN WITH SWEET
accord to do him honor. His rulings ex-
cite, and rufle, and enrage them to almost
the point of violence and if there is not
break out som of these days the future can
not be predicated upon the past.
The Senate has been quiet and decor.
ously dull this week. Some speeches were
made upon the Indian question by Farwell,
ingalls, and others, but not of sufficient in
terest to thrill the soul or rouse to partisan
rapture the eager listeners in the galleries
Mr. ingalls, is as much an object of interest
as ever, and his bangs-now that William
Walter Phelps is out of the countrY-are
held to be the most distinguished in Con-
gress. His speech would have given the
''red brethren" much pleasure, since he was
on their side, and seems not to adhere
closely and firmly to the article of faith
as formulated by the dwellers upon the
frontier, that all the good Indians are dead
Indians. BESSIE BRAMBLE.