Evening star., 1896-02-22
HEARD At THE CAPITOL

Wednesday Representa- tive Washington
was showing a party of visiting Daughters
of the Revolution about, and all he needed
was a badge and voice to have made a
ffrst-class guide. He showed them around
Statuary Hall and pointed out the whisper
ing stones in regulation style. amidst many
squeais and obs and abs. He seemed to give
excellent satisfaction, and the real guides
began to suspect that some time or other
the member from Tennessee might have
been a guide himself.
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"Oh, isn't he just too sweet!' sighed a
gentle voice in the gallery, and then she and
Ter friend fastened their lorgnettes on Mr..
Foote of New York, who was propped in
picturesque attitude against the wall, his
1ron-gcay hair in its usual studied confusion,
and the carnation of deepest scarlet in his
lapel setting off his style of beauty quite
effectively. If the feminine voter is to count,
Mr.. Foote would probably take the medal
as the handSomeSt man i'll the House.
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Mr.. Bowers Of, California, be of the .Wer1
curial temperament and silvery white hair,
seems to let his artistic taste run to crimson
ties, which he wears under turn-down col
lars. The ties are elegant" SO a woman
said, but she considers the collars very
bad indeed
Young Mr.. Mcclellan seems so fond of
the weed that he chews up about half
dozen cigars day in dry smokes.
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A common practice of some young school
girls, aged about twelve and fifteen years, is
to haunt the lower corridors of the Capitol
after $3.50 and standing around talking to
members, clerks and employees till the two
houses adjourn. There are three or four of
these girls and thew ought to he kent at
home. A lady who noticed them the other
day said she thought when girls young
as that come to the Capitol unattended by
older persons they ought to be questioned
as to their errand by one of the Capitol po-
lice. and If they had no legitimate excuse
for the visit that they should be ordered out
of the building
Representative Talbert says this is the
platform he runs on in his district, and the
consequence is that he never has opposition: !:
BE good to the poor, friendly to the rich,
true to the democrats, fair to the republi-
cans. and always lean to the populists."
Talbert has had several oratorical scrapping
matches recently, but manages to hold his
own.
A Texas Congressman is afflicted with
brand-new private secretary. A short
time ago the Congressman received an ap-
plication from a constituent for an "Eulogy
on Vance"-meaning the late Senator
Vance. The Congressman impaired the in
formation to his secretary, who sent to
the proper officials for the document. Later
the Congressman received notice that no
such document could be found. On ex-
animation he ascertained that the private
secretary had requested an "euogy on
auntS.''
Roars of laughter were coming from the
republican cloak room just before the Sen
ate convened the other day, and several
Senators on the floor of the chamber were
evidently annoyed at the frequent outbursts
of merriment from that direction, for sew
eral Of them hastened to ascertain the
cause of it, which proved to be a Senator
who was amusing several of his colleagues
by reading portions of verbatim report of
the proceedings of the commission appoint
ed to negotiate a treaty with the Black
feet Indians, and which was very recently
concluded.
When the Senator read the names Of the
slgners Of the treaty on the part of the In
clans there was a general laugh. There
we're some three hundred signers, and the
majority of the names would naturally
cause a smile; and while no serious re-
Election was intended all admitted that the
most of tham could change their names to
decided advantage. The English meaning
Of some of the names appended were Got
Badly Married. Makes Cold Weather, Long
Time Asleep, Was Going To Move And
Didn't, VIII Not Stand Still in the Night,
Bad Old Man, Come at Night Last to
Awake.