Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-19
Written for The Evening Star.


The way he pronounced the words fair cousin
showed pretty clearly that be wished his fair
cousin had fewer correspondents.
"Going to forward them to her?'
'No," be said 'No, I'm not Where the
deuce Am to send 'em top
why, you know her address2'
"Knov her address! Why, man, I never
know where in the wide world that girl il ct
this time Of year. She was at the seashore
during August, but about ten days ago she left,
and now she is-nowhere. However, these
letters arc nearly all from men and she won't
get them till she comes home, and then She II
be mad - . hornet That's q satisfaction, any
how" and he thrust the whole package Of
square envelopes in the drawer Of his desk,
whore probably they will remain until his fair
cousin asks for them.
WHAT BECOMES OF rHEMf
It II strange thing how many Of the fair
sex have this mysterious way Of disappearing
from the ken Of mankind at this season Of the
year. They leave the summer resorts; they don't
come home-where are they, them You may
stumble upon them, perhaps, in New York or
some other large city, but you will find them
oy accident. for they won't tell you where they
are. Why they should choose to cast an atmos-
phere OF mystery over their movements Is one
OF those things that they alone can explain,
suo - you Cuif Sct u WOuldu 10 eXpialu u tulUS
when she does not wish to do % you will be
doing what few men can do.
Perhaps they like to DO Independent for q
week or two; to live at q hotel without being
| spied upon, TO buy things without being called
upon 70 explain why they bought them; to eat
luhcheons in restaurants, or to 60 to the thea
ter without sny bothersome manly escort. Or,
again, they may be living very cheaply and are
ashamed Of it. You can suppose what you
choose; they won't tell you.
Why don't they all come home? Many of
tnem, thank heaven. have done 80, and in q
week or two they will all appear and the city
viii wear tie gay autumn apparel, and then the
Washingtonian will rejoice.
ArrUMSAL LONELINESS.
II there, after all, any time in all the twelve
months Of the year when Washington 10 o. de-
lightsul a. in the fall? It 10 lively and gay in
winter, II 10 beautiful and enchanting in spring.
II IL quiet and peaceful in summer, but in the
autumn II is simply perfection, for then the
city Is the especial property Of the steady resi-
dents Then few Washiugtonians are away
and few OF the transient residents have come.
The town Is our own; we can look at IL and en-
Joy 1t and feel that IL is ours and that we only
loan 1t ont TO other people. The gay birds Of
passage who come only to spend ''the season"
and who borrow It pretty completely when
they have aiishtcd, have not yet put in their
appearance. The rampant politician, too, who
comes with n rush and q roar and who claims the
earth. has not yet come. He likes IL when there
are crowds with whom he can discuss the situa-
tion. congressman are not here, either, ex-
cept In their private capacity rs good residents
AZ legislators they cannot care for the town
Just now. There IL nobody TO make speeches
10, and without speeches the Congressman can.
~"t live. The halls OF legislation being closed,
Hobbies leading 10 them are empty, too. and
ae Lobbyists voice 10 silent. He is bore to
Sashingtonians. They tolerate him as neces-
stty, but as q necessary evil. OF course the
Office seeker IL here indeed, when Is he not
here?-but he 10 mild now, and some Of the
band have been here seeking Office for 80 long
that they have become resident Washington
ians themselves
Then there 10 another winter visitor who has
not yet appeared upon the scene. Thin is the
awful bfped who comes from other cities hold
ing his head so high In the air that he ought to
require n step ladder to blow bis own nose. He
patronizes everybody, looks down from an ex-
allied position upon everything and, metaphor
ically speaking, taps the Washington monu-
mens sPprowngly upon its eapstone: crude,
who says the Capitol is very pretty" and in
stitutes comparisons between Washington and
Albany, or Harrisburg or Annapolis, or some
other state capitai-one who loves beans better
than reed birds, or prefers the deafening roar
of an elevated railroad to the smooth rolling of
nuissacss, happily, We are spared at this time,
the winter holidays being their favorite time
for invading u.
PLEASANT VISITORS.
On the other hand there are plenty OF honest,
wholesome tourists in Washington during the
sutumn. Everything is at its best; they cannot
| but be pleased, and their delight IL pleasant to
contemplate. There are brides and Rrooms
among us, Of course. but they look 80 happy
and pleased that local old bachelors, seeing
them a. they come smiling down the street.
scratch their heads and wonder why they
haven't gone and done likewise years ago.
Yes, there can be no doubt that Washing toniana
| lore Washington most in the autumn. II was
| sense that the author Of the American Com.
monwsalth" spoke when he said that ours was
one Of the most beautiful capitals in the world.
His remark holds good at all seasons, but 10 pre-.
sminently true now.
fAEr DO NOT Know WHAT THEY MISS
| Those peoplS who were alluded to In the be-
ginning Of this article do not know what they
ere missing by staying away at this season
But you may be certain Of this much. that Il
| they are staying at Lenox or Tuxedo, or some
other such place, they win not keep 1t secret
| when they come home. Nevertheless these placer
| can be very dull and hamdrum when they try
and at theft best do not offer many more enjoy
ments than are to be found in the District o.
Columbia.
"You went to Lenox after you left Narragan.
sett What did you do there,' This question
was put TO young girl last fall
Nothing" was her reply.
"Why did you do nothlngv'
because there was nothing else to do"
Short and sweet Perhaps she wasn't in "the
sWim." and to the little fishes who are out oil
the current no place can be more stagnan'
than one Of these resorts. II she had come
homo she would have found plenty to do.
ADVANTAGES or WALKING CLUBS.
Fer one thing she might have Joined walk
ing olub, for the autumn, more than any othel
time. h the season for trampa Who wants :,
be indoors IN this glorious weather. Who care
for crowded. ''stufy" parlors or ball rooms
Who Graves an afternoon tea or q german whsr
. walk can be taken over the hiils1 1t is de
voutly to be hoped that these walking club
viii be revived this year. There IL everythin,
to be sAid in their favor and nothing can b
said against them. Our cousins across the Al
lAntic, whom some silly people are DO fond o
initiating in their follies, could be copied viii
profit In this matter Of walking. There are
good many American girls who can walk eigh
or ten miles at q stretch and enjoy Il, but Their
are great many who prefer to lounge abou
the house. English women, on the other hand
are great walkers.
Il ECONOMICAL fxJoYNHxf.