Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-01-25
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Especial Correspondence

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The distinction Of possessing the
Naost beautiful silvery white hair In
the house belongs unquestionably to
Representative: McAleer Of 'Pbiladel-
phia. 1t IS rich and glossy. There has
been nothing like it since the days Of
Breckinridge of !, Kentucky, whose
shock Of silvery hair was:at once the
admiration and the envy. of every men,
Der McAleer's hair has always been
white-unlfke .Findlay of Maryland.
who came to the house perfect
blond and .who gradually developed
snowy crest of lair. There are. very
few white haired. men, Ia the house.
Most of the members are baldheaded..
/ AS, Mr.. McAleer has the whitest hair,
SO Representative Curtis Of Kansas
has the; blacklist. 1t is said that Cur
It's has an Indian strain in him, when.
accounts for the inky color of his
locks, but<whetlier this be true or not
his hair is black rs that worn by
McCreary Of Kentucky when that ami
able statesman was in the house. There
were dark and mysterious rumors that
McCreary's head was covered by a
wig. No one yet has had the hardi-
hood TO- make that suggestion about
Congressman Curtis.
Red haired men are not numerous.
Shafroth of Colorado. Hopkins Of Illi-
nois. Lerimer of Illinois and. Alexan-
der Of New York complete the list. But
AleXander's hair is red enough for
two. 49,.
Decorations and Buttons
1t is rather interesting to glance
over the floor of the senate and house
and note the various decorations Or
buttons which appear in the lapels of
the coats of senator's and represent
atiyes. Senator Warren Of Wyoming,
for instance, is never without the tiny
bow of red, white and blue ribbon
that denotes him to be the possessor
Of a medal Of honor awarded him by
congress for gallant action in battle,
a distinction which is only shared by
one other senator, General Sewell of
New Jersey. Senator Quarles wears
the button Of the order of the Loyal
Legion, and quite a number of, mem
bers of both houses display the crescent
and scimiter of the Mystic Shrine.
Representative Richardson Of Tennes-
See is the, only. member who wears
conspiciously the starred and barred
flag of the Confederacy, Showing him to
be a member Of the Confederate: vet.
erans,~ while Representative Louden-
slayer Of New jersey never comes into
the house without bright red car
nation in his buttonhole.
But the most interesting insignia is
that worn by Senator Mason of. Illi-
nois. 1t is Il miniature American flag
manufactured out of American silk.
1t is pinned upon the senator's hat,
and when he comes down the aisle he
looks like an inaugural procession. :.
" Report on Submarine Boats.<
CONSTRUCTION of additional submarine
boats of the Holland type is strongly
opposed by the'board of construction in
a report to Secretary Long which has
been sent to the. senate and house
naval committees
without desiring to discredit the
Holland in, any way" says the report.
"ory"to detr;tct from her merits, the
board is Of the opinion that the utility
of boats OF this class has not yet been
sufficiently demonstrated to warrant
the construction of others than those
already authorized, eight in number
which are considered a sufficient num-
Der to experiment with.
."As regards the cost of the present
boats - namely, $17O,0O0 each - the
board is of the opinion that if the cost
cf construction, with a reasonable profit
to the contractors, is alone considered
1t is very high price, but if the ex-
penses Of developing the boat are taxi
en- in consideration the price is not, ex-
cessive.
SHOULD congress see fit to. authorize
any more submarine boats the board
Is Of the opinion, that no special type
should be specified, but that the secre-
tary of the navy: should be given dis
cretion to contract for such boats as
In bis judgment are likely to prove the
most efficient and best suited for naval
thus opening up competition
and giving other inventors chance" 81
Mutations of Politics.
On New Years day gentleman and
a. lady and a child stopped Oh Pennsyl-
vania avenue in front Of the White
House and stood for some moments
looking through the tall iron fence.
Diplomats in much gold lace were hur-
rying out of the wide door. Carriages
We're dashfng up and away. The army
and navy, respondent in full dress uni
FORMS, were marching in. Down the
western walk to the gate and far be-
yond the curving and angled column of
the people stood waiting. The gentle
man, the lady and the little girl showed
no inclination to- enter, but gazed on
the scene with evident interest. His
thoughts went back easily to the time
when the head of the nation standing
to, receive congratulations was his ia
Their. The lady if it pleased her to be
reminiscent recalled whom hor father