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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
THOSE WHO WELD FANS.

over on the Senate side many Of the
portly, heat tormented solOns WELD the
palm leaf fans placed at their disposal by
a special fund. Senator Hepburn who can
say something on any subject no matter
how hot the day, Is an ardent disciple OF
the fan. Leaning back in his chair. he
creates such rattle OF sound and Juror Of
breeze by his manipulations Of the gener.
Gus fan allotted him that adjoining Sena.
tors lust sit and grin and enjoy the resu,
Of his labors.
Senator Robert owen. of Oklahoma. TIE
Indian Senator" moves about with the
gliding grace OF his people, calm, insert
table and superior to any such trae as a
hundred in the shade lie wears mos,
summary attire and always looks pctu.
rescue in II.
Atlee Pomerene, Of Ohio, looks as though
a drop OF perspration would not dare
trickle down the marble whlteness Of his
| brow. He has so far made 10 outward
| concessions to summer. but continues to
wear the same snug-looking garments IN
which he made his Senatorial debut
| Senator Bailey of Texas. big and eaf
| and the picture OF NlIluty, u "Na''Ne ua"A
bIue serge with soft, white pleated shlrts.
a rundown linen collar and black or white
how tie He looks really cool and says 10
| feels so.
Never let yourself get worried or dur.
red or hurried" he quoted. ! oeheVe te
influence OF mind over matter IS greater .
summer than at any other time. LOOK
a cake Of ice, and you feel comfortaole;s
a hot. dusty road, and you are conscious
a sense of physical discomfort. have COZ
surroundings and don't tell any hot "saiis'
stories!"
Calm in the distinction of having beer
elected TO the United States Senate WITT
out previously running for any pollufal
office. Senator Luke Lea Of Tennessee u
sists that he does not find Washington any
hotter than the weather down home
What do You do to keep cool?'
Go TO the baseball field" he laughed
boyishly. Visions of many thousand yell
ing. perspiring humans, packed sardine
wise into a grandstand, isn't very coolms
I admit. But somehow l forget the SUD
and the heat and everything but the game
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

There are 395 occupied committee rooms
in the House office building, and numerous
other special rooms for the holding vi
meetings. In each of these at least one
and sometimes three electric fans puzz all
dav long in an effort To simulate ocean
breezes. In the cloakrOom there are as
many as can he conveniently placed Tor
action. The Speakers lobby has its quota,
and every committee room Of the Capltoi
building the restaurants and some of the
Railways are similarly equipped. In the
Senate office building each Senator has two
rooms-so the total of fans used there is
enormous. But what it costs to run all OF
them is not given ont for publication
In every committee room. I'm every pri-
vate office in the Railways of the Capitol,
in the office OF each employe and in the
cloakrooms of both House and Senate there
are water coolers always filed with clear,
cold water For the ice used in these
receptacles and in the House restaurant
the daily purchase. according to one of
the employees, averages four tons In hot
weather. But as this warm weather neces-
sitv is purchased at a wholesale rate OF
s. % a ton. the entire amount totals only
slightly more than S2o day.
No special minerals or carbonated waters
are purchased ont of a House fund. Some
while back when the summer season loomed
ominousy on the horizon, certain members
asked for an appropriation for such waters
referring TO the Senate as a precedent. But
their request was voted down, and on the
south side of the Capitol or in the House
building only plain everyday Potomac
River water is served. An effort was MADE
to obtain special coolers, but IT suffered
the same fate as the bottled water motion.
There IS nothing else left To drink but
lemonade. In the cloakroom of the House
for more than twenty years negro
known by his last name, Coates to every
member, has dispensed this picnic concoc-
ton to thirsty Representatives.
He strs up his lemon juice, sugar
cracked ice and water after recipe all
his own Epicures on lemonade declare 1t
iust right. never too sweet nor too acid nor
even suggestive Of having been diluted.
The old man dispenses his cooling dilhks
gratis. Nothing is allowed to he sold IN
the cloakroom. But about every now ana
then a members hand has an instructive
habit of straying first To his loose-chanse
pocket and then toward this dispenser OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

"Is II a ioke?" he asked in turn. VI
course. I find II hot. Besides. what DO
YOU mean by coming around here on such
n scorching day as this and asking me 10
| talk about the heat? Don't you realize
/ that makes me twice as uncomfortaDie'
| Put there was a characteristic CLEAN OF
/ lumor in his eyes that belied irritation.
Whatever his feelings, he certainly
achieves an external air Of GOODNESS lie
has been wearing a very light gray, roomy
looking suit this summer, and no matter
how ardent the debate, as he stands up
on the rostrum with a smile on his race
and an unwilted carnaton in his button
hole he shames the moppers OF brows ana
vearers of crumpled collars.
Ralph Cameron. delegate from Arizona
has a theory that It is not the locanty
from which member Gomez but the
amount of outdoor atmosphere he has an
sorbed during his life which governs his
ability to withstand the insistent. oileh
nauseating, heat of Washington.
1T does not really affect me. but / GER
tainly find It trying. especially during
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
SOURCES OF THE COOL AIR.

Southwest Of the Capitol building and
tust outside the grounds there is pct
uresaue granite tower about thirty feet
tall AT that height the air is quite pure
being too high to contain the floating germs
Of the street and too low TO be affected
by the smoke blowing from chimneys
Within. this tower connects with a long
underground tube or tunnel that runs TO
the sub-basement under the House side OF
the Capitol The indirect radiation ducts
are 70 feet in area and the air blows
through them at the rate OF $50 feet
minute The huge fan receiving this air IS
70 feet in diameter and revolves los times
minute holding $1,000 cubic feet Of air In
each such interval. This air is forced into
the floor OF the House through gratings in
the legs Of the members desks and, where
the floor IS elevated, through bronze regis
ters. Seven hundred and eighty-fve square
feet of such openings are found on this
floor.
There are similar air vents in the gal
leries. and one can easily detect the rush
Of cold air by placing his arms down be-
tween the seats. The warm air is expelled
through the ceiling at the same rate as II
enters. thus avoiding drafts at the doors.
The thermometer proves that at all times
the temperature is from to degrees less
than outdoors in the shade
Hanging in the fanroom is an electrical
tester which can he read in the chief en-
CHEERS room by pressing a button
hygrometer registers the humidity Of the
air. and is also closely watched by those
who have this feature Of keeping Congress
cool as their daily duty.
Another fan draws from this same duct
and applies air TO the corridors and COM
mittee rooms Of the Capitol. the air pass
ing through Nues buried in the walls like
chimneys so that one room may be kept
cooler than another II desired. In this
manner eight acres of floor surface are
cooled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25


!. And ,o,, see r inst have to keep cool |
ON tho only RenublIcan in the House who
succeeded a Democrat this session, and II
nv enemies knew | was easily net up
they certainly could make It warm for me-
I am convinced that flowers make one iee'
cool. so I had some planted In these WIN
dow boxes, and when l sit here ana loon
at them. turn on my electric fan and drink
a glass of ice water I can almost imagine
my self in a palm garden
Apropos Of LIQUID refreshment as means
Of keeping cool Henry d. Flood, Of VIZ
einia. considered one OF the best dressed
summer men of Congress, said that II Is
surprising how very little liquor is par
taken Of by the national legislators
"The cid DAYS Of the mint julep and gin
rickey in the cloakroom are gone, he an
/ nounced proudly. lone never sees mem
her drinking anything in the Capitol these
days"
isn't 1t there for him to drink" the
caller inquired skeptically
Mr. Flood was panied.
"A man could keep it IN his lockers or
! over here in his office. Bur during my five
terms I'm Congress I have been amazed at
the small quantity OF liquor used. Even on
the hottest and most trying days IL is
unusual to find a Congressman whose
breath suggests that he has been imbibing.
Taking the bar out OF the Capitol did much
toward this for man isn't going to walk
all the way over here to get a drink,
though he might If he had only TO step
down to the restaurant. But the real rea-
son is that we of this generation have dis
covered the fallacy of trying TO get cool by
drinking what will send the temperature
up. When We get thirsty we drink lemon
aI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
MANY COOLING DEVICES.

Rv the desk Of each Representative ana
Senator. for instance. and in other parts
OF the chambers are small vents through
which cold air Is forced by huge electric
fans In the basement. At the same ume'
the hot air is drawn up ana eXpeIed
through the ceilings IN all nearly eisht
acres of building ere cooled in this fashlon'
Always the temperature within is from 10
8 degrees cooler than on the outside.
Ice water and lemonade are the popular
beverages. the Senate alone using some
4 no mounds of ice a day, while the total
daily consumption in the entile OaPi'''
and both office buildings is said 10 oe more
than four tons. The Senate expends the
modest sum Of sSoe0 fer its faVorIle
brands Of mineral waters, but the House
frovns on such extravaganza and vets us
rarched throat with water from the oroau
bosom Of the Potomac
Down I'm the basement Of the ONCE pullo-
inss Of both houses OF Congress are oaths'
where Swedish. Turkish or just PLAIN Amer
lean scep-and-water baths can be had Al
snv hour They are built entirely or mar
hle-and not bathroom marble. either but
The exquisitely veined sort that millonalfes
use in constructing their interior stairwaYs
and mantels Frequently on a particularly
humid DAY one Representative and senator
after another will slip away from the at
mosphere which remains close, despite the
cir vents. and indulge in a quick plunge
The lack of a pool IS deplored by many
but curtailment had TO he made somewhere
and the bathrooms cost so much that the
last feature of a Turkish treatment had
10 he omitted.
Running from both House ana Senate T.
their respective office buildings are sub
ways. lighted by electricity and paved with
asphalt In the Senate one is specially
constructed automobile. on which 1t is quite
the fashion to take a 10y ride and get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

This summer We have had TO cut down
the supply" walled a prominent employe
Of the Capitol, who did not care 10 be quot
ed because the House criticised such ex-
I enditure. But the reason why IL cost so
much was that these same members used
to come over In punches of from ten TO
twenty at time and guzzle our lemonade
bv the glassful"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

In Addition to These Calorie,
Reducing Articles, Mem.
bers Have Own Ways
of Fighting Heat.

He was reminded Of his perchant N,
wearing white clothes.
81 lay In enough white serge and cras,
clothes 10 have always a clean change ana
/ find them much cooler and more corn.oy.
able than the thinnest cloth varieties. n,
course, / wear white SHOES. These are q,
sential TO Washington streets IL one you,d
have foot comfort. And try 70 keen nv
collar unwrinkled and my mind easy
don't do any very sensational stunts in TIA
sunshine or walk home from the Office
The front seat OF a trolley car is my IA.
vorite method OF getting uptown. And
don't take unnecessary risks IN the heaty
Then with a beautiful display OF what IN
woman would have been termed incon.
slstency, but in a Congressman must pan
for Observation-Disclosures, Mr. Flood started
for the Capitol. Via the cool subway? No,
a bit of It. but straight across the blazing
sunlit square from the office building
through the sparsely shaded grounds and
Up the flight OF hundred steps leading 10
the floor OF the House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
TAKING A CHANCE.

Kind Old Lady-Well my boy. what
the matter?
Boy-Muvver sent me for tuppence WON"
Of soap, an I've lost the tuppence
Kind Old Lady-Well, never mind, thens,,
tU opence for YOU. How did you lose "
Boy-Playing pitch an toss.-Eyeryooa!'
Weekly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
COLD LEMONADE FOR HOT CON
GRESSMEN.

pered ones cover the way" It is said as
body TO look with much favor upon the
fruits Of this extravag ance.
Thirty thousand dollars year Is the es-
timated sum spent by the Senate for min
eral waters and apollnaris. During the
preceding session such a furry was made
over this item that The water supply has
been cut down considerably. For summer
use the statistics given out showed 100
splits Of apollinaris in the cloakrooms
Gav. about goo big bottles of mineral water
IN tho restaurant and committee rooms.
and about 1872 bottles in the Senate Office
building. Besides. when Senator express
es special wish for a certain water bot
tied in his state II is furnished him. or.
rerhaps ne believes that some special brand
has peculiarly cooling effect upon ms tenn
rorature This is also procured.
The day OF the lemonade jamboree is on
the wane Formerly IN the summer tlme
lemons were ordered by the crate, sugar by
the barrel and apollinaris by the case. Down
in the basement Of the Senate staff or
men was kept busy all the time the Senate
was in session making this lemonade and
sending it up to the cloakroom. II cost
the trining sum Of $1,000 a month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

long day in the House" he said. iou
think it strange that often men from inc
far North mind this heat less than soili'
Southern farmer or Western painsman 10
me it is quite plain. for the two latter nave
passed most of their existence in the open
wbereas the average Northern man Is
Office bred and used TO being smut III.
~ drink plenty of water and eat much
ice cream" said Edwin f. Roberts, or
Nevada. That is conducive to GOODNESS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
MEAN.

He took a mean revenge"
I'm what way" :.
when she sued him for divorce y
got the judge to give him the CUSTODY
her lap dog ."-Judge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

hu, il might well be. judging from lhe OF
,ention paid the subject by honesick hsp-
,esentatives of the people assemoieu "nuo'
,he biz white dome. FiguratiNel!' |Ch-
,rress is whacking out certain and suho'y
,.ieces Of legislation with one mana anu
wipine its rerspiring brow with the o'"e''
md swearing softly and sweetly uhdeF i.s
breath at the unkind fate that Keeps II
Ia she'd TO the mast when it might De az
nlav where the cool winds blow ana the
waters sound their summer symphony But
that isn't the worst of it, for 1t seems or
Sained that il shall pass through ell 'ne
,orrid horrors of the month OF jury III
washington. the which has been hheheo
mora than once TO the place where the
mercury ceases TO register.
So Congress has gone ass!duousIy aoou'
the business OF keeping cool. ana no' oy
the old-fashoned gin richey or mint Juiep
reu,e. either II member wishes to iaugh
AT the thermometer in that fashion he must
keep the laugh producer in his own ooih-
mittee room, for he cannot get 1T in 'he
Capi,cl nor within many squares OF II.
OTHER Congresses may have done So bu'
not this one II has more scienthc anu
il belieres. mere efficacious methods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25
Water and Air Are Iced in
Both Houses and There
Are Marble Baths and
Divers Fans.

TOW TO Keep Cool is not the u''o
vi of bill before either the h ao~.
n Il orrhe Senate these sizzhns oa'''
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1911-11-02

that yc present your bodies
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
untD God, which j. yo1r reason
ahla SERVICE" Uon l21)
Il thi, they become way,aring,
This is q work G0y the Gentle
convert, ;l~o the redeemed who
is spokcn Of in 8 V. who are cls0
tn walk thcrcin tthat is the min
= ed rcopl J Cnr.st c}m> to
create In C>ntii>s q nuE in lin
who Wh".c without carist, With
OUt hop OF Cul in Tie world,
,(.L" pnGolly mln) IL came also.
TO redeem tic shining l>raolitcs
whoWas with the mingled people,
in tha pr.aonAouccs Of TIC dead,
! Christ opened The prison doors,
md rcO;HuvA th"m a: lis .osur
ralt.un, tuJ.1 ar. .ho red en- 4
Ana tie 3ar4y1al vii b tho
u"aIo, j>"ao.;tS r.Nzumcl from
tNc.t Uuu0n s., Wnen this time
G. llr9 spoh II Ct in this u7aGNcr,
'N'u4 WoNld not. bGctllre;,,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1911-11-02
M ar! War..

War in ManchuriH. Japan strlv-
ing again for the Mastery with
he Turks. China in the grasp &:
var, and looks a $ tho tEic CoVor-
1mcnt would fail. Gloom over
England ty the orI1niHatloE oi
tic Sociiists. And wien we
look to Losange|s CAiioroir and
see tie two great powers araId
against eaCh other we begin t.
.hinlS that the time has con @
.rokon OF in this marrer.
e Publish in tie rHIac"> 1T
Ashdod, ard in the la|3c2S IN
thp land of Egypt, and say a -
somble yourself upon tie N" -,
tairs OF Sa,naria, l,,.d+aeto!d ~.
great iumults in the midst tie 3"
of, and the oppressed N to;
midst thereof.
Ecr they know rot to do ri. ;;h'
saith the Lold, who store s.i
violence and robbery in tA"i'
palaces" amos 80. 1Oj
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1911-11-02

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15
DID STEVENSON BUY HIS
SENATORSHIP FOR SILL 900?

WASHINGTON. July Is. - The
senate will not be able To ignore
the charge made BY the Wisconsin
Legislature that Isaac Stevenson,
the oldest man In the senate. pro
cured his election by bribery and
corruption.
II II charged that Stevenson liter
ally bought his way through the
popular primary. He admits spend
ing Sill 600 in the primary. lie re-
ceived $3.50 votes about 81 per
vote. The Wisconsin legislature be-
lieves he spent far more than sf11.-
900.
II Is also charged that he corrupt
ed the legislature that elected him.
Stevenson seems TO have gone in
20 the campaign with the deliberate
intention OF buying his election. His
course was steered by shrewd at-
torneys.
Much OF his money was handled
by a Milwaukee bank, not az reg
ular checking account. but by an
extraordinary system of cashiers
checks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15
AT the Motion Picture Shows

the new bill being Lucilir Morrow
q Tyrolean yodeler. and Trevftts
Military Dogs. an act novel and
unique. With an especial appeal to
the children.
Marvein of iIorseman
ship" educational: Reckless Red
dy Reforms" Western comedy. "A
Craven Heart drama.
Circuit - THE Two Lives
drama. ''-rhc Picture on the
Screen" educational; "A Ragged
Coast" scenic: Waiting drama
cIsy-"Aiways a Way comedy
drama. Love and Cheeee,s
comedy: Mount Etna In Eruption. =
scenic: AT Break Of Dawn" Mexi
can drama
lyceum---The Share ~ Society. 2
drama. ITO the Aid OF Sfonewall
Jackson" war drama; An indiana
Pride" drama.
Ernicit--''Trading His Mother. :
comedy, Polish and Pie" comedy
Cattle Herder's Romance" West
ern drama: Washington Relics.
odeon--"The Russian Gypsy,
drama: Water Beetle aud IL
Young" topical: ~stubbe New
Servants. comedy: "The Wonder
ful Eye" comedy. The Price OF
a Man." drama
Nasionai--sThe Latest Spark
drama: The White Medicine
Man" comedy. IAN Old Mans
Folly" drama.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15
HleHBRoW TALK
ADDS 10 WEIGHT

brow talk II the heavyweight cause
tor getting fat. according TO pretty
little Nan Aspinwall. the daring
young Girl who completed on Bat
urday hcr ride from Gan Francisco
to New York on horseback. She 10
out 20 reform tho sffess East BY
reducing the weight OF society wo-
men. to whom she II going to teach
lariat throwing.
MY stunt 10 10 make muscle for
these women who have got all run
down from dances and teas and
high brow talk. Believe me. hiEh
brow talk Il = terrific weight
maker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15

TTTTH a National Cash Regis
wv ter In your office or store
You have a positive check
on Cash Sales, Charge Sales, Money
Received on Account and Money
Paid Out
Before you count your money
1T the end Of the day, you know
Just how much should be there.
Without the information the reg.
lister gives you. many unsupported
losses can cut down your profits
and you not know II.
Nationals are made In more
than 200 styles and sizes. Prices
$40 up. Sold on Small Monthly
Payments or Liberal Discount
for Cash.
Ask our agent to explain how
your profits can be protected
against losses.
Investigation win cost you moth
ing.
9. Il. BOWLING, AGENT
7fs First Az, Seattle, Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15
HOT SPELL SOUVENIR


flsy United Pres Leased Wis~.t
BONNER SPRINGS. Kss.. July
ib.--Mrs. MoiIie Gordon has q
pleasant souvenir OF the hot spell
here In the shape OF a Plymouth
Rock chicken Matched by the heat
on a shelf In her pantry. The EGG
was pushed back. and had probably
been overlooked for several weeks,
when Mrs. Gordon heard a peep.
She found the egg cracked open In
one place and q chickens bill stick.
ing out. She wrapped the egg In
flannel and took IL out in the yard.
where the sun Matched Il In few
houra,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15
SEND PAuPERs TO
SWEETEST HOTELS

GOI.DFiEI.D. New. July 1.-THE
grand jury here has recommended
that Ia tho future the paupcrs ba
sent TO the best hotel Ia the coun-
try and be furnished tho best &C
Communications there. In their re-
port the jurors say that II their
recommendation are followed out
IL would sttll cost the county iess
than Il has In the past Other
county Offices are similarly charged
with extravngance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15
PEERS WILL FIGHT

LONDON. July f5.--Polltical az
fairs in England have taken a great
change within the past three weeks
Before the coronation the house OF
lords had apparently made up It's
mind to yield to the Liberal do
mand that It surrender its veto
power And become a mere consult
i've body with the right to delay
but not finally reject bills passed
by tho house OF commons.
To-day there are many Indications
that the peers have decided to
fight, and in that case the engage
mcnt promises to be a warm one.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15
surp nY llLllAM nusseLL

NEW YORK. July ib.-Liliian
Russell, tho actress. has filed an
action in the supreme court TO col.
Iect from Ice shnbert. theatrical
manager, her share OF tho alleged
profits in tho drama Lady TeazIe,
played by her AS star during the
season Of 1904.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-15

TlchT LITTLE ISLE
is GROWING LAHoEH

LONDON. July 1.-THE island
Of Great Britain 10 growing larger
each year. In the last 81 Years the
sea has claimed about s.sto acres OF
British land. while in the same
time $4,000 acres have been re-
claimed. This loss has been on the
open coast. while the gain has been
almost wholly along tide flats.