The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-17
GOSSIP
Special Correspondence

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wv show picture in the capitol is the
magnificent oil painting of the
Yellowstone canyon, Wyoming, painted
by Thomas Moran. The picture is in
the north gallery on the senate side,
and the capitol guides never miss it
IN showing their patrons the attrac-
tons of the capitol Aside from its
interest as a work Of art. the picture
has a peculiar feature which is some
what mysterious. Looking at it from
the left. the Yellowstone river seems
TO emerge from the canyon on the eX-
IRENE northern edge, the mountains be-
yOnd fading into dim perspective. BY
walking past the picture from left TO
right, the position Of the river appears
TO change, and when a point Of view
IS reached to the right of the can
vas, the river seems to flow from the
south. The guides do not vouchsafe
any explanation, and thousands of Wis
itors go away mystifed.
Now that the commandments Of fash
ionable boarding schools are almost
over, the weary senators will get a
rest. 1t has been quite the thing this
summer TO have diplomas presented to
lair graduates by senatorial hands.
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graceful appearance in the new role.
OF course. Senator Clark of Montana
had to deliver a commencement ad-
dress. Senator Fairbanks got a most
charming welcome from the girls at
Bowling Green, where he helped launch
number Of hopeful graduates. Only
Senator Hanna is bashful about these
pretty honOrs. He has been literally
deluged with invitations, most of the
college authorities expressing their
Willingness to forego the pleasure of
hearing him speak if he viii only
honor the graduates by handing them
their diplomas. But Mr.. Hanna re-
fuses to be coaxed. Does he scent
bit of mirthful ridicule i'm that will
ingness to avoid his oratory? Perhaps
his ears are still tingling from the
Wordy fracas into which he stumbled
few days ago in the senate cham
Der.
He got up to speak with a rheumatic
leg, and was compelled to finish his
speech sitting. Occasionally, when
someone Interrupted him, he would
arise and answer, getting back to his
chair as quickly as possible. Several
times the questions and answers were
quite interesting. For instance, Mr..
Hanna suggested that if the volcano
in Lake Nicaragua were to duplicate
the performance of Mont Pelee. the
lake would be filled with ashes, mud
and lava. THE senator evidently does
not know" interrupted Mr. Harris of
Kansas, that the entire island of Mar
Unique would not Ill One-half the area
occupied by Lake Nicaragua"
When Mr.. Hanna was reading the
testimony Of sea captains on the ad
vantages of the Panama over the Mic
aragua route. Mr. Mitchell of Oregon
proved another thorn in his side by
pressing him very closely as to the
circumstances under which the evil
/ dence was given.
These statements are in answer to
/ questions, finally admitted Mr. Hanna.
by whom?" queried Mr.. Mitchell.
BY the persons who asked the ques-
TONS" was the non-committaI reply.
! And then everybody laughed.
Nowadays every clever phrase be-
/ comes slang, but there is only one way
| Of turning slang into clever phrase
/ That is by getting it into the Congress
slOnal Record. IF there is nothing
] doing said Senator Warren the other
/ day, during a lull in the debate 7
| have a little matter that I would like
to bring to the attention of the SEN
ate And so the phrase nothing do
| ing is embalmed in the Congressional
Record. 1t isn't slang any more.
! Now. really, we've heard something
! from the Nebraska senatorial delega-
| ton at last. It's a rather peculiar
sound and it breaks in at most unex-
pected times, and this is the explana-
/ ton. Senator Dietrich Of Nebraska
was eating breakfast in the cafe at an
uptown hotel. and someone asked the
Time. Nobody happened to have a
| watch, and there was a motion to call
/ the waiter That isn't necessary, %
said Dietrich. and then from his out
! side coat pocket the senator extracted
a large alarm clock. 1t was one Of
/ those 99-cent affairs with a gong on
I top. 1T is twenty minutes after 90
4 remarked the Nebraskan, glancing at
! the figures on the clock. Il carry this
/ alarm clock all the time" he ex-
/ planned Its a great thing. If l have
/ an engagement for o'clock set the
machine about ten minutes ahead of
/ that hour, and then when I hear the
gong go off I am reminded Of my en-
/ gagement Then I set it for the next
appointment. and SO on through the
/ day" This accounts for some mys-
/ FERROUS rackets in the senate cham
/ Der.
| Mr.. Burne-JOnes, the great painter,