The age-herald., 1902-02-23

Washington, Washington's Birthday Especially
 What has become of my towel7"
 What towel7''
 My towel, tell you, my towel; out of 127; my own private towel that brought all the way from home2''
 T don't know anything about it."
 'But you must know. It was my own private towel brought from my home-a plain white towel. fringed and no mark on it.. left it on my dressing case. all nicely folded up-in 127-my room-and the chambermaid or somebody has car ried it off"
 "rll ask her about it.-
 "You musti It was my own linen towel brought from my own home for my own use in my own room-127-a plain white I can't see why the chambermaid should have removed my towel-my own proper ty and I tell you I want 1t back"
 'Tn ask her about it."
 ''You mustl It was my own linen towel brought from my own home for my own use in my own room-127-a plain white towel, clean, fringed and not marked, and I can't see why the chambermaid should have removed my towel-my own property;, and telIEyou want it backl''
 'Tll ask the chambermaid."
 "Of course you will. I never heard of such thing before. My own towel taken out of my own room-127-while I have been attending to my duties as a member of Congressl"
 This is faithful record of a converse ton between Daughter of the American Revolution and colored bellboy in the corridor of the hotel immediately at the door of the room wherein the Murmurer tolls and burns tobacco with equal regu- larity; and startled by the shrill tones of the daughter" his pipe burned out and his handlay idle on his pen.
 And so the dear grandmother "daugh- ters"-nearly all of them look like grand mothers-carry their own towels with them to Congress" just as the old spinster Sufferers" for the ballot carry their own tea! And as the sufferers wage a, war on petticoats against trous- CTS, so the stornier sessions of the ''con- gress' of the daughters may be lik- ened to battles of the towels.
 Madame the General Fairbanks, who is also Mrs. Senator Fairbanks, wears out two mallets day and Is tearfully loved to the soulful extent of American beauty roses with stems as long as Mel Drennens society standard of measure ment. She continues most amiable, for according to the official record she in one day smdlingly called the attention oi 464 daughters" to the rule requiring ev- cry member of the ''congress'' to call oui her own name whenever she addressed the Mrs. President General" Thus one thin one-most of the daughters are fat with a rasping, knife-grinding accent caught the eye of the President General at a moment when 500 others were trying to catch that merry ''optic."
 Mrs. President General. I move''-
 Your name, please" and there was g fierce beating of the mallet.
 T rnove"-
 "Under the rules, the lady must first give her name so that the stenographers can know who she is'--and there was q fiercer beating of the mallet than before Mrs. Ekule Maarm of Massachusetts ] move the last motion be laid on the ta- ble." the one who had caught the eye cried as in one long unhyphened word breathlessly spoken.
 ''Now, will all you who are on your feet please go way back and sit down. called the president general, at which modern slang all the members of tht congress laughed goodnaturediy and convulsively. It was comical, seeing thai fully five hundred of the congresswomer | were then on their feet demanding recog. milton.
 | So the proceeding proceeded and made columns of highly diverting copy fol the local reporters One New Yorl daughter made a speech in nominating one of her brother daughters for nation al office, but she entirely forgot to men tion the name of her nominee. Another one was called to order four times, ant in response to the mallet-enforced fourtf demand she said:
 T don't care of I am out of order I've done said all I wanted to say,' and then she was quiet for three minutes | during which time she urged reporter to show up the disorderly daughters show em up! I think it is real disgrace l fulp'
 l A spinster .daughter" of very uncertain age arose to question of the highes privilege, and being recognized directed attention to the violent violation of tn, constitution by some ''daughters' sign ing the full names of their husbands 1 thus:
 Mrs. Gould Bryck"
 1 The constitution requires daughters who happily or unhappily are married t sign their maiden names before the sur names of their husbands. respectively The point of the spinster daughter wa declared well taken, and hereafter ever. loyal daughter" who is or has beel
 married must sign her own first name O names, and immediately under it 'il