The Washington times., 1894-07-31
CURB AND CORRIDOR.

81 look for every West Virginia district to
go Republican. or Populist, or something or
other. not Democratic next fall" said rep
resentative of the "War State Democracy
in presence of a TINES man yesterday.
"what reason have you for the faith that
isn't in you?" inquired a friend.
'This intolerable inaction Of Congress. for
one thing" was the reply. "But that isn't
all, he continued. People laughed at Han
cock when he said the tariff was local issue.
and the Republicans ieered him into political
oblivion. But can tell you that there was a
heap OF sense in Hancock's conclusion.
West Virginia is naturally tariff State.
Most of the Democratic politicians realize
that. The First district, il unbiased by party
pride. would go overwhelmingly for protec-
tion. The same may be said of the Second
and Third districts, with the Fourth not far
behind. Personally. l am surprised that Mr..
Wilson is SO persistent in his efforts to put
coal on the free list.
.'Are there many Democrats Of your opin-
ion?'
I'm West Virginia. yes. You get down on
the ground floor. where they do the talking,
and you will not have to repeat that ques-
tion.''
'How is Mr.. Wilson's position accounted for
out your way?'
"Oh, Wilson is straight free trader. He
is carrying out his own ideas of tariff reform,
instead of consulting the interests of his con-
stituents. He's all right personally, but
darned poor politician"
viii not party pride help you out this
fall?''
1T may prevent landslide, but as IL now
stands wouldn't give tinker's expletive for
the chances of a single Democratic candidate
Unless the two Houses of Congress conclude
to flap together, pretty soon don't believe
anItt t,atr to- T-t,,x
u.s.
"Who is likely to be the Republican nomi-
nee in Mr. Wilson's district" he was asked.
"0h, l dunno Their weakest man. I
hope. Ex-Commissioner Mason and George
C. Sturgiss, who was United States district
attorney under Harrison, are both men
toned"
There is no police precinct in the city where
the guardians of the peace have more CON-
plants TO listen to than will be found in the
well-known Fourth. Burt Boyle is in charge
of its territory and he loves to tell once in a
while something of the funny happenings
that his men report to him.
Policeman b." said Lieutenant Boyle,
"told me the other day that Mrs. X, of Six
teenth street, called on him. Policeman
said she, Il want you TO stop that woman
across the street from pounding on beefsteak
at o'clock every morning. / cannot sleep
fer her noise
''After b. told her that ne could not inter-
fere In the matter and was about to go she
asked him in a very imperious way what
see should do. He said the only thing he
could think OF was for her to send the lady a
spring chicken every morning.
II told Major Moore about il and he had TO
smile at what the policeman advised. OF
course / rather frowned on what my man had
said. but nevertheless had TO laugh up my
/ ig biif mr. tstr nf
things that the police have TO listen to-"
One Of the most delightfully."- cool and re-
freshing sights in Washington during these
days OF the reign of the dog star is that of a
young lady seated in the window OF a phono-
graph company on Pennsylvania avenue in
front OF an electric fan, which sends the wind
through her hair with the force and velocity
OF gale
1t is not the young lady who is ON eyhibi-
tion, neither Is it the electric fan; but the
combination of the two is the great source OF
attraction and arrests the attention OF nearly
every passer-by.
Miss Grinsted is an expert typewriter, and
is also skilled in the use of the phonograph in
connection with the writing machine. The
Columbia monograph Company is not par
ticulariy interested in the exhibition of Miss
Grinsted with the wind blowing through her
hair, but the picture Is pretty one as she sits
at the type writing machine, apparently work
ing hard. but keeping very cool and comfort
able withal.
She has the ear tubes from the cylinder of
phonograph artistically fastened, and tran
scribes the matter Of some long speech or
sermon or legal document upon paper, while
she takes the dictation just as fast or as slow
as she wants 1t from the phonograph.
She sits with her face to the electric fan.
Her hair hangs loose about her neck and
shoulders when the wind does not blow, but
when the fan works her hirsute assumes a
horizontal position, ever changing and inter-
min Cling. lending life to the nrefry nicfure