The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-15
GLIMPSE OF WASHINGTON
 AS SEEN BY MRS. SULZER

Writing from the national capital to
 friends in Juneau, Mrs. Charles A. Sul-
 ger, wife of Alaska's delegate in con gress, says under date of January 21:
 There is so much of interest just
 now that one hardly knows where to
 begin When the President speaks to
 the joint session admission to the gal
 leries is by ticket only, and usually
 each congressman has but one ticket
 When the Serbian mission was re-
 ceived in the house the other day Mir
 Sulzer had two tickets, so Mir. Troy
 and I went over, expecting to hear the
 Serbian minister, but found when we
 arrived there that President Wilson
 had notified congress that he had something to say and that he would
 be there at noon. He came out and read his now famous peace proposals. He read very slowly and distinctly
 and everyone appeared to realize that he was very much in earnest. He was
 repeatedly cheered, everyone stand ing. When he retired the Serbian mis- sion came in and were warmly re- Ceived They were ffne-Iooking men. dressed in khaki-colored uniforms, very much like our own soldiers. The minister addressed the house in un. derstandable English until he tried to say indefatigable.' He attempted to say the word three times and then very tactfully gave it up.
 q was in the gallery the day the suffrage amendment was passed. The house convened at Il o'clock with Billy Sunday leading in prayer. He made a splendid prayer, but talked so rap idly that the house stenographers couldn't take down all he said. Billy never fails to tell the Lord what he thinks of the kaiser. When he fin ished speaking the people applauded It was the first time I had ever heard a prayer applauded. The galleries were filled to overfowing, and there were long lines of women waiting at each door. A great many of the women had brought their lunches in their knitting bags, and these stayed until 7:15 in the evening, when the was passed by one vote. i Miss Jeannette Rankin made the open ng speech in favor of the amendment. | Clark of Florida made he principal speech against it.
 "Or the preceding Monday 1 had at- ended the committee hearing on the amendment. Ex-Senator Bai- ey of Texas spoke against it. He used hat old, fackneyed argument of the breaking up of the home, and pictured gomen walking along the streets moking cigars. He also made the stontshing statement that he liked 0 know when he left his home in the morning that his wife was in his castle, ,ut the whole wide world was his to 'onquer After him came Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt She spoke for suf- rage, and when she got through the gentleman from Texas hadn't, a leg eft to stand on. It was a pleasure to sten to Mrs. Catt She has wonder u1 poise and direct and logical in her rguments.
 "Td like to tell you something about he weather here. We have had as ow as 6 below zero, unTFeard of in before, and it was almost I have never in all my weTve years residence in Alaska been O thoroughly cold and miserable as turing the past three weeks in Wash-1 ngton. Dr. GarfieId's closing order reated quite a furor here, but from Ill I can gather It was very necessary o awaken the people to the stern ealities we are facing and VIII have 0 face in the future if the war con- inues.
 Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is a very beautiful woman, very young looking, md she knows how to dress. I saw ner at one of the joint sessions in with an English duchess. Mrs Wilson wore a becomingfy tail Iored suit of rich black material and hat to match. The only touch of color was a broad band of red around the hat and a large corsage flower of the same color. The effect was stunning. , Of course sat in the gallery, but Sonny sat with his dad in the house and was introduced to many dIstfn guished members"
 LAKE PARRY