St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-06-03
STREET TYPES IN WASHINGTON.
a Plaee Where All ktads Of Americas
Cltiaena Feel n Home.

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When you torn the corner into Penn
sylvania avenue life takes on a different
hue. Here are men and women whom
you know, others of whom you have
simply heard and others still who are
strange to the civilization Of the east
1t is almost always . very great, q very
picturesque and q very interesting
crowd that moves slowly up and down
before the little shops. There are In.
dians in their blankets and the women
who lead the fashion, these latter snatch
ing . few hasty moments from what
they are pleased to regard as their
social dutics"-meaning thereby their
social vocations and plcasures-for the
shopping that is made necessary BY the
wear and tear Of the rush in which
they take part and upon which many
of them will no doubt look back, when
they shall have reached calm old age,
in regretful astonishment. And you
will see, besides the Indians and the
women of fashion, the southwesterner.
who wears his large-brimmed, soft hat
and his loose clothes and has the
chewing habit strong upon him, and
whose every movement is supple and
indicative of the freedom and independ-
cnce of the frontier. of q familiarity
with the saddle and q contempt for
forms. There is q vast difference be-
tween him and his fellow from the mid.
die west upon whom the formalities
and conventionalities arc beginning to
lay their heavy hand, who binds him
self up tightly in . frock coat that
clasps him snugly, while he really pre-
fers to sit through his working hours in
his shirt sleeves and still insists upon
wearing the heavy boots essential in
virgin countries and the soft felt hat
that has the virtue of comfort-nar-
rover as to the brim perhaps than
his Of the southwest. There is
very little homogeneity in the throng
There is the smartly dressed Yankee or
New York congressman. with the pert
air of business or suggestive of the last.
ing influence of the legend Of the
industrious apprentice and of the de-
pressing fact that in certain parts of
the country an alert and smart air is
often the accepted sign of mind and
conscience and Of the development of
the deeper attributes of the soul. A tall
hat, well-brushed clothes. early hours
and a brisk step have often made q
fools fortune in a God-fearing COM
munity. And you will meet this
man stepping out with his busi-
ness stride on Pennsylvania avenue.
and besides you win meet the gentleman
with a boutonnicre. whose first task of
the day is to fash his dazzling manli-
ness into the pleased eyes of whatever
beautiful woman may happen to have
an errand on the avenue Of that partic-
ular morning. And along with these
will move groups of slouching, round
soft-hattcd men. wearing
their overcoats ns If they were cloaks.
and wearers themselves finding much
incompatible with q proper
devotion Of their time to nothing in
particular. And you will see many
women with the high color that
is believed by no one but she who
thus decorates herself to bear the
slightest resemblance to the hue of
health But you must not mistake the
character of these foolish virgins and
matrons. In some parts of this beloved
land of ours, strange as it may seem to
those of us who have such q high re-
gard for smartness, the women have
been carefully trained in the art of
painting. and she who neglccts the
would lose caste. Some Of
them will learn better soon, and all Of
them will in timc-Harpers Weekly.