Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-11
Especial CorrSpondence.l


sin golden, and not the silver that 1t is now.
Tier muscles welded the razor that kept the
fat checks Of Joe Mcdonald clean, and care
fully left only . wisp Of gray at his throat
Arthur, dandy that he was rs to bis shaving,
had his face lathered here when he was vice
president, and Chief Justice Chase has often
come here for . shave. He has shaved
Senator Morrill,, he tells me, for twenty-five
yea1s, every session Of congress, and John
SbermanS long locks have been cut by his
sci0or1 asked him il be ever shipped the
wings Of the presidential bee which buzoed
around them But be did not appreciate the
3cta
He tells me that most Of the senator's are
sAplain gentlemen," and some Of their best
SCORES are told in his chair. They talk to
him, At times, Of politics. and the most OF
them laugh and joke while he trims up their
vhiskerx Senator Allison's beard,r said
he, ''is . stiff one. and he likes to have it
trimmed about two inches long Beck has
his head well lathered. and be is fond Of =
good shampoo Many Of the senator's do not
shave in the winter, because they care to
protect their throats. and they fear bron-
chitis, and more shaving is done in the sem
ate barter shop in the spring and the sum-
Oer.
I asked the barber IS TO Senator Mander-
son, and he told me that he was mice little
gentleman He SAYS Riddleberscr is plain
in his manners,r and he has never detected .
trace Of rum while shaving him He cuts
Senator Culloms hair quite frequently, and
be says it is growing surprisingly thin at the
top He shaved Wade Hampton's beard Of
last summer, and he describes Hampton's
L.. ...l L.. g. Ts n.
away all his resemblance to Kaiser Wilhelm
Of Germany, and made him look quite an
ordinary man.
talked with this barber Of some Of his
great customers Of the past. and he told me
how Charts Sumner used to correct his
grammar. and how he was . fine gentleman
Of the English style. Roscoe Conkling re-
minded him Of Sir Edward Thornton, who
WAS once the British minister here. and
Blaine was one Of the most decent men in
the BARRIERS chair he had ever known.
This senate barber shop is paid for by the
government, and the harbers get salaries.
A senator of the United States receives
5000 year, and Uncle Sam pays also for
his private secretary. He pays also for his
ahaves and his baths, and. l doubt not, these
senator's would vote themselves free feeds at
the restAuranS II they thought II would not
hurt them with their constituents.
Speaking Of the hath rooms. they have all
kinds in this barber shop, and these fat mil
honaire senators take their Turkish baths
free, and then lie down on a soft couch and
moke cigars until they fall into the arms of
Morpheus. Some OF them use the baths for
reducing their flesh, and Philetus Sawyer
lost ten pounds in this way last year, while
Eli Saulsbury's thinness is ascribed 10 his
frequent baths Payne. of Ohio. is another
man who takes many baths. Allison, Of
Iowa, prefers a shower hath. and John Sher-
man likes 10 have the cold water spout over
his long. thin frame. Dan voorhees, has
periodical fits Of bathing, and for weeks he is
- clean as q newly washed baby from his
daily ablutions Then he will not take a
bath for q week Turpie. the new senator
from Indiana, has not Yet patroni1ed the
SENATORIAL bath tubs