The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29
BUSINESS DRESS OF SENATORS
HARD TO TELL A SOLON FROM n
STOCK RROKER NOW.

OF sack suits Dist I'M ulshnmg Features
In Dress OF some wen kmOwn senators.
wAsHnN0ToN. Dec. zs. Not so very long
ago almost anybody could spot a Senator
hS sight. There was something unmistak-
ably legislative about the extra long krOCk
coat. generally uDbuttOned. hi o~xpansive
shirt front. goasrs!ly rumpled. the little
black tie. generally shOestring brand. and
the big soft black hat.
But new and sometimes strange seed
has come up in recent Senatorial crops,
until nowadays IL takes a good guesser to
tell a Scion from a stock broker.
The thirteen new Senators seem 10 have
Iittle personal use for the old traditions Of
dress. No flowing frock with ample skirt
for them. As a rule their visible shirt
fronts are limited in area.
Az for black string ties. they are scarcer
among the new Senators than hair IL on
top Of the ViOe-President's head. II tho
string tie has to depend on the now Senators
for resurrection IL will remain a. dead ne
the dodo bird.
honorable and vooiferous Jen Davis from
Arkansas does Obtrude somewhat upon
the startled gaze. but It is o o Overshad-
owen Dy OtN0T anu hOIo Ahohb pOnhes
about the gentleman.
Mr.. Davis Is seated behind Tillman on
the fioor Of the Senate. In his speech
the other day-his maiden speech. which
lowered too soon-he stamped the new
green carpet into holes; hs pounded his
desk till he jiggled his notes into hopeless
confusion: he reared himself purple in the
face. and f,ung the size OF his own family
- IL. .-A osxhe .u.aS nhflHwanN into
the face OF the President. who. he under
stood. has only five az home
But stamp his hardest n assume his
most apoplectiO hue. he still was behind
Internationally and OratOrically behind
him.
Davis. father Of eight. wears a gray suit
the coat Of which IL ample enough 20 wrap
at least half his baby buntings in. For
the Senator from Arkansas is a big man
/ a~midships. even iF-but therel Lst him
} rest, purple and painting. where like a broken
My Uilium tigrinnm) he lies-behind Till
man.
Among the DARK clad Senators his gray
suit Is rather conspicuous. But then any
thing as big as IL necessarily is would natu-
rally be noticeable. The mind can only
experience a sensation OF gratitude hat his
suit is not purple. for instance. like his face;
or green. perhaps. Mke-but again let him
rest. He needs 1t.
As for Tillman himself. after years OF
tagging dusty sack coats with bullying
pockets he IL quite glorious now in a long
frock coat adorned as 20 the lapel with satin.
As a matter OF fact. TilIman and Plat could
swap coats IL there were any way of shrink
ing Tillman's or stretching Platt's. Even
though the ikene goes only Goa deep.
II is startling enough to those who re-
member Tillman's early appearance in the
Senate.
There is one item Of his dress which still
is peculiar TO him. He carries his watch 10
the right rand pocket Of his waistcoas.
Most men carry the watch In the left pocket.
but as the South Carolina fire eater has lost
his left eye he carries his watch on the right
side.
La Toilette. the other caterer 10 the gal
leries. has been somewhat conspicuous Of
late by decorating his already enulRent
person with q yellow chrysanthemUm.
Not a large one. built on the lines Of his
own high piled head. but q plain specimen
OF moderate dimensions. Nothing, how
over, could DO ysIlower-at least. nothing
in the vegetable world.
Davis IL not the only new Senator 20 wear
coIors- Simon 0uRgenheim OF Colorado
wears a dark business suit OF I~rreproachabls
cut. The cutaway coat 10 about aix ahades
darker than that which clothes tho apo
pIsctic Arkansan and calls for about half
"A much goods. the Colorado man beinx
rather spare than otherwise. He wears a
light cloth xaistcoat and a four In hand tie.
Senator 0uRgenheim sticks to his seat
moro CLOSELY than almost any other man
in the chamber, unless Il 10 Reed Smoot.
But whiIs Smoot Tin lark business suit and
red tie) seems TO be much occupied with
paper, and writing, OuRgenheim puts in bis
time listening.
One would say that he was bent ON getting
the hang of things, and that inside Of two
months hs will have acquired a better
knowledge OF how the Senate is conducted
han could penetrate the Davis conscious
meas in two years. But Appearances may be
misleading.
Borah 10 another new man who imprasses
the xaIlerv oboerver as not onlv Quiet and