The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24
$3.50.

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chairs with their gorgeous orange-satin
upholstery-now frayed and faied-may
have graced the salas of the Spanish le-
cation, and the splendid damask draperies
may once have been the pride of the
Russian ENJOYS saloon. As the lodging
house keepers are generally sold out,
about once in three or four years, to
satisfy rapicious landlords, these treas
ures go the grand round as long as they
will hold together, to fail Il terally) at
last into the shanty of some coiored
wash-lady.
Secretary of the Navy Long has lived
in an apartment house 0he Portland,
ever since he came into the cabinet, and
his wife and daughters, whenever they
are with him, give the SWEETEST kind of
fiower-bedecked receptions in their small
suite. Among the FLATS" whose name
is legion, the Cairo is another favorite
abiding place of legislative families. SEN
ator Foster, of Washington state. lives
there; also Senator Pettigrew of South
Dakota, Senator Thurston of Nebraska,
Congressman Driscoll of New York,
Ransdell of Louisiana, King OF Utah.
Lane of Iowa, Lester and Fleming of
Georgia, and a round dozen others. The
Richmond" the Colonial" the War.
num-" the "Drisccll," and countless 9th
ers are equally popular; and in each, the
various families in their respective flats
form little village of their own, with
a common receiving-day and good times
generally. Gossip? Well, yes, maybe, one
is reluctantly obliged to admit-though
Washington is not much given to that
nleanest of vices Nine times out of ten,
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and flourish for time like green bay
trees, have little, if any, foundation in
fact, as their fair disseminators are we'll
aware; and soon the stories lose their
zest, and die natural death, (while
somebody else is being hauled over the
coals). and nobodys reputation is much
the worse for 1t. The fact is. the higher
the social position OF the person SANDER
ed, the more numerous and ugly are the
scandals about her, and. as rule, the
more she is talked about" tho more
courted and hattered she is. In proof of
this, would like to tell some lively tales
well known in Washington-were 1t not
for the certainty Of libel SUITS and you
know il has lately been decided In law
that ''the greater the truth, the greater
the libel"
To return to our subject. Comfortable
suites in these apartment houses, of
three to five rooms. rent from s25 a month
to $3.50, according to their location and
aristocratfo patronage. To be able to rent
house here. In a fashionable locality,
with servants and all the paraphernaiia
for successful entertaining, a man must
reckon his monthly income in at least
four figures. Those in official life who
do 1t, of course calculate to spend a good
deal more money than the amount OF their
salaries, which would be but as a drop
in the bucket. This, you know, is said
TO be 1.-THE rich mems administration"
and the Oldest inhabitant does not re-
member a time when so many millionalres
were congregated in the national capital.
Among the very best livers In Washing
ton are the diplomats-because they do
not live entirely al their own expense,
the handsomely furnished legations with
their white-and-gold bail rooms and splen-
did plate, being usually paid for by their
home governments. Theirs are the hand
soonest equipages and highest stepping
steeds that are seen on our broad and
slippery asphalt, with glittering harness
and servants in livery. OF course there
are other fine turnouts-much finer than
the Presidents new pair of bays-draw-
ing perfectly-appointe landaus, coupes,
clarences and traps; but the average
legislator contents himself with the dem
ocratic cable car, with an occasional hired
hack when his wife and daughters 60 call
ing.
One OF the most melancholy sigts one
sees IN Washington Is the phalanx Of ex-
congressman who moi only fancy them
selves, like Mark Tapiey the victims Of
adverse circumstances, but labor under
the delusion that the political party with
which they acted owes them a living
Those who We Repub leans while IN Con
gress, want 70 be cOnsuls now that their
brief sun has dropped below the horizon,
or Indian agents, OF harbor masters. or