CHPITHL CITV COURIER.
flltrcSIIAM'S CALLERS.
THE SaCRETAriY BESIEGED DY AN OF
FICE SEEKING ARMY.
Ilrrilliin nt tlic Muli lli'inrtiiunt tlrn
rriil Orntit' Atlt ! lit lliijr' -Soiim Try
liil Seeni'i - lliiiiiilnu lliv lliinlltit Olll
ilil IVril.'iltlr.
Washington, iMurch Hit. Tlicro Is
floiiiutliiiii; very ltidkTont about thii of
fice wi'kiii.ur-hHHinf". -'or two or three
weeks the capital Inn lieeit tho t heater uf
iniiny little comedies, ami 1 fear not a
fow trnyedici. anions thu men who aro
ambitions to servo their country in one
ctijiaeity or another. Day uftJT lay the
net N played over and uxor until at last
it become!! deeidedly tiresome to all con
cerned. Let us visit the olllce of line of
the memberHof the cabinet this morning
ami see what wo Khali see. TlM otHrrt of
tho Heeretary ot Htato will dfuoijvoll an
any other. '
it is ll o'clock, and tho thrli'iipt of gov
ernment einployee.s HcitiTvltif; through
the htreets to their work seem unusually
largo. i.ml so they are. for amotiK thei::
tnu tho oflleo n'ekers on their way to the
various dipaiM'ients. each to the ureal
miblio olllce which contains bis hopes,
his fears Tito ofiioo seeker gets up early
in the iiinriiin;;. Hope, you know, springs
oterual and no matter what tho dis
coutMeiiieut of tho ilay before a night's
sleep ami a uo.nl breakfast as yet tho
ambitinus on.'s a.o iiuartercd at the bent
hotels tend to restore self conlidenco.
Filty or seventy-llvo enter the treas
ury department: several hundred wond
their way to the geueral ostotllco ttnd
the great ititi rior department: many go
to see iJnnicl Laniont in tho war oflleo;
others et out for tho department of
justice or agriculture. When wo enter
tho anteroom of tho secretary of M.'ltti
at half past II. wo llnd wo urn very late.
Twooooro or more of gentlemen aro
ahead of us.
I wish I could vividly -deseripo tho
scene for you. Men aro sitting about on
Hofas, chairs, oven tables. Many are com
polled to stand. An usher informs them
that seats may bo had in another ante
room. i.imI ho beckons tho way, but none
follows. Their oyo is on tho big door at
tho other end of tho apartment, behind
which Secretary (Sresham is known to
bo. With surprising unanimity they
silently agree to stay near this door, seat
or no seat. So they sit and stand about,
watching that door and looking askance
at each other There is very little con
versation For Homo reason men who
know each other well aro not inclined to
talk They aro too serious. Kvory man
of them appears to betiirniugover in his
mind what he will say to tho secretary
when they stand face to face if they
over do
These candidates for tho minor ap
pointments, as ministers abroad and con
suls, aro a well appearing lot of men.
They have good manners, good clothes,
good faces. -Many of them aro known
to bo prosperous in their business or pro
fession, and it in not dire distress but
fell ambition which has driven them to
this extremity. It is plainly evident that
each of them has carefully made his toi
let this morning, llo has arisen early
enough not only to breakfast, but to
shave. But ho hasn't had time to enjoy
his after brer.kfast cigar, and ho and all
his fellows, who daro not bo seen calling
on the secretary of state with cigars in
their mouths, cast envious glances at tho
only man in tho room who is smoking a
newspaper correspondent who seeks news
and not oflleo.
There is something ludicrously pathet
ic about this great and general effort to
appear at one's best this sprucing up.
tills petty self denial, this careful study
of words and deportment as if they went
juveniles awaiting catcchi.atioit and in
spection by tho merchant who is about
to hire an ollleo boy. Not all aro really
well dressed. Ono has indulged tho lux
ury ot a very shiny hat in order to offset
tho glisten of a well worn coat. An
other covers his frayed and gi easy un
dercoat by keeping his overcoat tightly
buttoned down before. And u third a
tall, gaunt, colored man, with a face so
serious that it would make his fortune
in tho undertaking business limit) his
ragged shoes as well as ho can with a
pair of now, gray and unusually largo
spats!
An incident which is almost tragio
now occurs, and this colored man is u
central liguro in it. lie chances to Hit
at tho end of a desk, and his bat is not in
view. Somewhat naturally, therefore, a
(Jeorgia man mistaken him for a servant
and then commands, as a white man iu
Georgia unthinkingly commands almoit
any negro
"Sam. put my overcoat on tho win
dow over there iu the corner,"
Tho colored man. who. 1 happen to
know, is a college graduate, a successful
'.dehor and ono who would make a cred
itable representative of this government
in tho eom'iilship to which ho aspires,
replies with nice dignity and bearing
and without any show ot auger:
I beg votir pardon; you have evident
ly made a mistake. 1 am a stranger iu
this oilii'o and not an employee."
The Georgian, too, proves himself a
gentleman Perceiving hiscrror ho apol
ogue, though I can see it goes against
tho grain to apologize to a colored man.
Now and then the door leading to the
secretary's inner ollleo opens, ono man
emerges, and tho usher shows another
in. I low tho crowd envies tho latter,
mid how it studies the face of tho for
mer! Has ho been successful or not?
"Possibly hois my rival and will beat
mo out." Then another long wait en
siles. It is very tedious. "Why will
that man take so much of thosecietary'-s
time:"
Some of these caller i have been here
every day for a week and haven't seen
the secietary yet. There are senators
here, too, ami they Int and fume be
cause tho doors do not open before them.
Senators aro so unreasonable! During
Mr. Cleveland's first term as president
Mr. Vilaswas for a time postmaster gen
eral, lb' made senators an I representa
tives wait iu his anteroom just like other
people. Ho behoved in lair pi ij and
h-at viuo first ..'rved. The cun.jiu.isiiK'ii
DR. TALMAGE'S APPEAL
HE HELPED OTHERS-NOW HE NEEDS HELP.
wi-ro very indignant, and ono tiny n-ii-alor
Voorhees, I think it was, kicked in
the door which a messenger had i-Iom-iI
iu his face. Mr. Vilas is now a senator,
and though on of tho most courti-oii
and consider ite men in public lit" liudH
a largo number ot his colleagues still
cold and unforgiving because he didn't
throw wide open his doors for them eight
years ago!
As I heard a bright woman say iu the
Pcuute galh ry a lew days ago as she
looked down upon tho tloor. "You men
uro only big boys."
Already sfories are whispered round '
to the effect that there is trouble between i
tho new president and tho senate. They
are not going to confirm some of hisj
nominations. There is to be a big row. i
Wo always hear these stories when uj
new president come., in, and they remind
mo of tho advice which General Grant
gave to General Hayes when tho latter!
came down to Washington to bo presi
dent. Colonel Corliin of tho arinywi.il
with Mr. Hnye.t then, anil ho tells me '
the story.
General Hayes asked General Grant
for some hints about tho work, and the i
old soldier replied:
"You will get along all rigid with the '
people. General Hayes. They are reason
ublo and not difficult to please. You '
may even satisfy tho houseof representa
tives, but tho man was never born of ,
woman that could win tho approval of '
the United States senate."
Hut I am wandering away from Sec
retary Groshain's anteroom. The can
didates wait and wait, twirl their hats
in their bands, wonder what their neigh-,
bors are after and if they are going to '
get it, say to themselves they'd give it
up and go homo if it wasn't for being
laughed at by tho people who know tin y
aro iu Washington and for what pur
pose, ami suddenly all iuOio room spring
to their feet.
The secretary has entered. Ho has on
his overcoat and carries his hat iu his
hand. Forty pairs of feet edge iu his di
rection. Forty hands have an itching to ,
grasp his. There is no stampede, no rush,
no crowding. Tho aspirants aro too well
bred for that. As ono of their iiuiiibi r i
reaches tho secretary's side tho others
fall back a little to give him a chance,
but si. utile eagerly forward when Mr.
Greshain disengages his hand and polite
ly removes his ear from pmriuiity to the ,
tongue of tho foremost. Thus man after i
man rolls up, grabs the hand that runs
tho state department and signs couimis-
sions, whispers a fow hurried words, to
say which, with others, ho has been wait-
ing for days, and falls back. '
It is a trying sceno tor all concerned
trying to tho aspirants, for each of them
instinctively feels ho has not helped his
cause a whit, trying to tho secietary.
because ho would if lie could give every
ono of these men a fair chance to state
his case, and because ho knows that not
ono iu a dozen of them will carry homo
with him anything but disappointment.
Tho secretary ot state is onlv human.
weak and trail, lie i tin endure onlv mi
many hour a day theonleal of receiving
callers U must have sleep, lest, meals
and e.vjrcise. and if tin ie were ",'i in
stead of but 'J I hours in the day he
couldn't enjoy these and see even one
half of the aspirants and give to eae'i
tho time desired. I It sides the secretary
lias much other and much more impor
tant work to do, and so ho runs ttie
gantlet toward the corridor, shaking
hands and exclaiming:
"You must excuse me, gentlemen, v
I must go to the executive mansion at
once. I am glad to see you, but Vuii
must excuse mo now. I remember ,,.i
very well, sir, but 1 must pass on now
Come ami see mo again."
And thus ho presses Ins wav loth 'hail
and is oil'. His bearing is ai'n ir.ible.
llo is simply Irving to do the lu-t lie
call to be courteous, gentle and 'niisid
erate under Irving circuinsi.iin i s D.n
alter day ho is latigited by ordial ltl.e
this. Yet ho works on. mid the aspirants
hang on, and here wit have a glimpse of
tho office seeking scenes of the day.
What 1 hive told von of one morning
in tho rooms of the secretary of state is
true of evtiv morning of every cabinet
minister's ollico. of tho Whit lloiiso it-
elf. On flioparrof Hie lopresontntivrs
of the government there is patience, and
also keen m picciatiou of tho fact that
these men who seek' ofllciul appointment
have theirrightsaud that t hey are wort by
of respect and consideration. It is not
disgraceful, though dccidcdlv uncomfort
able, to seek olllce amid this hcramble.
Hut how wearisome must bo the grind,
how sad and useless must all tho pushim;
and pnlliug:"fiutDthocnhinct mim.-ters,
v. ho know that 1.1 nut of every III of this
I m, procession must have only bitter
i.i ' J poiututciit lor their pains!
It M nut alone the executive olllcers of
the goveruiuiut who suffer. Senators
and coicressnien are overwln lined.
They fly to Fortress Monroe Tor a few
tl.ivs' respite, nr lii New York any place
but Washington r home. Their mail is
dumped upon their desks by bushels and
all singing the same time. A do.m
dorks and stenographers could not hot p
Up with their correspondence these days.
Their private and family h iters lie I ur
ied in the mass which they do not gi t
even time toopi n. Invitations (milliner
are discovered days after tho feast and
while tho would be host is cursing the
guests who never came nor even sent
their regrets. Wvirai Wp.i.ijian.
Worlil's I 'nil- lirntlplM.
Tho malingers of the World's fair are
already figuring upon receipts. They
estimate that between IH.litm.ooo null
.'0,00(1,000 persons will pay .1(1 cents for
tlio admission tickets, ln-.t this estimate is
based on the assumptio.i that the fair
will bo open Sunday. Tlio great days
will be: First. Illinois duy: second. In
diana day; third. Wisconsin da) ; lourth.
Michigan or Missouri day
A I'ol I llllf In VIiikIi'.
Tho works ol th" composer Hallo were
gold mines to the publish rs. Tho on
terprisinggentlein -n who published "The
llohemian Girl" made lo.iioo prnlit out
of "When Oilier Lips." a similar sum
nut of "I Dreamt Th it I Dwelt Iu Marble
Halls" and is.Vi.ii n) from "Tlio Heart
Duvved Down."
Wu Up.
I'lgg Tlicy tell nictlmt llliimley Isa man
of high principles
Fogg Yoa may well say that. His prin
ciples aiesn liiim that lie lias never been
able to ciiine w itliiu a I linu-aiiil miles of
tliein liluisell. Huston Transcript
A (iti'iit l,nM.
First Swell t'linlly sent Ids diamond
stud to i lie laiinib'v with his shirt, and the
(,'liiiuoimii has ileeaiapid with both.
Second swell -Ye gods' That shbt was
worth 'l' t'lothieis and Ilnlieiilashcrs'
Weekl.V
A VlNliilien lilrii.
"I)i,ilcise"' gioaiied ..inglelieriy as he
cares-iil his nose with his hanilUeichief.
"Ailv liody l hat mis mill nlua)s iniltiagts
is a llllse deceiver 1 iy (old lllis brill e
puhlig fur 1 lie hist sfed days." llaiper's
11.1ur
.Nut I'lllMllil.
Are thoe shirts of Wlgsby's leadj "
asUid the laillnil. Milan of his assist a lit.
Xn, sir," she leplied. "I haw n'l had
tune l'i lent nil the iiecUliainls et " llnf
lain F.xpre-s
I'llliUlillll'lll.
I timer I've w i ill en a pnein on I lie et i no
line Tnv vet That's nnlit It di-scives it.
Lite
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.Mr. ilumi (Hi, iliar' ('Italics, I vih I
tnuld Ibid a uihhI iiaine tin hah)
lliiign Wh) ten uilt him "Atlantic
tl.e.m"'
Mis Itm-jo- What foi
Mingo iwc.iiljj lletMUso ho ut'vei thles
lp -liiilh
.Viinipi I. ite.
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THEY LIKE THE PLAY.
fiw tlri'iil Smi'i-elijin nf In rnpii View
'I lii'iitrlnil Pel riirinmii'Mv
ISjM'i tut 'nrii'titiili'iii i
I.osnos, March 1. Nothing is morf
rrmai'kahlo than lite pronounced fond
lions of the crowned heads of F.uriipo for
the drama. Kveti (jueeii Victoria who,
up to a year or two ago was believed to
regard theater going in the light of a sin
and the drama us a device of the devil,
lias now blossomed forth into mi enthu
siastic patron of the stage. Indeed in
proportion ns her Hiltlsh majesty grown
older in v ears she appears f o become more
youthful iu her tastis, ami there aro few
things ttioio strange than the extranldi
nary inleiost which Hut septuagenarian
sovereign has suddenly and at so Into a
period iu life developed for I heat t leal
affairs.
One of tho London companies after
the other has been called upon to Irani'
port itself bag and baggage to Windsor
for the purpose of giving performances
ill tho presence of the ipleeti uinl her
court on a temporary but yet elaborate
stage creeled for the occasion int ho su
perb hall known its the Waterloo Gallery.
The queen has even gone so far as to or
der one of the inetiopolifaii troops up to
Halmoral at an ciuirmniiM expense for a
single performance, and since she has
been at Osborne this winter tableaux
vivantH. charades ami amateur theatric
ids have been following one aiiolher in
quick succession iu the great Indian dur
bar, or ballroom, otieof tin most notable
events of the kind being the recent n
reseutaliou of "Hlie Stoops to ( 'miqm r
by a company composed of Piiucess
Louise and her husband, Lord- Lome.
Princess Healrice and Pi nice Henry ol
Hatlenberg and of several members of
tho household.
Iu thu cat Iy days of her married life
the queen was quite a familiar figure at
tlio various leading theaters and was es
pcoially fond of the opera, which she
would attend withacoiisiderahloamouui
of state, yoeiniui of tho guard, or "beef
eaters," arrayed in their picturesque
iiieilheval costume, being stationed not
only at tho entrance of tho royal box,
but also on the stage iu front of the lat
ter. The lords and gentlemen iu wait
ing iu attendance on tho queen ami her
husband on such occasions as these were
arrayed iu uniform and were required to
remain standing iu tho rear of the royal
box thioughout the entile performance.
Tho queen witnesses those pel form
uncos with every possible comfort to her
Mclf. She enters tho hall where tho stage
has been set up alter all tho others have
taken their places and sits in a comfort-
twi
KMIT.ItOlt WILLIAM AT Tilt: t'LAY.
able t rinison velvet and gilt armchair
slightly in advance of tho remainder of
tho audience, witli a small table by her
side, on which aro placed her pink satin
ami gold lettered programme, her fan,
her handkerchief, etc. The orchestra is
alinn-t conceah d by a bank of flowers
ami foliage, Flowers indeed abound ev
erywhere. No applause is permitted save
when initiated and led by thoqiieen, who
is, however, very liberal iu her manifes
tations of appreciation, us well as gen
erous in her gilts of jewelry to tho artists
who have especially pleased her.
Queen Victoria is tho only European
sovereign now living except tho sultan
of Turkey who adopts this method ol
having tho theater brought to her at a
comparatively largo expense instead of
going to it. Tlio Turkish monarch main
tains as part of his enormous household
an entire troupe of French and Belgian
actors, whoso principal duty is to jht
form tho farces ami dramas composed
bv the sultan. Ho does not write them
himself, it is true, but contents himself
witli communicating Ids ideas of the
I projected piece ami tho character of the
i plot if theie is one to the chief of the
i troupe, who thereupon writes the plav
iu accordaio'o with his imperial master's
, instructions. It is on the st length of this
, that thepiesent cnuimiiiiiler ( the "faith
, fill" lavs claim to be i niisideleil as a
I quite rcmuikahlc plav wright.
P.iupemr William of Germany, on the
other hand, wlm is quite as pn-siminti l
fund nf the drama as his lellnvv mmi
an lis, is a fieqtienl visitnr to the vai inns
theaters of his capital. The inai.agi r
llsllllllv olllv receives until I hi-mm
' ing a lew hours h fun hand. The i mpi t
or is very dein o.-t t .it i u m his m.ii..
li stations of appl.tiist , as well ns ot di
satisfactiiai, and makes a practice u'
i summoning the actors to the in, il ln.
between the 10 Is lor the pill pnsent cum
lniimc.itiug to them his critii ism ot the
performance and his instructions as to
how they should act their parts. An
other feature of r.mpcror William's visits
to the theater Is the supper which lie in
vaii.ibly p.utakis of dining tho wait
previous to the last at t.
The einpeior of Austria is likewise a
constant attendant at the Viennese the
aters and rarely makes use of the to il
bo. pit lei mix in hi 11 tin li ot one ol the
I lovvi r stage bui s. King lliiiubeit ot
1 Italv Is seldom seen , it the tin ad I'. Ills
jvvili, Ouecii Mm gin nil , liovvevif. at-
ti nds itramatic peiturmaucis at least
two nf thin' Him a week during the
KulllUU iiMsuii. Tin i .'.U'lsi ci edlllgly
fond of French v neb vile lie. io.i,
prefers going to tin lie lit it-li.id of
having the latter brought t" l.im m 'he
ihapo of drauuitie peit"i'UMie ' s ,t tne
palm. A. D Di mixu.
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