Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-12
WHY THEY ARE VAIN.
Little vanities of Great Men as Seen
by q photographer.

OA -AS" 80 ASSSaA
by q photographer.
A photographer from Washington
tells some interesting things about some
public men: Take for instance the pa
triarchal Senator Edmunds, with his
shining bald head and flowing beard.
No one would suspect him Of personal
vanity. Still, he is vain-negatlvely at
least. He has a horror of seeing his en-
ormouS nose on pastebOard, and has
often tried my patience to find position
for him in which said nose could be
toned down both in bulk and promi-
nence. When the proof is shown to
him he at once glances at the nose, and
If that is satisfactory, the photographer
may 60 on with the printing.
''Senator Wade IIampton's weak
point is his side whiSkers. Though tol-
erably long, they are so sparse and scat
tered that each hair is distinct from the
others. The Senator seems Jealously
fond of each particular hair, and Is SAID
to take a careful inventory of the whole
every morning. When lie sits for pho
tograph, he must have at least twenty
minutes in the toilet room TO attend TO
those precious whiSkerS.
Senator Ingalls,, having nothing TO
be proud Sf in his face, since it is the
ugliest in the Senate cheriShes an undue
admiration for his long, lank form. He
clothes it with the richest raiment, is
never tired of displaying 1t by prancing
I'D and down the Senate Chamber, and
is very Obdurate about being photo
Craphed in a standing position, 80 rs TO
give a view of the whole body with as
little prominence as possible to the face.
'.Mr. salisbury. with his clean-Shayen
venerable face bears a close resemblance
to some of the Revolutionary worthless.
He knows it, too. and IS proud of it. In
fact. rumOr SAYS that he regards himself
as quite irresistible among women,
though his advanced age might be con-
sidered an obstacle III that direction.
Anyhow il is certain that more than one
fair creature has campaigned against
the single bleSsednesS of the Senator
from Delaware since he has been at the
Capitol. Senator Blair, of Educational
bill fame, thinks highly of his soft, eX-
presSiye ewes, into which he tries hard 10
throw look of intellectually. When
placed before the camera, he seems TO
bring 10 mind all the learning of ages
and assumes an expression which, put
into words. would read: 1 care not for
the material things of this world. Let
me wander forever in the realms of the
abstract with the great minds of old
::'Senator Coke, the broad-shOuldered,
shaggvbrOwed Texan, has TO suffer an
novance from comments on his huge
ears. He has tried every method of
hiding them in his pictures, but the
camera seems to magnify rather than
diminish them, making them cover
nearly the whole region about the sides
of bis head, and appear as some extra
neouS objects pinned on the Senator.
THE Tall sycamore of the Wabash
Mr.. VOORHEES,. has had his figure praised
50 profusely by newspaper correspond
ents that he has come TO regard himself
as the handSOmeSt man in Washington.
This may account for the fact that the
Sycamore always walks from his resi-
dence to the Capitol. 1t IS only natural
YOU know that when a man has a good
figure be IS not aYerse to showing 1t OF.
OF course he prefers to stand for his pic
ture.
Mr.. Ransom can with difficulty be en-
ticed into photograph gallery. Besides
being the beSt-dreSSed man in Washing
ton, he is extremely graceful and has
more than common measure Of good
looks. Still he takes 4 Wretched PIC
ture. lie cannot preserve his natural
expression in the chair. His eyes take
on a hard. ferociOus look; his lips become
compressed. and his whole appearance is
that of the heavy villain i'll the play. OF
course. therefore, the North Carolina
Senator is not anxious to see himself on
pdste-bOard.
'1JoneS of Florida, wants the reputa-
ton of the student of the Senate. In
his photograph he wears countenance
that instantly connects itself in the
mind with a students lamp, we'll
thumbed Plato and a midnight brain
racking III little college room.
Mr.. Beck has the prettieSt iron-gray
curls l have ever seen. And. oh, how
carefully they are oiled and trained! The
chief duty of the Senator's body-servant
an old Kentucky negrO-lS TO look
after TIE handsome head of his master.
mo one would imagine that Senator
Plumb is afflicted with any touch of
vanity. His round shoulders, big baby
face and policeman-like feet preclude
the idea of that sin. He has, however,
his weak point like the rest. Next TO
his political aspirations he cherisheS the
idea OF being able some day to comb his
hair like the fashionable young mans
down over the forehead and back IN
two graceful curves. His success so far
has been equivocal, since his sandy locks
have constant heavenly tendency and
will not down"