El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-02

I monlouS design, but in the committee
rooms the constant changes that are
| taking place have resulted in furniture
of many kinds and styles. Walnut,
oak, maple, mahogany, rosewood and
i cherry all might be found in the fur
niture of single room and most in
harmonious effect was the result Many
of the older senators became greatly
attached to some old piece and We're
loath to part with it even for harmo-
nyS sake. Now when new furniture
is added it is always of the best ma
hogany.
There is almost an endless amount
of furniture in the many hundred
rooms of the capitol buildings. ranging
from 20 foot committee table to
pair of andirons or a silver plated
pitcher But great precautions are
taken TO preserve the governments
property Each end of the big building
has its big card index of everything
in it, and even a little inkstand would
be missed There is a storek eeper at
each end of the capitol, and they have
a system of accounting that is the ad-
mlration and despair of all acquainted
with it.
Must Touch IN Art.
Every year there are many pictures
in the capitol which require renovation,
and there are special rooms known as
the picture morgues The paintings
and sculptures of the capitol cost near
ly a million and a half dollars The
greater portion of the pictures have
been bought from the artists but there
are some which have awaited purchase
for so many years that their ownership
has been lost and Uncle Sam has taken
possession of them. Sometimes in the
course of retouching and Frightening
up these pictures queer pranks are
played In the celebrated picture of
the baptism of POcahontas which hangs
in the rotunda of the capitol, there is
an indian with six toes No one seems
to have noticed this until Champ Clark,
candidate for the speakership of the
next house, made speech one day on
things in general and called attention
to the six-toed indian He never has
said whether he discovered it or not
Year in and year. out the capitol
force goes on preparing for each sue
ceeding session of congress and en-
ploying its spare time in improving the
conditions under which the legislators
Of the country must work. In the
main, the force will remain unchanged
in the office of the superintendent CT
the capitol Superintendent Woods
came to Washington as the protege Of
Thomas A Hendricks. He was sent out
TO assist in a little job of terracing
and a wide-awake suggestion caught
the ear of the architect Of the capitol.
Later he won his spurs by suggesting
the conversion of the old library space
into committee rooms, and he logically
succeeded to his present position.
Though president Roosevelt, in keeping
with the efforts Of the national assoc
citation of architects, had him designat-
ed superintendent Of the capitol in
stead of architect of the capitol, every
one who knows about his work appreci-
ates his services, and it is certain that
no sort of political upheaval will
change the force in his office. The SER,
geantatarms of the senate and the chief
clerk of the house and their principal
assistants go out with the change in
control, but chief clerk Browning will
stay long enough TO prepare for a
Democratic house. Col Ransdell has
no such marching orders in sight.
Tomorow-The Senate Employees.