Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-23

"A mustache gives the statesman rather q
rakish look. and some Of the weli-known men
of the chamber thus cover their upper lips.
Joe Blackburn OF Kentucky has q red mus
tache, which quivers with fun, bristles with
rage. or gently rests in placid self content
over his mouth, according to the condition
Of his mind. Blackburn is q very hand
some man. He Is tall and straight and his
Eustache forms a striking feature of his
rosy face.
Just back of Joe Blackburn today Is Sen
ator Dan Voorhees,. the tall sycamore of
the wabash. A year or 20 ago he belonged
to the Louis Napoleons of the Senate. and
he wore an imperial. Now his chin is
smooth shaver and all that Is left is his
mustache. Senator Voorhees, verges on the
His mustache has a reddish hue and like
his brown pompadour hair 1t flows out in
curves and makes a bow over his big, broad
mouth. You could draw Voorhees, face
without using q straight line. His chin has
a roll of fat below it. His cheeks swell out
and his every feature partakes Of that line
OF the beautiful-the curve. His mustache
Is the mustache Of an Esau. 1t Is heavy.
strong and full of character and you see
another sign Of this Esau strength in the
red brtstles which stand out over voorhees,
blue eyes. As to his head. every individual
hair there does seem to stand on end. as
of the white. bald pate OF Senator Coke.
who sits just In front of him.
Aggressive Boards.
There IS great deal of character In whis-
kers. You could tell that Senator William
B. Allison was a diplomat from the way
he trims his beard. 1t Is rough in texture
and reddish brown in hue. but It Is cut as
smoothly as has been fashioned the char
acter Of its owner and 1t is the beard of .
great man and a polite ons. 1t makes
Allison's head look much HE that of Gen.
Grant though the features are pleasanter
and smoother. Take on the other hand the
mustache Of George Vest. it bristles out
In a white heat under his little straight
nose and as he carries II about the House
Ii seems to say: There Is 4 ch:p on my
shoulder and IL you knock e OF you are
sure to have a fight" Vest always makes
me think of the Bad Man from Bitter
Creek. His round long head Is pasted on
at right angles to a pair o. wide STOPPING
shoulders and his fierce Cold blue eyes look
out at you from under heavy brows. His
mustache does not belle him. He lis a
fighter from Fightersville aud though he is
not more than IT. in height he is ready
to tackle any sixfooter in the Senate
Senator David B. Hill Of New York has
an aggressive mustache. 1t is more that of
a man of determination. however. than one
Of pure fighting 1t Is short black and W ell
defined. and it fairly bristles when Grover
Cleyeland's name Is mentioned. Sitting In
the press gallery you cannot distinguish
Senator Hills eyebrows without an opera
glass. but his fierce eyes look up at you and
his whole figure makes you think Of that of
the Sphynx.
John Sherman's silver Beard.
Senator Shermans beard Is a characteris-
tic one 1t is firm and why and 1t is now
as white as the driven snow. He cuts II
frequently and its bristles are three times
the thickness of the long thin strands of
aflr ioD h io Ck1r
man has very fine face. 1t looks very
much like that of the general and the chins
or the two men were formed on the same
model.
Palmer of Illinois. 1t covers only his chin.
but II Is rugged and white and it adds to
the strength of his face. Every brfstle In
II represents strength OF character and every
line OF the features above 1t shows common
sense. Palmer has big head which is well
matched with silver hair. He wears a soft
hat. and not the warm misunderstanding silk
plug. He has bright blue eyes above which
are siivery bristles, and his beard indicates
his character.
Look at Some New Men.
Perkins Of California is full bearded. His
whiskers of silky black and his mustache
might have been made of shavings of oiled
ebony. Senator Mills is the only man in
the chamber who wears q goatee. He has
a white mustache and the little whisk of
hair fastened to his lower lip is Of silver.
Senator Perkins of Kansas. who succeeds
Plumb. looks as though he might have
borrowed his head from an Indian chief.
His face Is somber in feature. 1t Is as
smooth shaver as was that OF Daniel Web
ster. and its complexion Is copper. He has
heavy brows and fierce eyes. and he looks
wise enough to be great Coke of Texas
is another wise looking man. He has a
long beard of yellowish white. and he puts
a napkin over this whenever he eats,
Henry Cabot Lodge has curly. hair and
curly whiskers. His beard covers his
square face and sitting in the King Row"
he forms striking figure among the
young men of the Senate.
Like Ii Hung Chang.
Senator Harris of Tennessee looks like a
Chinese mandarin, and this effect Is pro-
duced by his mustache This stands out in
two long thin white lines ON each side Of
his nose and gives him a strikingly Ceies-
tial appearance. He has high cheek bones,
sharp blue eyes. which look out through
narrow lids. and q parchment bald head If
he had a long gown and. a piytail he could
pose for Ii Hung Chang, and dressed in