Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
SENATORS HAVE
MIN5TRELSHON
IN CLASSIC HALL
Chiffon, Bradley Smith, Town
send, With Marshall as Inter-
IOCutOT, Have Performance.

WASHINGTON. June 21.-Dignity,
as traditional with the United states
Senate as the name Of that august
body itself, received a severe shock
when it became known that the clas-
sic chambers, whose walls have heard
the forensic eloquence OF the nations
leaders since the country was born,
as harboring a minstrel show.
And the opponents Of the art Of
Lew Dockstauer and Honey Boy"
Evans are men who answer to roll
call when the Vice President raps the
body to order. The troupe gave an
imprOmptu performance in the Capitol
building a few days ago, and since
that time the amateur talent has been
in demand.
William Edwin Chiffon, senior SEN
ator from West Virginia. Is the i'm
presario Of the troupe. He also plays
the fiddle. His accompanies is Sena-
tor Bradley, Of the dark and bloody
ground q Kentucky. who strums the
soft guitar, while Senator r. Durant
| Smith, Of South Carolina, MARBLES
lays in which "old" rhymes with
gold and kiss" with bliss" and
Senator Townsend, Of Michigan, does
a lively buck and wing to the strains
OF Turkey In the Straw" rendered by
| the fiddle and the guitar
Marshall Is lnterlocutor
II Is even said that Vice President
Marshall has at times doubled as in
! terlocutor and end man during the
| performance and done other things In
utter ana ultimate violation of sena-
| tOrial precedent.
Supql king Of ono Of Tho r,.,,-e-.r,r,
| ances, Senator Chiffon said.
Why, one day the bell rang for
| the Senators in all their offices TO at
| tend the Senate and there was a rush
| for the underground trolley and there
upon the platform was gathered
noble company Of the best Of us, and
Senator Townsend seemed to be feel
| ing so glad about something or other
| that he shunled his feet IN rhythmic
cadence, and when / patted he did the
| 'Juba' in such fashion as 10 compel
| the applause of q select but an adj
miring contingent waiting at the sta
/ ton for the car
What do I play2 Why. 7 play the
/ fiddle, not the violin. mind you. but
| the fiddle. What IS my repertdre2
So-caled classical music? Not a bit
of It. ! play no tunes thar are known
to anybody nearer than 80 miles to a
| Turkey n-the- Straw, Hell Below
Memphis and other works Of com
posers who have been lost sight Of
| by muslc-lovcrs who pretend 20 like
! the sO-called great creations"
Make Life Worth Living.
| When he was asked what sort Of a
/ singing voice-everybody who has
| heard him knows that he can speak
! some"-Senator Smith had, and
/ whether or not his reach was not
/ really confined TO hymn lines Sena-
/ tor Chiffon declined TO answer re
fusing to incriminate himself, but he
insisted that when he ana the Sena-
| tor from the dark and bloody
ground" and the Senator from South
CarOlina-in which State, according
to Secretary Houston there are yet
living some men who think that
South Carolina would have whipped
in the fight so years ago il the other
Southern States had not mixed up
i'm the diHculty-and the Senator
from Michigan, where they grow Gel
cry and beans, keeping perfect time
with heel and toe got together there
was not the least doubt that life even
in Washington is worth living.
Senator Chiffon talked IN an inter-
esting way about his visit to the old
Stone Presbyterian Church with Vice
President Marshall. He says that the
Vice President will wear well" that
he is q most effective speaker a
splendid travelling companion, a capt
tai story teller, as natural IN all his
thinking and speaking as an honest
man can be- and, withal. has a very
clear apprehension Of both the law
and the Gospel When ne and the
Vice President were at the celebration
in Lewisburg all the people turned
out to do the Indiauan honor.
Marshall Gets Feast.
The people put the big pot in the
little one" as the homely phrase has
It, and such feasting and rejoicing
were never known before In the Kan
awha Valley, and when they got
through there were about Las bas-
ketfuls left over. The Vice President
said that he had found the cost Of
living In Washington rather more
than his retainer seemed to justify.
He went down to his meals and or
dered a little Of this and a little Of
that very little of either and not
much Of both, and when the count
was taken he found that his appe-
tite had dishgUred a SO bill, or some
thing like that. and that during the
day at the Stone Church celebration
he had eaten about $l1125 worth OF
real food at Washington prices.