The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-01
Capital Tales

worry enough for most folks but in
addition to Them the Rules Committee.
of which Senator Murray Crane is
chairman, has the Senate restaurants
on its hands. Senator Crane is pa
/ tient man. who never lets himself get
ruffled and so manages to get along
under the burden.
Some say that il was as chairman of
| the Rules Committee, with the manage
ment Of the culinary ED of the Senate
and the assignment Of offices TO am
bilious Senators. that Secretary of
State Knox was fitted for the exercise
Of diplomacy in the high fields in which
he is now laboring.
Anyhow. the restaurants just now are
in a grievous state. One is not run
Z loss. The management of the cafe,
known officially as the refectoTy," at
the Senate end of the Capitol Building,
is complaining that he is going to the
poor house at the rate of 500 week,
Of late
Hot Weather Disastrous
He has apprised the Rules Committee
that the hot weather is playing havoc
with his business and that, try as he
win, he cannot tempt the Senatorial
appetite 20 partake of food except in
the most meager quantities. A Senator
is likely to content himself with a dish
of blackberries. some crackers, and
milk two baked apples, or something
of that sert for lunch, while the Their
mometer is sizzling about 100
As for the pie, it wears d tired, soggy,
wilted look that does not appeal to the
| Senatorial appetite these days. and
there are a lot Of heavy preparations
that the statesmen simply will not
touch All of which is praiseworthy
from the standpoint of hygiene. but
| hard OH the restaurant man. WHO fig
ures ne is losing from s25 to $50 day
and that the wolves OF poverty are on
his trail The hot Weather. too, has
served TO cut down the number of Wis
/ itors to the Capitol.
Another Restaurant
over in the Senate Office building is
another restaurant 1t is a palatial
affair, but it has not been opened.
The Rules Committee thus far las not
been able to find man to run 1t. It
does not seem to appeal to any Of the
caterers Of the common or garden va
riety. They come around, look it over
and go away without enthusiasm. APP
| parently. they feel that it is no light
responsibility to minister to the SEN
ate appetite, especially Is the Senate is
] not disposed 10 revise the tariff on
what il eats upward. The situation has
u
has been looking about for a manager
for the new restaurant for months.
The Senate office building restaurant
! is an elaborate layout. The kitchen
alone cost $4,000. and everything is
| done on magnificent scale. Two fine
I ~ appointed rooms are reserved for
half dozen more for the kitchen and
/ accessories.
Woods Seeks Man.
to turn this over to any man capable
of running II, free of any payment for
/ rent. light. fuel. and the like. But
no one seems to want to tackle the
/ job,
In the good old days when LIQUOR
could be sold about the Capitol there
/ would have been no trouble about get
/ ting restaurateur. In fact 1t would
/ have been difficult TO select a man be-
cause Of the army OF applicants. Now,
it Is different
1t may be necessary, in order to set
/ the Senate office building going, for
| the Rules Committee to hire a manager
/ for the new restaurant and paw him
salary to run II, subject to the steward
ship Of the committee
=
A THOUGH he himself is an excel
n lent golf player, a fine horseman.
dream of a dancer, and a base
r
none the less disposed TO the opinion
1 that the fat men ought TO stand to-
gether within reasonable limitations;
and to that end the physical tests for
the army and navy. which were made
so strenuous by Mr.. Roosevelt, are
being greatly modified and amelio-
rated.
The first order Eas just been is
sued by the War Department, and
provides that for OTHERS OF sixty-two
or more years the Jest shall be re
| duced In severity. The Roosevelt
rules required riding ninety miles or
walking fifty miles in three days
! This is regarded as too strong for
some Of the men who yet are in salts
! II viii be made easier,
About the War and Navy Depart
ments IL is understood perfectly that
all this Is preliminary to further
notifications. and will extend to the
navy as well as the army. There is
much rejoicing among gentlemen
ercise and forego many highball IN
order 20 keep down 20 test weight
and up 70 test wind.
Which recalls the draft OF reguIa-
lions for the naval officers tests
which some of the department humor-
ssts got out when the last Admznistra-
ton was going in for physical exer-
The admiral Of the navy shall swim
around the fleet, arranged in battle
formation.
Rear admirals must swim around a
squadron.
Captains must swim around a bat
ueship.
Ofhcers OF lower rank must swim
around the captains gig.
=
Senator Stephen 3. Elkins is not the
only member Of the Senate who hates 10
wear any unnecessary clothes this
weather. He sat IN tire Senate the
other day without a collGr About the
same time Senator DoIiver eft the
Chamber and went out into the corrt-
ing along with his black alpaca coat
of. thrown across his arm. He said IL
reminded him OF his farm in Iowa to
/ be in shirt sleeves again.
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