Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-07
Hospitality As Well As Laws
Part Of Life In Washington

and narrow path,
Washington is a very hospitable.
welcoming city and the men who
make the laws and administer them
are very human; they have their
tender sides. their hobbies. and do
some queer and freakish things. even
as Jim in the factory, or John on the
farm, or Tom. Dick or Harry, be he
butcher, baker or candlestick-maker.
Just now Washington is holding
Easter reception to the rest of the
country. At this season many high
school parties come to see the wheels
go round In Uncle Sans workshop.
1t must be noted hat while Washing
lington is not q manufacturing city, Il
has the biggest single industry In the
world. with an average of about no.
600 men n women employed-that's
what is meant by Uncle Sans work
shop No city in the world has a
more extensive system of parks run
ming through the very heart OF the.
city.
Trees are now bursting into bid.
with here and there huge beds of
spring blooms. Besides this the ViSi-
tors find the city otherwise ~iorally
decorated for them. The National
Botanic Garden is preparing for IS
centennial celebration in May. The
department of Agriculture has Just
closed an exhibition II $500 amaryllis
plants with an average of -four blooms
TO each plant. This same department
has introduced an AmericanIzed
Easter lilly. which cuts the time of
production onc half, reduced the cost
ono third and gives a disease-free
bulb. Thousands of these plants have
been grown on the Arlington expert
mental farm. A monster bed of these
lilies is hereafter to be displayed on
the lawn in front of the White House
where the President lives.
A group of frugal New England
School-teachers who had shamefully
eaten some sandwiches ON park
benches We're surprised on climbing
the Capitol steps to see Rep. Percy
Quinn of Miss, sitting on one side
eontentedly eating his lunch out of u
good-sized dinner-pail. Mr.. Quinn also
buys his tobacco a months supply at
IA time because he gets it cheaper.
When he went through college he
washed and ironed his own clothes:
now he Owls a laundry and is Il
millionaire.
But being a millionaire isn't n lone
some thing in COngress,-there are
dozens of them: Reps. Goodall of
Maine, who originated palm beach
cloth; Parish of Texas, who made it
as an oil producer; Snyder, of New
York, bicycles; WinslOW, of Mass,
skates; etc. Illinoi5 stands out as
sending many ~millionaires Madden
and Brittcn contractors; CopIey.
power plants and a half dozen news
papers; Uncle Joe" Cannon, through
faith in the value of the soil when
the middle west was young; Mckinley.
~interburban traction lines. There are
many other millionaires.
AS a rule Congressmen are pretty
proud of the products of their home
states and sometimes they treat their
~c0llC1plIpS fn cnmp nf fha nradrtgfG
telling them about these good things
10 cat on the floor Of the House. For
example Clark. Sears and Drane of
Florida distributed grape fruit and
lorangcs; Menahan of Wisconsin, some
of kbe swiss cheese that made his
home district famous; Hersman, of
ICali., prunes; Dale, Vermont, maple
sugar; Martin, La, sugar. Bowers. w.
Va. apples.
Rep. James X. Mann Of Illinois. for
eight years Republican floor leader,
put it all over his colleagues, however,
in gardening. He raised his own
fruits, berries and vegetables, then
canned them himself in tins and in
glass, and distributed them amons
his associates who had been 'twi =
ing him about his garden.
There are epicures in the Housa g,
too. Fol- example Rep. Sam WINSTON
iof Mass, n former Harvard athlete
lION Ntl5IliS ilOIt imam 'Obii'"
didn't like the way they made mutton
stew in the Capitol lunchroom, so he
taught the lief to make II "a la
tWinslow" and now it so appears on
the bill of fare.
There are some real cowboys in
Congress and one of them is Rep.
IHudspeth of Texas. who is going 10
cook a barbecue dinner for his as
Isociates next month.
In the matter of dress and even hair
lcombing the Congressman are in
l~dividualistic, Helm of Ala, wears a
,frock coat and white vest. In the sum
lmcr season most of them wear palm
beach suits. Former Speaker Cannon
l%although nearly 50 years old, has a
l~favorite nut-green suit of chappy cut.
mick Longworth, who won fame by
marrying Alice Roosevelt, has a glar-
ing suit OF red-brown homespun that
he likes so well he recently had II
turned wrong-side out.