Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
SNAN WANTS But LITTLE HERE BE


ssNN WANTS But LITTLE HERE BE-
~A low, sang Oliver Goldsmith, but tina.
was about one hundred and fifty years ago
Nowadays man wants everything in sight and
would IKE to secure an option on all desirable
ouf temporarily invisible possibilities There
are some men, however. who may keep on
wanting things until long after the cows have
come home, bnt their plans are forever being
upset, their calculations never work out to sat-
isfsctory Conclusions, and when life itself
comes to an end the buffeted authors Of count
less hopes leave for another world laden with q
large stock Of reasonable but unsatisiied desires
NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS
In this class will be found but few OF the
United States Senators who live and flourish in
these happy days, and none Of their dissp-
pointments can ever be traced to any mean
ness or stinginess on the part of the Senate
The Senator gets what he wants.
THE NATIONAL 'srooS.
An observant FrenchmRn who was in and
around the Capitol a week or SO ago said that
the spittoon and not tho eagle should be the
national emblem. Wherever he went he found
himself always in close proximity to one or
to his credit. knows 80 little of. One OF the
things he failed to find out was why some
OF those receptacles were called spittoons while
others intended for the same IRE were styled
caspidors. The distinction he noted is carried
out even in official documents, notably
in the list of United States property
now IN the keeping of the sergeant
alarms of the Senate. Why should the com
mittes on enrolled bills rejoice in the posses
sion of two crspidors while the committee on
engrossed bills has TO be content with two
spittooIs? The number of these national EN-
blems" is not small In all there are 369 of
them scattered throughout the Senate wing. to
say nothing of the sixty more now shut up in
the store room. As to design and color and
SIZE there as great variety--rangiug from the
tall green vases in the Senate chamber through
the intermediate stages Of anG-painted and
delcately huod porcelain aud It's decorated kin
10 the common, erery-day clay or papler-
mache juice holders.
There is variety also in the value. Some OF
the more artistic specimens are worth some
thing like 81 each. while others may be bought
Tor 90 cents. There are more than four Of
them-piain or decorated, broken OF whole
Tor eacn member of the Senate. In the Senate
chamber there are just thirty-four spittoons,
although III the same hall there are loI chairs
and six leather sofas on which people may sit
to eject the surplus which bother3 every
chewer. few of the unregenerate, however,
make use Of the air-cuct exits and the carpet
OUT OF PROPORTION.
In some OF the rooms the proportion OF spit
toons is a trite disproportionate; not that they
are too numerous, but that some other useful
articles arc not sufficiently plentiful. The
Senate press gallery is credited with the pos
session OF twelve cuspidors, but it has only one
comb and one hair brush. The press gallery is
ahead OF the committee on public lands, though
for while that organization has four spittoons
1t Is without comb.
Local pride will doubtless feel gratified over
tho fact that the Senate District committee has
ths largest committee collection OF spittoon7.
There are eleven Of them altogether and some
OF the specimens are really fine enough to be
designated cuspidors. In the Presidents room
there Is only one spittoon, but il is tall and of
great capacity. There is neither comb nor
prush IN this apartment, because the Presi-
uent only occupies 1t once year and he invar-
iabiy attends to his toilet before going to the
Capitol
There are three brass cuspidors in the Vice
PRESIDENT 3 room and on the mantel is a COM
plete comb and brush combination ready for
the use OF any disting uishel visitor who may
dropin.
PLENTY OF MAKEsHrFrs.
The farmers who attend to senatorial arri-
culture and forestry have only three spittoons
aValiabie while the committee is in session, but
TINS rather mesger supply u materially helped
commodate half dozen active destrovers of
tooacco. The committee on commerce is spit-
toonless, but 1t has i've waste-pape baskets.
, lhere are neither spittoons nor cuspidors in
tne rooms OF the transportation routes commit
tee nor the committee on rules bu. in both
apartments there arc open freplaces, so the
vessels will not be missed
Inc committee on fisheries is also without
cuspidoria accommodations and il has NOT
even wood box to relieve the situation.
NOTABLE CHINA CUsPrpoRs.
VI course there are no spittoous in the
ladies' room. but there are four very fine china
c0spicors IN the room of the committee on
womans suffrage. These are the most nota bla
chfna cuspldors on the list The exception was
PROBABLY made because OF the character of
those who 90 most haunt the COMMITTEES room
among the many things a woman can do if shs
wants TO Is to chew tobacco. and if she elects TO
80 do why should her own particular COMMITTEES
room De without spittoons.
Mines and mining also has china spittoons
siH OF them are ea'alosued as fine while the
other two are plain"
In the room OF the committee IN pr;vitoaos
and elections valuable service ia renasrad ,fa
SOLITARY spittoon BY the carpet and the wood
pox- FINANCE Is strong on hair brushes. having
two, but 1t only has one comb, while civil ser,
vice has no comb and only one brush
Against the 1863 cuspidors in the Sonata ming
OF the Capitol there are Just sixty-fon- 60
dishes and tifty-four com BIS and brpsbas TIarp
are lightweight Senators.
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