Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-07

the man, who has taken his seat
slaps him on the back and wishes
all sorts Of good luck
The proportion Of those who resi-
the high tide of fame and success
small as to be accredited no notice
yond large merit mark for nerve
It is grim death, or sorry defeat
works the changes. If the truth be
nine out Of ten prefer the former
In the harness" has good sound I'd
statesman, and reads well to post
while his desk in the House or Sena
buried in flowers, and the big hand
history stop on the Government dia
an hour. and consider him and wha
did.
The non-poiticel people Of Wasl
ton, those who have lived here for n
years. as well as those whose ele
homes are the more recently esta bills
maintain an attitude towards those
are swept In on the political cur
which sooner or later makes the cd
OF the newcomer one glad sweet
or involves him In a struggle to find.
Key to the social national anthem. s.
Few, who insist upon being consy
ously obscure through one Admini4
tion and another. by reason OF {
familiarity with the most exclusive q
tai HE for years and years and we'd
these few always assume the air Of III
who rtossess the land. but will !
descend to the children of official fort|
once when 1t first became known wi
the wife of President had taken a
In church. some one said enthusiastic
TO member of that flock:
"Oh, I hear you have gotten MRS.
into your church,"
You mean Mrs Y. has come to
corrected the lady, whom the wife
a mere President of the United 81
of America meant nothing whatever
be excited about
Whatever may develop In the
analysis of the political mixture. "fr
les" will come to the surface. fresh
being Washington street vernacular
the newly-elected A husky youth.
a swagser and a calabash, was h,
betting even on who'd be the Ere
President!
But Washington stands on tiptoe. v
dering what they'll all be like; Il
who are to come. Will they bring
them the charm and gr-ces. the wis.,
and efficiency Of those whom they fol
of those In whose houses they may |
IF some new official moves into the III
Of an assistant secretary of the pre
Administra ton, will his wife be told
picturesque her predecessor was one
when she received in her French &
drawing-room? She was always bea
full. but upon this particular day she
dressed in gray with some ruby !
some place or other about her. and
furniture was upholstered in gray broc
and pink roses. OF course. that sin
happened, but what made II all ne
to-be-forgotten picture was the app
ance Of her tiny japanese maid,
brought in a little white rabbit '
ruby eyes. and who explained that
rabbit must stay in the drawing-r
When Presidents are inaugurated.
official household belongings OF Il
who are shifted about move in all s
Of ways. in every direction. Not
do the vans set out for the freight ho
and the special car, but there Is a
cession of wagons drawn up TO the
of the Luctioneer.
| Thus II comes about that little n
Jones (the bride of Sam. who is se
tary Of Smith from Posey county,
in her tiny apartment on Capitol r.
table from an embassy; she and
dine from plates which a Cabinet n
Der wanted to get rid Of to save pack
and their rug is from an Oriental i
ton. On the whole, that is neat
Mary and Sam. and makes a good le
to the folks in Posey county.
| Really. when one considers. there
be 80 many interesting things to "
about after the NTH OF November,
still more after the fourth Of March.
Just now. one can only speculate
the word-if-