Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-26
NGREsssONAL HEADS.
Their shapes and styles ~ Viewed
from the House Gallery.

ZIG HEADS AND PIkNTY OF wrr-NR REEDS Jorl y
HSAD-NEABERs WITH GRAY HArR, AND MEMBERS
WHO ARE BALD-DIFFKRKSr STYLES OF WEARING
THE HAR-MR ALIENS PEcULIARIrIEs
There are some big heads in Congress. Not big.
heads In the sense some use the expression fnele.
gantly, but large heads-heads that BY nature
have been developed and endowed with size Some
heads are large and roomy inside without being In
any way extraordinary in external construction.
Wnen man has discovered his own greatness a
little In advance OF the rest OF the world,
ne Is supposed 70 get the big-head. Other
heads not always big, get so periodically, under
certain conditions. and there are heads that
merely feel big. when In fact they are not at all
UNUSUAL In size. Some such heads there may be
at the Capitol, but these are not the ones which
nave attracted The STAR mans observation. The
"a am mi proyero about big heads and little ones
MI keed has one Of the biggest heads and the
MI. Cox, famed for his wit, has a very small
mead. Allen, the bright humOrist from the South,
mas head not as large as the one and larger than
sne other SO II Is clear that the size OF the head
comes 10 applying the rule to Congress-
MI Reeds head Is big and round and tat. 1t
EOxs Is Jolly as Dig English plum-puddding at
Cnrlstmas time, or like the man In the moon
when he's full Its head that inspires confidence
and excftes admiration. One Is always thankful
hair, and there is natural speculation as to what
new lines or beauty may yet be revealed by pro-
gressive dropping out Of those hairs. what q
There are more bumps in Mr.. Cox,s head It is
small and bony head-it is not so filled In and
r0unded on with TAT. 1t Is little but long head
Inc bump OF wit Is pronounced.
Mr.. ALIENS HEAD
has much Of the humorous and comical about 1t.
II looks II 1t had been got up In sef-sacrihcing
good nature to amuse the public. IL presses It
self into notice and Its form and appearance be-
comes part Of Mr.. Aliens bright humor. II is q
But It could get bald as most any merely ordi-
nary head would The badness has not begun
with little circular clearing about the crown,
has not started at the forehead and run back. 1t
has not extended back from the temples, or
thinned the hair all over alike. 1t has not fol-
and temples In luxurious pompadour, or
as as, en-, IL n would d. 6e iuAurians pCmpadour
The bumps OF ideality are bare. vigorous
bunch OF hair stands straight up on the bump
So on some spots one, two, or half a dozen hairs
md footing. But wherever there Is q hair 1t Is
pompadour. There is enough hair on his head TO
cover the whole head Of Mr.. 11llman.
LOOKING DOWN FROM THE GALLERY
It Is the congregation Of heads that protrude upon
the observation Such headsi II the whole Arperi-
can people could step into the gallery unobserved
some day and look down upon those heads! Then
there would De an expansion OF national pride that
would spread all over the country.
Sometimes there are feet where the heads ought
to be, but the heads are what arrest attention
heads are in the large majority. There are little
heads and big heads; gray heads and red heads.
The former are by far most numerous, but there is
enough red TO give elect TO the scene. There are
round heads. long heads and square heads-but
they are all great heads.
BIG HEADS.
The biggest head OF them all Is that which rests
on the thick neck and broad shoulders OF william
Bourke Cochran, the Tammany orator. Probably
the most shapey head is that which every one
striking pose upon the shoulders Of Mr.. Bacon, of
New York. A very large and q great head is car
carry it into retirement at the expiration OF This
term. 1t Is nrm, impressive head. 1t has big
bald strong forehead, and 1t is full Of hard sense
as well as picturesque ideas.
Mr.. Glover has q remarkably large head for the
little body 1t controls.
samuel D. B. Henderson has big, hard head
with heavy Jaw and square forehead.
bic lines than Mr.. Reeds. fuil OF good nature and
logic.
ar. Buchanan has 2 very large methodical head
Bynum has big head. fun Of details Of the tari.
These are the men with strik1ngly large heads,
THE sxALLEsr HEAD
In the House is that owned by Mr. McClammy, OF
a0.
with very Intellectual scowl which he parts In
the middle. But 1t Is to the barber rather than 10
the phrenologist that most OF the congressional
Above all else, the heads are picturesque, Some
are beautifully oald-from the forehead TO the
and ro orun ear the TO with only
size the high polish upon the shining dOmes.
Hon. John Lynch has q head or this sorI-a shin
covered before the world. The hair on other heads
Is slowly retreattng before the steady upward
growth OF the forehead. Many foreheads have
years Again, the cycle Of time has cut q swarth
around the crown, and each year makes a little
broader circle: The spot on Mr.. Randalrs crown,
two INCHES In diameter. A vigorous growth OF
sti gray hair covers the rest Of the head without
even a part through its heavy mass.
Mr.. FOranS raven locks, which have been his
pride and the admiration OF the galleries for three
terms, are now struggling against the growth OF q
little M o ~s,s spot a az the srow n ,,,
crown with half dozen long hairs comDed up
from the temples. The temples used to furnish
long hairs have dropped out rapidly Of Late. but
those that are left spread themselves out as far
Mr.. McAdoos black hair is Dropping out rapfdly
before the expansion OF his browA Badness has
grown upon the old members. While there was
but spot q year ago In many cases a large ex-
man, crisp. Reed, Ryan, Bland, HIT, Cowss, and md
Turner are rapidly losing the little hair that's left
them. Fully tw0-thirdS OF the members have had
their locks ravaged. But there are some
GRAND HEADS OF HAIR.
The silver locks of the Kentucky Breckinrfdpe
are rst to attract attention from the gallery. It
Is the finest head of hair In the House. 1t is as
thick as the growth OF the blue grass OF his own
country. IT Is always parted low at one side, and
when ne is making speech heavy lock often
La Toilette has heavy suit Of rich brown hair.
combed straight back from his forehead and stand.
ing up about an inch and half long all over his
head No part has marked q line through it to
show the scalp.
Notwithstanding small bald SPOT lust at the
crown, Mr. St0ckdale has OF the heaviest shocks
OF hair In the House. II Is a dead gray and GROWS
wild, like orchard grass In autumn, browning
o classic head
Age has whitened but not thinned the hair that
covers the head OF M Whithorne HIS hair Is
the rival OF Mr.. Breckinridge'a
The big heads OF MessrA Stewart and Sayera
OF texas, are crowned with heavy suits OF gray
Mr.. McCullough's hair Is his pride His curly
never denied by oil
Phelans hair is long and as black "a a ravens
wing. heavy lock falls little way over his fore
head.
Mr.. Kerr's hair is too thick to comb. or TO STAY
comoed Ii Is shade between tow and red In
color and would shield his head from saber cut
Lodges hair covers his head In q curly mat ri.
ways trimmed even and never parted.
Belmont parts his dark hair In the middle and
smooths It on either side OF the matnematcallin line
MI bryces hair Is also parted in the middle and
II they each wore wigs they could trade and no
one would know II.
strub!e has beautiful growth Of red hair.