Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-02-19

After his speech Senator Depew came
mp into the gallery, shook hands with
Mr.. Morgan, then took seat beside
his wife. Mrs. Depew is a very beau
tiful woman and she seems to be very
fond of Chauncey. After the Aldrich
speech che distinguished ones in the
executive gallery arose and went be-
low, probably to the cafe for lunch.
Mrs. Depew and others shook hands
with Mr.. Morgan who smiled sort
of chilly smile At rest his coun-
tenance is rather frigid.
For the edification of the ladies
may say that while brown seems to be
a very popular color for dresses. the
"way up set do not appear to take
kindly to brown. They find white,
black, blue and purple more attrac-
tive.
Speaking of the ladies reminds me
Of the fact that the fair ones, strange
to say. want excitement. They de-
light in scraps and sensations. am
not saying that the men are not part
ial to little melee. but it seems sur
prising that the women folks. who are
supposed to desire peace and har-
mony. should clamor for cutting
words and oratorical hair pulling.
do not know how many scores of
women. well-dressed, good faced
women have heard say: "Why don't
they scrap: wish / could know when
there is TO be a scrap" Ordinary
legislation possesses no interest what
ever for women. but let it be known
that Tillman will speak. and the gal
leries will be packed full an hour be-
fore Congress convenes. Why is it
| thus?
Nearly every day band of Indians
small or large, may be seen wander
ing about Washington, and of course
they visit the Capitol building and
sit in the galleries and see laws made.
/ often wonder what must be their
thoughts as they witness the process
of legislation, not understanding
what the men on the floor are driving
at. They sit there as stated and sober
as judges and certainly look wise, if
they are not These bands of Indians
come from all sections of the country.
Some of them have axes to grind and
are here to get their rights, while
others come just to see A few of the
Indians in each tribe appear to be
given the privilege of coming TO
Washington each year. They all want
to see the Great White Chief. the
President. and generally do, and he
gives them the glad hand and makes
them feel good. These Indians are
clad in the conventional attire of
white folks. but they cannot wholly
eliminate the inherent desire for
decorations of some sort. Consequent
ly nearly every Indian has feather
or two in his hat and some have
strings of bright colored beads or a
ref piece os ci1.h On their hats In
buying their headgear they evidently
go in for quality rather than style.
and get their moneys worth. One
never sees an Indian wearing an up
to date stiff hat. They invariably
wear immense felt hats. with very
broad brims which add to the grotes-
queness of their appearance. They
never make any trouble or disturbance
and are accorded all the privileges
anybody gets.
Occasionally it will be observed
that two senator's, Garter on the re-
publican side, and Overman on the
democratic go to a niche on either
side of the exists into the rear Senate
lobby. put hand into little black
box, take out pinch Of something.
put it to the nose, and pass out.
When this performance has occurred
one of these senators has taken
snuff" literally These little black
boxes, two inches wide, one inch deep
and four inches long. contain snuff,
provided by the Senate especially for
the use of the senators. Formally
there were many senators. especially
those from the south. who used snuff
regularly, but the number has
dwindled down to two. The taking
of snuff by the senators mentioned oc-
casioas no remark and attracts no at
tention.
Nowadays when you see a beautiful
little box of gold or silver. exquisitely
chased and perhaps adorned with
Jewels. hanging from a woman's
chatelaine. it may be the vanity box
it appears to be, or il may not. Ac-
cording TO one Washington jeweler,
it may be n cigarette case, and fire.
quently is.
This jeweler says that the habit of
cigarette smoking is greatly on the
increase among women, and those
who indulge are not as secret about
it as they used to be. either. though
they do make the concession of dis
guising their cigarette cases as beauty
boxes or card cases.
Attractive baubles are these cases,
and very expensive some of them.
They may, it is true, be had for 81.
but they may cost almost any price.
The one which Stimulates vanity
box is tiny, measuring two inches by
one and one-half The card case
variety is larger. Cigarette sets in
clude, besides the case, match box
and mouthpiece. decorated TO har-
monize. Cigarette smokers who do
not want to risk getting tobacco
stains on their fingers use the fork
shaped Turkish holder with ring to
slip over the finger and two prongs TO
hold the cigarette. Very dainty and
small are the French cigarettes
smoked by the women who can afford
these costly sets. The tiny cases,
those like vanity boxes. hold n dozen.
and mouthpiece besides.
Generally the monogram of the
owner is engraved or outlined with
jewels on the back of the case. The
Washington jeweler who declares that
women smokers are growing more