Milford chronicle., 1903-11-20
WASHINGTON A MAGNET.
More and More the Leisure Class Are
Going There TO Live

More and More the Leisure Class are
Going There TO Live.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's prediction
that the social center of the country
eventually will be in Washington finds
justification in the rapid growth OF the
social, literary and art colonies in the
CAPITAL City. Every season witnesses
additions to the circles of distinguished
and wealthy people who select Wash
ineton for their winter residence.
IF | had dozen houses l could rent
them all within twenty-four hours
was the remark of Major General cor
bin as he closed deal for his own resi-
dence lust before leaving for his new
most ON Governors island. The gen
eral. on his return from western TOUR
saw ON a newspaper bulletin board no
tice that the order for his transfer 10
the command of the department ol lhe
east had been made. Before gong
home he and his wife stopped at real
estate Office and placed their house. Iur-
nlshed. in the company's hands. Ihls
was about 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
Before they sat down to dinner they
were notified by telephone that the
house had been rented for S0'OOO
wear. The general received a dozen ap-
nlications for his house from out OF
town people who desired to rent homes
for the season in Washington. but had
found the supply limited and made
quate.
More and more every year is Wash
ington being selected as the winter
home Of substantial people from north
ern cities. The rentals for residences
sdapted to entertainment are more rea-
sonable in Washington than in New
York. Philadelphia or Boston, and the
custom has sprung up for wealthy peo-
pie and those prominent in society to
rent their own homes in northern cities
and come to Washington for the sea-
son. where they can enjoy not only a
milder climate, but the refined atmos-
phere of art and literature and also en-
10y the unique flavor of Washington S
special attractions, national politics ana
diplomacy.
The frivolities and absurdities of the
Four Hundred that have provoked
Henry Watterson's keen satire are not
so much I'm evidence in Washington
and the winter colonies from other
cities appreciate the more interesting
life at the national capital. To mingle
with diplomats from all the great cap
itals of the world, TO know the men
and women in national life who make
the political wheels go round, to meet
and know scientists. literary people
and artists and others whose impor-
tance and reputation do not rest upon
a foundation of dollars, is refreshing
experience to those who have been ac-
customed to winning social position by
matching wealth.
Besides the floating social population
that drifts TO Washington each season
there is every year added a permanent
colony of men and women of wealth
and refinement who have purchased OF
built delightful residences there. With
i'm the last year eight or ten immense
apartment houses have been erected on
| plans that appeal to those who wish &c
spend a part of the year in the city
| The dearth Of suitable furnished
houses. or, in fact, of any houses ade
0uate for social entertaining, has sen
many OF these outsiders to the apart
ment houses and family hotels, wher'
two or three suits are thrown togethe
and ample accommodations secured To-
the demands Of the social season.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
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