The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
SENATORS EXCHANGED HATS,
THEN "ROASTED" EACH OTHER
Apologies Were Forthcoming when
Spooncr .nd NcwinRds Discovered
Each Wore Others Headycar.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. March 20 Senator spooner
ard Senator Newlands Internationally OK
changed hats in the antnroom at the White
House one dav last week, and the follow
ing cOlioquy ensuci when the two Sena-
tors ret few minutes afterward:
some Cood-for- nothing scoundTcl got my
hat. in there exclaimed Senator Sponner.
indignantly addressing Senator New,ands.
who was talking ~ a friend in front OF
the Presidents Office
Me too, replied the new Senator from
Nevada. as he removed d silk hat which
appeared much too large for him and. look
Ing at il contemptuously Mine he
added. was an imported hat and It cost
ne 81. This old plug locks though it
might be a s. tile. marked down to ST. s. -
Why, that's my hat exclaimed Spooner,
laughing
And YOU have mine replied Newlands
with profuse apologies for the reflections
he had cast upon the quality of the Wis
consin Senator's headpiece.
Il recognize it by the narrow rim and the
black felt band. while yours has a wide
brim and silk band
Explanations followed. hats were eS-
changed. and the two Senators went their
respective was chucklinC to themselves
how Srotesque each must have looked under
the wrong hat.
Spooner has large head which, is &C
centuated by the breezy style in which he
wears his long. bushy hair which looks as
though a Western cyclone was passing
through II without Unrooting il. A comedian
In search OF a comicaI stage makeup
should have seen the Wisconsin Senator
with the natty little narrow brimmed hat
OF Senator Newlands. The humor of the
situation was net confined TO Spooner. Sen
ator Newlands has a thin. ciosely-cut crop
OF golden pink" hair. The PREDETERMINED
beaver of Spooncr was prevented from OBJ
securing his face BY the ears of the Nevada
Senator.
President Roosevelt yesterday directed
Colonel Bingham TO throw open the south
grounds of the White House TO the chill
dren on Easter Monday for egg-rolling a
has been the custom for many years. The
President is too fond Of children to deprive
the little ones of their annual frollc in the
White House lot, and the report recently
circulated that the grounds would be closed
Easter Monday because the President ex-
poets to be absent on his Western trip was
without the slightest foundation
Mrs Roosevelt and the children of the
White House will have returned from their
cruise on the Mayfiower before Easter Mon
day, and. even II they also should be alb
sent from the city at that time. the Easter
ees-rolling will take place just the Same.
The President also has directed the Acting
Secretary OF the Navy to order the Marine
Band TO give the usual open-air concert for
the entertainment of the little egg-rollerS.
The report that the Easter festivities at
the White House might be abandoned this
year seems 70 have originated in the minis
Of certain subordinate officials who fancied
the probable absence from Washington of
the President and his family at Easter time
would furnish a pretext for avoiding little
pyt mi ba md
and the workmen engaged in further beauti-
fying the White House grounds. The Pres-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt promptly vetoed
the suggestion in favor of the children.
Bob IT, is one OF the most respected
characters in the household of Admiral
Dewey. This veneration is due to two
things. One Is that he is n full-blooded
Boston terrier, with head as hard and as
squareiy outlined as a cube of granite. with
a trunk as stout as stick of cord
wood and "A personal value fixed at 500 be-
fore he was born. The other is that he is
the successor of the original Bob a
handsome collie. who was Admiral Dewey's
pet when last he was at sea and who be-
came familiar to the American public be-
cause in nearly every photograph of the
Admiral taken while he was coming home
from Manila. Bob was included But the
original Bob has gone where all good
Secretary Moody presented a splendid Ros-
ton terrier pup to the Admiral and he Is now
bob H."
He has already shown he possesses some
OF the nerve and courage characteristic of
his master The other day ne was run over
by herdic. He never whimpered as the
ugly wounds were bound up and ointment
applied ia his scratches. The next day
he was unmindful of the injuries and was
tearing around the Dewey household like
cyclone.
When Prince Henry OF Prussia visited the
United States about year ago people were
surprised TO see how quickly he picked I'D
American idioms. To those associated with
him it was no uncommon thing to hear srcf
phrases as Made him feel like thirty
cents" "Out of sight and Go way back
and sit down" together with current slang
Of twelve months ago come trippingiy from
the royal lips.
Therefore. no one here is SURPRISED to
learn that, in speaking of a statement he
deemed particularly direct and appropriate,
Baron Won Sternberg frequently says: ITS
buly-right off the bat"
Not long ago a newspaper man called ON
Secretary Hay to question him regarding
a diplomatic incident of rather delicate in
ternatIonaI character. The newspaper man
was rather afraid he might make some in
judicious inquiry and said:
MIR. Secretary. I'm afraid my questions
are not quite proper from a diplomatic
standpoint"
81 don't think any question you may ask
will be improper. The improperly depepds
on whether or not / answer it,