The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-08-29
ANSWERS TO SOCIAL QUESTIONS

L Question: Is the town always as dead as II
Is nowi Ny business keeps me here CT I would fly
hence. for I fee as though were living in city
Of the dead. Can't you tell a man some way %
find living creatureY At the club the other night
ran into a couple Of dead men-this isn't slang,
mind you-the men I refer 70 were actually dead OF
might just as well be dead. for they sat up like
skeletons staring into SPACE and saying nothing n
each other except when they came TO the bottom
Of their glasses they exclaimed Let's have an
otherr From this club went 10 the one where
the scientists hang out. but tbs fossils were all
inert there. and 50 ! hied me 10 Chevy Chase,
where found a few living people, but that IL the
only place there was any signs q life. This IS
my first summer Ia Washington, and. dec volente,
il will ba my last; but meantime ! want 20 know
where the people q Washington hide themselves
in August. BORED BORE
Answer-Naturalists disagree as TO Just
where WashingtOnians hide themselves in
summer. bat the generally accepted the
DRY. and the one advanced by the most
noted savants, is that they conceal them
selves in caves on the hills or bury
themselves deep in the sand on the sea-
shore. They are several species of Wash
ingtonians however, and some varieties
are known to moult in August and so
occupy themselves by buying new plu-
mage at the bargain counters in the
great New York shops while others fy
across to Paris to get that nice, little
dressmaker who does so well for me. you
know. and is really quite reasonable for
Paris to make them some things. There
are always a few too weak in pocket 20
hide 10 their satisfaction, but II you are
Of an investigating turn Of mind, you will
succeed in finding these sitting of an
afternoon on the back steps Of their
houses, which are closed from top to
bottom in front but you will probably
not be made welcome by the species who
prefer the back of their house TO the
front in summer. for this very preference
indicates that they wish to be solitary
and alone so I would advise you when
seized with the need OF human compan-
ionship TO keep to the Chevy Chase Club.
2 Question: Did you ever hear Of The Rams
bottom papers" and can you tell me who wrote
theml ERIC.
Answer-The Ramsbottom papers wers
written by Theodore Hook, a humorist
OF the last century, and were the first
Of their kind ever published. and the
best, for that matter Mrs. Ramsbottom
was the Mrs. Malaprop OF her time, and
Is quite as amusing as that worthy lady
In some OF the letters the wit is very
broad-too broad for the standards of
our day. Hook has other claims 10 i'm
mortality than the Ramsbottom papers,
for he was a prolific writer, Maclise
painted him, and he went to school with
Byron.
| s. Question: I see from your letters that you
have been away, and ! am sure you have dined at
many grand houses. Won't you tell me II you have
seen anything new in the way Of table decorations?
am Just going 70 housekeeping, and ! want 70 keep
up with the times BRIDE
Answer-No the flowers are grouped
/ low on the table. the attempted introduc-
/ ton Of the old-fashioned epergne having
proved failure. The most pleasing dec
GRAFTON I ever witnessed was one Of
moss and ferns lifted in a clump from