WOMEN WITH CLAIMS.
The Senate Reception-Room—The People who Haunt it—Republican
“Ladies in Waiting”—“Women with Claims”—Their Heroic
Persistency—A Widow and Children in Distress—Claim Agents—The
Committee of Claims—A Kind-Hearted Senator’s
Troubles—Buttonholing a Senator—A Lady of Energy—Resolved to
Win—An “Office Brokeress”—A Dragon of a Woman—A Lady who is
Feared if not Respected—Her Unfortunate Victims—Carrying “Her
Measure”—The Beautiful Petitioner—The Cloudy Side of Her
Character—Her Subtle Dealings—Her Successes, 120