Wichita eagle., 1889-05-19

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easier men in Congress to barberize than
the three big worthless mentioned. Mr.
Barnes, of Georgia, wears little wee bit
of mustache and delusive shadow of an
imperial.
These slight hirsute subterfuges for
beard annoy the barber little. He would
rather swoop clear across the cheerful ex-
panse OF expression, and sail right on
through the sea of lather, than to pilot
around the edges of these Charybdine
growths. They say that popular "Joe"
Cannon, Of Illinois, who shaves only his
upper lip, has growth of bristly hair on
his tender face which would turn the dge
of Damascus blade of strongest temper
That is the reason he only permits his
mustache to be taken of. To shave his
entire face would be diurnal torture which
no man could endure and attend to states
manship business, much less look after
Speakership possibilities. Little Lord
Fauntleroy," surnamed Washington Of
Tennessee, is an easy man to handle IN the
chair, for his face is not large one, and
his hair is plisble even without lather, al
though of course he gets the creamy MKT
ure as matter Of form. Besides, they say
he is perennial wit and jokes with the
House barber about his work, and insists
On having the sharpest razor in the shop
with strong handle'' to pull off his whis-
kers with.
Billy Mason, of Chicago, is serious when
under the razor. 1t is the only time he Is
known to be quiet. They say he has an al
most superstitious dread OF a barber-shop,
and when he goes into the chair he never
opens his head, nor says any thing which
might excite or annoy the artist who beauti-
fes him. He pursues a safe course, for
one Of his spontaneous jokes, if hurled un-
expectedly at the barber, might produce
disaster. They say that it is a pleasure to
comb and brush Billy's glossy black hair,
for it makes the prettiest kind of ringlets
as the comb passes through it. Bishop w.
Perkins, of Kansas, likes to have his head
rubbed. 10 him that 10 the luxury Of a
shave, to have his head well rubbed before
combing. Kilgore, of Texas, likes 20 go to
sleep in the chair and dream out new
stories while the barber works over him.
Kilgore gets up his best stories while In the
House barber-shop, and tells them to the P.
F. o. n. party at the semi monthly Cabinet
meetings in the Congressional Hotel The
artists in the Senate shop are dignlfied.
They do not betray the secrets of the Fog
Bank, even IN the matter of personal habits.
But it is learned, as a State secret. that
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, and Senator
Reagan, of Texas, are the most leisurely
men who enter the shop Each one spends
from half an hour to an hour In the bath,
and they like to have the barber take plenty
of time in shaving them and dressing their
hair. 1t is mi after of public history that
when Mr.. Reagan was member Of the
House he nearly lost his vote on the Inter-
State Commerce bill by remaining too Ion z
in the bath-tub. He is hard of hearing, and
the House employees had difficult time Of
It getting him out of the water and into the
House in time to answer to his name on the
second roll-call. Senator ingalls, has so
many wrinkles in his face that only skill
full barber can shave him without whiting
OFF portion of his countenance. II is re-
lated of him that a barber did clip of por-
ton of his face once, and there came forth
not only blood but a large stream of oratory
with cussness in it; but this is not we'll
authenticated story. ingalls, has but very
little swear in his voca bulary, and does not
waste it on BARRIERS.
The late Congressman from Texas whose
autobiography in the Congressional Direc-
tory stated that he was 1.-The only native
/ Texan ever elected to Congress-" Hon.
| Thomas Porterhouse Ochiitree, used to
worry the BARRIERS in the House, although
I he had a very easy face to shave One of
his eyes has a peculiar Ben-Butlerish habit
of going off on its own account, roaming all
over every visual angle in room, and there
was an iridescence in it betoksning brim-
stone and things which startled the razor
wielder. Every colored man in the House
shops was afraid of Tom, who is, by the
way, the best-natured man ever written
into fame. When Lewis, the barber COM
menced to tell about the man who shaved
President Cleveland, l barred that story,
for it was pure fiction. The man who
shaved Mr.. Cleveland never told any thin z
about it to any one, for Mr.. Cleveland
shaved himself; and ne always did 1t well,
too. Smith D. FRy.