The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-15
MILD LENTEN GAITIES.
Continued from Ninth Page.)

mate. SO convincing were the arguments that
the charming little house in the West End was
closed the same day, and, shaking the dust Of
the city from her feet, the lady bade an abrupt
farewell to the Nations Capital.
THE BELLIES OF THE KITCHEN.
Matrimonially considered, the Cooking Glass
gotten up some half dozen years since by
party of pretty young girls who dubbed them
selves "Bellss Of the Kitchen" was the most
successful of the many classes begun, continued,
or ended In Lent These queens OF gastronomy
acquitted themselves SO well of their self-im-
posed task that before the close of the second
season every member had married or become
engaged. No restrictions were made as to the
amount or number Of dishes served at the lunch
eons given by the "Belles of the Kitchen"
One all-important stipulation, however, was
that each and every dish should be personally
prepared by the hostess of the day. AS each
girl was given the privilege of inviting some
man of her acquaintance to the luncheons, the
parties gradually narrowed down to the same
guests each time. That the men so selected
fully appreciated the honor shown them is evil
dent from the fact already recorded that In less
than two seasons the clatter of dsfty welded
soup ladies had changed to the tunefu chime of
wedding bells.
THE CLUBS OF WICKED MEN.
Washington is becoming club city more
and more every day. The wicked statesmen
here at the Capital spend thousands every year
at their clubs, and there are dozen and more
aristocratic ones. The SWEETEST of all is the
Metropolitan Club, to which all the diplomats
and the men about town belong, and the hap
penings of which seldom get into the news
papers The Cosmos Club is more of scisn-
tific club, and Its club-rooms are In the house
which Dolly Madison occupied after her hus-
bands death The members Of the Smithsonian
Institution, artists and others, belong to 1t, and
it pretends to have continuous feast Of reason
and flow Of soul. The Gridiron Club is made
up of newspaper men. 1t is the daughter Of
the Glover Club, of Philadelphia, and is quite
as famous as its mother. 1t gives elegant
spreads once month, and there is hardly a
noted man in the country whe has not been
dined at it. President Harrison was one Of the
invited guests this winter, but Secretary Win
dom's death prevented his attendance. The
Six O'clock Club is another dining club, whose
motto is said to be Scrub and Cab, and whose
dinners cost dollar plate. The Gridiron
dinners cost all the way from six dollars up.
ward plate, and though there s plenty of good
its club, and the United Service Club is one of
the features of the Capital.
GAMBLING CLUBS.
A great deal of gambling is done here by
prominent men on the sly and there are numer-
GUS quiet little clubs who never sit down to a
game of cards without the chips on the table.
The days Of faro and roulette have passed and
it is now only poker, euchre and whist, and
other modest games which can be playei with
nothing but deck of cards. Pendleton's used
to be the great gambling club Of the Capital
| and in the days of Henry Clay prominent men
of both parties won and lost in It, 1t was an
elegant place, the dinners of which were free
and where one was not asked to play unless he
wished. 1t is recorded that one Munster to
| China lost his whole allowance for outfit and
travelling expenses here one night and it is
said that Clay was one of the best poker players
who ever came to Washington. 1t used to be
| that there was great deal of gambling done al
the Capital butcard-p playing there is falling into
an innocuous desuetude, though during long
night session it is apt to break out again and
the members seek the seclusion that the com
mittee-rooms grant. When the late Mr.. Winter
smith, of Texas, was chosen Doorkeeper of the
| House he received proposition from a noted
| gambler of his own State to establish brace
| game at the Capitol. "We can call it club, .
wrote he, ''and have our rooms in the basement
| You can catch the suckers and bring them in
and will bleed them and we'll divide the pro-
| fits" 1t is needless to say that Doorkeepel
Wintersmith did not fall in with the Offer
MISS GRUNDY, JR.