The morning times., 1896-01-19

| pretty much anything he wants. The fine
| clean table linen, cut glass and silver form
| fitting accompaniment for what he buys
| at a. M. aud If hc has Two or three COM
| panIons, is is oftencst the case, they make u
| Jolly tea party.
| 1t is good fortune for some OF them II
| 4 COZy ha OK room oes not an hour later find
them rorgetrul of the approach of rosy
! fingered morning, absorbed in Contempla-
| ton or red ana white and picture pTste-
| boards and rafting certain red and white
| ivory disks, while they study human ma
| ture and the game of life from the uff-sidc
| OF u cold bluff.
PRIVATE ENTERTAIN INMENTS.
And these may be newspaper men, or
even journalists, but are quite as likely to
| be attorneys, Physicians, clerks. bank Off
Cials or high class government people.
When Congress is in session there is
certain to be Il dozen groups OF this kind
keeping early vigils, made up OF Congress
men and their friends. Very many OF them
furnish the ent .iainmcnt i'll their own apart
mcnts III their hotels. The visitor can hear
the rattle Of the ivores as soon as he
reaches the corridor on which they live
and receive cordial though preoCcupied
welcome when ne joins the party.
More than one Representative every scS
sion earns 4 reputation for doing this sort
of thing nearly every night and there are
one or two Senators, not necessarily in
hotels, who have the reputation without
earning it. The bell boys at the hotels knOw
very well what persons 10 take 10 the rooms
of these Congressman and are perfectly
ignorant of anything of the kind, IL cues
toned even by initiates.
What hotels?
1t would be invidious TO specify those
known and leave out only such us are sus-
pected.
DO the police know?
Why not? They have as good an cppOr-
tunity to observe as anybody.
Why don't they make arrests for ganlb-
ling?
They are too busy chasing "Crap shoot
crs" and chicken thieves in back alleys.
But sometimes these little things come out
in court next day when an attorney Stands
pat and the reporter sees it. Nothing is
done, however; the attorney is SEN
atorS sou.
Around the depots long after the saloon
contingent are at home and in led, activity
continues, with dozens coming and going.
The mails are being made up, baggage
turned over, express packages handled, and
the whole course of traffic for the twenty
four hours wound up.
The last train is in and the last one
out between midnight and l O'Clock. The
ISlSb pen N'l'ht 10 Ilsl III one
then in another. The last check slides into |
place: the last turn is given to the last trunk,
the lights go out one 10y one, and the mon |
ster head of an iron highway sinks into a |
few hours rest with n switch engine q two |
running up and down the yards, headlight |
flashing ont into the murky night, a lonely |
hell changing and an occasional shrill |
whistle.
In the haCgagc-rCom two or three porters
are lVinW around lnnrnySpi fpnrbnS
with an eye open and occasionally answer
ing the telephone. The waiting-rooms are
quite deserted, the tiCket-scller is gone and
even the commercial telegraph operator has
shut up shop. But in another room the
train dispatcher keeps his lonely vigil all
night long and watches the movement of the
trains far out on the tracks. He is for
crony and together they can have lunch
and gossip away the long hours.
AT POLICE STATIONS.
AT the police stations, after the change
Of the watch at midnight, quiet steals
over the places. Prisoners who have been
keeping up racket drop Off to sleep, The
station keeper mods as lie waits for the
time to roll round between calls OF po-
icemen from the sentry boxes.
At police headquarters the sergeant
S lying down in the detective office and
n the telephone room the operator gets
Up with grunihle to answer an emergency
all. He occasionally is routed out for
'ome foolish trifle and the tcmperaturc
iscs' several degrees In his vicinity
at the engine houses the men are asIecp |
watcman is on duty and everything is
cady TO tun out at the first stroke |
II the bell, but the, place is as quiet as
my residence.
AT any one of these places, police stations
r engine houses, OF course any moment |
verything may he thrown into the most |
xciied activity, the telephone exchange at
ca dIrarters responds and there Is no more
est for anybody In the whole department
nr The remainder of the night. A big fire
r murder is enough to set al hands at
york.
II is wonderful how either will attract