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e Lure of the
afional Capita
HEY cannot keep away, for the Wash-
AmA ington lure is strong upon them. The
attraction of the capital draws form-
Hj er senators and former representa-
tives here just as surely as the call
of duty summons the present offlce-
holders. They drift down in Novem-
ber and scores of them stay until the
adjournment, and other scores stay
all through the summer.
Some men who before they were
sent to congress rarely left the en-
vironments of their home villages
have found after a term or two in
the capital city, that the district had
few attractions to. offer them, provi-
ded there was money enough in their bank ac-
counts to keep them in comfort in the city by the
Potomac.
There are former senators and representatives
whose influence has been sufficient to secure them
government positions in the capital which will
not only allow them to remain here, but which
will pay them for their stay. The lot of these men
to be particularly fortunate, and they are
the objects of more
less envy on the part of
those who , would like
to stay here, but who
owing to pecuniary rea-
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eye state most of the time now that he has re-
tired from congress, but the Washington lure
draws him here occasionally, and he is seen al-
ways in his old haunts. General Grosvenor was
such a fixture that it seems impossible to realize
when he comes back and appears in the old places
that he has been away at all.
No one misses Charles Grosvenor more than
Champ Clark, the Democratic leader. Grosvenor
is a standpatter of such strength that Mr. Cannon
it was said, used to sit abashed in his presence.
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sons and to inability to get office are compelled to
return home.
There are plenty of evidences that former rep-
resentatives who have chosen,, after having once
been defeated in the home district, to stay away
from the native heath, are not altogether free
from the criticisms of the home people, and per-
haps there is no reason why they should be. When
a man who has spent his entire life among cer-
tain people is weaned away from them fey a short
residence elsewhere, it seems that resentment
springs, and few denials probably will come to the
statement that a good many of the former offi-
cials who stay in Washington in preference to go-
ing home are not without frequent intimations
that the people back in the district regard them in
some degree as deserters.
Of course there are exceptions to every rule
and in the case of senators and representatives
of long service, who are poor and perhaps too
old to renew the practise of the law, or to take up
again their mercantile business where they dropped
it to serve their constituents, there is excuse for
the acceptance of office in Washington in order
that the way of old age may be smoothed.
Then again there are the cases of men who
Slave been in Washington so long representing
their states, or their districts, that Washington
'has become their real home, and here they stay
after a change of party administration has re-
moved them from representative office.
Of the men who stayed in Washington because
the place was like home, there should be men-
tioned former Senator Stewart, “Silver” Stew-
art of Nevada, who died recently. He was a no-
ted figure on the Washington streets all through
his congressional career, and through the few
years of his retirement prior to his death. Stew-
art’s hair and beard were as white as the snow
<on the top of the Nevada mountains, but until
within a few hours of his death he was apparent-
ly as strong as any tree that grows below the
mountain timber line.
Frequently the former senators and represent-
atives who live in Washington appear upon the
floor of congress. They have the right there to
appear because of their former services. There
Is one marked and shining exception, however, to
this rule of occasional return to the chamber
where the legislative service -was rendered. When
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin left congress in
1891, to be gone six years, he declared that he
would never appear upon the floor of the senate
while he was out of office, nor would be go to the
capitol unless his professional business called him
to practise before the Supreme Court. Spooner
&ept his word. He always had objected to the rule
which admitted former senators to the floor of the
senate. He did not say so, but he thought that in
■some few cases the lobbying opportunity might be
too strong to be resisted by some of the senators
who were not above using their personal influ-
ence with their former colleagues on behalf of
some specific legislation.
In the spring of 1907, John C. Spooner resigned
from the United States senate. After the six years
of his absence from congress was ended he had
been returned again to the upper house, but in the
sprisg three years ago he resigned to enter the
prictise of law. Since the day that Senator Spoon-
-er left for this supposedly the last time, he has
not been seen in the senate of the United States,
nor has he been seen in the corridors of the cap-
itol. He is in law practise in New York, and oc-
casionally he comes to Washington, but unlike
many other former representatives he shuns the
actual scene of his legislative activities
Gen. Charles Grosvenor of Ohio, who was in
the house of representatives for years, and who
was considered one of its most picturesque char-
acters, a man lively and energetic in debate and
appealing personal qualities, stays in the Buck-
Mr. Clark is a free
trader so sturdy
that the other strong
ones are weaklings;
but nevertheless
these two tariff ex-
tremes met and
formed a friendship
that time and separ-
ation have not been
able to break.
It was said by some of the high tariff Repub-
licans when General Grosvenor retired, that they
were not entirely hopeless as long a3 John Dal-
zell of Pennsylvania remained with them. Dalzell
recently had a narrow escape from losing the
nomination for congress. If he by any chance
should be defeated at the election it is believed
that the lure will be as strong upon him as it has
upon the others.
Dalzell is as picturesque in his way as Gros-
venor is in his way. It always was said of him
that he never slept. He is nervous energy in the
essence, and more watchful of Republican inter-
ests generally on the floor than is the titular Re-
publican leader. Mr. Dalzell is always looking
out for the interests of his constituents.
One drowsy June day when the house: was
heavy and business was simply droning its way
through, Dalzell yielding to environment, nodded
land then napped. Instantly the wily, wide awake
Democrats put through something to which no one
saw any objection. It touched Pittsburg.
Dalzell awoke too late. He had been asleep at
the switch. Had his eyes never known night
since that hour, he could not have lived down the
memory of that one unconscious moment. On$
day just before the close of the last session, as
he was leaving the White House, three voices
in unison called to him so that all within a block
could hear: “Any sleep this session, John?”
Dalzell was wakeful to this emergency and his
answer carried little comfort to the inquirers, for
none of the three was a standpatter:
“Not if the tariff is up,” he said.
During the closing days of the last session
of congress something of a “filibuster” was at-
tempted by the Democrats in the senate in order
to make sure that action should be taken on the
statehood bill. A filibuster is known to the par-
ties as an attempt to delay legislation. The sen-
ate has no set rules like those of the house, and
so if one man chooses to talk on any particular
subject, he can delay the consideration of any
measure that he chooses, and the limit of his en-
durance is the limit of the delay that he can force
although if he has other senators of his own mind
they can “spell” him in the speaking, and thus in
relays continue the filibuster almost indefinitely.
One of the most noted filibusters of recent
years was conducted by three men still in the
service, and curiously enough the arrangement
for the filibuster was made by members of both
parties. The active participants were Senators
Stone of Missouri and Gore of Oklahoma, Demo-
crats and Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Re-
publican.
These three senators made up their minds that
they did not wish to have a vote taken on the
currency bill which had been introduced by Sen-
ator Aldrich of Rhodb Island, a bill which some of
the senators said was a mere makeshift and would
accomplish no good purposes.
In these days it is hard to find in congress a
typical Yankee voice which the Englishmen say is
our national characteristic. Gore of Oklahoma,
however, has it. Why, it is hard to tell, but he
has it in full measure, and no Maine .coast man
in Yankee voice characteristics can surpass this
senator of the western plains state.
The filibuster in which Gore, La Follette and
Stone took part' was contained through a night
and a day when Washington was hotter than it
ever had been known to be l^fore, at least so the
natives say. When Washington heat takes pos-
session of the capitol’s interior it lays hold on
the premises not to let go until November. It is
impossible to keep cool in either house of con-
gress when the heat of this climate strikes in.
During the fearful heat and humidity all one
night long, Senator La Follette spoke in an en-
deavor to keep the currency bill from coming to
a vote. He held the floor for 18% hours practic-
ally without stopping. Senator La Follette is for-
tunate in one respect. When he was a boy, and a
little later, he had a thorough training in elocu-
tion. If his teacher taugh him nothing else, he
gave him the secret of strengthening his voice.
At the end of 18 y2 hours of strenuous effort,
La Follette spoke as clearly as he did at the be-
ginning. Perhaps this is not the exact truth, for
as a matter of fact, curiously enough, the Wiscon-
sin senator’s voice^seemed to be actually in bel
ter condition during the closing hour of his ad
Iress than it was. during the opening hour.
The Wisconsin senator naturally has rather a
rasping voice which like the voice of Gore of Ok- I
lahoma, is open to the Yankee characterization, but
twang, accent, idiosyncracy or whatever you may
choose to call it, passes with the first few minutes
of utterance., The roughness is smoothed away and
the words fall smooth and rounded and with a cer- j
tain appealing force, even though the subject have
nothing of appeal.
When a senator has the floor in his own right,
he can talk upon any subject under the sun. He
does not of necessity have to confine himself to the
subject in hand. So it was that La Follette did
not speak entirely of the currency question, but
about other matters as well. Occasionally in order
that he might spare his brain the trouble of thought
and so keep it unwearied, he read from a book of
fiction.
During many of the hours La Follette spoke
there were comparatively few senators in the cham-
ber. Hour after hour he spoke, and then taking
up his book of fiction, he read with a perfect re-
gard for the rules of enunciation. His auditors were
all sleepy and most of them were out of humor be-
cause there were only two who were in sympathy
with the speaker, and yet perforce every person
in the chamber gave heed to what La Follette was
reading. For its subject matter perhaps they cared
not a whit, and yet by the force of his reading elo-
quence he drove it home to their attention,
j WThen La Follette had ceased speaking Senator
Gore of Oklahoma, who as had been planned, took
up the work and kept at it for some hours. He was
relieved by Senator Stone of Missouri, who already
was tired with his previous vocal attempt to keep
the senate from a vote. The Missourian kept it up
for seven hours and then Gore relieved him once
more. That fiilibuster ended because Gore being
blind, failed to note, and no one told him, that Sen-
ator Stone whom he expected was to relieve him,
was not present in the chamber when the Oklaho-
ma senator sat down for the third time. The vice-
president instantly put the vote and the filibuster
had been in vain.
WALKING FOR HEALTH.
Who has not heard that certain exercises ara
good for us because they “shake up” the liver? But
it is not the best thing in the world to shake up
the liver violently unless one is a trained athlete,
and ordinary men and women are very far from
being in that category. Exercise increases large-
ly the liver’s production both of bile and of sugar.
Hence if it be more violent than that to which one
is accustomed, more bile and sugar may be formed
than can be taken care of by the system, and the
subject may have what is called in popular parlance
a “bilious attack.” Now this is where walking
comes in as a happy medium in exercise. We can
often “walk off” a headache or a digestive distur-
bance when running would only aggravate the trou-
ble.
It is a fact, supported by the highest authority,
that a moderate exercise, such as walking, is a
great aid to digestion. To run would retard diges-
tion. In other words, you will digest your dinner
better if you walk immediately after having eaten
it, than if you sit still. Try this, and ;f you are
thin you will gain in weight, besides saving more
in the cost of living than you will lose in the wear
and tear of shoe leather.
But suppose you are already corpulent, will walk-
ing after meals, in that case, make you stouter?
No. Paradoxical as the statement may sound,
walking will in that case make you thinner. Fat
is a very, unstable compound, and when it is pres-
ent in excess more of it is destroyed by the in-
creased amount of oxygen in the blood—due to the
exercise—than is deposited by the blood, while on
the other hand when adipose tissue is deficient the
oxygen-bearing blood, which also carries fatty par-
ticles, deposits more fat than it can destroy, and
thus the thin subject grows heavier.
Walking, then, in the open air is an exercise par
excellence for everybody. It shakes up the liver
just enough to keep it in good working order, it
enriches the blood by increasing its amount of
oxygen, thus favoring the destruction and elimina-
tion from the system of poisonous waste products,
particularly by the lungs, skin and kidneys, and
finally by stimulating activity of nutrition in the
muscles it tends to prevent the deposition of mor-
bid matters of a tuberculosis or cancerous nature.
SULLIVAN, MICHAEL.
An East Boston doctor told of the experience of
a druggist the other day who sold some alcohol
to a new customer. After the man had signed the
book as required he said: “Now, dpn’t get that
name twisted. It is Michael Sullivan, and not Sul-
livan Michael, same as they turned it around in
the directory.”—Boston Journal
Hints
For Hostess
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TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
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for Those Planning Seasonable
Entertainments
Games for Children.
A young mother said to me the oth-
er day: “Your department is fine and
I often find just what I want, but can
you help me out with new games for
the children?”
During vacation it seems that the
what-to-do question frequently comes
up for mother to solve. I hope the
following pastimes will prove interest-
ing, and make loads of fun for the
youngsters. The first is called Hu-
man Nine Pins. The boys are set up
just like nine pins at the end of the
room or on the lawn; they stand on
one foot (left one), with the right one
placed behind the left knee, arms fold-
ed. The girls roil the ball, taking
turns. When the ball is rolled they
may hop aside to escape being
touched; but if the ball touches them
or they put down the other foot, they
are supposed to be knocked down and
out. This continues just like the real
game, a score being kept and prizes
awarded.
Young children love this game:
Take barrel hoops and wind them with
gay ribbons or crepe paper, suspend
a small bell iD the center. Hang the
hoop up and give each guest a small
bean bag the same color as the hoop.
The aim is to ring the bell when
thrown through the hoop. Five trials
are allowed, the one who rings the
most out of the five is given a re-
ward. ,
A little game called “Royalty” needs
an equal number of girls and boys.
One boy is chosen “king” and a girl
as “queen.” Then they sit in two
rows facing each other. Each follow-
er is numbered. At the same moment
the king and queen calls a number,
the two players bearing the numbers
get up and run around the circle, the
queen after the king’s follower. If she
catches him before he completes the
circle he pays forfeit; if she does not
the king’s subject collects a tribute
from her. When all the numbers have
been called the game is finished.
Bridal Functions and Favors.
A bride who had belonged to a
needle club for years, gave a dinner to
her maids, asking the men to an in-
formal dance afterward. She had
chosen baby blue for the wedding col-
oif scheme, so the table centerpiece
was a gilded basket filled with bride’s
roses; a huge bow of blue ribbon was
tied to the handle, falling in graceful
folds around the basket. At each place
was a pale blue velvet jeweler’s box
which, on being opened, disclosed gold
thimbles engraved with the initials ol
each girl. The place cards were tinj
picture frames made of blue satin rib-
bon forget-me-nots, inclosing snap
shots of the bride and groom. Anoth-
er bride, who had planned a green
wedding, gave her maids favors set
with jade, each one different; there
were hat pins, sleeve links, stickpins,
etc. The table centerpiece was ol
maidenhair ferns in a low glass bowl.
At each place there were individual
glass candlesticks twined with aspara-
gus vine. Every one wore white and
the effect was cool and lovely.
The Practical Shower.
A young woman much beloved in
her neighborhood, was to be married,
and this delightful shower was ar-
ranged : She had grown up from baby-
hood on *Sie same street, and one of
her mother’s friends suggested that
the neighbors contribute the price of
a dozen napkins and tablecloth. Then
they had a thimble party and the
linen was hemmed and monogramed.
The bride was perfectly delighted. Try
this when planning a “linen” shower.
It was no more costly than for each
guest to give a separate bit of linen.
The same idea has been carried out in
sheets and pillow cases, also towels.
By the way, at afternoon affairs ginger
lemonade is quite the thing with tiny
fancy crackers or biscuit, as our Eng-
lish cousins call them.
MADAME MERRI.
Etamnss
Sashes are with us again in glorious
array.
Tulle and Irish lace are frequently
combined.
Fewer turbans are seen as the sea-
son advances.
Skirts for evening dresses are some-
what fuller.
The latest hosiery shows more elab-
orate patterns.
Of suede and stamped leather bags
there is on end.
Jabots of net and lace are often
stenciled in color.
Some of the new linen frocks are
embroidered in Japanese colors and
designs.
Linen suits are in old blue, mustard,
raisin, brown, green, catawba and lav-
ender.
For evening wear there is a return
of colored Irish lace, dyed to match
the gown.
WORK FOR THE HOME
A beautiful lamp mat of oriental
appearance caught my eye in a
friend’s house, says a writer in the
Boston {Herald. “Of what is that
made?” I asked. “Oh,” she answered,
“I made that myself. It is paper
sloyd.”
And this is how it is done: You
will need heavy brown wrapping pa-
per, old dimity or lawn from worn-
out curtains (or some like soft mate-
rial) and two kinds of wall paper,
I one with a plain, striped or chained
background and one with large con-
ventional or flower design in a con-
| trasting color.
| Cut out the background paper in
1 the shape and form desired, applique
on it the figures cut from the other
paper in regular pattern, line with
the dimity and paste a double layer
| of the wrapping paper over the back.
It is all very simple, but a little taste
and ingenuity will devise all sorts of
| quamt and unusual articles.
The lamp mat is perhaps the easi-
j cst to make; the one shown in the
j drawing was in wistaria design over
silver paper. The edges may be bound
with narrow passepartout tape of
the required shade, but careful past-
ing is really all that is necessary.
The cottage jardiniere is made to
cover flower-pots of plebeian earth-
enware. It is a simple strip of the
right size, rolled into a tube and fas-
tened with large size paper fasten-
ers. Here it is of black over red.
Or it may be laced with tape
ribbon, as is the square wastebasket
of pink on green and gold. This should
be of very heavy paper throughout;
even an extra lining of thin art paste-
board would not come amiss. It is
made in four pieces, with a heavy card-
board bottom, and is then laced to-
gether.
Those articles where the inside
shows should have a lining more artis-
tic than brown paper. Plain colored
wallpaper, perhaps, the same as the
background, is good; and then there
are tar paper and old shading.
Both the candle and lamp shades
should be mounted over wire frames.
The dimity lining may be sewed over,
stretched tight, and the others pasted
on it. The fringing can be bought by
the yard at any upholsterer’s. The
eandleshade is blue on gold; the lamp-
shade, two shades of green and white.
The picture frame may be of any
shape, and has a cardboard back,
pasted on so that the glass and pic-
ture can slide in easily. Or a plain
cardboard frame may be purchased
and covered and lined. The frame
shown here is red on white.
Any number of other ornaments and
conveniences may be made by this
unarming work. Tubes for rolling em-
broideries, glove rolls, pen racks, let-
ter cases, book covers; the list is al-
most endless. It makes easy and de-
lightful work for the shut-in who can
use her hands.
The paste used should be library
paste for tne lighter articles and
glue for the heavier. Sharp shears
should be employed for cutting,
though a knife is better for the card-
board. Be very careful that the fig-
ures are carefully cut out, and that
they are accurately placed; better
measure with pencil and rule.
The work is so simple that it is
made , by the children in the elemen-
tary schools; it is so pretty that it
may grace any living room. With an
occasional border of brocade or a
touch of watercolor, it becomes an
art that is worthy of attention from
or i our lovers of novelty.
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