The Southern herald., 1893-03-24
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senate upon the members Of that au-
gust body to-day during the discussion
Of an important bin. was struck with
the remarkable similarity in the ap-
pearance Of senator Hin. Of New York.
and Senator Blodgett, Of New Jersey.
The front seat in the senate gallery is
about twenty feet higher than the
deslzs Of the senators, and the two dis
tingliished gentlemen mentioned, who
occupy chairs in the back row on the
democratic side, were about fifty feet
from me Both Of them were engaged
in writing letters, and as they bent
over their desks their smooth, bald
heads were strilingly similar in size,
shape, and, had almost said, alike in
expI esSi0n.
Two other bald heads, directly op-
posile, on the back row on the repub-
ican side Of the chamber, were in
striking contrast senator Carey, Of
Wyoming, and senator Shoup, Of Idaho,
might readily be mistaken for each
other II only the tops Of their heads
were photographed Hill and Blodgett
have long, narrow heads, while Carey
and Shoup carry their brains in larger,
rOunder skulls which lcOk much like
elliptical billiard balls In the house
Of representatives the gentlemen who
have been honored with seats in that
popular body are, in the main, very
much younger than the potent, grave
and reverend seigniOrs who deliberate
IN the senate. This is probably because
the representatives are selected for two
years, and frequent changes are there
BY made; while senators are elected for
six years and each of them generally
has two terms, so that they are more
apt TO grow old in the service.
Senator Harris, Of Tennessee, has
been in public life so long that, but for
his bristling mustache, he would be en-
tirely devoid of capillary ornamental
ton, and he has probably by this time
forgotten how he used TO look before
nature deprived him Of hair. Senator
Allison, Of Iowa, who has been a mem
Der Of the senate for eighteen years,
still retains a luxuriant suit Of hair,
and bis face is almost entirely covered
with a dark-brown beard which has
been rapidly silvering during the re-
cent months. Senator IOar, of Massa-
chusetts, has a complexion as horid and
pink as that Of a baby in long dresses,
and the red corpuscles in his blood are
oplentiful that his bald Uranium is as
well eolored as his face. His colleague,
Senator DAVIS, still wears little shock
of hair upon the apex Of his Uranium,
and supplements the loss of top-knot
with a short cropped, bristling beard
which is rapidly becoming snow-white.
Ex-senator Ingalls, was distinguished
during his last six years in the senate
by a most magnificent crop of silvery
hair which seemed almost iridescent
from the gallery distance. His success
sor, the celebrated PETER not only has
q full suit of black hair, but a very
handsome long, brown beard, which
has been the subject of jests from the
pencils of political scribblers. He is a
very worthy and able man. Senator
Wilson, Of Iowa, who thirty years age
was the most vigorous debater in the
house of representatives and very
athletic, handsome man, is to-day one
of the quietest members of the senate
and TO look upon his snow-white hail
and beard he would not be recognized
as the aggressive man of former days
Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, who
had brilliant career as a soldier and
who has been in public life for we'll
nigh forty years, still wears a full suit
of dark brown hair, and with his fresh
complexion, large mustachc and small
| goatee looks not more than thirty
years of age. Senator Butler, of South
Carolina, a perfect Chesterfield upon
the floor of the senate and probably the
handsomest man on the demo
cratic side of the chamber, has
a rapidly thinning crown of sill
yer and a bristling, snow-whitC
mustache. With one well-madc artificial