The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

When you enter the presence Of Senator
Jimham Lewis you do not at first notice
his noble forehead. his keen and observ-
'ant eye and his finely poised head.
You notice his whiskrrs instead.
At first glance they seem to be all Ot
him. but YOU gradually make out other
parts to tn" statesman.
YOU have never seen whiskcrs To CON-
pare with these. All others We're Tut
J tn" down of q EOSling.
They begin at the roots of the hair. and
end at the last vest button, and they are
as wavy as the wool Of 4 young lamb.
Senator Lewis is supposed to wear a
shirt. at least whil. on duty, but whether
hc does or not cannot be told for his
whisk"rs.
lie may smile Or he may snecc-the
| He may be as placid US a clam in a
cabbage patch, or he may he undergoing
a tornado of emotion, but those whiskers
hide all.
There are Senators who deny that Sen
atOr Lewis is much of u statesman, hut
when II comes to whiskers, they shed
| tears in their envy.
| II ex-senator LUrimer had had such
whiskers he could not have been con-
victed of bribery.
I If PenrOSe had grown them lie could
have defed the lightning.
! \ second and = third term would have
I awaited ChaunCey Dcpew had he hid
den his ears and his vest buttons with
| \ camp meeting would have to shut up
shop If Senator Lewis came strOlling
along with those whskCrs.
| Buffalo BilrS Wild West in its iralmiest
days could not have drawn against them
| had it put the tickets at Il dime.
| The =. l.. .. Man had been gazing at
wondering if the patrarchs of old were
! knee-nigh, when sound issued from
| th"so whiskers and resolved itself into
the, words:
| ..k-bgt n, bI,..s ~, 80, I,,iy;,,- 81, 80,
| beg pardon, Senator. | called about
! this newspaper clipping:
" Senator 'Jimham'' Lewis. having Of
| ticially separated himself from the less
| now, unless report be slander, seriously
considering separating himself from the
whiskers that have been his pride, his
glory and his chief distinction
"Humph!' gTOwled the whiskerS after
| the item had been read.
Senator. / am here at the earnest en-
| treaties Of ninety-five million people"
What in the devil do they want?'
This chipping has been read from
Maine to California Wherever two men
have met they have talked it over.
1T mas been discussed al meetings Of
the sewing societies
Tho orators of the day have read il
from their Fourth Of July platforms.
Millions of voices have cried out: No,
no: II must not be. -
What must not be- asked the whis-
kers.
lOu must Iul separate from l-lt Sella-
You are a part of the records of Con-
gress.
You are part of the history of our
country.
You are part of the craftsmanship
Of the present day
We had Democratic victory-and We
had you.
We have a Panama Canal. and We
have you
We have a row with Mexico, and We
have you.
We have new currency, and we have
you.
We have trust busting, and we have
you.
We have 4 crop Of S0O0,OVO.CO bushels
of wheat to sell, and we have you to
hang on to.
oh. whiskers don't he effaced.
stay by us and stand by W.. and lead
us on to new victories and greater pros
perity.
Who are you talking TOP demanded
the Senator.
To you. sir was the reply. Senator.
the people want your pledge. and the
pledge of your whiskers, that you will
not part company. What would YOU look
like without those whiskers? How would
they look on some other SENATOR