The Washington critic., 1890-03-15
THE CRITICS" CAMERA.
PICTURES OF MEN AND THINGS AT
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
President Harrison's Friend--A CurIous
Sight In the Capitol Grounds--"A
Streak of Fat and streak of Lean"
--Kieptomaniacs in tho Stores

IreHluent Harrls0n'A a Frtend-A Curioub
Sight In the Capitol Grounds--oA
Streak of Fat and a streak of Lean
--kleptomaniacs in tho Stores.
A frequent caller at the White House
. is tall, elderly man, with iron-gray
hair and beard, dressed in rough
clothes, and wearing road-brimmed
slouch hat little the worse for wear
The same man is always seen at the
meetings of the various Republican as
sociations in this city. and never fails
to address them. When he does so 1t
is with the manner and tone Of class
leader or Sunday school superintedent.
When referring to any previous speaker
he always alludes to him as "the
brother" and many other phrases
which escape him show that he is ac-
customed to church work. He is Glen
Studebaker, the millionaire Hoosier
carriage manufactures. He is warm
political and personal friend of Presi-
dent Harrison, and got a large amount
of free advertising through having OBJ
tanned the order to supply the Execu-
tive carriages He is very shrewd
business man, and when the Pan
American delegates went on their West
ern trip last summer he saw another
opportunity for advertising which he
worked for all il was worth, and the
papers all over the country contained
long and elaborate descriptions of the
manner in which the delegates were
entertained at his place in Indiana.
Mr.. Studebaker has been in the city
pretty much ever since Inauguration,
and while it is safe to say that his
lengthy stay is not entirely in the inter-
ests of his carriage business, 1t would
take good guesser to say what its OBJ
.ject is, for he is as Sphinx like as his
friend, the President.
Those who had occasion to pass
through the Capitol grounds yesterday
morning Witnessed curious sight.
The walks in every direction were liter
ally covered with angle-worms of every
size from the tinyist wrigglers, little
larger than bait, to big fat fellows
nearly six inches long. So plentiful
were they that locomotion was in some
spots rendered extremely uncomfortable
for pedestrians, many of them slipping
and falling among the Shiny, crawling,
repulsive mass. Some people were Of
opinion that there had been shower of
worms, but as none were visible except
on the walks, the theory is untenable.
Probably some of THE Critic natural
ist friends can explain what caused
the worms to crawl out of the ground
and into the walks to be trampled to
death.
Some people at distance seem to have
a strange idea regarding the functions
of the District Commissioners, judgin G
from some of the curious epistles they
are constantly receiving. Frequently
they get letters making inquiries re-
garding the standing of business mer
in this city. The Commissioners, OF
course, decline to act in the capacity oi
a commercial agency, and invariably
reply that they cannot undertake to fur
nish such information.
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People who don't know would bt
surprised at the number of kleptoma
MACS there are here. At least four ot
them are known to the storekeepers
and their employees are instructed t
keep an eye on them whenever they
enter the stores. At one store pri
vate detective Is constantly in attend
ance to protect the dainty laces, which
are especially easily stolen from thes,
kleptomaniacs as we'll as from profes
sional shop-lifters.
A tall, 1.-the, graceful girl walking
down Connecticut avenue at lively
but still graceful gait, with swing o
foot that spoke most eloquently of finel.
developed flexors and extensors, fol
lowed by thin Italian greyhound
prompted the Camera to soliloqua
reflection on the fact that one neve
sees fat girl with greyhound. Slen
der girls galore walk with the thinly
built animals, but stout girls associat
only with pugs and poodles or the hair
little terriers. Perhapsi II is for estheti
reasons, or to prevent such remarks a
"a streak of fat and streak of lean.
President Harrison's style Of receiy
ing is peculiar. He enters the Eas
Room with a lick tread and with
business.li like ey lression upon his face
He rarely ever smiles or speaks, an
seizes the hard of the party nearei
him with strong and hearty grasI
which relaXes, however, as the numel
Gus presentations are made. He az
pears relieved when the reception
over.
Won't Eiphf for 1900