The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-06

years ng0 aud will D. done 10 years hence.
So % o. with two-thirda " nll thc gov
erumfnt employees boo Wellington. and
This f.ct nlYnc explains why ihc capital y
considered such "a good 'Hhov town." nnd
why 90 has morr furnishing go0dl, millin-
cry aud hnberdashrry shops thnn amy other
city in thc country 90 the same size
Washington Is exceedingly fond ~ the
ficatcr Tho humdmm, routine grinding
government employees must have some
sentiment Zoo their lives, even if they have
% 20 ~ the tleater for b.. The theatrical
houses are nearly alwnys crowded here. no
matter what the chancterof the entertain
meut. As Tor the millinery and labrrinsl-
cry, those trades thrive amazingly in
the Capital City, where there are sO many
men aud women whose principal care in
life is Co make certain that they are properly
and fashionnbiy attired.
An Earnest Tirong
AdiIcreut lot OF men are those that leave
the capitol between 4 and . la the afternoon
aud move westward along the avenue.
These are the senators, the representatives,
the newspaper correspondents. As "a rule,
they are AS earnest as the column moving
in the opposite direction IS careless. The
Statesmen walk down by pairs. trios and
qurrtcts As like as not they are discuss
ing the tariff or Hawaii. They are not as
well dressed as the department clerks.
You will see among the lawmakers 10
suits Of clothes that do not IT. where you
see one among the department people The
statesmen are especially weak IN gloves,
hats and neckwear. Little trouble with
gloves have they, because life IS too earnest
or real to bother with such trihes. While
the statesmen from the north usually wear
good silk or derby hats, those from the
south still affect the planters style, the
soft SLOUGH. It is the Characteristic south
ern hat, and when accompanied by black
string neokties lying fiat and stih on ca
pacious shirt bosoms Of plain or white
frilled edges mistake as 10 the locality OF
the wearer is impossible.
Aud the peculiarity Of the southern states
man is his dislike for overcoats. Fully one
half Of the senators and members from the
southern states do not own topcoats at all,
OF II they do own them rarely put them on.
The very men who most need the protection
OF such garments in this climate, because
coming from a region in which they are
not hardened boy exposure, leave them of,
while the men from the north, who could
more safely withstand exposure here, are
the more careful TO wear warm, thick top
coats. One result Of this characteristic
recklessness Of the southcrnors is that many
of them suffer with bad colds, while not a
few oil them have been stricken with la
grippe One Of them indeed, Senator Wal
thall Of Mississippi, has felt constrained TO
resign his seat on account Of continued i'll
health due to an attack Of this mysterious
and persistent malady.
Mark Of the southerner.
The southern men develop more striking
characteristics in dress, in speech and ia
manner Of living than their northern COM
peers You can nearly always distinguish
q southern statesman by looking at him.
IL you fail in this, you will easily right
yourself when he opens his mouth TO speak.
The southerner has an infection and a pro-
nunciation all his own. Moreover, if you
stop in the two big hotels which are situate
along the avenue about where the two
streams OF humanity meet and mingle ev-
cry afternoon, You will find them full Of
southern senators and representatives.
Thirty or 30 years ago the National and
metropolitan hotels were southern head
quarters, and such they remain to this day.
In each of these houses two or three score
Of southern statesmen and their families
live. Corn pOne is served at every meal,
and the pone woman-an old slave-draws
pretty good salary for doing nothing else
than making the coarse bread which every
true southron loves so well.
An Unclassined Crowd.
just as the National and Metropolitan
hotels. on the avenue, are the southern
headquarters so is Wizards, farther west
on the same thoroughfare, the Illinois rem
devious. ln the lobby of this house the
lllinoisans meet every night to fight over
their battles and exchange stories Of the
hard luck they have met with in the field
of Office hunting The New Englander,
meet principally at the Shoreham, while il
you are looking for a New Yorker you may
save yourself trouble by going 10 the Ar
lington. As for the crowd which meet.
every night at John Chamberlain it delic.
classification By states. IL is drawn from
every part of the Union. About midnight