The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-08
LEGISLATORS AT LUNCH.
Senator Palmer is Sound Diner and
Senator Berry Smokes Twofers.
Washington Letter in Houston Post.

Washington Letter in Houston Post.
The Senate restaurant is very differ
ent looking place from that at the house
end or the capitol There is ree-for-all
atmosphere about the representatives
dining room, while formality pervades
the Senate restaurant. The monOtony of
the lunch hours is now and then broken
by swarthy waiter yelling at the top of
his lungs: Zone 25-cent cigar for Sena-
tor Brice and two scent cigars for Sena-
tor Berry of Arkansas" Back of the
man who stands behind the bar and
little to the right as he faces YOU is the
retiring-room. The senators dine in
there in exclusive and hearty fasion
Mr.. Palmer of Illinois, "a bluff, hearty,
greay-headed man of 70 years, T." is an ad-
vocate of the beefsteak There is a
huskiness in his throat which
speaks of rich and dripping gravies. A
French fry potato man, we win say a
hearty drinker, Mir Palmer is man of
the people, and his food is as plain as that
of the farmer whom he represents. A
different man in the matter of feeding. an
educated man, as the observation-disclosures
esteems him, man with the French
terms of the menu upon the tip of his
tongue is Senator Henderson. of
Nebraska. He is as choice in the selec-
tion of the morsels which he swallows as
the bird of paradise, which is supposed
to live upon the dew which rests in the
cup of the South American flower No
whisky for Mr.. Henderson, nor anything
so crude as brandy, but the heaviest and
the mellowest of French wines are his de-
light. Chablis, the products of the rich
slopes of Burgundy, Chateau Yquem, are
all in his repertory. A very delicate eater
is Senator Henderson a man who insists
upon prompt attendance, a man upon the
hos a in h
taurant. He and Senator Palmer are rep
resentatiYes of the two opposite types of
eaters to be found in the Senate hostelry.
There are others who are constant
patrons of the establishment whose man
ner and method of dining excite little or
no remark. Hill of New York, for IN
stance, a strong presidential possibility
last year and presidential possibility
three wears hence; White of Louisiana,
who received his gastronomic education
in the dim and delightful semi-submerged
cafe of New Orleans; White of California,
a believer in the virtue of the pompano to
be caught in the sunny southern bays of
his state and a considerable advocate of
the OlymDian oyster, a shelfish which is
raked from the sandy shadows that
stretch to the westward Of the little city
of Olympia. nesting upon the shores of
Puget sound PaScO of Florida, a sheep
Minnesota. who believes that pork is the
meat of the gods, and insists upon sweet
potatoes as an eternal condiment; Frye of
Maine, a fish eater and water drinker
Stewart of Nevada, who eschews both
fish and water, and last of all, George of
Mississippi, who, so far as the records of
the Senate restaurant show, never eats
at all.
1t is worth mans while on a drowsy
summer day to stand in the Senate res
taurant and look al the holders of the ma
tion's destinies when they feed. They Of
fer as diverse a spectacle and as much
food for reflection as is to be found in any
ordinary crowd infesting a 10 cent restau-
rant upon Pennsylvania avenue. With
knife and fork in hands the national
celebrity becomes human being for the
time He exhibits as good manners and
as bad manners as any average American
citizen would under the same circum-
stances.
Tommy said his mother "cant you
auuse your baby brother for awhile"
''Yesim answered Tommy If youn hold
him up at The window Ill get the BOYS TO
come and play in front Of the house. liar
per Young People.
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