The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12
MINOR WASHINGTON JOYS.
THE MARKET ON SATURDAY AND
THE MASSES OF FLOWERS.

A-N-s
like n RorsiEn City-Ensy-GoinE DeIibern-
tIon y Manners or
the CsIored People or the Capital.
II feel rs IL I had just returned from a for
eiRn city" said a New York woman the other
day. 81 have beon in Washington q week and
have had as many novel impressions as II i
had stepped from New York into London or
Paris. 1t was not my f~rst.vislt, and l did not
attempt any sight seeing. But l have never
been moro interested and entertained.
From the time / arrived until the timo l
loft II was all so different from Now York. 1t
was dark when ] reached there, and as, through
Some misunderstanding my friends had failed
TO moet mo-, l went outside the station to get
q cab. There wash t such a thing In sight.
Herdios woro there in plenty, II you know what
they are. They mmod from six to ak.
teen people and have awnings along their sides.
And there were ~landaus; largo ones, with tho
TOP thrown back. like those in which the dis
tinRuished citizens ride IN a procession.
II could see myself bowling Erandly through
the streets, solitary but magnificent, in a Ian
dau, or rafting loncsomely around in a hcrdic.
l quai led before either prospect, and, not hav-
ing any hand luggage, decided to take q car. I
was pretty sure that I remembered what car to
take. but in order not to make any mistake, 1
asked an old colored man In a porter's uni
form.
'Yo' jos come right this wav, ma'am.
I put yo' on tho right cab. ma'Am. Yo'
don happen to want to stay at a hotel to-
night 1 bon with that hotel yo' SEQ ovah than
for pretty nigh on to 'leven year now. Yes-
sun. 1 was night watohman than for nine
yeah, an thatll show yo'. Eff yo' happen..to
want a nice hotel
Nc, I'm going to stay with friends l said.
"'Yessum. That's nice. Ell yo' evan come
again an yo' wants a hotel, yo' jes' remembe
what tell yo' bout this one. It's temperance.
ma'am. We sometimes has as many as fifty
ladios than, ma'am.'
by this time 1 happened to remember that
1 had given the waitersthe very last change !
had, and I told tho old darky that he'd better
not waste any more time on mo. Bless you'll
he scorned money-under tho circumstances
and he insisted on putting me on my car and
touching his cap with a degree Of politeness
which oven money could scarcely command In
New York.
my novel experiences continued after 1 got
on the car. You don't know how queer 1t was
to see the women. They wore all sorts of thin,
fluffy, light gowns and were bareheaded. 40
tually bareheadedl Think of seeing a Broad
way open car with row after row of. girls and
women looking as II they were assisting at a
swell garden party. 1t was one Of the pref
test sights 1 have beheld In many a long day.
"But I think tho greatest delight of my
Washington trip was my visit to the market
vi pobhAuoy II ~ ~ Lulu lbElo huu
outside of a huge brick and iron building not
far from the avenue as Washington people
e s19sb a6S ssom tho OF d PS51nSlTi to tbS TySn9e E ThiSh
Even before we reached tho market building
itself We came upon It's outPSsts. They we're
Of trays heaped with mountain laurel and
= fat, Good:natured msmmies and thin. wfinried..
s but s!Gg good O% injured uredrd ones mes ~ The Vas a
too. One row sat leaning lazily against the
o brick wall, another sat at ths outer edge Of the
pavement. leaving a 1--WE -borderod aisle for
q l." 'o;a-Ah, come, heah, honey called a tall
lean, almost toothless old woman as we came
along. ,io' sho amt sdin' along 'thout buyin'
i II couldn't resist her one and manner. and
: she saw right away that I was susceptible.
'Yo' jes look at EN- she entreated. leaning
0 far over her tray and holding them toward
paby's eqin' buy some O. her ole nanny
!: New \. N.Y. YgTE t.s % !, AZ! ! FSs dS i 3a:s sssu :
o bought. Even though 1 had to throw the stuff
g aws Th at the next corner; sou.u ,.
n one end OF the market. but when We turned
9 down the long walk at the side we found a
= vegetables and fruits and flowers, all mixed up
together. Finally about half way down the
ky women. sitting like chocolate. colored :sibyls
y beside upturped boxes: Upon these bo1e, was
n your wrist perhaps, There was SAssafres, and
there were strips of cherry bark and slippory
% roots. and Of dried herbs; boneset and CAMP.
and a dozen others l had never heard Of.
h Of mint. And in With this hi pt cOil ectio W. wo1 iid'b Be-
perhaps seven or eight eggs. one solitary box OF
BACKED up I along the ooU11teeFr S%SSHS Of vendors
% were the wagons IN which they had come. They
y in degree when 1t came to their ability to hold
k together. The horses were Embarrassed and
wagons. The people had come into the city tho
evening before and had slept in their waR ons so
e opens no car early Sn and io at i 10 o'c PaeE'i in the iao morning @TPhaE
X some OF the old women were eating breakfast.
hoqsekeepors visit the big open market on Sat
10 uEdays II on no other day, Tho mistress gener-
aiSlos followed by a colored servant carrying a
y great basket on her arm. Sometimes, large as
a ing. was standing by a vegetable stall Wait,
ing for my friend when ! heard the most dis
IS f test''if looked around HTa Dd"f to sex I WnSt it " Was. buy buy
N found only a basket heaped with packages Of
y y wa was 'h tryiSg 'H to e s'5SSi a "A SSt%FI package iRsR ' smons
Or them and In hts efforts almost covered up two
10 sticking out at one corner.
10 There were even more flowers inside tn
ID % WE'RE entire iTs" stalls 1IHso filed Sd'S with t6't masses 10y OF r 0seS
e and carnations, nlagnolias and sweet peas. bu
~ y str stray t@FP Sanch snS E Of stif, old Sn afas inH . .aef Es wSrt
or flowers, like larkspur and moss %rose6uds. Over
:, in tho aisle Eiven, VI, TO the sale Of FISH Their
as she'll crabs crawled and kicked.
st II don't think any feature Of Washington
e~xistence impressed me more strongly than tn,
70 elaboration Of The. people. ! was so acous
nd toned to the Now York conductor 8 step live
n ly!' that ] almost fell off the cars and stumbleC
c; UP, into them in my haste. But nobody els
OF did. The gripmen waited for passengers I
rs come from across the street. and when the oil
be ladies deliberately looked into every, row o
g. seats TO choose the one they liked tho best, tn
It. conductor peacefully and politely waited. On
In day the wind blew OF the hai Of a man | 4 from
RI. OF me. 1t sailed out into the street and rollet
er up onto the sidewalk. The man rang the bel
of and stopped the car.
N, "'Wait q minute he said to the conductor
70, and then hoped on the car and ran back afte
his hat.
OF man included. watched with deep interos
er while he chased his hat, and when he corralle
mt congratulations, This was on A downtoyy