Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-07
IN SUMNER ATTIRE.


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A RAGE FOR sxxRsucKERs AND PANS Ar RE CAPT
ToL-FLASsKL SHIRTS ON rHR FLOOR or TIE
| HoUsE-vEsrLEss LEGrsLAroRs-PERsoNAL YRCu-
| LIARlTIKs vIEwKD FROM THE oALLRRY
Congress has begun to wilt. Members have as
suned the attitude and attire Of summer: the gal
leries are nearly empty. and few extra turns per
second are given to the fans that pump air into
| the chambers
There is no pretense to dignity, impressivensss
or grace in the attitude OF perspiring Congress
man. There Is no attempt to preserve the bearing
| OF statesman. When the congressional collar
begins to wilt all the stiffness gets out Of the
statesmans neck. The most dignined sinks, limp
and languid down in his chair and fans himself
with the corpulent calendar
Governor Long Carries palm-leaf fan and en-
beavers to compel the cool draugnts through a
vest and trousers OF crinkley seersucker His coat
| Is OF heavier material
STILL THE BEST DRESSED MAN.
month ago the dapper member from Pitts
burg, Mr.. Dalzell. was fitted by his tailor with
several beautiful ghtcolored suits of thin wooden
material which looked as II 1t had paid tribute to
was the envy OF his colleagues HIS vest was
neatly Dutt0ned up. bis collar still. and no
wrinkles showed in the soft gauzy gooda But
pcion OF bagging at the knees of his trousers the
| coat Is wrnkled about the arm-holes and sagging
struggle to test the stability OF starch still as he
SITS and fans himself with a white hem-sJitched
aandkerchief, he looks the best dressed man In
the House.
y HIS COLLEAGUE, Mr. cHAs. oNRnI,
mas suit that looks like compromise between q
mosquito net and gunny- bagging. Close inspec-
ZION discovers 1t TO be more expensive material
ana an particulars appropriate TO the tempera-
lure IL Is OF light coffee brown with big mesnes
1nI'ougn wncn ne drives little pufIs OF air with a
chinese Ian. He smiles as he fans and bis white
LIE Is und1Sturbed.
FLANNEI-sHIRT MEN.
Amos Cummings has had the courage to get in
Side OF pretty flannel shirt fastened in front with
| hgAt Tie OF Chinese silk. Over this he wears an
alpaca coat OF delicate slate color. Sitting In
'front.' OF placid Mr.. Holman, who shakes long
nnger argumentatively in his face, he look as
Coney Iapd M sas lying on the sands
a. while the only men besides the chief
page who dared to wear this comfortable
OF course, take greater liberties with the
dignity or the House than can member, and he
wears pinS striped blazer over his flannel shirt.
MI. buckalew wears an alpaca coat, but 1t Is OF
Hgnter shade ami tfrmer out line, and with 1t is
white shirt front and vest.
Nj MI. springer has donned thinner sack-coat and
In his lapel.
The yellow seersucker coat worn by Mr.. Ander.
SOD, OF Kansas looks wrinkled and moist.
Mr. Anderson, OF Illinois, with the absence of
nalr on The top OF his head, and In canary-col.
o,eu eoa1 anu vest OF 1eather-Weight material, q
whlte tie and turn-down collar, manages to keep
toeraDly cool by sitting still
Mr.. Hatch has donned a comfortable looking
stffpeu Seersucker coat and vest.
DESPERATE FANNER,
Mr.. Darlington, who Is very fat. and used to a
cool Climate, has taken to one OF those old-fash-
ioneo piack alpaca coats, fastened with one but
ton. and showing the White shirt above and below
ne reads all the Pennsylvania newspapers each
uay. he SITS leaning back In his char, with
NILE m
otner, ana beads or Precipitation stand on his
prov: The ian that cools nim shakes the paper,
III MS lap, runs his fingers BACK through MS suock
Oh gray hair, and fans desperately for u moment
Mr. RUSSELL OF NAssACHUsE1Ts
SHOWS himself equal to the trial OF heat as well as
70 all other emergencies that arise He is one OF
the very few who sim hold to a standing collar
us collar Is stin and shiny, adorned with bow
OF blue ribbon. With coat and vest or seersucEer
anu trousers OF light material he looks as cool as
spring llme and doesn't carry a ian.
MI. Burns has taken Oh his vest, opened his coat
as Wloe as possible and pulled up the sleeves He
settles his bulky form In his chair ana keeps Dig
palin-lcar ian in constant motion,
MI. McCOnaS has discarded his vest and man.
ages TO look neat and not over warm In a thin.
,isht suit HIS rundown collar and white ne
Keeps in shape.
NJ. hoitiian wears q white vest q narrow shoe
serlng ur, and q black alpaca coat that shows
Vance, OF Connecticut, has abandoned bis vest
ana SUNS his handkerchief down his neck TO
project his collar His neg nbOrs Iacetiously OBJ
lect 10 the proximity OF his warm-anted hair on
these hot days.
M; Dorsey wears a yellow japanese silk coat
ana oiack and white-checkeied trousers.
M. Lyn wears his vest unbuttOned and looks
wiited. ~ '"o~0
MI. kilgore has taken to a long black alpaca
coat AMI white vest Duttoned at the bottom onv
M. hauk Is USED 10 hot climate, and his white
vest ana collar look no more mussed than usu al
Judge PaysOnS SeerSucker coat and vest ara
wnnkled with heat WV
=, Mr.: komels hangs his gold glasses and watch
chain 10 q white vest.
Mr.. Euller's spring suit looks hot and saggy
Nj. heeo envelopes his roLuldiLy In q checkered
seersucker coat and vest
OTHER FLANNEL SHIRTS.
Mr.. Kean, OF New jersey who is regarded "a an
and no vest. His thin alpaca coat hangs loosely.
his watch chain hangs from The waist band or mis-
trousers, which are held up by belt. His tie is a
Iour-ln-nand, and hangs straight down the front
OF Inc soft, wnnkang shirt. Messrs. Payson and
Harmer Appeared Ia flannel shirts OF tne texture
yesterday,
Messrs Mansur, Dargan, Cannon. Laird Till.
man, Hovey, and Anderson, OF Iowa, 20 without
vests. o.
Mr.. McAdoo has assumed a turn down collar
and coat OF Irish linen. '~-
standing collars have been pretty generally
abandoned In the House. anu a few men only
famous Ior their neaJuess such as CampbeiI az
Ohio, Mckehna, FELTON,, and HltI, make any ef-
lorc 10 preserve the perfect Arrangement OF their
atlre Inc summer attitude OF Congress IS that
OF aDJect WEAKNESS. Fans, newspapers and a
motion TO stir up the air. and members mon
their faces with a variety or handkercheis from
the bandana 10 the striped emblem OF .Harrison
and protection" AA