The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-19

Fashion Among Waiting Maids-His
Impressions of Public Blen.
Fmporia, Kan, June 1S.-In his re-
port of the proceedings Of the natlorlal
Republican convention yesterday, VIII
White says:
The Republican national convention
opered today without fzZ. The dele
gates oozed into the hall and took their
places with no more enthusiasm than
cattle filing into their stalls. Now and
then a distinguished man crept to his
chair and faint ripple Of applause sob
he5 over the waste place like the gmost
of a sigh Empty benches yawned in the
a-aI7aries and the dull hum Of disinter-
psteI conversation hung like a pail over
the crowd, when Tom Carter, the ma
tional chairman called the convention to
order His thin dry voice did not lift
the cloud of ennui that pervaded the as
se1nblage. He called a Jewish rabbi TO
the rostrum and the rabbi drOned a
dreary prayer When he had done, the
WEAKNESS of the crowd blossomed in a
frazzled flower Of tired applause. Then
in some way hidden from the unheeding
crowd, they got a pious man named
Fairbanks, from Indiana, on the plat
form for temporary chairman. He
brought into the dreary proceedings the
carefully chilled air Of an undertaken
unscrewing the casket for the last time.
Pe has the voice of a presiding elder
al the name Of an embarras sed auc-
+iO-oer. He held notes in the center Of
r. hand and the hot sweating. surging
crowd snooZed and grunted through a
afrlaT =
ertt--a tic as the creak Of a deserted
v-'-5 NIL in the gloom of a winter night.
IT, r=-. tiers groaned and the audience
re~au 7pping their hands stamping
their 2 II regular intervals, to re-
Fese fired. numb feeling that was os-
-.s-Hz nair hearts. No one knew what
80 said No reporter took notes. The
speech nad been written out. No one
cared what It was. He had neither
power or spirit and he shock his head
pain July TO emphasize his periods. Tt
VS. a time to sleep. When he closed the
crowd woke up and cheered for joy
II was mpara lively a felicitOuS mo-
nent.
When Mr.. Fairbanks got done waving
his arms, the roll was called and the
convention began to realize that IL was
time to cheer some. So when the clerk
came to Ohio every one cheered. Then
the committees were appointed and
there was cheering at the name Of Fora
ker and Henry Cabot Lodge. There was
cheering at Grosvenor's name and a lit
tie cheering when the clerk came TO
Ohio again. Then the convention adj
journed On the whole the first session
Of the national convention was not as
Interesting as the session of the Lyon
county conventions. I am sure Judge
Kellogg can make a better speech than
Fairbanks Yet the Indiana fellows
were roaring mad because Fairbanks
WIGS made temporary chairman. They
say It viii help him in his race for the
United States senate. That speech
which was delivered worse than any
thing was ever delivered at the Literati,
ought to kill him.
The biggest sight at the convention IS
Chauncy Depew. He was the center Of
the hall. He IS not so big nor 50 hand
some as he looks IN the tailor's plates,
but he has a wonderfully sensitive face,
with mobile lines about the eyes. and
woman's mouth Cy Leland doesn't
like Depew. He says that the New York
Central gives Depew TO the Republican
party and $50. 600 to the Democratic par
ty every campaign.
Quay is a little fellow. He looks ike
a poker dealer with reddish brown
face and dirty hair. His eyelids were
ma e for q. pair of eyes two sizes larger
than he wears. He is what you would
cali common looking.
No-Cne says or thinks anything very
bright here. The only bright thing l
have heard here IS from a Wyoming
man named Brooks who does al his
work a horse back. He couldn't get the
run OF things and every thing bothered
him. Finally he said. ''Well, ! guess I'll
saddle a pony and round this thing up"
Ed Howe was out walking this morning
and seeing a Winchester wanted 10 buy
II for Brooks. There IS 50 much big
game here that ought to be killed.
We went down TO the Union Market
today. It IS the best ever saw. Chi
cago canot equal it. They have water
melons for sale and cantelopes and
every kind Of fish. The meat looks good
and the vegeta bles are clean. Howe
bought a lot of truck and We took an
arm load Of Il into a restaurant near by
and made them serve It. That tickled
the waiter girl 70 death. and we could
see her going around whispering il TO all
the other girls. Then they smiled and
looked at US and pretty soon the cook
stuck his head out from behind thedOor
and the cashier wandered by and looked
Us over. We didn't mind H. There
were two of US aud We could laugh
back. II he or 1 had been alone We
would have been too mortified 10 take
our eyes from the table.
The thing We laughed back al was the
way the waiter girl had her necktie tied. |
The bow had apparently slipped around
70 the back OF her neck. Then We saw
another waiter who had the same trou- /
bic. That pleased US Immensely. On /
the street We saw another girl in the I
same kind OF trouble, and I recalled I
something Of the kind last night when |
the band played. Before noon We /
counted fifteen girls who had met with |
this misfortune Tonight We have made /
an apoln tTnent to met each other at the (
same restaurant. where We Will ask the 4
girl plainly IL that is the style or II il is /
just an accident.
The giri il a very ugly girl All the 1
girls and women in this town are ugly.
They have a constitutional cross look 1
which is generic The men, however. are
handsome and are very pa-
lite. In Chicago when you ask a man 4
what street i Is he looks at you as II 10 1