The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-19

TONGUE OF SCANDAL.

In his tariff speech q few days ago Con-
gresham Bryan of Nebraska told 4 story Of
the late presidential campaiesn which greatly
amused the house Il was in the city of
New York making some campaign address
Is. said Mr. Bryan, speaking in little
ward halls and sometimes from wagons
hauled up at street corners. In one of these
speeches made an effort TO impress my
hearers with the magnitude of this country
T had perceived that they were a character
1stlc New u ork audience, to whom the sun
rose in Brooklyn and set in FIOboken. They
had no idea of there being anything ln this
country except NeW or< and its lmmeul-
ate surroundings. The great Mississippi
valley and the boundless west beyond THAT
We're terra lncognita TO them Probably
not one in hundred of them had ever been
outside Manhattan island But I told them
good deal about the part of the country
whence hail. about the prairies. the graz
ing plains Uhe mountains. the mining
camps painted the glories of "A merica ia
as glowing colors ais f could, with ain idea
of i'm pressing them with the Importance of
having legislation not for a section alone,
but for the whole country, and when had
finished this description / thought to prove
what sort of an impression, and 50 sang
out:
s1Ty friends, where is the center of popu-
lation in this country anyway
g Blocker street and Broadway was the
response in d loud voice and rs soon as pos
siole 4 changed the subject. THAT is the
way with these New Workers. They can't
get away from Broadway Their mental
vision ia business. politics and everything
else IS bounded by the East and North riv-
ers-7
Secretary Lannon'S story.
Secretary Lamont tells a neat story about
one OF bis little girls THE child has been
in the habit Of amusing herself and both
erIng the servants Of the Lamont house
hold by whistling down the speaking tubes
A few davs AGO She. went out to drive with
some friends Of the sccre5arv's wife. one oil
whom was an elderly lady who is afflicted
with deafness and who carries am ear frurn-
pet with her wherever she goes. When the
little Lamont saw the trumpet at the ear
Of her fellow passenger, she at once con
Guided It was 8 new sort of speaking tube
and proceeded to put her mouth to ib and
rriv. Vent Us (. prolonged whistle. a method
81 communication which the SEQUEL proved
the owner OF the trumpet did not at all
relish
The Tongue OF Scandal
II IS untorluuate- but erue- that there are
many complaints nh tLe Dad manners oA
" asnlnguoh society women AA tllas sea-
son OF great social actiFlUy the women OF
- aslngton are Ieellng their OaIss as the
expression IS They have 50 much to 90, so
many places to go, find their names SO OF
Imagine themselves OF great deaf more
Importance than they are AT least some
OF them do, and the arr IS nled with tales
concerning their overDearlne- lnsoleao con
duct, their lack Of consideratlon Tor serv-
anus ana even Aof PMS Aes4tnA7 ~ eAel1
equals I1 IS anOlher sac Iact, 1ut Sui
tact. tnat the capital CITY is reeking Wirn
scandal
AT the receptions winch are now All the
rage q large number OF scanuatous stones
are being circulated, more than half Of
them, no doubt products IF the imaglna-
ton Vt IS a very common thing 70 see
l01le group 81 danes on up a corner q the
drawing room eagerly listening 20 one V no
has in some way become possessed OF the
latest facy morsei Ahe VIE OF 2 western
Senator'S moJherly, dear creature Wh 40 AS
now having her first taste of Washington
society says the quantity of scandal. the
amount Of backDiting and inslnuation
which she has been compelled to hear dIr-
ing the last three weeks, nave made nerslck
at heart. che mas been 50 ulsgusued thaI
~ asnington society has no further charms
for Aer. and she has decided to remain az
home.
johnny Jones and HIS Sister sue.
Visitors 70 the state danarfraent IN these
troublous times Of Hawaiian and other
eomplications frequently have pointed out
to chem oneof the most famous men of that
great bureau He is not Secretary l1resh-
am nor yet the secretary's remarkably
popular private secretary but Hub
smith the SONG writer Mr. Smith has
LONG been a clerk in the state department
where lie Is an exceedingly useful man He
was Thought 50 we'll IF that the late secre-
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