The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-06
A NECLICEE CONGRESS-.
How Statesmen Try to Keep Cool
This Hot Weather.
uomespun the Newest Fashion-Eew
York and Philadelphia Send the Best
Dressed Men-Some Eccentricities.

From the WASHINGTON Star
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i'oI"es pNu mas oOlHiiiSN INC aPPIo'al
on congress Tor summer wear. ION heed
appears day after day in full suit Of 1t,
and he leads the fashion ALWAYS as 10
bar -,rearl,or eost,,,,e in the House Ncear-
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J.. H''- '". I'iie Seii 'H'l'e9 nav 4"ol I11
the naterlal 10 greater or less extent.
10 is a sort Of toweling, made Of fax grown
in Kentucky and Tennessee. Il is very
coarse and rey.- ,cears o,t BEFORE tho
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80 s.
~. so ''9 D1l'-N Oo'''.i-o''iJ "
III H. LLoUSu s0dICe'' preyVN' 1t - very
cool Inc wen OF II is so loose that the
breezes blow through freely.
The big man from Maine makes no pre-
tense to fashionable attire in the ordinary
sense Of the word The leaders Of the
House i'm that resuect are Can BINGHAM
of PbiIadeluLia and Ma FRANKLIN Bart
lett Of New York. Those two cities send
the best dressed men 10 CONGRESS- usually
Naturally. the rule does not invariably
apulv. Tim CamDbell looks ike n farmer
with a white tie. John Clancy Of Brook
lyu is cOstufned in the stvle Of the Bowerv
bows of l~5O doublo- breasted frock coat
high white hat in summer and very tight
pantaloons with a fine fan over the
boot Clancy has what he calls mice
leg " and likes b show its shane
one of his friends from Inc Oual,er
CITY dr0pped in to see Cen Bingham at
the House a dav or two ago. He re-
marked that WASHINGTON was nov In
him and that he wanted to he intro
duced to the town. Slappin0 him ON the
shoulder the genial pbiladeInbia con-
gresham. parapbrasing Beau BrummeI
replied.
famous win walk down pennsvlvanio
avenue with YOU twice -
oxr o1. .rI,, ,yo,.7, ,,,,nss,,, ANY
49, "'i''' MISE" d"
one OF the worst dressed men IN the
rouse IS stevenson OF Mlchlgan, the mil
I1'H1lre luuI man. 10 look az MN one
"ouIG ploSe nc maui = "a uoIldr III Une
word JuSI AT present ne wears nick
otN sui anu sun OF pepper ana salt
thaU 'ouIu hQQI PosslolE nave cost more
man g pIhef men come 10 congress
IRON lar away WlIh strange clOthlng ana
perhaps HdNsceu ia Jhelr halr, yet take a
mint from fashions al the capital and
spruce up " OiV. Aucie IS MelKle.ohu OF
-Neotashd LOT example. tie arrived win
coWhIuG BOGUS ana pants tucked INTO
thSm' NO" ne wears long tailed Prince
AiOert' russell SHOES ana trousers with
/ Eicdse9 III Ihehl. Ou Jhe other mana,
style mas no seductlonS for Bryan OF the
same 9Ohle, VINO cilhgS 10 the FORBIDDEN
| toihDlhaVoh OF llghJ coat ana dark pam
laloohs.
DutIhB the iaSl Two congresses the
| position OF uude Oh the HouSe mas been
vacant. NOW, happlly, IL has been oc-
CuPied D$ QuiEg OF New YORK, VINO parts
MS o4ouue mar IN the mlddle ana smokes
| cigarettes. he Is inc youngest member
editorial wrItors6in on the rribnna h nl,
does not hesitate to tackle anything 1t
was great fun the other day 10 see him
argue difficult legal point with Judge
| CulberSon of Texas, who is the greatest
lawyer in congress since Edmunds left.
Mclttrlck OF Massachusetts was the
! first man in the House this summer to APP
pear II warm weather garb-straw hat,
striped negligee shirt, dark alpaca coat,
striped pantalOons with a cinch strap
and loose flowing tie. Cogswell, from
the same state, tries to keep cool by
wearing no waistcoat His sack coat,
with a Loyal Legion button on the lapel,
IS thrown open and discloses half an acre
or so of white shirt front. He is a stout
man, ana every now and then somebody
mistakes him for Grover Cleveland. Then
he uses swenr words, Boutelle of Maine
1lnds relief in SeersuCker suit-the real
material, made from kind of grass that
grows II India:
But after all, the coolest-lookng repro
| sentative is Gen. Harmer of Philadelphia.
lie wears white duck trousers and we'll
/ fitting black sack coat. Though more
than 80 years of age, his hair and mus
tache are raven black. His shoes are al
/ ways OF patent leather, and he looks as if
/ he were Just out of baudbOX. No mat
| ter how long the season, he never turns a
| hair, even IN the hottest weather.
GToGRApuy As ro u,,R
ny tne way a glance from the galleries
| al me heaus OF the congressman reveals
| certain GeoEtaphical laws III relation to
/ mar. ne chlh oeafd, Jhe cheeks being
SuaNeh; IS characleflSJlcallS southern.
rom Ihe great northwest comes the beard
without any lhuslaChe' MOST OF The mem
per9 from 1he horth ana east wear the
muSOache ara no oIher beard, though an
CVcaSIonaI Nauuyhe CUT Is seen. Long
mar used TO De the FASHION among south
erners IN congress, many OF them having
locks thaU lei upon their shoulders.
IhaI style mas almost en-
tlfeIy gone OUT. NorthWaY OF ONO
PropdoiS mas the hosJ luNuflaut mar and
oeara' IN color gray. Inc oldest couture
IeIoAES TO buhuy from Ihe same state.
III forms snow Whlte wings at the sides Of
ms heau, Whlch Is oald on top, andls very
nuHN- IheFe IS 40 p9ldcr man IN the
House Inah speaker Crlsp' though Hen
urlN OF brooklyn runs MIN close.
ne house lAcks an uglesJ member at
present nat Is TO say there IS no man