Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

dispenser of lemonade. apples. bananas
and whatever fruit is easily eaten and in
season.
Not long ago during especially ardu-
Gus debate anent the admission of Arizo-
ia to the I'nion-a day when the chamber
fairly szzled with heat waves-more than
one di2niffed member was seen to saunter
away cloakrOom-ward and emerge later
holding aloft a fat banana or wiping his
mouth with all the mysterious delight of
an urchin who has just stolen the com
pany'' lemonade.
The Speakers lobby, back of the hall, is
often utilized as a fitting place in which
to finish such an al fresco repaSt. And
tell 1t not in Gath-ibut no one has been
bold enough to deny that on very hot days
many congressman have ventured to re-
move their coats and Toll about in the
easy chairs OF this room after the fash
ion of the magazine shirt-waiSt man. Rt-
nor has it that only those fitted with at
tached cuffs and the newest ideas in soft
collars and smart belts venture on such
radicalism. But there are great num-
Der of modern young men In this session
extraordinary who dare tread softly
over past traditions.
When a member has exhausted the
pleasures of cloakroom lemonade. writhed
at his desk and grown wear of the view
from the lobby-a very cool one, with
many trees and distant CLEAN OF the
river-he HES himself down into the sub
way and runs back and forth few times
between the Capitol and his office. This
is a veritable dungeon of GOODNESS, but
an electric-lighted asphalted one into
which not the slightest suggestion OF the
heat at ground level ever penetrateS.
When even this pals upon him. he gath
ers together all the other members he
can locate and goes over to take ad-
vantage of his privilege OF the floor
Of the Senate and drink Senate lemonade
1t is rather a sore point on the north side
of the Capitol. this swarming OF the
Goths Although the House preened IT
self on refusing to appropriate money Tor
mineral waters and has INDUCED in sar-
castle references to the pampered ones
lover the way" it is said as a body to
look with much favor upon the fruits or
this extravaganza.
Thirty thousand dollars a year is the
estimated sum spent by the Senate for
mineral waters and apollinaris. During
the preceding session such furry was
made over this item That the water sup
ply has been cut down considerably. For
summer use the statistics given out
showed 100 splits of apolinariS in the
cloakrooms day about 200 big bottles
of mineral water in the restaurant and
committee rooms and about Isl bottles IN
the Senate office building. Besides, when
a senator expresses special wish for a
certain water bottled in his state It is
furnished him. Or. perhaps, he believes
that some special brand has peculiarly
cooling effect upon his temperature. This
IS also procured.
The day OF the lemonade jamboree is
on the wane. Formerly in the summer
time lemons We're ordered by the crate,
sugar by the barrel and apolinaris by
the case. Down In the basement of the
Senate a staff Of men was kept busy all
the time the Senate in session MAX
ing this lemonade and sending it up TO
the cloakroom. 1t cost the trifiing sum
OF 81 900 month.
This summer we have had to cut down
the supply" walled a prominent employe
of the Capitol. who did not care to be
quoted. because the House criticised such
expenditure. But the reason why it cost
50 much was that these same members
used to come over in punches of from
ten to twenty at time and guZzle our
lemonade by the glassful.'
But there is one thing the Senate will
not give up. and that is its subway auto
mobile No child with a toy could be
proude. than some Of the gray boards
over this method of getting back and
forth from the Capitol TO the Senate Of
flee building. II carries about dozen
passengers at time. and goes at whiZ-
zins pace through the almost iCe-cold
air Of the subterranean way.
one hot morning recently a party of
people were conveyed across in il, among