The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-30
AS SCHOOL GIRLS
SEE THE CAPITOL.
Glimpse Of Congress and the Supreme Court Appears
to Feminine Vsitors---At the Seat Of
9s4 s @s8 sLepis latiye Government.
Government.

* (From Our Regular Correspondent.)
II WASHINGTON, Aprils a9-This Is the.
season Of the year when a large ma
1ority Of the visitors at the seat 81 &legls--
#lative3 government are flfemln ine.l ~ t5!ls s
3 the season for the Il SCHOOL marm.s me
Egirl-gradua te- to be-, With 5E a sprnkliny
lerelfand there of groups OF women eA
scursionists from New England. where the
savings banks deposits are large and
females are In excess OF the male pop;l-.
lation and their surplus finds more at
traction in occasional migratory move
merits than rat home 1t4is the season
when the Washington guide Is In tho
glory Of didactic department. 1t appears
to have become part of the education
Of the New England and Eastern schools
to send each year to Washington ex-
-cursons of pupils, with an occasional
invasion from the nearby Southern col.
leges for young women The Yankee
girls are refreshing to see, with their
bright eyes, eager faces and easy action
They are fine. hardy plants but in their
promise Of the bloom OF womanhood lack
the dainty grace and delicate tnge. of the
Southern maiden.
They make a break. one and all. to get
to the Capitol by high noon, the hour
for the beginning Of legislative and judi
cialEbusiness at the Capitol. The young
women have 1t in their curriculum to
see how Congress starts off with the
days business, and they are expected
closely to observe the proceedings, and
maybe, when they get backlto their alma
matters, emhody their observations IN
original compositions.
They have read much about the Con-
gress in their textbooks, in the news
papers and in the magazines. and per-
,halp;s they have heard more than they
have read when their senator or repre-
sentative was at home on the musings
enllghtening the people as to the diff
cultles and responsibilities OF congress
sional life. 81
Go Away Disappointed.
The chances are that the young women
visitors see Congress and como away for
the first time with a considerable sense
Of disappointment, Take any day this
week.
There have been numerous mature wo-
men down town who have had a conGrcss
of their own 1t was the convention OF
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, the ID, a. RI, Daughters or tho
Annual Rumpus.'' as their uninltiated
succeeded In having their annual row
and gone home. 1t would not have much
stimulated the aspirations Of the young
women, for parliamentary life had they
seen the carryings-on Of the Daughters.
They certainly did cut up And 1t was
all over parliamentary procedure The
presidlng officer was charged with out
TOM Reeding Tom Reed But they kissed
ana made up, after all @
When they get 10 INC ACapltol, the
school. girls, taking their first look at
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's!ons Which do Injustice TO the Industry
ana fidelity Of congressman. They did
not. think that statement Hooked and
acted like this. In the House the chap
IL in saws n brief prayer to n very small
gathering of members and vast array
OF empty seats At n lower desc from
The Sneakers chair, clerk drone's the
dry skeleton proceedings Qf the previous
days performances The speaker pounds
With his gavel now and then. a menu
Der moves, maybe to take M an appro-
priatlnn bill, as IN committee of me,
whole. The motion carries without any
body apparently agreeing 70 ~ me
speaker names a member to take tho
thair.a There Is something said about
dividing time for debate. Then solne-
body rises and begins a speech He Is
observed talking for some time.
K Tit noted that not scoresof members
are paying attention to his words. They
are only members Of his committee and
a few others. The visitors marvel that
while. he is speaking vGiy vigorously that
scores and scores Of tho peoples rep
resentatiyes are busy about anything but
the matter In hand, Some sit in their
seats idly, some are walking about, some
reading newspapers and most OF them
are conyerslng. Occasionally an inter-
csted member calls for order and the
chairman raps ana rups. Why urc there