Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08
CONGRESSIONAL BUBBLES
A Passing Voice

HE had grown up on the grassland. The
maverick and the iackIabbit were his earli-
est friends As he grew, his voice tuned itself
to the tastes OF his rural neighbors, and one
day they sent him to Congress. Five winters
in Washington found him unchanged.
A time came when he and his wife received,
over the telephone, an invitation to dinner.
They accepted it. Few Congressman turn
down dinner invitation. This one came from
house IN swedom, and there they met the
rich who are also the mighty.
"A voice from the chaparrali' whispered the
host to his friends.
The Congressman talked and therest listened.
His wife thought him a great man, and she
didn't mind telling other people But she
had been almost timld about this dinner; so
when she heard her husbands voice waking the
echoes of the big dinner hall she wondered at
her fears.
1T sounded just like he was driving hogs
out of the field at home natural and familiar,
you know" she said afterward to the home
people.
Such interesting type!" explained the
host to his wife that night. Another decade
and he'll be gone. you see"
The Value of Tact
THE schoolgirls went to the Senator's tea
in bunch and the one in the Paris hat
held up the line when she got to the hostess.
m awfuly glad to see YOU again. How We
you becn." she said with the manner of an old
o!assmate.
Memory and conscience struggled on the face
OF the Senator's wife
oh, see you've forgotten mel"
Light came to the hostess. No. indeed.
I'm sure I've met you somewhere"
81 guess so; live across the street from you
at home" The Paris feathers trembled.
But YOU girls will grow and will change"
The manner of the hostess showed strain
''Oh. well, the Senator knows pa, all right J"
The girl moved down step and reached for
forgotten me too" defantly.
Impossible, my dear child! could never
forget that sweet facel"
The girl gazed at him through a delicious
mist Il told pa YOU were sincere And the
Paris hat travelled away in search of other
notables.
III only l had your talent" grieved the
hostess.
It's long practice, my dear. not art" re-
That night the girl wrote a letter: The
Senator's wife had on frumpy dress-awfully
unbccoming too-and the eats couldn't
touch ours. The old Admiral was there and
he's certainly darling He knew me at once
and asked about you: pa. No more congress
sional teas in mine l had to give up the mat
inee-think of that
Willing to Take 1t
TN the beginning Official Life had spelled
glory and fashion and pleasure to her. She
didn't know it had anything to do with the
trials of life; she thought they would stop.
But after she had rented cold house, the only
kind Washington has for rent, she began to
find out all kinds of things. One that hav
ing a husband at the head of a bureau didn't
do away with the Servant Question Another,
that the ONLY recommendation a Washington
servant had was good reference-she learned
to write them herself.
She had always been a grateful woman.
After she had supported the cooks large
family for six months. and supplied the butler
with double his share of her husbands club
wines and cigars. and watched the housegirl
appropriate her best lace scarf and large
assortment of collars, handkerchiefs, etc,
she decided to make a change. She wanted
a different race, different color, and other
wages. She was no longer willing to mort
gage her husbands salary to pay the SER
wants.
So she answered the advertisement of Jap
anese When he came she talked with him in
the hail. He bowed very often and was willing
to do a great many different kinds of work.
Then she mentioned wages.
How much do you WANT" she asked.
"Tiktv dollars
What" Mortified
"Tiktv dollars"
What" still incredulous.
"Tikty dollars.
Her husband entered. What is this man
saying" she asked nervously.
sixty dollars"
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