Show women aam auction mad PA ephe T H di loyal legion of congress worna woma en who hung on in washington during the dog days encouraging their husbands found surcease for sultry solitude in auctions the washington female is auction mad theres a greater glamour here over the sale of other peoples old rubbish than anywhere else in the country power is always changing hands nobody stays put in his high estate and when the dignitaries get their walking papers they sell out all their household goods as a rule hence the avid feminine scramble for foreign and historic relies relics the smartest society is always to bo be found in the fashionable auction rooms in washington the retiring foreign minister dodge is worked to a fine financial finish by foxy auctioneers there are usually m more ore auctions to celebrate their retiring than there are ministers to retire but chos going to keep vt tab diplomatic debris is always at a p premium discards from legations whether genuine or apocryphal are gobbled gluttonously most alost congress wives go back home laden with sacred relies relics from auction houses bouses more or less authenticated one of these ardent ladles indies picked up recently at a rare bargain in prime condition apparently an oriental rug warranted to have been highly prized by a prominent diplomat who parted with it reluctantly upon his recall to his bis own country the rug which had never known a foreign footfall wore beautifully for a month or two then fell all to pieces at one fell swoop like the wonderful one horse shay T the fabric which was literally worn in holes had been strengthened and renewed by a preparation of glue on the back the threadbare spots filled up to a firm consistency by the uso use of red egg dye paint the disen chanted lady had only a shoddy rug to show for her 75 expenditure still the thrall of the auction room never diminishes |