Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08


tive day covering week at a stretch. The
late lamentcd and largely beloved James
Murphy Sweeney. member, of the House,
once remarked that he made it rule to
wear smoked glasses on day that Charlie
Snyder was scheduled to speak.
7NIIE Hon. Thomas Lawrence Eyre, other
wise LARRY to his intimates-en pas
SAINT he can trace his lineage back for five
hundred years in Essex of old England
was the gcneralissimo of the little company.
Senator Eyre is portly, with an air of
what the habitues of the Avenue st. Ger
main would term 'hauteur.' With white
mustache and hair. and complexion tend
ing to torid when he appeared on the broad
cement walk leading from George Harrys
cigar store to the Barnard statuary in the
Capitol grounds he, was the cynosure of all
eyes.
1t was the perfect blending of exquisite
taste and color. An artistic combination in
which yellow spats. dark trousers and coat.
figured vest of wonderful Titan red. and
hat of Penang straw with band of saffron
silk. completed an ensemble that harmonized
admirably with the personality of the
wcarer.
CENATOR McCONNELL'S attire invari-
~ ably was of the harmoniousy subdued
type. lie abhorrcd the gay and gaudy.
If he wore n brown Scotch tweed. The tops
of his CATERS were brown. his necktie was
ecru. to harmonize with a vest of the same
shade. with hat of Mana's finest brown
straw encircleG with wide band to match.
In other words, the senator from Northum
bcrland was symphony in subdued brown,
with cane and gloves to match.
There was a legend around the big hotel
that the distinguished gentleman changed
his attire three times a day. morning, noon
| and night. 1t was a crude falsehood in
vented by some lesser Beau Brummel. He
changed his clothes only twice a day.
| DISCUSSING sartorial Appearances, there
- were n nAmber of odd instances in this
| particular to distinguish the gentlemen gath
| cred from the various quarters of the state.
His Excelency the Governor. for example.
Is exceedingly democratic in his attire. He
usually wears n dark sack suit and dark
tie. His indifference to the dictates of
fashion is proyerbial
! happened in the executive chamber one
morning when two widely known ladies were
| interviewing the Governor about a bill be-
| fore the Assembly. They were socially
| prominent and friends of the Governor and
| his family. In the midst of the conversation
the chief executive suddenly halted and
without explanatory prelude exclaimed:
"Well. what do you think of that? l just
now noticed the mistake With chuckle
| he pointed to his trousers.
II put on the first suit I came to this
morning. as l thought, and look at this he
| exclaimed.
His sack coat and vest were of dark
"pepper and salt" material, while his
trousers were of blue serge, and somewhat
though not conspicuously out of harmony
with the remainder of his habiliment. The
ladies joined heartily in the laugh.
IN THE closing night sessions of the
House. Speaker Spangler tore tradition
into shreds by appearing on the rostrum in
n Iemon: coored Palm Beach suit with four
in hand to match. g..
| recall once how the Hon. Henry n
Boyer. when he was speaker, created a mild
commotion by facing, the members with a
four in hand whose ruddy reflection was
als$n to an Idaho sunset.
| T%OR the antithcsis of these sartoral
l. creations one need not go far afield Take
Lieutenant Governor Beidlenan, for in
stance. ~.
Like many another citizen approaching
middle age, the 1.-THE and sinuous shape of
his earlier years is yielding lowell, let us
say, generous living. His form is depart
ing from the graceful lines that recall two
decades ago.
In a purely informal and suggestive way
SHOULD sag that the distinguished gentle
man from Dauphin dresses for comfort
rather than style. Resultantly. limp col
lars. neglige shirts, the coolest of cool
clothing. and an entire absence of anything
approaching mode" distinguished him in
his duties as president of the Senate.
There were other members OF the Dauphin
har who in their day were eauallS demo