Show SOCIETY IN washington the secret of social success at the states capital the material for a salon very possibly exists in washington says harpers bazar but the most of it is a little raw and the average congressman ia not going to worry himself into a dress suit and go to some clever comans womans house merely to talk to di cuss public questions and aay bright things he prefers to do that at the capitol and have it printed in the record or pour it into ear and have it spread broadcasts broadcast 1 through his district ills ideas of socia ability include a bounteous and are inseparably associated wibb bodily food A thin wafer with a glass of gooseberry syrup and water will not satisfy stimulate nor adequately reward his expectation founded upon even a verbal he ampre chates terrapin and champagne and ting them seeks for the ulterior motive ave been asked to dinner twice this session by smith what do you suppose he wants queried a perturbed congressman and this is the all tod usual view taken af pf even the simplest and most friendly hospitalities extended for good the family of a certain high official of means came to washington intent upon setting an example of spartan simplicity and frugal elegance in the way of entertainments they sent but engraved cards a fortnight beforehand and the heated and crowded guests were regaled with a vision a teapot and a plate of wafer ewhen they reached the dining room society naturally crit and abslunt old soldier wished that the money paid the engraver had been spent on a caterer pa and that an informal entertainment had not succeeded a formal invitation A shrewd rich and illiterate woman who came to washington determined to get into society looked the field a season and said 1 I know how to do it feed em and she did and conquered and rose to tha ultra circle which affects to scorn officials aad politicians and bangs upon corps the secret of such a success lies solely in the pocketbook pocket book the salad bowl and the punch howl and is attained by any one sabo willa judiciously distribute their circles are the antipodes 1 of a salon bu titis oneff the mass of such material that a salon must choose its recruits and people more or less affected by such social standards and surroundings roun dings must be educated and raised to a higher level because of this general the more needed as a place of refuge for public men and clever people with trained and refined social tastes f one of the intelligent dogs lives in bar harbor me feaks journal he was carrying a paper the other day when iona began to bother him he put the paper down on the ground and when a do attempted tor touch ItY sprang on him and gave him a good shaking these tactics he repeated several tims 1 till at last he could not get any dog to touch alie paper and then he quickly picked it up and walked aviah 3 wholesale IIda siner j it is not generally known VIII hanged no fewer robbers thieves aad vagabonds and that good queen boss affected by her royal fathers ferocious example w as in the latter part oi her reign responsible for the slaughter of or criminals yearly to 1500 for example we find that in the county of somerset alone 40 persons were executed 35 burned in the hand and u severely w hipped |