The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-16
DRESS SUIT ROUSES
TO MIRTA AND JEERS
Judge StiIIWeII In Letter 10
ChaHute Friend DeaounceS
frog TOgs"

Washington, d. c., March To-
Every once in while there comes
out Of The wild and woollyr West or
out Of the raw and untamed souh-
west, 10 I'll a place of honor and trust
al The seat OF national government
some man bold enough 10 defy the
ardhcialities and the hollow mock
cries OF society.
Judge Leander Stillwen Of Erie,
Kas, who came here to fill the impor-
ant post OF deputy commissioner Of
pensions short time ago, has had
his first glimpse-his first tasie-oi
high life" in six y-seyen years on
earth and it appeals 10 him as a
sham, as tomfoolery, as nn-American;
and, it might be said in this day OF
moo. ed opinion as to what the faith
had in mind when hey organized
the republic unconstitutional.
Now il should not be imagined that
because Judge Stillwcll frankly ac-
knowledges he never saw a dress
suit until he took up his abode in
Washington a few months ago, he is
"rube" If one drops in,o the Of
nee of he frs deputy commissioner
in the pension building any day dur
ing working house he viii find a
ray mustached man of military mien
seated behind the big fiat topped desk
IN Ae cen er OF the room. Below tho
bronze button of Tho G A. r. ap
pears he emblem OF the Loyal lie
gion,
Mo Mark for Bunko Game.
Any confidence man seeking vie
tins in the Kansas field neves would
pick out the Judge for an easy
mark" He has too much OF a SENSE
of humor to buy the Masonic temple
/ 4. a bargain ON a yisit 10 Chicago
1 but tha he would about as soor
I invest a few hundred dollars in sacs
/ speculation as to appear logged
oui like frog the way they d,
! here after 6 in the evening, Whenever
/ il Is case of shaking hands VIII
4 a senator cir eating a meal hat seen'
4 to have been patented 50 long agC
that the patent has aoour expired.
Life in Washington, as Judge S,ill
we'll views il, has been succmctly Sc
1 for,h in "A letter which he recently
wrc.e To Chanuta friend in G
sponse to inquiries as TO his luxuri
Gus apartments in the pension olllc'
and other things, in part, he said;
1T is rue the furniture and llN
lures in general somewhat surpa@
hose that served for ornament an'
use in die little old law Office owe
he Bank of Erie but as regards th'
frst deputy commissioner, y0u wOu
have no trouble whatever In identity
ing him on the spot withoG the ats
OF an expert.
Balks a.. "Ong Roegle' earb.
with The exception Of "a new ha
western sylel, also a now pair o
hritches. hand-me-loWns. exp MSS
81 50, my beautifully oolded form i
ncased in the same garb that adoru
cd # when we last met and TALKED
on the Old Steinberg corner in I ie
The boys all tel me tina | shall have
TO buy q dress suit (heaven save
the mark that The same is absolute
~ ong roggle in order TO ob,ain ,h'
ongiray' To any impor ant function
here in Washington. that should ap
pear at a Presidential or other re
ceptiOn' clad in my present s,yle my
appearance would cseate as mucl
CONSERVATION as if ! had salked u
with nothing on but a nightie.
ia h,uFaVgr hprg eflFpseg
fully stood on and a dress suit j.
not included in the lis, OF my posses
siols. You have been in and around
Topeka considerably in recent years
and | assume thai yon have seen
dress suit but never did until
came TO Washington last November
TO my mind the Thing is a horrible
abortion l. makes the ordinary fel
low look like cross between a pout
er pigeon and a bull-iog.
May Play Fool--Some Time.
m may be thai shall have TO hire
one some time in order to pass the
pearly gates Of some Of the powers
tha be, but ! Know when | put the
4 toggery on | Shall feel like seventeen
I NlUNl'll NlilUn vi q lNNis WIN hiiiNA
( aud Lincoln Townships 10 hear from
Il was walking on Pennsylvania
tayeuue the other day and met a fash
{ionahly dressed woman With her nose
,5nsahe air. and displaying generally a
4 Sort Of 4 am holler than yon' express
sion on her b0ny vlSage She was
leading, by siiken and be,asseled
20 d tached 10 the collar OF the
brute. a. wreiched little dog about as
big as Kansas possuin The boGy
OF he said lice was carefully en-
wrapped in some kind Of an elaborate
larl highly adorned blanket all agit
ller With buttons ami buckles inst
opped and looked at the outlit aud
! fct as II 1 would have given a dig
nilcd sum- for ne privilege OF giving
that yarmint hoist with my riEht
brogan tha would have landed il in
the middle OF the avenue--and ihen
made my escape by he East Gate OF