St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-10
CAPITAL CITY STORIES.
pecial Correspondence of the GIobo.

SPECIAL Correspondence of the Globo.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-"There," said
pretty Western girl the other day.
"That's the third time this afternoon
Pve caught myself leaving off the ST."
know If l do it when | 90 back home
folks will say Pm putting on airs, but,
really, can't help it."
It's wonderfully contagious habit.
One hears the ugly consonant so softly
slurred that uncOnSciously one grows to
ape the Southern pronunciation and
rhyme door" with go" It's Wash
ington habit, and a very pretty one, l
think. And, really, do you know, it
isn't always an affectation in Western
people. It's simply the result of associ-
alton sometimes. There is one congress
mans wife-she passes through st. Paul
onther way to Washington-Who hasn't
an ''r" in her vocabulary here. The
emphasis, you observe, is on the here:
for on her native heath she talks as do
all other rasping-voiced native Western
erS.
l suppose our mother tongue will
never be rightly spoken this side OF the
river JORDAN, anyway. Boston people?
Great goodness. don't you know that
those puffed-up Yankees rob Peter to
pay Paul? They leave the ''r'' off of
river" to be sure, but they tack it on
TO Virginia" and call law "lor.o Still,
the Washington savage uses English
very prettiiy indeed. The vernacular
has few pecularities. "Where was l
at?" historic phrase! lis the local way
OF putting it. The native never asserts
thing without the AID of certainly"
Il certainly do think this" or 81 GER
tainly did like that" is heard on every
side, and any time in the afternoon is
in the evening, though till dark the
greeting is good morning."
xr
Speaking of greetings reminds me of
the remarks / started out to make. l
wanted to speak about the greetings
Mgr. Satolli receives. The distinguished
prelate has been entertained a great
deal since his arrival in Washington,
and watched deyout multitude pass
before him the other night. He stood
on daiS, his right hand extended. and
every man and woman who passed
kissed the great seal of the papal ring
on that hand. Some of the more rever-
ent knelt as they bestowed the kiss on
that bit of senSeleSS cameo, but most
contented themselves with hurried
bow. Mgr. Satolli is man of medium
height and slender. His face is the
typical face of the priest. One would
hardly call it the face of a scholar, but
it is emphatically the face of diplomat.
In general outline it resembles the face
OF the pope. minus, however, the holy
fathers look of spirituality. Satolll
isn't the man you would 90 to il you
were in trouble, but he is the man you
would trust your country to. With tie
possible exception of Senator Hill, l
think | never saw man who smiled so
entirely with his mouth as Mgr. Satolli
does. and it is about as large a mouth
as it could possibly be.
The papal legate wore the costume of
bishop, l believe. The papal ring
seemed to be his only badge of author
ity, and it was source of wonder to me
how in the world he managed to keep
his tiny round cardinal cap FROM tumb-
! ling off. He is said to be extremely
popular with the priests at the college,
where he is at present Quartered. and
from his face and manner | should
Judge him to be man of magnetic per-
Sonality.
From the church TO the kitchen is,
perhaps, bit of jump, but subject
much discussed at afternoon receptions
and o'clock teas just now is Mrs.
Briee's chocolate. The Brices' enter
tainments have been the events of the
season. and at each of them chocolate
has been served. from the recipe known
to the Brice chef alone. The beverage
is thicker than one usually finds it, and
has the faintest. daintiest flavor of
something new and delightful. Nobody
knows what it Is, though dozen
women have tried to find out.
r.af RUTH KINiBAIL.