The Monitor., 1890-04-11

/ in Washington is that oi egg foiliilS on
Easter Monday, an anniversary strictly ob-
served by the juveniles. For two hours
this morning regiment of mothers, aud
battalion of Irish, German and eolored
nurses. wearing the inevitable French caps,
marshalled an army of pretty infantry to-
v ard the White House grounds. The ad
jacent streets were thronged. On the
field OF battle The struggle for eggs was
fierce and prolonged, and when the camp
| followers were left alone with the spoils,
| thousands of eggs strewed the sward. The
| children who come to the egg breaking
constitute All essentially democratic mob.
| No children are too dainty, none too hum
| BILE, and none too young, to enjoy the sport.
| Between s'Baby" Mckee, who is Of course
| enlitled to the first place among society
infants during the present administration,
down TO the half clad colore3 youngsters
from unknown alleys, is a social distance
as difficult of adequate comprehension as
the distance from the most remote planet
to the earth, and yet for few hours they
are parts OF the same picture. In fact. the
ebon youth has the better OF most Of the
wealther children, for he is up With his
stomach and pockets alike full. | saw one
celered boy being attended by friendly
policeman, who stated that the lad claimed
to have eaten forty eggs, and choked on
the forty first.
A history of White House children would
make an interesting volume, there have
been SO many generations of them in that
building Tic most interesting one | re-
call was little Tad Lincoln, Nho had full
officers outfit and used to make var all by
himself in the noisest possible Nay and
whose death, in this same house was a sore
SORROW to his lion hearted father. The
Hayes children were a peculiarly prim
crew There vas onls short eason of
spring play ing for the Garfield youngsters
before their SORROW came, bringing the
longest season OF silence the White House
ever knew. There we're no more children
in the White Holse until the present ae-
mpistfatiun. when tie Harrison family
brought enough and To spare. And Tie
one y arm spot in President Harrison s
othcrw Use cold nature, so aver his enemies,
is ais love for the babies Of his household.
Mr.. Stone, Of Missouri, had tle uneom-
Portable experience on Friday ef feeling
the " rath of both friends and enemies.
The question before the House referred TO
certain private pension bills favorably re-
port, d, but Mr.. Stone spoke On the PEN
sion problem in general. He said that he
was in favor of calling halt ''in this ex-
travagant waste OF public funds" lie
thought the government had done enough,
and that everything that vas now done
was for mere political effect-a use of the
Treasury for campaign purposes. His
speech was vehemently denounced by Re-
publicans and Democrats alike-more es-
pecially by Democratic members represent
ing constituencies with large soldier
element. The feeling against Mr.. Stone
was so noticeable during his remarks that
lie closed with only mild protest against
further pension legislation. Whether Mr.
Stone be right or wrong, Congress owes it
to deserving claimants to make provision
for the speedy adjudication Of pension
eases. The Bureau as it exists, whether
for want of clerks, or want Of manage
ment, is wofully in arrears with work. A
letter written in a case is answered per-
haps in a year, perhaps never. Testimony
is considered sometimes only after years
delay. In cases that have once been re-
.jected, rehcaring on pertinent evidence
is almost unobtainable. The appeal board
in the Interior department is twenty -nine
months behind vi it'll its work. The claim
ants are not all deserving, but The greater
number are certainly old aud poor and it
would be a mercy to decide their claims as
early as possible one way or the other.
The man ho doubts that advertising
pays should see Chaucey NJ. Depew. lie
had only few hours here on his way
ern travelling, but i'll these few hours he was
interview ed fourteen times and talked
about everything, the twelve pounds he
had gained on the trip, ihe delightful elm
ate of North Carolina, the Iace problem,
Easter, and first and last-Derew. He
never comes here without occupy ing a
large section in lie newspapers. A man
who has always somebody to talk 10, When
he wishes to talk, and somebody to talk to
him, " hen lie " ishes 10 listen, must have
an enjoyable time. Perhaps Depcw gets
too much Of both WESTON.