The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-08
AGLANCE AT THE SENATE
WHAT A PRETTY WOMAN THINKS
OF OUR SENA lORS.

| one - OOTFy one = as seen tne Ben
ate-The Women Of Washington-So-
ciety at the Capitol-The Wives of
the Justices The Most Delightful
Home in Washington - Senator's
Handsome Wife-A Desrth of Young
People-How Washington as a City
Impressed an Observing Young
I Woman.
(CoDvri0ht
| THE ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Feb. 7.-When New Workers gel little bit
tagged out they come down here for change
of scene and to get something good to eat
For my own part think had tae things
to eat more in my minds eye than had the
change of scene, but got both. Washing
ton is, to my way of thinking, one of this
! loVellest places in the world aud driving
over its streets is like caroming over a bill
lard table. The equipages in Washington
are remarkable for cheapness and civility;
that is, the charges are cheap and the coach-
man is civil. The horses are a remnant of
the Middle Ages. and while they are not
| violently fast, still they have a cheerful
way Of trotting along that is interesting.
The carriages are funereal to degree that
is awe-inspiring. but it is just as we'll in
Washington for one to think of the here
after once in awhile.
''BAB" DOESN'T LIKE THE SENATOR'S
have heard a senator speak, and for bad
| elocution, for wretched pronunciation, for
clear and compact ignorance of English
as she should be spoke, he is to be com
mended. l had never been to the Senate
| before. pictured 1t as an imposing body,
where men thought our great deeds, spoke
in way worth hearing. aud were alto
gether a credit to the people who had sent
them there. Instead found lot of gaunt,
| dlsheveled-looking creatures, with the GUS
pidores outnuinbering them by ten or twelve,
who sat with their feet on their desks,
| and who slept while the other man talked.
| They didn't seem to me to represent any
thing but a second-rate bar~room, and
don't care what their politics is, the sena-
tors of the United States are a disgrace to
the nation at large. | am told they have a
bathroom In the Senate Most of the
! members looked as If they needed it. A
| number of them wore wigs, and the rest of
them didn't know how to comb their hair
properly. Now, the House Of Lords Is stu
pid-ineffably, undeniably, and positively
| stupid, but it looks dignifed and impresses
the people.
SORRY SHE HAS SEEN THE SENATE.
lam very sorry haze seen the Senate;
| IL Is duOCDeT lIuSlOn gone, duQ L snail 1891
no interest in the future for the four votes
that control. l looked for the female
lobbyist, and in vain, but If | had anything
| up before the Senate and wanted it to pass
| | would set up a first-class grog-shop as
| near the capitol as possible. lt would have
two English barmaids to manage 1t, and 1
would get my bill through. One senator.
who didn't sleep quite as calmly as the
others, had on a brilliant blue tie, and
could be distinguished by that for quite a
distance 1t was about the only thing l
noticed that was calculated to attract at
tention.
THE WOMEN OF WASHINGTON
The woman who isn't married at all
always has something to be thankful for
that is, that she didn't marry politician.
| would be iiggered-with a very large j.
if would sell my toul to the mob because
my husband happened to be senator. Tine
senator's aud representatives wives are the
property OF the public on certain after
moons, and the American public is not slow
to take advantage of its opportunities
Women of all sorts and conditions; women
and not pleasant to look upon
In any way, calmly go to houses
where they are not known at all, stare
at the hostess and her assistants, partake of
her hospitality and then 20 away and find
fault with it. o, how adored my sex when
heard some women down there giving
vent to their feelingsl A youngish woman
in a red frock trimmed with gold braid and
red hat with gold pompon upon it, was
at a charming reception given by Nine
Romero, and / watched her while she con.
sumed four plates of ice cream, three glasSe:
of punch, q cup of coffee, one of chocolate
some cake and a few sweets, and then heard
her murmur to her companion: ~ like tc
go to a house where they have salads I" y
d0nst know what this Woman will hava IN
the future, but hope she will get salad
with SO much tabasco on it that foretastt
will be given her here
THE CAPITALS SOCIAL SCHEME.
Suppose am senator from-well, from
Washington; say | have got a charming
wife, VINO is pleasant and hospitable, wh(
likes to receive her friends, and who ha
the womanly wish to be popular. Now, il
she were in her own home and sh,
A | were receiving my constituents because il
was politic to do so, could understand
, raid being made upon her for few DAYS
/ but these people here are not my constitu
+ ents, and, unless they are invited, they nav
no right TO invade my house. The result O
( the beautiful system that obtains is that tn
average woman in Washington in politica
circles is tired out, wearied TO death by PEG
q pie she doesn't know, and doesn't want u
q know, and she becameS a bundle of ner YES
while she gains nothing from it all. / con
slider the whole system of eooial life, as IA
as receptions are concerned, to be indecent
A man certainly has a right to his hous
and his wife, and strangers have no RICH
d to come in and criticise either the enc O
the other.
IF WERE A POLITICIAN
# | shouldn't be senator; | should be Jus
:. tice of the supreme court They are ther
for the rest of their lives; they make an ez
elusive aud an interesting set; the men ar
: well educated gentlemen. and the wome
y gentlewomen in the best sense Of the word
IS Their receptions are well conducted, an
# the society fiend seldom gets into them.
u WIVES OF THE JUSTICES.
y Who is the handsomest of the justice:
!, wives2 Probably Mrs. Gray. She is young
: but she had course of suburb social train
:, ing in her fatder's-Justice Matthew'S
, house, aud she Knows exactly how to sa
q the pleasant word to visitor, how to STAN
. well, and how to make graceful good-by
= This is a wonderful art Mrs. Harlan is de
. cidedly dgnified and attractive, and sh
;, impresses one with the fact that she want
n you to be happy in her house and that sh
is glad that you came. But
!" THE MOST DELIGHTFUL HOUSE OF ALL
}, is Justice Bradley's. Miss Bradley receive
u for her mother, who is a bit of an invalid
- and her reception and her good-by are sue