| Show BAB IN THE Us US S SENATE mat a aretty woman thimas of our nations Kat ions senators MD AND SHE incidentally TAI KS POLITICS senators dont impress bah a particle she in 19 sorry site has seen the senate tho of washington society at the ibo capital the wives or of tile justices tho most mont delightful home in washington A senators handsome wife A dearth of young People how Hov a als a city impressed au an observing ObberT ioe youns young woman copyright sll IM ly by the pok hok preas I 1 new ew york I 1 TUB C I 1 bOTON D 0 feb 3 1801 1 i when yew now yorkers get a little bit lagged n out ut they como come do down n here for or a changa of scene and to got et something good to oat cat for my own part I 1 think I 1 had the things to eat cat more mora in toy my winds minds eye ye than I 1 had the change ol of scene but I 1 ROI both washington til Is to my way of thinking one of tire the loveliest places la in the heridi arid and aad driving streets Is like hlo ca over a bill billiard aard t table able the equipages equi pages la in washington are remarkable lor for ches and civility that is tle charges are cheap and the coachman la Is civil the horses hordes are a remnant of 0 the middle ages and while they are not lol outly ly list fast still they asea baie a cheerful way ol of trotting along thatis that Is interesting the carriages carri aKes are funereal to a degree that Is awe inspire ing but it Is just as well in fu washington tor one to think ot of tile the hereafter her carier once in a while what have I 1 done A WOMANS 6 olf 0 THE FORCE DILL well I 1 have learned what the ibo force bill means tor for one thing and I 1 con older ider it 11 very I 1 do no not see why by the poor unfortunate ric nearo ro who has had bad freedom thrust upon him should bo be forced to leave his dinner and prance ott off to 10 the polls I 1 dont see sea why by any human being should be forced to vote vole it if they dont want to and a id I 1 also utterly fall ail to lu sea BOO how they tro pro going to force people to vote unless they run them in at the polut point of the bayonet and then perhaps that much complained of part of the itle country ilia mill fiill liko like tho the much t fell quoted turn arid and lick BAU UM TUB tile SENA tons I 1 have also heard a bonnor speak and for bad elocution for mir wretched etched pronunciation nuncia Dun clation tion tor for a clear and compact ignorance of aishe as she should bo be spoke he bo Is iff to bo be commended I 1 had never dover been to alic senate before I 1 pictured it as an body bodam where here men dion thought out great deeds spoke tit in a way worth hearing boar lii and were altogether a credit to tire the people alio lie had bad sent then them there instead I 1 found a lot of gaunt dishevelled looking booking creatures with tile cupl dores outnumbering them by ten tea or twelve I 1 elye oho ito sat belh A I 1 ill their feet on their desks and oho be slept bile th thu other man jn tn talked tal keil they didat seem tar to trio me to represent anything but a second rate L b u and I 1 care caro nhat hat their politics tire arc the senators of life hie united states mates alnas excepting mr evarts aro are a disgrace dip raco to lo tire nation at largo large I 1 am told they havo have a bathroom bath room in tire senate most alost ot of the in members embers looked as if they needed it A num number berof ot them arid and the rest of them know if how tho w to corob comb their hair properly now the lionso 0 of lords Is stupid Y undeniably and stupid but it looks dignified and let im tile the people and that 1 a great deal more than getting up and calling men in n liars arid and poltroons about the force bill LORRY sue SHE HAS SEES THE SE SENATE NATE I 1 am very sorry I 1 have soc seen ritho tha sen ben ate it Is Isa another illusion cone gone gonrand and I 1 shall feel no interest in lite future for or tile tho tour four votes that icon I 1 control arol I 1 looked fur for the fer female riale lobb lobbyist arid and in vain but if I 1 had anything up before tho the senate and wanted anted it to pass I 1 would sol set up a first clas clau grogshop grog shop as near fear tile capitol as possible I 1 would inguld english bar maids to manage it and I 1 would got tuy my bill through ono one senator who mho sleep quite as calmly as tho the others had on an a in blue tic and could bo be distinguished by that for quite adista a distance uce it as about the only thing I 1 noticed that was calculated to attract attention THE WOMEN OF tho the woman who married at all always has ha something to bo be thankful lor for that is that she marry a politician I 1 would mould jiggered bo with wilh a nery sr largo large J it if I 1 would mould sell hell my soul to the mob because my husband bippen od to be senator the senators and representatives wives ives are ara the tha property prop orly ot of the public on certain afternoons afternoon ti arid and tho the american public is ant slow to take lako advant advantage ago of its opportunities women of all sorts arid and conditions women woman who are rude ill dressed ill mannered and riot not pleasant to look u upon pam irk in any way calmly go to houses V where hero they are riot not known at all blare al it the hostess and her assistants partake P art of her hospitality anil and then go a away my arid and find fault with it oil oh how I 1 adored my sex set w hen I 1 heard buard some we women men down there giving vent to their fee feelings linga A youngish woman moman la in red frerk trimmed with gold braid and a red hat w dicu fill a gold pompon upon it ft was at a charming reception given by 11 anio me romero led and I 1 I 1 watched her m baillo bile she eho consumed four plates of lee ire cream three glasses of punch a cup at coffee one of chocolate some cako cake and a few sweats mild thou then hoard board her murmur to her companion 1 I like to go to a house where they their lave bavo salads sa lids I 1 dont know nhat ahat this woman will have lit in tho the future but I 1 hope silo fine will got a salad with so much tabasco on it that a foretaste tore fore will be given her hero TUC CAPITALS suppose I 1 am a senator from well it from our Wash logton say SAV I 1 have got a charming wife who Is pleasant arid and hos he pliable who likes to receive her arr friends blonds and who has the tha womanly mainstay wish to bo be popular NOW kow it if she ho were in her a own n honio battle and she bho were receiving in my because it was politic to do so I 1 could understand a raid being made upon her bar tor for a few dais da 9 but those people hero bera are riot jol my constituents and unless they are arc invited incited they flioy have no lie right to tel invade my house the result of antl anc beautiful system that obtains Is that lite average abraio woman lit in washington in ill political circles circle Is tired out cabled to death by people silo she know and want to know and she becomes a bundle bulletin of nerves w bile sho she gains ant nothing hills from it at all I 1 consider the lite whole system of social life so far as receptions are concerned to bo be indecent A man certainly hui has a right to his house arid and his wife alfo and bt strangers rangers lime no right to come in and either cither the one or the other oilier IP IF im I 1 W ERE EHE A politician I 1 be a senator I 1 should ho be a justice of 0 tire supreme court they are there for the rest of their lives they inako an arid and an interesting set the mn men aro are well educated gentlemen and the women gentlewomen in tho the best sense of 0 tho the word ord I 1 heir receptions are aie well conducted anil abo society fiend seldom gets gels into them 11 OF THE JUSTICES 1 who he is tho the bando handsomest inest or of the jus I 1 Ice mr gray silo sho I 1 Is young but slie had a course of superb social training in her fathers justice mattheiss Matthew ss honse and silo she knows 0 te acely low to say ilia pleasant word 6 ord to a il it lter how to stand bland well and how to make a graceful good lyo ilyo tills this is a won art mrs learlan Is decide decidedly adly dignified and attractive find and sho she impresses one with mith the fact act that sha bile wants s 1 5 3 ou to bo be happy in her house hotie and 0 that 1 a t silo sho is glad that you came hut but THE HOST OF ALL is justice Hr Br adleys miss bradley to ie calv s for her mother who Is a bit of 0 an n invalid and her reception arid and her for goodbye has al almost liko benedictions bune dictions ilia ibo house Is an air interesting one onci over vilh books and justice jubilee bradley himself has them all at ills his ringer linger ends am hiis is companions they aro are the friends tha he receives day af after lay and after night and after seeing him you how bow truo true it Is that life best society la Is found in rood good books tor for ills honor mr julice bradley Hrad lcy Is the most courteous gentleman that ever impressed you it fill ho fact that tile tho old school turned out men arid and well mell bred ones and that the iho new one cads aads I 1 was told I 1 dont know liow how trite friio it is that when hen justice bradley was a boy ho he 11 used to drive farm wagon into town lama arid as he drove ho be studied the latin krainman Kra gra inmar nimar A man was as curious carious eno enough u gh to ask him hat bal lie ho was studying lor for and ho he said to be I 1 may he bo citar pr es I 1 dent of tire tho untied states Stat ss or judg a of the iho supreme court lie has choon on tilo tho w cibor asor part parl A ML WIFE UWE the handsomest woman among the senators wives Is mrs davis of biln she Is A 4 large superba made woman mith a skin aike peaches and cream clear dark darko a a oj lark dark hair suit and tile tho niort beautiful neck find and kies arms imaginable in agi silo has sulli clont linow know let 0 of f what is artistic in dress to wear hyop very plain laan gowns made of rich materials and on her at honic homo da dai 1 the be looked magull dicent in black velvet tit mado ado lit in prIn princesse cesso fashion with old ro croaa 90 point edges whilo bile a diamond diamon ft cross rested on her white bite neck that jews might kiss aal and infidels adoro adore because ot of tho the absolute beauty of the woman A LACK or OF YOUNG the great lack in washington just at present bouth all the men worth talking to are old aud and the young ones growing up to not bid fair to compare with tho the generation bf before foro them they think so much of their trousers and they dance well they dance like animated then too there Is another thing needed in washington and that thal Is one or two first class drobs makers from tho the presidential patty down I 1 have never seen such ill fitting gowns in all my lito life they seem to think that it if tho front Is dragged across to la a tight fashion and the buck back loosely wrinkled rin kled that it Is all right and a ball goo gomono no matter how dirty it may ile be Is presentable the women momen lit in new york dress well and I 1 I 1 cannot explain to myself why these women in washington who 4 he come from cronl all ail parts of or the world arid should systematically choose to dress ill III rather than well AT MRS I 1 saw women in storm coats arid and one in a gray gown trimmed in gray fur and a gray far ur baton mho ho lial had bril hed up P her tol toi lotto letto by wearing v m bite silk st block 0 k ings arid and chile lite satin slippers thodor the perfect beauty of 0 a loth gow gown n Is unknown if the delight of an absolutely fresh ball dress is riot not appreciated and es as for the de dero loUo bodice well I 1 havo never before seen such displays of anatomy army I 1 lave have tile the grea greatest taSt aimi admiration ration possible tor for a beautiful neck arid and throat threat ani but when it comes to airon a young fig woman with every overy bone standing up as it it ma mollte named d specially to niort its lt right to vote a tor for the force foice bill and with arms as thin as lead pencil arid and just as sh chapply apply these doubtful charms to lo the world at large I 1 am flabbergasted it Is 13 an evidence of the must marvelous impertinence in tile world for one look at the mirror ought to convince the girl that she should use rise pers i en thing thine possible to tilde hide her anatomy tor for tear fear the society of prevention of cruelty to the outside world m would interfere she bho is a blot blob upon the face ace of oc tile the earth and her number is ery cry great lore here BATIS OPINION OF I 1 was wa interviewed the other oilier day and liked it it il gave me lite a chairo to siss sass back so now I 1 am going sio he interview myself and ou oil will seem see hat a diplomat I 1 lam am N hat do you think of washington 1 I think tile the terrapin at the arlington is food fit for the angels what do you think of this administration tra tion tiou 1 I think arid and keep on thinking iv where hero do thoy they have their rocks frocks mado made what do ou think of the force bill 1 I 1 think it ici I 1 feica eie a man arid and over tonti one I 1 bo be forced to do anything except to make iota lovo to pretty girls and that mould nt require any forcing with ith me what hat do ou on think of washington so society lety 1 I think society Is a word that covers a multitude of sins blits of lit commission of omission emission and of mobs a i feord ord v which should often bo be used instead of society 11 what do you think Is lie iho proper name for life unit next president 1 I think it ought to ho he the nanie name of a man mho Is A gentleman hell bred and ot of fine ap perance whose Is a lady not only by cour courtoy tosy but in reality and who will make a dignified proper representative of the greatest nation III fit the world I 1 dont care what his politics politic are pi ovidea he can do his duty la in that bat station of life in N which it lias has pleased the people of the united states to place him wb what t do you think of 0 washington women 1 never think of women being ono one of them I 1 know exactly how difficult the iho task is what political position it if you were tere a mail diou think you yoa would mould like to fill ell 1 I think I 1 should like to be a british minister because he knows that a trough the queen of england Is i a lery cry old woman sho she finds it no trouble to give gio lier for band to tile the ladles ladies alio ito are am presented to her beca because abill the of lords IS 1 stupid it and because his people have learned Ici nicu as ours ears hae bao not that the divinity th that at doth cloth licilio lic ilKo about the ho ruler really mak makes es tire the people care more fur for him and surrounds lifur him with fill ft a halo of respect this thib Is what hat I 1 think fortunately tile the rest or of tire worm world does docs not agree m fill her ho has no title to their considers fun five 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