Show the material lor a salon very possibly exists in washington says harpers bazar but the most of it is a little raw and the average congress man is not going to worry himself into a dress suit and go to some clever comans womans house merely to talk todis cuss public questions and say bright things he prefers to do that at the capitol and have it printed in the record or pour it into the interviewers ear and have it spread broadcast through his district his ideas orocia ability include a bounteous hospitality and are inseparably associated with bodily food A thin wafer with a glass of gooseberry syrup and water will not satisfy stimulate bior adequately reward his expectations founded upon even a verbal invitation he appreciates terrapin and champagne andret ting them seeks for the ulterior mo tive ive been asked to dinner twice this session by smith what do yon suppose he wants queried a perturbed congressman and this is the all too usual view taken of even the simplest and most friendly hospitalities extended for good fellowships sake 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 out engraved cards a foiAni gb beforehand and the heated and crowded guests were regaled 1 a vision of a young lady a teapot and plate of wafers when they reached the dining room society naturally crit and a blunt old soldier wished that the money paid the engraver bad been spent on a caterer and formal entertainment had not succeeded a formal invitation A shrewd i ich and illiterate who came to washington determined to get into society looked the field over for a season and said 1 I know feed deml and fihe did conquered anda rose to that ultra circle which affects tg scorn officials and politicians and nang upon tha diplomatic corps the secret of such a social success hes solely in the pocketbook pocket book the salad bowl and the punch bowly andas any one wha will judiciously distribute their contents such circles antipodes of a salon one of the mass of such material that abalon must choose its recruits and people anore or less at fectea by and j c adin ranst ls bici Si ci rj mya nn ari tr triau iru |