Show diplomatic AUCTIONS eric a brac bargains eagerly at the shrine of the lied naff there is a graceful custom among foreign diplomats at tho capital that we may as well trench upon I 1 refer to the auction sale which frequently befalls on the occasion of the recall of one of our alien ambassadors or ministers for two weeks before their excelled cies decamp the local papers revel in a long and lurid ad recounting the ro 0 or declaring how on a certain day all people so minded are invited to appear and contest at public for a dazzling list of plunder in said ad set forth prime among the properties for sale yon will notice wines and many a thing besides that are as articles of commerce highly fed but in these cases courtesy has held the tariff at bay all of a legations wines and cigars and furniture in fact everything of a personal sort that a legation causes to be brought to america is passed scot free at our customs one will readily discern that a ripe profit might bo made to roll pleasantly up at one of these legation sales our own must however pay tho fiddler in each notable instance abc these sales turns stoutly ant the bidding is hot and fast and high tharo is nothing so lusted for by a certain sort of american numerous hereabout as a wine which has been justified by an taste or a piece of or brica bric a brac which has been soiled by boblo and titled contact and therefore these legation auctions furnish the most heated bid combats and many a fool is fleeced it is also to be remarked that these sales string out in endless fashion day following day as fools flock to bo bun koed the stock whether of wine or furniture or cast off noble garments never runs low the widows store of oil showed no better staying powers As long as custom hangs about the chanbers chanters chan shout the red flag floats and the stock of goods to be disposed of flows by with current unabated for mark you rather than disappoint or send any full hearted alien chaser away from this sale with aching heart and empty hands the auctioneer each night moves in a new stock to replace the disappearances of the day before each morning the legation rooms anro as tho cabinets as full of bric a brac the bins as replete with rare old wines as at the beginning thus it runs forward until no more appear to even toadies have enough then the flag comes down and aho legation sale is at an end new york journal |