The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-17

campaigned against the single biessedness Of the
Senator from Delaware since ne has been at the
capital.
Senator Blair. of educational bill fame, thinks
highly of his soft. expressive eyes, into which he
tries hard to throw look of profound intel
iectuallty. When placed before the camera, he
seems to bring to mind all the learning of ages,
assumes an EXPRESSION which, put into words,
| wouio read: Il care not for the material things
OF tnls world Let me wander forever in the
realms OF the abstract with the great minds OF
| old"
Senator Coke. the broad shouldered, shaggy
| proved Texan, has to suffer annoyance from
comments on his large 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 his head and appear
| as some extraneous objects pinned on the SEN
| ator.
1.-THE Tall Sycamore of the Wabash Mr.
VOORHEES,, has had his figure praised so profusely
| by newspaper correspondents 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 residence
| TO the Capitol. 1t is only natural, you know,
| that when a man has good figure he is nos
averse to showing it off. OF course he prefers
| to stand for his picture
| into photograph gallery. Besides being tho
best dressed ma.n in Washington, he is extreme
| ly graceful and has more than a common meas
ure of good looks. Still he takes a wretched
picture. He cannot preserve his natural express
sion in the chair. His eyes take on hard, Zero
cious look; his lips become compressed, and hia
whole appearance is that of the heavy villain in
the play. Ofcourse. therefore. the North Caro-
lima Senator is not anxious to see himself on
pasteboard.
Jones' of Florida wants the reputation of the
student OF the Senate. In his photograph he
wears countenance that instantly connects it.
self in the mind with students lamp. we'll
thumoed Plato and midnight brain. racking in
a little college room
''Mr. Beck has the prettiest iron gray curls I
| have ever seen, and, oh, how carefully they ara
oiled and trained! The chief duty of the Sena-
tors body -servant-an old Kentucky negro Is to
| look after the 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 polit-
zeal aspirations he cherishes the ambition of be-
ing able some day to comb his hair like the fash
ionable 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.
II reeollect the first time Senator Harrison
came into our gallery My glance at him was
meant to take in his whole body, but gradually
| 1t became contracted, concentrated, drawn
| to center, and that center was the Senator's
nose. 1t is well that Mr.. Harrison did not take
to more criminal life than politics, for his nose
| would certainly have brought him to the gal
| lows 1t is hard to describe the organ ac-
curatey. 1t starts out from the forehead very
| well, sinks modestly between the eyes, and-ah,
there is the rub.-it rises no more until the nos
trils are reached, and then it asserts itself too
vigorously. 1t Is, in word. a concave nose. ap-
parently homeless, and with go-as-you-please
air about it that is quite refreshing. The other
wise handsome little Senator is not above feeling
| mortified at this derogation from his good looks
Senator Call tries to conceal the bald spot on
| top of his head by combing his hair straight up
from the ears. His success is not all that could
| be wished.
s'Mr. Coquitt looks like the school history por-
traits of Charles |, of England. All his personal
| pride lies in his Samson-like hair. which makes
him appear as relic Of the age of wigs and ruff
! fes.
There is another class of statesmen who,
though vain of no particular physical qualities,
like to have their faces looking out from photo
graph galleries In nearly every window you
| can see Frye. of Maine, with his pugnacious ex-
| preston; Brown. of Georgia, who looks like
| Santa Claus; Bowen, of Colorado, the great
poker-player, who dresses in clerical style, with
broadcloth coat extending below the knees,
high-cut vest and white tie: Henderson, of Ne
braska, who endeavors to look like a very sharp
lawyer. and fails; Cullom, Of Illinois, whose long
sad face recalls the country schoolmaster of our
youthful days; R'Nd'eberger, the man of the ra-
ven-black beard resembles an Italian brig
and; Palmer, o. igan, in appearance half ne
gro, half Frenc 4 wholly like the portrait Of
the elder Dunn an Wyck, of Nebraska, whose
benign countenance betrays nothing of the
l-in-the-china-shop temper he displayed
near the end Of the last Congress:
Sawyer. of Wisconsin, the exact counterpart OF
any prosperous lager beer seller; Vest, the sill
ver-t ongued orator of Missouri. with bumped
| shoulders, short neck and irritable features;
Teller, the man of Deep sorrowful eyes, which
selfshness of the world; Aldrich, the boyish
Rhode Islander, who is the youngest man in the
Senate. after Kenna, and one Of the best
| looking.
'Last. as best of all, come the statesmen who
are sometimes called the professional beauties.
The particular star of this quartet is Butler of
South Carolina. His features are as finely cut as
Grecian gods; his form is manly perfection.
and his bearing military without the military
! swagger. Though he lost leg some years ago.
he uses artificial one so adroitly that an OBJ
server would not notice the loss
"Howell jackson, the young Tennessee 1egs-
lator, has face less classical, but it would per-
haps. find greater favor with women It Ia
plump and white, faultless in regularity of fest
ure, and lit up by pair Of most expressive
eyes. His hair is black glossy and curly Ia
is impossible to find wrinkle in his clothes,
even though you inspect the knees of his trou-
SerS. TO mas RrOWu rdtner STOUT OF laSe, DuE
not sufficiently so to impair the grace Of his fig
ure
Senator Wilson is not handsome, but pretty.
His complexion has that rosy tint which is so
much sought by women. His smile is sadly
sweet. He pays little attention to dress and in
deed no amount of tailoring could improve him.
1.-THE last member of the Senate's handsome
quartet is Warner Miller. I would give you
description of this eentlemans charms, but
charity bids me to spare his virginia. bushes
Along the Creek.
Down along the creek, where the old mill used Tn