2/23 Belles with their ringlets and sun-shades, and beaux with canes and curled moustaches. Irish women in tawdry finery, and _ladies_ of color with every variety of ornament, and ridiculous imitation of fashion. Now and then a respectable-looking negro would pass, turning out of the way, instead of jostling along. Here are senators and members--three and four walking arm in arm. There is our President, walking unattended, as a republican president should walk. |