| Show WHERE PERSONS APE everything rosi position tion of cong oilman a wife la in washington society the rural a wife ambitious to be in stio nd 1 who fond ly imagines that elec to the house ot of representatives carries with it the golden key to unlock all doors learns her first and bitter lesson says mr low when she dl covers that posit position ioa means something but persons ara ar everything such a woman comes to washington full of her own import ance profoundly impressed with the greatness of her husband fondly be lieving that the wife of the president the wives of the members of the cabi net the wives of the senators will receive her with open arms that she will be invited to the dinners of which she has read in her local paper that she will get her name in the newspapers and her dresses will be des bribed as was that of the governor governors a wife at the last charity ball alas for her disillusionment sh she e learns that while a congressman may be a very big man in his district he Is a very small man in washington until he has established his right to be regarded as above the average it he has money and tact he may soon attract attention and cross the golden boundary or it he has no money but much ability he will reach his destination by another route but it if he has neither one nor the other if he Is simply an ardi nary member of congress a very ta fa r specimen of middle class common place intelligence the social tion for which his wife sighs will never be hers the wives of senators from her state will return her call she may be invited to a tea even to a dinner at the tag fag end of the season but that will be the limit of her insight into society harp harper s weekly some of the recent magazine articles seem to prove that a little learning la Is a dangerous thing we like to console ourselves with the he delusion that the grapes just be rond lend our deac a 1 are sour |
