The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-10-26
5clrst Mi5erllany,
THE LlNERIOIS SENATOR,

1t is somewhat startling to learn from
the latest report of the secretary Of the
Senate that the members of this august
body consumc-at the capitol and not at
homc-twcnty-three gallons of the finest
cologne III Il single twcvemonth In ad-
ditlon to this quantity, purchased in bulk,
several days appear in the itemized ac-
count. The allowance seems to be about
quart and pint per annum for each
senator.
Some of this cologne is used in the SEN
ate bath rooms which are on Il scale of
magniticencc that would not have been
despiscd by the high livers of ancient
Rome. The tubs are carved out of single
blocks of marble ten feet long, so that one
can he submerged at length in them. At
tendantS skilled in massage are in waiting,
and there are hot rooms and ali appliances
for Turkish and Russian baths. All of
these arrangements for comfort are free
OF charge to senators. They can electric
baths in the Senate barber shop, where
there is apparatus for shutting a legislator
up in a box. from which only his head
protrudcS, and cooking him with steam
while Il current from battery passes
through his person.
More cologne is used in the barber shop,
where the tonsoral artists charge nothing
for their services being paid by the ma
ton. Bottles of scented waters are com
monly to hc found in the committee rooms.
where they are terrible for the toilet
Bay rum is also freely dispensed. Eighteen
gallons of bay rum were consumed by the
Senate during the last year. OF alcohol
nineteen gallons were required. Some of
this may have been for lamps, hu; it is
mentioned in the account that Sev eral gal
Ions were purchased for the barber shop
These things are paid for out of the
contingent fund ether items i'll the same
lily wash, two boxes of ointment, five
bottles Of hrlliantne for senatorial mus
tachcs, four ounces Of bcrgamot oil one
ounce of oil Of rose, three bottles of Yucca
lilStlll btiSti!l, lni ti DDtlitS o H'lldillulll,
ten pounds of vascinc toilet soaps OF the
most costly kinds by the gross and six
and one-half gallons of castor oil. Extra
fine Spon"cs are furnished by the bale
Mention is made of thirty dozen boxes of
backing and sixteen dozen backing
brushes and ,iaubcrs. That would allow
about five boxes of backing and three
brushes for each senator per annum.
Senators suffer from physical weak
ncSScs like ordinary folks. Occasionally
they have >tDmach-achc& and on this ac
count several bottles of .Iamacia ginger
are mentioned as paid for out Of the con
tingent fund. Over-indul gcncc in apoli-
naris lemonade sometimes brings about an
enlargement Of thc head the next morning
after 4 warm night session. and so hromo-
caffeine is on the list. Other. items refer
to purchases of cafcorum powders and
ouinine waters. But the favorite senate
rial medicine is the quininc Fill. Forty
four hundred quinnc pills were bonght in
the last year for keeping malaria away
from the senators. They are furnished
hv the hundred to the committee rooms.
In summer one hundred thousand
pounds Of ice per month are consumed in
the Senate wing of the Capitol, while only
fifty thousand pounds are used in the
south wing. The Senate in winter uses
fifty thousand pounds a month and the
Houcc about half That quantity. Senators,
YOU see do not @rud@c themselves luNn-
ricS; Legislators at that end Of thc Capitol
do not feel obliged To- cconomiZc for the
sake of producing rood impression on
their constituents.