New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
Prom The Indianapolis News

liuman organization in the world. lie finally
moved to Washington.
II he had been an American j. wouldn =.
have taken so long. For the signs are every
where, Washington shows no privacy abou.
changing its clothes to conform TO its new
cosmopolitanism. Streets piled high will.
snoWdrlfts days after the storm left its bur
den arc walked by trim Allied officers, Brit
ons with the red banded cap of the General
Staff, Frenchnen in enchanting graz VINO
greet their dinner hostesses of TIE night be-
fore III the open air with kiss on the hand
In France it is usual salute New YORK
might frankly stare, but Washington is not
so daring. Washington is startled, but dis
Greet, looks out Of aidelong eyes and scu,ries
away.
The Victorian Horse
The horse fingers on in Washington l.
may be long day yet before he sounds TIE
retreat III sad reply to the brutal blare Of
the Ford taXicab. He rot only fingers. but
IN style. lie draws coupes, landaus. dogcarts
and all other styles Of Victorian transporta-
ton. 1t is no unusual sight to sco {: coach
and two stepping down the road, silver
mounted, the box ornanented with two negro
servants in boots, silk hats and cockades and
smoking corn cob pipes. If you stand on Con
nectlcut Avenue, near Jackson Place, about
block from the rather bulky Georgian man
sion called the White House, you can see it
almost any morning.
Washington has always had a diversified
society, built Oh a space but firm substrat,In
of old and exclusive families II is q com.
monplaco Of Washington legend that the old
fanlllles have taken pride in snubbing Official
lie, have condescended 70 entertain diplo-
macy, nut have set shut door against riches
fut patriotism works a strange. yeasty
ferment. Some Of the 'dolar wear, neoDle @
who have become a part Of the Federal ma
chne 20 give power TO the drive against the
enemy are men of social place in regions
more extended than their own home districts.
Their very entrance into Washington life
mas constituted an assault on establish d
lines. Washington itself has. more or less
openly, disdained the official life of the Demo
cratic Administration. finding it lacking in
the distinctions begotten by wealth that
marked Republican rule. But The Admins
tratlon did net choose its war aid by political
lines, and wealth has come to WASHINGTON,
IN abundant quantity.
Even Clubs Yield
The club life of Washington is varied ard
plenteous The Metropolitan Club the Cos
mos Club, the University Club. the Array
aad Navy Club and even the Nat:onal Press
Club have been forced to hand out keys to
the city so extensively that they are ali rap
Idly IN danger of losing their distinctive
character. The Cosmos Club is probably the
last to yield, but even there scholarly distinc.
ton Is said to be giving way in the pressure
OF circumstances to hospitality that is war
bogotten.
The war may end, bat Washington will
never return to the long sleep. The street
cars viii speed up, the telephone girls dron
their soft dr&wl, and Congress. the common
council of the capital. may even admonish
the commissioners TO clean the streets 1t IS
barely possible in few years, after the Na-
tionai Commission of Fine Arts has had on
opportunity to show its worth, that DIES
to"rneiles de Constant. returning, will find
ne spoke the truth. At least the trec-ljned
afcAuCs "lil not be so sleepy as they used to
be. The Old rustcity will be ponc u ,,,.,,
DC hoped that something of equal flavor and
greater distinction will have taken its n|acs