The Red Cloud chief., 1895-02-22

ish j'int somewhere else"
After the young mar had gone sadly
away the artist brcathed heavily on my
shoe, and 10 sounded like q sigh.
"Of course | lied them" he said, but
we don't take to them pullet skin shoes,
none Of us. Sou soc, you've got to scrub
'em clean in the first place. They're gen.
orally damp. o you have to put a dol.
lars worth Of friction on 'em to get 'em
dry before you can polish 'ein, and the
dope we put on IL expensive. A good
many of EN- are mighty cheap, too, and
the feathers all sort OF spongy. l don't
reckon they'll be very poppler in a year
from row..
They say that last spring q pairof 'em
got into tho senate. but they called an
extra session Of the Legislature in that
mans state and elected another man.
How do you think Dan'l Webster
would have looked with feet like Gus.
tard pie?"
1t is q good thing for one to spend q
winter in Washington, especially to
brighten up ones ideas Of life and dress.
have had to get all new clothes
throughout. / find, for my other clothes
made me conspicuous. ! had creases, Of
course, in my trousers, but they were
not in the right place.
So l had to discard my farm clothes
in order to avoid being taken for a
statesman. My neighbors now would
hardly recognize me.
Much complaint is coming in this
winter to the state department from our
ministers abroad, who say that they can.
not live on their salaries. This will rec.
oncile a number Of gentlemen who we're
not successful In getting these appoint
ments.
The truth is that once in awhile one
OF our ministers, like Whitelaw Reid,
for instance, is o wealthy man and de-
termined to do honor to his country by
giving dignity to his position regardless
OF expense. OF course this takes q good
slice Of his private fortune, and the next
appointee finds himself regarded as an
American millionaire, who expects to
take the shine out Of the reigning mon.
arch. But he can't always do it.
One Of u wealthy New York news |
paper owners a year ago rented for the
summer the country palace on the con.
tinent recently occupied by the king CT
Bulgaria, IL l am not mistaken. He or.
dered $4,000 or s., 600 worth Of i'm
provements, to the surprise of southern
Europe.
why, IL was good enough for the
king OF Bulgaria." they said in wild
establishment.
THAT may be-, " said tho journalist,
whose income is over 5000, 600 per year,
"but it isn't good enough for me-"
And now, when an American news.
paper man goes there, the peasantry turn
out for 90 miles around to meet him ut
the train and sell their farms to him.
Probably Washington illustrates bet.
ter the mutability of all things human
than most any other city in the world.
That in q republic there are only three
generations between shirt sleeves and
shirt sleeves is shown every day where
the great national score for favorite and
dark horses is kept.
President Jackson awoke to find him
self q grandparent four times during
his term Of Office. These four grandchil.
dren were born in the White House.
They were the children Of Mrs. Donald.
son, the presidents daughter, who died
in 1885. The president was godfather to
two Of these children. MI. Van Buren,
to n and General Polk to the youngest.
Zone OF these children" q y Mrs.
Lockwood in her very interesting book on
Historic Homes In Washington, {" lis
now Mrs. Eliza Wilcox, q clerk in the
treasury department, having been q wild.
ow for many years, dependent upon her
" exertions for the support of herself
and family. From her baby head Jack.
son cut a lock Of hair, which he sent to
the committee to be placed in the corner. |
stone OF the treasury building as tho
most valued treasure he had to deposit,
little thinking that in the changes that
time brings this precious baby would
ever join the throng that goes in and out
Of the great building in the weary round
OF the treadmill life Of q government |
clerk"
And yet in spite Of all that I can say
in clarion tones and with trenchant pen
regarding the honors Of life in the White
House people will go on, year after
year. not only accepting the nomination
to the presidency, but actually making
an effort to secure it'll
Referring to tho struggle for existence
and the general %stringency Of stagnation
throughout the country, ! beg leave to
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