The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-22


Not long ago the butchers daughter whose
origin has, as she supposed been forgotten,
took it upon herself to criticize the admis
n ion of the daughters of poor but blue
blooded naval officer into Washington so
ciety. In speaking to one of the most re
fined ladies of Washington about it this
butchers daughter said: "What an idea,
Mrs. Blank. l don't think we ought to ad-
NIT these people to our circle. Washington
| society is growing so common aud we
really must draw the line somewhere
Eyes, madame" replied the lady sarcas-
tically, "that may be true, but where shall
we draw the line, at the sirloin or the ten
| derloin.'
This story makes me think of
THE BOARDING HOUSE WOMEN
of Washington, some of whom belong to
that class known as reduced gentlewomen.
| Not a few boast the bluest of blood, and
| congressman from Michigan told me his eX-
periences with one of these the other day.
Table board is Washington costs from
twenty dollars to thirty dollars per month,
and this congressman wanted to get good
boarding place where he could run IN and
get his meals. He was met at the door by
a grayhaired old man who told him that his
wife, the lady of the house, was not at
home. But said he, 81 would inform you
sab, that this lady sab, is a descendent of
George Washington's family sab, and she
} is sure to suit you sah'' My congressional
| friend said that he would be glad to board
with so distinguished character, and
made some inquiries about the meals. The
| old man to his repeated questions answered
| shortly, but always turned the converse
ton to the George Washington end of his
| family, until finally the congressman eX-
claimed II don't care a blankety blank
| whether my landlady is George Washing
,,ia
All that want is to have good hot rolls and
oatmeal for breakfast and | want my meat
cooked rare" Whether he got it or not
don't know.
Quite number of Washington women
have made
MONEY IN KEEPING BoARDERs.
There is one within few blocks of the
| White House who owns two houses worth
at least $40, 600, the whole of which she has
made out of congressmen's stomachs, and
| know an another who boards government
clerks and clears g, 900 year. Another
woman who is known somewhat as tenn
perance advocate keeps big hotel here,
and another has three houses filled with all
kinds Of officials from cabinet ministers to
treasury clerks. She has different rates
according to rank, and the Senator pays
S25 month for what the representative
gets for $3.50 and which the clerk gets for
$50. She has negro steward and he is
such a good caterer that he is said to re
ceive 81, 200 a year for his services. Furn-
ished rooms bring very high rates in Wash
ington. You can not get any kind of q
room in the better part of the CITY for less
than $50 per month, and suites of two rooms
range from $40 up to several hundred dol
lars 1t used to be that congressman had
) TO pay at least a hundred dollars month
} for any kind of roomiDg accommodations,
but the big flats which have lately sprun g
up in Washington have reduced the prices
of rooms, and the room renting women of
| the capital are not making so much. Quite
a number of women make money here by
catering, and there is a little French lady,
Madame Demonet, who has made fortune
! by furnishing ice cream aud confectionery
} for all the Presidents back to Buchanan
! She is a dark-faced little old lady, with
, eyes as bright as those of any business
woman of France, and she understands how
to charge high prices and gets them.
SOME OF THE PRETTIEsT GIRLS
in Washington are type writers. They arc
numbered by the thousands, and they are
, the most expert of their kind in the United
States. The greater part of the type-writ-
ing of the departments is done by them
and scores of them have offices and take il
work from congressman, lobbyist, claim
parts of the country, and l am told thai
there are 800 who make living ouside o.
, that given through the civil service by
, Uncle Sam. / chatted with one of these
? yesterday about her business. She said:
, "Of course ! like it. l get more pay here
. than / could get in New York, Philadel-
phia. or Chicago, and make enough to buy
lot now and then. / was offered 81 ,2O
clerkship in the treasury a few months agt
and | would not take it. can make NOR,
outside and | would not have my life grount
out by the government machine, nor vii
? | let one of those smirky chiefs boss M
, around. / have a number of congressmel
, whose correspondence l attend to. The
come here in the morning and dictate thei
work in shorthand, and | often go to tn
Office of a Senator or to his committe
room at the capitol when there is big jo
3 on hand. Of course | get big prices 70
such labor, and L have often received do
= lar an hour. Senator Stanford pays tn
highest prices and he often employs type
: writers. Such copying as l do | get pai
, for by the folio of hundred words, an
! the average rate paid here is sixty cent
Z per thousand words. sometimes do worl
! for reporters, and once had an arrange
4 ment with Amos Cummings to give hir
three hours every evening. He dictate
. directly to the type writer and he paid m
|. twenty dollars week.
: Miss GRUNDY, JR.
1t is absurd to suffer from dyspepsi
e when Simmons Liver Regulator will cur
4 you.
v Quaker rolled white oats,