The age-herald., 1900-05-20
SENATORS ADOPT
 COOLER CLOTHES
Hot Weather Has Apparently
 Melted Much Dignity.
BLACK SUITS ABANDONED
Many of the Statesmen Now Appear Without Waistcoats And Affect Brightly-huedN Negligee Shirts
 and String Ties

Washington, May 19.-(Specal) )-The re- cent hot weather has brought remarka- ble change in the appearance of the senate. It does not look so somber from the gal laries and the average~age of its members seems to have been lessened a little, while a jaunty air is quite noticeable It is all because self preservation has forced most cenators to cast aside their black cloth ing and array themselves in lighter weight and brighter colored raiment. Instead of dark waistcoats one sees senators without vests and clad in neglige shirts, or wearing white waistcoats, while one or two affect light blue shirt coverings.
 Senator Wolcott evidently selects his summer shirts with particular care, for they are many-hued and of the latest style, while a grey suit and a belt with big buckle | adds to the picturesque effect. Senator Chauncey M. Depew has cast aside his frock coat and now wears blue serge suit, turndown collar with bow tie with flowing ends. Depew always looks young and rather airy, but now he is positively youthful in appearance. His colleague, Sen ator Platt, may have put on lighter cloth ing but 1t is more suited to senatorial dig nifty, because black, and his coat Is frock. Senator Foraker has cast off his waistcoat and wears summer shirt. Mark Hanna is conspicuous in a white waistcoat and sacque suit. The other wearers of white wastcoats are Allison of Iowa, whose frock coat has given place to a gray busi- ness coat Lodge of Massachusetts, Thurs ton of Nebraska, McAIilan of Michigan, who always looks cool no matter how hot the weather; Daniel of Virginia, Perkins of California, Elkins of West Virginia, Clay of Georgia, Harris of Kansas and Hale of Maine.
 Pettus and Morgan Haven't Changed
 Senators Morgan and Pettus of Alabama do not seem to have made any change in their attire, neither has General Bate of Tennessee, nor Culberson of Texas, nor Cockrell of Missouri. It is strange, but the men who come from the south do not seem to suffer as much from heat as the more northern senator's, and look as comfortable in dark clothing a others do in lighter ar tcles.
 Senator Hurley of Tennessee still wears dark blue suit, but as a concession to the weather wears four instead of three but tons of his waistcoat unbuttoned. Senator Lindsay of Kentucky clings to a black suit with a cutaway coat, but it is made of light serge, and he has the buttons of his waist coat unbuttoned to permit the air to circu- late, while his colleague Senator Deboe. dresses usual Senator Jones of Arkan- sas affects coat and waistcoat of Ken lucky homespun, cut square and falling be- low his hips a considerable distance, while his trousers are dignifedly black
 Senator Sullivan of Mississippi seems to have secured the most unique outfit It consists of full frock coat made of light cloth and trousers to match When he sits down the coat tails cover his legs like a horse blanket.
 The senators, as a rule, seem to be cool CT than when in heavy black, but really there is lacking little of the character istic digniied appearance.