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to see me. Also he says he is glad l
am out of the Government service. TIE
Government is bad for fuins," says Gas
kins. wisely; "a man ought not to stay in
it too long" Did mention how long
Gaskins has been staying?
Many faces l miss on the Floor. Col
onel Canaday is no longer answering to
the roll. He was a fine man, from the
youngster viewpoint. He came from North
Carolina to be Republican Sergeant-at-
Arns He brought along an oldline cour-
tesy that neyas failed, disciplinary spir-
it that belonged properly to the Office he
filled-and some other things which it
isn't necessary here to enumerate. Colonel
Canaday has gone to his fathers. He
leaves at least one mourner.
And Captain Bassett, dearest of all the
dear old chaps in the world, he, too, is
no more. Strolling on the floor of the
Senate mysyess naturally sought his big
armchair at the left of the Presiding Of
ficer, whichfor SO many, many years held
the comfortable figure OF the good old
man. The chair is not in evidence. The
captain is memory. His carefully
curled white hair the little splotch of
dandruft on his severe black coat, his
mild, enquiring eyes, his jealousy guard
ed and proudly-exhibited snuff box-pres
ent from Daniel Webster-these things
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n ACK to America after twice seven
X years on Manhattan Island! Years
- not particularly lean, but, on the
other hand, not indecently fat. If
/ didn't strongly disapprove of the use in
modern newspapers of the word "sojourn"
l might express it as Sojourn Among
the Selfomaniacs. Sounds like something
out of Gulliver, doesn't it? The odd point
is that while the present commentator
was a part of the city of high buildings
and high balls. learnedly discussing the
FoIey-Divver fight over on the East Side,
spouting airily of the Weberfield dressing
rooms, and having something to say about
the merits of the Raines law, he didn't
appreciate that he was one of the three
million of selfomaniacs who make UP the
City of All Sufficiency. Nor did he, four
teen years ago. when, as a page in the
Senate, he breathed in the spirit of ma
tional profundity, realize that he was
then a resident of the United States.
Washington is a sad blow to the SNUG
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Express. Comanche's popularity was,
however, occasionally disconcerting to the
others of US ,yho were not plains bred.
The yellow devil dragged me quarter
of a mile one day with my left foot in
the stirrup and my right foot somewhere
else. And he never knew he was being
unconventional.
Then there was Johnnie, half-bred
hunter from Fauquier county. Va.-by
all odds the best horse in the stable. so
1 thought. He was the fastest. anyway,
and this we early found out. despite the
fact that Bill Reynolds, the stable boss,
was known to have rather rigid views on
the speeding of Government animals. Be-
sides Johnnie, there was Dick. a white
horse, big, iron-mouthed and docility
itself-going west. Going east was another
affair. You see, our route was thus:
Capitol to the Pension Office, then the
Interior and Postoffice, the Census Of
fee, Treasury. Department of Justice,
White House, State, War and Navy-and
then turn for the Agricultural, and on
back to the stable. So long as Dick was
going away from the stables he was as
peaceful as the Office cat. When he was
headed for home it was case of hold
on if you're going with me-" This from
Dick. He ran like wild thing every time
he took the turn. l don't think Bill
Reynolds fed him enough.
Donkey was the name of the other
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Back in the days when bellies and beaux
Still called their porters and their chair,
When Nash, in autocratc pose,
Ruled DER the Pump-room revels there,
You came to Bath Monsieur Beaucare,
Az barber -gamester, yet you chose
To masque Duke of Far Nowhere
All for the crimson of a
Gaily you chaffed that worst of foes
The titled cheat you held in snare;
Softly you sued TIL Heart Of Shows
Warmed into loves spring g-time fair.
Then came the onslaught. Debonair,
Brave and keen-sklled you fought till close.
Though where your waistcoat showed teal
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backs. After their release, they walk
gravely to the steps, where they sit.
There is the same sharp rap on the
table that went with earlier sessions.
Then the clerk reads. And nobody listens.
When he has finished, the Chair let's it be
known that it will receive petitions and
memorials. if the Senators feel they can't
get along without offering the same. A
Senator rises here, and Senator rises
there. The pages scoot up the aisles and
between desks, rushing back to the Clerk
with the big bundles of papers. The Clerk
doesn't read them, not even the titles of
them, as was once the rule Instead, the
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The blind chaplain has the floor. He
prays for minute and a half by the
clock. The Senators-such of them as have
ventured from the cloakrooms, stand. The
pages stand, too. In fact, they are the
most prominent persons in the chamber
during prayer time. When I was having
my ears pulled by Captain Bassett and
Colonel Jim Christy. We stood at the
back OF the room, lined up against the
wall. The present-day pages stand di-
rectly in front of the Senatorial seats, the
same as the Senators themselves. There
will be a greybeard and kiddy. 4 boy
and a bald-head, the cradle and the grave.
The pages make very serious business
of this. They stand with eyes downcast
and hands tucked sedately behind their
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:. :. Ballade of Beaucaire. = =

Blossomed the crimson of a rose
Taunted and scorned Yet bitter blows
My lady Mary had to bear,
As at the last Fate did disclose
How proud a yours to wear
When, facing all the candles flare,
She die out loves roseate glows,
While to the fiddles' wandering air
Crumbied the crimson of a rose.
LENVOI
Prince-with a score of names to spare
Strange the truths the masquer knows
Strange what man will do-and dare
Just for the crimson of a rose.
Beatrice Hanscom in January Critic
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First Of Series Of ImpresSOnS and Reminiscent Articles by
One Who Years Ago Was Page in the United States
Senate, Whence He Was Graduated Into New York Jour-
nalSm, Achieving a COmmendabe Record Therein. :: ::

suggest themselves as my gaze takes in
armchair, there is now a modern, much
too modern chair. whereon may sit the
successor, Mr.. Stewart. Mr.. Alonzo H.
Stewart is not exactly a replica Of Cap
tain Bassett He does not take snuff. He
does not have white hair, carefully curled.
He prefers it brown and banged. He is not
ure." about which the experienced Miss
Laura Jean Libby occasionally informs us.
He is active. resourcefuf. filled with legal
lore.
At the north end of the hall. by the
elevator, friend Cleaves, Thomas p, is
still grinding out appropriation statistics.
as methodically as he ground them out
fourteen years ago.
All over the building the Capitol guide
is in evidence.
In Statuary Hall, the young idea is be-
ing frightened by the wonderful works Of
art"
On the gallery floor, the faces at the
doors are new ones to me. There is
vacant seat down front, and l take it.
My. how comfortable are these galleries!
1 lay my hat on the rail. and presently
a polite doorkeeper touches me lightly on
the arm. beg pardon" he says. do you
mind not putting your hat there? You
see," he explains, "a mans hat knocked
an ink we'll off one day, and it nearly
Drained the Vice President. take every
possible personal precaution against do
ing the Presiding Officer hurt. The hat
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complacency of the New Yorker. Dis
trict leaders don't rate. When you speak
OF being a member of the executive COM
mittee you invite a question. Talk on the
absorbingly interesting theme of alder
manic bribery and you get a stare.
Washington regards New York simply
as one of forty-five localities privileged
to send to Congress two Senators and its
regularly -arrived-at quota of Representa-
tives in the House. New York regards
New York as the only dot on the map.
Washington, occasionally noting this in
genuous attitude, smiles indulgently and
murmurs: They take the rustic cackle
of their burg for the great wave which
echoes round the world"
Instead of the picayune politics of a
city ward, the talk here is of big things,
of .interoceanic canals, of schemes to null
tiply the ships of the country, of world
interesting tariff plans. of diplomatic
questions of all the nations OF the earth,
OF judicial decisions affecting the whole
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Other Senators, some new, some old,
| float in. Here is Mr.. Jones of Arkansas,
trif1e thinner than 1 remember him.
| but quick -actioned and aggressive in
bearing as ever. He wears queer ar
rangement around his neck. something
that bangles from his collar like a neck
tie that has slipped out of place. But
it isn't necktie, for he wears one of
these little concessions to convention. in
addition to the dangler. Whatever the
thick black band is. Mr.. Jones must be
very proud Of it, for he has his waist
coat cut as low as a debutante's bodice,
the better to exhibit it.
Over on the Republican side, fat lit
tie lump Of a man is waddling in. He
tries to squeeze between two desks, and
has to go around to the aisle. They tell
me he tries this every session day, and
never wins. Some day he is going to get
stuck between the seats. and all the
kings horses and all the kings men won't
be able to turn him loose. Until 1 hear
the man next to me say something about
Senator Mason. I look upon the plump
gentleman as none other than Press Ed
ri5ge without his makeup
Senator Hawley comes in. General Joe
looks very much aged. He is thinner, more
f-ded. His step is slower. When he
speaks, his voice is feeble. almost broken
1T times. 1t is hard to associate him with
the vigorous. never tired d-of-fghting or
aior of some years ago.
dark. agreeable looking young man.
sitting in the back row on the Republi-
can side, shakes hands with several new
comers. He has the appearance of being
an up-to-date young son of wealthy
merchant. Looks as if he knew how to
play golf with the best of them, and put
the shot as far as the next. Senator Bur-
ton of Kansas. says someone. There isn't
very much told by Senator Burton about
Senator Burton. At least if there is much
told, it isn't told in the Congressional
Directory. How's this for brief refer
ence:
Joseph Ralph Burton, of Abilene. was
elected to the United States Senate to
succeed Hon. Lucien Baker, Republican,
and took his seat March (, 1901. His term
of service will expire March 3, 1907
That's all
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man on the back. Do you think the
gentleman from Kentucky doesn't UNDER
stand politics?
And Senator Stewart. Not bit changed.
Same wonderful whiskers as of yore.
find myself wondering. as 1 wondered the
first day I saw him, whether he wears a
neckiie or not. II he does. it can't be seen.
Like the press agent of Cleo De Merode,
who instructed her to wear her hair in
way such as would hide her ears. and
then started a controversy as to whether
or not the young woman really had ears,
don't believe there's man in America
outside of the Senator's family, who
knows the straight of the necktie ques-
ton.
The Washington times., 1902-12-07

7 TAMILTON KING the well known
artist. whose drawings OF pretty
a Il girls have made him only a lit
tie less famous than Charles
Dana Gibson. Howard Chanler Christy
and A. B. Wenzell, has undertaken 20
prepare a collection Of drawings OF the
typical girl of each State in the United
States. They are to be largo figures.
about thirty inches tall each. and will
be suitable for framing.
Each one of the pictures will be drawn
from . living model. and the model for
each picture naturally viii be a daugh-
ter OF the State for which she poses.
II is slow and tedious work selecting
the proper model. for while all OF the
girls must be beautiful there must. Il
possible be a distinct type or feature
about each. and they rust. f possible.
likewise have some Of the character
istics which have become associated in
the public mind with the girls OF the
State they represent For instance. Ken
tueky is popularity supposed 10 produce
nothing but svelte. 1.-the girls with an
ability to ride horses and win the admi-
ration Of every man who sees shcm The
New York type is more stiff. She wears
her gowns with an air which denotes
that she is conscious that there IS no
woman in the entire world so well
gowncd as she
Then the breezy. whoie-souled girl
from the far West. who cares little for
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ThUEdIthMkitNeTA
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for one Of the big illustrators today
who cannot be found in the evenings
in the front iine Of show or chores
girls.
sam S. Shubert. the manager OF The
Chinese Honeymoon at the Casino The
alter. has gathered bunch of remark
ably handsome girls together. and
among them Mr. King has seiec ed eight
to pose for this series.
These girls are GoHovieve Whiuock.
Washington. ID. c.. Sybn Anderson. New
York. Edna Hixon. Louisville. Ky. Edna
Farrell san Francisco. Cal. Dessa Glib
son. Kansas City. No. Sylvia Egan. ST.
Paul. Mimi Edith Whitney Chicago.
and Olive Redmund. Boston.
Mr. King Tells Of His Work.
I'm selecting my models for the pictures
! have tried 20 obtain distinct types. but
at the same time TO have all the girls
embody the air Of high breeding. the fine
carriage and the intellectual expression
which the girl who is considered the
typical American girl always possesses.
While Edna Hixon would NOT be consid-
cred the most beautiful OF the eight girls
photographed in the group. she possesses
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'SybIl Anderson. Of New York. has
many swagger clothes. and wears them
with that CONNIE il faut air which no
one hut a New York girl can command
New York is such cosmopolitan place
hat il is hard 20 nix upon any particu-
lar cast Of face or feature as distinct
New York one. The real New York
characteristic lies more in the general
air and the cIothe-
From the Windy City.
Chicago girls are really only repIicas
Of those o. New York Tn bo,h places.
however. there does not seem to be anv
nedium-sized girls. They are all either
large or small. apparently. although
both classes have i'm equal proportions
-hat air Of health and vigor and energy
with which an American girls fairly
adiate.
1T was principally because she was the
mailer Of the type Of what I mich, call
be big city girls that chose Miss
rHfh Whitney % pose FOR the Chicago
type. And right here I might say that
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impressions OF the moment that she is.
And these features make her one Of
those rare types which are at once the
pleasure aud despair OF the artist. The
pleasure. because OF their beauty, the
despair. because Of the almost Inn ros-
sibility of reproducing with iuanimate
colors the wonderful. living, breathing
flesh tones Of the original
She has mass OF chestnut hair. which
she wears calelessly massed on top Of
her head, and which adds an air OF dis
unctiou to her magnificent figure. Her
eyes are very dark brown. and her teeth
perfectly white and regular
The Missouri Type.
"Dessa Gibson is an example OF what
The healthul life which comes to girls
on the sunny plains OF Missouri. finished
by New York education. will produce
She has lived nearly all her life in a
small town, where she obtained plenty OF
out Of door life, and this gives q swing
TO her watE which Is full Of life and
action. She is that rare combination ia
a girl. slender. but without even a sug-
eestio1 OF being thin. Her hair is a dulI
bronze. her eyes a fetching shad. Of
irish blue. and her mouth 4 perfect
Cupid's bow.
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the standard joke about the Size OF Chi
cago girls feet is ali a base LIBEL.
have had many OF them pose for me and
not one has had feet OF more than the
ordinary size.
Geneyievc Whitlock. OF Washington. is
a dark-skinned. black-eyed beauty who
betrays her Southern origin by The in
tonation she gives to every word she
utters. She has the full figure which
falls naturally to the lot Of Southern
girls. and she also has the naive. con-
hding and appealing way Of talking and
acting which makes the Southern girl so
attractive TO men.
sylvia Egau, Of 81. Paul. is a mixture
Of the East and West She has a. times
the air Of the New York eirI and ct
other times acts with the abandon OF
the San Francisco type. and all in all is
a good representative Of the Middle
West
A Daughter of Massachusetts,.
olive Redmund, OF Boston. is beau
tiful brunette. whose fun figure and in
teliectuaI brow bespeak the fact that
she is the daughter of Massachusetts.
Her forehead denotes the student. and
she has attained many scholastic honors.
Her hair is coal black. as are her eyes
her teeth perfect in their regularity and
whiteness. and she is all in all a sple1-
did type OF the healthful. intellectual
and beautiful American girl
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the conventionaIities Of life. but who is
warm hearted. inpuisive and firm and
decided in her likes and dislikes.
Then there Is the girl from Texas. who
even in the greenhouse atmosphere OF
New York cannot forget the free. open
lfie o. the b0undless plains and its free
DON from the restraints OF such mundane
things as dressmakers and milliners.
Such arc only few OF the choractcris-
tics OF these girls which Sir. King is 20
portray.
ci courre. OH American girls have an
indescrib,tic air OF good breeding. This
is part of their heritage as Americana.
Liheaisc too. they wear tIeir clothes
well. and every one OF them. be she The
daughter OF q poor man or OF mulip.-
airc. has superb. confident carriage. as
th0lzh she were prepared Tor any emer-
gency and afraid Of nothing.
Such i= the American girl ln the alb
stract
Twelve Models Secured.
So far Nr King hes found about O.
dozen excellent types for his purpose.
and All Of them are girls who are IN one
or another Of the big "rIrl" shows now
playing I'm Broadway thcators In fact.
there Is hardly model who is posing
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more Of these points perhaps than any
Of the others. She is a tall and stately
brunette. with a profile almost pure
Anglo-Saxou. She came from the blue
grass region of Kentucky for Louisville
is her home and she is as typical a Ken
tucky beauty as ever was seen. From
the crown Of her head to- the sole Of her
feet She has lines and every move
mont sho makes both with arms and
body. has the groce.. power, and free
dom Of thc Kentucky thoroughbred. Even
when she is standing sim she mas a
trick OF throwing up her head in a high
spirited fashion which suggests one OF
her equine beauties.
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From Beyoad u Roc.ies.

Edna Farrell is very unlike Miss Hix-
on. Tor she suggests far more the typo
OF sensuous animal beauty than the
other. She has an the breezy swing sug-
gestive OF the Golden Slope which is al
ways associated with girls who come
from beyond the Rocky Mountains. She
is possessed of "a FUN. weIl-roundcd fig
ure. all curves and soft lines with flesh
tones, which indicate the warm red blood
which flows so swiftly through her veins
and make her the creature Of impulsiys
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
TIMELY TOPICS

Handsome selection of hair brushes and combs at Reid < Hughes's; ebony, celluloid and fancy wood backs.
 Get a pair of slippers at the Colby Sherwood Co.'S. They have fine line in stock to select from. Handkerchiefs, plain, trimmed or in- itial, boxed or otherwise, at Grleye, Bisset SS Hollands. Children's 15c to 39c, in box.
 Fine line of mems holiday goods at sCurran's; neckwear, suspenders, fancy shirts, etc. Good variety of fur scarts and muffs.
 Read about all the things you can buy for 9Sc at Miller & Pecks. They offer 3 fewpsuggestions.
 Select something in the furniture line which is sure to be appreciated. See J. NJ. Burrall's stock.
 A nice pair of andirons for the fire place. fire screens, shoyels, tongs and pokers, can be had at G. A. Jackson's.
 Large line of nice, warm wooden Tans and toques at I. Glasses. Remem- Der the children at Christmas time.
 Rye flour, rye meal and granulated corn meal for table use at Platt Mill COS. Try DIdlcHloIu CtII Hodi loA calves and colts.
 The United States Burial league will be a great help in time of trouble. See John Moriarty about it.
 You can get a useful present at E. J. Finn's in the line of a handsome pair of shoes or slippers. Toilet, manicure, shaving and smok, ing sets. everything in the line of fancy boxes, at Conlon Bros.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
sBUsH TWO FEET DEEP.
Girls on Their Way From Work Car
 ried Across by Men.

ried Across by Men.
 A committee representing residents of South Brooklyn called at the Dem ocrat office this noon and requested that attention be called to the con dition of South Leonard street, near Sixth street. where, according to the statement made by the committee, there was considerable excitement last night. When the girls reached this point on their way home from their work they found themselves blocked and were in a quandary to know what to do when one of the men folks volunteered to take them across on his back. At first the girls hesitated. but finally seeing there was no other way out of the case they consented and in this manner suc- ceeded in reaching their homes. The slush was about two feet deep and un- less one was provided with hip boots he stood no show of getting around without wet feet. The committee also stated that they are very much in need of a little light in that street and hoped that the city fathers would consider their case. at an early date.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-17
PRISON FOR LIFE.
Bridgeport Murderer Pleads Guilty II
 Second Degree.

Bridgeport, Dec 17.-Lorenzo Basano, or Passagno, as the complaint has 1t, the murderer of Michael Thomas, pleaded guilty yesterday in the crim- inal superior court, upon advice of counsel, to murder in the second de gree. The state accepted this plea and Judge Shumway pronounced sentence to prison for life.
 While in the court room Basano act ed like crazy man. He raved and sputtered in Italian. threw his arms about and worked his features one way and another. Once or twice the court officials handled him roughly and he changed his tactics. He would be. come sulIen and refuse to move or say a word Basano made no great resist ance after sentence When informed of his sentence by the interpreter he said in Italian, "All right"
 The murder was committed in the Atlantic hotel here last May. He slashed his victim with a cleaver.