Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-06

to themselves. There has always been dispute
regarding boards. you know. While in most
eastern countries the beard is regarded az q
sign OF poverty and distress. the Mohammedaus
think 1T necessary expression Of dignity and
expect to be jerked into heaven by il when
they de- Not so very many years ago no gen.
teman wore a beard. and DIR. Hammond says
that few centuries hence men will have no
boards to grow. Fashion seems to be unstable
on the subject Certainly majority of the
boards In the House are not particularly hand
some appendages. Yet there are a few highly
decorative ones. Breckenridge Of Kentucky
has noble beard of snowy Wilderness. The
handsomest beard in the House. however, be-
longs to Dunnell Of Minnesota, and is very
Large and blonde with a crinkly wave in it.
shire has another fine and flowing beard Of
great size. Gen. Grosvenor Of Ohio has beau
hfui patriarchal beard that makes him look
like Santa Claus, and Scull OF PENNSYLVANIA
possesses another some what in the same style.
The bushiest black beard that you see on the
floor is that of Tom Bayne Of Pennsylvania.
Not by any means to be forgotten is the full
iron-gray beard of the redoubtable Bill Springer
the inveterate kicker from Illinois, whose
hghting capacity is such that even Speaker
iced is unable to put him down. To see him
during the tumultuous times earlier in the ses-
sion. when Reed insisted upon counting q
quorum. shaking his finger at the Speaker to
demand recognition and talking against McKin-
ley while the latter tried to orate-the whole
House In An uproar the meanwhile-was treat
indeed. Such are the most notable boards that
meet your eye in the House.
THE BALD HEAD PREDOMINANT.
Looking over the heads Of the members be-
low you notice that many of them have lost
more or less heir natural covering from
the place where the WOOL ought to grow. The
particularly bald pate Of Greenhalge, the man
from Lowell, attracts your attention first per-
haps. He is one of the baldest men In the
House, but he is run close BY Wade OF Mis-
souri,. Walker of Massachusetts, Chapman Of
Michigan, Silver Dollar Bland of Missouri and
Cowles of North Carolina. Other very bald
men are Fitch of New York, Bingham OF Phil
adelphia. Hit Of Illinois and Buchanan of Vir-
glnla. Owen of Indiana, McCreary Of Ken
lucky, Bartine Of Nevada. Bum of North Caro-
lima, Wilson of Kentucky, Dunphy of New
York, Culbertson of Pennsylvania and Thomp-
son and Williams OF Ohio all brush their hair
with towel. You can see for yourself from
the examples they afford that badness is not
beautlfying. That is the reason. it is said, that
vice PRESIDENT Morton wears wig.
THE SENATOR'S.
One thing you will notice. there is very little
badness in the Senate. considering what a
venerable body it is Only here and there ia n
smooth and shiny poll to be SEEM The baldest
Senator is Blodgett of New Jersey. OF the
Senators who wear mustaches Gray of
Delaware owns the handsomest specimen
quite full, with graceful droop at the corners
OF the mouth. For size, however, Senator
Biackburns of Kentucky is unrivaled; it is
dark and bushy. Among other Senators who
affect no other beard than the mustache are
Matt. Quay and Call of Florida. Frye Of Maine,
Vance OF North Carolina, Aldrich Of Rhode
Island, Dixon from the same little state and
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upper-lip adornment is big and white. Senator
Cameron's full, light brown mustache Is one of
the handsomest in the upper house.
Senators Plumb OF Kansas. Hiscock Of New
York, Sawyer Of Wisconsin, Teller Of Colorado,
Allison of Iowa and Brown OF Georgia all wear
boards without mustachcs-a style that GER
tainly does give look Of severity to the face
You may see it in many Egyptian pictures and
statues. Gov. Brown looks like an ideal Nor
mon elder. with his patriarchal chin beard of
snowy whiteness. Among the Senators who
like themselves best with chin beard and mus
tache are Hawey of Connecticut, Jones of Ar
Kansas Voorhees, of Indiana and Henderson,
who halls from Omaha. Ingalls,, the President
pro tenn. OF the Senate when Vice President
Morton is of duty, wears a mustache and
goatee, as every one knows from the carica-
lures of him In the comic papers, il not other
wise. So does handsome and fashionable Sem
ator Mcmillan of Detroit
The new Senator, Carlisle, does not permit
SO much MS hair to grow upon his face. Neither
does Senator Hoar of Massac husetts, though he
used to indulge in a fringe of white whisker,
nor Senator Payne, the Ohio oil king, nor
Reagan OF Texas, nor Gen. Colquitt of Georgia,
nor Daniel of Virginia, nor Judge Wilson OF
Maryland, nor German of Maryland nor the
great and only Evarts Of New York. All these
shave their entire countenanccs as regularly
and as often as the sun rises in the east.
Iou can hardly help taking notice. as You
glance around tho Senate with this subject in
hand for consideration, that the average Sena-
tor, whether for the sake Of dignity or for other
reasons, wears more hair on his face than
does the average Representative. There are
fewer lone mustaches and more boards to be
found in the upper house than in the lower.
Very likely the greater average of age is the
cause of this. Stanford, Pugh, Teller, Cullom,
Wilson, Eustis, Hale, Sherman, Dawes, Jones
OF Nevada Ransom. Dolph, Mitchell, Stewart,
and Blair are among the many who do not
shave at all and wear full boards and mus
taches.