The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-20


THE BATH ROOMS OF THE CAPITOL
have never been more patronized than they |
are now. Fifty members of the lower
house take Two baths daily and nearly every |
Congressman get his tub at Uncle SANS |
expense during the hot weather Ben |
LeFevre, of Ohio, used to spend about |
half his time in the bath tub during the
summer, and he was one OF the few Con-
greSsnen who get fat on the Russian bath |
There are nine bath tubs in the basement
under the House and each bath room is as
big as the ordinary hotel bed room. The
tubs are immense and Tom Reed or George
Barnes or any OF the latest men in Con-
gress can roll about in them without graz
ing their elbows or their knees. Some of
these tabs are Of marble and in one of
them Regain was bathing when he was
called up 10 vote on the Morrison bll.- He
came up In a blanket and, like the bed bug,
got there just the same.
SOME MEMBERS TAKE A BATH
just before speaking. 1t makes one feel
like new man. and when they get on the
floor, instead Of feeling hot and tired, they
start off as fresh as a daisy. A number of
the members like the Russian bath, an
even in these hot July days you will find
some of the greatest men OF the country,
dressed in nothing but towel, sitting In
until the perspiration runs down their
cheeks and Off their backs in rivuletS.
From time TO time some of them will go OF
and take plunge and then come back and
sweat again. After they have been well
rubbed down and sprayed with cold water,
they come out at peace with themselves
and all the world. Not q few of them
bring their constituents here to battle, and
the Senators, as rule, are fully as fond OF
the public baths as the members Of the
House. In the supreme court basement
there is sort of an electric bath, which, it
is said, will almost make dead man think,
and which is resorted to by such members
of Congress and the judiciary who are very
tired from oyer-work or over-drink the
night before and who want to put them
selves in immediate trim.
SPEAKING OF THE SENATE,
the members of our so-called house of
lords, are quite as undignitied in their dress
as the Representatives. a large number of
them wear no vests at all, and | saw''Zeb."
Vance this afternoon walking through the
chamber with great beads of pearly sweat
standing OF his handsome forehead. He
was tanning himself violently and a vast
eXpanse of boiled shirt showed out between
the frocks of his light gray business suit
He had evidently come to the capitol in a
| hurry, for his shirt was soaked with pers-
piratlon and 1t chung to his person. Platt,
of Connecticut. is another VeStlesS Sena-
tor Vance and Platt are about the same
height, but Vance weighs 80 pounds and
Platt weighs 125 pounds. He is as thin as
rail and his six feet of bone and skin. look
longer and timer than ever in his
summer attire. Another tall, thin anat-
omy is ingalls, and he and Eugene Hale, of
| Maine, have evidently bought their suits
in partnership. They have the same cloth
and as they sit side by side, they are
dressed enough alike to be broth
ers. Senator Ingalls, is a good deal of a
dude. He has been called the best dressed
man in the Senate and in the winter he
wears the most costly of heavy goods and
always has a red necktie. He now
wears a double breasted frock coat
of light gray. 1t has enough mater
ial in it for an oyercoat and it
corresponds with the remainder of the suit
He wears a white necktie instead of his
red one and his long thin neck is claspeC
around by a standing collar as white as the
driven snow. The Vice President looks
cool and pleasant in a business suit OF
light brown. He is never hot and he does
not allow himself to appear otherwise
than smiling. Stewart, the millionaire
looks like farmer He mas suit of navy
blue flannel and his straw hat cos
, about 81.
SENATOR BLAIR IS ANOTHER
straw-hatted Senator, and John Sherman
has white Panama which he bought il
Cuba few years ago, He has grey bust
ness suit cut very much like that of Ingalls,
and he looks not unlike wealthy southern
planter in his seashore dress Blair look
more like a Vermont farmer, and his suit il
black and Of light weight. Senator Payne
sucks to his black Prince Albert winte
Clothes and though he walks out TO thu
/ capitol ne is as cold as ice cream. He ha
, not enough flesh to get warm if he wanted
| to, and he believes in enjoying life and en-
joys it. One of the coolest looking Senator
t is Butler, of South Carolina, who is tn
white haired Adonis Of the Democratic sid
| of the chamber. He has ski
e as fresh as that of a baby, ant
t there is not enough hair on tn
: top of his head to make his brain hot. H
e wears business suit..and white vest wit
{ a lavender necktie. He keeps the sur
D from his head by white straw hat, an
s usually carries an umbrella.
t Philetus Sawyer has thrown off his CO.
/ lar as well as his neclztie. He has winte
e neck, and his short fat frame is pasted I
a his big strong face by only wafer. Th
S result is his collars last only few minute
It and he would no doubt throw off hi
coat if he dared. When he is at home i
mills in his shirt sleeves He is worth,
t. is said, about five million dollars, and
It has thousands OF acres of pine-lands. NJ
II long ago an eastern merchant who wante
e to make deal with him was told he wa
S at one of the saw mills. The man followe
Il the directions and went to the saw mil
it and seeing a little fat old man wit
IS a bald head and a big nos
k in his shirt sleeves working among IL
D. machinery he accosted him rather roughl
Y and asked him several questions. The fl
l. old man in shirt sleeves answered him al
If the man then said he wanted to see Senat,
h Sawyer. 'All right" said the fat MAJ
<, ''tell me your business. 'But don't wal
ID to talk to you" said the man. want to S,
h your chief. Where is the Senator
te Senator Sawyer then disclosed his identi
s. to the mans great surprise and made
IS bargain with him based on the conyers
lie ton which the man had had with hi
J. when he thought he was workman. T.
lie result was that the Senator made sma
&c fortune by the mans mistake.
- SENATOR CUsH DAVIS
, wears the cleanest and prettiest white 81
IL necktie in the Senate. His linen is alwa
lie fresh and his complexion is clear. He
Of not averse TO hot weather and his cloth
le are always in good order for his wife Blu
lg them for him and she watches as careful
it over his wardrobe, as over her own. Sc
nd ator Davis summer drink is glass of ic
IN milk one of which he always takes just |
fore he goes to bed. Father Dawes
Massachusetts wears a black s.
Sc coat and linen vest Senator Spooner b
:, come out in summer pantaloons of lie
- lavender. Paddock, of Nebraska, wears
', white vest Henderson has navy bl
~ - suit, George Vest is clad in yellow a
~ Caseu, of Dakota, socks cool in black.
~, ~, of the Senators have changed their cloth
- and am told that if the thermometer ris
~, another degree number of them will
~ pear in flannel shirts.
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