If you wink at a walteri eoets you half a
dollar, while anything like a respectable
dinner for two will knoeek the bottom-out of
a ten dollar bill. It is a very nobby hot
a firateclass place for. bachelors who hate
plenty of money, .and.,are not afraid of
being talkedabout. The house with all of.
its elegant an&expaaaive appolntmentahas
a strong flavor of horse and the ptize ring,
If there is a specially good mill .in some
gentleman's beak parlo*; or a prize-slug
ging match at$1. a ticket, exclustiely for
the edification of gentlemen-yon can,gen
erally catch on to it-in the polite vernaun
Inr of New York-in Ed. Stokees' elegant
bar-room. I suppose the President took
this into consideration, and thought it
would not be exactly the thing for the first
gentleman of the Republic to do, so he
went to the Victoria. Perhaps O'Donovan
Roess thinks the fact of his going - to the
Victoria has a suspicious British flavor.
The dynamiters saw a terrible portent of
evil in the opening.of our big bridge on
the Queen's birthday. However, he is
at the Victoria and exceedingly comfor
table; and notwithstanding the mishaps to
two Republican Presidents, no sentries
guard the doors-nothlngemore formidable
than a light breasted waiter. The Prest
dent goes in and out Without fear of pistol
or dynamite, thoughtheelity is as full of
cranks as a hornet'a nest is full of hornets.
There are lots of patriots dying to serve
their country, and only waiting for Mr.
Cleveland to give them a chance.
