Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
SENATORS HAVE
MINSTRELSHOW
IN CLASSIC HALL
Chiffon, Bradley Smith, Town.
send, With Marshall as Inter-
lOCutOr, 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,
IS harboring a minstrel show.
And the opponents Of the art Of
Lew Dockstader 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 Sera-
tor Bradley, of the dark and bloody
ground Of Kentucky, who strums the
sort 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
n lively buck and wing to the strains
OF turkey in the Straw" rendered by
| the fiddle and the guitar.
Marshall Is lnterIocutor.
1t 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 and ultimate violation of sena-
torial precedent.
Speaking Of one Of the perform
ancts, Senator Chiffon said:
why one day the bell rang for
the Senator's in all their offices to at
tend the Senate and there was a rush
Tor the underground trolley and there
upon the platform was gathered n
noble company Of the best Of us. and
Senator Townsend seemed TO be feel
ing so glad about something or other
that he shuffled his feet I'm rhythmic
cadence, and when / patted he did the
| 'Juba' I'm such fashion as to compel
the applause Of a select but an adj
miring contingent waiting at the sta
ton for the car.
What do l play? why. 7 play the
fiddle, not the violin mind you, but
| the fiddle What is my repertoire?
So-called classical music'7 Not a bit
Of 1t. I play no tunes that are known
TO anybody nearer than so miles TO a
railroad. 1 play Arkansas Traveller
Turkey in the Straw, Hell Below
Memphis and other works Of com
posers who have been lost sight Of
by muslC-lovers who pretend to Ike
the so-called great creations"
Make Life Worth Living.
When he was asked what sort OF
| singing yoice-everyDOdy who has
heard him knows that he "can speak
some'-SenatOr Smith had, and
W. not hG7 or
really confined TO hymn lines Sena-
tor Chiffon declined TO answer re-
fusing to iuCTiminate himself, but he
insisted that when he and the Sena-
tor from the dark and bloody
ground" and the Senator from South
Carolna-in which State. according
to Secretary Houston, there are yet
living some men who think that
South Carolina would have whipped
in the fight 80 years ago II the other
Southern States had not mixed up
I'm the dificulty-an the Senator
from Michigan, where they grow eel
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 INuTCQ Win vice
President Marshall. He says that the
Vice President will wear we'll" that
he is d most effective speaker, a
splendid travelling companion, a capi-
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 Indianan 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 10 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 Gishgured a SO bill or some
thing like that. and that during the
day at the Stone Church celebration
he had eaten about $1Il25 worth Of
real food at Washington prices.