Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

must accept the bad with the good. For
One balmy night. you will retire. Sud-
denly your dreams will be disturbed by
the thought that you arc Noah trying to
climb into the ark. IL appears that tha
rain is starting 10 fall and everybody IS
ready to sail comfortably away. YOU
can't get in. In your sleep YOU keep try
ing to Chamber over the side Of the boat.
but IL Is of no avail.
FINALLY you awake. During the night
the atmosphere has changed and the gen.
tie rain from heaven is descending pro-
miscuously all over your downy couch.
You arise. dra gging your belongings with
you, and sleep upon a spring bed. minus
a mattress. for the rest of the night.
''Or another disarrangement may come
about. Your sleeping porch is across the
road from a leather-lunged. conscience
less rooster. When you about to get
your early morning sleep that rooster
hears his cousin Growing half mile down
the road. OF course. he answers. HIS
cousin talks back and they carry on a
heart-to-heart conversation while YOU
gnaw the scenery and pray for shotgun.
Happily / have never suffered this.
have always succeeded in having quiet
around my porch and so far I've always
escaped the aforementioned gentle rain.
But don't want 10 boast. It's helped me
to escape the furnishing summer in the
capital thus far and don't want to break
the charm
linois was one OF the last l visited. I
put It up to him as man to man.
Senator said ]. don't you occasion
ally find that those waistcoats are
trihe torrid in hot weather.?
The senator smiled.
THE proper manner OF dressing" said
the senator i'm reply. never harmed any
man either I'm summer winter
But waistcoats?" / persisted
81 have never found them unpleasant
said the senator. ''On the contrary. L
have found them to be simply an addi-
ton to garb of barbarity like trousers
or a coat or-or anything else
You are in favor of summer vests?"
II am in favor of a man dressing COM
fortably and completely throughout the
year. There Ia no need for him to make
the mistake which is not infrequent,
find. that slouchiness is comfort It 10
not. There is no connection between the
two. / find that the siouchy man usually
is the man who complains most bitterly
OF all. have found him continually spro-
testing that the weather. his prospects.
everything was going to pot.
'If I were to give a cardinal rule for
keeping cool in summer i would say TO
you. Dress as well in summer and with
that same particularly to detail which
you show during the winter time. Then
You will find your comfort Increased ana
your self-confidence will rise amazing
ly.'"
The senator even as he spoke was clad
in light blue serge-serge the color OF the
summer sky-and his vest was pure
white with white flowers embroidered
upon it. He wore an elaborate Panama
hat and looked cool and comfortable.
dared another personal question.
There Is q persistent report that you
are going to shave this summer" said !.
and indicated the wonderful Pink whis-
kers which have been the talk Of the en-
tire continent OF North America
The senator. for the first time during
the interview. became majestic.
st am not" he said. And repeated It
After him:
"You are not?'
We sounded like a Greek chorus or q
college yell at the finish.
Leaving his Office. I dropped around tn
that of Majority Leader Underwood. that
marvellous man who reports each day Al
his office and labors until nightfall with
out ever turning a hair or appearing ruf-
fed. Representative Underwood IL to the
House sartorially what Senator Lewis Is
to the Senate, minus the whiskers, OF
course.
The majority leader was having his
shoes polished when I visited him. His
trousers his coat, his parted hair. every
thing about him was immaculate. He
smiled.
why doesn't the heat trouble you.
He smiled. now scientifically.
Because" he replied, II never think
how hot II will be tomorrow. / live each
day for what is in il. Heat troubles the
begins 20 figure in retrospect and for the
future. Live today only. Don't apply
that policy to your business. But to your
personal life you will find it philosophy
worthy OF consideration.
Copyright 1913. by John Eifreth wstkinsD