The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-23
BESELENA'O LETTER.
Late Happenings in the Metropolis
of the Northwest.
The Fair Correspondent DiIates Again
Upon Street-Car Etiquette-The
Democratic Pow-wow.

Last week the Democratic braves held
a grand pow-wow and war dance. which
lasted two days, ending up with royal
feast.
They didn't offer any sacrifices as far
as / could learn, however. / do not
doubt they would have relished Repub-
Iican stew a la mode and Mugwump
soup. The spread lasted until the wee
sma' hours: wine flowed abundantly and
the Tammany braves felt extremely jolly.
They are now arrayed in their war paint
and feathers, and intend to win the COM
ing contest or die.
ONLY A LITTLE SUNSHINE.
Since the long-continued rains and
cloudy weather flowers are very scarce.
This is something unusual, as the gar
dens about town are usually gay with
wealth of brilliant coloring. This sea-
son the roses decay on the bushes and the
other flowers share the same fate. A
little bit of sunshine would be appreci-
ated by the animate as well as the mani
mate portion of the population on this
part of the globe.
The ladies belonging to the Women's
Exchange are holding an art loan exhibit
ton in the Marquam building. All the
articles exhibited are collected solely
from the homes of our citizens. The dis
play is more than creditable and shows
that while nations rise, fall and decay,
art lives on forever. There are so many
interesting and beautiful things that it
would be hard to enumerate them all.
There is rare old china for the lover of
bric-a-brac, musty old volumes hundreds
of years old for the book worm, and
paintings from some of the best masters
in the land. One of the pictures fasci-
mated me especially. 1t represents an
Indian sitting on raised ledge OF rock
watching captive white girl below him.
She is stretched full length on the ground,
bound hand and foot. The look of hope
less despair on her face and the rascally
cunning depicted on his are a study in
themselves.
sTREET-CAR ETIQUETTE.
Another chapter for the book of street.
car etiquette, of which / spoke last week,
might be very profitably devoted to
women who stare you almost out of coun-
tenance in these public conveyances.
When her eye is fastened upon you, you
cannot help imagining all sorts of horri-
BILE and uncomfortable things. You
wonder if your bangs are out of curl, if
your hat is on straight, or if there is any
thing particularly wrong with the rest OF
your tout ensemble.
Thus all the evil deeds you ever did in
your life arise before YOU and you Won
der If they are imprinted on your brow
in letters of fire. have tried every way
60 overcome these starers but they hav e
all failed but one, and this one l give for
the benefit Of my sisters who may be an
noyed in the same way. That is, give
them the cold British stare. In doing
this you gaze directly on the obnoxious
ones head, and find profitable employ
ment in contemplating the construction
of that particular portion of the car cell
ing.
WANTS ANOTHER HOTEL.
There is a fine opening for modern
hotel in Portland. One which would
meet the wants of the people of the Pa
cific Coast. A site could now be bought
at reasonable figure, which would, O
course, advance in value in years tx
come. A house containing 500 or so
rooms, the lower floors being used fo
stores. The rents from these stores would