Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
MEMBERS OF SENATE
PATRONS OF WHITE
Follow Example of President
and Adopt Light and Airy
Apparel for Summer.

White is the thing in the United
States Senate these midsummer days,
and If not white. cream color or the
lightest of light grays. And with their
light-colured and lightweight garb the
senators are finding that Washington
is. after all is said and done, by no
means a poor substitute for many of
the summer resorts with their alleged
sea breezes and very real swarms of
mosquitoes.
Pretty nearly every member of the
Senate on warm days may be seen in
the Senate chamber or committee room
wearing the latest thing in white fan
nels, gray f1annels, white serge, white
duck, linen. crash or the other ma
terials of paper-weight quality. Presi-
dent Wilson himself has set the style
and in one of his recent visits to the
Capitol to consult senators as to ap-
pointments wore suit of white.
| Earlier in the season, when a senator
appeared respondent in new white fan
nels or other summer costume his col
| leagues used to joke him about his being
a fashion plate. but they have all seen
the wisdom of the light clothes by this
time.
Senator Vardaman of Mississippi in his
white fianneis always immaculate, l:
| enough to make his colleagues feel COO
| Just to look at him. The senator halls
from the sunny south. and he knows
the art not only of looking cool in the
summer time. but Of keeping cool.
| Another of the southern senators who
make picturesque figure in their summer
garb Is Senator Overman of North Caro-
lima. the chairman Of the lobby investi-
| eating committee. The members of this
! committee, Senators Overman, Reed
| Walsh, Cummins and Nelson. who are
l r.c< nsp
| brother senators, except perhaps the
members of the finance committee, strug'
Cling with the tariff, are doing their best
| to keep cool.
! Alternates His Suits.
The chairman alternates between his
| suits Of light linen and darker, but ever
thinner, shiny material, and invites the
air to rush through.
Senator Reed in his white duck and
linen. chief inquisitor at times of the
witnesses appearing in the lobby investi-
| cation. looks to be and is one of the
| handsomest men In the upper house.
| Senator Bacon of Georgia, chairman Of
the committee on foreign relations. who
has just been reelected by the direct
| vote of his people to the Senate, the first
/ law, makes himself very comfortable In
| his light cream-colored linen and a palm
| leaf fan.
! A discussion of the senatorial garh
| would be incomplete If it failed to men
! ton the sartorial achievements of James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois Jim Ham
! has varied array, ranging from blue
with a fine white stripe, to cream-coloreo
| and white suits, and he rarely ever wears
| the same two days in succession.
Others Fond of White Attire.
| Other senators who are making life
more comfortable with their light sum
mer suits are Senator Bradley of Ken.
| lucky, in his white ducks; Senator
Newlands of Nevada, Senator SALISBURY
! of Delaware and Senator Brady O,
| Idaho. The chairman Of the bankins
| and currency committee, Senator Owen
who may we'll dispute with any Of hi.
| colleagues the title of handsomest mar
in the Senate. has great fondness fol
| white also, and appears in white anl
| cream colored suits daily.
With the certainty staring them il
| the face that they must spend the en-.
tire summer in Washington, all of the
| senator's are preparing to make them.
| selves as comfortable as they can.
"Of course, I'd like to get away fol
| a. few weeks at least" said one of the
senators today. Ito some place like
| that beautiful land Of Peru, where YOU
don't have a blamed thing to do but
! I'm finding Washington not SO bad not
outstanding"