Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-10


venture" and that it was "a waste of
| lather to shave an ass" OF course, the
honorable gentleman did not consider it
worth while to deny the truth OF the i'm
I 'ssion, still entertained by unprejudiced
observers. that he makes three distinct
| toilets every day. 1t is said that he has
one suit for introducing bills. another for
| Offering resolutions and a third for de-
| livering a speech. He has never appeared
| in full dress at the Capitol because he is
| never there after G pm.
Mr.. Wolcott is fleshy man and fond
Of the good things of this world. Unques-
tionably he is the best dressed member Of
| the upper house well the greatest
gourmet. Henry Cabot Lodge is always
| fashionably attired So also Is Senator
Butler, but the latter is well dressed in a
manner distinctively southern-not at all
| in the New York style. That is to say.
his clothes exhibit elegance of fit and ma
terial but are not cut in the latest mode.
Hale of Maine is decidedly particular as
| to his apparel, though affecting the swell
not at all. He always seems to have on
the same suit, because each new garment
that he buys is an exact reproduction of
| the last one.
There are remarkably few well-dressed
Senators. Washburn is included in that
category. though he is never fashionably
attired. Don Cameron is a model of ac-
curacy in this respect-"not the first by
whom the new is tried. nor yet the last
to lay the old aside" One of the worst
dressed members of the upper house is
| Cockl ell of Missouri. There is a suspicion
in the Senate that he still wears the black
broadcloth Prince Albert coat in which he
| was married. Mills of Texas likewise cares
| nothing for clothes. Coke Of the came
state is another example OF indifference in
| this matter. The most eccentrically dress
ed Senator is PETER. His coat is a long
and ill-fitting frock. while his trousers
look too big because of the extreme thin
ness Of his legs. Sometimes he wears no
necktie. having whiskers.
As to the Cabinet.
Senator White, recently appointed to the
| United States Supreme Court, is always
very well dressed. though not in the ex-
| IRENE of style. The present cabinet is not
remarkable for the clothes it wears 1t
contains no bowling swell like Whitney,
who in the former Cleveland administration
set the fashions for men in Washington.
| Gen. Gresham is particular about his gar
ments, always wearing a black frock coat,
but he makes no pretense at keeping up
| aversion: he hates them worse than snakes
Secretary Morton is least careful as TO his
apparel among the members OF the cabinet
The President deyotes no great amount CT
| thought TO his attire, having a good many
other things to think of. To make a suit
for him requires a good many yards of
cloth. His measurements have steadily in
creased during the last few years.
There is little pretense of fashion to be
found in the House of Representatives
Two members who are conspicuously well
dressed are Harry Bingham OF PHILADELPHIA
and Durborow of Illinois. Worst-dressed
OF all is Jerry Simpson, whose customary
attire is rough farmer suit of monde
script color and TO nit at all, with a shoe
string necktie. That sort of tie is the
prevailing style at the Capitol. Bailey Of
Texas Is a great swell in the cowboy man.
ner Of full dress, displaying a wide ex-
panse of shiny white shirt bosom with a
small diamond in the middle, white tie
glossy black frock coat and black waist
| trasts Of black and white he has been de-
scribed as resembling a fly in a pan of
milk.
1t is observable that when a legislator
for the nation leaves the House to Join the
Senate he is apt to pay more attention to
| his attire. OF this Mr.. Lodge of Massa-
| chusetts is an example. He is decidedly
more spruce of aspect than when he was a
| Representative. The same is true OF Hale
or Maine. Conklng was the greatest swell
| the Senate ever had. He always gave spe-
clal care to the accuracy Of his toilet when
ne was about to make q speech. Plumb of
Kansas was one Of the most careless MEM
| bers of the upper house in respect to dress.
| often wearing no collar. He afforded a
| marked contrast to his cont temporary.
ingalls,. whose costume was severely Gle,
CANT. The latter invariably wore a red
| necktie.
Will Shirt Sleeves Comet
Neglige has crept into the conservative
Senate OF late years to some extent. and
styles of apparel are now seen there which
would have excited establishment. To saw
the least, decade or so back Hoar of
Massachusetts was the first to appear I'm a
seersucker suit. Wolcott was the first Sem
ator to wear sash in summer, but his ex-
ample was quickly followed by Others
Some persons are watching expectantly for
the day when PETER or Allen-radicaI in
all things. as becomes populists-will ex-
hibit themselves in shirt-sleeyes on the
floor of the upper house. Such a thing ba "a
never happened yet, though sometimes
Senators in hot weather take of their
| coats in the cloak rooms, while they Sin
apollinaris lemonade that is paid for ont ~
the contingent fund. During night sessions
| Representatives are often seen on the fioo-
| In their shirt sleeves when the weather 20
| warm.
1t was said of wolford of Kentucky an
eX-colonel of cavalry that when he CAVE
| to Congress he had never had on a white
| shirt in his life. Good clothes and Careful
| habits are not regarded as admirable or
! essential to craftsmanship by the plain
| people of some parts of the country When
| Ben Lefevre of Lima, Ohio was caupbt an
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