The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-06-23


tinel, of Thomson, Georgia, which is
published by United States Senator
Tom" Watson. Miss Lyle has been
spending much time lately in Wash
ington. She has been a. frequent visi-
tor to the Senate and House CALLER
les. Herewith are presented some of
her impressions osf Washington in
general and Senators in particularly
BY ALICE LOUISE LYTLE.
written for the international News
Service.)
Washington, June % - Washing
ton, in the Spring, is enough to fill all
the poets corners in all the little
weekly papers with rhapsodies and
poems-tribute to her beauty.
But the trouble with Washington's
Spring is it doesn't stay put. Just
when all the official hostesses have
taken down the Winter draperies, put
the priceless rugs in moth-storage;
placed their furs in the refrgierators
wave, causing all and sundry to shiv-
er and "cuss' till the cold wave
passes and Spring promises to be
good and stay.
The august body known as the Uni
ted States Senate feels the call of
Spring no less than the feminine
members of the official families. Evil
dence is given when a riot of new
cutaway coats, striped trousers, beau
teaus neckties and noticeable waist
coats breaks out on the Senate floor.
A picturesque figure OF the Senate
is Senator Shortridge (Short-ribs, in
Iaffectionate nickname), from Califor-
mia. Tall, we'll built, bald as an eagle,
agile and good natured, Senator
the estimation of his confreres. Ow-
ing to the lack of seats on the Re-
publican side of the Chamber. Sena-
tor Shortridge has had to take seat
IL. e-SI y, S@I,
much confusion to the galleries. He.
too, has been affected by the call of
Spring, and has blossomed out in
happy looking suit of what a woman
would call near plumcolored" it is
subdued in hue, faultless in fit. and
the Senator from California does no
BILE credit to his tailor.
Senator tom" Heflin, of Alabama,
is another of the we'll groomed. While
running a bit to overw weight, and not
having as much hair as he had when
he first came to Congress, he is class
ed as one of the picturesque figures
in the Senate and is a faVorite with
the galleries.
All this dressing and tailoring isn't
for the Senators alone; it's for the
galleries-and for one gallery in par
ticular, the special gallery where the
Senatorial and Cabinet ladies sit and
where the special friends of the Sena-
toriaI households are taken when
they visit Washington.
Dignity is, of course, supposed to be
the keynote of every session of the
Senate. Sometimes the keynote is
there, all right, and again it isn't Wis
ible to the naked eye.
The days of debate on the Four
Power Treaty were fraught with wor-
risome anxiety on the part of the
Senators; there were some whose
vote was a foregone conclusion, and
there were others who were doubt
full. Comment from the floor float
ed up to the gallery, and one of the
most dignifed OF the entire body (who
thought his tone was "sotto voice'0
asked another member, when a third
rose to inquire: What the u
does he want to bring that up for
now?
Tempers were near the breaking
point, and at night session, when
Senator McNary was in the chair and
Senator Reed was delivering the most
effective speech he has delivered dur
ing the entire session, the empty
seats on both sides of the Senate Were
mute evidence of the feeling of the
Senate Senator McNary is a stick
Ter for form and at a burst of 'un-
holy laughter" from the cloak room
the official gavel was near to the
breaking point by the vigorous raps
the Chair gave
The laughter ceased. but the emp
l t. charts bore no returned members