The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-05-30
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What's that HaopstifIs coming
81 again, sound the alarm We've
got to zee about this at oncei" ex-
! claimed Congressman Robert Lee
Henry. Of Texas IN thu lobby % the
Hotel Washington and IN = moment
the whole congressional committee
had gathsred about. ready for IN
slant action.
The writer had slipped quietly 40
beside the senator from Texas aud
tinidiy yentured the assertion. pur-
sgRnt 20 an intefXtew on = question
important 70 the eternal feminine.
u vac an II = bomb had exploded iu
the midst af the auEuat statesmen.
Another reporter. with a bid waa
81 copy paper ard = pencil ready
behind either ear Tor The pbysico-
lorirsi moment Nbsu TIE point II
the one be Vas using should wear
cut had been Interviewing sNay At
n ecommtttss on tariff. Panama
canal and Railroad rebates. but these
grave subjects seFs suddenly lost
sight o.
~Youl have 90 eotnn around SONS
other time. young man. said sen.
ator Henry. An8hosiy can tell how
a congressman stands on tariff. but
you cant always tell where he'll
land on heopskiftsi That's the
thiuE the public wants 20 know
Now. for ny part. gentlemen. 1
think
Hut what the senator from Texas
thought waH drowned lu chorus
OF toicing Of oplniaas from All sides.
Major Alec Meusxeii. clerk - the
senate, a. pink end fresh az a daisy.
with glossy tuft Of snow white
whiskeru on his Jolly little chin.
broke In above the din
'1doopskirts. said he. ARE all
right. except on windy days. There
should be no obj tlen 20 them IN
a dead calm. but on days when the
wind bi0w So"
Just here the voice q lion a. c.
LoudenslaEer senator nom New
Jersey. was uplifted.
IT they insist on bringing them
back said he. let them have mercy
and bring them back By degrees"
watt a moment there. gentle
meni" shouted Hon. Thomas Hedge.
Of ohio. 4 think I arm the only
man ~ the crowd Nho can remsm.
Der hoopskfrts IN actual operation,
and have a right 20 speak am
against en-. decidedly against 'emi
They're not pretty they're not
graceful: theq're a fnonatroaity. and
hope never to zee EN- again"
But here Hon. n e. Adams. Of
Wisconsin. was heard from.
n. too. remember hoopakirts."
said he. and I want to remark
right here that there il an objection
90 them that ought to be considered
They are absolutely indestructable.
When I was a small boy I remember
seeing boopskirts on the ash heap
and in the backyard and all over the
field. They wouldn't burn. you
couldn't destroy them In any way
II hoopskirtH come IN again. and are
In common use In American cities
then there will be a new problem
for the city crematorles 10 solve
when the ladies begin 10 cast of
their old onesis
Hon. c. =. Bartlett. the million
aire member Of the house from
Georgia. took advantage Of a mo-
ments silence 10 interpose a re-
mark
T." said he. Am for hoopskirts.
but against hop-upsi'"
That's right agreed Col Henry
Caagon, sergeant at arms OF the
senate. There are several varieties
~ hoops. personally don't approve
of any kind Of hoopakirta At all. but
am particularly opposed 90 the
litter. that's a variety they used
10 have. They were nuisance
when one wanted 20 embrace a
pretty girl"
"As for me" said =. u. Lyon, OF