The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-17
ALL SORTS OF VISITORS.

Curious Congiomerations of People Attend
the White House Receptions.
At the presidents house on reception
night. or at the house OF cabinet
officer on a Wednesday afternoon, or at
any place where the people are asked
tor their public position. there will be
found men and women representing
every stage of prosperity in the union,
and every honest calling that leads to
prosperity And that is precisely what
is to be found in the public places of
the Republican the house of repre-
sentatives, in the senate. in the cabinet,
on the supreme bench, and in the White
house itself The new congressman
takes his wife to the presidents, ex-
pecting to find the entertainment not
very different, although, perhaps, on a
somewhat grander scale from that to
which he is accustomed in the Judge S
house at the county seat during court
week SO he goes, perhaps in his frock
coat, feeling an American prejudice
against evening dress and white or
lilac tie while his rather fearful help
meet has put on her best black silk,
modest or prudish, as YOU will, with its
high neck and its long sleeves. The
new congressman experiences no trep1-
dation in addressing the president
They are both politicians, and the new
congressman may even believe for a
moment that some day ne may stand at
the head of the line of wel-dressed
women, whose necks and arms now
shine in his startled eyes He does
not doubt that the president Is aware
OF the unique vicissitudes of the recent
campaign in his district. There are
hundred subjects that the two have IN
common, but he is disappointed
as he is about to utter his
first smart phrase of conversation
to feel that the presidents hand Is
gently inpelling him forward, and that
there is soft pressure OF the crowd be-
hind in the same direction. Il is his
first introduction to the reticences and
restraints Of high life, an Introduction
which is emphasized and made more
impressive by the disinclinatio Of the
receiving women to shake hands or to
indicate their recognition OF the new
member by anything warmer or more
emphatic than courtesy, which. how
eyer. is quite enough for the tinoTous
VIE at his side. who, much more than
her husband. shrinks before the grand
danes of the White house and the cabi-
net. some of whom were born TO polite
society. while some hare acquired
/ large amount OF social assurance dur
ing their. husbands struggles up the
ladder OF fame.
Others persons besides congressman
are here. some Of them equally uncou1-
Portable many If them, however, en-
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