The Washington herald., 1910-01-05

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The statue Of Gen. Lew Wallace has
arrived at the Capitol and is being put
in place in Statuary Han.
! 1t will fill the niche now occupied by
the statue OF Francis H. Pierpont. and
win be alongside OF the Hoosicr States
other contribution TO the Hall OF Fame,
the statue of Morton
The pedestal is made of Indiana lime
stone, and is different from all the other
statues In the room, In that # has cut on
its back the names of the commission, as
follows Wallace Statue Commission.
John p Megrew, William A. Wood,
William Henry Fox"
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Conspicuous by their absence from Inc
floor Of the Senate yesterday were The
stalwsrt form and classic countenance of
the Hon. Alexander Stephens Clay. Of
Georgia
Mr.. Clay's colleagues. no less than his
legion Of acquaintance and friends
around and about the Capitol. were dis
| tressed 10 learn of his failure TO ats Yer
roll coil because OF sickness lie suf-
fered an aggrevating attack Of eclte in
| digestion during the Christmas h)udays.
and IS now in a sanatorium in Atlanta
recuperating
Keen regret was softened In a measure
and anxiety relieved. however. when
word came from the Gate City that Sir.
Clay is rapidly improving. and will. in
all probability. be IN his seat within the
next week or ten days. He has not been
a well man for year or more.
Mr. Clay was but recently reelected to
another term in the Senate-his third.
Members Of Congress serve not only
as examples of statesmen and near states
men; orators and would-be orators; but
they also serve as models Of dress and
correct style Two visitors In the gen
tlemen's gallery were making observa-
tons on the dress Of a dapper little fel-
low on the floor Of the House
Now look at that member" said one
Of them see how tldfy he Is groomed:
look at that line Of white showing along
his vest edge, isn't that just scrumptious?
Just get on to the trim Of his beard
and the cut Of that coat; 70 Is perfect
Now that is the way al Of those fellows
should dress"
yes, said the other. He certainly
is cute, but what IS that white streak
along the edge OF his vest?"
why. that Is what is called a vest
edge and IS fixed Ike this" and with that
the first speaker unbuttoned his vest and
gave a demonstration Of how vest edge
is used. much 10 the amusement Of his
hearers.
II may he well 10 state that the dapper
little tailor-made model was no other
than Hon. Henry sherman BoutelI. Rep
resentatlve from the great State Of Iii
uois and particular admirer Of Uncle
Joe
Even automobiles insurEe when Uncle
Joe IS around. Representative Hun. OF
Pennsylvania. IS the proud possessor Of
a touring car One night not many
moons back. the Keystone Representa-
tive was about 20 leave p reception for
home in his car, when he espied Uncle
Joe standing as II waiting FOR a con-
veyance OF some kind.
Come along with me Mr.. Speaker"
called out Mr. HUFF. You bet" said the
object Of Victor Murdock's admiration.
The machine was cranked and or they
started, down hill as it happened. When
the bottom Of the incline was reached
the car stopped. oh" said Huff. the
engine Is cold from standing so long"
They tried hard TO get the thing 10 go
but nothing doing Let's push IT up To
the top % the hill and By getting a
running start, maybe il will so" said
your Uncle Joseph. As usual his sug-
gestion was carried out, and the car once
more ran beautifully, down hill
Thrice the pushing stunt was repeated,
but 10 no purpose, as 20 a complete get (
away Becoming disguised the Great
and the near Great" left the car stand
ing. and hoofed it home
In the wee small hours Of the morn
ing Mr.. Huff was called up on the
phone by a policeman. notified that his
machine was blocking the street, and
must he removed.
Mr.. HUFF apologized pTofusely. stating
that there was something wrong with
the running apparatus and that he
would have the garage people remove II /
In the morning. This was done. and after
a cursory examination Of the auto-insUr- |
gent It was found that there was no /
gasoline in the tank.