The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-20

1niIe shirt showed out with all the
LOS o. the Chinese laundry. When he
Ialseo ms hands up towards the ceiling in
shpnanc gesture the little round tag
.nas - fastened to the end of the
BOSOM to hold it in place
Dpped ont and stood straight at right
I,gns singles with the bosom and just over
1ne center button OF the black band of his
p.ntaloons- As he enforced period after
PERIOD with emphatic gestures this little
wn,.e sign kept bobbing up and down, and
= cniniey. who is usually as cool as the
center seed OF . cucumber, grew warmer
ana warmer. His collar began to weaken.
ana the soft parts of his shirt chung to
nis Dody, making bis well-starched bosom
s'and alone. have seen other statesmen
VINO nave spoken under similar circuna-
stances, and IL is the general conclusion
among the members that the flannei-
snifted statesmen are the best of. Among
tne nandsomest Of these is Breckinridge,
OF Kentucky. who has doffed his statesman
oiacK and has clothed his big frame in
pepper-and-salt gray snit He does not
wear vest, and his flannel shirt is of the
most delicate cream. Round the collar of
TINS ne ties nobby blue scarf, and upon
the lapel OF his coat he wears bright but
tonhoie bouquet Of Is France roses.
Joseph 6. Cannon, of Illinois, makes all
aus speeches IN gray cutaway suit he
works himself into sweat whenever he
speaks. and he has no summer gestures
ne mas changed his standing collar for
turnover, and he Wits this every time he
taxes the floor. General Banks wears
white duck vest and a suit of black goods
OF ngnt weight. He covers his handsome
white head with black slouch hat and his
hectic Is black ribbon which be ties him.
SELF General Runy Lee, the son of the
great Confederate general. wears q gray
suit. Tom Bayne. of Pittsburg. hobs
around IN S35 Scotch tweed, and General
Tracy, OF New York, has gray business
sui. boiled shirt and no vest Ben But
terwor b looks like q preacher in his white
tie. Rising sun Morse, OF Massachusetts,.
the man who makes the stove polish, has
coat of bomhazine which shines as
though 1t had been polished at his own fac
tory and his big frame is bound around
with white vest. Judge Wickham, of
Ohio, has married winter to summer and
sticks TO his black winter suit. having put
on yellow cloth vest for appearance sake.
O'Donnell. of Michigan. always looks cool,
and his white silk neckfie makes him cooler
than ever. McComas, OF Maryland, Is a
brunette and he is the handsomest black
haired. bright eyed young man in congress.
His light summer suits sets off his beauty
and his snowy shirt and his white neektie
make him look as though he had Just
jumped out OF q bandbox
The general appearance of the House is
far different now than in the winter. In
stead OF men in stately black yon have all
Of the different sorts of suits above men,
tioned, and number of instances have
been known of members taking off their
coats and working away at their desks in
their shirt sleeves. And still the capitol is
the coolest place in Washington. and is one
of the coolest places in the country
Thousands of dollars have been spent in
order to make il so. and the same power
that is used TO cool congress would run
vast manufacturing establish ment. There
is tunnel which extends from the foot of
Pennsylvania avenue up through the
grounds into the basement of the capitol,
and there are two great forcing fans over
twelve feet in diameter. which draw in
current of fresh air AMI send it into the
houses of congress- This air is passed
through fountain in order to cool il, and
it loses some of its heat in its underground
passage Another tunnel is talked of, and
in this case the air will be brought from a
greater distance, and will conse-
quentiy be cooler. The engineer
If the capitol thinks that