The morning call., 1891-02-15
WINTER SLOWLY
WEARS AWAY.
-Four More Weeks Of Congress and Then
The Capital Will Be Deserted.
Ruhamoh Tells Of the Eegira Southwark Al
ready Begun-Cabinet and White House
Families Drawn From Social Affairs.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 1S91.-The winter
| slowly wears away, and with only four
weeks of the session left Congress has the
| greater part of its work yet TO do. Never
| has there been SO much bitterness and ill
feeling and so many personalities INDUCED
| In in the Senate, and that august body has
Wrangled in a way to make it seem pOpu-
lar assemblage. elected directly by the peo-
pie The tempers of these great men are
not improved by the pointed expressions of
opinions given by Legislatures and alliances,
| ana the close, hard work of the short ses-
sion wears on them as well. Night sessions
| are now frequent and for the remaining
| weeks will be almost the regular order.
The closing fortnight of the short session
| imposes longer hours of work upon Senators
and congressman than any car-driyers or
knights Of Labor ever dream of, and the
policeman has a more lesurely time When
the gavel falls ON the 4th of March the whole
body Of Congress is most nearly ready for
the hospital.
The hegira southwark has already begun,
although the moderate weather of the win
ter has delayed the regular travel a little.
AT the present time all the world seems to
| be ON wheels bound for the New Orleans
Mardi Gras. Special ears and private cars
ana Raymond excursion trains are all head
/ ing soutEwestwari, while crowded trains 90
twice day direct to Florida. Immediately
upon the adjournment OF Congress there
Will be flight of statesmen aud officials
toward the gulf, as reward and rest from
the winters work. The March weather is
now acknowledged to be so much worse
everywhere else, except southwark, that
Washington keeps much OF lis winler popu-
latlon until April.
THE DEATH OF SECRETARY WINDOW.
Is sui felt and discussed, and it is an OBJ
scure and hOpeessly Incompetent states
man whose name has not been mentioned in
connection with the vacant Cabinet seat,
and curiosity is on edge for the name to be
disclosed. Mrs. Window and her daughters
remain here, and as yet have made no plans
for thelT future. Their ties with Minnesota
nave long been broken, and Washington or
} New ork hotels had been their home be-
tween the time OF Secretary Window leaving
the Garfield Cabinet and entering the pres
ent one. just before President Harrison's
Inauguration Secretary Window sCld his
Washing ton residence and their home for
these two winters had been leased. The
Misses Window are accomplished musicians
and art students, and but for their fathers
entering official life again and needing all
his family here with him would have gone TO
Europe to continue their studies. 1t is quite
prota0ie-that as soon as matters connected
with the estate are arranged Mrs. Window
The White House and Cabinet families
have Withdrawn entirely from social af-
fairs since the dread news reached them,
but the gay world goes on without the pres
ence OF those higher dignitarieS. Besides
the official entertainments abandoned,
there was to have been a young peoples
dance given at the White House this week,
similar 10 Mrs. Mckee's successful little
ball of last season. The invitations were
ready TO be sent out, but fortunately could
be withheld in time. The White House has
thus become one of the quiet houses and
the family Is having much needed rest
Since the holidays there has been a success
sion of illnesses and small ailments in the
mansion, and when fourteen patients at one
time needed
THE DOCTORS ATTENTION
For sore throat it was concluded to investi-
gate. The evil was all laid to ancient and
defective plumbing in the basement of the
| house and to vapors from the many large
| trees in the greenhouse and the palm aud
| fern trees decorating the State apartments.
| Mis-. Mckee and Mrs. Russell Harrison re-
| covered from the prevailing indisposition in
| time 10 go over to New York this week and
| be present at the wedding of Colonel Elliot
Shepard'S daughter and Mr.. William Jay
Schietttln on Thursday. The President and
Mrs. Harrison sent handsome dinner ser
vice and the young heiress of the Wander
bits had diamonds by wholesale, silver and
gold in proportion aud q respectable Van
alone. The bride and groom stopped hero
on their way southwark in their private
car, but fed from promised cold wave.
Justice Fuler's new son-in-iaw, Mr..
Hugh Wallace, has brought his bride back
from their long Southern tour, and the
young people are resting here for fortnight
before going westward. On Easter week
second daughter is to be married from tho
Fuller group of girls, and go only as far
west as Chicago to grow up with the great
country. Another citizen of the far state of
Washington has taken bride from the
Capital City, and Mr.. Paul Mohr of Tacoma
was married to Miss Wilson here last week,
and has gone on a Florida wedding-tour be-
fore turning toward Puget Sound. Senator
and Mrs. Squire arrived on the scene only
last week, warmly welcomed by every one,
and greatly congratulated upon the election.
which ensures their residence here for
l0ng six years. AS
THEIR STAY OF LAST YEAR
Might have been for that season only and
for the few weeks of this session, Senator
and Mrs. Squire did not attempt to settle
themselves permanently, but kept to apart
mentS in a hotel. Before next winter they
will have suitable roof-tree of their own,
and already they are the targets for the en-
terprising real estate agents.
With all the official mourning the gay
world has gone straight on its way. Teas
were never so numerous before and dinners
large and dinners small have driven the
en- season, when dinners and luncheous
double and Quadruple in numbers weekly.
Short as the season has been it has had its
share of great entertainments, despite the
abrupt ending of the official programme.
The ultra swell set of paper
CHAsERs AND Fox-HUNTERs
Had their first hunt ball this week, whers
the men wore the red hunting coats of old
English custom, sang Drink, Cuppg,
Drink" and gave altogether quite sue
cesstul imitation OF the real thing The
dance lasted until daylight and the partici-
pants were more than rejoiced with the
success of the initial ball. All the details
were paraded in the local prints, and moth
| ing in long time has raised so much COM
| ment among a certain class of our siderS.
| The practical business men. the politicians,
| the self-nade men and the plain and rug
| gedly American patriots have fumed greatly
| over this hunt ball at the capital, and con-
| slider ia sign of the decadeuee of the republic
| and the most complete evidence of anglo
| mania in our midst.
The British Minister attended with his
| family. enjoying and approving; but it is
| doubtful II an expression on that or any
other subject could be extorted from hia
now. With the dread example of Sackvills
West before him, Sir Julian Pauncefote
has been caution itself in all his conduct
and letter-writing on this side; but the
| street-car-that great leveler of all and
| democratic vehicle-has laid him low. The
London press can apparently forgive him
| the less for riding In "tram-car" than for
| speaking TO the affable persons who might
| be riding in such Il conveyance. A few
more episodes of the kind will make Wash
| ington more dreaded by diplomates than the
| remotest posts in the most unciviliZed and
unhealthy country. II Sir Julian should re-
turn home in consequence of discussing the
days most important happenings in a
"tram-car," following Lord Sackviile's
courtesy in answering a civil letter, what
liDlOmate W0uld have the cOuIapa IN suepead
him? RUHAMAH.